There are many anomalous zones on the globe, the phenomenon of which is mainly associated with the mysterious stones located on their territory.
The stone sculptures of Easter Island, the moving boulders of the California Valley of Death, the magnetic rocks of the Black Bamboo Valley in the Chinese province of Sichuan, the "singing" stones of Wales, Mexico, the Russian Northwest are widely known …
But few have heard of the mysterious vertical boulders that have guarded the territory near the northern coast of the Aral Sea for centuries, between the Big and Small Badgers deserts. r
LOST WORLD
It was as if nature deliberately tried to protect this anomalous zone from uninvited guests. Two sandy deserts stretch out towards the sea in almost parallel, relatively narrow strips. The length of the Big Badgers is about 200, and the width ranges from 10 to 40 kilometers. Malye Barsuki is about 100 kilometers long. Between them lies a wide wedge of hilly steppe, abutting in the south against the coast, which abruptly drops off to the sea with a ten-meter ledge. In this kind of deaf "pocket" there are no dwellings, no rivers, no wells, no roads. Indeed, a real lost world, where a person's foot rarely steps.
In May 1900, a scientist first appeared here. It was the Russian geographer L. S. Berg, a graduate of Moscow University, who later became famous for his work on the landscape of lakes. At that time, he led an expedition to explore the Northern Aral Sea region. With the aim of establishing the boundary of marine sediments on land, Berg undertook a transition from Malye Barsuki to Bolshie and further to Chelkar station.
Despite his youth, he was an experienced traveler: he sailed a lot along the Aral, explored the islands on the sea and the deltas of the great Central Asian rivers Amu Darya and Syr Darya, studied local customs and languages … But this was the first time he got to this desert area.
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STRANGE WORKS OF NATURE
At first, Berg moved, keeping to the seashore. When he found himself on the site between two deserts, he was shocked by the picture that opened. In front of him stretched sand dunes, framed by thickets of flowering shrub gin-gyla. The brushes of flowers reached up to half a meter in length and merged into one continuous, like foaming pink stripe. White sand, pink foam of flowers and dazzling blueness of the sky created an amazing backdrop for an even more exciting spectacle: on the tops of the hills, stone blocks in the form of vertical statues, surprisingly resembling the figures of giants, rose. Where did these stone creations of nature come from in the steppe?
Later, Berg repeatedly asked Kazakh nomads about them. They said that the people call these figures ksytas, that is, the man-stone. It also turned out that many beliefs and legends are associated with vertical blocks. Nomads believed that the stones could turn into shepherds who lured tired travelers to themselves, and then took them away to their underground aul. The main giant is called Dau, and he has one eye in the middle of his forehead.
Seasoned nomads never grazed camels and horses in that direction. Berg's interlocutors made it clear that the Russian scientist was lucky, since he returned unharmed from such a dangerous journey through the possessions of the stone people.
Subsequently, Berg published his notes on that expedition in a number of scientific journals. He was the first to tell the European reader about the mysterious ksy-tas.
SECRET MILITARY BASE
Shortly before the Great Patriotic War, a secret military base was founded on the Renaissance island in the Aral Sea, the purpose of which is still being debated. Cargo was transported there either by sea from the south, or from the side of Chelkar station - through the Kulandy peninsula, which is adjacent to the mysterious abode of the Ksy-tas. The entire surrounding area was declared a restricted area. It can be assumed that in this and subsequent periods, the military made attempts to study or at least inspect the stone guards. But what were the results of these actions? Weren't there any strange, inexplicable phenomena accompanying them? We are unlikely to ever find out about this. There is information that the archive of the base was destroyed during its transfer to the authorities of independent Kazakhstan.
In the late 90s of the last century, geological exploration was carried out quite actively in the Northern Aral Sea region. In the area of the Kulandy Peninsula, significant reserves of oil and gas were discovered, as well as coal seams.
It was during this period that a small note flashed in one of the Kazakh newspapers. In light of the above, it seems to be of significant interest:
“From the Chelkar station, a car drove out with a dread for the eye tower, installed on the southern end of the Bolshie Barsuki desert - in the Dzhideli tract. In addition to the driver, there was a driller in the cockpit returning from vacation. On one of the sections of the path, the driver decided to cut off the corner and drove straight through the steppe. As a result, they got lost, looked for the right direction for a long time and, in the end, the very next day they drove to the stone statues. On a hillock, the car shook violently. One of the bales flew out of the body and rolled down the sandy slope. The driller climbed out of the cab to pick him up.
Not getting enough sleep, the deadly tired driver bent his head on the steering wheel and instantly fell asleep. When he opened his eyes again, the driller was not around, although more than an hour had passed since the unplanned stop. The driver went outside and looked around. His companion was nowhere to be found, as was the bale, after which he descended into the lowland. The driver whistled and shouted until he was hoarse - to no avail. Focusing on the coastal cliff, the driver soon reached the oil rig and reported the incident.
They searched for the guy for three days, called a helicopter, but never found him. Finally, it was decided that he fell off a steep cliff and drowned.
But, perhaps, the secret of his disappearance is known by the silent Ksy-tas?"
The governments of Kazakhstan and China have already agreed on the construction of the Caspian Sea - Beijing railway. It should go exactly along the Northern Aral Sea region. The laying of a new transport artery will undoubtedly revive this still deserted, deserted area. Perhaps then the time will come to finally reveal the ancient secret of the stone guards of the two deserts?