In Tajikistan, on the banks of the Vakht River, there is a mysterious kurgan made of rounded stones. Mysterious, because scientists have never agreed on its origin.
Some say that this eight-meter embankment is just a heap of stones removed from the fields and piled by peasants. Others claim that the strange pile was built by the soldiers of Alexander the Great, whose army marched in those places.
And some locals will seriously assure you that under this mound there is an entrance to the fiery underworld, where evil spirits live, that they sometimes penetrate through the piled stones and appear at the top, surrounded by black radiance and sulfur smell …
“You can laugh at such stories of Tajiks as at an absurd superstition,” says I. Tsarev in the newspaper Trud. “But, let's say, American farmers talk about a ghostly creature that from time to time emerges from the ground on the banks of the Black River near the city of Lyrnes Falls (200 miles from New York). Since 1951, eyewitnesses have repeatedly noticed a gigantic creature of unknown origin there.
A local paper mill worker, who saw the monster up close, gave it the following description: "Dark brown in color, with a round, cone-shaped body, from which it smells of gray, eyes sparkle like silver dollars …" Local residents also admitted that they tried to catch this creature with using the net, but it passed through his body as though through the air …
The latter circumstance gave rise to the ridicule of journalists: "We were catching a hallucination!.." But there were scientists who asked the question: "Why do similar legends exist in almost all peoples of the world? Is it only human superstitious imagination that is the reason?"
After conducting a series of studies, they came to the conclusion that many tales describing ghostly devils, fire-breathing dragons and other nonsense, could well rely on the testimony of eyewitnesses of a certain natural phenomenon.
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- In such stories, as a rule, Kerberos appears, or Cerberus (whichever you prefer) - a satanic dog, which, according to legends, guards the entrance to the Underworld, says S. Martyanov, a researcher of this phenomenon. - From time to time he leaves his "post" and goes for a walk on the surface of the earth. And woe to those who meet on the way of a fire-breathing monster. The charred remains of the person remain …
- In English legends, - S. Martyanov continues, - the "Surrey cougar", or simply "big black dog" is mentioned, in Ireland - "Goblin Pook" … They also emerged from the ground and destroyed people, burning them. Studying the old chronicles, I came to the conclusion that the Right Honorable Sir Conan Doyle did not have to stretch his imagination too much when inventing his dog, the Baskervilles. The fact is that English folk legends are literally filled with stories about "ghost dogs spewing fire from their mouths", for many centuries roaming the swamps of Britain and terrorizing local residents.
From the book "Folklore of the Counties of England":
* In the town of Bangeya (Suffolk), a devil dog visited a local church during a service. Parishioners amicably described her amazing, huge, like saucers, glowing eyes. When the dog ran right through the two kneeling people praying, they fell down dead. Another person, at the touch of a "hellish creature", wrinkled forever like a baked apple, although he remained alive …
* In the city of Blitburg, out of nowhere emerged "a black dog of incredible size with crimson eyes" with an unknown force scattered a group of passers-by, killing two men and a teenager, scorching many others with fire …
* In Essex, a driver ran into a "black dog" that jumped out of the ground in the middle of the road. As a result, both the man and the cart burned to the ground …
* In Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, a farmer had the imprudence to hit a "black dog" with a stick in the eyes that were burning in the twilight. The glow went out, but the farmer himself was paralyzed …
* At Dartmouth, a gentleman saw a strange black beast resembling a calf. He decided to stroke him, his hand felt only emptiness. Immediately there was a deafening explosion, throwing the crippled animal lover a dozen steps …
These stories about "black creatures with burning eyes", according to the researchers, are very similar to stories about the tricks of ball lightning. The same ability to penetrate material objects, the same "explosiveness" … But are there black ball lightning in the world and is it possible for them to appear from underground? It turns out it's real.
According to modern teachings, the energy of tectonic stresses of the earth's interior can be released not only through earthquakes, but also in the form of electrical discharges - electromagnetic radiation, linear and ball lightning.
The annual ecological bulletin published in Novosibirsk states that the numerous UFOs, fireballs, and silent flares observed recently over the city of scientists are a consequence of the activation of the local network of crystalline rocks.
Are not Kerber, the goblin Puka and other similar mythological creatures "brothers and sisters" of the Novosibirsk plasmoids?
- For the second summer in a row we are trying to "catch" this phenomenon on videotape, - says S. Martyanov. - In the forest near Pskov there is a Devil's Glade, where, according to local residents. Cerberus appears especially frequently. Last year, I personally saw there a "black something" emerge from the ground, scattering sparks around it. With a desire and some imagination, it really could be mistaken for a large dog with glowing eyes.
Kerber, as we have been able to verify, has the ability to freely penetrate trees and stones. The dark color can be attributed to the many small particles of earth and dust that are attracted to the plasma object. Its high temperature is obvious - it left behind a strip of withered and charred grass, and when it collided with a video camera mounted on a tripod, it turned it into a melted piece of plastic.
This year we were less fortunate. The equipment installed in the clearing showed "underground calm". Then, in order to provoke the appearance of the plasmoid, we used a powerful vibrator, which is used to ram gravel during road construction.
The phenomenon did not appear visually, but a highly sensitive film recorded the appearance of a glow at the ground level and the release of small balls, similar to soap bubbles. A similar effect, as we were able to find out, was observed by specialists from the University of Denver, squeezing a granite cube under pressure.
And those moments from local legends, which tell about a sorcerer who could summon Kerber by stamping his foot in the center of the clearing, become understandable. In the stressed state of the fault (and the instruments showed that a geological fault passes under the glade), a slight shock is enough to provoke the release of underground energy.
S. Martyanov's group continues to study the phenomenon they called the Kerber effect.