The forest is a mysterious and mysterious place. In world folklore, stories are often found about how exactly girls were taken and left in the forest, and how children were lost in the forests. There are many stories about robbers who were engaged in dirty deeds, robbing forest travelers. This article will tell you about forests that are fearful even today. Anomalies occur here, dangerous inhabitants meet.
Suicide forest
Aokigahara is a scary place in Japan. It is located on the island of Honshu, at the foot of Mount Fuji. This place has attracted suicides for more than half a century. Every year, police find between 70 and 100 corpses. In this forest, they find either those who were hanged or those who passed away with a medication. The administration is doing everything possible: at the entrance to the forest there is a sign that reads: "Life is an invaluable gift you received from your parents." Below you can find the telephone numbers of the helpline. But, unfortunately, such methods do not bring special results and corpses continue to appear. Statistics show that in 2014, in Japan, there were 25,374 deaths from suicide. For comparison: in 2003 this figure was 34,427. This place inspires writers and filmmakers, so many books and films will tell you creepy stories.
Cursed forest
In the United States of America, in the state of Vermont, this forest is located. Residents call this place cursed, because people often disappear in it. Eyewitnesses say that often strange sounds are heard from there, various anomalous phenomena occur. Some even claim to have met previously unseen animals.
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At the end of the 19th century, local residents began to compose legends about the cursed forest. They say that 10 people disappeared without a trace in this forest. Only 5 cases of disappearance have been documented. People disappeared from 1945 to 1950. Here is the list of the missing: a boy, 8 years old; a 74-year-old man, a hunter who knew these places well; A 53-year-old woman who loved to go hiking; student 18 years old; veteran. No matter how hard the police tried, the bodies of 4 of them were never found. But the body was found after 7 months of searching.
Radioactive forest
It is called either Red or Red Forest. This area is located near Chernobyl. The color change was caused by the release of radioactive dust. A huge number of trees and other vegetation were destroyed by the blast. For a long time after the disaster, a glow could be observed in the trunks. The accident occurred in 1986, but experts say that the forest is still radioactive. Scientists from France and the United States conducted research on the ecosystem of this area. As it turned out, the trees felled by the blast wave do not lend themselves to decomposition, they seem to have been preserved. The following experiment was even carried out: they collected leaves that were not affected by radiation into a bag and placed them in different parts of the Red Forest. In areas where the radiation level was higher, the leaves rotted 40% slower. This means that rotting bacteriain places of radiation are less active. Scientists have also concluded that if a fire breaks out in this forest, the radiation radius will expand significantly.
Screaming Ghost Forest
In England, near the village of Pluckley, Kent County, there is the Screaming Forest. It is considered a habitat for ghosts. There is a legend in those parts that in the 18th century local residents caught a robber and executed him. Now the spirit of this robber roams the forest and dreams of revenge. Residents claim that a poltergeist and the spirits of the dead live in the Screaming Forest, including two who were found hanged: one of them was a teacher, and the other was a colonel. Eyewitnesses say that screams are heard from the forest in the morning. I must say that many people believe in this: tourists specially come and wander through the forest at night, trying to hear ominous screams.
Drunken forest
In the Ryazan region, near the village of Tarnovo, on the banks of the Oka, there is a Drunken Forest. Its territory is rectangular and the trees grow crooked. I must say that only conifers have undergone such deformation. Deciduous trees grow completely straight. Despite attempts to unravel this mystery, scientists still cannot find an answer. The only explanation is a geomagnetic anomaly. I must say that crooked trees grow not only in the Drunken Forest: a similar thing was noticed in the area of the Curonian Spit, the coast of the Baltic Sea. This forest is called Dancing. Another place: the province of Nowe Carnovo, Poland. About 4 hundred trees with crooked trunks turned north. They were planted in 1930. Scientists suggested that the Germans wanted to make furniture from crooked wood. But how exactly they managed to deform the trunks remains unknown.
UFO location
Hoya Bachu is a forest in Romania. It is considered a paranormal zone. Many claim that unidentified flying objects have been seen in this forest. It is said that strange voices are often heard and unusual figures are seen. Whenever possible, local residents avoid going to this forest, and those who nevertheless break this tradition complain of general malaise. Hoya-Bachu is legendary in Romania. Then a shepherd with two hundred sheep disappeared, and a girl of five years old. Five years later, she was found, while she has not changed at all since her disappearance.
Satanist sanctuary
USA again. Freetown Fall River Game Reserve. It is also called the Bridgewater Triangle. Locals bypass this forest as they consider it a gathering place for bandits, satanists and suicides. Beliefs say that sacrifices and cult rituals have been performed here since ancient times. It is believed that the former reserve was cursed by the Indians, who were angry with the colonists. Until now, the forest conceals their graves. Now the spirits of the aborigines do not know rest and seek retribution. The police are also interested in what is happening: In 1998, the mutilated bodies of a cow and calves were discovered. They may have been sacrificed.