Today, a description of the Sicilian lake of death can be found on hundreds of different portals. Thus, according to the information provided, the Dead lake is an absolutely deserted place where no living organism can be found, and even unpretentious plants do not grow around it. The fact is that this lake is enriched with sulfuric acid, the concentration of which simply exceeds the boundaries.
Curiosity on the lake of death in Sicily
Of course, around such a place can not appear a large number of legends and mysteries. One of the legends says: Sicilian Mafiosi disbanded the bodies of the people they killed here. True or not, it is impossible to know, because a few hours after diving into a dangerous lake (if it exists, of course) a person will not even teeth left.
There is no mention of this place on Italian websites. None of the locals had heard of him. In addition, the study of photos of the mystical lake showed that the photo of the lake of death in Sicily is exactly the same as the images of the lake, located in the Yellowstone national Park. In addition, these pictures clearly shows the vegetation, completely incompatible with the one that should grow in Sicily!
Indeed, an impeccable investigation was conducted by Eduard Novikov, who previously dispelled the myths about the ink lake in Algeria. He was able to find out what exactly was the prototype of a dangerous lake. He also learned how information about the acid pond came to light. We bring to your attention his investigation!
Novikov began by examining the various maps. And in vain. Even lists of all Sicilian lakes have not yielded results. However, Edward found out that, most likely, the name of the lake-naftia Ponds or lake Naftia.
The next stage was the search for the works of different scientists who could know the prototype of the lake of death in Sicily. It turned out that many of the photos of lake Nafta were made by volcanologist Gaetano Ponte.
The researcher said the boiling of the thermal waters in the lake was caused by carbon dioxide emissions, not acid, but carbon dioxide. Photos volcanologist clearly show that in the water and on the banks there is vegetation. So about any acidity and speech can not be. In 1897, lake Naftiya began to expand more slowly, becoming many small bodies of water. And in 1905 on the place of the lake there were only small reservoirs.
Professor Francesco Ferrara also studied the lake. He wrote about the lake as follows: the shape of the lake resembles a circle with a diameter of 480 feet. Its depth is about 14 feet. The lake appeared because of volcanic phenomena. Methane, carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide reaches the surface of the lake Naftia, so it seems that the water boils. The color of the water is yellow-green. From time to time on the surface of the lake there are spots of oil.
Of course, if the lake was really acidic, scientists would not forget to mention it. So, where are the roots of the lake of death story in Sicily?
Roots in the book
If you take from the article about the dangerous lake quote concerning the victims of the mafia, you can find Anatoly Paskhalov book called "Strange Etomology". Year of publication 2007. note-it was then that the mention of the lake of death in Sicily first appeared on the Network.
It's not Paskalov to write? He argues that the deadliest body of water in the world is not the Dead sea, but the Sicilian lake, on the shores of which there is no vegetation. Eduard Novikov looked through the list of references used by Anatoly Pavlovich, and found that only the work of Vartanyan, which is called the History of geography in 1996, can be considered a potential source of information about the Grozny reservoir. Novikov could not find this book-the world wide web has only its own name, and it is not even in online stores. However, there is the same book, however, dated 1986. Only here there is no information about the lake. We can assume that the 1996 edition added a beautiful and unusual legend.