October 03, 2008

Its 1.30am now. What could be more suitable than a ghost story at this kind of time?
Well, fret not. I am just going to write about this particular place of 'interest' that caught my attention while I was Google-ing for the term 'ghosts'.

Please don't blame me. Freedom at hand.

Anyway, this place is in Japan. More specifically, at the foot of Mount Fuji. Its called the Aokigahara Jukai (青木ケ原樹海), otherwise more commonly known as Sea of Trees.  

The Sea of Trees is one of the few remaining ancient primitive vegetation left on the face of this planet, beautifully preserved by Nature and untouched by humans. This adds on to the mystery of the already mysterious forest. There were countless sightings of ghosts, monsters, goblins, trolls and other bizarre being by travellers who went in to explore - and manage to make it out alive. You see, the Sea of Trees is also known notoriously as the Suicide Forest. Apparently, the forest will lure any passer-bys into it and then 'instigate' them to commit suicide.

For all those critics, hold your horses. This is a fact. As a matter of fact, the Japanese Government organizes "Body Hunt" trips into the forest at a specific time every year to recover the body of those fallen ones. They even went as far as to erect "Please do not commit suicide" signs at the entrance of the forest. Of course, that didn't work. Bodies were still being found every year.

I am afraid we will never know what happened to those lost souls. What made them do it?
The only clue they left behind is their body but even the body shows only signs of suicide. However, we all know that is not the case. One can only wonder...

I am definitely going to this forest when I visit Japan. Who knows I may be that Chosen One to unravel the mystery of this forest and gain absolute power! But making people end their lives is kind of boring. I wonder if they have any other powers available.

SO HOT, interested anot. Hehehe.



The highlighted area shows the location of Aokigahara.

visit http://spi.com.sg/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11183&highlight=view+road to find out more. but you must be able to read chinese.

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