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The 6 Creepiest Places on Earth. It doesn't matter whether or not you believe in ghosts, there are some places in which none of us would want to spend a night.

The 6 Creepiest Places on Earth

These places have well earned their reputations as being so creepy, tragic or mysterious (or all three) that they definitely qualify as "haunted. " Places like... Aokigahara is a woodland at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan that makes The Blair Witch Project forest look like Winnie the Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood. It probably has something to do with all the dead bodies scattered around. What Niagara Falls is to weddings, Aokigahara is to suicide. More than 500 fucking people have taken their own lives in Aokigahara since the 1950s. The trend has supposedly started after Seicho Matsumoto published his novel Kuroi Kaiju (Black Sea of Trees) where two of his characters commit suicide there.

Also skulls. Besides bodies and homemade nooses, the area is littered with signs displaying such uplifting messages like "Life is a precious thing! Winchester Mystery House Oh, bitch...! Slideshow - Top 21 under-the-radar destinations. Amazing Places To Experience Around The Globe (Part 1) Preachers Rock, Preikestolen, Norway Blue Caves - Zakynthos Island, Greece Skaftafeli - Iceland Plitvice Lakes – Croatia Crystalline Turquoise Lake, Jiuzhaigou National Park, China Four Seasons Hotel - Bora Bora Ice skating on Paterswoldse Meer, a lake just South of the city of Groningen in the Netherlands.

Amazing Places To Experience Around The Globe (Part 1)

Marble Caves, Chile Chico, Chile The Gardens at Marqueyssac Ice Canyon - Greenland Capilano Suspension Bridge, Vancouver, British Columbia. America's 100 Best Adventures, State-by-State List. Five heavenly country house hotels : Hotels, Europe. There are few things more relaxing than escaping to the countryside.

Five heavenly country house hotels : Hotels, Europe

From historic mansions to rustic retreats, here are a few of the best secluded summer bolt holes. The luxury one: Pool House, Scotland Located in Poolewe village on the edge of a sea loch in the northwest Highlands, Pool House is surrounded by stark beauty: glassy water, windswept heath, and rugged hills upholding the occasional weatherworn village or castle. Landscapes are so wild that during WWII, soldiers spent winters here training for the front line. Related article: Five European castles to stay in More recently, this erstwhile boot camp has gone over to serious opulence. Dinner at the house is similarly refined. On the doorstep are the beaches, bays and mountain landscapes of the Wester Ross region. The forest one: The Pig Hotel, EnglandThe New Forest is one of the biggest misnomers in the land. What marks The Pig out, however, is its food – essentially the New Forest on a plate. 30 Best Earth Pictures of the Week – April 24th to May 01th.

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30 Best Earth Pictures of the Week – April 24th to May 01th

The Blue Dragon by Steve Richards 2. Shore in Seychelles 3. Matterhorn Mountain, Switzerland 4. 5. 6. 7. Bermuda Triangle - Devils Sea. The Bermuda Triangle, situated between Florida, Bermuda and Puerto Rico has long been known as a region where many ships and planes have vanished.

Bermuda Triangle - Devils Sea

One of the eeriest disappearances was of Flight 19, a training mission involving five torpedo bombers. The planes left Fort Lauderdale on Dec. 5, 1945, on routine training and never came back. To make it creepier, the search plane dispatched also vanished. The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is a region of the northwestern Atlantic Ocean in which a number of aircraft and surface vessels have disappeared. Some people have claimed that these disappearances fall beyond the boundaries of human error or acts of nature. The Triangle Area The boundaries of the Triangle vary with the author; some stating its shape is akin to a trapezoid covering the Straits of Florida, the Bahamas, and the entire Caribbean island area east to the Azores; others add to it the Gulf of Mexico.

Natural Explanations Methane Hydrates Hurricanes Flight 19. Bizarre Edible Food Creations. Posted on 21 April 2011 From gigantic pizzas to Bubble Gum Camel Balls, this collection of strange food will either make you hungry or gross you out. Some people have weird imaginations when it comes to playing with their food. Empire's 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time. BioMotionLab.