Wetlands have never been associated with something pleasant and joyful - unless you are, of course, a frog or a mosquito. Nevertheless, there are plenty of swamps in the world, and today the reader will have to learn more about one of them, moreover, a very specific one. This very swamp, or rather, perhaps, even the union of swamps is located in Louisiana, not far from a city called New Orleans.
There are few reliable facts related to this place. The swamps stretch for many miles and include the territories of three small villages that were once destroyed by a hurricane. In the heart of the swamps is the so-called Honey Island - a small piece of land inhabited mainly by wild bees.
Lots of dying cypress trees sticking out of the murky water; a thriving population of alligators. Periodically discovered human remains - which is not surprising, because the disappeared villages probably had cemeteries. That, in fact, is all that can be said for sure.
And then there is boundless scope for imagination: the abundance of legends and legends associated with the Manchak swamp deserves special mention. For starters, it is believed that all the troubles in the swamps began in 1915 - after the local place was cursed by a Voodoo servant.
Since then, people allegedly began to disappear, and instead of them, the ghosts of the long gone appeared. It is also said that many fugitive slaves tried to take refuge in the local thickets in ancient times and were eaten alive by the crocodiles that lived there. Or crocodiles? The range of monsters thirsty for blood in the bogs is also impressive - and it's not limited to giant alligators.
First, of course, the ghosts are the homeless dead, rising from the bottom and looking for recruits to their mournful army. The well-known lights in the swamps are their attribute, although the characteristic features of these deceased vary in different cultures: for example, the Finns considered the glow in the swamps to be the souls of children buried in the forest, the Germans were villains who steal land from respectable neighbors, and in Norway, lights are spirits warriors guarding ancient riches.
Secondly, the local cannibalistic werewolves - rugaru (a distorted version of the French "loop-garou" - "werewolf"). The reason for the conversation is the strange howls coming from the direction of the swamps - and after all, wolves are not found in Louisiana.
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And finally, another mysterious representative of the local fauna - Bigfoot, or Wookiees. The casts of his tracks, obtained by enthusiasts, of course, look like the tracks of a large crocodile - but crocodiles are so commonplace, but the mysterious swamp monster, according to eyewitnesses, is covered with thick gray hair, walks on two legs and has huge amber eyes.
For those who like to tickle their nerves in the Manchak swamps, excursions are organized, including night ones. Try your luck - who knows, maybe you are the one who is responsible for all the hype?
