When the word "island" is mentioned, most people dream of a romantic escape to sand, sun and fun. Nevertheless, there are quite a few island destinations that offer bizarre and unique experiences.
In contrast to typical islands, beach holidays and breathtaking beauty, some strange or even dangerous islands. Here are 10 of the most unusual islands. If you are an adventurer at heart and blessed with more luck than others, we are sure that one day you will visit one of these islands.
1. Isola La Gaiola – an Italian island known for the curse that befell its owners
The island of Isola La Gaiola, located near Naples, Italy, is said to be he is cursed. There are beautiful and picturesque streets on the island, but it is uninhabited, as many of the owners of the island have fallen extreme bad luck and unexpected death. The curse has its roots in the 1920s – Swiss owner Hans Braun was found dead, wrapped in a blanket, and his wife drowned at sea a few months later. Heart attacks, suicides in psychiatric hospitals, economic ruin, kidnappings and imprisonment are just some of the curses that have befallen this island since then. Except for swimmers and adventurers, it is today abandoned.
2. Ōkunoshima, Japan – once home to poisonous gases, now home to hundreds of rabbits
The island of Japan is also known as "Rabbit Island", who are hiding on an island with a much darker history - or even connected to it, who knows. It was an island a Japanese chemical weapons production facility before and during World War II. Between 1929 and 1945, the Japanese military secretly produced on it more than 6000 tons of poisonous gas. The island is a popular tourist destination with a small golf course, camping and beautiful beaches.
3. Sable, Canada - shipwrecks and wild horses
Sable Island lies off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. The island is 42 kilometers long and 1.5 kilometers wide 475 shipwrecks and over 400 wild horses. The sailors left it behind a long time ago, but the horses managed to survive on the island without trees – only sea grass and rainwater are available for survival. The island was never permanently inhabited. In 2013, the figure 43. National Park of Canada.
4. La Isla de las Muñecas, Mexico – an island full of abandoned dolls
Also known as "Island of Dolls", located in the canals of Xochimice, near Mexico City. The shrine is said to be dedicated to a girl who is died in the canals under mysterious circumstances. The story goes that a former resident of the island, Don Julian, preached the word of God (around 1950) and believed that he was the anointed one. For this he was beaten several times. That's how he started collecting dolls to ward off evil spirits and to assure the girl that she would not be caught after death. In 2001, he drowned in the canals near the island, where a girl is said to have also drowned. His son maintains the doll collection and welcomes the throngs of tourists who visit the island.
5. Ilha da Queimada Grande, Brazil – an inhospitable island home to 2,000 stingrays
Also known as "Snake Island", located approximately 145 kilometers from the city of São Paulo, Brazil. They estimate that it should 2,000 to 5,000 snakes lived on the 65 hectares of the island. Bothrops insularis or golden harpoon snake, one of the most venomous snakes in the world, is the only inhabitant of the island. Its venom is said to be three to five times stronger than that of any mainland snake and capable dismantling human flesh. Visiting the island is due to danger prohibited.
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6. Palmyra Atoll - cursed paradise
An idyllic paradise in the North Pacific, somewhere halfway between Hawaii and Samoa, known for its stunning beauty, it is said to be cursed and imbued with evil. Supernatural events, mysteries and unexplained happenings were supposed to be paradise since 1798, when the island was discovered. Then there's more a mysterious and heinous double murder couples on the island in 1974. Currently, the only known inhabitants of the island climate scientists and occasional adventurers.
7. Christmas Island, Australia - where 120 million crabs migrate to the ocean
Christmas Island is an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean. 63 percent of the island is protected as a national park and is perfect for its ecosystems red crab. For most of the year, the crayfish live in the humid canopy, but during the rainy season they leave the mainland and go to the sea, where they spawn. Almost 120 million crabs travel eight kilometers to the ocean, and the month-long journey takes its toll among crabs due to dehydration, dangerous roads and yellow ants.
8. Taal Volcanic Island, Philippines - An island on an island… on an island
There is Taal Lake on the Philippine island of Luzon, and it is in the lake Taal Volcano (33 recorded eruptions, it is the second most active volcano in the Philippines and part of the Pacific "Ring Of Fire", known for earthquakes and active volcanoes). At the top of the volcano is a "sink" known as the caldera. This is filled with water and creates crater lake, the largest in the world. It is in the center of the lake a small island, Vulcan Point.
9. Deer Island, New York - Escape for a secret society
One of the larger American islands within the chain Thousand Islands it is the home of a higher secret society Skull & Bones, students at Yale University. This one also includes American President Bush and his son, US Senators and Secretaries of State. With such wealth and power in the group, one would imagine a more luxurious island. They are about the details of their operation rarely spoken. Their cottage has already been burned down three times.
10. Tashirojima Island, Japan - where cats are the rulers and happiness of the island
"Cat Island" is located near Ishinomaki City in Miyagi Prefecture. It has about 100 human inhabitants (most of them over 60 years old), a cats rule him. These were settled on the island as mousetraps on silkworm farms. When the silk industry left the island, so did most of the inhabitants. The cat population, however, has exploded. Fishermen began to believe that cats bring them good luck. This is how they built their furry friends sanctuary. Tourists are welcome to stay overnight in cat-shaped booths between April and November. Remember - no dogs allowed.
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