In the middle of the Koala Peninsula, which is located far inside the Arctic Circle and features lakes, trees, and snow, there is an abandoned Soviet scientific research facility.
According to the BBC, there is a large, rusty metal cap in the center of the building that is fastened to the concrete floor with rusty metal bolts
and is sometimes referred to as the entrance to hell. At 12.262 kilometers (7.61 miles) deep, the Koala Superdeep Borehole SG-3 is the deepest artificially created hole on Earth. It was sunk in 1989.
It’s close to the Norwegian border in Russia’s Pechengsky District. According to Indy100, the borehole was part of a Soviet Union attempt to drill as deep as possible into the Earth’s crust.
They managed to dig it down to its lowest point, but their equipment began to melt before they could continue.
It was a significant discovery at the time since it allowed geologists to comprehend the contents of the Earth’s crust at a distance of 12.262 kilometers. But for some, it was horrifying since it might be getting close to ‘hell.’
The screams of tormented souls in hell are allegedly audible to the locals. The tabloids also stated that experts at the digging site descended a microphone because they detected unusual noises coming down the borehole.
They characterized the terrifying noises they heard in the 17-second memo as coming from ‘hell.’
Many were alarmed by the wailing sound, and according to Mirror, they likened it to a supernatural event that was taking place while excavating to the lowest point on Earth.
This theory has also been discussed in a number of YouTube videos, which assert that the recorded noises are humans screaming in anguish and misery.
A myth-busting website, however, examined the audio and discovered that it had been altered and looped.
No recording equipment was present at the drilling site, and no microphone could have survived the 180°C heat.
Additionally, the sound from the Borehole was compared to audio from the 1972 horror film ‘Baron Blood’ and the radio show ‘Quiet Please The Fourable Board’ using a YouTube clip.
It read: ‘The file has been looped and layered over itself several times to make the 20 or 30 voices from Baron Blood sound like a few hundred … so the conclusion here is while hell might be real, this story is not true.’
The geology of the Earth did reveal something intriguing to the scientists, though. In addition to precious minerals like copper and gold, the deep rocks that emerged were saturated with water.
They also discovered 14 different types of petrified microorganisms underground. The BBC claims that despite 20 years of drilling, just around one-third of the way through the crust to the Earth’s mantle could be reached.
In 1992, drilling ceased due to a temperature spike of 180°C. Furthermore, funding for these kinds of initiatives was unavailable
with the fall of the Soviet Union, and the facility was shut down three years later. Today, tourists visit the abandoned location.