Residents of Togliatti are afraid to walk around the city in the evening. They are frightened by the specter of a thieves' authority buried in the Banykino cemetery. The main signs of a troublemaker are transparent sneakers and a tracksuit.
It is believed that ghosts shrouded in legend are found only in English family castles. But Russia is a country of paradoxes, and ghosts are also paradoxical here. His own ghost appeared in Togliatti. He was not some nobleman, but the most ordinary brother with whom the city was flooded in the dashing 1990s.
Complaints about attacks by poltergeists and ghosts from residents of Togliatti come regularly, but in most cases they are not given importance, attributing everything to the state of alcoholic intoxication of eyewitnesses or to the excessive impressionability of witnesses to a paranormal phenomenon. But in the last few months, the phenomena of Togliatti ghosting have become extremely regular. There are more and more eyewitnesses who saw the ghost with their own eyes.
I saw a ghost in the area of the famous Banykino cemetery, where the largest authorities of our city found eternal rest. It happened in the evening, there was a dense twilight outside. We were walking with my friend along the road, and suddenly a whitish silhouette of a man blocked our way. It seems that it consisted of fog. But its contours were clearly visible. The silhouette was so clear that at first we took him for a living person, and when we realized what we were dealing with, we stopped dead.
Frost just went over the skin: a man of a characteristic gangster appearance stood in front of us. The ghost was tall, well built, with short hair and wore a tracksuit. The ghost was looking in our direction and, as it seemed to us, sees right through us, we were afraid to move. How long this silent scene lasted, I cannot say, as time seemed to have stood still for us. It all ended with the phantom gradually disappearing into the evening air and disappearing. And only after that we moved on, or rather, did not go, but ran, as we were very scared.
Natalia Sevostyanova, resident of Togliatti (eyewitness)
The appearance of the ghost of a brother in Togliatti can be characterized by the old Russian proverb "A hat for Senka." The fact is that in the 1990s a real war was going on in the city. Criminal groups actively divided spheres of influence and tried to take control of AvtoVAZ. Naturally, people perished in this war - both ordinary brothers and venerable authorities. So the appearance of some other ghost in a city with such a history would be strange to expect.
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And the ghost chose the habitat for itself also not by chance. The fact is that the Banykino cemetery was considered elite among the Togliatti bandits, and each self-respecting group buried its fallen comrades on this churchyard. In the midst of the criminal war, it got to the point of ridiculousness: the gangs bought out entire plots at the Banykino cemetery so that in the event of a friend's death they would not have problems with burial. Over the years of the criminal war, more than one hundred brothers found peace at the Banykino cemetery. It is possible that one of them decided to resurrect and now frightens local residents with their appearance.
There is no point in denying the existence of ghosts. Even official science has tried to study this phenomenon more than once. Another thing is that people very often come up with and conjecture some of their feelings and see ghosts where they are not. I have heard about the Togliatti ghost more than once, so I think that the phenomenon actually takes place. The reason for the appearance of a ghost is most often the absence of disintegration of the astral body of a person. In a sudden violent death, the astral body does not have time to understand that the physical body has died, and remains in the physical world for many years. As a rule, such a phantom is kept close to the burial place of the physical body. Therefore, the Togliatti ghost lives in the cemetery.
Nikolay Simakov, parapsychologist
Now the inhabitants of Togliatti are divided into three camps: some do not believe in the existence of a ghost, others are afraid of him, and others are proud of him. True, there are those who announced a ghost hunt and are trying to shoot it with a film camera, but so far no one has succeeded in taking such an extravagant shot.
But the biggest question that torments almost every resident of the city is to which of the criminal gangs the ghost brother belonged during his lifetime. But no one has yet found the answer.
I heard about this ghost, but I have never seen it myself. I will not say that I am afraid of him. Look, the British are not afraid of their ghosts, moreover, they are proud of them. What's wrong that our city has its own incredible legend.
Igor Zvontsov, resident of Togliatti
At first I did not take these rumors seriously, but now they talk a lot about it, so I gradually begin to believe in it. To be honest, I would not like to face such a ghost on the street. I don't think meeting such a ghost bodes well.
Olga Shishkina, a resident of Togliatti
There have always been people who were distinguished by enviable imagination, I think, and in this case we are dealing with the same dreamers. Someone started a rumor, and there were many people who decided to support him, telling their stories.
Nikolay Skripkin, resident of Togliatti
Meanwhile, psychiatrists treat history unequivocally. According to doctors, any ghost is nothing more than a figment of the imagination.
When a person walks in the evening past the famous cemetery where the bandits lie, he willy-nilly falls under the influence of horror stories. His imagination is played out. The nerves are tense. In this state, the evening fog can easily be mistaken for a ghost.
Alexander Tsoi, psychiatrist
However, the residents of Togliatti cannot be argued. They believe in the existence of their ghost and call the cemetery workers who have a story to tell as witnesses.
For me, the existence of ghosts is the same reality as flying into space. Sometimes you sit here until evening, so you see enough of this … Then a shadow will slip past the monument. Then a white figure will run along the path. There is enough of this stuff. Another thing is surprising. Previously, they did not go beyond the fence of the cemetery. And now, it turns out, they began to walk along the streets.
Igor, employee of the Banykino cemetery
