Why are they blindfolded before execution? A Soviet intelligence officer laughs before being shot - and other amazing photos from World War II

by Notes of the Wild Mistress

At the meeting, the head of the department made a sharp remark to one of his subordinates. He remained silent and only glared, as one of the employees put it, at the offender. And about five minutes later the boss suddenly fell head first on the table and wheezed...

The ambulance that arrived pronounced him dead. The pathologist was perplexed: “The heart suddenly stopped beating. It was as if someone had stopped it, like a pendulum on a clock.” Police Colonel Vasily Vladimirovich V. conducted an investigation into this rather unusual case. Wherever the investigator turned to regarding the “killer look,” he always received the same answer: “The facts of murder with a look are not known to science...”

However, history is replete with cases related to the mysterious influence of the gaze. This is what, for example, the Canadian Tribune reported several years ago. 55-year-old Canadian Steve McKellan was attacked by a grizzly bear while hunting. Lying on the ground, “Steve instinctively put his hand forward with a knife, and with a look full of despair and rage, he stared at the eyes of the beast. And strangely enough, the bear froze in place. The hunter continued to gaze steadily into his eyes, trying to look exactly into the pupils. He knew that doing this would only inflame the rage of the aggressive animal. But he could not help himself. And suddenly... the beast let out a thunderous roar and collapsed to the ground... The beast was undoubtedly dead...". Not a single wound or even a scratch was found on the bear! And then the researchers suggested that the cause of death was a powerful bioenergetic impulse from the human eyes, which destroyed the nerve cells in the animal’s brain...

There is nothing extraordinary in such an assumption. People have long believed that the gaze of a person on the verge of death carries colossal emotional power, capable of causing irreparable harm to those whom he looks at. (By the way, this is precisely what explains the custom of blindfolding those sentenced to death.)

However, let’s leave the terrible stories for a moment and turn to less tragic, but no less mysterious cases from our time.

EYES BURNING

Many people are familiar with this feeling: someone is looking at the back of your head. We turn around: “the gaze presses”... Scientists from the American University of Queens decided to experimentally confirm or refute this popular belief. More than a hundred volunteers took part in the experiments. Each person was seated in the middle of the room, and at a certain time another person looked (or did not look) at the back of his head. So what? It turned out that in 95 percent of cases someone else's gaze was felt quite clearly. Most perceived it as a fleeting pressure on the back of the head, like a breeze. There is only one conclusion: human eyes emit some kind of energy. But which one? And is it always harmless, like a gentle breeze?

This is what a preparatory class teacher in one of the schools in Bishkek said. During an art lesson, the kid snatched a jar of gouache from his neighbor. No, she did not rush at the offender, did not cry. She just looked closely at his hand. And suddenly the naughty boy dropped the paint with a cry. The teacher ran up and was amazed: a bubble swelled on the boy’s wrist, as if from a burn. “How did she burn you?” “With her eyes,” the baby roared... When the six-year-old girl, at the request of the researcher, concentrated her gaze on his hand, he felt a rather sensitive prick. What's the matter? Are eyes really capable of emitting some kind of invisible rays?

His hypothesis was proposed by the Soviet radiophysicist B. Kazhinsky (1889-1962), who devoted many years to research on telepathy and mental interaction at a distance. His acquaintance with V. Durov (1863-1934) pushed him to this research. In the 20s, the famous trainer more than once demonstrated to Kazhinsky how, under the gaze of people, animals carry out mental suggestions or fall into a state of tetanus. At the same time, one important feature was noticed: if you look away even a little away from the animal’s pupils, it immediately comes to its senses.

Based on such observations, Kazhinsky came to the conclusion that the “rays of vision” are narrow beams of bioradiation radiation from the brain. And the role of unique electromagnetic waveguides is played by the “rods” of the retina, directly connected to the brain. With their help, the energy generated by the brain can be concentrated and emitted in a narrow manner.

Some modern scientists also adhere to similar ideas. Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor Yu. Simakov put forward a hypothesis: “In the complexly arranged rods of the retina, something like an X-ray biolaser appears, operating in very short flashes.” Was it this laser that caused a burn on the hand of a preschooler from Bishkek? Is it not this laser that causes the notorious evil eye and damage?

Recent research in the field of so-called long-distance interactions has shown that many of the ancient superstitions are not so groundless. In particular, experiments conducted by Academician V. Kaznacheev at the Institute of General Pathology and Human Ecology (Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences) convincingly showed that a laser beam of a certain range can carry information that can remotely infect a completely isolated environment with viruses (even in a sealed glass vessel). If “rays of vision” are at least somewhat similar to laser ones, then it is possible that they are also capable of transmitting viral diseases. In other words, for our body it is far from indifferent where we look and who looks at us...

SHE IS NOTICED AND YOU ARE CAUGHT!

The author of “The Master and Margarita” was a subtle psychologist: “You are asked a sudden question. You... in one second control yourself and know what needs to be said in order to hide the truth... Not a single fold on your face moves, but, alas , alarmed by the question, the truth from the bottom of the soul jumps into the eyes for a moment, and it’s all over. It’s noticed, and you’re caught.” Sometimes these “moments of truth” last a second or even a fraction of a second, but they are always there. You just need to catch them...

The casket opens simply - the look is capable of radiating thoughts. It was this important conclusion that V. Durov and B. Kazhinsky came to. The power of the human gaze is truly mysterious, the great trainer believed. He had every reason to say this. More than once he demonstrated to scientists and his ability to convey his thoughts to animals through holes. How complex mental suggestions can be is shown, for example, by an experiment in which Kazhinsky became a participant on November 17, 1922. At the request of the scientific commission, Durov had to instill in the dog the following sequence of actions: go out of the living room into the hallway, go to the table with the telephone, take the address phone book in his teeth and bring it into the living room. Durov looked into the dog’s eyes for only half a minute, but everything was done accurately. And by the way, as was noted in the protocol, in addition to the telephone book, there were other books on the same table. “The dog was alone in the hallway; Professor G.A. Kozhevnikov watched its actions through the crack of the open door. V.L. Durov was in the living room out of sight of the dog.”

In 1920-1921 alone, 1,278 similar experiments (most of them successful) were carried out in Durov’s zoopsychological laboratory. At the same time, the suggestion was carried out not only by the trainer himself, but also by other people who knew his technique. And it is like this: “I look through my eyes, as if into the dog’s brain, and imagine, for example, not the word “go,” but a motor action with the help of which the dog must perform a mental task...” This technique is within the power of almost any person, who knows how to concentrate his thoughts. It is suitable for “programming” not only animals, but also people.

Scientists have yet to find out what types of energy are responsible for the transfer of thoughts. In addition to the electromagnetic one, other hypotheses are being tested today. Some researchers suggest that this is a completely independent type of radiation that accompanies, in particular, electromagnetic oscillations and torsion (spin) fields. Other scientists say that so-called hollow structure form fields may be involved. Novosibirsk entomologist V. Grebennikov was one of the first to discover them above bee honeycombs. It turned out that these fields can be felt: in the form of light pressure, a cool breeze, flashes in the eyes or a metallic taste in the mouth. It is assumed that the rods and cones of the eye - the same cellular-layered structures - are also capable of creating a similar wave field. Moreover, the direction of its radiation depends on the direction of view...

This effect is especially effective when the mental flow is directed into the eyes, and through them. as Durov said, “somewhere deeper than the eyes - into the brain of the animal” (and man). Some modern researchers share the same opinion... They believe that thanks to vision, the brain receives the bulk of not only optical, but also “telepathic” information about the person with whom communication is taking place. A huge part of this information is analyzed by us on a subconscious level. And it is precisely because of this that, within a minute or two after the start of communication, we intuitively feel what a hitherto unfamiliar person is like.

ARE WE BIGGING IN PLEASURE?

The hypothesis about the telepathic role of the eyes explains a lot. We stare in surprise or surprise. We devour with our eyes what we are extremely interested in. Our eyes pop out of their sockets when we are frightened... This is understandable: our eyes open wide when we unconsciously strive to receive maximum information through them - both visual and telepathic...

And vice versa, we involuntarily cover our doors when we want to isolate ourselves from the outside world: during a boring conversation, when we are very tired or don’t care about what is happening. The eyes close on their own and when we try to focus on something internal: our thoughts, memories, sensations.

We squint our eyes when we are closely observing something or when our thoughts are highly concentrated. Leaving only a slit for vision, the body thereby tries to isolate itself from everything that is secondary, unimportant, and interferes with focusing on the main thing.

It is also no coincidence that a person closes his eyes or averts his eyes under someone’s reproachful, condemning gaze. Thus, he does not allow other people’s emotions into them and protects his brain from negative information.

If we agree with the hypothesis about the transmission of thought through gaze, then other patterns noticed by psychologists become clear. So, for example, during a conversation, the one who considers his interlocutor to be stronger, more experienced, and wiser looks more into the eyes. Like a student at school, he thus opens his mind to telepathic suggestion. For the same reason, the narrator rarely looks into the listener's eyes. An intensive process of formulating thoughts is going on in his brain, and someone else’s gaze (and therefore other people’s thoughts) can interfere with this. So he averts his eyes.

Conversely, in order to protect our subconscious from unwanted influence, it is better not to look into the eyes of the one who is attacking us. Turn away. As a last resort, they look at the bridge of his nose or forehead. The “aggressor” will not notice anything, unless he feels something subtly unpleasant, “cold”: after all, there will be no real sensitive contact (which is what is required). But at least we will be somehow protected from the effects of its negative energies: the narrowly directed microantennas of our eyes will deviate from someone else’s energy and will not let most of it into our brain.

An interesting observation: women, unlike men, make eye contact much more often and do not perceive direct gaze as a threat. Rather, on the contrary, for them it is a sign of interest and desire to establish contact. Some researchers believe that such a need for direct views is inherent in women by nature itself. On the one hand, it is caused by the need to attract a partner for procreation. And on the other hand, the need for “subtle” communication with newborns: it is through the eyes that the mother establishes telepathic contact with her child when he has not yet learned to speak.

There is another explanation why women strive for direct views. If for the male half of humanity logical thinking is more characteristic and therefore, first of all, the meaning of words is important, then for a woman a more intuitive being - what is behind the words is more important. She is much more receptive to telepathic information, and therefore her gaze is much more important than for men.

BLACK EYES, PASSIONATE EYES...

Psychologists performed an interesting experiment. Two photographs of a girl were taken from one negative and presented to different people so that they could choose the one that was prettier. Everyone, as one, pointed to the same photograph, although they could not explain their choice, since they did not notice any difference in the photographs. And the secret was simple: in this photograph, with the help of retouching, the pupils of the eyes were slightly enlarged. Scientists could not explain why they are so attractive.

Meanwhile, in the old days it was believed that the size of the pupils spoke of vitality: they are wide open when the body is full of strength, and decrease when energy leaves it (in old age, during a serious illness). If we accept this point of view, then it is clear why we are so attracted to large pupils: healthy, full of energy people are always liked more. But this is only a psychological explanation...

There is also an energy information version. Pupils become larger when there is a need for external information. They are dilated in childhood, when the brain thirsts for knowledge... In stressful situations, when we need maximum information to make a decision... And the pupils immediately constrict when interest in the world around us is lost, when a person tries to isolate himself from it, to withdraw into himself when he is irritated, embittered... It is assumed that there is another reason for this: the constriction of the pupils prevents the already depleted supply of energy from leaving the body...

It has been noticed that with increased interest in a sexual partner, the pupils noticeably dilate. This is a kind of appeal - perhaps this is where the subconscious sympathy for those with large pupils comes from. But this is not just a call. Most likely, when the pupil dilates, the “magical” effect on the “desired” person intensifies. After all, the telepathic channel for secret thoughts and desires is also expanding. Here is a special type of evil eye for you - the love eye, as it was called in Rus'. Generated by ardent passion, it caused in the victim not illness, like an ordinary evil eye, but an insane love desire.

Knowing or intuitively understanding the role of the pupils, women have long resorted to tricks to make them larger. For this they were ready to sacrifice even visual acuity. Back in ancient Rome, and later in Italy and Spain, they dropped the juice of a very poisonous herb - belladonna - into their eyes. This caused the pupil to dilate greatly, the eyes acquired a mysterious shine and depth, which gave the woman a special attractiveness. It is no coincidence that “belladonna” in Italian means “beautiful lady, beauty.” In Rus', this herb was called no less symbolically - belladonna...

The hypothesis about the reception and transmission of thoughts with the help of gaze explains a lot. Including the “magic of black eyes.” Their pupils are also indirectly to blame for their incomprehensible attractiveness: they merge with the dark color of the iris and this makes them seem very large. And then we talk about the eyes: bottomless, magical... It is possible that the size of the pupils also explains the special charm of myopic ladies. After all, their lack of vision is often compensated by enlarged pupils...

But the dilation of the pupils at the moment of death is a fact that cannot yet be explained. It still awaits deep study... However, there is an assumption that dilated pupils give a person the opportunity to better look into the “subtle” world where he has to go. Who knows?..

Ted's Drunken Glitches

One of the first to record mysterious radiation from the eyes on a photographic plate was the 19th century Parisian artist Pierre Boucher, who worked part-time as a photographer who was then in fashion. It happened by accident. In the evening, the photographer got drunk, as they say, to hell. And in the most literal sense: as he himself said, two vile devils with pitchforks in their hands were chasing him all night. In the morning, not getting enough sleep, with a cast-iron head, he trudged to his laboratory: he urgently needed to develop the photographic plates taken the day before. Chaos reigned on the desktop: exposed cassettes were scattered interspersed with clean ones. The artist looked at them for a long time, trying to figure out which of them needed to be developed. In the end, he gave up this hopeless occupation, showed everything and was dumbfounded: the disgusting faces of the night guests looked at him from the records. But this was no longer a hallucination: the negatives produced quite tolerable “otherworldly” photographs.

The famous astronomer and researcher of anomalous phenomena, Camille Flammarion (1842-1925), became interested in the phenomenon. Soon his publications on “psychic photographs” appeared, which actually marked the beginning of this type of research. New results confirmed the reality of the phenomenon. The famous Russian psychiatrist V.Kh. reported on the projection of visual hallucinations from the eyes at the end of the 19th century. Kandinsky (1849-1889): “Pictures projected on a screen... are invisible in bright light, but once the room is darkened, they appear very sharply and brightly.” At the beginning of the 20th century, based on the results of experiments in different countries, including Russia, even several books appeared, illustrated with “psychophotographs”.

Then there was a lull in research on “psychophotography” for several decades. It was violated in the early 60s by former American sailor Ted Serios.

Decommissioned ashore, this drinker accidentally discovered that with his thoughts he could expose photographic film. Moreover, project your own mental images onto it. To the amusement of the public, he began to capture various pictures on film using his thoughts. The camera was pointed at his face, the shutter was clicked and... instead of the concentrated face of the drunken Ted, some (most often well-known) buildings, structures, landscapes appeared on the developed photographic film...

Intrigued scientists persuaded Tad to give up his career as a bellhop at the Chicago Hilton Hotel and become a paid "guinea pig." For four years, careful research was carried out in the laboratory of the famous American psychiatrist Jule Eisenbud in Denver, Colorado. They completely refuted the version of fraud. About eight hundred experiments with Ted were conducted by American researchers J. Pratt and Ian Stevenson. To avoid fraud, the scientists themselves ordered “pictures” from Ted: buildings, landscapes... And in ninety percent of cases, he fulfilled the order with stunning accuracy.

"Thought photographs"

In our country, around the same years, similar qualities were demonstrated by the “pearl of Russian parapsychology” Ninel Sergeevna Kulagina (1926-1990). At the request of scientists, she not only illuminated photographic materials with her thoughts, but also exposed on photographic film the figures and symbols ordered by her: stars, crosses, letters... Everything was documented by independent commissions consisting of authoritative scientists.

In 1973, a 32-year-old psychiatrist from Perm, Gennady Krokhalev, undertook to experimentally confirm a version that had existed for decades, namely: visual images arise in the brain and are transmitted to the retina, from where they are emitted into space. Using a specially designed device, Krokhalev was able to brilliantly confirm this hypothesis in practice on several hundred patients.

Everything was done to increase the objectivity and reliability of the experiments. While photographing or filming radiation from the eyes, patients described their hallucinations out loud. Their stories were recorded and then compared with the images that appeared on photographic film. The coincidences were amazing. The photographs clearly showed what the patients were talking about at the time of the shooting: “animal horns”, “fish”, “lake and elk”, “road, tanks and soldiers”, “factory”, “Christmas tree”, “devil”, “snake”, “sunflower” and much more. The control frames, when there were no hallucinations, did not have any lights or images.

Another strange thing was discovered: mental images are recorded on photographic film even in cases where it is placed in a light-proof envelope. Based on this, some researchers have suggested that “radiation from the eyes is formed not only in the visible wavelength range, but also in some other wavelength range, in which the black paper of the bag is transparent” (Dr. Sc. Prof. A. Chernetsky) . Research in recent years seems to confirm this hypothesis: it has been proven that the human eye is capable of emitting weak X-ray and coherent (“laser”) radiation.

The problem of “thought photographs” occupies scientists. And although paranormal research is usually not advertised due to its strategic importance, some information does leak out from time to time. For example, it was recently reported that Japanese scientists have already created a highly sensitive screen on which the outlines of images appear when someone looks closely at it. There is information about similar developments in other countries.

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At the meeting, the head of the department made a sharp remark to one of his subordinates. He remained silent and just glared at the offender. And after about five minutes the boss suddenly fell head first on the table and wheezed...

At the meeting, the head of the department made a sharp remark to one of his subordinates. He remained silent and only glared, as one of the employees put it, at the offender. And after about five minutes the boss suddenly fell head first on the table and wheezed...

The ambulance that arrived pronounced him dead. The pathologist was perplexed: “For no reason at all, my heart stopped beating. It’s as if someone took it and stopped it, like a pendulum on a clock.” Police Colonel Vasily Vladimirovich V. conducted an investigation into this rather unusual case. Wherever the investigator turned to regarding the “killer look,” he always received the same answer: “The facts of murder with a look are not known to science...”

However, history is replete with cases related to the mysterious influence of the gaze. This is what, for example, the Canadian Tribune reported several years ago. 55-year-old Canadian Steve McKellan was attacked by a grizzly bear while hunting. Lying on the ground, “Steve instinctively put his hand forward with a knife, and with a look full of despair and rage, he stared into the eyes of the beast. And a strange thing - the bear froze in place. The hunter continued to gaze steadily into his eyes, trying to look exactly into the pupils. He knew that doing so would only inflame the rage of an aggressive animal. But I couldn’t help myself. And suddenly... the beast let out a thunderous roar and collapsed to the ground... The beast was undoubtedly dead...". Not a single wound or even a scratch was found on the bear! And then the researchers suggested that the cause of death was a powerful bioenergetic impulse from the human eyes, which destroyed the nerve cells in the animal’s brain...

However, let’s leave the terrible stories for a moment and turn to less tragic, but no less mysterious cases from our time.

EYES BURNING
Many people are familiar with this feeling: someone is looking at the back of your head. We turn around: “the gaze presses”... Scientists from the American University of Queens decided to experimentally confirm or refute this popular belief. More than a hundred volunteers took part in the experiments. Each person was seated in the middle of the room, and at a certain time another person looked (or did not look) at the back of his head. So what? It turned out that in 95 percent of cases someone else's gaze was felt quite clearly. Most perceived it as a fleeting pressure on the back of the head, like a breeze. There is only one conclusion: human eyes emit some kind of energy. But which one? And is it always harmless, like a gentle breeze?

This is what a preparatory class teacher in one of the schools in Bishkek said. During an art lesson, the kid snatched a jar of gouache from his neighbor. No, she did not rush at the offender, did not cry. She just looked closely at his hand. And suddenly the naughty boy dropped the paint with a cry. The teacher ran up and was amazed: a bubble swelled on the boy’s wrist, as if from a burn. “How did she burn you? “With his eyes,” the baby roared... When the six-year-old girl, at the request of the researcher, concentrated her gaze on his hand, he felt a rather sensitive prick. What's the matter? Are eyes really capable of emitting some kind of invisible rays?

In 1925, the English physicist Charles Ross carried out a whole series of experiments. The subjects tried to influence by looking at a miniature metal spiral suspended on a silk thread. Many succeeded: their gaze forced a spiral to unfold along the “rays of vision.” On this basis, the scientist suggested that the eye emits electromagnetic waves. They began to look for the mechanism of this radiation.
His hypothesis was proposed by the Soviet radiophysicist B. Kazhinsky (1889-1962), who devoted many years to research on telepathy and mental interaction at a distance. His acquaintance with V. Durov (1863-1934) pushed him to this research. In the 20s, the famous trainer more than once demonstrated to Kazhinsky how, under the gaze of people, animals carry out mental suggestions or fall into a state of tetanus. At the same time, one important feature was noticed: if you look away even a little away from the animal’s pupils, it immediately comes to its senses.

Some modern scientists also adhere to similar ideas. Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor Yu. Simakov put forward a hypothesis: “In the complex rods of the retina, something like an X-ray biolaser appears, operating in very short flashes.” Was it this laser that caused a burn on the hand of a preschooler from Bishkek? Is it not this laser that causes the notorious evil eye and damage?

SHE IS NOTICED AND YOU ARE CAUGHT!
The author of “The Master and Margarita” was a subtle psychologist: “You are asked a sudden question. You... in one second take control of yourself and know what needs to be said in order to hide the truth... Not a single fold on your face moves, but, alas, alarmed by the question, the truth from the bottom of the soul jumps into your eyes for a moment, and it’s all over. She's spotted and you're caught! “Sometimes these “moments of truth” last a second or even a fraction of a second, but they are always there. You just need to catch them...

The casket opens simply - the look is capable of radiating thoughts. It was this important conclusion that V. Durov and B. Kazhinsky came to. The power of the human gaze is truly mysterious, the great trainer believed. He had every reason to say this. More than once he demonstrated to scientists and his ability to convey his thoughts to animals through holes. How complex mental suggestions can be is shown, for example, by an experiment in which Kazhinsky became a participant on November 17, 1922. At the request of the scientific commission, Durov had to instill in the dog the following sequence of actions: go out of the living room into the hallway, go to the table with the telephone, take the address phone book in his teeth and bring it into the living room. Durov looked into the dog’s eyes for only half a minute, but everything was done accurately. And by the way, as was noted in the protocol, in addition to the telephone book, there were other books on the same table. “The dog was alone in the front room, Professor G.A. was watching its actions. Kozhevnikov - through the crack of the open door. V.L. Durov was in the living room out of sight of the dog.”

In 1920-1921 alone, 1,278 similar experiments (most of them successful) were carried out in Durov’s zoopsychological laboratory. At the same time, the suggestion was carried out not only by the trainer himself, but also by other people who knew his technique. And it is like this: “I look through my eyes, as if into the dog’s brain, and imagine, for example, not the word “go,” but a motor action with the help of which the dog must complete a mental task...” This technique is within the power of almost any person who knows how to concentrate your thought. It is suitable for “programming” not only animals, but also people.

ARE WE BIGGING IN PLEASURE?
The hypothesis about the telepathic role of the eyes explains a lot. We stare in surprise or surprise. We devour with our eyes what we are extremely interested in. Our eyes pop out of their sockets when we are frightened... This is understandable: our eyes open wide when we unconsciously strive to receive maximum information through them - both visual and telepathic...

It is known: the greater the distance between interlocutors, the more often they look into each other’s eyes. There is nothing mysterious about this either: frequent glances compensate for the decreased information exchange. And the advice of experienced people is quite natural: in order to better understand someone or convey your own thoughts without distortion, look the interlocutor straight in the eyes. In this case, not only each other’s state of mind, but also thoughts will be better perceived. After all, the information dialogue goes directly: brain - brain.
Conversely, in order to protect our subconscious from unwanted influence, it is better not to look into the eyes of the one who is attacking us. Turn away. As a last resort, they look at the bridge of his nose or forehead. The “aggressor” will not notice anything, unless he feels something subtly unpleasant, “cold”: after all, there will be no real sensitive contact (which is what is required). But at least we will be somehow protected from the effects of its negative energies: the narrowly directed microantennas of our eyes will deviate from someone else’s energy and will not let most of it into our brain.

BLACK EYES, PASSIONATE EYES...
Psychologists performed an interesting experiment. Two photographs of a girl were taken from one negative and presented to different people so that they could choose the one that was prettier. Everyone, as one, pointed to the same photograph, although they could not explain their choice, since they did not notice any difference in the photographs. And the secret was simple: in this photograph, with the help of retouching, the pupils of the eyes were slightly enlarged. Scientists could not explain why they are so attractive.

There is also an energy information version. Pupils become larger when there is a need for external information. They are dilated in childhood, when the brain thirsts for knowledge... In stressful situations, when we need maximum information to make a decision... And the pupils immediately constrict when interest in the world around us is lost, when a person tries to isolate himself from it, to withdraw into himself, when he is irritated , embittered... It is assumed that there is another reason for this: the constriction of the pupils prevents the already depleted supply of energy from leaving the body...

Ted's Drunken Glitches
One of the first to record mysterious radiation from the eyes on a photographic plate was the 19th century Parisian artist Pierre Boucher, who worked part-time as a photographer who was then in fashion. It happened by accident. In the evening, the photographer got drunk, as they say, to hell. And in the most literal sense: as he himself said, two vile devils with pitchforks in their hands were chasing him all night. In the morning, not getting enough sleep, with a cast-iron head, he trudged to his laboratory: he urgently needed to develop the photographic plates taken the day before. Chaos reigned on the desktop: exposed cassettes were scattered interspersed with clean ones. The artist looked at them for a long time, trying to figure out which of them needed to be developed. In the end, he gave up this hopeless occupation, showed everything and was dumbfounded: the disgusting faces of the night guests looked at him from the records. But this was no longer a hallucination: the negatives produced quite tolerable “otherworldly” photographs.

Then there was a lull in research on “psychophotography” for several decades. It was violated in the early 60s by former American sailor Ted Serios.

We invite you to remember World War II with the help of nine amazing photographs. Some may even seem like completely ordinary images from the past, if not for the story behind them.

1. French woman's head is shaved for links to Nazis

After the liberation of France from the occupiers, local residents decided to deal with their own people - and punish those who managed to find a common language with the Germans. As a result, about ten thousand French people, mostly women, experienced the power of popular anger. The most popular punishment was shaving the offender's head. This photo, taken on August 29, 1944 in the city of Montelimar, immortalizes the shaving of a girl who had the imprudence to get close to the Germans.

2. Last photo of the raft from Armidale

On December 1, 1942, off the coast of East Timor, Japanese fighters attacked the Australian Navy patrol ship Armidale. Most of the crew died along with the ship, and the few survivors managed to build a raft from the remains of the lifeboats. This photo was taken from the Catalina maritime patrol aircraft (flying boat) on December 8, a week after the sinking of the Armidale. Due to high storm waves, the Catalina was unable to land and help the raft's 20 occupants that day. He was never seen again.

3. An elephant plows instead of a horse

Not only people, but also horses are called up for war. And someone has to do a lot of work in the rear - anyone, even a circus elephant. Actually, the photo shows how an elephant from the Amar brothers circus plows in 1941.

4. Execution of General Dostler

German infantry general Anton Dostler was executed by the Americans in the Italian province of Caserta on charges of murdering 15 soldiers of an American sabotage group. His execution, which took place on December 1, 1945, was carefully documented both in photographs and on film. It couldn't be more revealing.

5. SS men pray to Allah

The 13th SS Mountain Division "Handjar" was formed in 1943, two years after the Germans captured Sarajevo and declared the puppet Independent State of Croatia. A division was formed from Muslim Bosnian volunteers and in its best times reached a strength of up to 26,000 people.

6. Russian intelligence officer laughs before being shot

He smiles at the camera, although he knows that in a second the Finnish officer will shoot him. The photo was taken in the snowy forest of Eastern Karelia in November 1942, but was first published by the Finnish Ministry of Defense only in 2006. During World War II it was kept secret because the Finnish government feared that the photo might be used for Soviet propaganda.

7. "Flying Tigers" in the skies over China

During the war, the United States helped China as best it could. For example, in 1941-1942. A volunteer air force called the Flying Tigers fought on the Chinese side. To form a unit, 99 Curtis P-40 aircraft were sent to China, but Chinese pilots refused to master them, saying that they still could not be compared with the Japanese Zeros. Then American volunteers began to join the Flying Tigers. The Tigers were divided into three squadrons: Adams and Eves, Hells Angels and Panda Bears. Specifically in the photo - “Hells Angels” in 1942.

8. Auschwitz staff resting

And in this photo we see how the staff of the largest Nazi death camp have fun - just like ordinary people. It's 1942.

9. Victory Night

At 2:10 a.m. on May 9, announcer Yuri Levitan read out the Act of Military Surrender of Nazi Germany. Over the next few hours, thousands of people rushed to Red Square, where the festive fireworks began. It was the happiest crowd in history.

However, let’s leave the terrible stories for a moment and turn to less tragic, but no less mysterious cases from our time.

EYES BURNING

SHE IS NOTICED AND YOU ARE CAUGHT!

ARE WE BIGGING IN PLEASURE?

BLACK EYES, PASSIONATE EYES...

Ted's Drunken Glitches

Then there was a lull in research on “psychophotography” for several decades. It was violated in the early 60s by former American sailor Ted Serios.