5 Scariest and Mysterious Forests on Sumatera Island
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3. Ghimbo Potai Forest
The tradition of Ghimbo Potai Forest is located in the village of Rumbio, Kampar district, Riau province. This forest has an area of approximately 570 hectares, with various species of flora and fauna that live there.
There are some mystery stories that are still a mystery behind the beauty of this forest. Starting from the existence of a tomb with a length of 7 meters that can move from place to place. There is also a magical village in it, and the mystery of the discovery of a child that hasn’t been found until now.
This Ghimbo Potai forest remains a form of local wisdom from indigenous peoples in order to preserve the many benefits contained in it, one of which is a source of clean water that comes from the air.
This forest can be directly used by the community as drinking water and also some species of plants that grow in. It can also be used as traditional medicine.
4. Banyu Asin Forest
In Banyu asin forest, there is a prohibition monument which is actually a tourist place in the province of South Sumatera. The people are commonly known as the Prohibition Forest Monument.
It’s called the Prohibition Forest Monument because this location holds a number of stories. It is said that anyone who enters this forbidden forest area will be in a trance and unconscious. Maybe because of the clan’s legacy decades ago, that's why the forest is categorized as scary.
5. Rimba Keratung Forest
Rimba Keratung Forest
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Rimba Keratung has an area of 23 hectares, which is the remaining prohibited forest area in Serdang Village, Toboali District, South Bangka Regency, Bangka Belitung Islands Province.
Even though it’s known to be haunted, a number of residents outside Serdang Village have tried to penetrate or cut down trees in the Keratung Forest. There was a perpetrator who got sick after cutting down an agarwood tree.
