Signs of the Times: Russian River Mysteriously Turns Blood Red
Planet X Incoming....
Patrick Reevell
Startled residents of a Russian city inside the Arctic Circle have been
publishing photos of a local river that has mysteriously turned blood
red.
Photos published on Russian social media appear to the show the river
Daldykan near the city of Norilsk flowing a vivid burgundy color.
Authorities have so far declined to give a reason for the river’s
unusual appearance, but local people have quickly begun linking it to a
giant metals factory located upstream.
Norilsk is known as one of the most polluted cities on earth, built
around factories mostly belonging to the vast metals company, Norilsk
Nikel. Some Norilsk residents wrote in a local social media group that
they believed the river’s biblical shade was linked to runoff from a
nearby smelting plant.
Some suggested the color was being produced by wastewater mixed with mineral ore leaking from the factory into the river.
Other users posted older photos seeming to show the reservoir a similar color, in an area that had large pipes running into it.
“In winter, the snow’s also red,” Belikov wrote on the social media
group. “On the one hand, it’s beautiful, but on the other it’s
chemical.”
Reached by ABC News, the factory has so far not responded. Local
emergency services have told media outlets that they are unaware of the
incident.
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