Not Out of the Woods

Today's post is about a place that is known as "The Suicide Forest" in Japan at the foot of Mt. Fuji and it ranks right up there with places like the Bermuda Triangle for unexplained events. It is called the Suicide Forest because of the obvious,people often go there to end their lives,but other inexplicable things occur there too like compasses not working properly and experienced hikers becoming lost and confused in short distances. The area is routinely patrolled for bodies by local authorities who report strange items littering the otherwise pristine floor of the forest. In 2003 a record number of suicides (108) were documented for the area,it is second to the Golden Gate Bridge for places people favor for ending their lives.