The world's strangest well: the British petrified well

The petrified well located on the banks of the River Narrowsborough in North Yorkshire, England, will petrify any object that comes into contact with the water in this well, so this well is also known as the most bizarre. Whether it is leaves or sticks, or birds, after a few months or longer, will slowly turn into stone, it does sound horrible.

In history, this well used to be a representative of luck. One of Henry VIII's archaeologists once said that the well had a magical healing function, and that the sick would get better when they bathed in it. But since the well was found to have a petrifying effect, the local residents felt that the well was cursed and it has been less popular ever since. After some bold local residents will take a variety of things to the well water that experiment, put a variety of items on the edge of the water flow, and then observe their changes, many items in the historical period to the present are still traces.

Local residents believe that this well is cursed by the demon to the cause, local residents do not use the well water, many residents said they do not want to see this well, think close to this well will have bad things happen, some residents are afraid to use the well water here they will also be petrified by it.

Research results

In fact, it is not what the villagers thought, the well is not terrible, after the scientists' research, and has also solved its mystery. In fact, the mineral content of the well water is very high, any object in contact with it, it will form a film on the surface of the object, after a long period of exposure to the sun, it will become a stone. In fact, it is the same principle as the formation of stalactites and bamboo shoots. And because the mineral content of this well is too high, its well water is not drinkable.

Due to the petrification of this well, many people are extremely interested in this local well and many tourists are coming to visit it. This place in the UK has become a famous attraction, with many tourists from all over the world coming to witness its magic.