Random Legends of ‘Well To Hell’ That Is A Russian Borehole (13 items)

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  (#6) Allegedly, A Plume Of Glowing Gas Erupted From The Hole And Shared A Message From The Devil

  According to a Norwegian article sent into TBN - supposedly translated accurately by Åge Rendalen - a bat-shaped plume of smoke flew out of the hole to confront onlookers. After frightening them, it flew across the sky and out of Siberia.

  Another account claims that a winged demon emerged from the hole amid a blast of gas, with flames spelling out "I have conquered" in Russian.
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  (#5) Legend Says Many Scientists Immediately Quit The Site After Hearing The Sounds

  In the aftermath of the discovery, multiple engineers reportedly walked off of the job site in terror. They allegedly believed hell made itself known to both them and the world, and they wanted to be as far from it as possible.

  A few of the workers stayed on site, only to allegedly witness something even more horrifying later on.
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  (#2) When Researchers Lowered A Microphone Into The Super-Hot Hole, They Recorded Horrific Screams

  The microphone recorded nearly 20 seconds of sound from the depths of the hole. The recording, not heard publicly until 2002, captured the wailing and screaming of multiple people.

  Allegedly, those at the site heard the sound of despairing souls trapped in hell, screaming out in pain. 
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  (#7) Medics Reportedly Administered Sedatives To Block Witnesses’ Short-Term Memories

  Medical staff brought onto the scene allegedly treated witnesses and local townspeople with a medication often administered by the Soviets to people in shock.

  This medication eliminated the short-term memory of the engineers, scientists, and locals that witnessed or heard about the portal to hell.
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  (#4) Rumors Quickly Spread That The Scientists Had Drilled Directly Into Hell

  Whispers from the site's engineers and scientists regarding what they witnessed supposedly spread by word of mouth to the surrounding villages. In 1989, TBN ran a story about the event called "Scientists Discover Hell" on their television channel and in their newsletter.

  Other Christian newsletters followed suit, running the story in California, Finland, and Norway.
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  (#13) The Drilling Uncovered Scientific Discoveries That Include Fossils Up To Two Billion Years Old

  In reality, the Russian drilling in the Kola Peninsula bore the fruit of multiple scientific and engineering discoveries. Scientists learned that the "Conrad discontinuity" theory was incorrect, as there was no transition from granite to basalt as drilling continued through the Earth's mantle.

  Also contrary to popular beliefs of the time, there is water at the 7-mile mark down through the Earth. The temperature also increased at a higher rate earlier in the drilling process than anticipated.

  Scientists found fossils and rocks preserved in the Earth that they dated at over 2 billion years old. The fossils are in excellent condition despite the recorded temperature of 356 degrees Fahrenheit.

  Russians also developed drilling techniques to simultaneously lessen tool breakage and prevent the destabilization of the hole. The equipment they created and the rules they laid out are still used in drilling today.

  The Kola Superdeep Borehole remains the deepest man-made hole on Earth as of 2020, reaching one-third of the distance to the Earth's Baltic crust at 7.5 miles.

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