The origin of the Patomskiy crater has baffled scientists for decades and theories for its existence have ranged from a nuclear blast to a secret gulag mine and even a meteorite strike. By the first scientists thought that the hand of man, but from checking without any man living in this area. If it happens to come from the explosion of a volcano, it is going to be difficult because of its age, still less to this area and it is not an area of the volcano as well.