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Hoia Forest Hiking Trail #08 Traditional Cache

Hidden : 8/5/2011
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This is an 8 km long hiking trail with no difficult climbing. Average time to make the trail is 2 hours (without caching). Enjoy.


Padurea Hoia este o padure situata la vest de municipiul Cluj-Napoca, între cartierul Grigorescu si Cheile Baciului. Este una din cele mai apreciate zone de agreement din zona, în imediata apropiere se afla Muzeul Satului. Padurea este frecventata ca loc de picnic. Exista persoane care cred ca in aceasta padure ar avea loc fenomene paranormale. Padurea are o suprafata de 295 de hectare. Spre nord, padurea coboara pe panta mai lina, pâna în apropiere de valea Râului Nadas. La est este marginita de Taietura Turcului, o vale artificiala care taie dealul de la sud la nord, prin care trece si un drum carosabil. La vest padurea se termina pe panta de nord-est a Dealului Melcilor, în apropiere de Padurea Mujai care se întinde spre vest. Mai jos de capatul de sud al padurii curge valea Bongar. Partea de nord-est a padurii este marginita de Valea Lunga, ce trece prin calcare eocene si formeaza Cheile Baciului, o vale cu versanti asimetrici (partea nordica este stâncoasa si abrupta, cu roci fosilifere, drept care a fost declara rezervatie naturala, iar partea sudica este ocupata de Padurea Hoia). Câteva izvoare cu debit mare si apa potabila izvorasc la marginea de nord a padurii, în Valea Lunga. Dealurile Hoia si Sf. Pavel sunt cele mai înalte puncte din zona.

Hoia este vestita în lume pentru frecventa cu care apar aici diverse fenomene paranormale. În 1968, un clujean a fotografiat în Poiana Rotunda un OZN, fotografiile fiind printre putinele de acest gen autentice, dupa parerea specialistilor. Din anii '60, profesorul de biologie Alexandru Sift a studiat fenomenele luminoase, magnetice si radiologice care au loc aici. Acesta a adunat o arhiva bogata de fotografii ale fenomenelor, care s-a pierdut misterios la câteva zile dupa decesul regretatului profesor în 1993, furate de niste indivizi necunoscuti si duse la maculatura. Cele câteva fotografii ramase au fost publicate în 1995 în cartea "Fenomenele de la Padure Hoia-Baciu" de Adrian Patrut, profesor de chimie la Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca si prieten al lui Sift. Patrut a continuat cercetarile lui Sift si sustine ca ciudatele fenomene au o baza stiintifica insuficient studiata. Oricum, fenomenele din Hoia au dus la aparitia multor legende urbane in zona Clujului, multe persoane vizitând padurea în speranta ca vor reusi sa surprinda un astfel de fenomen.

Hoia is a forest in the west part of Cluj-Napoca, between Baciu Gorges and Grigorescu District. It is one of the most popular areas of agreement in the area, near the Village Museum. The forest is frequented as a picnic site. There are people who believe that this forest would occur paranormal phenomena. Forest covers an area of 295 hectares. At North the forest lies down a smooth slope, near the Nadas Valley. At East is bordered by Taietura Turcului, an artificial valley that cuts the hill from south to north. At West the forest ends on the northeast slope of Melcului Hill. Near the south end of the forest stretches Bongar Valley. North-east of the forest is bordered by Long Valley, passing through the Eocene limestone and forms Baciului Gorges, a valley with asymmetrical slopes (the north is rocky and steep, with rocks, fossils, as has been declared a nature reserve and the south is populated by Hoia forest). There are some high flow springs at the northern edge of the forest in the Long Valley. Hoia Hill and Sf. Pavel Hill are the highest points in the area.

Hoia forest is worldwide famous for the frequency of various paranormal phenomena. In 1968, a local citizen photographed an UFO in Poiana Rotunda, according to experts these photos are among the few of this type which are authentic. In the '60s, biology teacher Alexander Sift studied luminous, magnetic and radiation phenomena, that occur here. He gathered a rich archive of photographs of the phenomena, which mysteriously lost a few days after his death in 1993, stolen and destroyed by unknown people. The few remaining photos were published in 1995 in the book "The phenomena of Hoia-Baciu" by Adrian Patrut, chemistry professor at Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca and friend of Sift. Patrut continued Sift’s research and claims that the strange phenomena have a scientific basis that was insufficiently studied. However, the phenomena of Hoia forest have led to many urban legends in Cluj area, many people visiting the forest hoping to be able to capture such a phenomenon.

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