Menengai

Menengai Crater – is the largest natural crater, which is the second largest in size worldwide. He found his place near the city of Nakuru, which belongs to Kenya. Many tourists are well aware of the path to this area, because the trace of the volcano that once rages here is simply amazing to humanity. This natural attraction is breathtaking, because in addition to the enormous height of the walls, it has a twelve kilometer diameter.

The crater got its name as a result of some story. The fact is that earlier the area around was inhabited by several tribes, who usually waged wars for pastures and livestock. One of these fights in 1854, which stood out especially by cruelty, and gave the name to the crater, which in translation sounds like a « place for corpses » It was as a result of this fight that there were so many corpses, that their Masai mercilessly was thrown right into the crater.

Local people claim that the crater is inhabited by evil spirits, which sometimes drag out living people. Believe it or not – everyone’s right, but events that are alarming really happening here. At the Menengai crater, people really disappear from time to time, it is not clear how they left the tourist group. An interesting and interesting fact is that when travelers are found after a while, they can not tell anything in a coherent manner where they were and how they fought off the group. And even if they find people after a week, they feel neither hunger nor thirst. According to scientists, such human behavior can be explained by gases leaving the volcano that have a hallucinogenic effect. But this scientific explanation does not give an interpretation of what lost people have eaten all these days.

Ignoring the constant turmoil near the Menengai crater, there are always plenty of tourists. Tourists are happy to lead to the crater itself, and also tell many scary legends and various stories that are simply terrifying.

For example, recently, the mother, who was looking for the son who disappeared here, heard his voice from the bottom of the crater and hastened to help him. But, accidentally stumbled, she fell down and died. After some time, the boy was found by the police of the whole and unscathed. He calmly played with peers and did not hear his mother's voice.

There were also cases of suicides, for example, in 2005 a priest collapsed down from all speed in a car. By the way, this is not the only priest who decided to part with life at the crater.

Among the local population there is a legend about a flying ghost that abducts people who are trying to take something with them from the crater. For example, people who collected brushwood at the crater of the volcano disappeared.

When it rains, then something enormous in the form of a flying umbrella can be observed over the crater. From where he comes and where he disappears, no one knows, but it seems that he covers the boat from the water.

The volcano itself has a pointer that provides information to tourists about the distance to world cities. It usually photographs travelers who have arrived at the Menengai crater.