Case file · Anomaly hotspot
Mackerle's search for the Vilyuy 'cauldrons'
Czech cryptozoologist Ivan Mackerle led an expedition along the Vilyuy to find the reported red metal cauldrons said to sink into the permafrost.
2006 CE · 63.90, 113.00 · status: claim
The account
The team reported circular patterns in aerial footage and magnetic anomalies, but found no cauldron. Later expeditions in 2008 and 2011 also came back empty-handed.
The sceptical view
Russian Wikipedia classes the 'Valley of Death' as a mythical anomaly zone and a modern legend.