You weren't imagining it. Mystical stories from the most mysterious places of Nizhny Novgorod region

Before you is a mystical story-journey through the most mysterious places of Nizhny Novgorod region, where folklore and myths, real locations and eyewitness accounts come together in a story that is hard to disbelieve.
Three heroes embark on an expedition in search of popular legends: they seek a drifting island, check the rumors about a cursed village, spend the night in cemeteries with strange lights, visit sacred groves, and converse with hermits who know more about local secrets than they are willing to share. Each new point on the route seems to be an attempt to verify a legend, but over time it becomes clear: not everything here requires proof.
The atmosphere of a road movie creates a particularly deep immersion: the road, stops, conversations by the campfire, night shoots, and the feeling of an alien presence that cannot be captured on camera. Rational explanations are always nearby — gases, hallucinations, fatigue, fear — but they do not negate the main question: why do so many things align?
This book balances between mysticism and reality, leaving the reader alone with the feeling of unsettling uncertainty. Because sometimes the scariest thing is not to see something inexplicable, but to realize that you are already inside a legend.

In this book:
• A mystical story based on real legends and places of the Nizhny Novgorod region.
• Change of locations and the effect of presence.
• 100% immersion in the atmosphere of remote villages, forests, swamps, and abandoned places.
• Goosebumps without jump scares.
• Boundless interest in where the line between folklore and reality is drawn.

Turning the last page, will you be able to answer the question: you weren't imagining it?..