Despite the technical achievements of our time underwater world holds many mysteries. One of them is the modern inhabitants of the depths of Rybolov... On the territory of modern Bolivia remained ruins of the ancient city of Tiauanaco. "There are walls, built of stones so huge that it is difficult to imagine what human power could put them in their place, " writes visited him in the era of the conquistadores historian G. de La VEGA. - There are remains of ancient buildings, the most notable of which are the stone portals, carved from a single piece of rock. They stand on the grounds that reach a length of nine, width-four and a half and a height of two meters..."

Described Spanish historian structure, known today under the name of Kalasasaya. According to the American Professor Arthur Poznan, Kalasasaya was built in accordance with the observations of the stars, were done a very long time... about 15 thousand years BC!

Another mystery of Kalasasaya is carved red Sandstone statue height of about 1.8 meters. It depicts the humanoid is a human being with a massive eyes and lips. In the right hand humanoid compresses something like knife with a wavy blade in his left hand a subject similar to a book bound with the clasps. From the waist down the figure is decorated with an ornament in the form of fish scales. Moreover, in order to emphasize this, sculptor gave individual scales kind of stylized fish heads.

Researcher of ancient civilizations Graham Hancock mentions in his memoirs that in situated near the lake once inhabited by creatures with fish tails of Culla, Mantua that taught the local people literacy and basic agriculture.

Another great idol of Kalasasaya made of grey stone, can also be attributed to the fish-people. As the first, he's below the belt clothing consists of fish species and fish symbols. In his hands he also holds strange objects in the left - something like a book, from which forked sticks out arm, right - cylindrical object, a narrowing in the middle.

About the creatures, amphibians, covered in scales and are endowed with reason, tell the legends of the Sumerians, who lived on the opposite side of the Earth.

Here is what writes the Babylonian priest and the magician Beros: "his body (the leader of amphibians named Oannes) was similar to the body of the fish. Under the head of a fish he had another, and below the feet as a man... When the sun was setting, this creature is normally again plunged into the sea and stayed all night at a depth, for it was an amphibian. Day of Oannes talked with people. He gave them the knowledge of letters and Sciences, all kinds of arts". On the remaining Babylonian and Assyrian reliefs in the companions of Vannesa you can clearly distinguish the young revoluta.

Legends of the Sumerians and ancient ancestors of the inhabitants of Bolivia talk about times long past, but the young revoluta can today be found in the seas. Here are just a few of the cases that have occurred in recent decades.

Underwater people

Gulf of Mexico, 1979. Sailors of Navy fleet of the USA decided to eat fresh fish. Abandoned at sea network, but they got not the game that was expected. It was being published resembled a man about one and a half feet tall. But near... For the ears of the creature was seen gills, big bulging eyes closed translucent film, mouth full of impressive fangs. Dark skin prisoner was all in small tubercles, and his feet was like the flippers. But most of all sailors impressed not only the appearance of strange creatures, and that on the neck it was a metal plate with buttons. The sailors tried to tie the underwater monster, but they failed. Being fiercely resisted: one sailor it rasprobovali fangs leg, the other stabbed in the chest claws. Then one of the wives of the sailors scrap was cut his skull. The body of the sea monster was transferred arrived on a place of incident employees of special division of the Navy, and about its further fate is unknown.

Met underwater monsters and on the territory of Russia and CIS countries. The last such meeting took place recently, in the summer of 2002. Three Ukrainian divers inspected the bottom of the Black sea near Odessa... stumbled on the remains of the flooded city, in appearance resembling a Greek. But divers more amazed not preserved under water of the building, and two strange, like no other creatures. There were no special costumes, no aqualungs. They stood around some structure and one of them took over the surface of the bottom of any round object.

It was not the first meeting with underwater inhabitants on the territory of the former USSR. Paul Stonehill who emigrated from Kiev in the USA, created in the state of California Center for Russian studies of the UFO. The center was collected unique information about the underwater inhabitants met the Soviet military on the territory of Russia and the Central Asian republics.

So, in 1982 on lake Issyk-Kul took place the gathering of divers-scouts. Unexpectedly for him came the chief of the diving service of the engineering troops of the Ministry of defense, major-General Demianenko. He informed the leadership of charges on emergency incident that happened on the Western shore of lake Baikal. There during combat training dives divers met on several occasions with underwater swimmers, like the people in a slinky silver jumpsuits. They sailed on the depth of 50 metres, with no aqualungs, nor any other devices. Moved unknown swimmers with great speed. Local commanders decided to demonstrate combat skills Soviet submariners and capture unknown. The attempt ended in a tragedy - the death of our divers. Major General flew to Issyk-Kul, to warn their colleagues about the danger of such actions. Although the Issyk-Kul lake and smaller Baikal, lake has sufficient depth, "so here's some fiction could wind up".

The chief of the diving service engineer troops had every reason to worry about the safety of the Soviet frogmen: about Issyk-Kul has long been used very strange rumors. About them, Paul Stonehill told Georgian emigrant Papashvili, who spent his childhood on the shores of the lake. One hot day 12-year-old Papashvili and his three friends decided to have a rest on the shore of Issyk-Kul lake. They went up in around the lake mountains. Came into the valley, where the river Tergi slows down its turbulent flow and forms a small lake. The guys began to dive off a cliff jutting out over the lake. Papashvili dived first. Under the water he found a hole leading into the depths of the rock. Through the tunnel boys got into a huge cave. A faint light penetrated through the cracks in the ceiling. The whole cave was littered with the skeletons. According to the boy, skulls were "our", only the size of a large basket. Particularly struck the boy huge sockets, each of which is easily passed his fist. Once in the underground hall, Papashvili remembered the legend of the underwater inhabitants of the lake and realized that he happened to be in the place where they come to die.

The tribe of ikhtiandry

Who are these humanoid beings living at the bottom of the seas and lakes? Comparing the legend of underwater inhabitants preserved in Bolivia, and found entries ancient Sumerians, amazed by the similarity of their behavior. They always act as teachers to teach people the basics agriculture, construction, science, first of all the basics of astronomy. Immediately comes to mind the idea of contact with an extraterrestrial civilization. That is exactly what interpret these legends scientists dealing with the problems of paloviita. For example, Hancock, scrupulously studied the latest archeological findings in Egypt, South and Central America, middle East.

Besides the ancient legends about the underwater inhabitants, which have reached us from the depth of millennia, there are fresh the Chronicles and legends relating to more recent time. They allow you to do several different conclusion about the origin of underwater people.

For example, the Italian legend about a boy stake, who lived on the shore of the Messinian Bay. The boy loved to swim in the sea. He held it the whole day, and sometimes night. And once angered mother shouted uplyvshie son: "If you sea expensive mother, live in it, like a fish". Her words heard the wizard, created a spell, and immediately the boy between the fingers grew, ear, and throat swollen and became like a frog. In short, the magician turned person in amphibian.

This new being helped fishermen, to unravel their network, showed which side are shoals of fish, warned of treacherous sea currents. In the end, with a stake met the king himself. He Cola revealed the mysteries of underwater life and warned about the possible destruction of the capital of Messina. And he described the impending catastrophe, as a professional geologist: at the bottom of the sea through the cracks of rocks, rises the smoke and flames, the water is turbid, become hot, fish will leave this place and all the inhabitants of the seabed will die. But the king did not listen to the warnings of the underwater creatures. And the day came when the earth shook, opened a deep cracks, turned into the abyss, and prosperous city in ruins.

Italian legend is very similar to a fairy tale. And here not fairy tale, but the event is recorded in the official Spanish Chronicles. It happened in 1674 in the small town of Los Francisco, located on the Bay of Biscay. This town was studying carpentry case of 18-year-old Francisco de La VEGA Casar. He also loved to swim and every night was in a hurry to the shore of a river that flowed through the town. On the eve of the day of the Holy Andoanna he, as always, came with his friends to the river, but this time was not limited to swim in it, and decided to swim to the sea Bay. Strong ocean currents spun young swimmer and took him away from the shore. At first his comrades not too worried: they knew what a fine swimmer was Francisco. But time passed, and the young man did not return. In the end, all agreed that he drowned.

Five years have passed. Residents of the town have already begun to forget about the dead young man. In February 1679 fishermen, who in the Bay of Kagiso near the Andalusian capital, in the sea saw a strange creature. It swam in shallow water and seems to be hunted fish. Several times met fishermen in the Bay of Kagiso, then decided to catch. They began to leave in water lure of meat and bread. Being gradually got used to the floating boats. And then one day it managed to delay in the network and get on Board. A prisoner of fishermen was a tall man, pale, almost translucent skin and red hair. Band scales, resembling fish, passed through his body from the throat to the lower abdomen. Another same runway was extended along the spine. The fingers were joined by a thin brown film, gave his brushes similarity with duck paws. In General, the young man as two drops of water reminded amphibian from the Italian legend. That's just to say he could not only droned or wept like a beast.

In XVII century such monsters did the Holy Inquisition. Secretary of Holy service Domingo de La Kantola made on the merits of several rites of exorcism - the expulsion of the devil, but to no avail. But during the interrogation, the young man gave a low - Lierganes. That was the name of the village where he was born Francisco. Found in the Chronicles of Las arenas write about is carried out in the sea the young man from the village. Under reliable protection of water Divo was taken to Lierganes, and Maria... Casar recognized him as his lost son.

Francisco de La VEGA lived at home, on one Chronicles, two years, on the other - nine years. He ate raw fish and meat. But one night 1682 Francisco started, as if heard someone scream, and without any apparent reason, he rushed towards the river. More nobody had seen him. What happened with Francisco confirms the book of records of baptisms, marriages and deaths of the period Lierganes. It has a metric of his birth and write that in accordance with the law after 100 years after the disappearance of Francisco called the man-fish, it is officially recognized dead!

Dr. Gregorio Marano back in the 30's of the last century tried to explain what happened with Francisco rare disease - ichthyosis. In severe cases the disease on the skin surface can be formed scales of grayish colour. However, fully diagnosed with Dr. difficult to accept. In fact, ichthyosis is inherited, but no parents or brothers Francisco this disease was not sick. Yes and it is already in childhood, and Francisco at the age of 18, there was no sign of the disease.

Perhaps another explanation of what happened with the Italian stake and the Spaniard Francisco. And at the same time to understand the meaning of the Bolivian and Sumerian legends, as well as recent meetings with humanoid creatures in the depths of the seas and lakes.

Several thousand years ago, the Earth was visited by representatives of extraterrestrial civilizations, which originated on the planet in the deep sea. They give earthlings the rudiments of knowledge, and flew back. To continue its missionary activity of aliens left on their underwater bases of local residents. Using genetic changes they gave the appearance that they could exist under water. Inherited these signs are not passed. Therefore, to have a new Ihtiandr, now the earth mutant inhabitants of underwater bases - looking boys and young men, for whom the sea was home, and then turn them into amphibians.