The Witches & UFOs of Cinco Saltos (Argentina) - That Frequent Visitor's Most Haunted Places on Earth # 3
Cinco Saltos is a city in the province of Rio Negro, Argentina, located on the eastern side of the valley of the Neuquén River, near the Pellegrini Lake, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) from northwest of Neuquén and 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Allen. It has 19,819 inhabitants as per the 2001 census.
The name Cinco Saltos (literally “Five Jumps”) refers to the five level steps of the canal that starts upstream at the Ingeniero Ballester Dam and passes by the eastern limit of the city.
The first settlers came to this land in 1914. At first the layout of the town was made in the area north of the railroad, but in 1918 floods covered such lots and prevented further building. On September 16, 1925 formed the Village Development Committee. During the early years, the city did not have health care, safe medical mobile, just on 3 January 1960, it opened the local rural hospital, with the presence of the then Governor Edgardo Castello. The city’s growth was boosted by the creation of the plant production of caustic soda, chlorine and vinyl chloride monomer. This factory has improved the income of ordinary workers and professionals, but has caused pollution, although in 1992 the company filed for bankruptcy, and in 1995 closed its doors.
There is a place called Bajo Negro where witchcraft is done. Some of the best-known mysteries were in the Pellegrini Lake for example, tells the story that a baby was drowned in the lake about 50 years ago and that its ghost is still there. Another mystery is the completely intact body of a little girl who was killed in the 30s and found in the cemetery ossuary. Also, there were UFO sightings between the Pellegrini and the Arroyones lake.
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