The 6 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries We May Never Figure Out

No. 2 The Patomskiy Crater

The Patomskiy Crater was discovered during an expedition to Siberia conducted by geologist Vadim Kolpakov, in 1949. Kolpakov traveled into almost uncharted territory. The local community of Yakut people, warned him not to go on, declaring the site an evil place, and that even animals avoided it. “Fire Eagle Nest” was the name given to the area by local people, who claimed that anyone getting too close would start feeling unwell, and some missing individuals had even been reported. Kolpakov continued his research, and found a giant crater, which resembled a volcano mouth. Kolpakov estimated the crater was around 250 years old. Some people hold it might have been formed by a meteorite; others think it was certainly a volcano; and many think it is the trace of a UFO. A new expedition in 2005 was conducted to get more answers. It couldn’t be finished because the leader of the expedition died of a heart attack just a few kilometers away from the site.