Riddles and secrets of Lake Baikal (15 photos). Interesting facts, secrets and legends of Lake Baikal Secrets of Lake Baikal
Miquitos / flickr.com Cape Burkhan (Shaman's Rock), Olkhon. (Konstantin Malanchev / flickr.com) Baikal seal (Sergey Gabdurakhmanov / flickr.com) Shamanka Rock. View from Olkhon Island. Baikal (Tanya Legkobyt / flickr.com) Olkhon Island, Baikal (alexey_nitsa / flickr.com) Sergey Gabdurakhmanov / flickr.com Klas Š. / flickr.com Klas Š. / flickr.com Konstantin Malanchev / flickr.com Sergey Gabdurakhmanov / flickr.com Baikal seal (Sergey Gabdurakhmanov / flickr.com) Sergey Gabdurakhmanov / flickr.com Konstantin Malanchev / flickr.com Klas Š. / flickr.com Konstantin Malanchev / flickr.com Konstantin Malanchev / flickr.com Olkhon, Baikal (Konstantin Malanchev / flickr.com) Oleg Gant / flickr.com Sunset in Siberia, Northern Baikal, Russia (Yuri Samoilov / flickr.com)
The origin of Lake Baikal causes a lot of controversy and speculation in scientific world. There are two polar points of view on this issue.
One of them advocates that the natural object originated in the Ice Age and has a history of millions of years. Another version, more controversial, indicates the relatively “young age” of the lake, according to which the reservoir appeared “only” a few hundred thousand years ago.
Olkhon, Baikal (Konstantin Malanchev / flickr.com)
Regarding the reasons that led to the formation of a unique phenomenon, most researchers favor the version of a transform fault. A number of scientists connect the origin of Baikal with the fact of the divergence of the Eurasian and Hindustan plates. There is a version that speaks of the formation of a natural depression under the influence of vacuum sources, which was then filled with groundwater.
The approaches of scientists to the question of the toponymy of the term “Baikal” are also ambiguous. According to one of the options, the name of the lake comes from the Mongolian combination of the words “baigal” and “dalai” (from Mongolian - “big” and “lake”).
Later this phrase was transformed in the Buryat language and sounded like “Baygal-Nuur”, which literally means “Lake Baigal”. With the arrival of the Russian population to the great waters, the name of the lake acquired a dull connotation, replacing the sound “g” with “k”.
Another version connects the name of the lake with the Turkic “Bai-Kul” (from the Turkic – “rich lake”).
There are many other theories regarding the toponym “Baikal”, according to which the term has Buryat, Arabic, Chinese and other bases. But the most likely are the first two options.
Lake Baikal: interesting facts
A lot of interesting facts and information have been collected regarding Lake Baikal, and all of them come with the epithet “the most”. Here are just a few of them:
- Lake Baikal is the largest natural reservoir of fresh water. It contains 20% of the total fresh water on the planet, which is 23 billion tons;
- Baikal is the most deep lake in the world. According to the results of measurements, the depth of the reservoir is 1580 m. However, there are individual depressions, the size of which is 7 km. Such indicators are rarely found even near the seas, and therefore, based on this fact, a number of scientists are inclined to the version that a unique natural object, according to its classification, belongs to the seas;
- Baikal is the cleanest body of water on our planet. This is the only hydrological object on the planet that has a natural biological treatment system;
- The flora and fauna of the lake is distinguished by the fact that most of their representatives are endemic. According to scientists, there are more than 1000 species. In total, about 2,600 living organisms live in the waters of Lake Baikal;
- Baikal is the oldest lake in the world. Its age is 25 - 35 million years.
- Baikal is the most beautiful lake on earth, and this fact is perceived as an indisputable truth.
Baikal seal (Sergey Gabdurakhmanov / flickr.com)
Scientists' interest in the lake is also related to the fact that its surroundings were once inhabited by mammoths and woolly rhinoceroses.
The areas along the lake are also interesting because the burial place of the legendary Genghis Khan may be located here. According to one of existing versions, the powerful Mongol found peace near the waters of the Great Sea of Baikal.
Adventurers and numerous adventure seekers are attracted by the waters of Lake Baikal with the opportunity to find lost treasures. According to legend, this is where the wealth of the Chinese caravan, fleeing the raid of the Mongol troops, was buried.
Many believe that Admiral Kolchak chose this area to hide gold, and at the bottom of the Baikal depths lies Chinese silver, sent in 1867 from Irkutsk to the Chinese Fair.
Legends of Baikal
Rock Shaman
The secrets of Lake Baikal are associated with natural objects and phenomena. One such secret is located on the island of Olkhon, where the Shamanka rock is located, in the cave of which, according to legend, Guta-Babai, who once descended from heaven, lives. He married a beautiful Buryat woman, and from their family came the Great Shamans.
Cape Burkhan (Shaman Rock), Olkhon. (Konstantin Malanchev / flickr.com)
The rock is associated with a Baikal legend about how in the old days, criminals were brought to Shamanka. The culprit was knocked into the water by a wave, as a result of which he died. The water did not touch the innocent ones.
Another Baikal legend says that once upon a time husbands brought their wives to the foot of the rock to convict the latter of adultery.
It was believed that a faithful wife must withstand all the tests of nightmares without losing her mind. Otherwise, the spouse did not keep the vows of fidelity.
Damned Cape Rytyi
Another terrible legend of Lake Baikal is associated with Cape Ryty. The territories of the Cape are considered cursed. To the common man It is forbidden to set foot on his lands, otherwise he will die from the curse of the spirit living in the protected area. Only shamans are allowed to enter the sacred territory.
Glows and mirages over the water surface
One of the modern mysteries of Lake Baikal is strange glow and mirages observed above the water surface of the lake. Most often they are observed in the areas of Olkhon and Bolshoy Ushkany islands, as well as near Cape Pokoiniki.
According to scientists, these optical phenomena are related to the contrast of temperature conditions. But ordinary people associate unidentified phenomena with UFO activity. Thus, there arose new legend Lake Baikal, which thousands of tourists come to see with their own eyes.
The Legend of the Daughter of Baikal
Another interesting fact is that large lake, fed by many small springs, is the “parent” of only one river flowing from its waters - the Angara.
A similar interesting fact is explained by another Baikal legend, according to which the lake is a formidable father, the river streams flowing into it are sons, and Angara is a naughty daughter who ran away from her father to her beloved Yenisei.
Each legend of Lake Baikal was born from a person’s desire to explain the secrets of nature. And there are many of them, including Cape Khoboy, which is a dragon’s tooth; and Cape Bogatyr, protected by a wall of fire; and Lake Shara-Nur, the haven of the Yellow Snake, etc. - they are all waiting for their explorers.
Secrets of Lake Baikal
The main secret of the lake is water. The features of Lake Baikal that distinguish it from other freshwater bodies of water are the presence of pure water rich in oxygen. Baikal can be called a happy choice of nature, which took care of the purity of its waters, creating a natural barrier environment from pollution.
Olkhon Island, Baikal (alexey_nitsa / flickr.com)
The lake's water basin is filled by many streams and underground springs. All water entering Baikal passes through natural filters.
In addition to thorough mechanical filtration, Baikal waters also undergo natural biological purification.
The main element of the lake's ecosystem is the microscopic crustacean Epishura. Billions of crustaceans destroy any traces of pollution and organic decomposition.
As a result, it is thanks to the “work” of natural orderlies that the reservoir is particularly clean and amazingly transparent.
Water taken from the lake does not require additional treatment and is suitable for direct consumption. Despite the fact that the lake has very few minerals, its water is considered healthy and life-giving due to its high oxygen content.
Baikal has long been not only a lake of unusual beauty, but also sacred place. Since ancient times, legends and mystical tales have been written about him. Their list is supplemented by contemporaries. A local historian, shaman and ufologist spoke about the secrets and mysteries of Lake Baikal.
GENGISH KHAN'S LEG
Director of the Taltsy Museum Vladimir Tikhonov says that there are many legends and stories about the sea-lake, because since ancient times people have endowed Baikal with magical properties. For example, there is a legend that Genghis Khan “crossed Baikal with dry feet in the area of Olkhon Island,” that is, he did not swim across the lake, but walked.
“Allegedly, a land trail passed through Olkhon overland, through Baikal. Most likely, this is an incorrect interpretation: there was no land bridge across Lake Baikal, it could not have disappeared so quickly. It’s just that he didn’t get there by swimming, but by land, maybe bypassing Lake Baikal,” Tikhonov believes.
In his opinion, the story that the shores of Lake Baikal are moving apart along with the movement of the continents sounds more truthful.
“Considering that Baikal is actually a living being, it is a rift (fault, depression), Baikal is actually moving apart. Our Angara part remains in place, but the Buryat part moves towards the USA, after many millions and hundreds of years. This is a real movement of continents,” the historian is sure.
"FROM BUDUNA"
There is, according to the director of the museum, a rather funny and realistic legend about how it arose famous expression“from Budun”, which characterizes those aggravated by alcohol the day before.
“On Olkhon, in the Khalgai area, there is Cape Budun. During the war there was the most fishing place, fishing teams caught omul for the army and population. There was no food, but there was a lot of alcohol, and the fishermen, especially in winter, warmed themselves with alcohol. When they came home to the village, they said about them: “Oh, they came from Bodun again,” explains Tikhonov.
WITCH CIRCLES
Shaman Valentin Khagdaev recalls seeing luminous balls over the lake seven or eight years ago, which could be mistaken for unidentified flying objects.
“There are luminous balls, they stand over the strait, not only I saw this, but also a federal judge and my son. Dishes or not, they illuminated the water and then suddenly disappeared. It's not clear what it is. This shocked me,” said the shaman.
Mysterious luminous objects have been seen on Lake Baikal many times before. Back in 1971, Leningrad engineer Georgy Filippov wrote that he saw luminous columns on Olkhon, forming even pyramids.
According to Khagdaev, he also saw circles on Olkhon Island, which are popularly called “witches’ circles.” The circles definitely do not look like animal tracks: at the border of the circle, a strip of lush and tall grass appears. Ufologists believe that these are traces of aliens. Biologists are sure that these are just myceliums.
“In addition to witch circles, there are mysterious rock paintings in the shape of a space helmet, maybe aliens are depicted, maybe something else,” Khagdaev said.
The head of the Irkutsk-Cosmopoisk organization, Nikita Tomin, in turn, said that for decades there has been talk about the possible existence of some kind of alien station at the bottom of Lake Baikal, but there is no noteworthy evidence of this yet.
“There is no actual evidence. There were dives to the bottom of Lake Baikal, but no one found the station. There were episodes of glow, we saw unidentified luminous objects take off from the surface of Lake Baikal, but the problem is that when we try to find out, it turns out that many stories are retellings of retellings,” Tomin said.
PLACE OF POWER
“There are places that give energy and strength, for example the Shamanka rock itself, where spirits protect and contemplate. Baikal has always been a sacred place, and after UNESCO began to protect it, the lake attracted scientists from all over the world,” said the shaman.
Shamanka is located on Cape Burkhan and consists of white marble, granite and quartz. Inside the rock there is a cave where shamans have performed rituals and sacrifices for centuries. This place has been considered “strong” for as long as the local population can remember its history. But at the same time, the force was not characterized as good and life-giving.
In the old days, people suspected of something were brought to the Shaman to check their guilt. If the water knocked a person off his feet, then this confirmed the suspicions. There is a legend that the fidelity of wives was also tested here. They were left with the Shaman for the night. If a woman did not go crazy by morning, it means she is a respectable wife.
There are other so-called places of power - these are capes Bogatyr, Ryty and Khoboy, but not every one of them can be visited by tourists, according to the interlocutor, local residents they are carefully preserved.
The crystal water of Lake Baikal, surrounded by extreme beauty and picturesqueness, hides many secrets. Everyone knows that this is the deepest lake in the world; after every strong earthquake, its bottom drops several meters. They also say that the lake is expanding by a couple of centimeters per year, and according to the existing theory, Baikal is the future ocean. Moreover, the ocean is filled with fresh water! Isn't this amazing? Incredible phenomena occur on the Baikal land, spirits protect nature here, shamans live and the smallest deer in the world lives here, and even with fangs like a vampire - the musk deer. If you are planning to visit Baikal, we will share with you its secrets that you might not know about.
Ancient belief - Baikal does not like drunks
There is an interesting superstition that the lake does not like drunk people. Of course, it is logical that when drunk you should not go into any water, drive or conquer space, but, apparently, it is not for nothing that local residents say that Baikal takes drunk people to the very bottom and treats those who do not respect the lake carelessly.
Memo for tourists: before entering clear water Baikal, you need to sincerely, without any ridicule, greet it. Accordingly, do not litter or make noise. And if you plunge naked into the lake at night, Baikal will give you vitality and positive energy for a long time.
Bay Proval
There is a mystical bay on Baikal, located next to the delta of the Selenga River, separated from the lake by a chain of small islands called Proval. This bay was formed more than one hundred and fifty years ago after a major earthquake in the Gypsy steppe. The earth swelled, and water and sand gushed out like a fountain from the cracks that formed, as a result, a section of land sank, and the river rushed to a new bay. As a result, an entire village went under water overnight. It was not possible to save the livestock; people barely escaped with their feet, sailing away in boats. Since everything happened in winter, the flooded area was covered with two layers of ice for several days. This is a rather terrible incident, because no one is immune from the fact that this kind of tsunami will happen again.
The underworld of Baikal
When going to sea, fishermen make a sacrifice to Baikal as a matter of course, otherwise they may not return back. Every year the lake absorbs various ships into its abyss, which are very rarely found. So, on the island of Olkhon, in the deepest part of Lake Baikal, there is such a disastrous place that, at the slightest calm, begins to swallow ships along with people, and this horror is called the Devil's Funnel. Several times a year the water rages, forming an ominous funnel, which, rotating with high speed, leaves no hope of salvation. According to superstitions, this is the very underworld where sinful souls end up.
Witch circles on Olkhon
On the most beautiful slopes of Olkhon Island, perfectly even circles of lush green grass appear. The most interesting thing is that these circles are not the results of human activity, elements or animals. Because of their impressive size, local legends claim that fatal circles arise as a result of the round dance of witches during the Sabbath or because of the dances of the children of the god Tengri, who descend from heaven to earth for fun on the new moon. Biologists believe that Witches' circles are just myceliums that receive uniform nutrition, which is why they are ideally shaped and grow at the same speed. In turn, ufologists suggest that the circles serve as parking for alien ships.
Baikal triangle
The concept " Bermuda triangle"is associated with anomalous disappearances and unexplained activities occurring in Bermuda. Either ships or planes disappear. Exactly the same phenomenon was noticed on Lake Baikal. It is believed that the lake shows the least mercy towards balloonists. In its zone there were crashes and abnormal turbulence, the instruments either misinformed or completely failed. Also, incredible phenomena such as bright luminous balls, circles and frequent weather changes are often observed above this place. And some eyewitnesses even say that time seems to stop there. There have been cases where fishermen returned home, thinking that they had been on the lake for several hours, but in fact weeks had passed.
Baikal mirages
Golomenitsa is the name given to local mirages that arise for unknown reasons. Mirages are visible at any time of the year; they allow you to look beyond the horizon and see objects located fifty kilometers away. This is a truly amazing phenomenon, because it’s not every day that you see a rock or trees floating in the sky; it all looks like the surreal paintings of Salvador Dali.
Several expeditions tried to unravel the mystery anomalous zone Baikal, but they went missing
Those who were lucky enough to return claimed to have seen strange things, for example, luminous balls, huge human-like creatures, sparkling concentric circles. At the same time, many argued that everything they saw was accompanied by a loss of time.
Scientists have been trying to uncover the secret of the “enchanted place” for many years. The only thing that was found out is the reason for the danger for people in the anomalous zone. Exorbitant levels of radiation activity have been recorded there. However, the participants in the upcoming trip are confident that they will be able to fly across the lake.
But if you don’t think about the terrible consequences of being in this “enchanted place,” then you must admit that among all the beauties and riches of Siberia, Lake Baikal occupies a special place. This is the greatest mystery of all that nature has given us.
There are still ongoing debates about how Baikal arose - as a result of inevitable slow transformations or because of a monstrous catastrophe and failure in the earth's crust.
This is the deepest lake on the globe. The maximum depth is 1637 m, near Cape Izhimei 1642 m. 23 thousand cubic meters are concentrated in Baikal. km of clean, transparent, fresh, low-mineralized, generously enriched with oxygen, water of unique quality.
First of all, Baikal is unique in its antiquity. It is about 25 million years old. Typically, a lake 10-20 thousand years old is considered old, but Baikal is young, and there are no signs that the lake is starting to age.
Research in recent years has allowed geophysicists to hypothesize that Baikal is an emerging ocean. This is confirmed by the fact that its shores diverge at a speed of up to 2 cm per year, just as the continents of Africa and South America, the shores of the Mediterranean and Red Seas diverge.
The lake has many features inherent in the ocean - great depths, a huge mass of water, internal high waves, tides, strong storms, expansion of the basin due to the sliding of the shores, large magnitudes of magnetic anomalies, etc. The approximate direction in which the lake is expanding is also determined: To Sea of Okhotsk and the northern part of Sakhalin Island.
It was hypothesized that Baikal is connected by an underground channel to the Arctic Ocean. This legend arose for two reasons: due to the fact that it is not clear enough how the seal got to Baikal, and due to the presence of a circular current in the middle part of the lake, where fishing nets placed in the deltaic areas of the Selenga are most often carried away. However, there is no underground channel, since in this case, according to the law of communicating vessels, the water levels of Lake Baikal and the ocean would level out.
The world of Baikal is extremely rich; it is a gigantic natural laboratory and center of speciation. Currently, 1,550 species and varieties of animals and 1,085 plant organisms are known in Baikal. It is estimated that about 2/3 of the 2,635 species of animals and plants found in the lake cannot be found anywhere else in the world. Among them are golomyanka fish, seals, and omul.
Golomyanki are the most numerous fish in Lake Baikal. In their natural environment they are exceptionally beautiful fish. The most surprising thing is that the golomyanka does not spawn at all, that is, it is viviparous and does not lay eggs; it does not have spawning migrations, as is typical for all other fish in Baikal. It is extremely difficult to catch it - after all, it does not form fishing and spawning schools, which means it cannot be caught with a net or trawl.
The Baikal omul came to Baikal relatively recently (during the glacial or post-glacial period), presumably from the estuary sections of rivers flowing into the Arctic Ocean, in particular from the Yenisei and Angara.
The Baikal seal is the only representative of mammals in the lake. It is believed that the seal penetrated from the Arctic Ocean along the Yenisei and Angara during the Ice Age, when the rivers were dammed by ice advancing from the north.
Another unique feature of Lake Baikal is due to phytoplankton. It is phytoplankton that determines the condition of the rest of the “population”: microorganisms, plants and animals. Phytoplankton - microalgae - release about 3 million tons of organic substances from their cells every year. These substances inhibit the development of bacteria.
Indigenous Baikal algae species give Baikal water high biological activity.
Baikal has powerful protective self-purification mechanisms. Even significant inputs of heavy metals into the lake (for example, during man-made accidents) can be neutralized in 3-4 months.
Zooplankton also plays a significant role in the formation of clean Baikal water, filtering the lake water as they feed.
Baikal is a giant heat accumulator. Throughout the summer, it actively absorbs heat, and in winter it releases it back into the atmosphere. As a result of frosty steam, dense fogs can occur on cold days in November and December. All seasons on the coast of the lake and above its waters are shifted by a month. And the sharply continental climate of Siberia is smoothed out to a large extent, becoming softer, more “marine”. In summer Baikal is about 5 degrees cooler, and in the frosty Siberian winter it is just as warmer.
Series mysterious deaths and UFO arrivals will soon scare away all tourists from Lake Baikal! Creepy details of the lake's history have been revealed...
1. Cape, forbidden for visits
On the western shore of Lake Baikal, opposite the widest section of the lake, Cape Ryty is located. Local population calls it sacred, and recently it achieved recognition of the cape as off-limits to tourists. The indigenous inhabitants of the coast of Lake Baikal will not, under any pretext, land on the shore of Rytoye.
Everyone knows that once upon a time there was a ancient city, from which only a stone wall remained. There is an unreasonable increase in the radioactive background here: shamans say this can be explained by the fact that Ryty is the habitat of evil deities, the sons of the god Ukher, who are capable of causing damage and sending bad weather. If someone cuts down a tree or shoots an animal on the shore, the spirits will take cruel revenge on the uninvited guest. Eyewitnesses tell tourists many stories about how yesterday’s violators died under strange circumstances or disappeared without a trace.
2. The miraculous power of the Shaman Stone
At the source of the Angara River you can see a large rock-like stone. No one remembers why they call him Shaman, but it is known for certain that he has special powers. They say that once upon a time the owner of the Angara, Ama Sagan Noyon, lived on the stone.
Shamans perform especially important rituals on the rock, take oaths and initiate newcomers into their ranks. Just five or six centuries ago it was used to acquit or convict a criminal: he was left in cold water overnight and if he survived by morning, he was considered innocent. The bottom around the stone is littered with both modern and ancient coins - offerings to the rock.
3. Dragon Fang or Cape Khoboy
Khoboy translated from Buryat means “fang, molar.” This is the northernmost cape on Olkhon Island. The pillar-shaped rock, according to local legends, was once the fang of an ancient dragon, which dropped its fang while flying over the lake. Scientists are more incredulous than the residents of the villages around Lake Baikal: they are sure that Cape Khoboy is a fragment of an ancient meteorite.
Shamans bring here those who did not have time to say goodbye to their relatives before their death. Here you can see spirits before they go to other worlds, or get acquainted with your past incarnations.
4. The indescribable horror of Mount Shamanki
The Shamanka rock, located on Cape Burkhan, causes even greater fear among the Buryats than Cape Ryty. This real mountain made of white marble, granite and quartz. It is called the “stone-temple” because no one except the shaman can approach the rock.
If natural disasters did force the aborigines to take refuge in stone temple, then the horses’ hooves were wrapped in felt and leather so as not to disturb the peace of the supernatural forces of Baikal and not fall victim to their wrath. Women were generally forbidden to even walk a couple of miles from the rock. Shamans believe that in ancient times 13 divine beings descended here, the most evil of which, Khan Khute-baabai, settled in Shamanka. Priests from all over Siberia come here to fall into a trance and receive the gift of predicting the future.
5. The hero who controls the elements
At the end of the 16th century, travelers came across a cape that amazed them because it was covered in fire - and this pillar stretched to the very sky! A wall of fire did not allow people to land on the island, so they sailed away, calling Cape Fiery. Local chronicles later also mentioned similar phenomena, which were never explained.
Today the cape has changed its name to Bogatyr, but shamans still say that it is waiting for its new ruler. The one whom the Bogatyr chooses will be able to learn the rituals of spells of the elements - fire, wind and water. Until the arrival of Soviet power local tribes they left baby boys here for at least one night so that they would live long and gain physical strength.
6. Monster of the waters of Lake Shara-Nur
Baikal has its own lake, which can compete with Loch Ness in Scotland. It is called Shara-Nur: the giant yellow snake Shara-Kaaya lives in it, according to local residents. The snake is very dangerous: every year dozens of people disappear on the lake, and search expeditions do not yield any results.
One day, a group of researchers ventured to the bottom of Shara-Nur: they found out that the lake was connected to Lake Baikal by a network underground tunnels, in which a snake can hide. Fishermen confirm the scientists' guesses: they often hear sounds from the depths of the water that are similar to groans and growls.
7. Mysterious underwater inhabitants
In 1982, Soviet military swimmers had to face an unknown force under the waters of Lake Baikal. The Trans-Baikal Military District held training camps on the lake: they practiced diving, during which people noticed strange creatures under water. They attracted attention, first of all, by their unusually tall height, which was at least three meters. Each of the strangers was dressed in a silver wetsuit and a transparent spherical helmet. When the swimmers dared to approach them, a powerful vibration pulse carried them to the surface of the lake.
Within two months, all the divers who participated in the training died under strange circumstances. A few years later, an attempt was made to study the same part of Baikal, but only drowned stone statues of people and animals were found there.
8. "Devil's Funnel"
In the deepest area of Lake Baikal there is another place that both military and amateur swimmers are wary of. The “Devil's Funnel” looks like an ordinary one 360-362 days a year water surface. On other days, the lake seems to “wakes up” and even on good weather A strong rotation of water begins, at the epicenter of which there is a funnel that sucks in everything around.
Shamans believe that on these days an abyss opens, through which the souls of people fall into other world. In 2003, their guess was confirmed by a local fisherman who almost fell into a funnel. He saw the air above her turn crimson, and moans and pleas began to be heard from under the water.
9. The mystery of Peretolchin’s death
The volcano next to which he died was named after the scientist Sergei Peretolchin. In 1914, he went to study a group of extinct volcanoes, and later two local guides were to join him. They tried to find Peretolchin for two days, but all traces of him were lost.
The scientist’s body was found only a year later, but its discovery only added more questions. It was determined that he died of natural causes due to his skull suddenly splitting in two. Nobody touched the money, cameras and jewelry found on the corpse, which completely rules out the version of criminal intent.
10. UFO over Baikal
From 1971 to the present day, unidentified flying objects have been seen over the lake more than a hundred times. They always look like balls, luminous columns or flat saucers, but those who controlled these ships never appeared before people. In 2000, students of the Ural Polytechnic Institute tried to make contact with the aliens, but as soon as they approached the UFO, it turned into an ellipse and quickly flew upward.
