The Potomsky crater

The summer of 1949 was here. A young scientist named Vadim Kolpakov had been on an expedition to Siberia. He was tasked with drawing a geological map of the region, and while on duty he came across something very strange and unusual.

It continued to puzzle experts decades later. Though it's now more famous as the Potomsky crater. Locals had dubbed it fire eagle nest, probably because it looks like a giant bird nest sitting on the hill, but what was hiding inside would be the most surprising and baffling Discovery. Well, if you'd gotten close enough to find out its secrets. Locals say that even wild animals are afraid to come near it.

Kolpakov began walking towards it slowly from far away it looked like a giant bird nest indeed the closer he got the bigger it became. It looked like the crater was freshly formed. On the slopes of that natural structure, however, there were no trees growing and wind had not been sufficient to cover enough soil for plant growth. As for the animals that were not visible, he'd gone all the way up to the top and discovered something unbelievable. The heat made him feel sweat fall from his forehead as if he had been close to a source of fire. His first thought was that this thing is volcanic, but when he looked down, he was met with a perfectly circular mound in the middle. The round hump in the center of the crater was around the height of your standard telephone pole.

There are no such things in extinct volcanoes, and there's not a single one here that is related to this strange mountain. Unable to explain the strange appearance of the bad place Kolpakov had returned home and told everyone about his discovery, what had once been a local anomaly would soon become a worldwide mystery.

The entire scientific community had begun searching for theories, and many scientists agreed that meteorite impact must have been the cause of this double hill. They'd run tests to see if these two buildings could be formed by a meteorite strike. It has been found that the crater was probably caused by a falling, somewhat spherical object made out of dense material which could only be formed in space, and further investigations have shown that this isn't just one but two objects dropped from outer space. It exploded and formed a crater when the first meteorite hit the Earth. The second object followed, but the first impact slowed it down, and it sank into the ground. Others argued, however, that meteorites cannot fly after each other and hit the planet in the same spot, with so many unanswered questions.

To try and solve the mystery, more experts came to the Siberian tiger. One of them took a look at tree rings and collected wood samples. It then became apparent that the crater had probably been there for about 300 years. It was also revealed that the vegetation in this area grew much faster than usual after he had excluded other growth stimulation factors such as better soil conditions and more sunlight for a while leaving them with nothing but radiation. Yeah, the experts did know that trees and plants grew more quickly if they had been exposed to a lot of radiation. But at some time in the last 300 years, there have been low levels of radiation on and around the crater. That means there had to be radioactive material in the area. Was it a space Rock? or a very special type of volcano? All theories, not a single conclusion. In search of answers, expeditions continue to this day.