From life, strange and sometimes inexplicable paranormal phenomena. Not everyone can draw the line between this category of events and phenomena whose nature is not clear, as well as natural anomalies. Often anomalous events are a figment of human imagination or clouded consciousness. There are documented facts of events, the reality of which has not been clearly established. What are paranormal phenomena, and what are they?
Unusual stories from life: paranormal phenomena
Apologists of ufology and parapsychology include paranormal phenomena:
- telekinesis, levitation, telepathy;
- human aura and sun-eating(a person’s ability to feed on cosmic energy while going without food and water for a long time);
- unidentified flying and floating("Flying Dutchman") objects;
- other psychophysical and psychological-physiological phenomena that cannot be explained within the framework modern performance about the world around us.
People who study paranormal phenomena are classified by most serious scientists as charlatans, and ordinary people consider them “urban madmen.” Funding for research comes from voluntary donations, personal savings from paranormal fans, and various foundations. In the United States this is James Randi Foundation, and in Russia grants allocated within the framework of the bonus program named after Harry Guddini.
Completely ignore the inexplicable, from the point of view modern science phenomena and events are impossible. The excitement is fueled by periodic reports of unexplained phenomena. Below are the most famous and mysterious of them.
The most famous paranormal phenomena
Of particular interest is the story of “ The Flying Dutchman " Despite the fact that most parapsychologists classify it as a legend, it is possible that encounters with ghost ships do indeed occur periodically.
The first “paper” mention of “The Flying Dutchman” appeared in 1795, on the pages of the work “ Journey to Botanical Bay", whose authorship is attributed to London pickpocket George Barrington. If even serious researchers of paranormal phenomena speak about the “Flying Dutchman” with a sufficient degree of skepticism, then it is quite difficult to deny the facts of encounters with ships unexpectedly abandoned by the crew and drifting freely. Such objects include:
- sailboat " Seabird"(1850, coastal waters of Rhode Island);
- brigantine " Mary Celeste"(1872, Atlantic Ocean);
- schooner " Carroll A. Dearing" (1921, Outer Banks of Hatteras Island), on board of which none of the nine crew members were found, except for the well-fed ship's cat;
- tanker " Yang Seng"(2006, Queensland coast, Australia), whose owner and nationality are unknown;
- cruise ship " Lyubov Orlova"("Lyubov Orlova"), which is without a crew and passengers in the Atlantic, the last beacon signals were received on March 1, 2013.
The frequency of paranormal phenomena varies Moscow Kremlin. According to ufologists, thousands of restless souls roam in its basements and dungeons. Bell tower of Ivan the Great- a favorite place of repentance for the soul of the formidable tsar, and according to the testimonies of some eyewitnesses, in her chambers one can hear the deep sighs and mutterings of the Russian sovereign, whose restless spirit atones for his unforgiven sins. It is true that it is not clear why such prayers are not heard in Versailles. On the night of St. Bartholomew, Catholics killed 10 times more Huguenots than Ivan the Great ordered the execution of traitors in his entire life. Therefore, it will not surprise anyone if one day Parisian Church of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois the cries of the spirit of Marie de Medici will not be heard.
Many famous personalities accompanied by legends about their ghostly counterparts - doppelgängers(doppelganger), who are antagonists of the guardian angels. According to paranormal researchers, the appearance of a doppelganger is evidence near death. Historically true is the fact of seeing one’s double as a kind Queen Bess(Anglo-Irish queen ElizabethI- the last crowned ruler of the Tudor family). Shortly before her death, a ghostly double appeared to her, informing her of her imminent death. This fact was recorded by the chronicler from the words of Elizabeth I.
Johann Wolfgang Goethe met his doppelgänger eight years before his death. He was riding a horse, heading to Drusenheim. Eight years later, returning from Drusenheim to Weimar, the author of "Suffering young Werther" and "Fausta", died during the trip.
In fact, they happen to everyone from time to time. They manifest themselves in strange events or dreams. Knowledge of this sphere of another mystical life of the subtle world is available to everyone, you just need to be observant.
When I thought about meeting Slavka Firsov in the first years of his imprisonment, I kept wondering: would I be able to shake his hand after my release? He is not just my neighbor in the stairwell, with him we got up at three o’clock in the morning so as not to miss the first bite, climbed through other people’s gardens, played football and fought “yard to yard” in the same team, clung to freight train cars as they moved. Sorting is a hectic microdistrict that brings people living side by side closer together. But over time, in the turmoil of things, I remembered my childhood friend less and less; I had enough of my own problems. And our paths diverged long before that terrible crime. Different interests after school led to different companies - a common thing. I studied at the institute, he was a driver, we sometimes drank at each other’s birthday parties... And yet, belonging to the same team made itself felt. Everyone could count on the help of a neighbor. After midnight, let in and understand. But... when he was taken away in the morning by a police UAZ, and ominous rumors spread along the street, something turned over in me.
Different concepts of time
When last year the freed Slava suddenly appeared in front of me at the entrance, I remembered my experiences. He extended his hand first, and I automatically reached for it. Embarrassed by the handshake, he rubbed his fingers, numb from his “pincers,” and filled the pause with a stupid question: “Are you just here, or are you on vacation for good behavior?”
The short, strong man slashed his gray, narrowed eyes with a blade: “What, twelve years is not enough? Did it go quickly?” Indeed, for me these years flew by like one day. For him, they must have dragged on painfully slowly. But neither I nor he spoke about this anymore.
In Slavka’s life, everything was gained little by little, as, indeed, for everyone in our company. His father drank heavily, but did not attack his son with fists; he moderately quarreled with his wife, an always sloppy woman, overwhelmed with work on the “iron”.
At school, Slava got straight C's, but as for the streets... Here we all behaved rather wildly: we smoked bulls, put huge nails under the wheels of the train so that we could then sharpen knives out of them, we fired at sparrows with slingshots.
But what’s surprising is that Slavka not only did not show cruelty to them, he always pitied them. Which means there was kind person, essentially. At home he kept a cat, which he fattened so much that it was scary to look at.
Once I saw Slava’s darling and the lazy one nimbly crawling along the trunk of a birch tree towards a birdhouse, from which the voices of chicks were already heard. I attached the birdhouse and therefore decided to teach the cat a lesson. Warbler was not at home. We caught his Senka and flogged him with a rod.
But when the cat, distraught with fear, was released, a hooligan guy of about sixteen intercepted him and threw a rope noose around the neck of the heart-rendingly meowing poor fellow. The cat finally escaped. Dragging the rope behind him, he jumped onto the tree, but unexpectedly fell from the branch and hung on this noose...
We buried Senka behind the gardens and cried our eyes out together with Slavka. We thought for a long time about how to take revenge on the lanky man. They decided to throw stones at his windows at night.
Slavka threw fragments of bricks with particular frenzy. By the way, maybe after that he became very bitter? Yes, it seems, no. Soon I got myself another cat... Our life was so fast-paced, stormy, eventful that no one focused on one, even a very sad incident.
From Slavka’s short letters from the army, I learned a lot of interesting things about his life. After training in Mulino, he ended up in Kizil-Arvat, where instead of moonshine, sergeants bought half a liter of water for a dime, and scorpions during the mating season threatened servicemen with instant death.
Then Slavka froze twice in Nerengi. But the Yakut frosts did not break his cheerful character. Everywhere he was a “social” person, a “joiner”, ready to give his last piece of bread for a friend. At heart, he still remained a hectic kid, a thrill-seeker.
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Slavka not only did not show cruelty to his smaller brothers, he always pitied them, which means he was a kind person
Scary unexplained facts
Perhaps he was arrested the first time because of this desire for adventure. Having got a job as a driver for a GAZ car at a car depot, a month later he was caught stealing spare parts. They gave me two years of chemistry. He worked in Dzerzhinsk as a driver. He lived under supervision for a week, and was allowed to go home on weekends.
By that time he had managed to get married, and besides his parents, his wife was waiting for him at home. infant. Sometimes Slavka didn’t come home for the weekend and warned his family in advance: don’t worry, they say, the police won’t let you go. And at that time he was resting with his mistress Lida. He met her there, in Dzerzhinsk.
Slavka apparently really liked this way of life: they wait everywhere, they welcome you everywhere, and they don’t burden you with worries. Suddenly Lida admitted that she was expecting a child from him.
Neighbors later said that she flatly refused an abortion. Maybe from the heart of Vyacheslav. Yes, and she didn’t, the girl from rural areas, in a huge city with black and orange smoke there is no one except Vyacheslav.
Financially well-off, she expected from him, first of all, moral support. And then the most mysterious thing happened, something that seems impossible to decide on in your right mind.
Vyacheslav, who was allowed to go home after work on Friday, dropped in to see Lida. I had a hearty dinner, drinking a few glasses of vodka for my appetite. After the caressed and tired Lida fell fast asleep, he smothered her with a pillow. And, as if nothing had happened, he returned to his home. A week later the police came for him.
Police - detention The body of the strangled woman was not immediately discovered. The neighbors noticed a suspicious odor coming from the room. The police were called and they broke down the door. Finding the killer wasn't much of a problem.
Nina Ivanovna, Vyacheslav’s mother, came out less and less often to chat with the neighbors at the entrance. And if I met someone, I immediately started talking about him. And she usually ended it like this: “Maybe for exemplary work they’ll knock off three or four years…”
The neighbors winked at each other, gloating over the eccentric “upstart”... Vyacheslav’s father never received his son from the zone. He turned yellow and lost his face. Returning from treatment, he said: “I drank away my liver, drank it clean...” Cirrhosis quickly overwhelmed him.
And Nina Ivanovna, left alone, increasingly began to leave somewhere early in the morning and returned late in the evening. No one knew where she disappeared for days, when suddenly one of the gossips explained: “Ninka is begging!”
It turns out that someone she knew saw her at the Middle Market in a patched robe. Nina Ivanovna deliberately chose a place away from the Sorting. She carried overalls in a bag. She changed her clothes behind the stalls and asked for alms from compassionate citizens near them.
Horrible incidents from life
When Slava returned from prison, he was 36. And he still looked young. Unless the wrinkles spoiled the “sign” a little. He cheerfully, as if nothing had happened, began a new life.
He moved his wife and 12-year-old son to his mother’s apartment. One can only guess what his “half” experienced when they learned about their spouse’s infidelity and such a heinous crime. And yet they connected. They became almost a close-knit family. Almost. Because the past involuntarily took revenge for itself. No one else saw even a hint of a smile on the faces of Slava and Lyuda.
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And then the most mysterious and terrible thing happened, something that seems impossible to decide on in your right mind.
One evening Slavka came to me with a bottle. We sat and drank, but I saw that he was not at ease, something was gnawing at him.
- You, Slava, if you want to tell me something, don’t be shy, you know, I can. “I took him by the shoulder encouragingly.
And then he told me his other one.
You know, bro, I thought this murder thing was forever in the past. What came over me then, I don’t know. All the years of imprisonment I thought about it, but never figured it out. I was definitely not myself then. And only recently I began to understand.
You see, in those days I was very loving. Yes, you know it yourself. I couldn't let a pretty girl pass by. Although I knew that I was doing the wrong thing, it was as if a demon was pushing me from within. I then met another girl - Larisa. I rarely met her, you know, my wife, Lidka.
In short, after three months I told Larisa that I could no longer maintain a relationship with her. She didn’t beg, didn’t cry, just rolled her eyes angrily and said: “Do you really just want to get rid of me that easy? No, it won’t work!”
- What will you do to me?
- I'll ruin your life! - she stood up, slammed the door and left.
After some time, I began to observe strange things about myself. Believe me, I periodically began to fall out of real life. One day I woke up, standing near my truck in a field, in the distance there was some village. How did I get here, why did I come. It’s seven o’clock in the evening, and the last thing I remember was washing the windows in the garage in the morning. I approached the village, it turned out that I was a hundred kilometers from the city.
It happened again: I went to work and woke up in the evening in a pub. It turns out I wasn’t at work, I don’t know where I spent my time. The next day I had to go to a doctor I knew so that he could give me a certificate, otherwise the absence would have been counted as absenteeism. A few more times with me similar stories happened.
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After the caressed and tired Lida fell fast asleep, he smothered her with a pillow. And, as if nothing had happened, he returned to his home
Strange unexplained cases
When this mess with Lida happened, I also fell out of reality. I remember how I came to her. And then... I’m already sitting at home in front of the TV. I began to remember what was there? Nothing... a black abyss... And only then I was arrested. But then I had no idea why.
By the way, during the investigation I told the investigator about these cases. They even took me for a psychiatric examination, but they found me sane. Yes, I myself knew that I was sane, but I could not explain these lapses in memory.
But, most importantly, I then completely forgot about this Larisa, whom I so meanly abandoned, I forgot literally the next day, when we broke up. As if she never existed. I forgot not only her, but in general everything that was connected with her. But that doesn’t happen. Although we didn’t know each other for long, I had to remember from time to time. No, not once in all the years of imprisonment. Although I’ve watched it all my life, second by second, hundreds of times.
And then the day before yesterday I was on the bus, and I saw a woman standing at the bus stop. And I was shot. After all, I know her. Something is connected with her in life, something extremely important and disturbing. I haven’t been able to find peace all day, I can’t see it in any way. And only at night I remembered, I woke up covered in sweat. This is Larisa! The one I abandoned and who promised to ruin my life!
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When Slava returned from prison, he was 36. And he still looked young. Unless the wrinkles spoiled the “sign” a little
Deal with an unknown entity
And then I realized one more thing - it’s not me who is to blame for the murder, but she! I don’t know how she did it. Maybe she herself has some kind of power, maybe she asked someone to damage or cast a spell, or maybe she entered into a contract with an alien force, an entity unknown to us. But it's definitely her!
- What are you going to do? – I was shocked by his story.
- You know, he nervously lit a cigarette, it seems to me that she also saw and recognized me. Now we have to leave, the whole family. Otherwise, something terrible may happen again.
We sat a little longer, finished the vodka, and he got ready to go home.
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It's not me who is to blame for the murder, but that girl! How she did it, I don’t know. Maybe she herself has some kind of alien power, or cast a spell, or maybe she entered into a contract with an alien force
A month later, Slavka came again.
- I came to say goodbye. Found a job in Khabarovsk. I'm leaving tomorrow. For now, my wife will be here to exchange the apartment and then come to me with her family.
I nodded understandingly:
-Are you afraid?
- Afraid. Not for myself, you know, I’m afraid for my family.
I nodded again. Slavka was never anything but a coward.
Time has passed. The Firsov family has been living in Khabarovsk for five years now. Everything is fine with them. Slavka became the boss at his car depot. True, small, even on the scale of a car depot.
We sometimes call each other, but every year less and less. Everyone has their own life.
Ghost stories and other paranormal stories represent tens of hundreds of cases that defy material reality. From time to time we encounter such mystical horror that it is impossible to believe.
I'll tell you paranormal stories, good ghost
The next few "fairy tales" range from mildly creepy to downright frightening, but they all have one thing in common. common feature: There is no reasonable explanation for them. - Please don't read mystical stories before going to bed - take care of your psyche.
Voices in a woman's head.
In 1984, a woman was quietly reading a book while at home. Suddenly a clear voice sounded in her head, speaking to her with the words: Please, do not be afraid. I know how shocking this kind of conversation is for you, but this is the simplest way to communicate. My friend and I worked at Children's Hospital, and we would like to help you. You are sick.
After a series of medical tests, including psychological tests, the patient was diagnosed with a large benign brain tumor. Moreover, the mysterious voice continued to speak to her during medical testing.
After completing the operation to remove the tumor, the patient, having come to her senses, heard a voice for the last time: We were glad to help you. Farewell.
The woman did not report any post-surgical problems and no longer heard the voice. A study of a patient diagnosed with a brain tumor and a mysterious voice in her head was published by the British Medical Journal (BMJ).
Imaginary friend or relative?
My grandfather passed away a few weeks after I was born. You understand, I have never seen what he looks like. When I was 5 years old, I started seeing a man in a rocking chair. My parents thought it was an “imaginary friend” from dreams. But they were increasingly surprised when I told them the details of the communication.
Finally my parents asked me more about this. I told them every detail I could remember and they showed me a photograph of the man. This was my grandfather.
Today I'm 22, and I feel my grandfather somewhere in the background. I remember when I dreamed of graduating high school, and looked at the stands, I saw him next to his parents. I like to think that he is watching over me from wherever he is.
Past life experience?
Several years ago, when my daughter was just over three years old, my husband and I watched a television show about the horror of 9/11. It was the day of the anniversary of the event. My daughter, coloring pictures nearby, looked up when a plane appeared on the screen, hitting one of the World Trade Center buildings. Suddenly she told us: “I died there.”
Then she just went back to her pictures as if she hadn't said a word. We never talked to her about the concept of death and we never discussed 9/11.My daughter hasn't talked about it since, but now if something comes on TV about 9/11, she says, "I don't want to watch it."
Skeleton of Hampton Court Palace.
Hampton Court Palace is considered one of the most frequently visited buildings in England. According to their website, the castle is haunted by at least three ghosts.
Skeleton from Hampton Court Palace. England - a world of conservatism, a palace without a ghost - a shack
Catherine Howard - was repeatedly noticed by palace staff and guests. Sybil Penn, a ghost wandering around the palace, is apparently worried that her grave was moved back in 1829.
However, the palace's most notable "occupant" has to be "The Skeleton", a creepy apparition caught on the palace's CCTV cameras in 2003. Palace officials explain on their website:
For three days in a row, palace security personnel were forced to close one of the fire doors... On the first day, CCTV footage showed the doors being thrown wide open with great force, but nothing was visible.
On the second day the same thing happened, but this time she suddenly appeared on the screen in an evening dress and closed the doors. They add: The doors opened again on the third day, but there was no further sign of the ghostly “gatekeeper.”
Could this be the ghost of the most famous resident of Henry VIII's palace? You can watch the video yourself on YouTube.
Papa Doppelganger (double)*
About ten years ago (I was 8 years old at the time), I visited my father at his house. My stepmother was in the kitchen and I was in the family room. We both saw him walking up the stairs in a red flannel shirt and blue jeans. I called my father and followed him. Father turned and looked at me, climbed to the top step and turned the corner.
I called my father again. Suddenly, unexpectedly, from the living room, dad raised his head over the couch and asked what I wanted. He slept on the couch the whole time, but my stepmother and I saw him coming from the living room up the stairs.
It was the most impossible thing I've ever seen. Both my stepmother and I still remember this and talk about it to this day. Moreover, everything happened in good daylight, so it was not some kind of supernatural illusion of the night.
Wilson Hall, Ohio University.
Room 428 in Wilson Hall is permanently locked. To students from Ohio University, the ninth oldest state university USA, no one is allowed to look into the room due to numerous reports of ghosts and dangerous ghostly activity.
Wilson Hall was reportedly built on an Indian burial ground (that always ends badly). Spiritualists claim; the building is located at the center of a pentagram formed by five ancient cemeteries, giving this geographical location additional powers of either safety or evil.
In the 1970s, a student died under mysterious circumstances in room 428. Years later, a student used what she perceived as "energy" in the room to practice "astral projection" rituals.
In this practice, the human spirit (or consciousness) is said to leave the body and can travel at will. One day she cut her own wrists.
Since the two deaths occurred here, everyone in the room has reported horrifying sightings at all hours of the day and night. Objects flew across the room and crashed against the walls. Students heard voices whispering and even heart-rending screaming, although no one was there.
The door would often open and then close on its own. Even worse, demonic faces appeared right on the wooden door of the room. And although the school changed the door several times, the exhausted, disgusting faces appeared again.
Eventually, the room became too frightening, and the university, fearing that another student death might occur, decided to close the door permanently. This is the only known case of a room being closed to this day.
We are used to believing, or rather, we are convinced that the world around us lives according to established and familiar laws, but is this true?
- (German: Doppelganger - double) a mysterious creature with the ability to polymorphism. The creature is able to recreate the image of a person indistinguishable from the original.
A lot of strange, mysterious and inexplicable things are happening in the vast expanses of our Motherland, but there is nothing to worry about. On 1/6 of the earth's landmass there is enough room for everyone: aliens, ghosts, prehistoric animals, psychics and supernatural monsters unlike anything else in the world.
1. Meeting of astronauts with a UFO
The pioneers of space exploration had a hard time: the technologies of the beginning of the space era of mankind left much to be desired, so emergency situations arose quite often, like the one that Alexey Leonov encountered when he almost ended up in outer space.
But some of the surprises that awaited space pioneers in orbit were not related to the equipment at all. Many Soviet cosmonauts who returned from orbit spoke about unidentified flying objects that appeared near earthly spacecraft, and scientists still cannot explain this phenomenon. 
Vladimir Kovalenok
Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, cosmonaut Vladimir Kovalyonok said that during his stay at the Salyut-6 station in 1981, he observed a bright luminous object the size of a finger rapidly encircling the Earth in orbit. Kovalyonok called the crew commander Viktor Savinykh, and he, seeing unusual phenomenon, immediately went for the camera. At this time, the “finger” flashed and split into two objects connected to each other, and then disappeared.
It was never possible to photograph it, but the crew immediately reported the phenomenon to Earth.
Sightings of unknown objects were also repeatedly reported by participants in Mir station missions, as well as employees of the Baikonur Cosmodrome - UFOs appear quite often in its vicinity.
2. Chelyabinsk meteorite 
On February 15, 2013, residents of Chelyabinsk and surrounding settlements observed an extraordinary phenomenon: a celestial body entered the Earth’s atmosphere, which was 30 times brighter than the Sun when it fell. As it turned out later, it was a meteorite, although the most different versions phenomenon, right up to application secret weapon or the machinations of aliens (many still do not exclude this possibility).
Exploding in the air, the meteorite split into many parts, the largest of which fell into Lake Chebarkul near Chelyabinsk, and the remaining fragments scattered over a wide area, including some regions of Russia and Kazakhstan. According to NASA, this is the largest space object to fall to Earth since the Tunguska bolide. 
The “guest” from space caused quite significant damage to the city: the blast wave broke the glass in many buildings, and about 1,600 people received injuries of varying severity.
The series of “space” adventures for Chelyabinsk residents did not end there: a few weeks after the meteorite fell, on the night of March 20, a huge luminous ball hovered in the sky above the city. It was observed by many townspeople, but there is no exact explanation yet of where the “second Sun” suddenly appeared, especially at night. However, some believe that the ball arose due to the reflection of city lights on specifically located ice crystals in the atmosphere - that night Chelyabinsk was covered with thick cold fog.
3. Sakhalin monster 
Remains unknown creature found by military personnel Russian army on the coast of Sakhalin Island in September 2006. In terms of the structure of the skull, the monster is somewhat reminiscent of a crocodile, but the rest of the skeleton is completely unlike any reptile known to science. It also cannot be classified as a fish, and the local residents to whom the soldiers showed the find could not identify it as any creature living in these waters. Remains of animal tissue were preserved, and judging by them, it was covered with wool. The corpse was quickly taken over by representatives of the special services, and its further study took place “behind closed doors.” 
Now most experts are inclined to believe that these were the remains of some kind of cetacean, according to some versions - a killer whale or a beluga whale, but others object that its skeleton differs from both of them. An alternative to the “accepted” point of view is that the remains belonged to a prehistoric animal, which were probably still preserved in the depths of the World Ocean.
4. Seeing off the mermaid
Mermaids are one of the main characters of Russian folklore. According to legend, these spirits living in reservoirs are born as a result of the painful death of women and children, and rumor says that meeting a mermaid does not bode well: they often seduce men, luring them into the abyss of a lake or swamp, steal children, They scare animals and generally behave in a manner that is not very decent. According to tradition, in order for the year to be successful and fertile, villagers brought various gifts to the mermaids, sang songs about them and held dances in honor of these restless souls.
Of course, now such beliefs are not nearly as widespread as in the old days, but in some parts of Russia rituals associated with mermaids are still held. The most significant of them is considered the so-called Rusal Week (also known as Trinity Week or Farewell to the Mermaid) - the week preceding Trinity (50th day after Easter).
The main part of the ritual is the making and destruction of a stuffed mermaid, accompanied by fun, music and dancing. During Rusal Week, women do not wash their hair to protect themselves from perfume, and men carry garlic and walnuts with them for the same purpose. Of course, at this time it is strictly forbidden to go into the water - so as not to be dragged away by some bored mermaid.
5. Russian Roswell
The military missile range near the village of Kapustin Yar in the north-west of the Astrakhan region is often found in reports of the most strange and inexplicable incidents. Various UFOs and other curious phenomena are observed here with amazing regularity. Because of the most notorious case of this kind, Kapustin Yar received the nickname Russian Roswell by analogy with the city in the American state of New Mexico, where, according to some assumptions, an alien ship crashed in 1947.
Almost a year after the Roswell incident, on June 19, 1948, a silvery object shaped like a cigar appeared in the sky above Kapustin Yar. On alert, three MiG interceptors were scrambled into the air, and one of them managed to shoot down a UFO. “Cigar” immediately fired a certain beam at the fighter, and it crashed to the ground; unfortunately, the pilot did not have time to eject. A silvery object also fell in the vicinity of Kapustin Yar, and was immediately transported to the test site bunker.
Of course, many have repeatedly questioned this information, but some documents of the State Security Committee, declassified in 1991, indicate that the military more than once saw something above Kapustin Yar that does not yet fit into the framework of modern science.
6. Ninel Kulagina
During the Second World War, then Nina Sergeevna Kulagina served as a radio operator in a tank and participated in the defense Northern capital. As a result of her injury, she was discharged, and after the blockade of Leningrad was lifted, she got married and gave birth to a child.
In the early 1960s, she became famous throughout Soviet Union like Ninel Kulagina - a psychic and the owner of other paranormal abilities. She could heal people with the power of her thoughts, determine color by touching her fingers, see through fabric what was in people's pockets, move objects at a distance, and much more. Her gift was often studied and tested by specialists from various institutions, including secret scientific institutes, and many testified that Ninel was either an extremely clever charlatan or actually possessed anomalous skills.
There is no convincing evidence for the former, although some former employees Soviet research institutes assure that when demonstrating “supernatural” abilities, Kulagina used various tricks and sleight of hand, which was known to the KGB experts investigating her activities.
Until her death in 1990, Ninel Kulagina was considered one of the most powerful psychics of the 20th century, and the inexplicable phenomena associated with her were called the “K-phenomenon.”
7. Dragon from Brosno
Lake Brosno, located in the Tver region, is the deepest freshwater lake in Europe, but it is known throughout the world mainly because of the mysterious creature that local residents believe lives in it.
According to numerous (but, unfortunately, not documented) stories, an animal about five meters long, resembling something like a dragon, was seen in the lake more than once, although almost all observers describe it differently. One of the local legends says that a long time ago, the Tatar-Mongol warriors who made a halt on the shore of the lake were eaten by the “dragon from Brosno”. According to another story, in the middle of Brosno one day an “island” suddenly appeared, which disappeared after some time - it is assumed that it was the back of a huge unknown beast.
Although there is no reliable information about the monster supposedly living in the lake, many agree that some strange things do sometimes happen in Brosno and its environs.
8. Space Defense Forces
Russia has always sought to protect itself from all possible external (and internal) threats, and more recently, the defensive interests of our Motherland also include the security of its space borders. To repel an attack from space, the Space Forces were created in 2001, and in 2011, the Space Defense Forces (SDF) were formed on their basis.
The tasks of this type of troops include mainly organizing missile defense and controlling the military satellites that coordinate it, although the command is also considering the possibility of aggression from alien races. True, at the beginning of October of this year, answering the question whether the East Kazakhstan region is ready for an alien attack, Sergei Berezhnoy, assistant to the head of the Main Test Space Center named after German Titov, said: “Unfortunately, we are not yet ready to fight extraterrestrial civilizations.” . Let's hope the aliens don't know about this.
9. Ghosts of the Kremlin
There are few places in our country that can compare with the Moscow Kremlin in terms of mystery and the number of ghost stories that are found there. For several centuries it has served as the main citadel of Russian statehood, and, according to legend, the restless souls of the victims of the struggle for it (and with it) still roam the Kremlin corridors and dungeons.
Some say that in the Bell Tower of Ivan the Great you can sometimes hear the crying and lamentations of Ivan the Terrible, atoning for his sins. Others mention that they saw the spirit of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin in the Kremlin, three months before his death, when the leader of the world proletariat was seriously ill and no longer left his residence in Gorki. But the most famous ghost of the Kremlin is, of course, the spirit of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, who appears whenever the country is in for a shock. The ghost smells cold, and sometimes he seems to be trying to say something, perhaps warning the leadership of the state against mistakes.
10. Black bird of Chernobyl
A few days before the infamous accident of the fourth power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, four plant employees reported seeing what looked like a huge dark man with wings and glowing red eyes. Most of all, this description is reminiscent of the so-called Mothman - a mysterious creature that allegedly appeared repeatedly in the city of Point Pleasant American state West Virginia.
The Chernobyl plant workers who met the fantastic monster claimed that after the meeting they received several threatening calls and almost everyone began to have vivid, incredibly scary nightmares.
On April 26, the nightmare happened not in the dreams of the employees, but at the station itself, and the amazing stories were forgotten, but only at short time: While they were extinguishing the fire that raged after the explosion, survivors of the flames said that they clearly saw a 6-meter black bird that flew out of the clouds of radioactive smoke pouring out of the destroyed fourth block.
11. Well to Hell
In 1984, Soviet geologists launched an ambitious project to drill an ultra-deep well on the Kola Peninsula. The main goal was to satisfy scientific research curiosity and test the fundamental possibility of such deep penetration into the thickness of the planet.
According to legend, when the drill reached a depth of about 12 km, the instruments recorded strange sounds coming from the depths and most of all resembling screams and moans. In addition, at great depths, voids were discovered, the temperature in which reached 1100 °C. Some even reported a demon flying out of the well and a flaming "I Win" sign appearing in the sky after eerie screams were heard from a hole in the ground.
All this gave rise to rumors that Soviet scientists had drilled a “well to hell,” but many of the “evidences” do not stand up to scientific criticism: for example, it is documented that the temperature at the lowest point that the drill reached was 220 °C. 
David Mironovich Guberman
Perhaps, David Mironovich Guberman, one of the authors and managers of the Kola superdeep well project, spoke best about the “well”: “When they ask me about this mysterious story, I don't know what to answer. On the one hand, stories about the “demon” are bullshit. On the other hand, as an honest scientist, I cannot say that I know what exactly happened here. Indeed, a very strange noise was recorded, then there was an explosion... A few days later, nothing similar was found at the same depth.”
So this girl and guy, armed with video cameras, tried to find out why no one had been living in this house for many years, and the last inhabitants left it in such a hurry that they left all their things.
In just over four minutes, a couple of lovers of paranormal phenomena suffered such fear that it is almost impossible to convey in words. Mysterious knocking and creaking almost immediately began to sound in the dark apartment. A children's car suddenly arrived from the darkness of the corridor. The old mattress rolled up on the bed began to move. The mirrored closet door slowly opened by itself, and through the translucent curtain a mysterious silhouette extended its arms towards them. The video is short and creepy, but the viewers themselves will have to judge whether it’s true or a skillful production. Watch the video “Paranormal Activity in Real Life” at good quality 720 HD. All materials from 2017 and 2018 are contained on Youtube.com and are available on our website without registration.
