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Elder Lister
Vipi wadau...been busy busy sana but kwa wale hawajui, an urban legend, urban myth, urban tale, or contemporary legend is a genre of folklore comprising stories circulated as true, especially as having happened to a friend or family member, often with horrifying or humorous elements. Let's look at one tonight.
Back in 1989, a new urban legend had started circulating among Christian newsletters around the world. Apparently, a team of Soviet scientists had dug up a super deep hole into the ground with the sole intention of proving the existence of Hell, because why else would you do it? They dug to a depth of around 9 miles, and even if there are various versions of what happened next, almost all of them claim that some sort of a microphone was lowered into the hole to record what was really going on there.
According to the legend, it recorded the screams of millions of souls stuck in the limbo of hell, proving once and for all that the Bible was right. The story is still widely shared across the religious parts of the Internet, along with the supposed recording taken that day (which is pretty scary, actually).
Of course, none of it is true, even if it’s still believed by many people. For one, the motive of the drilling expedition wasn’t to check if Hell really exists but to gather scientific data on what lies in the depths of our planet. Also known as the Kola Superdeep Borehole, it’s the deepest artificial point on Earth at a depth of around 7.5 miles, and has since provided us with invaluable data on the Earth’s crust.
One of my favourite YouTubers Vsauce digs deep into the matter haha niko na ufala.
Back in 1989, a new urban legend had started circulating among Christian newsletters around the world. Apparently, a team of Soviet scientists had dug up a super deep hole into the ground with the sole intention of proving the existence of Hell, because why else would you do it? They dug to a depth of around 9 miles, and even if there are various versions of what happened next, almost all of them claim that some sort of a microphone was lowered into the hole to record what was really going on there.
According to the legend, it recorded the screams of millions of souls stuck in the limbo of hell, proving once and for all that the Bible was right. The story is still widely shared across the religious parts of the Internet, along with the supposed recording taken that day (which is pretty scary, actually).
Of course, none of it is true, even if it’s still believed by many people. For one, the motive of the drilling expedition wasn’t to check if Hell really exists but to gather scientific data on what lies in the depths of our planet. Also known as the Kola Superdeep Borehole, it’s the deepest artificial point on Earth at a depth of around 7.5 miles, and has since provided us with invaluable data on the Earth’s crust.
One of my favourite YouTubers Vsauce digs deep into the matter haha niko na ufala.
