The Russian Sleep Experiment

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It is said that in the 1940s, a group of Russian researchers detained five (5) prisoners of war during World War II in a sealed room as part of a disgusting experiment - the Russian Sleep Experiment.

Prisoners were inhaled by an experimental gas in a boiling room that prevented them from falling asleep. This gas will keep the prisoners awake for thirty days. They were promised to be released when the experiment ended.

The conversation of the five prisoners is carefully listened to through a microphone and their actions are monitored by secret two-way mirrors.

In the early days, things were still normal. Prisoners often talk about their past experiences from the past war. They even deal with the researchers between the mirrors. Later, the topics of their conversation grew darker.

By the fifth day, they had gradually shown a sign of distress. Gradually, they stopped talking and stopped talking to one another. They were just whispering to the microphones.

Nine days later, loud cries began. One of the sleepless prisoners shouted so loudly and for so long that his vocal cords were destroyed. He didn't know why he was yelling. He was paralyzed. Some of his comrades had no reactions. After a while, one of the prisoners shouted again. Other inmates with them were covered in glass slides with their own dirt so that the researchers could not see them. A few days later the researchers could not see the inside of the room.

The room suddenly calmed down. Fearing what might happen in the experiment, the researchers announced that they would open the room. They were shocked when they heard a voice from the prisoner saying, "We don't want to get out!"

By the fifteenth (15th) day, the fresh gases were replaced and the room opened. The following events were shocking.

Researchers were surprised by what they found inside. One of the prisoners was found dead. His body was shaking. The four remaining prisoners were found to have torn their own flesh. Others ate their own flesh. Injuries and blood clots spread throughout the room.

The prisoners refused to leave the room. They pushed hard and even resisted the researchers forcing them to come out of the room. They showed extraordinary strength. One of the prisoners even tore his own flesh and broke his own bone. When asked why he did so, the prisoner replied that he needed to stay awake. Prisoners are worried that they will just stop blowing gas. One of the soldiers was released while the other was wounded. After several days of experimentation, they noticed that the prisoners had extraordinary strength. They all had resistance to drugs and sedatives. They also had the ability to stay alive even when their bodies were torn. They also found that the prisoners were fast asleep in sudden death.

After treating the injuries suffered by the prisoners, the remaining three were returned to the sealed room and inhaled by palliatives. Before the rooms were closed, one of the prisoners fell asleep and died suddenly. Other researchers wanted to stop the experiment but the officer insisted on pursuing it. In fact, the officer even brought other researchers into the room. The officer shot one of the prisoners, including one of the researchers. The officer's shotgun experiment ended with the remaining prisoners. He also purged all the evidence and kept the mysterious experiment a secret.

This story is still filled with debates about whether it is true or just fiction. According to an Australian news report, they were refuting the story and claiming that the pictures were spread out just to manipulate.

This popular story was first published by an "Orange Soda" on the Creepypasta Wiki page on August 10, 2010. This story is one of the most popular and most shared Creepypasta stories on the Internet.

Source and Reference:

[1] Creepypasta Wiki, The Russian Sleep Experiment

[2] Fernando, Gavin (June 15, 2016), How the Russian Sleep Experiment became a global phenomenon

[3] Mikkelson, David (August 23, 2013), Was the Russian Sleep Experiment Real?

[4] Wikipedia, Russian Sleep Experiment