Our planet is home to some of the most stunning lands, and marvelous climates.
Majestic animals, and deep sea creatures that look otherworldly.
Frozen terraines, and palm tree lined beaches.
However -- there are many places on earth that aren’t many to be explored -- places
that house the deadliest of creatures, or are hiding dark, uncovered secrets.
So, today on Top 5 Scary Videos, we’re going to be counting down the Top 5 Scariest Places
On Earth.
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5 Danakil Desert Danakil Desert located in Ethiopia is one
of the hottest and driest places on the entire planet.
With scorching heart, that cracks the land, and causes migraines and moisture to be sucked
from your mouth and eyes.
Yeah, this is no place you would ever want to take a trip to.
The area is located in the Afar Region of northeast Ethiopia, with the climate being
described as “cruel”.
However, you will be surprised to know that people do in fact live there and call it home.
The Danakil Depression is perhaps the hottest place on Earth, with the average year-round
temperature reported to be 34.4C -- making it worse, it only receives 100 to 200mm of
rainfall per year, and is one of the lowest places on the planet, placing it at 410 ft
below sea level.
These factors combined, it makes it perhaps one of the most inhospitable environments
in the entire world.
If the weather wasn’t enough, the land also houses The Lava Lake, which is a result of
Erta Ale, an active volcano.
The Lake is one of only six on earth.
People have described the sight as something from another planet.
There are volcanoes bubbling laval lakes -- multi-coloured hydrothermal fields, and great salt pans that
dazzle the eyes.
Yep -- it’s not the most ideal holiday destination.
That’s for sure.
4 Casa Loma A legend from my neck of the woods comes the
haunting tales of Casa Loma in Toronto, Ontario.
Built in 1914, this Gothic style mansion in now an historic house museum and landmark.
It was originally constructed as a residence for financier Sir Henry Pellatt, but has since
become a popular tourist attraction, and hot filming spot for movies and television.
However, the mansion holds many secrets: from stranger apparitions to eerie voices, Casa
Loma has its fair share of ghost stories that haunt it -- to the point that the castle even
offers ghost tours led by Canada’s Most Haunted.
Many people over the years have reported ghostly apparitions around the grounds of the castle,
including: that of a man tending to the garden in the indoor conservatory, or even the sound
of children’s voices when no children are around.
However, the most common occurrence is the White Lady, who is known to appear on the
second floor as well as the basement of the castle.
I quote, “The White Lady is someone we believe to be a maid who worked here in the early
1900s, around the time when about 60,000 people died of influenza.
She’s been seen in a lot of places by guests or by cleaning or cafeteria staff as they’ve
been cleaning at the end of the day.”
Some people have also reported sightings of the former owner Sir Henry Pellatt, and his
wife Lady Mary Pellatt, who mediums believe are not trapped on the grounds, but are choosing
to be there, after they were ousted from the home when they were unable to keep up with
the costs.
There are also tunnels located on the grounds that lead to the stables, where another notorious
ghost is believed to roam.
With many people reporting feeling someone grabbed them, or pull their hair while in
the tunnel.
3 Ancient Ram Inn The Ancient Ram Inn is located in the village
of Wotton-under-Edge in Gloucestershire, England.
And many folks out there believe it to be one of the most haunted buildings in the country,
perhaps even the world.
The Inn was first built in 1145, and was used by Priests who used it to house slave workers
who helped construct the St. Mary Church.
The land where the inn is built is on the intersection of 2 Ley Lines, which are places
that people believe to have high spiritual energy.
If you trace the lines, you can follow them all the way through the centre of Stonehenge
-- and according to many Stonehenge has energy which travels through the Ley Lines to feed
the paranormal power found in the Inn.
There are numerous legends and tales about the Ancient Ram Inn, but perhaps the most
popular is that of the witch burned at the stake in the 1500s.
She was burned for not believing or practicing Christianity, which was sanctioned by the
government.
And a lot of folks now believe that her spirit haunts one of the rooms of the house that
she supposedly took refuge in before she was captured and killed.
Today, that room is called “The Witch’s Room”.
Would you dare stay a night in the room?
2 Snake Island Now, this is truly my worst nightmare -- the
research for this was truly, truly painful to say the least.
There are some truly breathtaking places in Brazil, with Ilha da Queimada Grande located
90 miles off of the coast of Sao Paulo seemingly being one of those places.
However, most would never dream of going there as it’s infested with between 2,000 and
4,000 golden lancehead vipers, one of the deadliest snakes in the entire world.
The venom from these snakes can kill a person in under an hour, with terrifying stories
hailing from the island.
Supposedly, a fisherman who landed on the island in search of bananas was discovered
days later in his boat, dead in a pool of blood, with snake bites covering his body.
No thank you.
Some people claim the snakes were put on the island by pirates in order to protect their
gold, however, the truth is that the island’s population of snakes evolved over thousands
of years, without human intervention.
11,000 years ago, the sea levels rose enough to isolate the island, which caused the snakes
to evolve on a different path than ones we would find on any mainland.
Due to the lack of ground level predators, the snakes were able to reproduce rapidly,
with them evolving incredibly potent and efficient venom, which is reported to be three to five
times stronger than any mainland snakes.
Yup.
Would you dare go to snake island?
Your answer should always be no.
1 The Door To Hell The Darvaza Gas Crater is perhaps one of the
most haunting images to look at, and the closest thing to the gates of hell we’re ever going
to see -- depending on what you believe in.
Also known as the Crater of Fire, there are thousands of images online displaying the
fires erupting in the middle of the desert -- it’s bewitching, but incredibly deadly.
So, backstory, in 1971 in the Karakum desert, Soviet geologists began to drill into a cavern
filled with natural gas.
During this time a horrible accident occured, and equipment and transport fell down deep
into the hole.
Thankfully no one was injured, however there was gas coming out of the hole.
The team, of course, feared that the hole would release some kind of poisonous gases
so they opted to burn it off.
However, this didn’t go according to plan -- as the flames never died out.
In 2004 the Turkmenistan President issued an order for the Darvaza Village to be moved
for safety reasons -- and the fire still burns to this day, with no one quite knowing when,
or if, it will ever burn out.
Of course, the large burning hole has drawn in thousands of tourists from across the globe.
And gazing upon it is truly eerie to say the least.
A large flaming hole with nothing but desert surrounding it -- it truly is like the gates
of hell.
Would you guys check it out?
Well, there we have it!
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Were there any scary places that we missed?
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