Issue Reporting Picture Story

In Kazakhstan there is a village called Kalachi and the adjacent mining ghost town of Krasnogorsk. Since 2012, the inhabitants of these places have been falling into a strange state bordering on sleep for several days or even weeks. During the period of "sleep" some of them could continue to do their business without realizing it. Most of the inhabitants during an attack either completely blacked out or remained in a delirious state for a long time. After the seizures, no one remembered anything about the "dream" itself. The most common version of the "dream" — periodic bursts of carbon and carbon monoxide from the bowels of abandoned uranium mines that are located several kilometers from the settlements. In addition to it there are other assumptions, such as the influence of psychotropic paralytic gases, the influence of radon, the use of local farmers of dust, etc... Sleep attacks have been complained about for years, but since 2016, the falling asleep has completely stopped. Despite the fact that more than eight years have passed since the end of this amazing story, there is still no official and scientifically confirmed version of what happened. After falling asleep, most of the inhabitants left their homeland. At the moment there are about a hundred people living in Kalachy and Krasnogorsk. This photo story is about those who remained.