The article will focus on an amazing phenomenon, which, in contrast to the ancient mysteries, is a mystery that has appeared in the modern history of Russia.
In 1961, the government of the USSR prepared a program to strengthen the "Curonian Spit" reserve in the Kaliningrad region. The task was to strengthen the sand dunes from spreading and weathering.
Many conifers were planted on one of the dunes called "Round". Over time, people began to notice that on one of the sections of the dune, young pine trees began to grow very strangely. The trunks of the trees grew in any way, but not as it should be for an ordinary pine tree. The trunks of the trees twisted and twisted, forming bizarre spirals and huge rings.
Already in our enlightened time, people still romanticized this place, inventing all sorts of legends. One of them told about the wizards living on the dune and when they could not come to a common opinion, they started a battle, as a result of which the trees were bent. Another legend says that a girl fell in love with a prince. And her feeling was so strong that she decided to start playing the harp. The music of the girl in love was so beautiful that the trees could not stand it and began to dance. There was also a story that the dune was the site of the Sabbath. And one day, when witches flew to the dune, something went wrong and the witches in an instant turned into such curved trees.
Ancient German beliefs have served the strange grove a disservice. According to ancient beliefs, it was believed that if you find such a tree, it meant that in this place there is a portal to the world of the gods. And if you crawl into such a tree ring, you can add a year of life, get a charge of vital energy and get rid of diseases. A stream of people who wanted to gain mystical powers poured into the grove, which led to the fact that some trees completely lost their bark. The grove had to be urgently saved. Today in this grove you can only walk along special paths.
There are several versions of why the trees look so bizarre. Academic scientists believe that the constant wind, which, acting on the trunks, made them wriggle so, is to blame, or a parasite butterfly that laid eggs in a young tree changed its growth. But all these versions cannot explain why it was in this place that the trees bent so much, and those nearby grow, as it should be for ordinary pines. One of the most convincing versions, it is considered that one that assumes that the soil in this place is mobile and its movement all the time forced the trees to adjust to this movement.
BUKHRANSKY SERGEY