10 Creepiest Things Hidden On Forbidden Islands

hi it's katrina from secret testing sites to uncontacted tribes here are 10 things hidden on forbidden islands number 10 10. vosros denia island the bbc called this island the deadly germ warfare island abandoned by the soviets this place is something out of a horror film but it is actually real during the cold war the soviet union used vosros denia island as a top-secret testing ground for deadly soviet pathogens designed to wreak havoc when necessary in the 1950s the soviet union built a biological weapons test site called arlsk7 to perform all kinds of mysterious inventions and tests the island was the perfect place secluded and surrounded by a desert on the kazakh uzbek border thus ensuring that any outbreaks would hopefully be destroyed by the natural heat the bbc reports that aerial photographs taken by the cia in 1962 revealed that while other islands had piers and fish packing huts this one had a rifle range barracks and a parade ground but that wasn't even the half of it there were also research buildings animal pens and an open air testing site bose rose denia island used to be small but in the 1960s it started to swell up to 10 times its original size as the soviets diverted the water from the sea to somewhere else here there was everything the plague anthrax smallpox brucellosis tularemia botilinum and all kinds of other diseases with names that are difficult to pronounce they would then modify this strain so that they couldn't be treated with the vaccines available at the time since the 1970s there have been a series of sinister events reported around the island when mountains of fish started dying crew on a vessel that got too close to the island got smallpox even though they had already been vaccinated and two fishermen appeared to have died from the plague this project was such a big secret the place doesn't appear on any maps it wasn't until later in the 1990s that an official expedition went to see exactly how bad it was it was bad there was an anthrax leak and over 100 people died 200 tons of the stuff had been gathered and buried on the island but spores can live on for years there were pits with infected animals dangerous materials and containers all over the place and it took millions of dollars to clean it up the place is still highly contaminated with carcinogenic pesticides and mercury and reportedly there are no signs of life anywhere it is not an easy place to get to and it is not a place where you can just show up number nine diego garcia military base situated just seven degrees south of the equator in the central indian ocean diego garcia is in a toll of the chagos archipelago it became part of the british indian ocean territory or bayat in 1965 and its population and function changed dramatically over the following years until 1967 the 924 civilians living on diego garcia were nearly all employed as contract workers on coconut farms owned by the chagos agalega company that year the bayat administration bought out chago's agalega and leased the land back to the company but the corporation terminated its lease at the end of the year from 1968 to 1973 the uk government forcibly relocated diego garcia citizens sending many people to mauritius and the seychelles with little to no consideration for where they wanted to live despite the island being owned by the british the us military built a large naval and military base there and it remains in operation to this day serving as one of two critical u.s bomber bases in the asia-pacific region as well as a launch pad for military operations in the middle east and a refueling station for south china sea-bound u.s air force patrols between 3 000 and 5 000 service members and contractors live on diego garcia but ordinary civilians are prohibited from visiting the territory is currently embroiled in an ongoing tug of war with the united nations highest court ruling in september 2019 that the british illegally seized diego garcia from its rightful inhabitants but the ruling is not binding and the u.s military is reluctant to vacate the premises due to its strategic importance it would take a lot more than that to leave an important military base the goings on at diego garcia are kept under tight wraps no journalist has ever visited the island and not even military spouses can come to visit it's practically a miracle we've ever even heard about it number eight the world's most isolated tribe north sentinel island is home to a virtually uncontacted tribe known to aggressively resist outsiders located in the bay of bengal the island is part of the andaman and nicobar islands archipelago and is a territory of india experts know very little about the sentinelese people due to their long-established history of violently rejecting attempts at contact from the outside world it is estimated the tribe has been around for 30 000 years and has lived in near-complete isolation speaking a language that nobody else in the world knows the sentinelese have attacked nearly everyone who has tried approaching them even killing several individuals they are so hostile authorities have even decided against trying to retrieve the bodies of slain outsiders to avoid further violence nobody knows why the sentinelese are so quick to attack although a good guess is they simply want to be left alone perhaps they have received a warning of some kind or somehow know that it's most likely that bad things will happen if outsiders come their self-imposed seclusion probably benefits them because they have no natural immunity or resistance to many modern diseases and sicknesses that most patients now survive could easily kill an entire tribe for their safety as well as the safety of others in 1956 the indian government implemented legislation banning visitors from going within five nautical miles of the place only a select handful of professionals have been allowed there since including indian anthropologist trilok nath pandit whose team established the first and only peaceful interaction with the sentinelese in 1991 but some people have ignored the ban against visiting with deadly consequences the most recent case happened in 2018 when a 26 year old american christian missionary named john chao paid fishermen to illegally ferry him to the island chao knew the dangers associated with going near the sentinelese but he was so intent on spreading christianity to the tribe even though he didn't know their language and they don't speak english and he had no one to vouch for him he tried repeatedly to reach shore in a kayak and was attacked with arrows each time forcing chow to retreat back to the fisherman's boat eventually the men who ferried the missionary saw the man had died the fishermen who helped chao reach the off limits island were arrested and charged for their crimes but the indian government does not prosecute the sentinelese for killing invaders coming here continues to be forbidden for everyone's safety number 7. bishop rock lighthouse the world's smallest island with a building on it is bishop rock a scary or a small rocky island in the westernmost part of the isles of silly archipelago which is located 28 miles off the southwestern tip of great britain's cornish peninsula measuring just 151 feet long by 52 feet wide it's just big enough for the lighthouse that stands on it the bishop rock lighthouse was built in the 18th century to warn vessels of the silly isles and the dangerous surrounding rocks which had caused many shipwrecks the first attempt at constructing the lighthouse failed when the tremendously strong winds the area is known for knocked the structure right over and into the sea builders resorted to erecting a granite tower which withstood the elements far more successfully it was completed in 1858 and in 1976 a helipad was installed on the roof the lighthouse actually had a keeper living there until 1992 around which time it switched to automatic lighting technology today its ten floors are capable of accommodating up to four visitors who stay for one to three weeks at a time so while it's not exactly forbidden the bishoproc lighthouse isn't in the most hospitable environment and trips there are often canceled it was one of the most hazardous and difficult sights ever to build a lighthouse number 6. this submarine tunnels the island of this and croatia is not only beautiful but has quite the military past during world war ii the germans took control of the strategically important island and built numerous structures including a submarine base as well as a secret underground tunnel and cave network there are over 35 known places that were built for military purposes afterwards it fell to yugoslavia and became a very important place for leader joseph brostito who repurposed the nazi's left behind structures on vice into a military base for his communist army in the middle of the island there was a large cannon and missile base to protect it from attack this was closed to foreign visitors until sometime after 1989 when the breakup of yugoslavia began to take hold around the same time tito's military abandoned its base on the island even for a while there were parts on the island you could not go including a large submarine dock now a popular place for sneaky yachts locals were desperate for the military to leave so they could finally open the island to foreigners besides guided tours through the once forbidden military structures you might recognize this island as the location where mamma mia here we go again was filmed number 5. bizarre base in late 2018 finnish authorities raided sakiluoto a small privately owned island belonging to a russian businessman from saint petersburg named pavel melnikov leo gasquevar a retiree who lives on a neighboring island within the archipelago which sits between sweden and finland was shocked when he witnessed the commandos approaching sakiluoto in black speedboats i thought wow that is certainly unusual cascavar told the new york times nobody ever visits that place melnikov took the security of his island seriously covering it with surveillance cameras and no trespassing signs even more suspiciously sakiloto had nine piers a helipad a swimming pool covered in camouflage netting and a large amount of housing all equipped with satellite dishes according to new york times reporter andrew higgins authorities claim that they conducted the raid along with 16 others that day out of suspicion of financial crimes including money laundering and pension and tax fraud but some believe that there is more to the story including the possibility that the russian military had something to do with the operations at melnikov's property the coordinated bust involved 400 officers the region's airspace was closed to any aircraft not associated with the raid and all the properties that authorities visited had suspected links to russia russian prime minister dmitry medvedev denied such allegations stating at a press conference following the raid i don't know in whose sick mind such a thought could be formulated such thinking is paranoid is it though russia's not really known for being up front but hey the neighbor said i've been thinking for many years that they are doing something military over there he said building building building but nobody knows what for but the finnish authorities remained quiet regarding exactly what they found at sakiluoto and the other islands they visited that day the country has a long-standing history of avoiding tensions with russia leaving the world to wonder if the bus represented a rare effort on behalf of the finnish government to put its foot down and what it discovered in the process what do you think let me know in the comments below number four secret testing facility starting in 1942 during world war ii scotland's grinnard island became a top-secret testing facility for biological weapons the uk government used the small uninhabited island located in the scottish highlands for experimenting with a deadly bacteria called volum 14578 which they packed into bombs and tested on innocent unsuspecting flocks of sheep the general takeaway from the project was that the substance was without a doubt capable of contaminating entire german cities for decades consequently as the site where the tests occurred grenard island itself became poisoned and it stayed that way for nearly 50 years during the early 1980s an organization called operation dark harvest mailed toxic soil samples from the island to various british government agencies demanding that they clean up the tainted territory the government began doing so in 1986 by spraying a formaldehyde and sea water mixture on green art island and in 1990 the toxic property was officially declared safe documents regarding the history of what went on there were declassified in 1997 making the shady situation available to the public for the first time following the decontamination efforts a flock of sheep was left on the island and none of them have tested positive for the poison since 2007 but some people believe that grenade island could still be toxic and are unwilling to take their chances by going anywhere near it number 3. torpedo testing station torpodofnia is an abandoned german torpedo testing station that was left over after world war ii located in the baltic sea's bay of puck roughly one thousand feet off the remote coast of gdynia poland it consists of a torpedo launcher and two smaller buildings and in between there was a torpedo scavenging net the world war ii era launch station which was officially named the craig's marine submarine arms research center was only used for its original intended purpose for around three years between 1942 and 1945. after the war ended germany was partitioned between the u.s the uk and the soviet union via the potsdam agreement meanwhile terbadovnia and its environs were returned to poland which fell under soviet authority the soviet military continued to use the man-made island for training military divers but eventually deserted the site taking its technical equipment back to the ussr tarpadavania subsequently fell into disrepair and a long wooden pier that once connected the complex to the shore was blown up to deter explorers from trying to reach the site today parts of the deteriorated station have fallen into the sea and the structure seems to be on the verge of collapse the site is unsupervised and therefore accessible to visitors but it's also unstable and explorers are advised to proceed with caution if you are a good swimmer you can also get there that way but it's probably not the best place to spend the day number 2. protected wildlife the farallon islands are located 28 miles off the san francisco shore so close they can easily be seen on a clear day consisting of four groups of islands spanning a 211 acre area the closest most people ever get to the farallon islands involves passing by them during a boat tour as they are closed to the public to protect wildlife the stretch of water between san francisco and the rocky cluster of islands is known for being cold turbulent and teeming with sharks and because of these dangers many people refuse to even go near the farallon islands in 2012 for example five out of eight crew members perished when their yacht crashed into rocks and capsized during the annual full crew fair loans boat race sail magazine editor kimball livingston told the san francisco chronicle following the tragedy even a navy seal would feel panic in that situation i'm surprised anyone survived anyone crazy enough to try sneaking onto the islands is doomed to fail the treacherous rocky coastlines prevent vessels from simply sailing up to the coastline researchers who visit the island transfer from a large boat to a smaller one which is then lifted onto the island by a crane there are two houses on southeast farallon which house researchers and scientists who monitor the island's wildlife population trends the islands are home to the largest nesting saber colony in the u.s and often serve as a waypoint for bird species from other regions who become lost during migration in 2015 marathon swimmer kim chambers became the first woman and the fifth person ever to swim from the fair loans to the golden gate bridge she was aware of the dangers ahead of time as she later recalled i was prepared not to come back chamber said i did my laundry because i wanted my place to be decent when they came to collect my stuff thankfully she survived the swim arriving at the golden gate bridge 17 hours and 12 minutes after diving in number one last paradise the mirgui archipelago of myanmar or formerly burma is a chain of over 800 largely uncharted mostly uninhabited islands some of which are home to the moken a tribe of seafaring nomads who live off what they catch in the ocean they sleep in boats and live a hunter-gatherer lifestyle instead of using modern equipment the mo can use small nets and spears they are also known as people of the water or sea gypsies their philosophy is to have a minimal impact on the environment and that natural resources cannot be owned individually they share the pristine territory with numerous rare mammal bird and marine species estimates put the moken population at anywhere from a few hundred to three thousand and they speak a unique language that is unknown to the outside world but the moken's population is declining and their environment is threatened for decades the burmese government prohibited the public from visiting the marghui islands tourism began during the 1990s but the worst damage came starting in 2011 when authorities began accepting development proposals from investors today the islands are increasingly being encroached upon by tourists entrepreneurs loggers fishermen and others seeking to capitalize from the murguy archipelago's vast natural resources and beauty thanks for watching would you dare visit any of these places some of them are much safer than others that's for sure which of the forbidden islands would you like to visit the most let me know in the comments below and be sure to subscribe if you haven't already see you soon bye

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