A series of mysterious deaths and arrivals of UFOs will soon deter all tourists from Baikal! Discovered the terrible details of the history of the lake ...
1. A cape forbidden for visits
On the western shore of Lake Baikal, in front of the widest section of the lake, lies Cape Rytiy. The local population calls it sacred, and recently it has achieved the recognition of the cape forbidden for visits by tourists. The indigenous inhabitants of the Baikal coast will not themselves, on any pretext, land on Rytyi's shore.
Everyone knows that once in this very place was an ancient city, from which only a wall of stone remained. Here, there is an unnatural increase in the radioactive background: shamans say this can be explained by the fact that the Rynx is the habitat of evil deities, the sons of God Uher, who are able to spoil and send bad weather. If someone cuts down a tree on the shore or shoots a beast, spirits will cruelly take revenge on the uninvited guest. Eyewitnesses tell tourists a lot of stories about how yesterday's violators died under strange circumstances or disappeared without a trace.
2. The miraculous power of the Shaman stone
At the source of the Angara River you can see a large stone, like a rock. No one remembers why he is called Shamansky, but it is for certain that he has a special power. They say that once upon a time the owner of the Angara lived - Ama Sagan Noion.
Shamans spend especially important rites on the rock, take vows and dedicate to their ranks newcomers. Just five or six centuries ago it was used to justify or accuse the criminal: at night he was left in cold water and if he survived by morning, he was considered not guilty. The bottom around the stone is strewn with both modern and old coins - offerings to the rock.
3. Dragon Fang or Cape Khoboy
Hoboi in translation from Buryat means "canine, molar tooth". This is the northernmost cape on the island of Olkhon. The reminding pillar of the rock, according to local legends, was once the canine of an ancient dragon, which dropped its canine, flying over the lake. Scientists are more distrustful than villagers around Baikal: they are sure that Cape Khoboy is a fragment of an ancient meteorite.
Shamans bring here those who did not have time to say goodbye to their relatives before their death. Here you can see the spirits before they go to other worlds, or get acquainted with their past incarnations.
4. The inexpressible horror of Mount Shamanka
Even greater fear, than Cape Ryty, is caused by the Buryats rock Shamanka, located at Cape Burhan. This is a real mountain of white marble, granite and quartz. It is called "stone-temple", because no one, except the shaman, can approach the rock.
If natural disasters still forced the aborigines to hide in a stone church, they hoofed their hooves with felt and leather, so as not to disturb the peace of Baikal's supernatural forces and not fall victim to their anger. Women were even forbidden to even walk a couple of versts from the cliff. Shamans believe that in ancient times 13 divine beings descended here, the most evil of which is Khan Hute-ba-bay, settled in Shamanka. Priests from all over Siberia come here to fall into a trance and get a gift to predict the future.
5. The hero who controls the elements
At the end of the XVI century travelers came across a cape, which struck them by the fact that it was covered with fire - and this pillar stretched to the very sky! The wall from the fire did not allow people to land on the island, so they sailed away, calling the cape Fiery. In local chronicles later similar phenomena were also mentioned, to which there was no explanation.
Today, the cape changed its name to Bogatyr, but shamans still say that he is waiting for his new master. The one whom Bogatyr chooses will be able to learn the rituals of the spell of elements - fire, wind and water. Until the arrival of Soviet power, local tribes left here baby boys for at least one night, so that they lived long and gained physical strength.
6. The monster of the waters of Lake Shara-Nur
Baikal has its own lake, which can compete with the Loch Ness lake in Scotland. It is called Shar-Nur: the giant yellow snake of Shara-Kaya lives in it, according to local residents. The snake is very dangerous: dozens of people disappear on the lake every year, and search expeditions do not yield any results.
Once, a group of researchers ventured to the bottom of the Shara Nur: they found out that the lake was connected to Baikal by a network of underground tunnels, in which the snake might hide. Fishermen confirm the guesses of scientists: they often hear from the depths of the water sounds like groans and growls.
7. Mysterious underwater inhabitants
In 1982, Soviet military swimmers had to face an unknown force under the waters of Lake Baikal. The training camps of the Trans-Baikal military district passed on the lake: dives were practiced, during which people noticed strange creatures under the water. They attracted attention, first of all, by an unusually high growth, which was at least three meters. Each of the strangers was wearing a silvery wetsuit and a transparent ball-shaped helmet. When the swimmers ventured to approach them, a powerful vibrational impulse took them to the surface of the lake.
Within two months, all the divers who participated in the trainings died under strange circumstances. A few years later an attempt was made to study the same part of Lake Baikal, but only drowned stone statues of people and animals were found there.
8. "Devil's Funnel"
In the deepest part of Lake Baikal there is another place, which is guarded by both military and amateur swimmers. "Devil's funnel" 360-362 days a year looks like an ordinary smooth surface. On other days, the lake seems to "wake up" and even in good weather, a strong rotation of water begins, at the epicenter of which - a funnel that sucks everything around.
Shamans believe that in these days an abyss opens, through which the souls of people fall into the other world. In 2003, their guess was confirmed by a local fisherman, who nearly fell into the funnel. He saw the air above her take on a crimson hue, and moans and moans came from beneath the water.
9. The mystery of death Peretolchina
The name of the scientist Sergei Peretolchin was named the volcano, next to which he died. In 1914, he went to study a group of extinct volcanoes, later two conductors from among the local ones had to join him. Two days they tried to find Peretolchin, but his traces were lost.
Find the body of the scientist was only a year later, but his discovery only added to the questions. It is established that he died of natural causes, due to the fact that his skull suddenly split in two. Found under the corpse of money, cameras and jewelry, no one touched, which finally excludes the version of criminal intent.
10. UFO over Lake Baikal
Since 1971, to our days over the lake more than a hundred times have seen unidentified flying objects. They always look like balls, glowing columns or flat dishes, but those who managed these ships never appeared before people. In 2000, students of the Ural Polytechnic Institute tried to contact the aliens, but when they got close to the UFO, it turned into an ellipse and flew up.