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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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RevolvingPivot · 02/06/2021 22:16

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Places you have visited with a strange vibe
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Places you have visited with a strange vibe
Places you have visited with a strange vibe
Places you have visited with a strange vibe
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DeathByWalkies · 02/06/2021 22:14

Kata Tjuta - which is near Uluru in the centre of Australia. I'm definitely an atheist, but it's the only place where I've ever felt something spiritual.

Coleford in the Forest of Dean - I'm fairly certain there's a breeding population of Dementors there, given the incredibly depressing vibe.

Fyredraca · 02/06/2021 22:11

I've been to Saltburn. Can't say I noticed, though it was freezing cold!
I thought the standing stones at Duddo in Northumberland were pretty atmospheric.

BlueButtercups · 02/06/2021 22:10

Buckfast Abbey..

just eerie

Aprilwasverywet · 02/06/2021 22:08

Some apparently haunted stones on Mull. Trying to he brave as took teens there. Absolutely wanted to run like fuck back to the car!!

Sunbeam18 · 02/06/2021 22:07

Agree re Heptonstall!

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RevolvingPivot · 02/06/2021 22:07

@CroneAVirus Because I'm an idiot abs the kids wanted to go with my mum and I'd forgotten all about it.

@Bluntness100 I'm not sure it was pitch black and the pier was so long.

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CroneAVirus · 02/06/2021 22:06

Why are you going back there OP?

Sillysandy · 02/06/2021 22:04

Yes, Townsville in Australia years ago. It felt like vampires had come and ravaged the place.

Bluntness100 · 02/06/2021 22:04

Gosh, what made you freak out on the pier and run off it?

PoTheDog · 02/06/2021 22:04

Heptonstall above Hebdon Bridge is super atmospheric. A bit eerie, but mainly you feel the weight of history

CirqueDeMorgue · 02/06/2021 22:02

That makes me want to go there tbh. Never been myself but apparently people say similar about Glastonbury.