Aquatic creatures. Russia

On the river of usmanka, near the village Nikonovo, even before the revolution of 1917, was built a water mill. It stood until 1929. This year, dispossessed, exiled to Siberia, and the mill (logs) local residents gradually took on the furnace.

And then one day the men went in the night for the rest of the logs, and just wanted to get as from under the water wheel emerged something large and dark, then proceeded strong surge of water. The men, abandoning all fear, some, once, ran off into the village. The next day he told his neighbors. And the night went even men, history repeated itself. After that, go feared rumors about the water.

Much later, about 35-36 years, the local boys went to bathe in the river, and one, nicknamed ghoul, decided to dive off of logs in the same place. His companions sat on the Bank. Ghoul ducked for a long time didn't show up, then nodded his head, cried out that someone was dragging him down, and again went under water. His friends did not believe – thought that was joking, but there are meters in 20 from a former mill, it is as if thrown out of the water and the breaker on the water back for the mill, but it was not clear who floated under water. When the ghoul came out of the water, he could not say a word. Recovering himself, said that he was drawn under the water something slimy and cold. But when he began to read about prayer, let him go.

Since there is no one bathed. This place was called "Gulyakina the pit." Now the river is heavily shoaled, but there is still deep. They say similar cases have occurred in the area more than once. This is evidenced by another name, handed down to us: "Senkin pit".

Recorded in the village Will Tresvyatskaya article from Borodina Maria Pavlovna, 1923 Record Borodina O., 2002 AKTLF

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