Russia is rich not only in oil, gas, diamonds, Tchaikovsky, Aivazovsky and Dostoevsky (unlike exhaustible mineral resources, our cultural values will never end). In the vast expanses of our Motherland, a lot of strange things are happening, mysterious and inexplicable, but there's nothing to worry about. On 1/6 of the earth's landmass there is enough room for everyone: aliens, ghosts, prehistoric animals, psychics and supernatural monsters, unlike anything in the world.

1. Meeting of astronauts with a UFO

The pioneers of space exploration had a hard time: technology began space age humanity left much to be desired, so emergency situations arose quite often, like the one faced by Alexey Leonov, almost ended up in outer space.

But some of the surprises that awaited space pioneers in orbit were not related to the equipment at all. Many Soviet cosmonauts who returned from orbit spoke about unidentified flying objects that appeared near earthly spacecraft, and scientists still cannot explain this phenomenon.

Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, cosmonaut Vladimir Kovalyonok said that during his stay at the Salyut-6 station in 1981, he observed a bright luminous object the size of a finger rapidly encircling the Earth in orbit. Kovalyonok called the crew commander Viktor Savinykh, and he, seeing unusual phenomenon, immediately went for the camera. At this time, the “finger” flashed and split into two objects connected to each other, and then disappeared.

It was never possible to photograph it, but the crew immediately reported the phenomenon to Earth.

Sightings of unknown objects were also repeatedly reported by participants in Mir station missions, as well as employees of the Baikonur Cosmodrome - UFOs appear quite often in its vicinity.

2. Chelyabinsk meteorite

On February 15 this year, residents of Chelyabinsk and surrounding areas settlements observed an extraordinary phenomenon: it entered the Earth's atmosphere celestial body, which was 30 times brighter than the Sun when it fell. As it turned out later, it was a meteorite, although a variety of versions of the phenomenon were put forward, including the use secret weapon or the machinations of aliens (many still do not exclude this possibility).

Exploding in the air, the meteorite split into many parts, the largest of which fell into Lake Chebarkul near Chelyabinsk, and the remaining fragments scattered over a wide area, including some regions of Russia and Kazakhstan. According to NASA, this is the largest space object to fall to Earth since the Tunguska bolide.

The “guest” from space caused quite significant damage to the city: the blast wave broke the glass in many buildings, and about 1,600 people were injured varying degrees gravity.

The series of “space” adventures for Chelyabinsk residents did not end there: a few weeks after the meteorite fell, on the night of March 20, a huge glowing ball. It was observed by many townspeople, but there is no exact explanation yet of where the “second Sun” suddenly appeared, especially at night. However, some believe that the ball arose due to the reflection of city lights on specifically located ice crystals in the atmosphere - that night Chelyabinsk was covered with thick cold fog.

3. Sakhalin monster

Remains of an unknown creature found by military personnel Russian army on the coast of Sakhalin Island in September 2006. In terms of the structure of the skull, the monster is somewhat reminiscent of a crocodile, but the rest of the skeleton is completely unlike any other known to science reptile. It also cannot be classified as a fish, and local residents, to whom the soldiers showed the find, could not identify it as any creature living in these waters. Remains of animal tissue were preserved, and judging by them, it was covered with wool. The corpse was quickly taken over by representatives of the special services, and its further study took place “behind closed doors.”

Now most experts are inclined to believe that these were the remains of some kind of cetacean, according to some versions - a killer whale or a beluga whale, but others object that its skeleton differs from both of them. An alternative to the “accepted” point of view is that the remains belonged to a prehistoric animal, which were probably still preserved in the depths of the World Ocean.

4. Seeing off the mermaid

Mermaids are one of the main characters of Russian folklore. According to legend, these spirits living in reservoirs are born as a result of the painful death of women and children, and rumor says that meeting a mermaid does not bode well: they often seduce men, luring them into the abyss of a lake or swamp, steal children, They scare animals and generally behave in a manner that is not very decent. According to tradition, in order for the year to be successful and fertile, villagers brought various gifts to the mermaids, sang songs about them and held dances in honor of these restless souls.

Of course, now such beliefs are not nearly as widespread as in the old days, but in some parts of Russia rituals associated with mermaids are still held. The most significant of them is considered the so-called Rusal Week (also known as Trinity Week or Farewell to the Mermaid) - the week preceding Trinity (50th day after Easter).

The main part of the ritual is the making and destruction of a stuffed mermaid, accompanied by fun, music and dancing. During Rusal Week, women do not wash their hair to protect themselves from perfume, and men carry garlic and walnuts. Of course, at this time it is strictly forbidden to go into the water - so as not to be dragged away by some bored mermaid.

5. Russian Roswell

Military missile range near the village of Kapustin Yar in the north-west Astrakhan region often found in reports of the most strange and inexplicable incidents. Various UFOs and other curious phenomena are observed here with amazing regularity. Because of the most notorious case of this kind, Kapustin Yar received the nickname Russian Roswell by analogy with the city in the American state of New Mexico, where, according to some assumptions, an alien ship crashed in 1947.

Almost a year after the Roswell incident, on June 19, 1948, a silvery object shaped like a cigar appeared in the sky above Kapustin Yar. On alert, three MiG interceptors were scrambled into the air, and one of them managed to shoot down a UFO. “Cigar” immediately fired a certain beam at the fighter, and it crashed to the ground; unfortunately, the pilot did not have time to eject. A silvery object also fell in the vicinity of Kapustin Yar, and was immediately transported to the test site bunker.

Of course, many have repeatedly questioned this information, but some documents of the State Security Committee, declassified in 1991, indicate that the military more than once saw something over Kapustin Yar that did not yet fit into the framework modern science.

6. Ninel Kulagina

During the Second World War, then Nina Sergeevna Kulagina served as a radio operator in a tank and participated in the defense Northern capital. As a result of her injury, she was discharged, and after the blockade of Leningrad was lifted, she got married and gave birth to a child.

In the early 1960s, she became famous throughout Soviet Union like Ninel Kulagina - a psychic and the owner of other paranormal abilities. She could heal people with the power of her thoughts, determine color by touching her fingers, see through fabric what was in people's pockets, move objects at a distance, and much more. Her gift was often studied and tested by specialists from various institutions, including secret scientific institutes, and many testified that Ninel was either an extremely clever charlatan or actually possessed anomalous skills.

There is no convincing evidence for the former, although some former employees Soviet research institutes assure that when demonstrating “supernatural” abilities, Kulagina used various tricks and sleight of hand, which was known to the KGB experts investigating her activities.

Until her death in 1990, Ninel Kulagina was considered one of the most powerful psychics of the 20th century, and the inexplicable phenomena associated with her were called the “K-phenomenon.”

7. Dragon from Brosno

Lake Brosno, located in the Tver region, is the deepest freshwater lake in Europe, but it is known throughout the world mainly because of the mysterious creature that local residents believe lives in it.

According to numerous (but, unfortunately, not documented) stories, an animal about five meters long, resembling something like a dragon, was seen in the lake more than once, although almost all observers describe it differently. One of local legends says that a long time ago, the Tatar-Mongol warriors who made a halt on the shore of the lake were eaten by the “dragon from Brosno”. According to another story, in the middle of Brosno one day an “island” suddenly appeared, which disappeared after some time - it is assumed that it was the back of a huge unknown beast.

Although there is no reliable information about the monster supposedly living in the lake, many agree that some strange things do sometimes happen in Brosno and its environs.

8. Space Defense Forces

Russia has always sought to protect itself from all possible external (and internal) threats, and more recently, the defensive interests of our Motherland also include the security of its space borders. To repel an attack from space, the Space Forces were created in 2001, and in 2011, the Space Defense Forces (SDF) were formed on their basis.

The tasks of this type of troops include mainly organizing missile defense and controlling the military satellites that coordinate it, although the command is also considering the possibility of aggression from alien races. True, at the beginning of October of this year, answering the question whether the East Kazakhstan region is ready for an alien attack, Sergei Berezhnoy, assistant to the head of the Main Test Space Center named after German Titov, said: “Unfortunately, we are not yet ready to fight extraterrestrial civilizations.” . Let's hope the aliens don't know about this.

9. Ghosts of the Kremlin

There are few places in our country that can compare with the Moscow Kremlin in terms of mystery and the number of ghost stories that are found there. For several centuries it has served as the main citadel of Russian statehood, and, according to legend, the restless souls of the victims of the struggle for it (and with it) still roam the Kremlin corridors and dungeons.

Some say that in the Bell Tower of Ivan the Great you can sometimes hear the crying and lamentations of Ivan the Terrible, atoning for his sins. Others mention that they saw the spirit of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin in the Kremlin, three months before his death, when the leader of the world proletariat was seriously ill and no longer left his residence in Gorki. But most famous ghost The Kremlin is, of course, considered to be the spirit of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, who appears whenever the country is in for a shock. The ghost smells cold, and sometimes he seems to be trying to say something, perhaps warning the leadership of the state against mistakes.

10. Black bird of Chernobyl

A few days before the infamous accident of the fourth power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, four plant employees reported seeing what looked like a huge dark man with wings and glowing red eyes. Most of all, this description is reminiscent of the so-called Mothman - a mysterious creature that allegedly appeared repeatedly in the city of Point Pleasant American state West Virginia.

The Chernobyl plant workers who met the fantastic monster claimed that after the meeting they received several threatening calls and almost everyone began to have vivid, incredibly scary nightmares.

On April 26, the nightmare happened not in the dreams of the employees, but at the station itself, and about amazing stories forgotten, but only for short time: While they were extinguishing the fire that raged after the explosion, survivors of the flames said that they clearly saw a 6-meter black bird that flew out of the clouds of radioactive smoke pouring out of the destroyed fourth block.

11. Well to Hell

In 1984, Soviet geologists launched an ambitious drilling project ultra-deep well on Kola Peninsula. The main goal was to satisfy scientific research curiosity and test the fundamental possibility of such deep penetration into the thickness of the planet.

According to legend, when the drill reached a depth of about 12 km, the instruments recorded strange sounds coming from the depths and most of all resembling screams and moans. In addition, at great depths, voids were discovered, the temperature in which reached 1100 °C. Some even reported a demon flying out of the well and a flaming "I Win" sign appearing in the sky after eerie screams were heard from a hole in the ground.

All this gave rise to rumors that Soviet scientists had drilled a “well to hell”, but many of the “evidence” do not stand up to scientific criticism: for example, it is documented that the temperature in lowest point, which the drill reached was 220 °C.

These creepy stories were published by various Internet users. They are dedicated to strange, absurd, shocking cases. The focus of each is one or another paranormal phenomenon. Believe it or not, it's up to everyone. It is still impossible to prove that none of this happened. So, if panic and anxiety don’t scare you and you’re ready to tickle your nerves, check out these mystical stories.

A package with scary contents

One guy talked about his neighbor, whom no one respected. He tried to become famous by making videos about everything to get people's attention. One day he was getting ready for a trip and asked the guy to pick up the mail while he was away. He agreed. Everything went well for a week, and then a package appeared on the neighbor’s porch. The guy was surprised by her incredible weight. He struggled to carry it to his garage to store it there. After some time, a disgusting smell began to emanate from the box. The guy opened the box and at first thought that someone had sent some meat to his neighbor. Instead of pork or beef, it turned out to be the neighbor himself, and his camera was lying nearby. All to become famous through video?

Old hospital

American times Civil War known for cruelty and lack of normal medical care for soldiers, the problem was especially acute for the Confederates. It is not surprising that the old hospital of that era, by definition, seems something gloomy. The father of the narrator of this story was a carpenter and painter. He was hired to work in a house that was once a hospital. While working, the father noticed a puddle of iodine spilled on the floor in empty house. Over the next few weeks, he noticed similar puddles in other rooms. The residents of the house, father and son, admitted that they had nightmares about military events. The first to begin to suffer from scary dreams son, then he and his father swapped rooms, and he saw the same dream!

Two realities

After the death of the guy, the young girl went to the church, where a funeral service dedicated to him was held. At the entrance she met his parents and sister. She was surprised by their strange choice of clothing: they were wearing tracksuits. After that she went to the coffin. The guy's parents were standing with him! The surprised girl returned to the door and noticed the same people in sportswear there. The girl began to doubt the strength of her mind and thought that grief had caused her mind to become clouded. However, she later thought that this could be the moment of her encounter with an alternative reality. Scientists claim that alternative realities exist. Could this explain this case?

An elderly man and an unexpected photo

This is a story about an old widower who was cleaning up his house. By chance he discovered a hidden room in the attic. There was a musket and old books, and black and white photographs, but the people in them were wearing modern clothes! Suddenly he found a photo of him and his wife. The wife had been dead for ten years, so in the photo her body seemed dark and her clothes rotted!

Home alone for the first time

Warning from Thailand

Residents of a secluded village believed that there was a road nearby inhabited by ghosts. As the narrator was traveling along it, a tree fell from the tree in front of him. human body! Frightened, he ran and discovered more bodies! Then he noticed a monster ahead, but remembered the words of the spell against him, which other villagers had told about. It worked and he was able to talk about his scary encounter.

Bad date

The guy met ideal girl, who immediately wrote to him that she wanted to visit him. He agreed, and after some time he found a portable refrigerator with her corpse in front of the door!

Hey Siri

Technology can be very scary. The Siri system can speak in a human voice, albeit somewhat artificial. One user started talking to someone unknown, repeating phrases like “go away” and “get out of the house.” The man assumed that in this way the spirit was trying to warn him, and just in case he went for a walk.

Future predicting app

One guy noticed a mysterious app on his phone that he hadn't downloaded. Surprisingly, it was a game simulating real life. The guy noticed himself right on the screen. Then a woman in a yellow cloak appeared in the game, attacking people. The guy got off the metro train he was on and noticed a woman in a raincoat behind the closing doors! The news reported that she attacked people.

Train ride

Here's another one scary story. The man fell asleep on the train, and when he woke up, he noticed a stranger nearby. He had greenish skin and glasses that hid his eyes. There were strange buildings outside the train window, unknown to a man. In a surprising way the train brought the man to the desired stop, but he never forgot that incident.

Trained crows

This is a story about a guy who taught a raven to pick up coins on the street and bring them home. Everything was going well until one day a raven brought a human tooth. The owner decided that it was an accident, but the teeth began to appear again and again...

Randy

The man noticed bruises on his son’s body that spelled out the word “Randy.” That was the name of his wife's new chosen one. The man burst into his house in anger, and then suddenly woke up and saw Randy's corpse and his frightened wife in front of him. The man was sent to prison, where a voice began to haunt him. It was a spirit that possessed people and caused him to kill Randy.

Phantom cars

There is a road where drivers often notice approaching headlights at night, which then simply disappear! Where do these ghost cars come from?

What's in the shampoo bottle?

A woman came home and found her sister in a fit of madness. She attacks her with a bottle of shampoo. Suddenly, special services officers burst into the house and confiscate the shampoo, and the woman’s sister is taken to the hospital. The woman noticed that a drop of shampoo went unnoticed. Touching it with her finger, she felt as if something had crawled under her skin!

Memory of a past life

One guy kept having dreams about past life about how he was a boy dying terrible death. He was from Indian tribe and died while picking berries with his aunt. The guy felt a sharp pain in his back; in his dream, the boy was killed by arrows.

Vanishing stars

This story will really scare you. An astrophysicist was looking at his monitor when he noticed the stars starting to disappear from the screen. He went out to look at the real sky and noticed that the stars had indeed disappeared! He got scared and took a sleeping pill, but before he fell asleep, he realized: the stars were hundreds of light years away! What destroyed them could only get stronger.

This article brings to your attention several paranormal phenomena that scientists and skeptics have been puzzling over for many years and cannot come to a definite conclusion.

Taos Rumble

The Taos hum is a low-frequency noise of unknown origin. This phenomenon got its name thanks to the city in which it was recorded - Taos, New Mexico. In fact, such phenomena are characteristic not only of this small town: the appearance of inexplicable noises was noticed in different countries all over the world.

Audio recording of the Taos Rumble:

Often, these sounds are attributed to industrial origin. And yet, the situation in Taos is somewhat different: only 2% of the local population hear the noise. In addition, people who have heard the Taos hum note that it is amplified inside buildings, and in the case of ordinary noise of industrial origin the opposite would be true.

Basically, the nature of this phenomenon is explained in different ways:
1. Ordinary industrial or other noise produced by machines, acoustic systems, etc.
2. Infrasound, which can be of geological or tectonic nature.
3. Pulsed microwaves
4. Electromagnetic waves
5. Sound waves from low-frequency communication systems (for example, communications on submarines)
6. Radiation in the ionosphere, including that produced within the framework of HAARP (High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program)
It is important to note that the source of the noise has not been conclusively determined, despite numerous studies carried out by local universities as well as individuals.

Near Death Experiences

Near-death experiences are the general name for the personal experiences people have at the time of their clinical death. The following phenomenon may answer questions about the possibility of life after death. Many people who have experienced clinical death, claim that such life exists.

NDEs include physiological, psychological and transcendental aspects. Even though different people describe the events that happen to them after clinical death in different ways, many elements are common to all:

• The first sensory impression is a very unpleasant sound (noise);
• Understanding that he has died;
• Pleasant emotions: calm and tranquility;
• The feeling of leaving the body, floating above your own body and observing others;
• A feeling of moving upward through a bright tunnel of light or narrow passage;
• Meeting with deceased relatives or clergy;
• An encounter with a being of light (often interpreted as a deity);
• Consideration of past life episodes;
• Reaching a boundary or boundaries;
• Feeling of reluctance to return to the body;
• Feeling warm despite lack of clothing.

It is also known that in some cases the experiences following the seventh stage, on the contrary, are extremely unpleasant.
Communities of people who experience or study the paranormal are more open to interpreting near-death experiences as evidence of the existence of afterlife. In turn, scientists often interpret this phenomenon as hallucinations or fiction.
In 2008, a study was launched in the UK that will study 1,500 patients who experienced clinical death. The study will involve 25 hospitals in the UK and US.

Doppelgangers - ghostly doubles

In literature, doppelgängers (German doppelganger - “double”) are demonic doubles of people, the opposite of a guardian angel. The appearance of a doppelganger often foreshadows the death of the hero. Despite the fact that they are generally considered literary characters, there are several historical sources, indirectly proving the existence of these creatures.
One of these is the testimony of Queen Elizabeth I, recorded by a chronicler shortly before her death. According to the queen, she saw herself lying on the bed of her bedroom, or rather her double, who, according to her, was very pale.

Johann Wolfgang Goethe saw his own double, dressed in a gray suit trimmed with gold, while riding a horse towards Drusenheim. At the same time, the double was driving in the opposite direction. Eight years later, while traveling from Drusenheim along the same road, Goethe noticed that he was wearing the exact same suit as the one he had seen on the double.
It is known that Catherine II also saw her copy moving in her direction. Frightened, she ordered the soldiers to shoot her.
An unusual incident of a similar nature also happened to Abraham Lincoln: the reflection he saw in the mirror had two faces. Being superstitious person, Lincoln remembered what he saw for a long time.

The sudarium from Oviedo is a piece of fabric measuring 84 x 53 cm with blood stains. Some people are inclined to believe that this sudarium was wrapped around the head of Christ after his death, as mentioned in the Gospel of John (20:6-7). It is believed that both the sudarium and the shroud were used in the funeral ritual. During the study, the purpose of which was to confirm or refute the authenticity of the sudarium, blood stains remaining on the fabric were examined. As it turned out, the blood on the sir and the shroud belongs to the fourth group. Additionally, most of the stains on sudariya come from fluid from the lungs. This is explained by the fact that often people who were crucified died not from loss of blood, but from suffocation.

Since childhood, I have been fascinated by paranormal phenomena. I watched programs about mysticism and tried to find the paranormal in my life. My parents were against my hobby.
Since I had never encountered the paranormal before, it seemed like there was nothing to be afraid of. Apparently, I was wrong to think so.
It all started when my grandmother died. For a long time I could not believe her death. I was very worried about how she would do without us. Telepathically I tried to ask her to dream about me, so that she would tell me how she felt there... In another world... After a while, I had a dream: my grandmother was standing near an apple tree. She smiled and looked happy. After this dream I calmed down. But, after a while, I had another dream: I was at my late grandmother’s house, at a funeral, when I looked into her coffin, then... It was empty... Next to the coffin, I saw my grandmother. Her face was dissatisfied. My family was standing outside the door. And suddenly I said: “Well, what are you doing? ! She’s alive!” This dream did not give me peace. Then I had another dream: I woke up in my grandmother’s apartment. I turned around and saw her. The clock showed exactly 6 o'clock in the morning. To my surprise, my grandmother sat down at the computer and went online. I typed into the search engine: “What happened? What now? What happened? As it turned out, it was fortune telling. What was this dream for? Perhaps they wanted to warn me about something bad that was going to happen to me in the future? I don't even know what to think. A couple of weeks later I came to visit my aunt and uncle. They lived in my grandmother's apartment. During the day, my aunt was sorting out my grandmother’s things and found a black bag there. She put the find in a box that stood opposite my bed. Night has fallen. I was ready to fall asleep when suddenly this bag appeared in front of me. Someone's hand appeared near her (apparently it was the grandmother's hand), she began to rummage through this bag, but when she noticed that I was not sleeping, she began to approach me. Fortunately, it didn't reach me. I began to wave my arms, thereby driving the hand away from me. I tried for a long time to understand what it was. The next morning the bag disappeared. It’s definitely not a dream, and it’s definitely not an optical illusion... It turns out that this is a ghost... I’ve already gone to church many times, lit candles, but it didn’t help me. Already at home, at night I suddenly woke up and saw in front of me the silhouette of my grandmother, who was lying next to me, turning her back to me. Thank God, I only managed to see this picture for a couple of seconds. Then I fell asleep. After some time, my friend stayed with me for the night. It was 2 am. We didn't sleep. First, a strange ringing sound began to be heard. We got scared and started to somehow encourage each other. But suddenly the hanger fell off the door. She fell about a meter. It's like someone threw it off. A cat wandered around this hanger for a long time. I remember having another dream last night. My friend and I spent the night at my house. It was night. We didn't want to sleep, so we turned on the computer. We started playing, but suddenly the game was interrupted, and some kind of video began playing on the entire screen. The quality was disgusting. Black and white... The footage showed a recording of my family! The filming was done with a hidden camera. There it was clearly visible how my family was doing something. I didn’t pay much attention to this dream and invited a friend. Recently I had another dream, in it were my late father and late grandmother. The worst thing is that my grandmother could not recognize me! It’s like she’s never seen me before! Perhaps she was offended by me. I worried for a long time after this dream. When I had already forgotten about him, it all started all over again. At night I woke up from a strange sound. Someone said: “Chchh...”. It was only me in the room. It's good that the cat was nearby! The next night I heard someone whispering. At first I thought I was dreaming. I woke up and started sleeping again. But the whispering began again. As they say, inexplicable, but true.
I can still hear someone wandering around my apartment. You can still smell your grandmother's scent in your aunt and uncle's apartment. Even now. That's not all, this happens to me every day. I don't know what to do with this.

From life, strange and sometimes inexplicable paranormal phenomena. Not everyone can draw the line between this category of events and phenomena whose nature is not clear, as well as natural anomalies. Often anomalous events are a figment of human imagination or clouded consciousness. There are documented facts of events, the reality of which has not been clearly established. What are paranormal phenomena, and what are they?

Unusual stories from life: paranormal phenomena

Apologists of ufology and parapsychology include paranormal phenomena:

• telekinesis, levitation, telepathy;
• human aura and sun-eating(a person’s ability to feed on cosmic energy, going for a long time without food and water);
• unidentified flying and floating("Flying Dutchman") objects;
• other psychophysical and psychological-physiological phenomena that cannot be explained within the framework modern performance about the world around us.

People who study paranormal phenomena are classified by most serious scientists as charlatans, and ordinary people consider them “urban madmen.” Funding for research comes from voluntary donations, personal savings from paranormal fans, and various foundations. In the United States this is James Randi Foundation, and in Russia grants allocated within the framework of the bonus program named after Harry Guddini.

It is impossible to completely ignore phenomena and events that are inexplicable from the point of view of modern science. The excitement is fueled by periodic reports of unexplained phenomena. Below are the most famous and mysterious of them.

The most famous paranormal phenomena

Of particular interest is the story of “ The Flying Dutchman " Despite the fact that most parapsychologists classify it as a legend, it is possible that encounters with ghost ships do indeed occur periodically.

The first “paper” mention of “The Flying Dutchman” appeared in 1795, on the pages of the work “ Journey to Botanical Bay", whose authorship is attributed to London pickpocket George Barrington. If even serious researchers of paranormal phenomena speak about the “Flying Dutchman” with a sufficient degree of skepticism, then it is quite difficult to deny the facts of encounters with ships unexpectedly abandoned by the crew and drifting freely. Such objects include:

• sailboat " Seabird"(1850, coastal waters of Rhode Island);
• brigantine " Mary Celeste"(1872, Atlantic Ocean);
• schooner " Carroll A. Dearing" (1921, Outer Banks of Hatteras Island), on board of which none of the nine crew members were found, except for the well-fed ship's cat;
• tanker " Yang Seng"(2006, Queensland coast, Australia), whose owner and nationality are unknown;
• cruise ship " Lyubov Orlova"("Lyubov Orlova"), which is without a crew and passengers in the Atlantic, the last beacon signals were received on March 1, 2013.

The frequency of paranormal phenomena varies Moscow Kremlin. According to ufologists, thousands of restless souls roam in its basements and dungeons. Bell tower of Ivan the Great – favorite place repentance for the soul of the formidable tsar, and according to the testimonies of some eyewitnesses, in her chambers one can hear the deep sighs and mutterings of the Russian sovereign, whose restless spirit atones for his unforgiven sins. It is true that it is not clear why such prayers are not heard in Versailles. On the night of St. Bartholomew, Catholics killed 10 times more Huguenots than Ivan the Great ordered the execution of traitors in his entire life. Therefore, it will not surprise anyone if one day Parisian Church of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois the cries of the spirit of Marie de Medici will not be heard.

Many famous personalities accompanied by legends about their ghostly counterparts - doppelgängers(doppelganger), who are antagonists of the guardian angels. According to paranormal researchers, the appearance of a doppelgänger is evidence near death. Historically true is the fact of seeing one’s double as a kind Queen Bess(Anglo-Irish queen ElizabethI- the last crowned ruler of the Tudor family). Shortly before her death, a ghostly double appeared to her, informing her of her imminent death. This fact was recorded by the chronicler from the words of Elizabeth I.

Johann Wolfgang Goethe met his doppelgänger eight years before his death. He was riding a horse, heading to Drusenheim. Eight years later, returning from Drusenheim to Weimar, the author of "Suffering young Werther" and "Fausta", died during the trip.

In fact, they happen to everyone from time to time. They manifest themselves in strange events or dreams. Knowledge of this area is different mystical life The subtle world is accessible to everyone, you just need to be observant.