February 16th 2010
A circle in the snow recently appeared in the garden of New Castle in Rudoltice (near Ústí nad Orlicí). The snow inside the circle melts because the temperature in this spot is much higherthan outside the circle. On Tuesday, the temperature reached a balmy 17 degrees whilePrague was frozen in bitter cold. There is no rational explanation for this hot spot: there isnothing under the spot that could cause the higher temperature.
The grass is beginning to grow within the circular enclosure, a space with a diameter of only 2 meters. As of yet, no one has explained this phenomenon.
On Wednesday, Chatelaine, Krasava Šerkopová, put the thermometer into the dirt at thecenter of the circle. That morning, the temperature was 17,5 degrees. On the previous day, itwas only a few degrees less. Meanwhile, the outside temperature was well below zero.
”I’ve seen and experienced many strange things in New Castle, but I have never seenanything like this here or elsewhere”, said the chatelaine.
There are no underground spaces or engineering systems under the circle. The owner of thepremises Přemysl Kokeš considers as unlikely the possibility of an old well that suddenly founditself full of warm water. He also thought it improbable that someone scattered huge amountsof salt in this area where farmer’s buildings once stood.
There is another possibility. According to recent information, this phenomenon occurred oncesome years ago when scouts were camping there. To reveal the mystery, Kokeš wants to dig a hole in this spot so he can further investigate this bizarre turn of events.
