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The Curse of

the Evil Crater

In 1949, geologist Vadim Kolpakov Kolpakov did not listen to their
set off into the rugged wilderness of warnings. He was a man of science.
Siberia to map the region. He did not Legends did not scare him. Instead,

realize that he was about to stumble he pressed onward. Soon, he
across one of the most puzzling discovered the cause of the Yakut’s
sites in modern record. As Kolpakov fears. An enormous mound rose
trekked deeper into the wilderness, from the trees. It was as tall as a
the local people in the area, the 25-story building.
Yakut, met him with warnings. They
The mound’s volcano-like cone was
spoke of an evil place in the woods.
262 feet (80 m) tall and 492 feet
It was a place that even deer and
(150 m) wide. The sight of it shocked
other animals feared.
Kolpakov. But he was amazed by

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