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VIVA – Forests are entrusted as lungs in the world because forests are a gathering place for various types of life, such as animals and plants. In the world, there are several sacred forests.
Sacred forests are usually synonymous with scary stories such as the presence of spirits, places of suicide, and others. These stories make people feel afraid to come to this forest.
However, the mention of sacred forests can be said to be a good action and local wisdom in people's lives that aims to save the forest and its contents from human greed.
Well, here are some sacred forests in the world that contain scary stories.
1. Black Forest, Germany
Black Forest di Jerman.
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Forests are usually famous for their greenery, but it's different from the one in Germany. The Black Forest is a forest known for its dark atmosphere because this area rarely exposed to sunlight.
Mysterious stories started to appear, such as the Headless Horseman, the king who brought the kidnapped girl to an underwater palace, to ghost stories complemented by various horror stories created by the Brothers Grimm. The story tells of a witch who lives in this sacred forest.
2. Hallerbos Forest, Belgium
Hutan Hallerbos,
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Hallerbos Forest in Belgium has such great natural wealth. Especially when spring comes, the Hallerbos forest is full of falling blue flowers.
This forest is like a blue-purple carpet that covers the "floor" of the sacred forest. This astonishing event makes travelers feel like they are in a fairy tale land, and obviously, this forest has the same scary feel as witch tales.
3. Crooked Forest, Poland
Hutan Bengkok atau The Crooked Forest
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In addition to its towering trees, the Crooked Forest in Poland is also considered haunted because of the tree's somewhat strange shape. All the trees in the forest outside Nowe Czarnowo are curved and have the same shape.
In 1930, an estimated 400 pine trees were planted there which were used as raw materials for shipbuilding. However, the cause why the tree looks curved is still a mystery that has not been solve until now.
4. Aokigahara Forest, Japan
Hutan Aokigahara di Jepang.
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Aokigahara Forest in Japan is one of the scary and sacred forests because this forest is the location for someone to commit suicide. It is estimated that there have been around 500 suicides since the 1950s. The government then intervened in 1970, forming a team tasked with searching for bodies.
Not only as a place of suicide, Aokigahara as the sacred forest is thought to have a subway reserve. So, climbers get lost. The sea of ??trees in this forest will make any sound outside inaudible.
5. Hoia-Baciu Forest, Romania
Hutan Hoia Baciu, Rumania.
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The Hoia-Baciu Forest is more spectacular than the legend of drawing a perfect circle in the middle of the forest and is considered one of them.
This forest in Romania looks scary because so many people are missing. Even if there are survivors, at least they are exposed to diseases such as itchy skin, vomiting, dizziness, burns, anxiety, and other physical ailments. The mysterious story of the Hoia-Baciu Forest is also known as the "Transylvanian Bermuda Triangle".
6. Isla de las Munecas Forest, Mexico
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The Isla de Las Munecas Forest in Mexico is considered one of the scariest forests. According to a story circulating, Don Julian Santana (the island's sole inhabitant) saw the body of a woman and a doll in one of the canals some 53 years ago.
To commemorate her, Don Julian hung thousands of dolls from trees. In 2001, Don Julian was found in the same waters where the girl's body was found. People see the hanging doll and its mutilated body, while others only see it as a guardian of the island.
7. Wychwood Forest, England
Hutan Wychwood
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Wychwood Forest in England contains scary stories, such as the existence of the ghost of Amy Rossart who is the wife of the noble Earl of Leicester. According to reports, Amy was found dead in the forest with a broken neck, unfortunately, the cause of the incident is not yet known.
It was also reported that the ghost of Amy had met her husband who was hunting in this sacred forest and her husband would also die in ten days.
The news that spread was true, the Yaoti Earl of Leicester died because of illness. Since then, it is believed that anyone who meets Amy's ghost will have an unpleasant life story.
