Popular Post Still Waters Posted January 30, 2013 Popular Post #1 Share Posted January 30, 2013 In 1978, Soviet geologists prospecting in the wilds of Siberia discovered a family of six, lost in the taiga The sight that greeted the geologists as they entered the cabin was like something from the middle ages. Jerry-built from whatever materials came to hand, the dwelling was not much more than a burrow—"a low, soot-blackened log kennel that was as cold as a cellar," with a floor consisting of potato peel and pine-nut shells. Looking around in the dim light, the visitors saw that it consisted of a single room. It was cramped, musty and indescribably filthy, propped up by sagging joists—and, astonishingly, home to a family of five: http://www.smithsoni...-188843001.html 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoIverine Posted January 30, 2013 #2 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Wow, that story was incredible. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likely Guy Posted January 31, 2013 #3 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Wow, that story was incredible. That's about all I can say as well. SW, thanks for posting that story. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B Randomly Posted January 31, 2013 #4 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Amazing story! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glorybebe Posted January 31, 2013 #5 Share Posted January 31, 2013 That must have been so hard ot leave her ther alone! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoIverine Posted January 31, 2013 #6 Share Posted January 31, 2013 That must have been so hard ot leave her ther alone! Yeah...that breaks my heart for her. That poor lady, I hope she's ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likely Guy Posted January 31, 2013 #7 Share Posted January 31, 2013 That must have been so hard to leave her there alone! It might have been crueler to bring her to 'civilization'. I wonder how she's doing now though. I'd hope that since they know she was there, they're visiting her and giving her the necessities, the best that were available. Such a poignant story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asadora Posted January 31, 2013 #8 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Thank you for sharing that story. There is a plethora of wonderment there! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Shaun Posted January 31, 2013 #9 Share Posted January 31, 2013 That story is both great and sad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karyotype Posted January 31, 2013 #10 Share Posted January 31, 2013 thanks for sharing the story! just wow! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightly Posted January 31, 2013 #11 Share Posted January 31, 2013 yup, great story .. people can be amazing sometimes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ealdwita Posted January 31, 2013 #12 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Sounds a bit like old Mickey One-tooth and his family who used to inhabit a derelict railway carriage in woodland a few miles away. The family used to throw stones at anyone who came near them. It was rumoured that Warner Bros got the idea for 'Deliverance' from Mickey. He's long dead now and the kids (about 12 of them if I remember correctly) went into care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarakore Posted January 31, 2013 #13 Share Posted January 31, 2013 A very fascinating story that holds the imagination in wonder and the surprise ending was very bittersweet. How noble of her to remain on the mountain but it for her how easy as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B Randomly Posted February 1, 2013 #14 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I wish they would have shared some of their dreams. I often wonder how different dreams would be for someone who has no contact with the outside world to someone who is the outside world. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightly Posted February 1, 2013 #15 Share Posted February 1, 2013 ya, i'll bet living such a quiet life might make them quite insightful ? I'll bet they dreamed 'good' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplybill Posted February 3, 2013 #16 Share Posted February 3, 2013 (edited) What an amazing story! To think about a family living in those difficult conditions, and remaining so fiercely loyal to one other. I remember how, as a little boy growing up in the Heartland, I would go outdoors with my parents and my sisters and search the night-time summer skies for the satellite Sputnik to glide through the stars overhead. And now, to realize there was another family living in the wilderness of Siberia doing the same thing we were, watching the same satellite passing overhead; it gives me chills! Edited February 3, 2013 by simplybill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Voodoo Posted February 6, 2013 #17 Share Posted February 6, 2013 http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/For-40-Years-This-Russian-Family-Was-Cut-Off-From-Human-Contact-Unaware-of-World-War-II-188843001.html The Siberian taiga in the Abakan district. Six members of the Lykov family lived in this remote wilderness for more than 40 years—utterly isolated and more than 150 miles from the nearest human settlement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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