The lodge of the Sayano-Shushenskaya HPP

Near the modern village of Maina in the 20th century there was an ancient cemetery, where not only local residents are buried. Foreign travelers who died on the way were also involuntarily buried in this place.

The cemetery had a peculiarity. Every night, at exactly midnight, a voice was heard in the cemetery. It was unclear where he was coming from. A disembodied, rustling voice was spoken by a man whose age was impossible to determine. A quiet voice dispassionately said something like: "Teki mordo sella poki teva." All the locals were well aware of this voice. Archaeologists also knew. They recorded it on a tape recorder, tried to determine the language, understand the words, guess, decipher — all to no avail.

Now no one will ever know who the mystical voice belonged to, because the cemetery was flooded in 1980 when filling the bed of the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station.