The islands are not all paradise. Overrun with snakes, theater bacteriological or former psychiatric hospital tests ... these islands are far from relaxing. Cut back to the 10 islands most frightening world.
10- Miyajima Island in Japan
The island of Miyakejima is a volcanic island in the Izu, off Tokyo (Japan). The island is regularly confronted with volcanic eruptions as well as the release of sulfur dioxide, so much so that the air is almost unbreathable. On 1 September 2000, Japanese authorities decided to evacuate the entire island at the approach of a virulent volcano Mount Oyama. Access will be prohibited for almost 5 years. The former residents are now back on MiyaKelima, but are forced to wear a mask at all times.
9- Island queimada Grande in Brazil
His nickname is "Snake Island". Located off the State of Sao Paulo (Brazil), access is restricted to Brazilian scientists. She is known as the place houses the densest population of snakes in the world (from 1 to 5 to sqm). The 23 hectares are invaded by a single species: the insularis bothrops whose venom is 5 times more powerful than their mainland cousins. They are found everywhere: in trees, on the beach, on top of the mountain and even in the old lighthouse.
8- Great Isaac Cay in the Bahamas
In the 1850s, two guards decide to settle on the small island of Great Isaac. A lighthouse was erected in 1852 to guide ships sailing in the Bermuda Triangle. For over 100 years, guards take turns to maintain the lighthouse. But in 1969, the two employees on duty at suddenly disappear. Although it is unknown what really happened, the two men have probably been the victim of a hurricane. Legend has it that a ship would be stranded in the 19th century and that only a child would have survived. His mother, the "Grey Lady" haunt the island during full moon.
7- The Island of dolls in Mexico
The history of this surreal island began in the 1950s A Don Julian Santana Barrera leaves everything to settle in autarky on this lovely island. He is convinced that a girl drowned in the canal haunted places. To help the ghost of the girl, the man decides to collect thousands of abandoned dolls and hang them everywhere on the island. It will even barter with nearby residents exchanging dolls against vegetables he grew. In 2001, Don Julian drowned in the same spot the girl. Over the years, the dolls are broken, giving them a frightening appearance. The Island of the dolls is the exception in this top: today, it has become a sort of creepy attraction or twenty adventurers go there daily gondolas.
6- The Gruinard Island in Scotland
The small island of Gruinard is part of the British Isles, located on the west coast of Scotland. In 1942, the British Army used the island as a place to test for biological warfare. A carrier bomb anthrax is dropped, completely covering the island. The goal was to see how the flock of sheep reacted gathered for the occasion. At the end of the experiment, all subjects were killed, and the test is considered conclusive. To prevent contamination of the rest of Scotland, the island was placed under quarantine until 1986.Elle is reopened to the public in 1990 after a massive construction site decontamination with formalin.
5- Clipperton Island in France
This is the story of the famous "Forgotten Clipperton." Clipperton Island is a French possession located in the Pacific Ocean. From 1897, the "Passion Island" was annexed by Mexico, which wants to use guano, a kind of fertilizer. The island became completely dependent on supplies from the Mexican Navy. But in 1914, the Mexican Revolution prevents vessels to supply the island. The hundred soldiers, women and children on the island since 1906 have been forgotten by the government. In 1915, an American ship docked on the island of Clipperton. Most of the inhabitants were dead, mostly deficiencies. The survivors then wanted to leave the island, but the Mexican governor objected. In 1917, one of the survivors, Victoriano Alvarez, was proclaimed king. But his tyrannical reign was short-lived: he was murdered by a survivor. The day after his death, a new American ship landed on the island to ensure that the Germans are not installed. They discover the last 11 survivors, 4 women and 7 children. Tried for their crimes, women were paid and repatriated to Mexico.
4- The island of Ramree in Burma
Located in the Bay of Bengal, the island of Ramree is registered in the Guinness Book of Records as being the scene of the greatest slaughter of human beings from animals. The story takes place in February 1945, during the Second World War. Fleeing the British army, 1,000 Japanese soldiers are forced to retreat to the east of the island, crossing the mangroves. But only twenty soldiers will be found alive the next day. All other Japanese were eaten by crocodiles.
3- Island Poveglia Italy
During Roman times, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Peveglia Island, located in the lagoon of Venice (Italy), is used as a place of isolation of plague victims. Nearly 160,000 patients were reportedly buried in pits and burned alive. To complete the already gruesome reputation of the island, a psychiatric hospital moved there in 1922 Patients claimed to see ghosts plague victims. It is said that the doctor to examine these phenomena was himself a victim and ends up committing suicide by jumping from the tower of the hospital. In the 1960s, the state gets rid of the island. Many owners will succeed because of these strange phenomena. The hospital is now abandoned, as the island is closed to the public.
2- North Sentinel Island in India
The Bay of Bengal is home to another island a bit special. She is one of the last isolated from modern civilization territories. Officially administered by India, the island is actually controlled by an indigenous tribe called "Sentinels". Its population is estimated between 50 and 200 people. The tribe attack all those who come to his island. Poachers are a source of harmful microbes to the Sentinels. Two fishermen have been killed in 2006.
1- The island of Hashima Japan
We recently heard of Hashima after an employee at Google came mapping the deserted island. Prior to the setting of some scenes of Inception and the latest James Bond (Skyfall), the island has long been the most densely populated place on earth. In the early 19th century, huge buildings are built to exploit the coal mine. During the Second World War, 800 Korean prisoners are sent to the island by the japanese troops. More than a hundred Korean lost their lives there. After the war, the island is at its peak, with a population of 5,300 inhabitants to 6.3 hectares. But oil is substituted for coal in the 1970s last inhabitant left the island in 1974, is now a ghost Hashima Island, where nature is slowly returning to the top.
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