The total population of these two villages was 810, so as can be seen, the villages had a very small population. According to the villagers, the inhabitants of the village were suddenly falling asleep. Even this is not enough; They also suffered from memory loss, weakness, headaches, and drowsiness.
The fact that everyone caught these ailments drew prying eyes around the village. Interestingly, the villagers could fall asleep while walking on the street even when they were conscious, and they did not remember anything when someone woke them up.
The inhabitants of these two villages not only slept, but also saw interesting things.
The newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda talked about the results of a survey conducted in the village in 2014. The results of this research were quite surprising. As a result of the research, it was revealed that the villagers were not only sleeping, but also had nightmarish hallucinations.
Villagers, researchers; He described seeing snakes, flying horses, and worms eating human hands at their beds.
In fact, according to the stories, not only the villagers but also the animals began to get interesting. For example, cats could suddenly become stupid and attack walls and furniture, and then suddenly fall asleep and not react to anything.
Although scientists suspected for a long time of collective psychosis, encephalopathy of unknown origin (general brain disease), side effects of fake vodka, and sleep disturbance, it would soon become clear that this was not the case at all.
It was the uranium mines that caused the villagers to collectively fall asleep.
Kazakiskan Deputy Prime Minister Berdibek Saparbayev stated that the uranium mines, which were closed after the collapse of the Soviet Union, made the villagers sick en masse. All residents of both villages had undergone medical attention, and it was finally fully revealed that the cause of their condition was officially due to high carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons in the air.
Because even though the uranium mines were closed, it is known that the carbon monoxide in the mines was released from time to time, and this situation caused sleep in the village as it reduced the oxygen in the air.
In short, as you can see, the mystery of the collective sleep in the villages was solved in this way.
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