Giant prehistoric track

A Russian scientist claims that strange deep depressions in the Phrygian valley, Türkiye are traces of a civilization that appeared before humans.

Ruts believed to have been made by a “giant all-terrain vehicle” on volcanic rock in Türkiye. Photo: Alexander Koltypin

The controversial claim was made by geologist Dr. Alexander Koltypin, director of the Center for Natural Science Research at the Independent International University in Moscow, Russia. Koltypin and his colleagues returned in August from a survey in the Anatolia region of Turkey, where the ground was covered with depressions, described as "fossilized grooves carved into the volcanic terrain."

Previously, scholars believed that the grooves were formed over many historical periods.

The first grooves are believed to have appeared during the Hittite Empire (1600-1178 BC). Over time, the roads deepened into the soft rock after the constant movement of the Phrygians, Greeks, and Alexander the Great and his armies. Eventually, they became part of the Roman Empire's transportation network, writes Turkish magazine Culture Routes.

However, after going to the scene with his colleagues to study the deep grooves, Koltypin concluded that these were the remains of wheel tracks, but certainly not of light vehicles such as horse-drawn carriages or war horses.

Instead, he argues, the ruts must have been made by “unidentified primitive all-terrain vehicles” of enormous size and weight. Koltypin determines that they date back approximately 14 million years and were developed by a mysterious civilization that predates humans.

“The area is covered with deep depressions that were formed millions of years ago, but are not related to humans,” Koltypin said, adding that the depressions were definitely prehistoric, based on the observed fracture and weathering characteristics. “The method of determining the age of volcanic rocks has been thoroughly studied and proven to be accurate.”

The scientist described that the distance between the pair of grooves was quite even, equivalent to the distance between the two wheels of a modern car. However, their sinking was much greater than the level that today's cars can create on the road. Measurements at the scene showed that the groove had a maximum depth of one meter. The inside of the groove also had many horizontal lines, which could be traces left by friction with the axle joints of ancient chariots.

Koltypin believes that the giant all-terrain wheels cut deep grooves into the then soft and moist rocky ground due to their enormous weight.

"Then the depressions and all the surfaces around the fossils, preserved the evidence intact to this day. Such cases are very common among geologists, dinosaur footprints are also 'naturally preserved' like that," Koltypin explains.

Koltypin was aware that his claim would be controversial. Traditional scholars would not broach the subject because it would "smash all their classical theories."

"I think we are seeing traces of a civilization that existed before the advent of humans. Maybe the creatures of this prehistoric civilization were not similar to humans today," Koltypin hypothesized.

There are also other mysterious trenches in other parts of the world, most notably the Maltese archipelago in the middle of the Mediterranean, which has become one of the most puzzling phenomena in the scientific community. Some of the strange ruts at Misrah Ghar il-Kbir, Malta, cut through the cliffs or point out into the ocean on purpose. Who made these large ruts or why they appeared remains a mystery.

Like the mystery of the Maltese trenches, many questions remain unanswered about the deep ruts cut into the rock bed of the Phrygian Valley. Koltypin is continuing his research, but it will be some time before his conclusions, which contradict conventional wisdom, are considered.

According to VnExpress