Island of green giants. Green Island

Incredible rumors have long been circulating about this small island, which is located within the city of Rostov-on-Don. And the biggest secret of the island is that it still remains abandoned. Neither the construction of recreation centers, nor children's camps - nothing helps to settle the island.

And no wonder. Even local residents compare the phenomena taking place with the secrets of the Bermuda Triangle. Inexplicable events on Green Island became known back in the mid-20s of the 20th century. At that time, townspeople told each other fantastic stories about ghosts, revived drowned people and mermaids who live on the island.

Today, stories about an alien spaceship that fell here and about a black stone are very famous.

According to eyewitnesses, NKVD troops arrived on Green Island before the start of the Great Patriotic War. At night, when the residents were sleeping, the military transported something in trucks. However, they were unable to complete what they started: German troops, in the fall of 1941, approached Rostov-on-Don. And instead of evacuating, the NKVD troops organized the defense of the deserted island. During the defense of the island, almost all the personnel died, ensuring the removal of something mysterious from the island into the interior of the country.

Many stories about unexplained phenomena associated with the “black stone” are told by local residents. But it should be noted that attempts to purposefully find the mysterious stone do not give any results. Although, eyewitnesses claim that they not only saw the black stone, but were also exposed to it.

The reason for the failure may be that the island is covered with rather dense vegetation, and the western side is completely inaccessible. However, it is the western part that, as eyewitnesses say, is an anomalous zone.

Scientific expeditions were organized to Green Island, including an expedition from the Kosmopoisk research association.

Research was carried out using special instruments on the western side of the Green Island. As a result, weak anomalies were recorded, which were possibly associated with underground structures (remains of old trenches and dugouts) located on the northwestern shore, and with small underground structures of unknown purpose. At the same time, the expedition members became eyewitnesses of sound signals of unknown origin and manifestations of the “prodigal place” anomaly (an anomaly in which the most mysterious events can occur, first of all, an absolute loss of orientation in space occurs).

Be that as it may, no one has yet seriously studied the secrets of Green Island. Vadim Chernobrov, a researcher of anomalous events and coordinator of Cosmopoisk, says this about this place: “Anomalies on Zeleny Island have been known for a long time. In addition, preliminary studies were carried out there. However, changes in the mental state of people, anomalies in the composition of the soil, and mutation processes in vegetation require further serious research.”

In this issue we complete a series of publications on the results of the second expedition to the Southern Urals in 2016 under the leadership of the famous traveler, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Ernst MULDASHEV.

Summarize. During the first expedition in 2015, scientists managed to find a lot of interesting things in these parts: bottomless lakes, passages to the underworld, stones growing from the ground, and the graves of giants... In 2016, researchers came to a completely sensational conclusion that there really were “stone people” on Earth, about whom ancient legends tell.

As Ernst Muldashev said, evidence of the existence of hypothetical stone life has been known for a long time. Many have heard about the so-called seids of the Kola Peninsula. Seids are multi-ton stones, someone placed them on one or three stones and are capable of moving in space in an unknown way. Muldashev’s group saw with their own eyes that a huge seid suddenly appeared on one of the peaks of the Kola Peninsula, which was not there two or three hours ago.

In California, in the so-called Death Valley, people see wandering stones, leaving a trail in the sand as they move.

The famous 21-meter-tall Easter Island statues apparently actually walked, since they often lie far from the ahu pedestal. Sometimes the idols “walked” in single file and fell when the energy apparently turned off from them. In addition, as Thor Heyerdahl's expedition showed, stone idols could not be made using a stone axe. According to the Rapanui aborigines, they were budded by Mount Ranu Raraku, and the legendary bird people transferred the idols to ahu pedestals and gave them “stone life.”

In Altai and Mongolia, stone is traditionally perceived as a living creature. Altaians even say: “The mountain thinks.” To this we can add that the stone chips in our mobile phones or computers apparently have a certain intelligence, which made it possible to create the Internet. Therefore, one might think that there is some kind of “stone life” on Earth, which we partially encounter when we pick up our mobile phone.

Bashkir legends say that unique “stone people” lived on Earth - Tashkeshe or Tashbash. Moreover, it seems that the “stone people” lived in the relatively recent past - even cases of attacks by “stone people” on Bashkir horsemen are described. In this regard, scientists undertook a search for “stone people” in the Southern Urals, where these legends originated.

The search led to sensational results. It was possible to discover very specific stones measuring 2–10 meters, having three “legs” and a “beak”, clearly not of natural origin. Moreover, such stones were often located on top of each other, as if one stone had climbed onto another and was trying to destroy it with the help of its “beak.” There was a feeling that there had once been a “stone war”, but some huge force stopped it, stopping the “stone life”. Entire “stone people cemeteries” have been found. In some of them, “stone people” were compressed, forming layers from which either “legs” or “beaks of stone creatures” protruded. But in other places one could almost see statues of “stone love”, called “kissing stones” by local residents.

It also turned out that all the places associated with “stone life” are located along the same line along the Ural Mountains, and the continuation of this line to the south leads to the mysterious Ustyurt plateau in Kazakhstan, where there are unusual monuments of antiquity, and in addition, many strange stone balls .

It is also curious that this line passes through Magnitnaya Mountain within the city of Magnitogorsk. The incredibly iron-rich ore of this mountain, before industrial development, was found to lie on the surface in pieces resembling “stone people.” And the Bashkirs have preserved legends about the “iron men” crawling onto Mount Magnitnaya.

The research of Muldashev’s group is not controversial, but it excites the mind and gradually says that life is more complicated than we think. Soon the group sets out on a new expedition to the foothills of the Himalayas to explore a place located exactly on the opposite side of the globe from Easter Island, famous for its stone idols.

Green Island.

Where did the Fayns go when they completed their feats of arms and left the earth? Some say that Fin and all his army fell in a great battle and died as mortals should die. After all, a certain hill in Perthshire is called Seal Fin, which means “Fin’s Grave.” And in Glenarkey, in the county of Inverness, another hill, similar in appearance to a boat, is rumored to be built over the mass grave of all his warriors.
Others say that Fin is not dead, but still lives on a certain green island. This island is somewhere in the far west, at the very edge of the world. It is called Ilen na Hoig, "Island of Eternal Youth." Magic apples grow there and all-healing water flows in life-giving springs. Blessed is the one who is lucky enough to get to that Celtic paradise, to this Land of Light, the Land of Fulfilled Desires. For as soon as a person steps on its shore, youth returns to him. He again becomes the same as he was at twenty years old - his body straightens, gray hair disappears, and wrinkles smooth out.
There is a legend that one person once set foot on this magical shore. He lived on Jura, one of the Inner Hebrides, and his name was Angus MacTregor. He had a small sailing boat and carried cargo from island to island and from the islands on the coast of Scotland.
One day he was standing on the pier in Greenock, and then a man of enormous stature approached him. Engas had never seen such heroes in his life. The man was three heads taller than ordinary people, and his chest was covered with a bright red beard. He patted Engas on the shoulder and said:
- They say you have a boat and transport goods to the islands and the mainland. I need to deliver meat to one island west of Islay. Can you transport me and my cargo there?
They made a deal, and the giant transferred his cargo to Engas’s boat. The boatman only shook his head when he saw the huge carcasses of beef and lamb that filled his boat.
“Perhaps this will be enough to feed an entire army of mountaineers,” he thought.
When everything was ready, Engas raised the sails and sailed in the direction where his employer pointed him. They left the mouth of the River Clyde, passed Arran, rounded Cape Kintyre and entered the Sound of Islay. And then a thick fog fell on the sea. Engas steered blindly, trying to steer west and obey the giant's instructions. For two days they saw neither earth nor sky, and Engas asked himself in bewilderment where they were.
“We must have already passed the furthest of the Outer Hebrides,” he thought.
On the third day, the fog cleared, and Engas realized that his boat was approaching the shore of some island that he had never seen. A gray calm sea washed the island, and to the boatman it seemed like some kind of green paradise, promising rest and peace.

“This is where our journey ends,” said his tall companion.
But Engas understood that they would not reach the shore very soon, and therefore he went to the cabin and lay down to get some sleep. He was awakened by the weak impacts of the boat on the shore. He climbed onto the deck and saw that his boat was rocking on the waves. There is no longer a load on it, and the trace of the giant has gone cold.
When the boatman negotiated with him, he promised to pay for the transportation when they arrived at the place. And now Engas realized that his employer wanted to deceive him, and decided to find him at any cost.
He got out of the boat and waded towards the grassy bank. And as soon as he stepped onto the island, it was as if some burden had been lifted from him. All traces of old age left his body, and it seemed to him as if he had become a twenty-year-old youth again. He was amazed at how easy it was for him to walk; I felt my forehead and felt that the wrinkles were gone.
“Apparently, I ended up on Ilen na Hoig - the “Island of Eternal Youth,” he guessed.
And he also guessed that the giant sitting in his boat was one of the Feins.
“There are no such strong men these days,” thought Engas. “And, therefore, the Island of Eternal Youth is the same as the Island of Heroes,”
Nevertheless, Engas was determined to receive payment from the fein for transportation. And so he went to wander around the island. Soon he came to a house built of huge stones. Its front door was twenty feet high and twenty feet wide.
Engas entered the house and found himself in a vast hall. Here, in a heavy chair, sat a huge old man with a beard down to his knees. On his face lay the gloomy stamp of a thousand battles in which he had once fought, and in his eyes lived eternal sorrow for those who fell in battle, fighting next to him. It was Fin McCool himself. He turned and noticed Engas.
- What do you want here? he asked and raised his huge hand. - However, drink first, then tell me later.
And he handed Engas a huge goblet full of golden honey. The cup was so heavy that it was only with great difficulty that Engas lifted it with both hands and brought it to his lips. And when he had drained it, he sat down and told Fin about everything that had happened to him.
Then Fin asked:
- Tell me, resident of the island of Jura, if that tall man who didn’t pay you comes here now, will you be able to recognize him?
“I can,” answered Engas.
Fin shouted the cry in a thunderous voice, and his heroes began to enter the hall. Their arms and legs were like tree trunks, and when they walked, the floor shook beneath them. Among them, Engas saw the man whom he had brought here from Greenock. It was easy to recognize him by his bright red beard.
- This is the man! - Engas said to Fin.
Fin ordered the giant to pay Engas in full, and he paid, although very reluctantly. Then Fin let Engas go, but when he left the house, the giant caught up with him, grabbed him by the shoulder and tore out his right eye. “If I had done this earlier, you wouldn’t have recognized me!” he said.
Suffering from acute pain and bleeding from his eye socket, Engas somehow made it to the shore. The giant walked behind him. When they reached the place where Engas had anchored his boat, the giant ordered him to shake off the dust of the island from his feet - every last speck of dust.
Then Engas got into his boat, raised the sails and sailed home. He saw the Green Island gradually disappear into the fog that rose above the water. And when the island was completely out of sight, the burden of the past years fell again on Engas’s shoulders.
So, the trip to the Island of Eternal Youth brought him only the loss of his right eye.

Giants of the land of Korelskaya

Lake Ladoga is an amazing place, full of secrets, miracles, mysteries and completely inexplicable phenomena. No wonder it constantly attracts more and more researchers. The bottom of the lake still preserves historical artifacts from ancient times to the present day. The ancient Vikings, the Northern War, and the Second World War left their mark...

“It is completely undeservedly believed that there is nothing unusual on the close and seemingly well-known Ladoga, but in fact this is far from the case,” says the head of the Ladoga underwater search expedition, member of the Russian Geographical Society, historian and documentary filmmaker, teacher St. -Petersburg University of Cinema and Television Sergei Nadein. – There are a great many mysteries on Ladoga. And what an indescribable beauty! Today you can see many documentaries about the natural attractions of Asia, Africa, America, but we still know little about our native land.”

The expedition explores not only the underwater depths, but also the land. One of the objects of her interest was the island of Kilpola, one of the largest on Ladoga. It is located approximately 70 kilometers from Priozersk. This city is also a kind of mystery, there are so many names: it was once known as the Korela fortress, then it was called Kexholm, and then Käkisalmi (Cuckoo Strait). Today's name of the city is already the fourth.

But let's return to Kilpole. Using the image of Jules Verne, this is a “mysterious island”. The book of the outstanding Finnish ethnographer and archaeologist Theodor Schwindt, “Folk legends of the northwestern Ladoga region, collected in the summer of 1879,” provides unique information about the “giants of the ancient land of Korelskaya,” who supposedly lived in ancient times both on this island and on the Ladoga coast. Moreover, Schwindt, who visited the mysterious island of Kilpola, was able to find confirmation that these “giants,” whose average height was three meters, really existed.

“There is a legend on the Ladoga coast,” noted Schwindt, “that once in these places there lived huge people, the so-called Metelilainen, or Munkkilainen, who were gradually forced out of here by the Laplanders and Finns. One of the most common is the legend of a giantess girl and a plowman. It says this: a Meteläinen girl accidentally came across a stranger in the forest who was plowing the land on a horse. She ran to her father and told him everything. His father ordered him to be taken to that place and, seeing the plowman, he realized: “We will have to leave here and leave the land to the newcomers.”

The Meteläinen were distinguished by their enormous growth and the incredible noise they made as they moved through the forest, which is where their name actually comes from (meteli - “noise”). Scientists often call the Metelilainens “Hyperboreans of the Ladoga region,” referring to the mysterious country of Hyperborea. This is how the legendary northern country, the habitat of the blessed people of the Hyperboreans, was called in ancient Greek mythology and in subsequent tradition. According to the Greek poet Pherenicus, the Hyperboreans were “of titanic origin”: they “grew from the blood of former titans.”

“Legends about the Metelilainen,” Theodor Schwindt further pointed out, “have been preserved almost everywhere, but there are especially many of them in the Kurkijoki volost. Probably because in places such as Korpisaari (Island of the Impenetrable Thicket), Otsanlahti (Forehead Bay), Lapinlahti (Lopar Bay), etc., there is a lot of real evidence of the activity of giant people: these are fields cleared of forest, and time from time to time, huge human bones came across in the ground, and plows abandoned by snowstorms, as well as huge ramparts in the mountains and islands.”

Schwindt included long, low stone fences built along the coastline as material evidence of the giants’ activities. According to legend, the Meteläinen collected these stones for military purposes and during battles, hiding behind the ramparts, they threw them a mile away at each other from island to island...

It would seem that everything said above seems more like a beautiful legend than the truth, but a serious scientist like Theodor Schwindt was far from a hoax. According to local historians, his merits in the field of archeology can hardly be overestimated. He was the first scientist to become interested in the study of medieval Karelia; his findings produced a kind of revolution in science, since they made it possible to judge the high level of development of crafts among the Karelians.

Until now, Schwindt occupies one of the first places among archaeologists in terms of the volume of excavations on the Karelian Isthmus and the number of described finds. In addition, he is one of the founders of local history and museum work on the Karelian Isthmus. And Theodor Schwindt is an ethnographer. The already mentioned book “Folk legends of the northwestern Ladoga region...” contained legends, folk songs, spiritual poems and other folklore, as well as spells, as well as topographic maps and plans created based on materials from the expedition and ancient maps...

Fascinated by Schwindt’s findings, the members of the Ladoga underwater search expedition in 2010 undertook a trip to Kilpola Island to try to find the artifacts he recorded. However, nothing was found then. In 2011, we were more fortunate: according to Sergei Nadein, although no traces of giant people were found, we were able to examine the results of their work. We are talking about a huge man-made shaft erected along the water's edge. Apparently, it was designed to protect against the formidable waves of Ladoga. The shaft is made of hewn granite stones, the average weight of each is about three hundred kilograms.

Research on Kilpola Island. Photos courtesy of S. Nadein

“An ordinary person, without any levers and devices, cannot create such a structure,” says Sergei Nadein. - Meanwhile, no traces or signs of these devices exist. And there is no evidence that they were ever discovered by researchers. So the man-made rampart made of huge stones is not a fiction, but a real historical fact.”

If the existence of unknown giant people still remains a mystery, then the finds on the island of Kilpola, dating back to closer historical eras, seem more reliable. First of all, the island preserves traces of the Great Patriotic War. There is a “bay of death” on the island, from which, since August 12, 1941, our troops were evacuated under enemy fire. For twelve days, the ships, under hurricane artillery and mortar fire, broke through to the island and removed soldiers, small arms, artillery, horses, and ammunition from the shore. Until now, the rocky shore is literally covered with a continuous layer of shell casings, fragments and iron.

And at the bottom of Ladoga near Kilpola, underwater archaeologists last season discovered artifacts from the time of Peter the Great - fragments of a sunken ship. Experts have confirmed that the objects date back to the late 17th – early 18th centuries. It is quite possible that a naval battle between Russian and Swedish ships could have taken place here during the Northern War...