The Valley of Death in Kamchatka

A narrow hollow at the foot of Kikhpinych in the Kronotsky reserve, discovered in 1975: dead animals and birds are found on its floor regularly, and people who linger there become dizzy and weak. The answer was found almost at once and turned out to be chemical — hydrogen sulphide and other gases seep from fissures and pool in the hollow in still weather. The valley is still lethal and closed to visitors, and the name stuck long before the explanation did.

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Hoia-Baciu-Wald

Ein Wald in Rumänien, den man oft den meistheimgesuchten der Welt nennt: verbogene Baumstämme, UFO-Meldungen, unerklärliche Lichter und Besucher, die die Orientierung verlieren.