City's legends 2024, March
Recently, more and more messages have appeared on the Web about anomalous phenomena that take place in cafes, restaurants and other establishments where people go to eat. So, in early February, the research group "Irkutsk-Kosmopoisk" conducted a scientific investigation in the building of one of the Irkutsk cafe-canteens
The Crimean mountains are beautiful and mystical. For many years they have attracted strong-minded people. The mountains give freedom and a unique feeling of merging with the majestic nature. The legends of the Crimea are passed from mouth to mouth from generation to generation …- Salik.bi
The small village of Serebryanye Prudy, located in the southeast of the Moscow Region on the picturesque banks of the Osetr River, just five kilometers from the Ryazan Region, is extremely rich in a variety of legends, some of which are great for school trips, while others move the hair on the head
Legends about ghosts that live in Petersburg houses could be heard practically from the day the city was founded. The iReactor editors have compiled a list of mystical places in the Northern capital.St. Petersburg is an ancient city with a huge cultural heritage, around which there are a lot of rumors and stories
"The world we live in exists only in our denial of the real world."In my research, I came across an urban legend / myth of the Shadow People. This is a phenomenon that seems to haunt many people.- Salik.bizThese creatures, or whoever they are, look like shadows or silhouettes of people and are usually visible to the naked eye and sometimes appear on walls in your home
In the British county of Yorkshire, near the city of Whitby, there are the ruins of one of the most interesting and mystical places in Britain - the old Whitby Abbey.The legendary monastery was built around 657. At first, both men and women lived in the abbey, but later this place turned into a purely male monastery
Each city has its own myths and legends. Let's get acquainted with the legends of Kaliningrad.Mystical legends usually do not develop from scratch, there are always some objective prerequisites. The history of the Kaliningrad area, according to objective historical sources, begins in 1255, when the knights of the Teutonic Order built the defensive fortress of Konigsberg, which translates as "royal mountain"
There are many infamous buildings that are rumored to be. Prisons occupy a special place among them. The convicts contained in them are often the personification of evil, they represent the worst in people.However, often their imprisonment could be considered hell on earth
This is a fairly well-known hotel in Los Angeles. In addition to its "standard" fame for a hotel, it has earned fame for the fact that strange guests often stay in it. Almost from the very opening of the hotel, murders, suicides, mysterious abductions and other terrible things have been constantly happening here
Odessa is a city with a difficult fate, which survived revolutions, wars and many other unpleasant events. Today, at the site of torture and executions, residential buildings, houses and roads have been built, squares and parks have been laid out
There are many places in Russia that are usually called unkind or damned. Ghosts are often seen there or strange things happen to people. Not all of these places are far from civilization. One of them is located in the very center of the capital
The ancient castle BERRY POMEROY CASTLE is located in Devon, England. Creepy stories filled with mystery and legends are composed about him. The atmosphere of this unusual castle impresses everyone, which is why tourists love this area so much
Even a small town has mysterious places about which people talk in whispers, and some are baptized at the same time.Almost every city has places with mysterious stories. Either they see the dead there at night, then unknown people look in the mirrors, or objects move in a strange way
The Bell Witch Cave belongs to one of the most mystical and mysterious places on the planet. It is located in the state of Tennessee in the USA. The history of this place dates back to the 1800s. But many who have been there now claim that mysticism is still present there
TOP-5 places in Ussuriysk, famous for their mysterious past, and based on this - rumors in the present. We think that the first place in our list should be given to the mystical General's house. But we have already talked about him and other most famous mystical places earlier
The small town of Mtskheta, located half an hour from Tbilisi, is a special place for Georgia, for several centuries it was the capital of the Kingdom of Kartli. According to legend, the city was founded by the legendary Mtskhetos. Yes … yes, in those ancient times, any king became legendary, the local population had to make legends about someone. W
Journalists of pre-revolutionary Tomsk often reproached the townsfolk for being extremely superstitious. Tomsk residents believed in devils, in brownies and in evil eyes, went to healers for treatment and told each other rumors about enchanted treasures
The inhabitants of Foggy Albion are known for their reverent attitude towards ghosts. They respect them and try not to bother them, and when selling a house, they always proudly tell new owners about their presence. In the southeast of the country there is an unusual settlement, which is popularly called the “village of 12 ghosts”
One of the most mystical fortresses in Russia. Fires, assaults, uprisings - all this claimed the lives of many people. Red Square generally served as a place of executions. Thousands of people have died here.Borovitsky Hill, on which the modern Kremlin stands, in the past was called Witch Mountain, as it housed a pagan temple and a cemetery of priests-sorcerers
The modern inhabitant of the metropolis is spoiled by comfort and convenience. Often, in order to somehow tickle his nerves, he goes on exotic expeditions or is engaged in extreme sports. However, thanks to scientific and technological progress, it is already possible today, without leaving the city, to have an interesting time hunting … ghosts
“Remember about the black coffin” - so even on the book of city acts was once written, because an innocent guy was executed there.- Salik.bizWhat the rumor claimsIn the city hall then, in addition to the magistrate, sat the court, which at one time passed the death sentence to an innocent young man. Sin
There are many places of worship in the world with a dramatic and even tragic history. And the longer their "biography", the more legends, myths, mystics and rumors around them …- Salik.bizThe horrors of the Alexander Nevsky LavraThe Alexander Nevsky Lavra is a monastery founded in honor of the victory of Prince Alexander of Novgorod over the Swedes in 1240 and received the nickname Nevsky for this. I
Legends are often written about old cities. Often eerie, but almost always instructive. Events in them are usually associated with specific streets, parks and castles. And if, wanting to find such places, you undertake to study the images on the money of the world, then you can be sure that you will be successful
Many Muscovites are familiar with the Tea House on Myasnitskaya Street, which looks like a fabulous Chinese palace. Next to it there is an ordinary, not very noticeable building of the pre-revolutionary building at number 17. One of the bright and entertaining urban legends is associated with this building
A long time ago, when the cities had not yet captured the planet, and humanity was just making its first steps, in one distant village, among forests and fields, mountains and hills, there was a house. And there lived two sisters, the youngest was called Love, and the older was Death
Down with guile! Monuments of antiquity inherited by large European cities since the time of the Roman Empire or the Middle Ages, today often look like vintage accessories with which a modern fashionista decided to complement her image, and they do not set the general atmosphere of the city at all
Sekhmet statueSekhmet is an Egyptian goddess, daughter of the god Ra, patroness of war and at the same time giver of life. The Hermitage has a two-meter statue of Sekhmet, created in the 14th century BC by order of Pharaoh Amenhotep III.- Salik
The Read House Hotel, located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is considered one of the local attractions due to strange events taking place in one of its rooms.The hotel offers guided tours, during which visitors are told in detail about what happened in room 311
People were so carried away by foreign resorts that they forgot that our country is much larger than the whole of Europe. For example, the territory of Gorny Altai, which area is 92 thousand km2, can accommodate ten Great Britain. And only 200 thousand people live on its territory
Once a chukhonka, who knew many legends, was brought to the palace. The Empress listened with interest to her stories, but she began to talk about the horrors that, in her opinion, were associated with the Tsaritsyn Meadow, which stretched directly opposite Catherine's chambers
There are many places around the world that are notorious. Perhaps the rumors and legends about them are groundless. But, as you know, there is no smoke without fire. Most likely, science is not yet able to explain what is happening.In the USA, Connecticut, there is such a place - the small town of Dudleytown
Alexey Tolstoy, story "Kharitonovskoe gold": "The corridor turned to the right and ended with a rusty door. The men knocked down the locks with blows of a crowbar. The door gave way, groaned like a sick person, and from there a grave spirit breathed from the dark dungeon
Unable to explain some of the phenomena, people created myths. Not knowing until the end of individual stories - they came up with legends and traditions. Mystical and mythical Minsk - in the program “Minsk and Minskers”. A presentation of a new book by the Moscow ethnographer Vladimir Volozhinsky took place.The
For those who have watched the horror films "The Hills Have Eyes" or "The Wrong Turn", this story may seem familiar, because these films were based on these stories.And these tales tell about completely ruthless people who live far from society and do not have any moral principles, including those who willingly eat the flesh of people
Devonshire, which is located on the coast of Lyme Bay, cherishes a mystical history that began on February 8, 1885 in the town of Exmouth
In Yakutsk, there is a project "The Scary Stories of Yakutia", on the basis of which two collections of stories were published. In fact, this is not the first such undertaking, and it is the successor to the "Ghostbusters" column, which was published in the newspaper "Yakutsk Vecherniy"
The Pope Lick Road overpass in Fisherville, a suburb of Louisville, Kentucky, has been associated for decades with a mysterious monster commonly referred to as the Goatman.In order not to be confused with another hero of urban legends - the Goat Man from Maryland, the monster from Kentucky is called by the full name "Goat Man from Pope Lick Road
Throughout its long history, the bridge has witnessed many triumphs and falls, magnificent celebrations and cruel executions, several times it became a battlefield, but it always remained a reliable support for the townspeople, no matter what passions were raging around
In such a huge country like Russia, there are inevitably many mysterious places where unexplained events take place. All the power of modern science sometimes turns out to be helpless in trying to understand what exactly we are facing.One of these places is the Rdeysky Monastery
In ancient times, Homer described the mysterious country of Cimmeria, where the entrance to the kingdom of the dead is located