the most frightening and weird places in the world

in #nature7 years ago

Alley bone whale
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At 132 kilometers from Alaska, in the Ciukotka district of Russia, there is this macabre view: a lot of scattered jawbones, ribs and vertebrae.
This attraction was discovered in 1976 by a team of researchers from the Institute of Ethnography of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR under the direction of Mihail Chlenov.

Chocolate Colts - Bohol Island, Philippines
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Chocolate Hills is a geological formation in the Bohol province of Fililpine.
Here are at least 1 260 hills stretched over an area of ​​more than 50 square kilometers.
Chocolate hills are mounds with coral sediments and a result of rainwater erosion.
They got the name of 'chocolate' in the dry season when the foliage of the hills changes color from a lush green to a chocolate brown.

Cats Island - Japan
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Tashirojima has a population of about 100 people and almost a triple of cats.
The island is a great silk producer and originally cats were brought to the island to hunt mice eating silkworms.

Akodessewa - Togo Square Fetis
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Akodesswa Fetish Square is recognized as the largest fetish market in the world, a place where Voodoo practitioners can find something they need for their rituals.
Dry heads, skulls and flesh are all goods sold on this market.
These are materials used by those who practice indigenous religions of the country.

Catacombs - Paris, France
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This is a network of old underground tunnels and the last resting place of about six million Parisians.
Located south of the former gate of the Barrière d'Enfer, under the Rue de la Tombe-Issoire, the ossuary was founded when city officials faced two simultaneous problems: a series of collapses in 1774 and overcrowded cemeteries.
Now tourists can walk through the creepy underground cemetery.

Hoia-baciu forest - Romania
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The forest is known as the 'Bermuda Triangle' in Romania.
The Hoia Forest is located west of Cluj-Napoca and is probably the most mysterious place in Romania.
The place attracts many willing to see ghosts and other paranormal phenomena.
Several people have disappeared into it and many have even seen UFOs.

Tower of London
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The imposing stone tower in London is, according to legend, haunted by dozens of royal souls, many of whom have encountered the end within its gray walls.
Among them are Thomas Becket, whose ghost has been repeatedly seen here; Edward V and Richard de Shrewsbury (Princes of the Tower), who were probably killed here in 1483; Anne Boleyn, beheaded in the Tower in 1536; and Catherine Howard, who was executed six months later.

Aokigahara - The Suicide Forest, Japan
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This forest is at the base of Mount Fuji.
It has a historical association with demons in Japanese mythology and is the second most popular place in the world for suicide after the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
More than 50 people took their lives here during 2010 alone.
Annual volunteers perform here a 'hunt' for bodies.
The forest is also noted for its tranquility due to the density of trees that block the wind.
Excursionists are advised to use plastic strips to mark their route and not to wander.