The mystery of deaths of the Sapucai river

MINAS GERAIS state/Brazil – At Itajubá city, south of Minas Gerais state, (in the holiday of 1º of may, 2011), two girls – Michelle Bittencourt, 16 years old e Vanessa Moreira, 17 – found The Death, mysteriously, in the waters of a river (Sapucaí river). The girls were there with relatives and friends. All were swimming in the river when, suddenly, the first girl begun to scream.

A second girl ran to help the other but, the same power that was pulling a one, began to make the same with the other. There wasn't time to aid the girls. Both were engulfed by the waters convulsed.

In the moment in what all happened, nobody understood the the situation. But, the scene was being filmed and by this way the tragedy stood recorded. When the images were reproduced, persons perceived a third element among the girls. A animal that was not possible to identify. The first assumption was that the creature was a snake, a sucuri, Anaconda.

Despite the video, there are controversies. The legist doctor, José Henrique Schuman, said no injuries were found on the bodies to confirm the hypothesis of an animal attack, snake or some other creature. Biologist Flavio Vasconcelos did not rule out that the teenagers have been frightened by the presence of an animal. In this case, the panic would have caused the drowning. The bank of river is shallow but the water deepens become few steps forward. After examining the site, firefighters believe that the victims fell into an open ditch in the sand from the river bottom

The case made ​​headlines. Appeared on TV. Given the controversy, the police of Itajuba city considers the possibility of exhuming the bodies of the two teenagers, who were buried without autopsies.

SOURCES:
Vídeo mostra jovens sendo atacadas por ser não identificado em lago.
IN O Dia,published in 20/05/2011
[http://odia.terra.com.br/portal/brasil/html/2011/5/video_mostra_jovens_sendo_atacadas_por_ser_nao_identificado_em_lago_165802.html]
Cobra pode não ter causado afogamento de adolescentes.
IN EPTV/Globo, published in 22/05/2011
[http://eptv.globo.com/noticias/NOT,4,72,350374,itajuba+cobra+sucuri+afogamento+Meninas+que+morreram+afogadas+podem+ter+caido+em+buraco+no+rio.aspx]
Polícia estuda exumar corpos de adolescente afogadas em rio em MG.
IN R7, published in 27/05/2011
[http://noticias.r7.com/cidades/noticias/policia-estuda-exumar-corpos-de-adolescente-afogadas-em-rio-em-mg-20110527.html]

The Legend of The Golden Lagoon

by Ligia Cabus

At the community of Pontinha (Minas Gerais state) exists a great lagoon which has more than 3 km of extension. The place is surrounded in legends. The local people tells that where is located the lagoon today, in the past, there was a city named The Blue Land, a city which sunk for its sins. According tradition all happened when a procession was passing. Arriving in front of a tavern, there were many people dancing. The priest requested them to interrupt the party during the passage of the holy image.

But the people refused and continued with the dance. One woman even made fun of the event and sang grotesque verses to face the priest. Without having anything else to do, the procession went ahead. In the church when the priest raised the Blessed, the waters invaded the city that submerged. Since that time, the lagoon received the name of Golden Lagoon of the enchanted waters.

The Golden Lagoon

At the center of the lagoon nobody dares to pass. People say that owners of the boats do not go there because they could run the risk that the hulls of their boats shock with the top of tower the old church. Fishermen disappear victims of a mysterious phenomena. Eddies that appear from the nothing in those seemingly calm waters.

In another occasion, two old men died entangled in their fishing net. When they were found, was found that the cause of the death wasn't drowning. They had not swallowed a single drop of water. At the edge of the lagoon, the washerwomen occupy themselves with their work. Suddenly, a pretty young appeared that offered herself take to care of the girl. When the mother finished her work, sought the woman with the girl but she was gone. The washerwoman stood desesperate. However, with the same magic which woman disappeared she appeared again in a strange situation. She emerged of the waters bringing the child in his arms safely.

About The Lagoon, also exist ocurrences of mirages, like a red calf that appears daily at the midday hour. He enters in the waters and goes ahead slowly to disappear from sight. Often, ghostly figures appear to terrorize people that wash objects such as pots, plates, glasses in the Golden Lagoon. They could use this things in their life at underwater tomb.

reference

ANORMINO, Luciana. A lenda da Lagoa Dourada.
IN Escritório de Histórias
[http://www.escritoriodehistorias.com.br/Portals/1/Pontinha.pdf]