“Strange and inexplicable phenomena happen at the Molebka …”, a local industrialist began one of his letters to his wife back in 1789. Two centuries have passed, but the Perm anomalous zone to this day excites the minds of numerous researchers of unknown secrets and mysteries. Since the 90s of the XX century, the village of Molebka has become the center of anomalous phenomena of all-Russian scale. Autotourist Mikhail Kuzmin, who visited the perimeter of the "zone", told Vecherka about his impressions.
Ring zipper
The Moleb anomalous zone, also known as the Perm Triangle, is located on the left bank of the Sylva River between the villages of Molebka and Kamenka on the border of the Sverdlovsk Region and the Perm Territory, 37 km from the Shumkovo railway station. The area of the "zone", where, according to ufologists, paranormal phenomena occur, is 70 square meters. km.
“Almost every year with friends, we raft down the Sylva River in July,” says Mikhail Kuzmin. - Last year, after the rafting, when they took the cars in Kungur, we decided to go to Molebka to see the “miracle of miracles”.
Mikhail Andreevich knew from publications on the Internet that glowing balls, ghosts, changes in the course of time could be seen in the "zone", that objects could rise into the air and even land UFOs there, but he did not take them seriously …
- When we arrived there, it was already getting dark, the sky was gloomy, - says Mikhail Kuzmin. - When we started to enter the village of Molebka, we stopped, deciding where to go next, and saw that a thunderstorm was going on over the “zone”, although it was nowhere else. About every five minutes, lightning flashed, and one folded into a broken ring. Honestly, everyone felt uncomfortable, so they spent the night in cars in Molebka.
The next morning Kuzmin and two of his friends set out on foot to the territory of the "zone". The first step was to reach the so-called Central Glade, which is located five to six kilometers south of the village.
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- This is a large clearing with a good view, it is clear that "stalkers" are setting up tents here, - says Mikhail Andreevich. - At the edge of the eastern part of the meadow we saw the famous "warm birches", but the temperature of the trunks was to the touch, like that of an ordinary tree. To the south of the center of the glade, in a ravine, there is a small well with drinking water.
Earlier, according to local residents, on the site of the Central Glade there were several wooden houses, on the site of the foundations of which there are now thickets of wild rose.
The inexplicable for the guests began not in the Central glade itself, but two hundred meters north of it.
“We came across a small clearing, where all the young trees were broken at a height of one meter,” the traveler says. - They thought at first that it was an elk, but too thick pines were broken. In this case, it was not nibbled, namely broken. And it is strange that the elk carefully processed only one clearing, not a single tree was left intact. They shook their heads and decided upon their return to talk to those who know the elk habits better.
Mukhortovsky obstruction, Vyselki, Witch's rings
The Mukhortovsky dam is located on the banks of the Sylva, not far from the traditional campsites and campgrounds of the guests of the "zone". It was named after the journalist Pavel Mukhortov, who in the article “M's Triangle, or Strangers Don't Walk Here” in the Riga newspaper “Soviet Youth” described contact with phosphorescent silhouettes in this place.
“The luminous figures apparently had an unacceptable day,” says Mikhail Kuzmin. - We sat there for an hour and went to the so-called Vyselki.
This place is named after the former farm of the same name and is a glade located about 1 km west of the Central Glade. "Stalkers" crossed the log along the clearing of Demidov times. You can also go down the road to the Sylva River, and then follow to Vyselok along its bank in a western direction. This is the second way. On Vyselki, according to the ufologists, truly fantastic things happened: people observed ghosts, a woman with the head of an animal, the spirit of a forester, as well as strange creatures similar to elves, gnomes and brownies.
“There is unusually high grass, in the place where the house used to stand and, apparently, there was a barnyard,” says Mikhail Andreevich. - So she swung on the manure, otherwise you cannot explain. At present, only a deep pit-basement with several half-rotten logs remains from the house and yard. Almost in the center of the clearing there is an unusually curved tree, which is an excellent landmark.
Another area of interest is the Witch's Rings. They are located on the banks of the Sylva River, about one and a half kilometers south of the Central Glade, next to a rock about sixty meters high. When photographing from this place in a certain direction, strange luminous balls with black spots in the center often appear in the pictures - this is the "Witch's Rings".
“We didn’t find rings in our photographs, but we saw something else, and all at once,” says Mikhail Kuzmin. - At night, some whitish flashes rose from the ground. They lasted a split second and were barely perceptible to the eye. No matter how we tried to capture them in the photo, nothing worked: the flash interfered, and without it, the pictures were completely dark.
Skopino, Pyramids, Cosmodrome
According to ufologists, the so-called Pyramids are artifacts of unearthly civilizations.
“These are heaps of slag, flat stones are stacked one on top of the other,” says Mikhail Andreevich. - I think they were specially folded to maintain interest in the zone. That is, nothing unusual, but further, while we were walking to Skopino, we saw an incomprehensible footprint on a tree. It stood in an impenetrable swamp. And in the trunk there was a crescent-shaped hole, burned from the inside, probably a trace from ball lightning.
Skopino is a former Old Believer settlement, which has now completely disappeared. It is located about three kilometers south of the Central Polyana, on the left bank of the Sylva, on the way to another anomaly - Zmeinaya Gorka. Nowadays, in the places of former houses, there are thickets of grass in the form of rectangles. To the east of Skopino, behind a dry bog, there is a "tunnel" woven by tree branches and dense foliage, stretching for about two hundred meters.
Tourists also visited another place with great anomalous activity - the Cosmodrome. It is located to the east of the old bed of the Sylva and Zmeinaya Gorka, downstream of the river. This is a small gorge, overgrown with forest and a little swampy. Presumably, a military object could be located in this place.
“Whoever does not believe in miracles and UFOs, then go to the Snake Hill,” says Mikhail Kuzmin. - This is, in my opinion, the most beautiful place in the anomalous zone, from which an excellent view of the Sylva River and its surroundings opens. The hill is located three hundred meters from Skopino. A narrow path along the edge of the cliff leads to its top. The summit is a small flat area overgrown with forest. Convenient place for camping and night watching of the area.
Next to Zmeinaya Gorka there is the Kalitka anomaly, which Maxim Shishkin wrote about in the magazine "Ural Pathfinder" in 1996: “There is a path in the forest, and at noon, when the sun's rays fall there, the Gate appears at a certain height. I have been there several times, talking with aliens. But my place is here, not there … All of the students to whom I showed it saw and described the Gate in the same way”.
There is also the Black River anomaly in the “zone”. It is located not far from the Cosmodrome. It is characterized by the presence of time anomalies. And Belaya Gora is a former, now uninhabited village located about four kilometers southeast of Skopino, downstream of the Sylva. In the pre-war years, a camp for political prisoners was built here.
Various researchers of the zone also point to other anomalous places - Yuris Glade, Circles Glade, Horror Glade, Astral Glade, Lenza, Fracture and other places.
“Unfortunately, at the time of our presence in the“triangle,”no anomalies were particularly evident,” says Mikhail Andreevich. - In any case, we have not seen anything that would relate to them: there were no humanoids, no flying saucers, no fireballs, no "cartoons" on the walls of the tent and other oddities of extraterrestrial origin. The cameras did not fail, the mechanical watches did not lag behind, the compass did not junk. But we have not regretted, the places in the "zone" are very beautiful. The very thing is to take a break from the bustle of the city. Probably, tourists who go to Loch Ness feel the same way, not really hoping to see the famous Nessie.
Alexander Zalessky, speleologist, sports travel expert:
- I have not been to Molebka, but I have encountered various psychics and ufologists. In my opinion, these people often wishful thinking. And the excitement around the Perm Triangle was simply promoted by someone. Just like around, for example, Arkaim.
How to get there
By car. Direction Pervouralsk-Bilimbay-Shalya. After the sign "Shalya" we go to Shali, from there - to the village of Shamary. In Shamara, after the bridge over Sylva, we immediately turn left (onto gravel) and go straight to the village of Nizhnyaya Baska, from there 21 km to Molebka.