The scariest and most mysterious places on earth. Anomalous zones of the world: unidentified and incredible or unexplored and forgotten? Bohemian Grove, USA

My personal rating of unusual places on our planet. We are not talking about beauty, although many of the places considered are not without such a quality, namely, about unusualness and even strangeness. This list includes places, bumping into which, when searching on the Internet, it was difficult to resist the exclamation: “Wow! And there is such a thing on our planet!”

Places are sorted in ascending order of the "Wow factor", that is, starting with the simply interesting, continuing with the unusual, and ending with very strange, even fantastic, unearthly landscapes (although this gradation is very arbitrary).

Unusual places on our planet.

Let's start with a trip to the "Edge of the World" ..

It is located near the town of Skagen in Denmark, as the locals called the junction of the North and Baltic Seas:
This is the confluence of two currents of different composition and density, which for some reason do not mix, but form a clear boundary. It turns out beautifully and mysteriously, but in my opinion it looks more like not the "End of the World", but some kind of "Border between Worlds".

Entrance to the underwater kingdom.

This is the "Great Blue Hole", which is located in the Caribbean Sea near the Yucatan Peninsula. Its diameter is 305 meters, the depth is about 120-140 m:
Once this hole in the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean was an ordinary "land" cave, in which the "roof" collapsed, and then it was flooded by the waters of the oceans that rose after the end of the Ice Age. This is the largest hole of its kind on our planet. After Jacques Cousteau featured it in his film, it became the world's most popular diving site.

Inverted sky.

Natural mirror area of ​​10 thousand square meters. m.
This is a dry lake in Bolivia, it is called "Uyuni Salt Flats". Such a fantastic effect of a giant mirror occurs during the rainy season, when water covers the surface of the salt marsh with a thin layer. The rest of the time the lake looks like this:

Crooked forest.

Forest with crooked trees in Poland.
This forest was planted in the 30s of the last century. Virtually all of its 400 trees have a synchronous bend to one side. There is no exact scientific explanation for this phenomenon, but the most plausible version sounds like this:

..As you know, in ancient times, furniture with smooth curves and crooked legs was in fashion. In general, curved wooden parts were used everywhere, for example, sleigh runners, details of boats, ships, etc. Usually, wood was bent already in the production process, but here, in the area of ​​the Polish village of Gryfino, we see the result of an experiment on the production of pre-curved wood.

But, the Second World War prevented this ambitious commercial project from being realized - the village was destroyed, young "slender" pines were abandoned. But now, in Poland, which is rather poor in sights, there is such a strange forest, protected by the state as a nature reserve.

Valley of love.

These rocks definitely resemble something.. hence the name of the valley, which is located in Cappadocia (Turkey). But not only the Valley of Love, but the rest of Cappadocia is a place with a very unusual "mushroom relief".
Such a relief is a consequence of powerful eruptions that took place here in prehistoric times, after which wind and water took over, which together for millions of years created these pillars with hats.
Then, several thousand years ago, people set to work and created here cave dwellings and entire cave-underground cities, going to a depth of up to 80 meters.

In total, there are about 40 cave cities in Cappadocia, in which up to 30,000 people once lived.

Scuba diving in the park.

Agree, a very unusual place for diving is to swim among the alleys, benches and trees:
There is such a park in Austria. It is located near a clean mountain lake, and for most of the year it is an ordinary park. But in summer, when the snow melts in the mountains, the water level in the lake rises by several meters, turning the surrounding area into an attraction for divers.

I think that scuba divers experience very strange sensations while swimming in this lake, probably it’s like flying in weightlessness or in a dream, because instead of the usual deep landscape, they see an ordinary park underwater.

Another proof of the wisdom of nature. Look at what beauty she turned an ordinary trash can:

50 years ago, this place on the coast of the Gulf of California was a large dump of household waste. But somewhere in the 60s, it was forbidden to throw garbage here, the main rubbish was taken out, but the broken glass remained .. And nature, as usual, performed a miracle!

Welcome to Glass Beach California!

Happy Island.

This is the name of the island , more precisely an archipelago of four islands in the Indian Ocean, a few hundred kilometers from the coast of Somalia and Yemen. The unusualness of this island is that for several million years it has been isolated from the rest of the earth, thanks to which many ancient plants and animals have been preserved here in their original form.

Once here, you will be transported into the past of the Earth by about 10-20 million years. Everything is as it was then, only dinosaurs are missing:

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It turns out there is such a miracle on our Earth! This country, or rather a city, is located in China.

This place was created to attract tourists. "Little people" live here, arrange performances for tourists, and in general, make money on tourists as best they can. Therefore, many Chinese dwarfs have a chance to find work and shelter in "Country of the Lilliputians".

Arizona, 240 km from the famous Grand Canyon. Fantastic, surreal beauty, especially when the rays of the sun enter during the day:
or the moon at night:
The place where Antelope Canyon is located belongs to the Navajo Indians, so to get here, you need to negotiate with them ($) and hire a guide.

If you suddenly decide to go there, be careful in rainy weather - even if it rains somewhere nearby, the canyon can fill up with water very quickly and almost silently. Thus, in 1997, 11 tourists died here.

Wave.

Arizona Wave (The Wave) - another miracle of nature:

They say nature is the best artist, in this case we see her work in the style of "surrealism".

This place, as well as Antelope Canyon, is located near the Grand Canyon Park. The surface of the “Wave”, despite the fact that it was formed under the influence of rain and wind for millions of years, is rather fragile in places, so large crowds of tourists are not allowed here. The maximum is 20 people a day, and tickets here are raffled off like a lottery, so it’s not easy to see this beauty with your own eyes.

But you can see the photo or video:

These multi-colored rocks are located in the Gansu Province of China, and there are no other hills of the same type anywhere else in the world.

Hundreds of millions of years ago, this area was the bottom of the sea. But, as often happened in those geologically active times, the sea became dry land, and the silt deposits dried up and oxidized. Naturally, it was not without the participation of water and wind, which washed out and blew out various layers of sedimentary rocks, of different colors and shades.

Now it is a unique place of its kind that attracts tourists from all over the world. For them, convenient paths and viewing platforms have been built here. Another curious fact is that once the famous Silk Road ran through this area.

The strangest place in the world.

This may be a very loud headline, but if not this strange place, then what!?!

Of course, these toys were never alive, but according to the terrible impression that the discarded dolls hung on the trees make, such a definition is quite suitable for this place:

The Island of the Dolls is located in Mexico, not far from Mexico City, among the canals of Xochimilco overgrown with reeds and shrubs. Of course, there is a legend that explains what happened here:

In the middle of the last century, a man named Don Julian Santana Barrera lived in these places. He was gloomy in temperament, liked to drink a lot, and was not quite friendly with his head, which is why those around him did not like him. At some point, his roof went completely, and this happened on religious grounds. With his delusional sermons, he annoyed the neighbors so much that they began to beat him periodically.

Because of all this, Don Julian decided to get away from the bustle of the world, chose a wild island among the canals of Xochimilco, began to grow vegetables there and fish for lunch. He was alone on a desert island, just like Robinson Crusoe. Rejected by society, he felt an all-consuming loneliness and hatred for the whole world.

One day, Don Julian found a doll on the island. He knew that not so long ago, a girl drowned somewhere nearby - most likely it was her doll! As a religious man, Don Julian believed that the girl's soul still wanders here without finding rest, and for his personal safety he needs to somehow win her over. Since then, occasionally visiting the city, he collected discarded dolls from the garbage dumps and brought them to the island as a gift to the spirit of the deceased girl.

..As the years passed, there were more and more dolls, and more and more Don Julian survived from his mind - the mania of collecting dolls took possession of his consciousness completely and completely. He became obsessed with dolls, they completely replaced his society and human communication. Now he was not alone - he lived a full life surrounded by friends, girlfriends, neighbors, acquaintances .. and enemies. He treated his friends in a friendly way - he courted them, shared shelter with them, and they kept him company on long dull evenings.

But Don Julian did not have many friends, for the most part he was surrounded by enemies. And with the enemies of Don Julian Santana Barrera was cruel! He carried out executions over them like a medieval inquisitor cracking down on heretics, and then hung them from the "corpse" on trees, mainly around the perimeter of the island, in order to frighten evil spirits and intruders.

This is how this strange and mysterious man lived on his island, Robinon Crusoe of the 20th century. But one day, when his nephew, the only living person who occasionally visited him and brought him food, once again sailed to the island, Don Julian was no longer here. It looks like he drowned in the canal, as did the girl whose doll became the first inhabitant. "Islands of the Dead Dolls"

Here is such a legend .. I apologize if I caught up with horror at the end of the post. I fantasized a little based on what I found on the Internet about this strange island .. just to make it more interesting.

There are many places in the world that attract and frighten with their mystery. People disappear there, things fly there, ghosts appear there. Scientists still cannot really understand these phenomena, sometimes explaining them as mass hallucinations, sometimes simply shrugging their shoulders. Let's talk below about the 10 most mystical places on the planet.

Arkaim. This is a rather mysterious place. First of all, you need to be able to get here in the right way. According to beliefs in this mystical city, it is not enough just to buy a bus or train ticket. Here another aspect is much more important - will this place want to receive a guest? People come here not just attracted by an interest in antiquity. There are quite strange and unusual things going on here. So, you can spend the night on the top of the mountain, where it is quite cold and windy. At the same time, a thick sleeping bag will not be needed - all the same, a cold will not overcome. They say that all the diseases that sleep in the body and sometimes make themselves felt, come out in these places and never return to a person again. After visiting Arkaim, people literally begin to break down. The old life loses all meaning. The one who has been here begins to feel renewed, starting a lot with a clean slate. This ancient mystical city was found by Soviet archaeologists in 1987. It is located at the confluence of the Karaganka and Utyaganka rivers. This is in the Chelyabinsk region, south of Magnitogorsk. Among all the archaeological sites in Russia, this one is without a doubt the most mysterious. Once upon a time, the ancient Aryans built their fortress here. However, for some unknown reason, they left their home and left, finally burning it. It happened about 4 thousand years ago. But during this time the city practically did not collapse, another Aryan city, Sintashta, looks much worse. According to the plan, Arkaim looks like two rings of defensive structures inscribed one into the other. There are two circles of dwellings, a central square and, again, a circular street, in which the flooring was wooden, and there was even a storm sewer. Four entrances to Arkaim were oriented to the cardinal points. There is no doubt that the city was built according to a clear plan. After all, all the ring lines here have a single center, where all the radial lines converge. In addition, the city also has a clear orientation to the stars. The fact is that it was not only built, but also lived taking into account astrological aspects. Arkaim is often compared with Stonehenge, but it would be more appropriate to compare it with Tommaso Campanella's City of the Sun. This philosopher was fond of astrology and dreamed of creating a society that would live according to the laws of the cosmos. The City of the Sun invented by him was to be built in the form of a ring, taking into account astrological calculations. The culture of the found city existed 38-40 centuries ago. This is consistent with the theory of settlement on the planet of the ancient Aryans. The legends of those times say that the white race came to Europe from the mainland Arctida that sunk in the Arctic Ocean. Then the Aryans settled along the Volga and in the Urals, Northern Siberia. From there they crossed over to India and Persia. Thus, it is Russia that can be considered the cradle of two ancient world religions at once - Zoroastrianism and Hinduism. The Avesta and the Vedas came to Iran and India from us. As proof of this, one can cite the Avestan traditions, according to which the prophet Zarathustra was born somewhere in the foothills of the Urals.

Devil's Tower. This place is located in the US state of Wyoming. In fact, this is not a tower at all, but a rock. It consists of stone pillars, which seem to be made of bundles. The mountain has the right shape. It was formed 200 million years ago. For a long time it seemed to an outside observer that this mountain was of artificial origin. But a man could not build it in any way, therefore, the devil created it. In terms of its size, the Devil's Tower exceeds the pyramid of Cheops by 2.5 times! It is not surprising that the local population has always treated this place with awe and even fear. In addition, there were rumors that mysterious lights often appeared at the very top of the mountain. A variety of science fiction films are often filmed at the Devil's Tower. The most famous of them is Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind. People climbed to the top of the mountain only twice. The first conqueror was a local resident in the 19th century, and the second was rock climber Jack Durrans in 1938. The plane cannot land there, and from the only platform suitable for helicopters, they are literally torn off by wind currents. The third conqueror of the summit set out to become an experienced skydiver George Hopkins. Although he was able to land successfully, but those ropes that were thrown to him from above deteriorated due to impact on sharp rocks. As a result, Hopkin became a real prisoner of the devil's rock. The news of this shook the whole country. Soon several dozen planes were already circling over the Tower, dropping equipment and food supplies for free. However, most of the parcels were broken on stones. Rats became another trouble for the skydiver. It turned out that there are quite a lot of them on the top of a smooth rock, impregnable from below. Every night the rodents became more aggressive and bolder. In the United States, a special committent was even created to save Hopkins. An experienced climber Ernst Field, along with his assistant, was called to help him. But already after 3 hours of climbing, the climbers were forced to abandon further rescue. Field said that this damn rock was simply too tough for them. This is how it turned out that the professionals conquering the eight-thousanders turned out to be powerless in front of a rock 390 meters high. The same Jack Durrans was found through the press. Two days later he was in place and decided to conquer the summit along the route known only to him. The climbers led by him were able to reach the summit and lower the unfortunate parachutist from there. The Devil's Tower held him captive for a whole week.

White Gods. In the north-east of the Moscow region there is a place called White Gods. It is located in the tract near the village of Vozdvizhenskoye, Sergiev-Posad district. It is worth going deep into the dense forest, as the correct stone hemisphere will appear before your eyes. Its diameter is 6 meters and its height is 3 meters. This place was mentioned in his notes by the famous traveler and geographer Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky. Legends say that there was a pagan altar here in the XII-XIII centuries. His layout was somewhat similar to the English Stonehenge. There, by the way, according to some sources, sacrifices were also made to the gods. In the pantheon of the ancient gods, good was personified by Belbog. His idol was installed by the Magi on a hill, people prayed to him for protection from Chernobog - the personification of evil. The father of these two gods was Svantevit, the god of gods. All together they constituted the Triglav, or triune deity. Such was the image of the pagan system of the universe among the Slavs. Our ancient ancestors did not build their settlements anywhere. It was necessary to meet a number of conditions for this. Usually the Slavs tried to build near river bends so that groundwater, ring structures and geological faults were present. This is evidenced by images from space, as well as an analysis of the location of old settlements, churches and monasteries, as well as stories that mystical properties of nature are manifested in such places.

Hatteras. There are many mysterious and mystical substances in the Atlantic. One of them is Cape Hatteras. It is also called the South Atlantic Cemetery. The East Coast of the United States is generally quite dangerous for shipping. There are islands here called the Outer Banks or the Dunes of Virginia Dare. They are constantly changing their shape and size. This creates a difficulty for navigation even in weather with excellent visibility. In addition, there are often storms, fogs and swells. The local "southern haze" and "soaring Gulf Stream" make navigation in these waters rather stressful and even deadly. Forecasters say that during a "normal" 8-point storm, the wave height here is as much as 13 meters. The Gulf Stream near the cape flows at a speed of about 70 kilometers per day. 12 miles from the cape are two-meter shoals of Diamond. There the famous current collides with the North Atlantic. This leads to the formation of a very surprising phenomenon, observed only in these places. During a storm, waves collide with a roar, and sand, shells and sea foam fly up in fountains to a height of 30 meters. Few managed to see such a spectacle live and then get out of there. The cape has many victims. One of the most famous is the American ship "Mormakkait". She sank here on October 7, 1954. Another well-known incident occurred with the Diamond Shoal lightship. It was tightly tied to the bottom with anchors, but strong storms pulled it out every time. As a result, the lighthouse turned out to be thrown over the dunes into Pamlico Bay. In 1942, in the end, he was shot from his guns by a Nazi submarine that unexpectedly surfaced here. In general, sandbanks during World War II became a favorite place for German submarines. There, divers bathed, lit up and even organized sporting events. And all this is under the very noses of the Americans. After resting, the Germans got into their boats and continued to hunt for Allied transports. As a result, in this area from January 1942 to 1945, 31 tankers, 42 transports, 2 passenger ships were sunk. The number of small vessels is generally difficult to calculate. The Germans themselves lost only 3 submarines here, all of them in April-June 1942. The terrible cape at that time became an ally for the Nazis. Those natural factors that interfered with American ships only helped submarines. True, shallow depths posed a danger to the Germans too.

Czech catacombs. In the city of Jihlava, in the Czech South Moravia, there are catacombs. These underground structures were created by man. This place has a mystical notoriety. The passages were dug here in the Middle Ages. They say that in one of the corridors at exactly midnight they begin to hear the sounds of the organ. Ghosts have been repeatedly met in the catacombs, and other supernatural phenomena have happened here. Scientists at the beginning rejected all these mystical occurrences as unscientific. However, over time, even they were forced to pay attention to the increasing evidence of something wrong happening underground. In 1996, a special archaeological expedition arrived in Jihlava. She made an interesting conclusion - the local catacombs hide such secrets that science simply cannot unravel. Scientists have recorded that in the place referred to in the legends, the sounds of the organ are indeed heard. At the same time, the underground passage is located at a depth of 10 meters; there is not a single room near it that could accommodate this musical instrument in principle. So there can be no talk of random errors. Eyewitnesses were examined by psychologists who said there were no signs of a mass hallucination. But the main sensation told by archaeologists was the existence of a "glowing staircase". She was found in one of the hitherto little-known underground passages. Even the old-timers did not know that he existed at all. Samples of the material showed that there is no phosphorus in it. Witnesses say that the staircase does not stand out at first glance. However, over time, it begins to emit a mystical reddish-orange light. Even if you turn off the flashlight, the glow will still remain, and its intensity will not decrease.

Coral castle. This complex includes huge statues and megaliths, whose total weight exceeds 1100 tons. They are folded here by hand, without the use of any machines. The castle is located in California. The complex has a square tower with two floors. She alone weighs 243 tons. There are also various buildings here, thick walls, a spiral staircase leads to the underground pool. There is also a map of Florida made of stones, hewn stones, a table created in the form of a heart, an accurate sundial, and stone Saturn and Mars. A month weighing 30 tons points with its horn directly at the North Star. As a result, a lot of interesting objects were placed on an area of ​​40 hectares. The author and creator of such an object was Edward Lidskalninsh, a Latvian emigrant. Perhaps his unrequited love for 16-year-old Agnes Skaffs pushed him to create the castle. The architect himself came to Florida in 1920. The mild climate of this place extended his life, because she was in danger due to progressive tuberculosis. Edward was a small man with a height of 152 centimeters and a weight of 45 kilograms. Although outwardly he seemed frail, he built his castle for 20 years alone. To do this, he dragged huge blocks of coral limestone here from the coast, and then created blocks from it. At the same time, he did not even have a jackhammer; the Latvian created all his tools from discarded car parts. It is rather difficult to understand now how the construction itself took place. It is not known how Edward moved and lifted multi-ton blocks in general. The fact is that the builder was also very secretive, preferring to work at night. The gloomy Edward let the guests into the places of his work extremely reluctantly. As soon as an unwanted guest got here, the host grew up behind him and stood there silently until the visitor left. One day, an active lawyer from Louisiana decided to build a Villa in the neighborhood. In response to this, Edward simply moved his entire brainchild 10 miles south. How he did it is a mystery. It is known that the builder hired a large truck for this. The car was seen by many witnesses. At the same time, no one saw how Edward himself or the builder loaded something there or unloaded it back. To the astonished questions about how he managed to transport his castle, he answered: "I discovered the secret of the pyramid builders!" In 1952, Lidskalninsh died unexpectedly, but not at all from tuberculosis, but from stomach cancer. After the death of the Latvian, parts of the diaries were found, which speak of the magnetism of the Earth and the control of cosmic energy flows. However, nothing was explained there. A few years after Edward's death, the American Society of Engineering decided to conduct an experiment. To do this, the most powerful bulldozer tried to budge one of the stone blocks that Edward did not have time to install. The car was unable to do so. As a result, the mystery of this entire structure and its movement remained unsolved.

Kyzylkum. Between the Syrdarya and Amudarya rivers of Central Asia there are a number of anomalous areas that have not yet been explored. So, in the central part of Kyzylkum, in its mountains, strange rock paintings were found. There you can clearly see people in spacesuits and something very reminiscent of spaceships. In these places, UFOs are also often observed. A famous case occurred in November 1990. Then the employees of the Zarafshan cooperative "Ldinka", traveling at night along the Navoi-Zarafshan road, saw a long forty-meter cylindrical object in the sky. A strong, focused, well-defined cone-shaped beam descended from it to the ground. An expedition of ufologists found an interesting woman with supernatural powers in Zarafshan. She stated that she was constantly in contact with representatives of an alien civilization. In the spring of 1990, she received information that an unearthly flying object was destroyed in near-Earth orbit, and its remnants fell 30-40 kilometers from the city. Only half a year has passed and in September two local geologists, breaking up drilling profiles, stumbled upon spots of unknown origin. Their analysis showed that they cannot have an earthly origin. However, this information was immediately classified and no one has ever officially confirmed it.

Loch Ness. This Scottish lake has long attracted all lovers of mysticism and mysteries. The reservoir is located in the north of Great Britain, in Scotland. The area of ​​Loch Ness is 56 km², its length is 37 kilometers. The maximum depth of the lake is 230 meters. The lake is part of the Caledonian Canal, which connects the western and eastern coasts of Scotland. The glory of this lake was brought by the mysterious large animal Nessie, supposedly living in it. Outwardly, it is very similar to a fossil lizard. Scientists have calculated that since the creation of the road on the lake in 1933, more than 4 thousand evidence of the appearance of monsters from the waters of the lake has been recorded. It was first seen in the 20th century by the McKays, owners of a local hotel. However, there are not only documented eyewitness accounts, science also has dozens of photographs, albeit fuzzy, there are underwater recordings and even echo sounder recordings. On them you can see in whole or in part one or more lizards with a long neck. Proponents of the monster's existence cite a film shot in 1966 by British aviation officer Tim Dinsdale to prove their theory. There you can see how a huge animal swims in the water. Military experts only confirmed that the object moving through Loch Ness cannot be an artificial model. It is a living being moving at a speed of about 16 km/h. It is also believed that the region of the lake itself is a large anomalous zone. After all, UFOs were often observed here, the most famous evidence dates back to 1971, when alien "irons" flew here. Explorers do not leave the lake alone. So, in the summer of 1992, the entire Loch Ness was carefully scanned using sonar. The results were sensational. Wards of Dr. McAndrews said that at least several unusually huge living creatures were found underwater. It could have been dinosaurs that somehow survived to this day. The lake was also photographed with the help of laser equipment. The researchers said that the lizard living in the waters is unusually smart. Even a submarine was used to search for the monster. In 1969, the "Peese" apparatus, equipped with a sonar, descended under water. Later, the Viperfish boat continued the search, and since 1995, the Time Machine submarine began to take part in the research. An important study in February 1997 was conducted by the military, led by Officer Edwards. They patrolled the water surface and used deep-sea sonars. A deep crevice was found at the bottom of the lake. It turned out that the cave has a width of 9 meters, and its maximum depth can reach 250 meters! Researchers want to find out further if this cave is part of an underwater tunnel connecting the lake to other bodies of water in the neighborhood. To find out, they are going to launch a whole batch of non-toxic dyes into the hole. Some of its particles will then be looked for in other reservoirs. The lake can be reached from London by train and from Inverness by bus or car. A whole extensive tourist infrastructure has been created around Loch Ness. There are many hotels and hotels here. You can even pitch a tent, but not on private land. In summer, the lake warms up enough to swim in it. But only Russian tourists dare to do this, which the locals simply take for crazy.

Prayer Triangle. There is a geoanomalous zone between the Sverdlovsk and Perm regions on the banks of the Sylva. This triangle is opposite the village of Molebki. This strange place was discovered by a geologist from Perm, Emil Bachurin. He found in the winter of 1983 in the snow an unusual round track with a diameter of 62 meters. Returning here in the fall of the following year, he saw a hemisphere glowing in blue in the forest. Further study of this place showed that there is a strong dowsing anomaly. Large black figures, luminous balls and other bodies were observed in the triangle. At the same time, these objects demonstrated reasonable behavior. They lined up in clear geometric shapes, watched the people exploring them, flew away when people approached them. In September 1999, another expedition of the Kosmopoisk group came here. They repeatedly heard extraneous sounds here. Researchers mention that they heard a running motor. There was a feeling that a car was about to roll out of the forest into the clearing, but it itself never appeared. And no trace of her was ever found. The Moleb triangle is generally quite famous among tourists and ufologists. In the early 90s, so many curious people began to come here that it became simply impossible to do any research here. The press began to mention more and more often that the Perm anomalous zone ceased to exist under the massive influence of people. That is why in recent years, interest in the mysterious triangle has declined markedly.

Chavinda. This unusual place is located in Mexico. In Chavinda, according to the beliefs of local residents, there is a "crossing of the worlds." Therefore, no one is surprised that anomalous and mystical incidents occur more often in this area than in other places. In the 1990s, a sensational incident occurred here. Eyewitnesses say that it was a cloudless moonlit night. You didn't even need a flashlight to see what was going on around you. The treasure hunters suddenly heard a rider approaching them. He was in national costume. The rider told the frightened Mexicans that he saw them from the top of a distant mountain and rode here in 5 minutes. It was physically impossible! The treasure hunters abandoned their tools and fled in panic. When they came to their senses, they naturally doubted what they saw. The Mexicans soon began to search again. But it turned out that this was only the beginning! Their new cars began to break down, and within just one day they turned into old wrecks. No repair could stop this process. One of the cars was even no longer seen on the road by other drivers. Once she was even rammed by a truck, the driver of which watched in amazement as it crashed into an "invisible" car. Such mystical troubles continued until the Mexicans, who had not believed in anything before, were forced to give themselves a word that they would refuse to search for this treasure.

On our beautiful planet, there are places that cause mystical horror. Many of them are the work of man himself, like abandoned cities and accident zones, but even more of them were created by nature itself. Travel companies offer trips to those and other places, because a person is arranged in such a way that he is attracted not only by everything beautiful and interesting, but also by the terrible and mysterious.

The most terrible places on planet Earth

Swamp Manchak

Such a swamp is located in the US state of Louisiana. An abandoned place with a huge number of alligators, crumpled and rotten trees. Mysticism emanates from it, many tourists see ghosts, the guides explain this by the fact that many slaves who once fled from their masters found their death in the swamp. In 1915, a terrible hurricane swept through here, which added more victims - several villages were washed into the swamp along with people and animals. That is why the swamp is called the place of ghosts. It's especially creepy there at night.

Suicide Forest in Japan

At the foot of the famous Mount Fuji lies the dense forest of Aokigahara, which attracts suicides. But the fact is that since ancient times this forest was considered the "place of residence" of ghosts and sick and infirm people were brought here to certain death. Mostly they were the elderly, children and the disabled. Yes, the morals then were such that if a person cannot feed himself, then his place is in this quiet and gloomy forest, full of dark rocky caves. The forest is literally saturated with dark energy, the suffering of people abandoned here affects. No wonder people who want to commit suicide choose this place.

Not many tourists risk seeing the Aokigahara forest, mostly suicides and rescuers come there, trying to find them and dissuade them from a fatal mistake. They also install signs with inscriptions about the value of life and relatives left at home. But it seems that this stops a few, since every year more than a hundred corpses are found in the forest, which marauders have already managed to search. And since it is very easy to get lost in the forest, the corpses of marauders are also added to the suicides.

Chernobyl Ukraine

Here the human factor played a tragic role. In 1986 there was an accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant site. Within two days, the city of Pripyat and the settlements adjacent to the station were urgently evacuated. People were sure that they were leaving their homes for a few days, so they left not only their acquired goods, but also animals. To date, the level of radiation has significantly decreased and short-term excursions are conducted in the exclusion zone. Tourists are invited to inspect the sarcophagus and walk around the streets of an abandoned city. A very painful impression is left by residential buildings abandoned in a hurry with children's toys, empty kindergartens and schools, to which people will not return for a long time, or maybe never.

Danakil Desert

This is the Ethiopian desert, which is also called "Hell on Earth." She got this name because of her strange landscape, similar to Martian. All this is aggravated by the lack of oxygen, the fetid smell of saturated gases, and the burning air. They are born by the earth boiling under the feet of the site and melting stones. Traveling in a fifty-degree heat, suddenly awakening mini volcanoes, harmful sulfur fumes, militant semi-savage tribes - all this is a great harm to health for thrill-seekers. But this does not stop many, because the African Danakil desert is very beautiful and mysterious.

Babi Yar

Another terrible place in Ukraine in terms of its tragic events is the Babi Yar tract. Here, during the Second World War, mass executions of the Jewish population of Kyiv were carried out. The German occupiers drove Jews, Gypsies and those who sheltered them here and, according to eyewitnesses of those events, the executions did not stop for several months. Historians claim that more than a hundred thousand people died here. Those tragic events left their mark on the entire area.

Today there is a memorial "Menorah in Babi Yar" and many monuments with a variety of inscriptions. So the site was immortalized the memory of all the innocent victims.

Hell Gate

In 1971, after an accident at a Soviet drilling rig in Turkmenistan, a fault 100 meters wide was left. Gases began to come out of the crack, which it was decided to set fire to. But no one could calculate their number, and since then a fire has been raging in the well. It can be seen for many kilometers and it looks like it will burn there for a very long time.

Island of abandoned dolls

In Mexico, among the many islands, only one is marked by a terrible feature - the Island of the Dolls (La Isla de las Muñecas), the territory of which is hung with dolls forgotten or thrown into the trash. It all started with the death of a girl who drowned in one of the island's reservoirs. The guy who witnessed this tragedy kept the doll of the drowned child and hung it on a tree, supposedly in memory of the deceased. Since then, the site has constantly found discarded dolls and brought them to the island, and in 2011 he himself drowned in the same lake, shortly before becoming a hermit and the only inhabitant of the island. Most of the toys are broken and mutilated, which is why a creepy and sinister atmosphere reigns throughout the island.

Capuchin catacombs

In the Italian city of Palermo, there are catacombs with the mummified remains of monks, numbering about five thousand. The last burial here dates back to 1990. Since then, the catacombs have been open to tourists.

Overtown Bridge

The arch bridge near the Scottish city of Glasgow became famous not for its beauty, but because of the strange suicide of dogs that began in the middle of the 20th century. The mysticism is that every month on the same day dogs jumped from the fifteen-meter bridge. Under the bridge is a waterfall site with many stones, so almost all the animals died. Those that survived climbed the bridge again and jumped from it.

The Scots explain this behavior of dogs with a legend about how a father threw his son off this bridge and now the ghost of the child calls the dogs to him on the very day he drowned. Most likely, only dogs see the ghost of the boy and rush to his aid.

Scientists, on the other hand, explain the fact of dogs' suicide by the fact that they are all hunting breeds and, passing over the bridge, they see and smell minks living under the bridge, and in this way, obeying instinct, they die. But there were skeptics who refute such a theory, saying that dogs jump from the bridge on a certain day, and not spontaneously. The question remains open, although more and more new versions of the strange behavior of animals constantly appear. One of which, quite incredible, is the opening of a portal site to other worlds. But there is still no clue, and the dogs continue to die.

Paris catacombs

Unlike the Italian catacombs, the Parisian ones are much larger and famous all over the world. They are a chain of winding tunnels with many caves and descents. The length of the catacombs is about 300 kilometers, they pass under the whole of Paris. According to experts, more than 6 million people are buried here.

Despite the fact that such places negatively affect a person, hundreds of tourists visit such creepy corners in search of thrills.

April 25th, 2017

Despite the fact that abandoned cities and creepy corners of the earth terrify impressionable tourists, hundreds of travelers constantly come to these most terrible places on the planet in search of thrills.

Prague cemetery

One of such terrible places in the world is the Prague cemetery with 12 thousand ancient tombstones, which operated in the Czech Republic for four centuries. Unknown travelers found their last refuge in this cemetery, but most often, luxurious processions buried wealthy citizens. The territory of the cemetery is small, but 100 thousand dead are buried here. It is noteworthy that older burials were sprinkled with earth, then new dead were buried on top of them. Thus, about 12 tiers were formed: now travelers can observe a terrible picture - the sagging earth has exposed several upper "floors" with coffins and gravestones.

St. George's Church

St. George's Church is also located in the Czech Republic, in one of the tiny villages: tourists go to an abandoned temple, attracted by the unusual legend of the place. Sometime during the next funeral service, the roof over the church collapsed. Once a holy place, the Czech artist Hadrava decorated with numerous ominous ghost sculptures.

Mexican island of abandoned dolls

The Mexican island of abandoned dolls attracts adrenaline lovers with the exoticism of forgotten toys. In the middle of the last century, a hermit who settled here began to collect and “settle” dolls thrown into the garbage around the island. About a thousand broken and mutilated toys are tied to trees - many dolls sit on the ground or hang on branches: this is how the hermit decided to perpetuate the memory of a girl who drowned in the bay.

Chapel of Bones

The next terrible place in the world is also impressive - the chapel of bones, built many centuries ago by a Franciscan monk in one of the cities of Portugal. The small chapel contains the remains of five thousand monks. The roof and walls of the tomb are decorated with intricate inscriptions in Latin.

Paris catacombs

The world-famous Parisian catacombs are a winding system of underground tunnels with extensive caves and descents. A network of communications stretching up to 300 kilometers lies near Paris: more than 6 million people have found their shelter here.

Japanese Hashima Island

The Japanese island of Hashima is also considered the most mystical place in the world. This abandoned mining town once provided the country with coal: quarries and a mine were operating at the end of the 19th century. They came here in the hope of making money: the miners densely populated the island with their families. Almost 40 years ago, the enterprise became unprofitable, coal mines were closed. Now this island has become a popular ghost town with tourists.

Suicide forest

Jukai, the famous Suicide Forest, is located on one of the Japanese islands and went down in history as a bad place where thousands of people took their own lives. The forest initially had a bad reputation thanks to ancient legends about ghosts, and since the middle of the last century, suicides have frequented these creepy thickets. Having delved several hundred meters into the forest, along the paths you can find things - shoes, clothes, bags of the departed. Knowing how attractive the place is for people with a weak psyche, the authorities put up a warning poster with a helpline number.

Burials of fire mummies of Kabayan

Among the most mystical places in the world are also called the burial places of the fire mummies of Cabayan in the Philippines. These remains are more than seven centuries old: locals believe that the spirits of the mummified dead still live near the burials. A feature of local customs is that mummies were buried in small capsules-coffins made of wood, laying the bodies of the dead in them in the most uncomfortable poses.

Akodeseva Magic Market

At the Akodesseva magic market, which lies in the center of the capital of Togo, you can see sorcerers who still practice voodoo magic and use terrifying-looking dolls in rituals. Buyers and fans of monstrous artifacts can choose from painted skulls, magical accessories, potions and potions, dried monkey heads, hare and chicken paws, various souvenirs and local amulets.

Psychiatric hospital

In the ranking of the scariest places in the world, tourists are attracted by the old psychiatric hospital in the city of Parma: it was once one of the most successful clinics in Italy, but over time the building fell into disrepair. A masterpiece from the object was made by an artist from Brazil, who painted the walls of the clinic with the silhouettes of patients. Ghostly figures adorn the building, conveying to rare visitors the eerie atmosphere of an abandoned Italian hospital.

Plague Island

In Italy, there is another terrifying attraction - the Plague Island in the Venetian lagoon. Since ancient times, this place has been adapted for the residence of the sick, who were exiled here from all over the country. More than 16 thousand plague victims are buried here, but the locals believe that their souls have not calmed down and still hover over the graves. The gloomy reputation of the island is also supported by legends, according to which terrible experiments were performed on the sick.

City of Centralia

Connoisseurs of the horror genre and realistic computer games go to the American city of Centralia for a special experience: it was here that the famous horror film Silent Hill was filmed. This town in Pennsylvania is famous for the fact that due to the extensive fire, the population almost left these territories. The underground fire has not yet been extinguished: the atmosphere of hopelessness is emphasized by ash particles in the air above empty streets with destroyed houses.

Mountain of Crosses

The most mystical places in the world in the last century were replenished with a new attraction - the Hill of Crosses with ancient Lithuanian crosses is a creepy-looking hill that is not a cemetery at all. According to numerous legends, everyone who sets up a cross here will get good luck and change their fate for the better.

Cave in Belize

A cave in Belize attracts tourists with a strange atmosphere of the cult of the ancient Mayans. This unusual archaeological site is located near Mount Tapira and is famous for its original cathedral, equipped in one of the cave halls. Here bloody sacrifices were made for terrible deities. The Mayans also believed that it was here that the gates to the underworld opened.

Chauchilla Cemetery

The Peruvian ancient cemetery of Chauchilla was also on the list of the most terrible places on the planet. Landmark of the country is located near the Nazca plateau, known to ufologists. The necropolis was discovered by scientists about a century ago. The method of burial attracted the attention of archaeologists: the dead were seated in graves, covering their bodies with a special composition. Thanks to ancient recipes, the dead are perfectly preserved: this was also facilitated by the dry climate of the Peruvian desert.

snake island

In Brazil, Snake Island is considered the most terrible place: the territory is famous for the presence of a huge number of snakes - here, on every square meter of forest land, you can find up to six dangerous and poisonous reptiles. Now tourists are forbidden to visit Queimada Grande because of the risk of being attacked by huge poisonous reptiles.

Triangle of Molebs

The Moleb Triangle was included in the rating of the most terrible places in Russia: this is a remote village in the Perm Territory, in which anomalous UFO activity was noticed. Previously, Mansi lived here, who made sacrifices to their gods on a stone plateau.

Russia also has its own exotic City of the Dead: the small Ossetian village of Dargavs is famous for its richly decorated family crypts.

Overtown Bridge

One of Scotland's bridges, Overtown, has become infamous for unexplained dog suicides. Dozens of dogs threw themselves down onto the rocks and died, and the survivors went upstairs to try again.

Hanging coffins of Sagada

The list of the most terrible places on the planet would be incomplete without the hanging coffins of Sagada - in the forest of one of the villages in the Philippines, original burial structures were arranged. The locals bury the dead by hanging them up so that the souls of the departed ancestors are closer to heaven.

Sanctuary of Tophet

In the Tunisian sanctuary of Tophet, several centuries ago, animals and children were sacrificed: such was the peculiarity of the bloody religion of old Carthage.

Unfinished subway in Cincinnati

The grandiose construction project, the unfinished subway in Cincinnati, strikes with the atmosphere of abandonment. The depot was built at the end of the 19th century, but the line was frozen for economic reasons. Now you can get to the depot several times a year, although diggers from all over the world often visit the unfinished subway on their own.