We offer you to get acquainted with the most ghostly and mystical forests on our planet. There are places in them where horror or fear of an unexplained phenomenon can run goosebumps, pounding jaws and gray hair. Even in the person with the strongest nerves, the pulse begins to beat faster, and the body becomes covered with cold sweat.
Aokigahara forest near Mount Fuji
Several names have been given to this place at once: "wooden sea", "forest of suicides" and "forest of death". Aokigahara Forest is located at the northwestern foot of Mount Fuji, sacred to every Japanese, on the island of Honshu, and is considered a gathering place for ghosts from all over Japan. Many Japanese sincerely believe that if you go to the "Dziukai", you can no longer return from there - the spirits of the dead will be lured into the thicket and not allowed to leave.
Fuji erupted in 864, and lava flows shaped the area. It was then that the forested mountain valleys of Aokigahara appeared. Adds mystery and the volcanic origin of the local relief, which caused a magnetic anomaly, which does not allow you to accurately navigate there using the compass.
The land on which the forest is located is volcanic rock, which is quite dense and cannot be worked with hand tools such as hoes and shovels.
Japan has frightened the world with its horror films more than once, in fact, it draws plots from very peculiar myths. It is based on the idea that a person who has died a violent death, or a suicide will not just leave this world, but will remain and will rigidly take revenge alive.
The legend that makes many Japanese people live up to the word "Jukai" has its roots in the Middle Ages. In the years of famine, peasant families who could not feed the elderly and newborns took them to this forest to die.
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In modern times, the forest has become a magnet for those who have made the decision to commit suicide, largely because of Japanese literature. One of the first forest glorified Seite Matsumoto in the work "Dark Jukai". Then there was the acclaimed book A Detailed Guide to Committing Suicide, where the forest was described as the “perfect place” for suicide. Only some time after the release of this creation, two bodies were found in the forest, and with them read copies of the book.
Aokigahara Forest is the second most popular place in the world for settling accounts with life. Every year 80 to 100 people commit suicide in it, and in just the last 50 years, more than 500 cases of suicide have been recorded. An impressive figure for a forest of just over 3 hectares. More people walk into the abyss only from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
Among the methods of suicide, hanging and poisoning with drugs are leading. According to eyewitnesses, it is enough to take just a few dozen steps into the forest from the path, as on the ground you can find things, bags, plastic bottles and packs of tablets. Walking through the woods, people often find human skeletons and bodies that have not yet decomposed to the end, which sometimes hang from tree branches.
Only two kinds of people voluntarily go into the depths of the "forest of death" - members of special brigades of police and firefighters, every autumn combing Aokigahara in search of the remains of suicides, and even the suicides themselves.
In order to prevent new suicides, local authorities are taking a number of preventive measures: putting up signs with appeals and indicating hotlines, installing video cameras along the road and paths leading into the forest. Pills and ropes are not sold in local shops, and special patrols operate in the vicinity. It is easy to calculate those who decide to go to the forest: most often they are men in business suits.
The forest is distinguished by a special silence, which is pleasant at first, and then overwhelms the city dweller who is not used to silence, instilling anxiety and a feeling of helplessness. Any rustle makes you turn around, but the most unpleasant thing is that in “Dzyukai” you always feel as if there is someone behind you. Not surprisingly, the paranormal activity at Aokigahara is not a big surprise. Locals say that at night you can hear the screaming of the souls of dead people.
And the wooded plain stretching for many kilometers does not allow you to orient yourself even from the top of the tallest tree. In addition, there are large reserves of iron ore underground, which "confuses" the compass, and travelers often go in the wrong direction.
Hoya-Bachu forest in the heart of Transylvania
The second name of the Hoya-Bachu forest is the Bermuda Triangle of Transylvania. The forest is one of the most mysterious places that exist in Romania. Many scientists came here to see with their own eyes the inexplicable phenomena that occur here. This area became known all over the world in 1968 thanks to the biologist Alexander Sift.
Alexander Sift has conducted a series of studies here for more than 10 years. During this time, he photographed different places in the forest and found out something completely incredible after developing the photos. Strange silhouettes and shadows appeared in the frame, which were not visible to the naked eye.
His work was continued by the military engineer Emil Barna, who photographed the first UFO in Romania here. International experts analyzed the photograph and classified it as "the clearest image of a UFO captured in Romania and undoubtedly one of the best UFO images ever taken in the world."
However, locals have always known about phenomena that defy logic. They consider Khoya-Bachu a terrible forest, calling it evil and cursed. Rumor has it that in the middle of the forest there is a cleared round section, which is a portal and those who pass through it no longer return, leaving to other dimensions or worlds.
Those who go to the forest claim that they often feel nauseous, dizzy, hear someone's voices and footsteps. Many also claimed to have seen UFOs or experienced unexplained time travel. Trees that were straight just a couple of years ago are now twisted and twisted into knots.
Several documentaries are dedicated to this place, and many researchers come here to see incredible phenomena with their own eyes.
Freetown Forest - Fall River in Massachusetts
Part of the Freetown forest (located in Massachusetts in the northeastern United States) is called the "Bridgewater Triangle". An area of 520 sq. km is famous for its paranormal activities, including sightings of UFOs, mysterious and mutilated animals, and ghosts. Many believe this place is cursed.
Freetown Forest is home to more than just ancient Indian graves. Murders and devilish rituals often took place here, during which many murders and sacrifices were committed.
People in these mysterious places have repeatedly met with UFOs, ball lightning, ghosts, creatures that look like trolls, heard inexplicable voices.
Screaming forest near the English village
The village of Pluckley, Kent, is listed in the Genness Book of World Records as the "haunted UK". The English village is known for its "screaming forest" nearby. It is believed that about 12-14 ghosts live here.
According to legend, once the inhabitants of the village of Plakli caught a robber, took him into the forest, tied him to a tree and hacked him to death with a sword. The spirit of this robber still roams the forests of Dering.
As you can imagine, people allegedly often hear the heartbreaking screams of ghosts coming from the forest at night. They say that these are the ghosts of those who got lost in this forest, could not find a way out and died.
In the forests of Dering, for example, the ghost of an old soldier was seen walking along the path of the forest, the ghost of a hanged colonel in 18th century clothing, the ghost of a gypsy woman, a monk, and many others. Often only strange, frightening footsteps are heard. Visions are declared not only by the villagers themselves, but also by random passers-by.
Even in England itself, which is famous for its ghosts, Plakley is sharply distinguished by the high density of the ghost population. Many skeptics believe that the population of this village itself is seized by "ghost addiction", but often ghosts appear in front of the most random visitors. It is believed that in this place the air itself has the most unfavorable effect on human vision.
On the eastern outskirts of the village, there are such ghosts: a harnessed ghost carriage, the bringing of a murdered robber to the Freight Corner, the image of a gypsy woman who was burned under mysterious circumstances on a bridge, a black ghost of a miller who appears before a thunderstorm.
In the north of the village of Plakli, they saw more than once: the ghost of the school teacher who hanged himself by the road;, the ghost of the also hanged colonel in the Parkwood forest; The woman in white, who is from the Dering family and she appears in the library, near the burned down manor in 1952; the ghost of a woman in a luxurious dress with a red rose in her hands (in the twelfth century, Lady Dering was buried here in the same way).
In the center of the village, as well as in the south, there are: a ghostly monk; the Rosecourt woman who committed suicide; bringing a screaming man, he appears in the place where the wall of one of the cellars once collapsed, crushing the worker
Old Home Forest in Virginia
Matthews is a small county in Virginia in the United States, which was an important port, which, according to many people, is now home to the ghosts of British soldiers and pirates who once passed here and buried treasure here.
The woodland area of Old House is located on the east coast of the United States, near the Chesapeake Bay, where the port of Matthews was during the War of Independence and the Civil War. A place steeped in history is not unexpected and ghostly.
This gruesome place is named after a burned-down estate. According to legend, a pirate treasure was once buried in the forest, and everyone who went in search of it disappeared without a trace. The treasure is still guarded by otherworldly forces, so no one can find it. It is very dangerous to walk in this forest.
People in the coastal forests have seen a variety of ghosts: 18th century British soldiers, pirates, slaves, Indians, floating lights, headless dogs, and even ghost ships heading deeper into the forest. Some of the most unusual ghosts are skeletons, dressed in armor and holding swords.