There is a small lake which has the frightening name of Dead Lake. Local residents nicknamed it so for a reason, because this place has a really bad reputation.
An incredible number of legends about this body of water. According to one of them about a century ago, a man was so mad with jealousy for his bride that he drowned her right in these waters. This tragic event allegedly started all the mystical stories associated with the lake.
People believe that everyone who has entered the water of the Dead Lake, will not be able to return from there alive. Therefore, people try to avoid it and forbid their children to play near the lake.
The elder of the village Gerasimovka often tells tourists an amazing story about how he decided to swim in the lake as a boy, despite the orders of adults. He began to feel unusual as soon as he immersed himself in the water. It became difficult for the boy to breathe and move his legs and arms.
Almost every local resident has a mysterious story connected with the lake
He remembers the further events as in a fog: he claims that he lost consciousness, and then came to himself not far from the lake. According to the elder, his hands were torn to blood and his body was literally whimpering with pain. The boy made it to his home village, and then the most interesting thing became clear: it turned out that he had been missing for two weeks, and all the villagers had already recognized him as dead.
And this is far from the only scary story associated with the lake. Many people claim that people regularly disappear near the lake and then suddenly find them. Most of them do not remember anything about what happened to them during the period of disappearance.
There are no fish in the lake. Those who have drowned in the lake never come to the surface. Locals say that in the clear water they have seen the drowned standing on the bottom like tin soldiers and thus allegedly attracting the living.