Maxim got lost in the forest today. Analysis of video recording of regressive hypnosis after the disappearance of Maxim Markhaluk

Like in September. No one is going to close the criminal case. It is being dealt with by a special group, which includes 6 investigators and police officers. One of the heads of the USC in the Grodno region spoke to TUT.BY about how the search for the boy is currently going, about working with psychics and volunteers, and about the versions that the investigation is considering. And Maxim’s mother, five months after the child’s disappearance, is still waiting for her son to come home.

Maxim's day before his disappearance, investigators say, was "more than usual." The boy walked on the street, met several times with his peers, invited them to the forest to pick mushrooms, and together with a friend he went to the “base”, where he nailed some boards into the hut. Last time Mom saw him at about 18.15 - the boy was riding along the street near the house on a bicycle.

Everything was as always. And then the child disappeared.

The search for him began immediately, that evening, as soon as his mother called the police. Law enforcement officers - police and investigators - arrived at the scene, and a little later the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the military began combing the forest. After .

“The version with the accident was checked immediately”

“Two main versions were immediately put forward: there was an accident with the child (he got lost and is in the forest) and a criminal one,” says the deputy head of the Investigative Committee for the Grodno region, Colonel of Justice Victor Legan.

According to him, in the first two weeks a rescue operation took place: they were looking for a living child.

“The search began from the moment the report of his disappearance was received. At first, police officers, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, and the military were looking for him. Used and aviation technology: a gyroplane (gyrocopter), three helicopters, an airplane and three drones with thermal imagers. Volunteers got involved in the search when the topic had already spread through social networks and the media.

At the same time, a criminal version was being worked out. As part of this, they began to locate people who might have been in the area of the theoretical crime scene. Those who had previously been convicted, those who had been released, those who were mentally ill, and those who came to the attention of the police were checked. For example, those who have committed crimes of a sexual nature. First, those who could have been close to the place where the boy disappeared were checked, and later all those who live not only in the Grodno region, but throughout the entire territory of Belarus.

“More than five thousand people have now been checked for involvement in the disappearance of the child.”

These are the categories of people that I named earlier, as well as those who simply could have been in the area where the boy disappeared. We did not receive any information that could help us. But work in this direction is still ongoing. Including using a polygraph. Now, as before, we are considering these two main versions. As part of this, we also check private subversions.

- For example?

— For example, Maxim became a victim of an accident. For some reason, this version is on everyone’s lips now. But we checked it right away. We inspected all the roads that pass through the forest, identified the owners of all those seen there different times vehicles- both private owners and carrier organizations. We talked with the drivers using a polygraph. Then we examined every car that, according to our information, could have been in the area where the boy disappeared. The cars were checked using forensic techniques to identify traces biological origin, as well as traces of vehicle damage characteristic of an accident.

None here either important information was not received.

— Was the version of the involvement of one of the relatives in Maxim’s disappearance considered?

“Naturally, at the time the criminal case was opened, we checked all versions without exception and did not ignore all the people who communicated with the child and theoretically could have been involved in his disappearance. But there was no information that any of the relatives could be involved in Maxim’s disappearance. If we had even the slightest suspicion in this regard, then a criminal case would be initiated on other grounds of crime, and not on the unknown disappearance of a person.

- Why is this only ten days after the boy’s disappearance?

— A criminal case regarding the unknown disappearance of a person is initiated 10 days after receiving the application, if search activities have not brought any results. This is the law. But in fact, the date the case was opened does not mean anything: investigators, along with police officers, began carrying out operational search activities immediately. It doesn’t matter whether a criminal case has been initiated or not, such events are carried out in any case, and investigators immediately participate in the search.

— At what stage is the criminal investigation now? Is the search for the boy still ongoing and does it make sense?

— Search activities have not been stopped. Of course, they are not carried out as actively as before, but this is solely due to weather conditions. Police officers, military personnel and operational officers of the criminal investigation department of the Internal Affairs Directorate periodically travel to Novy Dvor. Employees of the Svisloch District Department of Internal Affairs and an investigator who is included in the investigation team searching for Maxim are always on site. Periodically, about once a month, meetings are held on site, during which we sum up interim results of what has been done and what still needs to be done. The criminal case is under control in the Central Office of the Investigative Committee, and the progress of the search is under the personal control of the First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs.

The “base” hut where the child’s bicycle was found.

Maxim was afraid of animals, swam poorly and did not know his way around

At the same time, they were working on a non-criminal version, says Colonel of Justice Victor Legan.

“If we take into account that the boy was lost in the forest, then first of all we checked the swamps and nearby bodies of water with the help of divers.

Of course, we would really like to believe that the boy is alive, but all the experts with whom we spoke say that irreversible processes can occur in the body of a child of his age within seven hours, which in turn can lead to death. That is, theoretically, if in those weather conditions the child lay down under a tree and fell asleep, then there is a high probability that he could develop pneumonia with the corresponding consequences.

Brown color The squares where police officers, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the military worked are indicated; yellow indicates volunteers.

We also considered the possibility that he might have been afraid of some animal. Here on the map the habitat of those animals that are found in the nearby forests is shown. For example, elk, bison, lynx. Despite the fact that Maxim everything free time spent near the forest or in the forest, he had problems with orientation on the terrain. There were times when he got lost, he was also afraid of animals and was a poor swimmer. The boy almost drowned in 2016 - his friends pulled him out of the pond.

It can be assumed that he, in a state of passion after being frightened, could go out to the swamp. In that area there are swamps and swamp areas three or more meters deep. They checked everything they could. Even hard-to-reach areas were explored - as far as our capabilities were sufficient.

— Did only police officers, Investigative Committee and Ministry of Emergency Situations work in the swampy area, or also volunteers?

— Volunteers were not allowed there. Only employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the military, and the police worked in the area of the alleged place of the boy's disappearance. It was important not to miss any details. A professional's view is needed here. I can assure you that throughout the entire distance of his possible route, we explored every centimeter of land.

“We all walked 200 square kilometers together. Probably only with the exception of the bottom of the swamps"

We even exceeded the scientifically proven capabilities of an 11-year-old child: even if he wanted to run away, he would not be able to run such a long distance as was examined.

— Didn’t the volunteers interfere with all this work? How do you evaluate the interaction with search teams?

“This is not the first time a person has disappeared when volunteers have been involved in the search. But most of the time we find people in the first few days or weeks. Here it turned out differently. The boy was not found, time passes, people began to come to the Pushcha in groups. The volunteers did not interfere and, naturally, they could not trample on any traces. They did their job well in those squares where the security forces did not work. Truly, we are very grateful to all those people who responded and came to search for Maxim.

“We considered all versions. Probably, except for aliens"

- What about psychics? We know that during the search for Maxim Markhaluk they offered their help and talked about places where they could look for the boy. Were their versions taken into account?

— We worked on many private versions. And, of course, they listened to psychics. We have accumulated three volumes of information that was shared by concerned citizens (one volume is approximately 250 sheets. - Note TUT.BY).

“Dozens of people wrote and called who ‘consulted with the cosmos’, who ‘knew exactly the whereabouts of the child’”

We responded to every such message. For example, we receive information that a certain lady persistently calls Maxim’s family and says that she received information from a psychic and knows where the boy is. We find a psychic. She says she didn't tell anyone anything. Yes, I talked to the lady, but I only suggested that my parents, if they were interested, talk to her. We find the lady. We ask where the information comes from. She replies that she had an appointment with a psychic on personal issues and at the same time asked about Maxim. “And by the way the psychic rolled her eyes, I decided that she knew something,” says the woman. And there were many similar calls. We have worked on each of them and will work if we receive any new information. Psychics definitely don’t harm us, but if they helped - and I personally don’t know of a single case where a clairvoyant helped solve a crime - they would have been working for us a long time ago.

— What were the most exotic versions that investigators had to check?

— The most exotic ones have already been covered in the media. Probably with the exception of aliens.
For example, there was a version that the boy was “disassembled for organs” somewhere in Lodz. We interacted with our Polish colleagues on it. We sent them an international order, and the local police examined those institutions where Maxim could allegedly be located. They talked to doctors. The version has not been confirmed. Just like the story about the boy. We also worked closely with Polish law enforcement officers on this issue.

“Moreover, initially we interacted with Polish border guards and we can say with confidence: the boy did not leave the territory of Belarus”

In any case, technical means of control did not record the fact of crossing the border.

We checked two German citizens who were hunting in Belovezhskaya Pushcha on our territory at that time. We sent an international order to our German colleagues, and they talked with the hunters.

Belarusian tactics and methods of conducting operational search and investigative measures to find missing persons are among the most advanced in Europe, investigators say. “If someone goes missing there, they look for him in the territory of only one country, but we put our missing people on the interstate wanted list.”

“I don’t believe in any of the versions”

Now Novy Dvor, shrouded in fog and snow, lives its quiet and measured life. The village, where people from all over Belarus gathered in September, returned to its usual way of life. True, local residents are still discussing what happened and expressing their most different versions. But the mother of the missing boy is not inclined towards any of them: “I don’t want to believe in any of the versions and am waiting for my son to come home.”

Maxim's mother is Valentina.

Valentina is silent for a long time. We are standing on the porch of the house. A woman is getting ready for work. She, as before, works at a local school as a technician and came home for lunch.

- What can I tell you? - the woman finally asks. — That the investigation was poorly conducted, so the child has not yet been found? No, I can’t say that - the investigators worked and are working. I am not an expert to evaluate their activities. And the search was carefully organized. I am very grateful, who all that time were not only in the forest, but also came to me, supported me, and talked.

- Do you have anyone to talk to now?

- I have almost no friends. Of course, we discuss Maxim’s disappearance with his relatives. They sympathize, but each of them has their own life. Therefore, we are often left alone with my husband. It is especially difficult to be at home, where everything reminds you of your son, but he is not there.

Valentina says that she knows and even read comments in thematic groups on the search for a boy in social networks. He says that some of the remarks make it offensive when they, the parents, begin to be blamed for the disappearance of the child.

- If they knew how we are going through...

— At some point, psychics joined the search. Did they help you?

- Yes, many clairvoyants came. But have you heard their versions?

“According to them, Maxim has long been buried, killed, buried in the forest, or he was taken somewhere in a car. I don’t even want to hear these versions.”

There were a lot of psychics in the first days after Maxim disappeared, but now none of them come to us.

— What do you think about your son’s disappearance? Which version is better for you?

- I don’t think anything. I don't believe in any of the versions. There were so many of them, and they didn’t come up with anything! By the way, Maxim didn’t know the forest well, as many here said. So, just this edge,” my mother points towards the forest, which comes close to the two-story houses. “I just believe that he will come back.” He will walk along this road out of the forest as if nothing had happened. You know, sometimes I leave the house, look for a long time at the stadium where he played in the summer, at the street, at the yard, and I miss him very much. I wait for him every day. Because of all these experiences, my father (husband - approx. TUT.BY) and I have been on medication all this time.

Valentina speaks quietly and looks tired. Out of some confusion I ask:

- Maybe you should go somewhere, change your surroundings...

- How can I leave? What if the child comes back?..

Maxim Markhaluk, according to residents of the village of Novy Dvor, has often said over the past three years that he wants to leave home.

Maxim Markhalyuk, who disappeared in the Pushcha, was thinking about escaping from home, and had been thinking about escaping for a long time. Residents of the village of Novy Dvor talk about this, in surrounding forests who have been searching for a 10-year-old boy for two weeks now. Many are sure that the child was not lost, but deliberately left home.

Why go into the forest at night?

“I saw Maxim in the village on Saturday. About five o'clock in the evening. I was in the forest before this. She came out, and here Maxim was coming. I told him: “Don’t be afraid, Maksimka, Rex doesn’t bite.” And he says, “I’m not afraid,”- says Valentina Aleksandrovna, a resident of Novy Dvor, Maxim was friends with her son and often came to visit them.

According to Sputnik’s interlocutor, her friend said that on the same day, but after 7 p.m., she saw Maxim riding in the center of the village. And then he disappeared into the ground, everyone said that he had gone into the forest. But the woman is sure that going into the forest so late is not like Maxim. After all, at eight o'clock in the evening at this time of year it is already dark, and the boy would not want to go into the darkness.

“He was such a little cowardly. He was even afraid of my puppy. When he came to us, he usually stood near the gate and called: “Ilyusha!” or "Aunt Valya!" And I’ll go out and take him into the house. And it’s unlikely for him to go into the forest at night,”

Many in the village agree that if the child had been in the forest that evening, he would have been found. After all, the search began immediately and continued even at night. And a child wandering through the forest at night could not get far.

I've been planning my escape for three years.

The villagers assume that the boy might have been very frightened of something. And not bison, but, for example, impending punishment for some offense. “Maybe he was scared of his parents?”- the neighbors reason and tell one telling example. Last year, for some reason, Maxim went to the lake alone, without his parents, went for a swim and almost drowned. He was saved by people vacationing nearby. That day his parents punished him very much, they say they even beat him.

They say that then the boy, either seriously or out of resentment, told his parents: “I won’t live with you and I’ll run away anyway. You don’t buy me anything, everything for Sasha(to his older brother - Sputnik).”

In the village they also relay the words of Maxim’s own grandmother, who told how her grandson several years ago, when he was 7 or 8 years old, said: “I’ll still run away from home.” Grandmother to him: “They will find you.” And he: “If they don’t find me, I’ll go into the swamps.” And then he periodically said that he had such a plan. Another resident of Novy Dvor, Tatyana Petrovna, said that the child was in lately changed.

“Maxim has been friends with my grandson since he was five years old. Always together when he's on vacation. And this year the grandson said that he would no longer be friends. That Maxim started smoking and behaved differently. Maybe it's teenage. I regret that I didn’t tell my parents right away, my grandson really asked me not to tell anyone,”- the village woman recalls.

At the same time, the woman emphasizes several times that Maxim’s family is very positive, prosperous, and his parents are hardworking.

I could have left

The main version that residents of Novy Dvor tend to believe is that Maxim left for another area, and did so the same evening or the next morning.

The child most likely had money. Even local children say that it is very easy to earn money in the Pushcha. For example, you can sell berries or mushrooms.

And everyone characterizes Maxim as a very lively and purposeful boy. They say that he often went to the forest.

Tatyana Petrovna reasons: “We searched so many times with thermal imagers, walked with dogs, and so many people walked through the forest over the weekend. Ours are constantly walking. If the boy had been here, they would have found at least some traces.”

Neighbors consider rumors that the child was seen at different times either in the forest or on the road to be fiction. And they immediately ask: “If you saw the child, why didn’t you catch up with him? They're adults. But it turns out that they saw and allowed to leave.”

Many locals constantly go into the forest on their own to look for Maxim.

“My heart aches for the boy and for the family. We don't sleep at night either. Every day, both during the day and in the evening, I go to the forest and call him. So now I’m going too, maybe I’ll find something,”- adds Valentina Alexandrovna.

Let us remind you that Maxim Markhalyuk disappeared on September 16 and was put on a nationwide wanted list. On September 26, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case regarding the disappearance of a child. Maxim has still not been found. The main version of the police is that the boy got lost in the forest.

10-year-old Maxim Markhalyuk disappeared last Saturday. It was already the eighth day since he went into the forest. All week, volunteers, rescuers, police officers and military personnel combed Belovezhskaya Pushcha, near which the agricultural town of Novy Dvor is located. And volunteers, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the police unanimously say: not a single old-timer remembers such a large-scale search. However, there is still no news yet.

Eight in the morning. Not far from the medical yard of the local agricultural complex there are tents of military and rescue workers. There is smoke coming from the field kitchen. There are also two large helicopters and one drone from the Academy of Sciences, which was supposed to fly out yesterday to search for Maxim. Also, as reported by the Internal Affairs Directorate, they were supposed to search for the boy at night with a thermal imager.

The results of these searches are not yet known. At 10:00 the headquarters meeting began. By 11 o'clock, the chief of staff, deputy chief of the Internal Affairs Directorate, Alexander Shastaylo, will announce the action plan and details of the operation that took place last night.

- Today it is planned to participate 40 people from the regional Ministry of Emergency Situations (Grodno), 34 from Volkovysk Regional Emergency Situations, 34 from Svisloch and 21 from the detachment special purpose, - Natalya Zhivolevskaya, press secretary of the Grodno EMERCOM, told Onliner.by. - I want to emphasize that they all take part in the search in their free time from duty. And they volunteered to participate in the search of their own free will.

Another camp, already for volunteers, was located at the stadium local school. There are dozens of cars and hundreds of people here. In the center is the headquarters of the rescue teams "Angel" and "TsentroSpas".

There are significantly more people here than yesterday. By nine in the morning, more than a thousand people had already arrived from all over the country. And they keep coming. Many people take their dogs with them.

- We came from Molodechno. There were three cars of us, five people each. We don’t know each other at all, we just decided: “We need to go.” And they wrote off on VKontakte,- says Svetlana, who is participating in the search for the first time. - We left even earlier than four in the morning in order to be there by eight. We are all mothers and fathers, we believe that if something happens to our children, God forbid, then people will also come to our aid.

- We are also from Molodechno. We spent the night here and are now ready to search,- says Maxim, Valery, Olga, Igor and Sergey. The guys periodically help “Angel” in the search and are going to stay until tomorrow if Maxim is not found today.

“Most likely, he got scared of wild animals and ran away and is now wandering somewhere in the forest,” The young people are optimistic. - In any case, we believe in the best.

The guys from the Brest motorcycle club arrived on ATVs. They say it’s much easier to search this way: there are a lot of fallen trees in the forest.

- They let me go from work yesterday. Treated with understanding- says the strong Sergei. According to him, the passages in the forest are difficult: there is a lot of windfall.

- It’s easier for men, guys walk 30 kilometers, women walk 15 kilometers. We walked in a chain, there was a lot of windfall, a lot of rubble, while you looked at everything, of course, the girls lagged behind,- says Sergei.

- We hope that the search today will definitely bring results,- adds his comrade Victor. - Today there are many more people, we think the search radius will expand.

Yura, Tanya, Oksana, Svetlana also took four hours to get to Novy Dvor from Minsk. They say they couldn’t sit at home, knowing that they needed help.

- I have a brother at home of the same age, we are also 11 years apart, like this boy and his older brother. As soon as I think that he could have gotten lost, I get goosebumps,- Oksana explains.

- We simply could not sit at home, knowing that Maxim was there in alone in the forest, - the guys say. - There were a lot of people traveling. Those who could not travel, they handed over parcels. We carried medicines, food, and stationery. A lot of people donated money. Trouble leaves no one indifferent.

- IN weekdays We couldn’t escape, we worked, - say the guys from Baranovichi. - And at night only specially trained people went into the forest; volunteers were not allowed in. So as soon as it became clear that we needed help over the weekend, we came right away.

Local residents who have been looking for Maxim for a week cannot talk about what happened without tears.

- Oh, if only he could be found today, I can’t talk, sorry, - A tear-stained woman in a red jacket turns away.

- We are all worried about him. We didn’t even see him that day, only one of us saw him, - Fifth graders at school are vying with each other to tell the story.

At headquarters, Angel coordinators are discussing how to distribute people. Not without raised tones. Many people are worried and trying to give each other good advice.

Separately, field kitchen volunteers sort food and prepare tea to feed the children.

On the other side, the Red Cross pitched their tents. There is also water, food and all the information about the missing Maxim.

Internal Affairs Directorate: “If we don’t find the boy in 10 days, we will initiate a criminal case”

After 12:00, we were still able to catch the head of the search headquarters, Maxim Markhaluk, and the deputy head of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Grodno Regional Executive Committee, Alexander Shastailo. He told the details of yesterday's search operation.

- As for reconnaissance with thermal imagers, last night experts identified several hot spots. This morning, forces including the republican special forces detachment of the Ministry of Emergency Situations checked these points. They did not give any information about the missing person,- said Alexander Shastaylo.

- On at the moment in the territory where, according to preliminary data, the missing person may be located, searches are being carried out by law enforcement agencies, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, military, regional authorities, organizations. Also today a sufficient number of volunteers arrived.

At the moment, over two thousand people are taking part in the search for the boy. We divided the volunteers into organized groups to use people's capabilities more effectively. Foresters, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, and the Department of Internal Affairs have been added to these groups, and search and rescue activities are now actively underway.

- Are there any clues or traces?

- We are even returning to those places that were explored earlier, now the territory is quite well-trodden, there are many traces,- noted the chief of staff. - If the traces are of interest, the information is sent to headquarters. A mobile group arrives at this location and inspects in detail the area where traces were found, and the information is transmitted to headquarters. At the moment, all the information received has been checked - there is no result. We are working on various versions, but the main working version is the version that the boy got lost in the forest.

- Are there any other options being considered besides the forest?

- Swampy terrain is being considered. Just today information was received about a wetland area where abandoned buildings are located. A mobile group went there, we dropped it off from a helicopter, and specialists checked this area.

- Is there some kind of criminal version being worked out? Maybe the boy was kidnapped or ran away?

- These versions are being followed up by law enforcement officers. In accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Belarus, 10 days after submitting an application to the internal affairs bodies, all information is transferred to Investigative Committee. And he is already initiating a criminal case.

- Are there any search standards? After how many days do the searches stop?

- There is no established standard as such. The search will continue regardless of the result that is obtained and will be obtained in the future. Perhaps not such forces will be involved, but operational search activities will be carried out. The statute of limitations for such cases is significant.

Ministry of Emergency Situations and volunteers: we comb the territory within the radius where a person could have reached, we even look 100 kilometers away

During the day, the Ministry of Emergency Situations has a task for aviation - to work out points. The idea is simple: the drone flies, and the thermal imager detects “warm objects.” After some time, the drone returns to its place again.

And if he fixes the point again, then a special mobile group is sent there to search the area, including hard-to-reach areas such as islands in swamps and so on.

- This work in progress and now, - emphasized in the Ministry of Emergency Situations. - We choose the radius based on how many people can walk during this time. Yes, we also take 100 kilometers for insurance.

The second task is the coordination of volunteers. More than once or twice in the groups of the search and rescue team they said that there are a lot of people, but there are not enough coordinators.

Today at about 10 a.m. the volunteers were divided into small groups of 30-40 people. Coordinators - foresters and employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations - were sent along with them. By the way, the latter employs about 140 people; these are rescuers not only from the Grodno region, but also from the Brest region. The guys lined up in a chain and went to comb the forest.

- Pay attention to any caches, hiding places, holes, - curators explain to volunteers. - If you fall behind or encounter a hard-to-reach place, tell it to the curator, and he stops the entire chain. It's clear?

- The girl tried to literally crawl into the house and ask questions to her parents,- said director Novodvorskaya high school Alla Goncharevich. - Now the parents have decided not to communicate with the press.

Added. Law enforcement officers: “Disinformation has been spread more than once”

- Around 3 p.m., volunteers stumbled upon some things. They were handed over to Maxim’s parents, but the things turned out to be not his,- representatives of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Grodno Regional Executive Committee told Onliner.by. Neither volunteers nor aviation found any more clues.

As of 20:00 on September 23, 2017, the boy was not found. Volunteers are currently looking for overnight accommodation in the agricultural town; many will spend the night in tents. They can continue their search tomorrow.

At 21:24, summary information on the results of today appeared on the website of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Grodno Regional Executive Committee. Law enforcement officers summarize: a week of searches did not yield any results.

- Today, the already combed areas were once again worked out. Great powers sent to check all the pits that are located near the village - reports the press service of the Internal Affairs Directorate. - Deputy Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Grodno Regional Executive Committee Alexander Shastailo noted that today law enforcement officers once again went around all the houses in the village, checked attics and wells, and housing and communal services employees also checked sewer hatches in order to exclude the possibility of a child getting there.

“It’s nice to see how events like this can bring people together.” More than two thousand people came in search of Maxim from neighboring regions, - noted at the Internal Affairs Directorate. - Volunteers, the Red Cross, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, despite the weekend, came to provide assistance. And some who could not come are helping financially; a lot of food, water and essential goods have been brought for the volunteers. All this was received from concerned citizens.

According to law enforcement officers, they are working on everything possible versions and check any information coming to the headquarters.

- Once again I would like to draw attention to the problem of distribution false information, - warns the ATC. - On some resources they found news where condolences were expressed to the parents, since the boy was found dead in a noose. There was also news that he was seen by the Ministry of Emergency Situations while flying in a helicopter, and he escaped from them.

This information not true. Each of those people who are there makes every effort to find Maxim. This kind of information can undermine the morale of people who are working hard. And it’s scary to imagine how parents and relatives will feel after reading this kind of misinformation.

The search for the missing Maxim Markhaluk continues.

Never have they written to me so much about a missing child. When he disappeared Maxim Markhalyuk letters and tweets poured in several times a day. However, by that time I had already given my answer:

alas, I feel that I am no longer alive. It's a pity!
— Charaunik Vaishnory (@extravalex) September 21, 2017

Upon further replies, I clarified that perhaps still alive, but life barely glimmers And If you don't find it quickly, it will be too late. To a provocative question " why didn’t you ask for your own psychic help?"I answered unequivocally: need to ask for help(I have neither a car nor funds to go to the search place),

However, there were 10 psychics (if only we could get a list of names here!) who joined the search for a 10-year-old missing in Belovezhskaya Pushcha Maxim Markhalyuk. They contacted the police and were given the opportunity to go to the place. A police lieutenant colonel announced this in the talk show “Our Life” on the ONT TV channel. Georgy Evchar, Deputy Head of the Department, Head of the Department for Interaction with Electronic Media of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus.

However, their versions and coordinates turned out to be unreliable. " Not a single case has been confirmed, says a representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. - If their information had weight, they would have long been on the staff of the Ministry of Internal Affairs or other law enforcement agencies. But that's not true".

Previously, I have repeatedly given such definitions of those who disappeared on the Internet (most often on Twitter) and I turned out to be right.

GRODNO, September 27 – Sputnik, Inna Grishuk. Maxim Markhalyuk, who disappeared in the Pushcha, was thinking about escaping from home, and had been thinking about escaping for a long time. Residents of the village of Novy Dvor are talking about this, in the surrounding forests of which they have been searching for a 10-year-old boy for the second week. Many are sure that the child was not lost, but deliberately left home.

Why go into the forest at night?

“I saw Maxim in the village on Saturday. About five in the evening. I was in the forest before. I went out, and then Maxim was coming. I told him: “Don’t be afraid, Maxim, Rex doesn’t bite.” And he said, “I and I’m not afraid,” says Valentina Aleksandrovna, a resident of Novy Dvor; Maxim was friends with her son and often came to visit them.

“He was such a little cowardly. He was even afraid of my puppy. When he came to us, he would usually stand near the gate and call: “Ilyusha!” or “Aunt Valya!” And I’ll go out and take him into the house. And to the forest It’s unlikely for him to go at night,” adds Valentina Aleksandrovna.

I've been planning my escape for three years.

The villagers assume that the boy might have been very frightened of something. And not bison, but, for example, impending punishment for some offense. “Maybe he was scared of his parents?” - the neighbors reason and tell one telling example.

Last year, for some reason, Maxim went to the lake alone, without his parents, went for a swim and almost drowned. He was saved by people vacationing nearby. That day his parents punished him very much, they say they even beat him.

They say that then the boy, either seriously or out of resentment, told his parents: “I won’t live with you and I’ll run away anyway. Don’t buy me anything, everything for Sasha (older brother - Sputnik).”

In the village they also relay the words of Maxim’s own grandmother, who told how her grandson several years ago, when he was 7 or 8 years old, said: “I’ll run away from home anyway.” Grandmother to him: “They will find you.” And he: “They won’t find me, I’ll go into the swamps.” And then he periodically said that he had such a plan.

Another resident of Novy Dvor, Tatyana Petrovna, said that the child has changed recently.

“Maxim has been friends with my grandson since he was five years old. We are always together when he is on vacation. And this year the grandson said that he would no longer be friends. That Maxim started smoking and behaved differently. Maybe it’s a teenage thing. I regret it, “I didn’t tell my parents right away; my grandson really asked me not to tell anyone,” the villager recalls.

At the same time, the woman emphasizes several times that Maxim’s family is very positive, prosperous, and his parents are hardworking.

I could have left

The main version that residents of Novy Dvor tend to believe is that Maxim left for another area, and did so the same evening or the next morning.

The child most likely had money. Even local children say that it is very easy to earn money in the Pushcha. For example, you can sell berries or mushrooms.

And everyone characterizes Maxim as a very lively and purposeful boy. They say that he often went to the forest.

Neighbors consider rumors that the child was seen at different times either in the forest or on the road to be fiction. And they immediately ask: “If they saw a child, why didn’t they catch up? They’re adults. But it turns out that they saw and allowed him to leave.”

Many locals constantly go into the forest on their own to look for Maxim.

“My soul aches for the boy and for the family. We also don’t sleep at night. Every day, both during the day and in the evening, I go to the forest, calling him. And now I’m going too, maybe I’ll find something,” adds Valentina Aleksandrovna.

Let us remind you that Maxim Markhalyuk disappeared on September 16 and was put on a nationwide wanted list. On September 26, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case into the disappearance of the child. Maxim has still not been found. The main version of the police is that the boy got lost in the forest.