Onega petroglyphs are rock paintings found in the Pudozh region of Karelia, on the eastern coast of Lake Onega. Scientists date them to the IV-III millennium BC, that is, they are about 6 thousand years old.
In total, about 1,100 images were found on the coastal cliffs over a distance of 20 km. Including on the rocks of the Besov Nos peninsula, the Kladovets, Gagazhiy, Peri Nos capes and on the Guriy island, as well as on Karetsky Nos and on the Kochkovnavolok peninsula near the Shalsky village.
The images mainly represent various figures of birds, boats, human figures, there are also many geometric signs in the form of circles and crescents. They are considered to be images of the Moon and the Sun. But if the signs are the Moon and the Sun, then why are they installed on two or three "legs"? Maybe ancient people saw flying objects?
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Residents of Karelia who live near these places are not surprised at such images. They, in their own words, observe similar "phenomena" in the sky almost every night.
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Onega petroglyphs are considered the most complex and expressive examples of rock art in Northern Europe. Many of them are easy to guess, here are hunters on skis and elk, here is a fish from the sturgeon family, and here are running deer.
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The images are quite realistic. But then who does this figure with two balls instead of a head represent? Also a shaman as "Bes"? Archaeologists affectionately call him Cheburashka, writing off the artist's creative impulse to the action of fly agarics.
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Now no one can say which everyday or religious scenes depicted these signs and drawings, but in past centuries they were considered dangerous. According to legend, the monks of the Murom Holy Dormition Monastery, around the 15th century, knocked out a Christian cross over three petroglyphs - "in order to neutralize the evil spirits."
There are several mysterious figures among the petroglyphs. This famous petroglyph "Bes" on the cape "Besov Nos", as well as the petroglyphs "Catfish" and "Lizard" located nearby. It was on top of the "Demon" that the Christian cross was knocked out. According to scientists "Bes" is an image of a shaman. "Imp" is split in two due to a crack in the stone, but the drawing is clearly visible.
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The creature has a rectangular head (like a robot), on the right side of which there is a circle with a dot in the center (the symbol of the Sun or some other planet?). It has two legs, and between them is another long, thin strip, probably the image of a male genital organ. The figure is surrounded by images of birds with very long necks. The Bes itself is two meters long, it is the largest Onega petroglyph.
In addition to the mystery of whom he portrays, there is another mystery connected with "The Demon". Satellite navigation often fails in a kilometer radius from the "Bes". The captains are not surprised at this for a long time, they are guided by the lighthouse.
The clock also behaves unpredictably: it can run forward, it can stop. What is the reason for such an anomaly, scientists only speculate. They say that the whole thing is in granites saturated with magnetic ore, which lie deep underground. But the "demon" knows better.
Ufologists have long assumed that the Onega petroglyphs depict an alien visit in antiquity (paleocontact), that "Bes" is an alien or an alien robot, and that disks and other strange symbols are images of alien ships.
Petrozavodsk. Karelian Museum of Local Lore. Wall with petroglyphs and fragments of rocks. Photo: Igor Georgievsky / geo-photo.livejournal.com