Killer lake

THE KILLER LAKE The Killer lake (Hung. Gyilkos tó) is an exceptional natural formation. The lake did not exist until 1838 when a land-slide blocked the way of the stream Békás, running in the valley. The water of the stream built up, flooded the valley and a lake was formed. Located in the Mountains of Gyergyó (Hung. Gyergyói Havasok), in the eastern part of the Carpathian Mountains, the lake lies in a fairy-tale scenery. If you go to the shore of the lake, you can still see in the water the tips of the pine trees flooded more than a hundred years ago, which did not decay, becasue the content of the water of the Killer lake is so high in iron oxide and calcium carbonate that it preserved them. (Picture on the left: Courtesy of Zoltán Farkas)