The Mekong River in Thailand "shoots" into the air fireballs

It's really a strange phenomenon, which has no scientific explanation. From time to time from the waters of the Mekong rivers flowing through Thailand near the border with Laos, pulled out fireballs, climb up and quietly disappear. The biggest of these balls are the size of a basketball.

Along the Mekong are many villages, whose residents are quietly mysterious balls. They argue that the balls have seen not only them but also their parents and grandparents. Since the cause of the "shots" from the river is unknown, local nasochinyali many legends, the most popular of which claims that living on the river bottom and the dragon spits fire.

In late October, in this place the festival of fire balls, collecting tens of thousands of tourists.



via factroom.ru