Lake Angikuni is located in Canada. Fishermen from all over the world come here: the lake is rich in pike, trout and grayling. But also lovers of mysticism come here, because it was near this lake that the population of an entire village disappeared in 1930.
It is worth noting that there are not so many facts about the event itself, and there are more than many guesses about where and how about 2,000 Inuit (the indigenous people of North America) disappeared. Only there are no confirmed ones.
So, the business began in the last century. On the lake there was a village of the same name, Angikuni, which lived off fishing. The very place of interest to us is located on the territory of modern Nunavut. This zone is located inside the arctic and subarctic climatic zones, that is, it is practically an arctic desert. In the first third of the last century, Nunavut became a territory of conflict between Canada, the United States and Norway: each of the countries wanted to capture a part of the Arctic. But it was the 30s that became decisive in this action, because it was then that the boundaries were determined.
And although this territory is most often ice plains, hunters actively visited Nunavut, and whalers swam in the sea waters: the harsh climate endowed the animals with a thick fat layer and good thick fur, for which they began to actively hunt. The natives, the Inuit, who initially opposed this, soon began to profit.
Residents of Angikuni were no exception. It is also known that they could always give the traveler an overnight stay. Therefore, the hunter Joe Labelle, after a tiring day, did not hesitate to turn towards the lake in search of an overnight stay.
But in the village itself, not just disappointment awaited him, but rather a frightening discovery - there was not a soul in the always lively village.
Now this story is adorned with more mystical details, like the fact that, they say, the hunter went from house to house, by the setting of which it was possible to understand that they had recently left the house: the food remained warm, the needlework was thrown in the process. But this is more of an embellishment. It seems more reliable that Labelle was prompted by a fire to more thoroughly search for people: a non-extinguished hearth in one of the houses caused a fire.
But all sources say one thing: people left the village without taking any provisions, additional clothing, or guns. And no traces leading from the village were found. Another eerie detail was the fact that the corpses of sled dogs were found far from the village. Sled dogs have always been revered in the North, so their worn-out bodies did not fit into the picture.
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After the hunter searched the houses, he got to the nearest telegraph office and reported the find to the mounted police, which was created to patrol the borders during territorial conflicts.
It was the police who made another strange find: the nearby cemetery was desecrated. The graves have been torn apart and the headstones have been knocked down. The only thing that confuses here is that in all sources it is written that the graves were excavated. But the village is located in the permafrost zone, where it is extremely difficult to dig out a full-fledged grave. Therefore, often a stone shell was simply folded around the bodies to protect them from animals. But if you do not focus on a certain word, it turns out that the Inuit not only threw all the stones back, but also took the bodies of the dead with them.
What is the general mystical picture emerging?
One day, the entire settlement decided to spontaneously leave their homes. They did not take supplies and guns with them. The sled dogs were left, and possibly even killed on purpose. They took the bodies of the dead people with them.
There are many hypotheses as to why this happened: from UFOs to demons. Moreover, in support of the first version, the alleged testimony of other Inuit (from neighboring settlements), who saw an incomprehensible cylinder-shaped object flying near the lake, was felt.
In our country, however, they are more inclined towards another mystical phenomenon - a demon. So it is constantly said about the northern demon Torngasak, who needed to make sacrifices, and who could control evil spirits.
In principle, it is quite possible that the inhabitants really decided to commit suicide according to the plan of some kind of ritual. But why then weren't bodies and traces found anywhere?
DUNINA ANASTASIA