Not far from Pernik, in the Vitosa mountain above the village of Bosnek, there is a miraculous spring known as the Living Water. The water there does not flow constantly and the legend says that if a person with bad deeds stands in front of the dragon, the water stops flowing.
The old people in the village know another legend which has the common motives with the Vlasina lake monster in Pčinja districtonce there was a lake where a terrible water bull lived, which attacked and killed people’s cattle. One day people decided to destroy the water bull, put blades on the horns of their animals and so wounded him. It entered the water of the lake and the water turned red with blood, and then disappeared. According to the legend every time the bull turns into the ground under the lake, the lake releases the water.
