We've all read about scary places - seemingly haunted destinations that have been exhaustively
covered on ghost hunting shows, Halloween specials and late night sci-fi programs - but
we're guessing the following seven places are a little ...creepier than you may be used
to.
Although many of the following places will happily allow for a touristy visit - odds
are, you won't be planning your next getaway to any of them.
From locations with strange occurrences to uncomfortable and unsettling areas - today,
let's take a look at seven of the creepiest places on Earth.
You won't believe the way things ramp up as we go along.
Trust us, you'll be more than happy to just - stay home - from here on out.
Number seven - Jatinga.
Jatinga, a small village located in Assam (a state located in northeast India) is a
beautiful place on the surface.
Surrounded by lush greenery and scenic mountainside views - it disguises a strange and unexplained
phenomenon - it's long been home to a yearly mass-suicide - of birds.
Between September and November of each year, hundreds of migratory and local birds dive
bomb into trees, buildings and obstacles just after sunset - usually between seven and ten
PM - either killing or mortally wounding themselves.
Although researchers debate the actual cause - it's been generally agreed upon that it's
caused by fog disorientation rather than a conscious choice.
Still, it's not a pleasant site to see.
Number six - Isla de las Munecas.
Situated atop a floating garden, this small island - located between the canals of Xochimico
just south of Mexico City - is a shrine to a life lost, established with good intent
but morphed into some severe nightmare fodder.
Island caretaker Don Julian Santana Barrera found a little girl mysteriously drowned in
the canals - spotting what was most likely her toy doll floating nearby shortly later.
In an act of honor and respect, Julian hung the doll from one of the nearby trees.
As the years went by, he became more and more distraught about the incident - hanging hundreds
of dolls from the trees in an effort to quote, "appease her spirit".
Sadly, Julian was found drowned in the exact same spot the girl was 50 years later.
Number five - Fengdu Ghost City.
Located on the Ming Mountain in Fengdu County, China - Fengdu Ghost City is a giant complex
of temples, shrines and monasteries dedicated to the afterlife, depicting graphic and hellish
sights.
Modeled to resemble Youdu (the capital of Diyu), the city consists of buildings, structures,
dioramas, and statues that signify the underworld - or more literally, Hell.
Originally constructed to be a cemetery - but ravaged by the erosion of a nearby dam, hundreds
upon hundreds of statues depict specific punishments and torture those sinful and Hell-bound can
expect.
With a history that dates over 2,000 years old - this now tourist attraction hasn't lost
a BIT of its creepiness.
Number four - Creedmoor State Hospital.
Creedmoor State Hospital - or more specifically, Building 25 of this now mostly abandoned Queens,
New York psychiatric facility - is overrun with, well - poo.
Built in 1912 as a literal insane asylum, it maintained a controversial and rather disgusting
history - with assaults, fire, burglaries, riots and murders eventually leading to its
closure sometimes in the 1970s.
Now overrun by feral pigeons for 40 years - generations of roosts have created a terrifying
landscape of waist-deep guano amongst the already spooky relics of the hospital's past.
With literal mounds of bird feces accumulating several feet high in areas - the peeling paint,
broken furnishings and piles of ghostly garbage have rendered this building inhabitable - and
extremely unwelcoming.
Number three - Rainbow Valley.
With a heavily misleading name - Rainbow Valley is a colloquial expression for a part of Mt.
Everest's "Death Zone" - located in the summit of K2 at an altitude of 26,000 feet.
Because of the ridiculously steep height, the human body uses oxygen faster than it
can be replaced - resulting in many climbers suffocating to death before ever reaching
the absolute pinnacle.
Nicknamed "Rainbow Valley" for the frozen bodies wearing brightly colored jackets scattered
throughout the mountainside, it's impossible not to encounter this accidental graveyard
while climbing to the top.
With statistics showing that out of every ten climbers, one will die - we can't help
but to pass on the trek and maybe just flip on the TV instead.
Number two - Actun Tunichil Muknal
This cave - located in Belize, near San Ignacio, Cayo District - is a notable Maya archaeological
site that boasts an impressive host of ancient relics like stoneware, ceramics - and oh yeah,
even the crystalized skeletons of ancient children.
Thought to be a sacrificial location where young ones were sacrificed to the Mayan god
of rain, Chaac - 14 partial and even fully complete skeletal bones of adolescents can
be found along the areas of the main chamber - including one nicknamed "The Crystal Maiden",
sporting calcified bones that give off a sparkly, crystallized appearance.
A small amount of tour guides conduct tourist visits to the cave - steeped in dangerous
conditions and heavily enforced restrictions.
Number one - The Kuku-Kuku Bodies
The Kuku-Kuku tribe inhabitants of Papua, New Guinea bestow honor upon their fallen
tribe members by charring and displaying their bodies within bamboo cages high atop the Morobe
highlands - with men, women AND children stained red, drained and smoked - almost identical
to that of a kipper.
Although the practice was banned in 1975 when Papua New Guinea gained its independence - the
mummification carries on to the day in remote parts of the area - serving as both a memoriam
and a clear message to keep as far away as possible.
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