The Samara region is famous for its numerous wonders. Someone considers this land blessed, someone is convinced that an incredible devilry is going on here, and someone does believe that the anomalous zone is controlled by aliens … Let's consider all versions in turn
The Tale of the Bright Mountain
There is a legend that once in the vicinity of modern Samara and Togliatti people came from the sacred Tibetan mountain Kailash and settled in the area of the Volga Svetelka. The ancient Slavs called them "White Magi" and worshiped their power.
Later, during the years of the Tatar-Mongol yoke, the headquarters of the Supreme Kaganate of the Golden Horde was located on Mount Svetelka. Four centuries later, Count Orlov-Davydov built a white-stone tower on the top of Svetelka. And in the last century, at the foot of the mountain, the buildings of the government sanatorium "Volzhsky Utes" were built.
The head of the extreme tourism project "People of the Reserve" Vladimir Kovalets believes that the powers that be are not accidentally striving here: these places have a special energy. It is not for nothing that along the line "Volzhsky Utes" - Mount Svetelka - Rock White Stone - Leshego Ravine - Gorodishche - Shamanskaya Polyana there is a border of a geological fault.
Today esotericists, ufologists, psychics, representatives of non-traditional teachings flock there to meditate and recharge with cosmic energy. Once even some South American bioenergy specialist came with equipment, made measurements and said that the geomagnetic radiation in the Svetelka area is stronger than that of the Mayan pyramids!
On the mountain paths there are amazing stones - as if polished by someone's hands, of a pinkish hue. Many of them are shaped like animals or hearts. According to legend, the pebbles should be taken with you to the top, and there they should be scattered to all four sides of the world, making a cherished wish.
Revenge of the Zone
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The places here are not only fertile, but also dangerous, says Vladimir Kovalets. For example, the White Stone rock stands at the junction of roads, supposedly leading from nowhere to nowhere. All sorts of things can happen here with space and time. So, the Goblin ravine south of the cliff is a famous fornication place.
Time flows differently on different sides of it. Sometimes you can go through the entire ravine in twelve minutes, and sometimes you cannot overcome it in three hours. Somehow a young guy got lost there. He returned only a few days after he disappeared, all gray-haired, and did not tell anyone about what he saw.
The zone also “does not like” those who do not obey its laws. For example, on the way to the White Stone there are Stone Guardians - stones with the features of human faces carved on them. It is customary for tourists to put coin offerings near them, and tourists, passing by, smear the lips and cheeks of the Guardians with lipstick.
Once Kovalets accompanied a group of female students. When they approached the Guardians, he advised them to brown their faces with lipstick. However, the girls refused: "We have French cosmetics, dear, sorry!" And in the evening their tents on the beach were washed away by a storm. People and things were washed back on the shore, only cosmetics disappeared …
Eaten Aliens
Not so long ago in Samara a television series called "Garage Stories" was filmed. It is notable for the fact that the script was written based on local urban legends. The heroes are looking for the gold hidden by the White Czechs, and along the way they encounter various paranormal phenomena. Among them is an alien from space.
The fact is that, according to legends, many years ago, when laying the foundation of the Progress plant, a crypt with glass jars was found. Inside each jar was a creature of an unknown nature in alcohol. The years were hungry, so the workers who found the banks took several of them with them and ate the bodies of the monsters. Soon they all died of an incomprehensible illness. Modern ufologists believe that the bodies of aliens were stored in banks. But who put them in alcohol and placed them in the crypt - the Samara legends are silent about this.