There are many lakes in Yakutia. But, of course, the most mysterious of them is the Labynkyr Lake. According to legend, a creature lives in it, which is called the Labynkyr devil. It was watched by many.
On the shore of the lake, people did not settle, they were afraid to meet this monster, and the fishermen and hunters who came here more than once killed dogs and deer. They were dragged under the water by a mysterious monster. Although these places are very rich in game and fish, the locals are afraid to go there for a long time.
The only person living on the lake for a long time was a certain Alams. He spent years here hunting and fishing. Sometimes helicopter pilots flew here, he exchanged his prey for bread, tea and canned food. According to the stories of Apyams, several monsters lived in the lake - that is, we can speak of a whole population.
Once in Moscow at the exhibition "Hunting and Fishing" I was lucky to meet a man who saw and talked to this Alyams. In the distant 1980s, he served in the North, was a helicopter pilot and visited Lake Labynkyr more than once. The pilot's name was Sergei. It was he who told me the story I heard from Alyams. This is what the old taiga man told.
- It was very scary when I first saw the Labynkyr devil. It is difficult to imagine a more disgusting creature. I don't even know what it can be compared to. Then I sailed on a boat and picked out the set net from the water.
There were surprisingly many fish, there were so many that I didn't know where to put it later. I thought that now you can not catch anything for two weeks, but only salt, dry and smoke the catch so that it does not disappear. And then I, having reeled up almost the entire net, saw a huge hole in it, which even the largest catfish could not make.
I was very upset and began to figure in my mind how much time I would spend on repairing the network. I had a limited supply of fishing line, and the nearest village was hundreds of kilometers away.
When I pulled the net, something boiled from the bottom of the lake and quickly began to rise to the surface of the water. I got scared, grabbed the gun. A huge head appeared above the water, with a tuft of matted hair or algae on it. The monster swam quickly towards me. His movements made such large waves that my boat swayed and I fell into the water.
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- I've never been so scared. Continuing to grip the already useless gun, I swam with all my might towards the shore. It was not more than a hundred meters away. It is a pity that the boots had to be thrown off, otherwise I would have drowned.
While I was swimming, it seemed to me all the time that the miracle Yudo was pursuing me. But I was in vain afraid. The monster only wanted my catch. He then ate all my fish. The boat got a lot of water, but did not sink. In the evening, when the wind picked up, she washed ashore. On board the boat there were clear imprints of teeth, measuring them, I realized how huge the mouth of the monster is.
At first it was so scary that I did not go fishing for a week. But then I realized that this creature could easily devour me, but preferred to eat fish. So she doesn't need me. I started fishing on the lake again, at first with apprehension, then more calmly. Before going out on the water, I always prayed, and also mentally turned to the monster with a request not to touch me.
Then I noticed that at nights, especially during the full moon, this creature gets out on the shore, and sometimes there were two of them. I began to leave part of the catch for them on the shore, in the very place where they usually went. In the morning there was nothing left of him. It means that one of them or they came together and ate my offering.
- After I began to feed them, I was no longer afraid to fish. But in winter there were almost no fish, and the monsters were looking for other prey. My dogs disappeared twice; most likely, they were dragged away by one of these devils.
Many explorers came to the lake, but no one was able to take a clear picture of the monster. Some did not believe when I told about the monster until they were convinced for themselves.
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Once fishermen came to visit me. They stopped near my home. We had an exchange: they gave me gunpowder, shot, as well as loaded cartridges, salt, matches, vodka, a supply of tea, and I gave them smoked and dried fish and the secret of catching places where there is really a lot of fish.
There were severe frosts, the lake was covered with a thick layer of ice. They decided to go there in the morning right on the sledges. I warned them that it was dangerous here in winter, but they just laughed at me, considering me out of my mind. It was decided that since I was living here as a hermit, my mind had long ago become confused.
I felt sorry for the guys and asked to go fishing with them, although I had no shortage of fish reserves. They shrugged their shoulders, but still took me with them. The weather was clear, there was practically no wind, but frost is frost, there is nowhere without it. The guys put up a tent from the wind. The sledges were tied to some snag frozen in the ice. They tied them themselves, I did not come to this place, so that they would not think something bad about me.
I helped punch a few holes. We drank a little vodka to warm it up and started fishing. The fishing was wonderful, the fish was caught with a bang.
- And suddenly something happened. The dogs howled and growled at the same time. We jumped out of the tent and saw the following picture. The sledges slowly began to plunge into a large wormwood. They were being dragged into the depths by a huge monster.
The dogs tied to the sleds howled, feeling inevitable death. My would-be fishermen quickly sobered up, rushed back to the tent and ran out of there with guns. The sledges at that moment completely went under the water, and with them the unfortunate dogs. The guys were already shooting at the bubbles in the water.
The ice on which we stood began to crack. Apparently, the monster wanted to eat us too. Throwing away the remnants of our equipment, we ran to the shore. We slipped, fell, but got up and ran again. They calmed down only when they reached the shore. Now my guests knew for sure that the Labynkyr devil exists, it is not a product of my imagination.
This is the story told by Alams. And it was told to me by Sergei, a former pilot of the helicopter crew who visited Lake Labynkyr.
Stanislav BARGANDZHIA, Ozyory, Moscow region
