The Chelyabinsk region is one of the richest in anomalous phenomena in our country, and probably for a reason the famous meteorite fell on its territory in 2013. Let's try to put together the main Chelyabinsk mysticism from urban legends to evidence of UFO sightings and Bigfoot.
Chelyabinsk elevator
Almost every city has its own symbol, personifying mysticism, secrets and urban legends. As a rule, this is an abandoned building with a rich history and extremely atypical architecture. There is a similar object in Chelyabinsk - a dilapidated building that was once the elevator of a state bank.
The building which has been located for almost a century in the most inconspicuous corner of the city center, far from the "fashionable new buildings" and mirrored business centers, the forgotten giant, involuntarily attracts the glances of accidentally wandering passers-by and tourists.
Lovers of mysticism, paranormal phenomena, "roofers", "diggers" and other adventurers, try to get inside an abandoned building, sometimes risking their own lives, in order to find a mythical treasure, guarded by a ghost.
They say that the Tsar-Rat, a huge rodent, lives in the underground of the elevator. Also, eyewitnesses claim that there is an inscription in Latin on the wall, associated with something devilish.
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Monument to Lenin on Revolution Square
In the center of Chelyabinsk there is a monument to Lenin, but no one thought about what was under it. The fact is that there is a whole network of underground tunnels and bunkers under the city.
Ural diggers have already tried to examine them, but each time they were stopped. Some suspect that these are spirits or demons, which for some reason do not allow passing on.
It was installed in 1959 and immediately became the hero of a local legend. It says that the monument was erected a month before the expected date of opening, so that city residents get used to the new look of the square. A few days after the installation of the monument, the local office received a statement from the South Ural Hotel, located not far from the monument: in one of its suites, several guests died in a row, and one went crazy.
The case was transferred to the KGB, because at that time ordinary people did not stay in elite rooms. To find the cause of the strange deaths, Secret Service officers were ordered to be on duty in a mysterious room.
And one night they saw a hand stretching out of the darkness. The vision looked very realistic, but then it turned out that it was just a shadow from the hand of a monument standing outside the window. So that the bronze Lenin would not frighten anyone anymore, the monument was remade in a hurry, but it was not without incidents - the new monument had two caps at once: on the head and in the hand. The mistake was soon corrected.
Opera and Ballet Theatre
The Opera and Ballet Theater in Chelyabinsk is believed to be built on bones. It is believed that the historic building was erected on the site of an old cemetery. Residents were buried there when Chelyabinsk was still a fortified city.
Some of the remains were reburied, and some were left to lie in the ground. And now the disturbed dead haunt the living. The builders themselves said that at night or in the early morning, they noticed silhouettes or heard voices.
When the theater was completely rebuilt, employees of the institution allegedly began to complain about voices, visions and strange sounds. However, archaeologists claim that the theater building was not built at the cemetery itself, but hundreds of meters from it, closer to the tram tracks at the intersection of Zwilling and Truda streets.
“In 1996, workers laid a fire water conduit to the Art Gallery across the square in front of the Opera House,” said the historian Gayaz Samigulov, who took part in the excavation of the cemetery. - When we were driving the trench from Truda Street, the excavator caught the coffin. This is how the cemetery was found, probably founded about three years after the appearance of the fortress.
This mass grave was located near the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, which stood at the current intersection of Truda and Zwilling streets at the Opera House. This case at one time had a wide response - quite a lot of publications in the press, a lively discussion of the question of the possible date of the necropolis. Then more than 100 burials of children and adults were found. The bones were reburied at the Mitrofanovskoye cemetery.
Park of Culture and Rest named after Gagarin
On the territory of the Gagarin Park of Culture and Leisure in Chelyabinsk, according to one of the legends, it is quite possible to meet the ghost of a cat, a dog or even a turtle. They say that ghosts of animals roam the park alleys, because once it was here that they were buried by their owners.
Regional Legislative Assembly Building
On the site where the ZSO building is now located, there was a transit prison before the revolution. Over time, the black aura of the underworld did not dissipate. They say that at night near the parliament you can hear the clanging of shackles, hoarse laughter and muffled swearing.
Civil Registry Office of the Sovetsky District
The house on Zwillinga Street, where the registry office of the Soviet District is now located, was built on the site of the destroyed church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. There is a legend in Chelyabinsk that those who marry in this particular registry office will live happily ever after.
Samuel Zwilling's ghost
In 1917, the leader of the revolutionary movement Samuil Moiseevich Zwilling lived in an old mansion at 20 Zwillinga (now there is the Balkan Grill restaurant). According to legend, the famous communist hacked to death with an ax a local police chief in this house.
Local old-timers say that they have seen the ghost of a hacked police chief more than once. Eyewitnesses claim that he silently paced near the house, and then disappeared into the fog. Now he is doomed to wander forever for raising his hand against comrade Zwilling.
Residents of the new microdistrict at ChTZ are frightened by ghosts from the cemetery
On the site of new buildings in the ChTZ area, there used to be a cemetery, which for half a century frightened the inhabitants of the harsh area. When the construction began, the graves were dug, the ashes of the dead prisoners of war and soldiers of the Red Army were reburied at the Pokrovskoye cemetery.
However, the locals still have an “unpleasant aftertaste”. They say that after the reburial, they see glowing silhouettes in the darkness of the night.
Haunted house on Krasnoarmeyskaya street 100
According to legend, a ghost lives in another old mansion in Chelyabinsk. The house, which is also called "Larintsev's Mansion", is located at 100 Krasnoarmeyskaya Street. Many tried to settle there: business companies, bailiffs, communal apartments and even a military enlistment office.
But no one could stay there for long. Everyone was alarmed by the constant howls and rustles, supposedly the merchant Larintsev himself walks here at night. There is a version that the owner of the house was killed by his servant.
It is known that the fleeing officers of the military registration and enlistment office even forgot the safe with the files of the conscripts, so this ghost helped someone a lot.
Woman in white
In America, there is a legend about a woman in white. A ghost who arranges fatal accidents. Similar cases were recorded in Chelyabinsk.
Fatal accidents have occurred at the intersection of Shahumyan and Dovator streets. It is known that there used to be an old cemetery there. Despite this, the developers have installed residential buildings and built roads over the graves.
People believe that this area is full of negative energy, and this is what causes terrible accidents at the intersection of these streets. Recall that terrible accidents have happened here more than once. The traffic police called this intersection one of the most dangerous in the city.
Loch Ness Monster in Smolino Lake
Lake Smolino is a fragment of an ancient sea, there is even sea-type water in it. Among many fishermen there is a legend that a certain giant carp, nicknamed "Karp Karpych", lives in the lake.
There is also a second legend that the lake has a "double bottom". Another body of water in the city also has its own legend. Allegedly, monsters live in the city river, there are even rumors that these are baby mermaids.
Fishermen began to catch strange creatures of rather large sizes more often. On videotape, the shield was filmed - one of the most ancient animals on the planet. Usually it does not exceed 7 centimeters, but in the area of the village of Churilov caught a 60-centimeter "monster". Most likely, the animal underwent a mutation, but as a result of which the transformations occurred, it remains a mystery.
Witch's hole on Pushkin street
This was the nickname for one of the houses located near the Pushkin cinema. According to legend, it is there that the door to the other world is located. One of the reasons for this belief is the lack of occupancy in one of the entrances.
People either move out after a while or get sick. Of course, all this may be a coincidence, however, it is known that there used to be a Kazan-Mother of God cemetery there. Some argue that they hear voices in the apartment and see shadows of people.
Bigfoot in the Satka district
Residents of the Suleya village in the Satka district admit that they often see Bigfoot near the swamp. This place is notorious: strange creatures have been seen there more than once. It is believed that catching their eyes is a bad sign.
July 29, 1990 N. Avdeev's expedition arrived in Satka to look for Bigfoot. The researchers went to the Satka forests and mountains. On the same evening, upon arrival in one of the indicated areas, they met a small "Leshonka", whose legs were like stilts. Then the meetings with the "devil" were repeated. VB Sapunov writes about this in his book "Bigfoot: is the answer to the mystery close?"
It is also described there that once Bigfoot threw stones at the researchers. We saw him at close range. It was noticed that the face is clean, dark, the nostrils are large, the eyes are large, the ears are not visible - they are overgrown with thick wool. His height was at least three meters.
Quite often, members of the expedition found beds where gobies rested, large prints of bare feet, wool, even droppings, unusually bent birches, with which, according to N. Avdeev, the gobies marked their territory.
Lake Shaitanka
Lake Shaitanka, located in the Ashinsky district of the Chelyabinsk region, is overgrown with a huge number of legends. First of all, this is a common idea among local residents about the extremely deep depth of the lake, reaching 200 meters, and its connection with groundwater.
There are also stories about a coastal village that was flooded when the lake overflowed its banks. In addition, in the nineties, one of the local newspapers published evidence that fishermen allegedly saw an underwater monster (ichthyosaur) emerging from the depths of the lake.
There are also reports of increased paranormal activity in the vicinity of the lake. The media reported that from the village of Uk, located near the lake, evidence of the appearance of UFOs comes more often than from many other settlements. There is evidence of the appearance near the lake or above it, some "ghosts", as well as "mermaids".
Taganay National Park
Taganay National Park is also famous for fantastic phenomena. And in the last 15 years, the properties of the anomalous zone have been attributed to the Taganay ridge massif.
Meetings with the "Bigfoot" in this area, frequent flights and landings of UFOs, contacts with the Higher Intelligence, local chronomirages, the appearance of ghosts, changes in the physical course of time, and also inexplicable feelings of fear and anxiety are constantly mentioned.
Someone says that in some places the usual flow of time disappears, others claim that they personally met with “Kialimskaya Babka”.
For example, once in winter at Dalniy Taganai, near the lower well, even the director of the weather station saw her. Seeing the director, "grandma" rushed headlong into the depths of the taiga. She was barefoot and lightly dressed, although it was bitterly cold.
Faith Island
An island on Lake Turgoyak, located near its western shore. It is notable for the megalithic structures located on it. The area of the island is 6.5 hectares. A small island - only 800 meters at its widest point - holds an incredible amount of secrets.
After a thorough examination, many discoveries were made that amazed archaeologists. The oldest monument of history on the island is the site of the Neanderthals, it is about 60 thousand years old! But the main finds were megaliths. Megaliths are prehistoric structures made of large stone blocks connected without the use of cement or lime mortar.
The megaliths found on Vera Island are referred to as dolmens. Dolme? we call megaliths, which in ancient times were burial and cult structures. The megaliths on the island, according to scientists, were built presumably about 6,000 years ago, in the 4th millennium BC. e. It is assumed that about 5-8 millennia ago, an earthquake occurred on the island and the sharply rising water flooded the ancient dwelling, and then left.
Megaliths of Vera Island is a mysterious unique complex of megaliths discovered by archaeologists in 2004. The megaliths were built presumably about 6000 years ago, in the 4th millennium BC. eh
The largest structure on the island is megalith No. 1 - a stone structure with dimensions 19 × 6 m, cut into the rocky ground and covered with massive stone slabs.
The walls of the structure are made of massive stone blocks by dry masonry. The megalith consists of three chambers and corridors connecting them. In two chambers of the megalith, rectangular pits carved into the rock were found. The connection of the building with the main astronomical directions is fixed. Inside the megalith, two sculptures were found - a bull and a wolf. Previously, the building is interpreted as a temple complex.
Cross on the Island of Faith - According to esotericists, the island of Faith is an energy source of strength. The cult site "Island of Vera 9" is an artificially leveled site with a system of menhirs (menhirs are vertically placed oblong stone slabs). The central object on the site is a menhir surrounded by several large stones.
The height of the menhir is about 1 m, the natural quartz vein gives its upper part a beak-like shape, at the base of the menhir the image of a fish is carved by picket.
At some distance to the west of this central menhir, another stood in ancient times. Their centerline sets the direction "west-east", at sunrise on the day of the equinox. The system of landmarks in ancient times was made up of one more menhir, forming, together with the central one, the direction "north-west - southeast", at sunrise on the day of the winter solstice.
Holy Simeon Monastery
The abandoned St. Simeon Monastery, located in the Kasli district, is considered a real anomalous zone.
They say that 6 evil spirits live there: nuns who were shot for their faith. Near this place, tourists assure, the compass and other devices do not work.
Geophysicists with their instruments, coupled with dowsers with their frames, walked around the contours of the cathedral and received signals about the presence of underground galleries. Detailed studies were carried out on the site in front of the apse.
It turned out that from under the altar room of the temple two underground passages emerge at an angle to each other. Their general direction is deep into the once densely built up monastery territory. This direction is consistent with the location of some dry wells, as if they, these wells, are either ventilation devices or exits from the dungeons.
Devil's settlement
One of the most mysterious places in the Chelyabinsk region is the Chertovo Gorodishche - rocky ridges up to 20 meters high. Almost all of them remind impressionable tourists either human figures or bizarre animals turned into stone.
There are legends among the locals that sacrifices and mysterious rituals were once performed there. When approaching the Devil's Settlement, tourists stop their clocks and run out of full batteries of cameras.
Lake Itkul
Lake Itkul is translated from Bashkir as "meat". The so-called "Shaitan stone" rises there. There is a legend that in ancient times, human sacrifices were made on this stone for the sake of the harvest and good weather.
It is noteworthy that centuries later, people's lives continue to end here. A lot of swimmers drowned, and those who survived describe their unpleasant sensations, as if an energy cord passes through them.
Devil's swamp
A small lake overgrown with grass and bushes. Locals often talk about anomalies in the swamp area. Distance from Miass - 50 km.
Although the lake is not large, it is impossible to approach it. Whoever tries, everyone is overcome by some inexplicable fear. Residents of nearby villages tell visiting ufologists that they often see subtle balls in the sky hovering over this swamp. Only a few days pass after such a "reconnaissance", and at night a mysterious glow appears here.
And at least once every six months, the sky above the reservoir seems to be illuminated by a huge powerful searchlight. On such nights, village dogs, tails between their legs, hide in their booths. Horses, pigs, cows, on the contrary, rush about in sheds and try to break free. Such mystical nights affect not only animals, but also modern electronic equipment.
Televisions in the houses of neighboring residents usually work poorly: they receive two or three channels, and even then the image is like sand in a picture tube. But as soon as the lights are turned on over the swamp, the televisions in the houses are transformed, and then it seems that the Ostankino tower is in the middle of the village.
Someone even saw ghostly silhouettes rolling glowing balls across the field. Old people say that this is an evil spirit. Even the atmosphere near and on the field itself was sharply different from the usual state. An inexplicable fear gripped people, and the horses stopped listening and always wanted to turn in the direction opposite to the field. They say that animals sense danger.
Until now, the swamp is characterized as something strange, incomprehensible and inexplicable. But there is no denying the fact that these "damn" places have high energy. Perhaps this affects the surrounding nature, the appearance of glare, lights and glow, the strange behavior of animals, the feelings of people, their condition and the time that flows, sometimes faster, sometimes slower … changing our life.
It is not recommended to visit the "Devil's Swamp" without the accompaniment of local guides.
Ignatievskaya cave
Ghostbusters love to visit the Ignatiev Cave. It is located in the Katav-Ivanovsky region, near the village of Serpievka, on the right bank of the Sim mountain river.
According to legend, the spirit of Saint Ignatius at night goes to the edge of the cave and looks at the moon.
As tourists note, strange voices and steps are heard here at night. In the cave and near it, the batteries are quickly discharged, lantern lamps burn out, camera flashes refuse to work, and people seem to feel someone's invisible presence.
And in one of the halls it is very difficult to get high-quality photographs - a "white transparent veil" appears on them all the time.
Sikiyaz-Tamak
This ancient underground complex on the banks of the Ay River was discovered in 1995 by speleologists. The complex includes 43 karst cavities: caves and grottoes, rock shelters, karst arches and bridges, buried and semi-buried caves.
This unique monument covers an area of 425 square meters. In the caves, traces of human presence of all historical eras were found. Also, according to legend, the Bigfoot lives here, which the locals call "shurale" ("goblin").
Sikiyaz-Tamak ranks second after Arkaim as a natural and historical monument of the Chelyabinsk region.
City - a mystery Arkaim
Perhaps the most anomalous zone in the South Urals is Arkaim. This is an ancient settlement located in the south of the region in a foothill valley near the eastern slopes of the Ural Mountains. In legends, this place is called the main spiritual center of ancient Siberia and the Urals.
Following the scientists in Arkaim, psychics, prophets, members of various religious sects, and just people thirsting for healing and enlightenment were drawn. All of them unanimously declare the power of the local energy. In Arkaim, in fact, various energy phenomena are not uncommon.
By the way, they have not only a fantastic, but also a completely scientific geophysical explanation: Arkaim stands on the site of a once active paleovolcano. The ancient city has a ring structure and is clearly oriented by the stars. It is curious that in many legends associated with Arkaim, it is said about the mental disorders of the people who got there.
One of them tells the story of a girl, a student who arrived here for excavations. In the midst of the work, she heard a voice that called her to the center of the ancient city. When she returned, the girl said that she had met ghosts. The frightened student eventually needed the help of a psychiatrist.