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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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jaundicedoutlook · 02/06/2021 22:32

Once stayed in a holiday cottage that had been part of the stable block of some old abbey in Shropshire. I’m not remotely a believer in any sort of paranormal guff, but I woke up in the middle of the night with the most awful creepy feeling - almost to the point of dread. The whole place gave off the eeriest vibe ever - was so glad to leave.

TheHateIsNotGood · 02/06/2021 22:31

Hello - Great Torrington is good for that - various people wandering around in Civil War (roundhead/royalist) attire calling people 'Mistress', etc BEFORE the Lottery funded a Tourist/Historical attraction.

Each to their own I s'pose.

Quitelikeacatslife · 02/06/2021 22:30

I adore saltburn, feel so relaxed there had an amazing holiday there last year.
Grange over sands I felt that though, really spooky atmosphere and sea not sea.

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RevolvingPivot · 02/06/2021 22:30

That's what I meant by Victorian lift 🤣🤣

It is fascinating though how they built that so long ago.

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Wbeezer · 02/06/2021 22:29

Interesting mention of The Forest of Dean, only place I've visited and gone home early found it weirdly claustrophobic. Caveat, I'm Scottish and often feel at a loss at what to do in the English countryside, i always feel that I shouldn't be there and a farmer is going to shout at me for being in the wrong place! It all feels a bit private IYKWIM

Hellocatshome · 02/06/2021 22:28

@Springchickpea thats it!

EwwSprouts · 02/06/2021 22:27

Capuchin crypt in Rome
Deeply weird for very obvious reasons.

thenightsky · 02/06/2021 22:27

Grange over Sands in Cumbria.

Springchickpea · 02/06/2021 22:26

@Hellocatshome a funicular railway?

whiteroseredrose · 02/06/2021 22:26

Venice. Something a bit sinister about it.

Hellocatshome · 02/06/2021 22:25

with the red building thats the weird cliff side tram thing (it has a posh name)

Cattenberg · 02/06/2021 22:24

I remember a similar thread a few weeks ago. The West Country was frequently mentioned, including several places in Somerset.

Hellocatshome · 02/06/2021 22:24

Glastonbury was odd. Beamish open air museum makes my skin crawl although that may be because I cant cope with people dressed up pretending to be from another time.

JewelGarden · 02/06/2021 22:24

When DS was 3 I took him to the ruins of an old church on a cliff top. He happily goes wherever I go, 3 year olds are like little puppies. Except this church. We walked happily through the graveyard and I wandered through the church doors and he stopped dead and said 'no spooky castle. Go home mummy' I tried to persuade him by saying it wasn't spooky but he would not go through the door of that place. Makes me a feel a bit weird thinking back to it.

TheHateIsNotGood · 02/06/2021 22:23

Next door.

TokyoSushi · 02/06/2021 22:21

Lytham St Anne's!

Springchickpea · 02/06/2021 22:21

Definitely got a strange vibe.

I grew up in Cornwall and there are many places that give me the Willies - but probably Men-an-Tol (ancient stone monument thing), the village of Gulval in general, and Tehidy hospital being the most obvious.

Also Royal Victoria Country Park in Hampshire.

dottiedaisee · 02/06/2021 22:21

@Sillysandy

Yes, Townsville in Australia years ago. It felt like vampires had come and ravaged the place.
I agree. I was in Townsville back in 1988 and I thought it was a really creepy place ...the only place in Australia that I was very happy to leave ...I cannot remember anything specific it was just the general vibe!
NigellaSeed · 02/06/2021 22:20

@RevolvingPivot

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I feel the vibes from your second photo OP, with the red building
Beseigedbykillersquirrels · 02/06/2021 22:20

Chippenham. No idea why but I couldn't wait to leave. It just struck me as a very odd place.

ThreeKneeRepeater · 02/06/2021 22:20

Sillysandy yes to Townsville. What an odd place.
I also agree with Death about in the Forest of Dean. I couldn’t wait to leave. Everyone seemed to go silent and stare as we walked through it.
I’m adding Tintagel in Cornwall and Andalsnes in Norway. It was full of knitting wool shops.

everythingthelighttouches · 02/06/2021 22:18

Port sunlight

newnortherner111 · 02/06/2021 22:18

Have to agree about Coleford. The Forest of Dean was described by the late Dennis Potter as 'ugly villages in beautiful landscapes', which I think was spot on.

Aprilwasverywet · 02/06/2021 22:18

Just remembered the 1 time I went to Saltburn I was overcome by a migraine suddenly.. Never ever had one start not first /last thing in the day. Felt quite disorientated and we went home.

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RevolvingPivot · 02/06/2021 22:17

Just looking at the photos makes my body feel wobbly!!!

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