Russia.
The biggest country on Earth.
With such a big place, theres bound to be some scary stories that have emerged over
the years - these are some of the best.
They span across hundreds of years, Russians know them often fear them and they very rarely
end well.
Would you like to hear them?
My name is Danny Burke and this is the Top 10 Scary Russian Urban Legends …
Coming in at number 10 we have The Russian Sleep Experiment.
Some of you guys may have heard of this before - it became a very popular creepypasta a few
years ago and for good reason.
According to legend, Russian scientists in the 1940s took 5 prison inmates and locked
them in an airtight chamber with a special gas inside that made them unable to sleep.
They wanted to study the effects of sleep deprivation over 30 days.
On day 5 - the inmates stopped talking to each other.
By day 9, some of them were screaming, begging to get out.
One of the others tore apart the books they were given, smeared them with their own feces
and then covered the one way mirror with it which the scientists were using to observe
them.
The screaming stopped.
By day 15, they announced over the intercom that they were coming in - a voice replied
-We no longer want to be freed- … they opened up the chamber to find one of the inmates
had been torn to pieces by the others.
They had also mutilated themselves almost to the point of death.
The team tried to surgically reverse the damage on their brain but they resisted and couldnt
be sedated - they just laughed and laughed.
They demanded to be let back into the chamber which the head scientist agreed to.
Appalled at what he was seeing, one of the scientists shot the head scientist and the
remaining subjects.
Before killing the last one he asked -What ARE you?- … the prisoner responded -Have
you forgotten so easily?
We are you.
We are the madness that lurks within you all, begging to be free at every moment in your
deepest animal mind.
We are what you hide from in your beds every night.
We are what you sedate into silence and paralysis when you go to the nocturnal haven where we
cannot tread- … the scientist fired the gun and killed him.
Moving on to number 9 we have The Legend of Brosnya.
The Brosnya is said to be an ancient, mythological beast that lives within the waterways of the
Andreapol District.
Perhaps the closest comparison for a western audience would be the Loch Ness Monster.
The Brosnya lurks below the surface there, many have heard of it - but few have seen
it.
They describe it as a prehistoric creature with a dragons head and long thin tail.
There have been accounts of the beast going back well over a thousand years.
One notable example involves a Mongol army in the 8th century that fled the area after
the Brosnya attacked them - eating their soldiers and horses.
Some even say its related to the Loch Ness Monster - wouldnt that be an interesting family
reunion …
Coming in at number 8 we have Ivan Vassili.
Thats the name of a ship not a person.
It was built in St Petersburg in 1897.
Everything was fine for about 25 years and then, in 1903, something changed.
The crew were in the Indian ocean when they felt a strange presence - almost as if an
invisible entity was watching them - there was a chill in the air.
One night, they saw an apparition - a human figure that stolled across the deck - its
features too blurry to make out - it then disappeared behind a lifeboat.
A few nights later, when the ship was docked in China, a crew member screamed out into
the night - sending everyone into a crazy panic - they lost their minds and went berserk
- beating each other and themselves.
It only ended when one of the crew members threw himself overboard and died.
A few days later, it happened again, the crew became possessed with fighting rage and only
ended with another crew members death by drowning.
The crew abandoned ship at port - the new crew set sail but the same thing happened
to them - 4 people died including the captain, all of them threw themselves overboard.
Eventually the the crew burned the ship down, cheering at the sight as the left in smaller
boats.
What do you guys think of that?
Can ships be so haunted they drive people to suicide?
Next up at number 7 we have The Well To Hell.
This one comes from Siberia - a part of Russia thats perhaps one of the most inhospitable
places on Earth.
Youll rarely find people here - which is why a lot of stories have sprouted up around it.
According to legend, a scientific team were drilling a hole to study samples in the Siberian
permafrost.
Suddenly, the drill started malfunctioning and letting off intense heat - then they heard
faint noises coming from within.
They scrambled to get a microphone and began feeding it down the hole so they could hear
better.
They realised the noises were actually human voices - coming from deep in the ground - and
they were screaming out in pain.
The terrified team packed up and left - convinced they had found a well to hell …
Moving on to number 6 we have The Black Volga.
This one comes from the height of the cold war during the 1960s and 70s.
During that time, many Russians talked of a Black Volga - an expensive car usually driven
by those high up in the Soviet Government.
They said that this particular car would appear out of nowhere, its side mirrors were actually
horns and it would steal children from the side of the road - never to be see again.
Whats more, some say the car was driven by the Devil himself.
For me though - the scariest part of the story is yet to come.
It was said that those who doubted the stories authenticity would be dead within 24 hours.
Of course, this only made the story spread even faster - do you dare doubt its authenticity?
Actually you probably do.
At number 5 we have Snake Lubac.
Some Russians believe that occasionally, a shooting star falling to Earth may actually
be a Snake-Lubac, a demonic figure that resembles a giant snake.
Its often called -the fiery serpent- due to its fiery descent to Earth in a huge ball
of fire.
After it lands and the dust settles, the Snake-Lubac takes on human form.
To be more specific, it takes on the form of a lost love that died to whomever it appears
in front of.
It chooses people who are desperate to see their partner one last time.
The Snake-Lubac then tricks the person into believing they never died - once the person
is under its spell, it slowly convinces them to convince suicide - a fate which many say
is unavoidable …
At number 4 now we have the Chernobyl Black Bird.
Im sure many of you guys have heard about Chernobyl - the nuclear power plant meltdown
that happened in 1986, leaving a large part of the Soviet Union uninhabitable because
of radiation.
According to some of the locals who lived nearby - there were signs of the disaster
coming.
Some of them experienced nightmares, strange phone calls and encounters with a huge winged
monster they called the Blackbird of Chernobyl.
Apparently it looked like a twisted hybrid of bird and human with huge wings and big
red eyes.
Some even say they saw it over the reactors during the meltdown.
Is it just some stupid story?
Does this creature warn people of impending doom or perhaps even cause it?
Coming in at number 3 we have UVB-76.
Also known as -The Buzzer-, this is the nickname given to a shortwave radio station that broadcasts
a short, monotonous buzzing noise all day, every day and has been doing t since 1973
- 45 years ago.
Nobody knows why or where this creepy station is.
Sometimes the buzzer signal is interrupted by a Russian voice that reads out a string
of random phrases and numbers.
The message usually starts with -UVB76- … when the message stops, the buzzing begins again
- sometimes for years.
Theories have ranged from military communication to a way to announce a nuclear war has begun.
At number 2 now we have the Collector.
In old Russian folk lore, the collector is a strange, dark figure who kidnaps people,
kills them and then puts their mummified bodies on display for his own pleasure.
If that sounds too disturbing to be true then think again.
Russians were shocked in 2011 to learn that there was a real life version of The Collector
that had been arrested.
He used to dig up corpses and dress their remains in womens clothing to display around
his home.
In total, he did this with an astounding 29 corpses.
If theres anything worse than an urban legend - its a real one coming to life …
And finally at number 1 we have Baba Yaga.
Everyone I spoke to about this video told me to include Baba Yaga - and for good reason.
According to Russian folklore, she is a supernatural being who appears as a deformed old woman.
She flies around in a giant mortar while using the pestle to steer.
Deep in the Russian woods, she lives in a log cabin that moves around on a pair of chicken
legs.
The keyhole to her door is filled with sharp teeth, the fence outside is made with human
human bones topped with skulls - she always leaves one empty for you.
She is said to kidnap children and threaten to eat them - an emphasis is placed on the
need for proper preparation of purity of spirit when meeting, as well as politeness.
This creepy being is said to have good qualities at times, but for the many Russians who grew
up hearing about her - Baba Yaga is always something to avoid - especially in the woods
at night …
Ahhhh I had so many more good ones but that is that - weve done 10 really good ones there,
I hope you enjoyed them!
If youre watching this and you think your country has better Urban Legends then let
me know and maybe well do a video just like this about them.
Thanks for watching as always guys, my name is Danny Burke and Ill see you all in the
next one …