One of the strangest and most mysterious places in our country is considered to be the so-called Devil's settlement. This is a tract on the bank of the Chertovskaya River (another feature in the name!) Not far from the town of Kozelsk in the Kaluga region. Located in the Ugra National Park.
The main attraction of the tract is a hill with sandstone cliffs that are not typical for central Russia. In addition, relic plants grow here - schistosteg moss and centipede fern.
Many scientists are interested in this area - geologists, historians, botanists, and ufologists. And this interest is not without reason. The fact is that the Devil's fortified settlement is unique in a number of properties - plants grow there that should not have grown under these conditions.
Red Data Book fern centipede. This is a rare species for this region, which does not grow on the ground, but on a rocky substrate, and in general it simply cannot exist in central Russia. However…
In a small cave, you can find the amazing glowing moss of the Schistostega pennata. This is a real miracle of nature. The moss resembles a velvet carpet that glowed with a striking emerald light. This effect is due to the unusual cells of the plant, which are able, like a lens, to refract rays of light falling into the pitch darkness. A mesmerizing sight.
Scientists have been debating for a long time whether there was a glacier on the site of the Devil's settlement in the past. In addition, the Devil's Settlement is unique in that a settlement may have once been located on the site of these ruins and piles of giant stones of unknown purpose.
Devil's well. " Bowl-shaped with a multifaceted depression, even in the most intense heat it is always full of water. And if you drain it, then by morning the "well" will magically be filled again.
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Amazing stories happen to people who went to the Devil's Fortress. Often people disappear in the area, but more often they return, telling amazing stories. One of such cases happened with one of the tourists who went to the Devil's settlement. The history of the young man was described by Andrey Perepelitsyn in the article "Secrets of the Devil's Settlement".
The young man walked away from the parking lot for water. The path along which he walked was well known to the guy. After walking only a few meters, he turned back, but, surprisingly, he saw neither the tent, nor the friends who were waiting for him in the camp. The traveler decided to return back to the camp, but a strange thing: the area, so familiar a minute ago, now seemed to have completely changed.
To his horror, the young man realized that he was lost: he could not determine his whereabouts, and when he tried to call for help, his friends did not respond. Turning off the path and walking for a few minutes, he went out to the camp, where his friends were waiting for him.
To the surprise of the guy who had not yet had time to come to his senses, his friends immediately began to excitedly ask him about the walk - where he supposedly disappeared for so long. It turned out that the young man wandered around the neighborhood for more than 3 hours, while the guy himself claimed that he was absent for no more than 30 minutes.
The strangest thing is that, although the young man had been somewhere near the camp all this time, none of his friends heard his cries for help. And, as it turned out, the travelers also called the young man, but he did not respond and did not hear anything.
There are many such stories that happened in the area of the Devil's settlement. Often people disappeared for a long time, wandered around the neighborhood, trying to find a familiar path, which they left a few minutes ago. And when, after a long time, they returned to the camp, it turned out that no one from the group was worried, since the person was absent only for a few minutes.
Also in this area, anomalous malfunctions of the compass were recorded. And many tourists suddenly began to lag behind or hurry their hours.
But what is this strange force that makes people get lost in space and time? Is it really possible that people who wandered around the vicinity of the Devil's settlement actually wandered in the past or in the future, and after some time returned to the present, to the starting point of the anomalous distortion of time? And what exactly creates such curvatures?
Some researchers say that the fault is the remains of ancient buildings that existed on this place many centuries ago. And nowadays, they do not cease to be amazed, looking at the huge boulders, from nowhere and by whom were brought.
Traces of human efforts are visible on many stones: the stones are hewn in the form of huge bowls with a hollowed out middle. There are stones in which several holes are carved at once: sometimes 5 or 6, and in some places even 20.
Scientists argue about the origin of the depressions: some believe that the depressions appeared without human help. However, others argue that the bowl stones were so-called "cult" stones and may have served to worship gods and perhaps even for sacrifices.
As noted by many researchers, it is in such places - ancient temples, dilapidated structures - that anomalous phenomena most often occur. According to another version, the corridors of time open up where human blood was shed.