Located in Brittany and, these days, more commonly known as Paimpont Forest, it is said to have been the setting of the King Arthur legend, and is home to the megalithic Tomb of Merlin. The Fôret de Brocéliande, a place of medieval legend, was ravaged by fire in 1990.

The sight of the dolls is terrifying enough, but some people have said they’ve heard the dolls whispering to one another from high above in the treetops. The man who did this, more than half a century ago, hoped it would chase away the spirit of a drowned girl whose body washed up on shore here.

The small tree-covered island was named for its collection of dolls, doll heads, and disembodied doll parts that have been strung from the jungle trees. One of the world’s creepiest places is La Isla de las Muñecas, or Island of the Dolls, south of Mexico City. Go if you dare, but it’s been said that people have disappeared there, particularly near its famous waterfall. Some local residents believe the forest is haunted, and the spirits that lurk there come out only at night. This beautiful forest park in Tawau, on the island of Borneo, is home to the tallest tree in the world, a yellow meranti, and is frequented by tourists -but usually only during the day. But afterwards, they were stopped cold when they examined photos they’d taken of their children in the forest: a sinister-looking figure wearing Victorian-era clothing was clearly visible, lurking in the trees. Such accounts didn’t stop a local family from enjoying a hike and a picnic there in 2008. Visitors to these woods report strange phenomena such as feeling inexplicably agitated, and that their pets were spooked. Back in Victorian times it had been the home of a coal mine and a mining town. Rumours of the trail giving off what has been described as a “weird haunting energy” continue to this day.Īnother creepy copse is Blairadam Forest, north of Edinburgh. Four other people disappeared in the forest here between 19, and only one body was ever found. This 437-kilometre-long hiking trail near Bennington in the state of Vermont, in the northeastern United States, is believed to be where a college student named Paula Jean Welden disappeared on December 1, 1946. The tale of Der Grossmann (sometimes translated as The Slender Man) is that of a tall, horribly disfigured man with bulging eyes and many arms who compelled children to enter the forest and confess their sins.

Legend has it it’s haunted by werewolves, witches, and the devil himself. Named for its almost impenetrable darkness, the Schwarzwald (Black Forest) is the site of some of the scariest tales the Brothers Grimm ever wrote. Ancient tales of druids, ghosts, and a host of other supernatural creatures have earned it a reputation as the most haunted part of Dartmoor. And the place really is haunted, if you believe those familiar with it. In Wistman’s Wood in Dartmoor National Park, in the southwest of England, moss and lichen drip so thickly from the tangled oak treetops that you can barely see the sky. With large, dark shadows and unidentifiable animal sounds, forests can be some of the spookiest places in the world

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