Poltergeist. Russia

In 1887, the first case of poltergeist was officially recorded in Tomsk. The "noisy spirit" or as it was then called "Kikimora" settled in the house near the house of the merchant Kolotilov, at Gagarin, 14.

It is known that every day, after 16:00, people passing by heard a loud knock from inside the house. At the same time, people who were inside heard sounds from outside. No one could explain the nature of these sounds, and there was no reason why they were heard. To look at the inexplicable phenomenon, whole crowds of people gathered near the house, and the police department even opened a case about the leprosy of the so-called "Kikimora".

So there was a belief about the first case of poltergeist. The rumor about devilry even reached the Tomsk governor - Alexey Fedorovich Anisin.

He was an educated, enlightened man, therefore, despite the scale of rumors circulating throughout the city, he refused to believe in the nature of the abnormal and supernatural. Alexey Fedorovich ordered to assemble a competent commission consisting of an engineer, an architect and a police chief to find a natural-scientific explanation of what is happening and once and for all dispel rumors about the existence of a kikimora. How the case ended is unknown. Just as there is no information about the final conclusions of the commission. Probably, the archive document was lost, or perhaps it was simply decided not to show it to anyone.

Another thing is known: the merchant eventually demolished the ill-fated house, and in its place in 1891 built another, already stone. However, now, this building looks like a haunted house again.