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Places you have visited with a strange vibe

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RevolvingPivot · 02/06/2021 21:59

Hi. I'm off to Saltburn (near Whitby) tomorrow and I feel sick. I visited last March. The weekend before the lockdown.

The place was so eerie. I was actually freaked out on the pier and had to run off it. I actually managed to sleep at night but I honestly didn't think I would.

The cottage was surrounded by cliffs and there was a Victorian lift and a small morgue by the beach. I'm not sure whether these have anything to do with it.

Has anyone else had this feeling from a place they have visited?

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sussexoldspot · 04/06/2021 18:16

Chanctonbury Ring in West Sussex. Got the feeling the whole time that I was being followed very closely by something not very nice. My two dogs wouldn't come anywhere near the Ring itself and I found them back by the car later, shaking with fright. Makes my hair stand on end just thinking about it!

Davygran · 04/06/2021 18:16

@recklessgran

Ravenglass. Don't get me wrong - it's surrounded by beauty but gosh I was shocked by the creepy bleak nuclear feel. The railway journey from there however is another matter. Stunning.
Ravenglass, the Land that Time Forgot 🙄
ChristmasFluff · 04/06/2021 18:15

I love being in Glastonbury, feel very homely to me.

Avebury on the other hand freaks me the hell out.

Also Bethel in North Wales.

Mishka3085 · 04/06/2021 18:13

Yes, Paisley Abbey.
I’ve been a few times and always feel like someone is watching me. A feeling of dread comes over me, and I had a panic attack coming down the spiral stairs from the top. Even driving past it gives me the creeps.
I love historical buildings Paisley abbey and St Andrews (ruined) cathedral are the only ones that have given me bad vibes. Still beautiful though.

pinkprosseco · 04/06/2021 18:12

Lourdes. It was years ago but I will never forget it. Lots of nuns and nurses pushing huge blue plastic wheelchairs, weird damp smell and eerie silence, shops selling the Virgin Mary flashing ash tray or fridge magnet....it fascinated me and made me shudder at the same time.

MissCherryCakeyBun · 04/06/2021 18:07

Glastonbury is seriously creepy I live quite close and avoid the place would rather shop in Yeovil and if you're from Somerset you will understand that but lol.
There is an undercurrent of sadness and a dark feeling about it, just a very unhappy place with some quite desperate people living there.

Roxy69 · 04/06/2021 17:58

Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. I think it was the collective minds but it did have a great impact.

Lincslady53 · 04/06/2021 17:54

642 people killed at Oradour. Here is a link to the wiki page en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oradour-sur-Glane_massacre

Weepah · 04/06/2021 17:53

Lindisfarne. I was accidentally locked in a car and my family didn't realize it. a one armed priest kept walking by and staring at me. I was nearly hysterical. the whole place gives me the creeps- will never return!

Musermum · 04/06/2021 17:53

Stayed in the lodges at the Grand Canyon. Couldn't sleep all night... Absolutely terrified. We were convinced we could see animals faces moving in the room. Luckily only one night on a fly drive. Will never go back.

Davygran · 04/06/2021 17:53

Sizergh Castle in Cumbria.
We went many years ago & there was one small room which both of us had a really strange atmosphere, but there’s also a room like a Great Hall. It didn’t have much in there but I didn’t want to leave it, I had never had such a euphoric feeling ever - it felt like I was at the very best party in the world ever! I kept expecting my husband to ask me to move to the next room because there really was very little to see or do compared to its size & other rooms there, but he didn’t.
The feeling did eventually ebb so we carried on elsewhere & it was only when we got outside that he asked me if I’d felt the atmosphere in there as he’d felt exactly the same as me!
We decided the next time we visited the Lakes we’d head straight back to Sizergh to get that feeling again, but there was absolutely NOTHING. It was totally flat, and we’ve been back again & still not got the same fantastic well-being in there.
Has anyone else been to Spooky Sizergh Castle & noticed this?

Lincslady53 · 04/06/2021 17:53

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BarbaraofSeville · 04/06/2021 17:52

@hamptonmummy

1st time I drove across the m62 in Yorkshire and got the most awful feeling it was a lovely summers day but as I drove past this area it felt like it turned to winter, I felt a huge overwhelming sadness and actually had tears rolling down my face and felt sick and cold that I simply couldn't explain as I had absolutely no idea what I was driving past. I found out later that day it was Saddleworth Moor.
I drive across that area regularly and yes, it is quite grim up there and that's without the association with IB and MH Sad.
Gladimnotcampinginthisweather · 04/06/2021 17:52

Funny when you have all of Australia to pick from Townsville has come up so often. Must be something it.🤔

Lincslady53 · 04/06/2021 17:51

I have 2. Spinalonga off the coast of Crete. The island was one of the last leper colonies in Europe. If you contracted leprosy, you were shipped off to this tiny island. The sufferers made a life there. The ruins of the town now exist, and the key buildings have notice boards in English so you don't need to take a guided tour. Creepy, but recommended
The second knocks Spinalonga into the shade. A small village just outside Limoges called Oradour sur Glane. On June 10th 1944, just a few days after D Day, the German commander took revenge on the community for the capture of an officer by the resistance. All the occupants were rounded up, women and children put in the church whilst the men were lined up and shot. The church was then set on fire, killing almost the whole population of the village. Charles de Gaulle declared that the village would not be rebuilt as a memorial to the dead. There is now a modern visitor centre, but the village is still a burnt out ruin. The cemetary has family graves with photos of the whole families who were murdered. It is the creepiest place I have ever visited but would recommend a visit if you are ever in that area. It is difficult to understand how anyone could carry out such a crime.
My daughter has been to Toul Sleng in Phnom Penh where over 20,000 people were killed by the Khymer Rouge. That was creepy too.

nannykatherine · 04/06/2021 17:50

@WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll

Ah, thanks - HillsBesideTheSea

It just sounds so bizarre! Somebody also mentioned Bridgnorth upthread and apparently, Hitler wanted to make it his new capital once he invaded and had taken over Britain!

Personally, I love it there as an attractive small town, but I wouldn't have thought it particularly stands out as 'capital' material - especially as the lower part gets flooded so often.

I love Bridgnorth I grew up near there
nannykatherine · 04/06/2021 17:49

Some of the rooms at Auschvitz …Overwhelming feeling of dread I had to run out ..(not that the whole place isn’t pretty grim ) but I found out later those particular rooms where were the SS guards plotted thier evil

pomers · 04/06/2021 17:49

Yes there is

Lazydaz · 04/06/2021 17:47

@BarbaraofSeville

Lanzarote, along with Mallorca, often comes up on threads where people thought they'd hate a place but then loved it.

In both places you just have to avoid the minority of areas aimed at people who want to get pissed and eat English food in the sun on the cheap and you then can enjoy the architecture, art, landscapes, warm sea, snorkelling, tapas, volcano park, watersports, cycling, hiking etc etc.

Hated Lanzagrottie
MrsTrin · 04/06/2021 17:47

Clifton hill at Niagara falls.... weird as.... 👀

Lazydaz · 04/06/2021 17:46

@Thatwife

Mersea Island. Felt a very weird, off vibe and couldn't wait to get away.
Love Mersea!
TheHuntingOfTheSarky · 04/06/2021 17:46

Haughmond Abbey in Shropshire. I stood there in broad daylight and I swear it was like that scene in Box of Delights when Kay transports back to the people defending their livestock from the wolves. Very weird.

jenkel · 04/06/2021 17:45

Culloden moor, very damp and Misty which didn’t help but did feel a bit freaked out

TrixieMixie · 04/06/2021 17:44

I grew up near Saltburn, it's lovely!

hamptonmummy · 04/06/2021 17:43

1st time I drove across the m62 in Yorkshire and got the most awful feeling it was a lovely summers day but as I drove past this area it felt like it turned to winter, I felt a huge overwhelming sadness and actually had tears rolling down my face and felt sick and cold that I simply couldn't explain as I had absolutely no idea what I was driving past. I found out later that day it was Saddleworth Moor.