Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1920 — Where Fish Explode. [ARTICLE]

Where Fish Explode.

w To the Russian people Lake Baikal, In eastern Siberia, Is a holy lake, and they believe both the lake and Its surrounding country jire endowed with supernatural powers and Inhabited by unearthly beings. AH kinds of weird tales mingle with their explanations of any feature of the lake. Even so simple an object as a great rock Jying in the middle of a river just where it flows from Lake Baikal takes on a mysterious significance. If this stone were to slip from place, they say, the whole of Lake Baikal would pour out of Its basin and flood the river and probably the continent. - But there are actually many strange things about Lake Baikal. There Is, for example, a species of fish that Inhabits the deepest part. These fish have been seen by few persons, for as soon as they are lifted out of their accustomed atmosphere of high water pressure, they explode.