Legends of the Karelian lake Kuolajarvi

In 50-ies of the last century was published a little-known novel by N. A. Nekrasov and A. J. panaewa the "Dead lake". It is a tragic love story. In the novel, mentions the legend about the lake, which is associated with mysterious events, the disappearance and death: "Since time immemorial, went there a legend that the lake and forest around her, inhabited by evil spirits..."

Although this story is just fiction, stories about the sinister lake is the truth. I assume that the authors meant either the lake, lake kuolemajärvi, located near Vyborg, or Kuolajarvi in Olonets province (now the territory of Karelia). Both names are in Finnish language means "Lake of death", "Dead lake". With Kuolajarvi associated nightmarish puzzles related already to our time.

The locals don't usually swim in the lake because it is too deep. In the beginning of the century were still some brave souls that were in standing water. But after several people drowned, the lake began to avoid. Found here animals. But sometimes local grandmother baptized in fright at the sight of the birds without feathers, with disproportionately large beaks and giant frogs, croaking ominously on the shore. When they came here, did not remember even great-grandparents of the current elderly.

But birds and frogs harm to anyone did not bring, although it is believed that to hear them scream is not good. But the mosquitoes... in Addition to the usual bloodsuckers there are and large sized bee with a long proboscis and two pairs of wings. Here is something everyone is afraid of. However, they bite people seldom, but if it bites you... the person immediately swells all over the body, and allergies can even die from such a bite. After two or three deaths among children, many parents stopped sending their children on vacation with grandparents in a village near Kuolajarvi. Local kids and adults are not allowed to approach the shore in those places where you can meet deadly insects. But there are among the population and more terrible rumors.

So, tell that even during the war, the two teenagers decided to DMPA fish in the lake. The fact that the fish here didn't seem to be caught. Near the shore, it has long ceased to fall, and in mid-swim, no one dared. But with hunger what not to do!

Taking without asking old boat that belonged to went to the front the father of one of the boys, the guys with all the gear pushed off from the shore. Stopped at a sufficient depth and set to work. They seemed to have luck on their side. Soon one of them felt a bite. With both hands he clung to the rod — end of the line is clearly hanging something very heavy. But the rod does not budge. The guy pulled stronger. And then from the water rose up the head. And not a fish, but it is not clear whose: one and a half times more than a man, covered in dark brown skin, bulging white eyes, noseless and with a failure instead of a mouth, and stuck a fishing hook. At least, that's later described the lake monster comrade hapless fisherman. It all ended in tears. The teenager did not hold the balance, fell into the water, and it immediately began to whirl, as in an eddy. His friend struggled ran away — he knew that at this depth, sinking is no help, but most can be in serious danger.

Later, the boy claimed that while he rowed to the shore, heard behind muffled cries and some mumbling in a strange language. Maybe he wasn't imagining things? Wanting to eat Dead fish from the lake was no longer. But stories about strange creatures that live under water, or hiding near the lake, there were many. Somehow after the war, one local resident claimed that he had met on the beach... mermaid. He described her as a woman, all of whose body was covered with greenish-brown scales. Eyes without pupils, a lipless mouth, all very like the description of the monster, once dragged under water boy-angler.

Being, according to an eyewitness, basking in the sun. When people became curious and approached the mermaid, she angrily hissed and jumped into the water. He had noticed she had a large as the catfish, tail. And one woman in the early 60-ies encountered in the woods near the lake with a man surprisingly ugly appearance: brown skin on his bald skull, strange eyes, no nose and slits for mouths. The legs he had, and instead of hand — stumps. The body, as it seemed the woman had grown fur. A stranger allegedly told her he was at the front and a grenade explosion severely burned his face, went blind and lost both hands. When he was discharged from the hospital, he did not dare to go home to my family like this and, with difficulty getting to their homes, somehow managed to adapt to life in the forest. His own name he refused to name. Asked the woman to bring him something to eat, but when she was at the same place with several villagers, the monster disappeared.

And then until the 70-ies of the lake sometimes met creatures similar to humans, but awfully ugly. Then who's the crazy idea: what if those who have ever gone missing in the vicinity of the lake? Such cases took place at different times: in the district disappeared people. Two times — before the war, during the war — the story of a teenager after the war — three strange incidents with visitors. It was assumed that they drowned in the lake, although his notoriety was known by all and hardly anyone would dare to climb into the water. Even the bodies were not looking for and dissuaded from searching for relatives of the missing. But how people can turn into such monsters?

To this question tried to answer ufologist C., arrived in the region in the late 80s in search of areas UFO activity in Karelia. He suggested that the victims came under the influence of strong radiation, drastically changed their appearance. But how is it they were under water, as were able to survive and why spent near a source of radiation so long? S. expressed the hypothesis that in the area of the Dead lakes of the once-landed alien ship. Maybe he crashed or left to explore the area. Where is he? Most likely, at the bottom of the lake. S. asked local people: do not fall in the lake when any strange objects?

Some say that in the XVIII century in the lake sank some boats, but the details — whose boat, under what circumstances it happened — can't remember one. Too long ago it was... But resistant S. organized a survey of the bottom of the reservoir using a instrument infrared radiation, and he got what he wanted! The devices "see" under water, Kuolajarvi metal structure of unknown origin. In the pictures they turned out fuzzy, but on the boat these fragments bore little resemblance. The rust on the piece of iron was not found. In addition to the ordinary lake animals, there was no living beings. Traces of aliens or mutants were absent. However, P is not confused.

Seeing that nothing unusual in these parts for ten years didn't happen, he put forward a new version: space aliens (it is possible that this protein not being, and cybernetic machines) completed the cycle of its existence. And with them died and the mutants over which they made their experiments. Their remains are most likely inside the ship. Need to get to him, and then... the villagers, this idea did not arouse any enthusiasm. Superstitions associated with the lake, was still in force. But Sergei, of course, would have achieved its purpose if it hadn't turned in the most unexpected way...

S. on the left, going soon to descend on the lake with the crowd of researchers and the latest equipment, and never returned: he died of a heart attack in that city, where he lived. His fellow ufologists believe that the death of S. guilty hands is a Dead lake. Since no one else tried to learn it. People still fear to approach the lake.

What is hidden at its bottom — radioactive spacecraft with dead aliens or a failed alien robots, the wreckage of the ancient ship or hideous mutants, waiting in the wings, to go on shore, striking fear in the people? And maybe it's nothing really, and all these phenomena are completely unrelated? Lake of the dead still keeps its secret...

Translated by «Yandex.Translator»