Secret places. Anomalous zones of the world: unidentified and incredible or unexplored and forgotten

From time immemorial, people have sought to get vivid impressions. Amazingly, the most profound experiences are those that touch the very essence of a person. In particular, this includes the instinct of self-preservation.

Horror phenomenon

When talking about mysterious and mysterious places in the world, people usually mention ghosts or semi-legendary stories about the atrocities of the previous owners of certain buildings. Today we will try to highlight those that are not related to the action of ghosts.

Sigmund Freud also identified a special human drive, which he called “Thanatos”. The great psychologist thus explained people’s desire for death and especially dangerous events and activities.

Each reader will be able to name the creepiest place on the planet. Because some people are frightened by local legends, and a glance is enough for all the nightmares to come to life in their imagination. You can't get through others with anything. Therefore, we tried to select anomalous zones that varied in action.

There are 5 of the creepiest places associated with poltergeists, ghosts or tectonic activity. We will talk about objects that may not look entirely remarkable in appearance, but leave an indelible and deep mark for life after visiting.

Winchester House, San Jose, USA

During our virtual tour we will look at the most terrible places in the world. Sampling concerns not only artificial objects created by people, but also unexplained natural phenomena.

The first place we will visit will be an extravagant mansion in California. Today it is a tourist attraction. But this used to be the home of Sarah, the widow of William Winchester. His father invented the famous rifle. He soon died, as did his son and granddaughter.

When the woman had an audience with the medium, he gave her a message from William. According to the deceased, she should have bought a plot of land in San Jose and built a mansion there with a specific layout. It should have many rooms, traps and tricks to confuse the angry ghosts of people killed with hard drives.

She spent her entire multi-million dollar fortune on building this shelter. It has some interesting moments. For example, stairs to the second floor ending in a wall, or doors without rooms. Also, this mansion is thoroughly imbued with the magic number 13. There are so many steps in each of the staircases, in many rooms there are so many windows, there are “a damn dozen” bathrooms in the building.

In total, the estate has more than one hundred and sixty rooms, forty staircases, six kitchens, but only one shower. There are also about two thousand doors, but only four hundred and fifty doorways.

We decided to start our tour with this estate, since it is the most extravagant and unusual. There was even a feature film based on the biography of Sarah Winchester.

Aokigahara Forest

Probably the creepiest place on the planet is the Suicide Forest in Japan. In the original it is called Aokigahara (valley of green trees). This reserve is located at the foot of Mount Fuji. In principle, planting can only be enjoyed in clear sunny weather. The rest of the time she simply breathes doom, dullness and meaninglessness.

Aokigahara is only slightly behind the San Francisco bridge in terms of the number of cases of suicide. Interestingly, the forest has long been considered the abode of evil spirits and demons. Here, until the beginning of the twentieth century, poor families brought old people and children whom they could no longer provide food to die.

Later, around the middle of the last century, many low- and middle-level workers flocked here. Apparently, impressionable Japanese find only this way to escape from the “rat race” of society.

About a hundred suicides are found here every year. Recently, unofficial detachments of marauders have even appeared. They comb the thickets in search of bodies and pick out their pockets and remove jewelry. Thus, the mysterious places of the planet help not only the development of tourism, but also enrich local scammers and thieves.

The Japanese government is providing funds to clean up the bodies. According to eyewitnesses, the most common methods of ending life are drug poisoning and hanging.

Local authorities have taken a number of measures to help as many people as possible avoid this stupid decision. Along the perimeter of the forest there are signs calling on people to come to their senses and a helpline. There are also video cameras directed at many of the paths leading into the thicket. And service personnel working in nearby establishments have already learned to identify potential suicides. They immediately report the information to the police.

It is noteworthy that several books and films have been published in Japan telling about the specifics of this place. And the “Suicide Guide” written by Tsurumi is often found near corpses in the forest.

Overtown Bridge

The darkness of the soul is incomprehensible to another person, and even the most persistent and sane individual can go crazy in the nooks and crannies of inflamed illusions. But what makes some animals resort to suicide is an interesting question.

We continue to look at the scariest places in the world. And next in line is Overtoun Bridge, near the settlement of Milton, in West Dumbartonshire. Since about the middle of the twentieth century, interesting cases have been recorded here. Almost every month at least one dog jumps off a bridge into the water.

Most die immediately, and the survivors return after a while to try again.

It is noteworthy that animals live by instincts, and such deviations are not characteristic of them. That is why commissions came here several times to investigate such an unusual anomaly.

Today there are two versions that highlight the reason. One of them was proposed by ethnographers and folklore collectors, the second by zoologists.

According to the first, a man and a child once came to the bridge. He declared his son a product of satanic forces and threw the baby into the water, and a couple of days later he jumped in himself. Since then, it has become a tradition that the ghost of a boy invites dogs to play. Animals, because of their ability to perceive the subtle world, without suspecting anything, follow the ghost and die.

Scientists have put forward a more rational explanation after months of research. According to their theory, minks are to blame for everything. These rodents live along the banks of the river, and for many years these places simply smelled of them. The dogs, guided by the intensity of the smell, rush to chase the prey and fall from the bridge into the water.

We look at the creepiest places in the world. And no one can fully explain their specificity, otherwise they would cease to be mysterious. Same with the Overtown Bridge.

Even if the reason lies in the minks, why do dogs that survive a fall of fifteen meters come back and rush again? These animals have a very developed memory of places and people who caused them pain.

Jatinga

Thus, it is impossible to hide from some terrestrial anomalies, even if you rise high in the air. For the first time, the English tea planter and plant researcher E. Ji spoke about the unusual phenomenon. He described a strange period at the end of August when large flocks of birds begin to fly into the Jatinga Valley and crash into the ground in a big way.

At first, no one believed him and considered his notes to be fiction. But one orientologist decided to verify the legend. It turned out that the tea grower was telling the truth. Thus, Sengupta became the first scientist to record the unusual August birdfall.

According to this researcher, the birds are in a kind of trance, “like somnambulists.” They rush into the light of the fires and lamps of the local village. If you take an animal that has not fallen to death, it does not resist, but completely refuses food and water. It is noteworthy that after three or four days of madness, the released bird flies away as if nothing had happened.

But creepy places in the world are often perceived ambiguously. Tourists and visiting researchers see them as an anomalous threat, while locals come up with a myth to justify the event. Thus, the aborigines of this valley say that the gods rewarded them with such a “birdfall” for their righteousness. They can collect a bunch of carcasses and use them for food. It turns out to be a kind of “manna from heaven” for an Indian village.

Thelema Abbey, Sicily

Discussing the most terrible places in the world, we return to the creation of human hands. The next attraction we will talk about is a one-story house in the town of Cefalu on the island of Sicily.

It was once acquired by Aleister Crowley, one of the most famous and controversial occultists of the early twentieth century. Here he was going to create the basis for a future civilization, cleansed of Christian darkness and obscurantism.

It was within these walls that Crowley resumed satanic rituals, as well as the practice of witchcraft using narcotic drugs. Thus, initiation included the simultaneous use of marijuana with heroin and a night of reflection in a special room called the “Chamber of Visions” or “Room of Nightmares.” In this room, the walls are painted with gloomy frescoes depicting different circles of hell and heaven.

The abbey was closed after the famous British aristocrat Raoul Loveday died on its territory. Presumably, he was poisoned by drugs mixed with cat blood. Thus ended the story of a commune living under the slogan “Do whatever you want - that’s the only law.”

There are many creepy abandoned places on the planet, but they only attract crowds of unofficial visitors. Fans of witchcraft and the work of Aleister Crowley come here every year. They strive to touch the ruins in order to receive a powerful energy charge from their idol.

Damn Cemetery. Krasnoyarsk region

There are natural scary places in the Russian Federation. We'll start in a remote area in Siberia. In general, ethnologists have collected a lot of materials about the most incredible features and terrible secrets that the taiga keeps. But now we will talk about what was actually recorded by various groups of researchers in the form of photographs and videos, and not simple stories.

Presumably, the Devil's Cemetery appeared as a result of unusual cosmic activity associated with the fall. According to the recollections of old-timers, one day an object fell from the sky, and a rounded edge formed in the forest. The ground turned black and smoke began to appear from it at times. In summer, no grass grows in this place, only a little moss, and in winter there is no snow.

Any animal that gets inside the devil's circle dies within the next few hours. People, according to eyewitnesses, here experience an inexplicable feeling of melancholy, and as they approach the very edge, irrational fear grows, gradually turning into panic.

Thus, creepy places on Earth can be not just natural, but also of cosmic origin.

Sablinskie caves

Speaking about the creepiest place on the planet, it is especially worth stopping at There are no bloodthirsty monsters, inexplicable and oppressive horror among visitors or satanic symbols. Just a fairly large underground natural formation. For example, the length of one of the catacombs is more than seven kilometers, and the height of the halls is up to five meters.

In Soviet times, the facility was classified, since all sorts of criminal individuals who were outside the law were hiding underground. They called themselves dissidents. There were even about ten different gangs formed. Every month several people disappeared here and still disappear. At the same time, all the famous “political” people who were hiding underground have long since left their lost place. Today, according to official data, there is not a single “underground inhabitant” there.

Extreme sports enthusiasts and those who like to visit creepy places in Russia constantly come to Sablinsky Caves. They are not even afraid of the frequent disappearance of curious onlookers.
Scientists see the reason for this anomaly in underground shifting sands and movements of the earth's crust. A group entering one of the tunnels may find itself buried under tons of sand in a second. All this data is based on the stories of gang members who once lived in these caves.

Road of death. Lyubertsy-Lytkarino highway

Let's talk about the mysterious places of the Moscow region. In principle, around Moscow, researchers of anomalous zones count about a dozen highway sections with an increased risk of fatal accidents.

But the section of the Lyubertsy-Lytkarino highway, near the village of Pekhorka, is considered the most unsafe. If you drive along this road, you will see many wreaths on the trees along the asphalt surface, marking the places where drivers died.

Most of the accidents date from 1990 to 2002. The sudden decrease in mortality after 2003 is explained by the fact that at that time the governor took charge of the “anomaly”. Having previously been a military general, he did not hesitate. In this section, the concrete road surface was replaced with excellent quality asphalt, and four speed bumps were built.

After such preventive measures, the drivers did not have the opportunity to accelerate strongly along the highway.

Skeptics and realists often say that scary places are deadly only for those who neglect common sense and Locals tell a legend that this section became the “road of death” because the covering was laid on top of an old cemetery. So the ghosts of the dead take revenge on unlucky drivers who find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Beria's House

We talked about the mysterious places of the Moscow region, but in conclusion I would like to mention another strange building in the capital itself. In Soviet times, this house was perhaps the most terrible place in the area. Passers-by tried to go around the street along the tenth road, and if it was necessary to go along it, they crossed to the opposite side.

What kind of terrible building is this? House of State Security Commissioner Lavrenty Pavlovich Beria. This man was one of the organizers of Stalin's repressions. The building is located in Vspolny Lane. Today its premises are occupied by the Tunisian Embassy.

According to eyewitnesses (local residents and researchers), a couple of times a month at about three o'clock in the morning ghostly sounds can be heard near the house. It is said to be the distinct noise of a powerful motor. An invisible car “drives up” to the doors of the building. You can hear its doors opening and a man's voice saying something. Then the door slams and the car drives away. The entire incident takes about three minutes.

Thus, in this article we talked about creepy places in Russia and the world. We got acquainted with both safe objects that could interest ufologists or teenagers, and with deadly formations that it is better not to approach.

Good luck, dear readers! Travel wisely.

Despite the fact that many ancient monuments and places of our planet have long been studied far and wide by historians and archaeologists, the world is still full of mysterious buildings and formations that no one has taken in. Read in our photo selection about the most amazing places on Earth!

1. At present, scientists have already come to a consensus about the reasons for the installation of strange monuments on easter island, but how they were made and transported is still a mystery. The average Moai weighs several tons, and there is a considerable distance from the place where it was created to the place where it now stands. According to one version, wooden beams and sleighs were used to transport the idol, which, by the way, explains why the green island is practically barren.

2., unlike other ancient monuments, were a mystery from the very beginning. Four granite slabs support one central stone. The strange monument is not many years old. It was created by a certain R. C. Christian in 1979. The tablets are oriented to the cardinal points and also have holes pointing to the sun and the polar star. But the most heated debates are caused by the inscriptions on the slabs addressed to those who will survive the global cataclysm. According to one version, the Georgia Tablet is a kind of textbook for those who will restore society after the nuclear Holocaust.

3. Cahokia is an Indian site near Illinois, USA, founded in 650 AD. e. Judging by the complex structure of the city, the society was highly developed and prosperous. 40 thousand Indians lived in Cahokia and before the arrival of Europeans it was considered the most densely populated area in America. But the main mystery remains mounds of Cahokia. The 2,200-acre site also contained a network of terraces, and it was believed that only important buildings, such as the ruler's house, were built on the topmost one.

4. Newgrange is the most famous prehistoric and oldest structure in Ireland today. Built from earth, wood, clay and stone in 3100 BC. e., it is a thousand years older than the pyramids in Egypt! The long corridor of the building ends in a transverse chamber, which most likely served as a grave. In addition, the structure was designed in such a way that on the shortest day of the year (the winter solstice), the sun's rays fall through a 60-foot hole, illuminating the floor of the central room of the structure.

5. On a dry plateau in the Nazca Desert in Peru are a series of lines and pictographs called geoglyphs. Created by the Indians in the period from 200 BC. e. to 700 AD e., they cover an area of ​​50 miles. remained unharmed for centuries due to the arid climate. Insects, animals, simple lines - scientists know who created them and when, but find it difficult to answer why. There is an opinion that the Indians worshiped the gods in this way and they could see drawings from the sky.

6. - the most mysterious building in Germany. Constructed from wooden palisades, gravel and earth, it served as the oldest solar observatory. The monument was erected by Neolithic peoples in 4900 BC. e. The precise use of the circle is still in question, but it may have served as a solar or lunar calendar.

7. Underwater Pyramids of Yonaguni puzzling like no other monument in Japan. Discovered in 1987 by divers observing sharks, they immediately sparked a sea of ​​debate among scientists. Carved massive platforms and stone pillars lie at a depth of 5 to 40 meters. The currents in this area can be quite dangerous, which does not stop divers from all over Japan. The main debate among scientists is about the origin of the pyramids. Some believe that they were carved out by currents and erosion, since the monument is a continuation of the underwater rock. Others point to right angles and other formations of clearly artificial origin. If the latter theory is confirmed, the question will arise of who created the pyramids and why.

8. - a mysterious complex of stone walls, which is located very close to Machu Picchu. The walls were assembled from 200 ton blocks of rock and placed in a zigzag along the slope. The monument is in perfect condition for its age, especially considering that it lies in an area prone to earthquakes. Under the fortress, catacombs were discovered leading to other Inca buildings. It remains a mystery how this wall was erected, because it is impossible to stick a sheet of paper between the blocks!

9. 240 feet long, 20 feet wide and 66 feet high was carved from a single solid rock! This is the largest monument in the world. The Great Sphinx stands next to the pyramid of Pharaoh Khafre and most historians agree that it is his face that is depicted on it. Despite the fact that the statue is one of the most famous in the world, it is still unknown who and how it was created. If the Sphinx was erected during the reign of Khafre, then its age dates back to 2500 BC. e. But scientists were able to prove that in fact it is much older, which means that the monument was not erected by the ancient Egyptians!

10. No other famous monument in the world is shrouded in such mystery as. Since the Middle Ages, debates between archaeologists, historians and scientists have not subsided. Stonehenge is located 130 km southwest of London and is a stone megalithic structure. In a circle from the outer shaft there are 56 Aubrey burial holes, named after the scientist who first described them in the 17th century. Despite the impressive size of the ancient monument, it is believed that it is what remains of a much more massive structure. Since the Neolithic people did not leave any inscriptions, it remains to be assumed that Stonehenge was some kind of monument near the burial mounds.

The most mysterious places on the planet updated: December 28, 2018 by: Eye_Candy

Ancient cities that have become legends have long attracted the attention of archaeologists, historians, and just amateurs. Often legends endow these settlements with untold riches, luxurious temples and palaces, and it seems that they can only exist in legends.

Today we can only imagine their former greatness and power, and archaeologists will read the writings on the ruins of these cities. Cities that were swallowed up by seas and jungles, cities that were destroyed during wars and abandoned during periods of severe drought. Cities that left behind many secrets and few clues. And although the existence of some of them has not yet been proven, archaeologists persistently continue to search for them.

The legendary Troy with its untold riches has excited the minds of many researchers for hundreds of years. In the list of the most famous lost cities, it can rightfully take first place. According to legend, the Greeks burned Troy to the ground after its conquest. Many theories have been put forward about its location, and in the 19th century it was found in Anatolia, Turkey.

On a hill near Hisarlik, archaeologists found a wall 6 meters high, and some finds suggest that there were nine cities in this area, one of which may have been Troy.

There are many legends associated with Babylon: this is the biblical instructive story about the division of languages, and the famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon, which have already become an unspoken symbol of the once powerful city. More than a thousand years ago, Babylon ruled this land and dictated its rules to neighboring states, and now all that remains of it are ruins.

In the 19th century, the brick walls of the city with the ruins of the northern palace were discovered, and parts of the Ishtar Gate were collected in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin.

Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu is the most famous Incan city. Today it can tell a lot about its inhabitants, their culture and religion, but it was not remembered for more than four hundred years, when the Inca Empire fell into decline in the 30s of the 16th century. Only in 1911 was it discovered by the American explorer Hiram Bingham, and the whole world paid attention to the city.

The city has a rather unique location: in the heart of the jungle. It is still not clear why the Incas chose this particular place, but there is an assumption that the reason was due to some religious or astronomical factors.

Carthage

Once upon a time, Carthage was a powerful city with untold wealth. Now it is difficult to imagine the former power of this important seaport, of which only ruins and cracked clay remain.

The city was destroyed twice: the first time it was devastated by the Romans during the Punic War in 146 BC, and in 196 it was attacked by the Arabs. Now the ruins of the city can be seen on Birsa Hill in Tunisia.

This ancient city with pink walls is located in the mountains in what is now Jordan. To get to it, you need to go through a narrow gorge, more than one and a half kilometers long.

It is assumed that the nomadic Nabatean tribes founded the city here, as there were three sources of water nearby. Residents carved their houses and temples into the rock. And the name of the city itself translates as stone, rock.

Petra often changed its owners: even the crusaders owned it. And the first person of modern times to see the city was the Swiss Johann Burkhart, who visited here in 1812.

Angkor is of great interest to archaeologists, because the city, now located in the jungles of Cambodia, was the capital of the famous Khmer empire. The city is famous for the fact that on its territory there are temples built between the 9th and 14th centuries. About 140 years ago, French explorer Henri Mouhot stumbled upon the ruins of a jungle city and described its temples.

Akrotiri

The Greek island of Santorini has preserved on its territory the ruins of a city that was once a stronghold of the highly developed Minoan civilization. Its representatives lived in Akrotiri, a Bronze Age city, until it was destroyed during a volcanic eruption. Archaeologists have found wall paintings, pottery and staircases on the island.

It is possible that due to a strong eruption, part of the island went under water, and this fact gave rise to the famous legend of the sunken Atlantis.

Tikal was once the capital of the legendary Mayans, their cultural and political center. For approximately a thousand years, 90,000 Indians lived in the city, and there were about 4,000 structures and buildings. Scientists still cannot understand why the inhabitants left Tikal around 900 AD. Empty Tikal was gradually swallowed up by the jungle, and only in the 19th century did researchers manage to discover this lost city.

The Kuelap fortress, lost somewhere in the forests of Northern Peru, was built before the appearance of the Incas. Once upon a time, representatives of the mysterious Chachapoya people lived in it, who built houses and temples, and surrounded the tombs with walls 1.8 meters high.

Oradour-sur-Glane

All the cities mentioned in this list have either sunk into oblivion or all that remains are ruins. However, this French town has not disappeared anywhere: it still stands in its place. The history of the city remains a bloody stain of the massacre carried out by the Nazis during the Second World War. On June 10, 1940, the SS massacred all 624 residents of the town, leaving no one alive. The city was destroyed and abandoned, and today mourning ceremonies are sometimes held there in memory of those killed in the war.

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There are so many incomprehensible, amazing and mystical things in this world.

There are many places in the world that both attract and frighten with their mystery... These are the 10 most mysterious places on the planet.

Arkaim

This is a rather mysterious place. First of all, you need to be able to get here in the right way. According to beliefs, it is not enough to just buy a bus or train ticket to this mystical city.

Another aspect is much more important here - will this place want to receive a guest? People come here not just attracted by an interest in antiquity. Quite strange and unusual things happen here.

So, you can spend the night on the top of the mountain, where it is quite cold and windy. In this case, a thick sleeping bag will not be needed - the cold will not overcome you anyway. They say that all diseases that lie dormant in the body and sometimes make themselves felt come out in these places and never return to a person.

People literally experience withdrawal symptoms after visiting Arkaim. The old life loses all meaning. Anyone who has been here begins to feel renewed, starting a lot from scratch.

This ancient mystical city was found by Soviet archaeologists in 1987. It is located at the confluence of the Karaganka and Utyaganka rivers. This is in the Chelyabinsk region, south of Magnitogorsk. Among all the archaeological monuments of Russia, this is, without a doubt, the most mysterious.

Once upon a time, the ancient Aryans built their fortress here. However, for some unknown reason, they left their home and left, finally burning it. This happened about 4 thousand years ago.

Devil's Tower

This place is located in the US state of Wyoming. In fact, it is not a tower at all, but a rock. It consists of stone pillars that seem to be made of bundles. The mountain has the correct shape. It was formed 200 million years ago.

For a long time, it seemed to an outside observer that this mountain was of artificial origin. But man could not build it; according to legend, it was created by the devil. In size, the Devil's Tower is 2.5 times larger than the Cheops pyramid!

It is not surprising that the local population has always treated this place with trepidation and even fear. In addition, there were rumors that mysterious lights often appeared at the very top of the mountain.

A variety of science fiction films are often filmed at Devil's Tower. The most famous of them is Steven Spielberg's film Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

People have only climbed to the top of the mountain twice. The first conqueror was a local resident in the 19th century, and the second was rock climber Jack Durrance in 1938. The plane cannot land there, and from the only area suitable for helicopters they are literally torn away by wind currents.

Experienced parachutist George Hopkins intended to become the third conqueror of the summit. Although he was able to land successfully, the ropes that were thrown to him from above were damaged due to the impact on the sharp rocks. As a result, Hopkin became a real prisoner of the Devil's Rock.

The news of this shook the whole country. Soon several dozen planes were circling over the Tower, dropping down free equipment and food supplies. However, most of the parcels were broken on rocks.

Rats became another problem for the parachutist. It turned out that there were quite a lot of them on the top of a smooth rock, inaccessible from below. Every night the rodents became more aggressive and bolder.

In the United States, a special committee was even created to save Hopkins. Experienced climber Ernst Field was called to help him along with his assistant. But after only 3 hours of climbing, the climbers were forced to abandon further rescue. Field said that this damn rock was simply too tough for them.

This is how it turned out that professionals conquering eight-thousanders turned out to be powerless in front of a rock 390 meters high. Through the press, the same Jack Durrance was found. Within two days he was there and decided to conquer the peak along the only route known to him.

The climbers, led by him, were able to reach the top and lower the unfortunate parachutist from there. Devil's Tower held him captive for a whole week.

White Gods

In the northeast of the Moscow region there is a place called White Gods. It is located in a tract near the village of Vozdvizhenskoye, Sergiev Posad district. As soon as you delve deeper into the deep forest, a regular stone hemisphere appears. Its diameter is 6 meters and its height is 3 meters.

This place was mentioned in his notes by the famous traveler and geographer Semenov-Tyan-Shansky. Legends say that there was a pagan altar here in the 12th-13th centuries. Its layout was somewhat reminiscent of the English Stonehenge. There, by the way, according to some sources, sacrifices were also made to the gods.

In the pantheon of ancient gods, good was personified by Belbog. His idols were installed by the Magi on a hill, people prayed to him for protection from Chernobog, the personification of evil. The father of these two gods was Svantevit, the god of gods.

Together they made up Triglav, or the triune deity. This was the image of the pagan system of the universe among the Slavs. Our ancient ancestors did not build their settlements just anywhere.

A number of conditions had to be met for this to happen. Typically, the Slavs tried to build near river bends so that groundwater, ring structures and geological faults were present.

This is evidenced by photographs from space and an analysis of the location of old settlements, churches and monasteries, as well as stories that the mystical properties of nature are manifested in such places.

Hatteras

There are many mysterious and mystical substances in the Atlantic. One of them is Cape Hatteras. It is also called the Southern Cemetery of the Atlantic. The East Coast of the United States is generally quite dangerous for shipping. There are islands here called the Outer Banks or Virginia Dare Dunes.

They constantly change their shape and size. This creates difficulties for navigation even in weather with excellent visibility. In addition, there are often storms, fogs and swells. The local “Southern Haze” current and “Gulf Stream soaring” make navigation in these waters quite stressful and even deadly.

Forecasters say that during a “normal” force 8 storm, the wave height here is as much as 13 meters. The Gulf Stream near the cape flows at a speed of about 70 kilometers per day.

The two-metre Diamond Shoals are located 12 miles from the cape. There the famous current collides with the North Atlantic. This leads to the formation of a very surprising phenomenon, observed only in these places. During a storm, the waves collide with a roar, and sand, shells and sea foam fly up in fountains to a height of 30 meters.

Few managed to see such a spectacle live and then get out of there. The Cape has many victims. One of the most famous is the American motor ship Mormakkait. It sank here on October 7, 1954.

Another famous case occurred with the Diamond Shoals lightship. It was tightly tied to the bottom with anchors, but strong storms tore it out every time. As a result, the lighthouse ended up being thrown over the dunes into Pamlico Sound.

In 1942, he was finally shot from his cannons by a fascist submarine that unexpectedly surfaced here. In general, sandbanks during World War II became a favorite place for German submarines. There, submariners swam, sunbathed and even organized sporting events. And all this is under the very noses of the Americans.

After resting, the Germans boarded their boats and continued the hunt for Allied transport. As a result, in this area from January 1942 to 1945, the following were sunk: 31 tankers, 42 transports, 2 passenger ships. The number of small ships is generally difficult to calculate. The Germans themselves lost only 3 submarines here, all in April-June 1942.

Cape Terrible at that time became an ally of the Nazis. Those natural factors that hindered American ships only helped the submarines. True, shallow depths posed a danger for the Germans too.

Czech catacombs

In the city of Jihlava, in Czech South Moravia, there are catacombs. These underground structures were created by man. This place has a mystical fame. The passages were dug here back in the Middle Ages.

They say that in one of the corridors exactly at midnight they begin to hear the sounds of an organ. Ghosts were repeatedly encountered in the catacombs, and other supernatural phenomena occurred here. Scientists initially rejected all these mystical incidents as unscientific. However, over time, even they were forced to pay attention to the increasing evidence of something wrong happening underground.

In 1996, a special archaeological expedition arrived in Jihlava. She made an interesting conclusion - the local catacombs hide secrets that science simply cannot unravel.

Scientists have recorded that in the place referred to in legends, the sounds of an organ can actually be heard. Moreover, the underground passage is located at a depth of 10 meters; there is not a single room near it that could accommodate this musical instrument in principle. So there can be no talk of random errors.

The eyewitnesses were examined by psychologists who said there were no signs of mass hallucination. But the main sensation told by archaeologists was the existence of a “luminous staircase.” It was discovered in one of the hitherto little-known underground passages. Even the old-timers didn’t know that it even existed.

Samples of the material showed that there was no phosphorus in it. Witnesses say that the staircase does not stand out at first glance. However, over time, it begins to emit a mystical reddish-orange light. Even if you turn off the flashlight, the glow will still remain, and its intensity will not decrease.

Coral Castle

This complex includes huge statues and megaliths, whose total weight exceeds 1,100 tons. They are folded here by hand, without the use of any machines. The castle is located in California. The complex has a square tower with two floors. She alone weighs 243 tons.

There are also various buildings here, thick walls, and a spiral staircase leading to the underground pool. There is also a map of Florida made of stones, hewn stones, a table created in the shape of a heart, an accurate sundial, and stone Saturn and Mars.

The moon, weighing 30 tons, points its horn directly to the North Star. As a result, many interesting objects were located on an area of ​​40 hectares. The author and creator of such an object was Edward Lidskalnins, a Latvian emigrant. Perhaps he was inspired to create the castle by his unrequited love for 16-year-old Agness Skaffs.

The architect himself came to Florida in 1920. The mild climate of this place extended his life, because it was in danger due to progressive tuberculosis. Edward was a small man with a height of 152 centimeters and a weight of 45 kilograms. Although outwardly he seemed frail, he built his castle for 20 years alone. To do this, he dragged huge blocks of coral limestone here from the coast, and then created blocks from it. Moreover, he didn’t even have a jackhammer; the Latvian created all his tools from discarded car parts.

It is quite difficult to understand now how the construction itself took place. It is unknown how Edward moved and lifted multi-ton blocks. The fact is that the builder was also very secretive, preferring to work at night. The gloomy Edward was extremely reluctant to let guests into his place of work. As soon as an unwanted guest arrived here, the owner stood behind him and stood there silently until the visitor left.

One day, an active lawyer from Louisiana decided to build a Villa next door. In response to this, Edward simply moved his entire creation 10 miles south. How he managed it remains a mystery.

It is known that the builder hired a large truck for this purpose. Many witnesses saw the car. However, no one saw how Edward himself or the builder loaded anything there or unloaded it back. To astonished questions about how he managed to transport his castle, he answered: “I discovered the secret of the pyramid builders!”

In 1952, Lidskalnin died unexpectedly, but not from tuberculosis, but from stomach cancer. After the death of the Latvian, parts of diaries were found that talk about the magnetism of the Earth and the control of the flow of cosmic energy. However, nothing was explained there.

A few years after Edward's death, the American Engineering Society decided to conduct an experiment. To do this, they tried to move one of the stone blocks, which Edward never managed to install, with the most powerful bulldozer. The machine turned out to be unable to do this. As a result, the mystery of this entire structure and its movement remained unsolved.

Kyzylkum

Between the Syrdarya and Amu Darya rivers in Central Asia there are a number of anomalous areas that have not yet been explored. Thus, in the central part of Kyzylkum, in its mountains, strange rock paintings were found. There you can clearly see people in spacesuits and something very reminiscent of spaceships. In addition, UFOs are often observed in these places.

A famous incident occurred in November 1990. Then employees of the Zarafshan cooperative “Ldinka”, driving at night along the Navoi-Zarafshan road, saw a long forty-meter cylindrical object in the sky. A strong, focused, clearly defined cone-shaped beam descended from it to the ground.

An expedition of ufologists found in Zarafshan an interesting woman with supernatural powers. She stated that she is constantly in contact with representatives of an alien civilization.

In the spring of 1990, she received information that an unearthly flying object was destroyed in low-Earth orbit, and its remains fell 30-40 kilometers from the city.

Only six months passed and in September two local geologists, breaking down drilling profiles, stumbled upon spots of unknown origin. Their analysis showed that they cannot be of earthly origin. However, this information was immediately classified and was never officially confirmed by anyone.

Loch Ness

This Scottish lake has long attracted all lovers of mysticism and mysteries. The reservoir is located in the north of Great Britain, in Scotland. The area of ​​Loch Ness is 56 km², its length is 37 kilometers. The maximum depth of the lake is 230 meters.

The lake is part of the Caledonian Canal, which connects the west and east coasts of Scotland. The fame of this lake was brought by the mysterious large animal Nessie, who supposedly lives in it. Outwardly, it is very reminiscent of a fossil lizard.

Scientists estimate that since the creation of the road on the lake shore in 1933, more than 4 thousand evidence of a monster emerging from the waters of the lake has been recorded.

It was first seen in the 20th century by the Mackay couple, owners of a local hotel. However, there are not only documented stories of eyewitnesses, science also has dozens of, albeit unclear, photographs, there are underwater recordings and even recordings of echo sounders. One or more lizards with a long neck can be seen on them, in whole or in part.

Proponents of the existence of the monster cite a film made in 1966 by British aviation employee Tim Dinsdale as proof of their theory. There you can see a huge animal swimming in the water.

Military experts only confirmed that the object moving around Loch Ness cannot be an artificial model. This is a living creature moving at a speed of about 16 km/h.

It is also believed that the lake area itself is a large anomalous zone. After all, UFOs were often observed here; the most famous evidence dates back to 1971, when alien “irons” flew here.

Researchers do not leave the lake alone. So, in the summer of 1992, the entire Loch Ness was carefully scanned using sonar. The results were sensational. Dr. McAndrews' wards stated that several unusual living creatures were found under water. These could have been dinosaurs that somehow survived to this day.

The lake was also photographed using laser equipment. Researchers said that the lizard living in the waters is unusually smart. Even a submarine was used to search for the monster.

In 1969, the Pisiz apparatus, equipped with a sonar, descended under water. Later, the search was continued by the Viperfish boat, and since 1995, the Time Machine submarine also began to take part in the research.

An important study was carried out in February 1997 by the military, led by Officer Edwards. They patrolled the water surface and used deep-sea sonars.

A deep crevice was found at the bottom of the lake. It turned out that the cave is 9 meters wide, and its maximum depth can reach 250 meters!

Researchers want to find out further whether this cave is part of an underwater tunnel connecting the lake with other bodies of water in the neighborhood. To find out, they are going to launch a whole batch of non-toxic dyes into the hole. Individual particles of it will then be searched for in other bodies of water.

The lake can be reached from London by train, and from Inverness by bus or car. A whole extensive tourist infrastructure has been created around Loch Ness. There are many hotels and hotels here. You can even pitch a tent, but not on personal land. In summer, the lake warms up enough to swim in. But only Russian tourists dare to do this, and local residents simply take them for crazy.

Moleb triangle

Between the Sverdlovsk and Perm regions on the banks of the Sylva there is a geoanomalous zone. This triangle is located opposite the village of Molebki. This strange place was discovered by a geologist from Perm, Emil Bachurin.

In the winter of 1983, he found an unusual round footprint in the snow with a diameter of 62 meters. Returning here in the fall of the following year, he saw a hemisphere glowing blue in the forest. Further study of this place showed that there is a strong dowsing anomaly.

Large black figures, luminous balls and other bodies were observed in the triangle. At the same time, these objects demonstrated reasonable behavior. They lined up in clear geometric shapes, watched the people exploring them, and flew away when people approached them.

In September 1999, the next expedition of the Kosmopoisk group came here. They repeatedly heard strange sounds here. The researchers mention that they heard a running engine.

It felt like a car was about to roll out of the forest into the clearing, but it never appeared. And no traces of her were found later. The Moleb triangle is generally quite famous among tourists and ufologists.

In the early 90s, so many curious people began to come here that it became simply impossible to do any research here. It has become increasingly mentioned in the press that the Perm anomalous zone has ceased to exist under the massive impact of people. That is why interest in the mysterious triangle has noticeably decreased recently.

Chawinda

This unusual place is located in Mexico. In Chawinda, according to the beliefs of local residents, there is the “intersection of worlds.” Therefore, no one is surprised that anomalous and mystical incidents occur more often in this area than in other places.

In the 1990s, a sensational incident occurred here. Eyewitnesses say it was a moonlit, cloudless night. You didn't even need a flashlight to see what was going on around you.

The treasure hunters suddenly heard a horseman approaching them. He was in national costume. The horseman told the frightened Mexicans that he saw them from the top of a distant mountain and rode here in 5 minutes. It was physically impossible!

The treasure hunters dropped their tools and fled in panic. When he came to his senses, they naturally doubted what they had seen. The Mexicans soon began searching again. But it turned out that this was just the beginning!

Their new cars began to break down, and within just one day they turned into old wrecks. No repair could stop this process. One of the cars was even no longer visible to other drivers on the road.

Once she was even rammed by a truck, whose driver watched in amazement as he crashed into an “invisible” car. Such mystical troubles continued until the Mexicans, who had previously believed in nothing, were forced to promise themselves that they would abandon the search for this treasure.

Envaitenet Island

Envainenet is an island in Kenya that has been associated with unexplained disappearances. In the archives of the local police there is a record from 1936 that an ethnographic expedition consisting of M. Sheflis and B. Dyson landed on the island. A few days later, contact with the scientists was lost and they disappeared without a trace.

There are also records of dozens of people inexplicably disappearing, leaving behind their homes and food. Similar news is reported to this day.

Death Valley

The mysterious Death Valley in southern Nevada has gained gloomy fame. People have disappeared here many times.

The strange thing is that many cars were later found in good condition, but not a trace remained of the people.

Local residents believed that the military was to blame for everything, testing new types of weapons in the area. The military denied everything and pointed at the smugglers. But relatively recently, the military themselves were faced with the mystery of the Valley of Death.

A group of Mexican special forces conducted training in conditions close to combat. We chose not the best place for training.

The group's location was continuously monitored on the map with an accuracy of hundreds of meters. But on the fourth day of testing, the group suddenly disappeared from the monitor screen.

When she did not reach the conditional target at the appointed time, a landing party was sent in search of her, which was landed at the point from which the last signal came. One of the jeeps with soldiers went the entire route to the conditional target without meeting anyone; another jeep, in which there were two soldiers, deviated from the route towards strange light flashes.

When he also did not get in touch, a helicopter flew out to search for him. The jeep was found to be in perfect working order, but there were no people in it, and there was a working radio station in the cabin.

Black Bamboo Hollow

The Heizhu Valley in southern China is considered one of the most inexplicable anomalous zones in the world; the name of the valley translates as “Black Bamboo Hollow.”

Over the years, in this place, under mysterious circumstances, many people disappeared without a trace, whose bodies were never found.

Horrible accidents and people die here are alarmingly common. So, in 1950, for an unknown reason, a plane crashed in the valley: the ship did not have any technical problems and the crew did not report a disaster.

That same year, according to statistics, about 100 people went missing in the ravine. 12 years later, the valley “swallowed” the same number of people - an entire geological exploration group disappeared.

In 1966, a detachment of military cartographers who were engaged in correcting relief maps of this area disappeared here. And in 1976, a group of forest rangers disappeared in a ravine.

Damn Cemetery

Devil's Cemetery is located in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, near the village of Karamyshevo. There are rumors that this anomaly arose after the fall of the Tunguska meteorite.

First, a hole appeared in the ground, and later animals began to die in this place, in such numbers that the entire surrounding clearing was littered with bones. Many researchers have visited the Devil's Cemetery.

Everyone’s description of the place was similar - “A small clearing covered with black charred trees.” Everything could be attributed to harmful underground gases emanating from the ground, if not for one “but” - when approaching the Devil’s Cemetery, navigation instruments begin to behave strangely, and the compass needle changes direction.

Bermuda Triangle

Undoubtedly, the most famous place in the world associated with mysterious disappearances is the Bermuda Triangle.

The area is very difficult to navigate: there are a large number of shallows, and cyclones and storms often form.

Mysterious disappearances in this zone indeed occur very often; researchers put forward various hypotheses to explain them: from unusual weather phenomena to abductions by aliens or inhabitants of Atlantis.

The latest convincing version was put forward in October 2016 by Steve Miller, a meteorologist at Colorado State University. He and a team of researchers managed to investigate phenomena that have been occurring for a couple of centuries in a triangle with an area of ​​500 thousand square kilometers in the Atlantic between the coast of Florida, Bermuda and Puerto Rico.

Miller's team studied the situation using radar satellites. And she found that clouds of a special shape provoke sharp accelerations of air flows. Rushing from top to bottom at speeds of up to 300 km/h, these streams become real “air bombs” capable of shooting down planes and even sinking ships, researchers believe.

Miller's hypothesis is the most scientifically substantiated of all that have been put forward regarding the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle over the past half century. Previously, researchers sinned on methane emissions from the ocean floor, aliens, parallel worlds and geomagnetic fields. These theories had no scientific basis.

On our planet, along with modern, technologically and industrially developed megacities, there are many places created by ancient masters or nature itself.

Each such attraction has its own legend and, naturally, is silent about a lot of things. Mysterious places raise a huge number of questions among scientists, confusing them with anomalous phenomena and the unknown.

1. Devils Tower, USA

In size, the Devil's Tower is several times larger than the Cheops Pyramid and from the outside resembles a man-made structure. Thanks to its unrealistic size and unnaturally correct configuration, the rock has become the object of attention of many scientists, and local residents claim that Satan himself built it.

2. Cahokia Mounds, USA

It is still unknown why a society of almost 40 thousand people left their settlement, and which Indian tribes are direct descendants of the Cahokians. Despite this, the Cahokia mounds are a favorite place for many tourists who come here in the hope of unraveling the mystery of the ancient city.

3. Chawinda, Mexico

Chawinda is of interest to many treasure hunters, because according to legend, this area hides unprecedented wealth. Unfortunately, no one has yet managed to find the treasure. Would-be treasure hunters often attribute their failures to otherworldly forces.

4. Newgrange, Ireland

It is still unknown how ancient people were able to build such a perfect structure, which for five thousand years was not only lucky enough to survive, maintaining its primitive appearance, but also to remain completely waterproof.

5. Pyramids of Yonaguni, Japan

In the course of numerous studies, it was possible to establish that the age of the Yonaguni pyramids is more than 10 thousand years. Therefore, if the Yonagun monuments created mysterious civilizations unknown to us, then the history of mankind should be rewritten.

Mysterious civilization. Underwater cities of Yonaguni

6. Geoglyphs of Nazca, Peru

Unfortunately, it is no longer possible to ask the creators, but scientists offer 2 main versions: some, leaning towards the cosmic theory of the origin of geoglyphs, believe that they are landmarks for alien ships, others claim that they are giant lunar calendars. In any case, the Nazca rock paintings are proof of the existence on the territory of modern Peru of an ancient and mysterious civilization that lived here long before the famous Incas and was distinguished by a high level of development.

7. Black Bamboo Hollow, China

They say that children and pets disappear here without a trace, and there is a lot of documentary evidence of this. Scientists have been interested in the hollow of black bamboo for decades; they have been able to prove that the valley in the Chinese province of Sichuan is an anomalous area with a harsh climate and sharply changing weather conditions, which together provoke soil subsidence, which, according to scientists, is the cause of missing people .

8. Giant's Causeway, Ireland

The natural attraction is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. This place deserves admiration, which is why more than one thousand tourists from all over the world visit it every year.

9. Goseck Circle, Germany

The original appearance of the building was restored only after complete reconstruction. Scientists have little doubt that the Goseck Circle was used for astronomical observations and calendaring. This proves that our ancestors also studied cosmic bodies, their movements and kept track of time.

10. Moai Monuments on Easter Island

In total, about 1,000 remains of such man-made monuments were discovered on the island. Most have already gone under water.

Today, the vast majority of the statues are once again placed on platforms facing the ocean, from where they continue to greet visitors to the island and remind of the former power of the ancient people who inhabited these spaces.

Easter Island - Moai Message

11. Georgia Tablets, USA

The height of the monumental structure is just over six meters, and the slabs are oriented towards the four sides of the world and have holes. In one of them you can see the North Star at any time of the year, in the second - the Sun during the solstice and equinox. Several years ago, the monument was vandalized and was damaged by paint, which has not yet been removed.

12. Rishat (Eye of the Sahara). Mauritania

This object is incredibly huge (up to 50 kilometers in diameter), so it can be seen even from space. The structure consists of several ellipsoidal rings formed by sedimentary rocks and sandstones about 500 million years ago.

13. “Gateway to Hell” – Darvaza crater in Turkmenistan

During such geological research, a group of scientists discovered an underground cavern with natural gas, which almost led to the death of a huge number of people. Therefore, the management decided to set fire to the gas so that it would not threaten local residents. But the fire, which was supposed to burn for no more than 5 days, is still burning, bringing fear to everyone who approaches it.

Brave people are ready to take selfies at the Gates of Hell

14. Arkaim, Russia

Arkaim is not only a unique architectural monument with a thousand-year history, but also a place of concentration of healing energy flows that can save a person from any disease.

15. Stonehenge, England