Friday, January 22, 2016. At the base of the Mount Fuji, in Japan; will be greeted by the fearsome “Forest of Death”distinguished as Aokigahara; a well-known place, for being the favorite of people who want to end their lives. Due to these terrible incidents, the Japanese have referred to this site as “the perfect place to die”.
This appalling situation has made the japanese government has put up different posters inviting citizens not to commit suicide; the signs placed scattered throughout the terrible forest, have different messages, which are not exactly to welcome anyone, like “Your life is precious” Y “Think once more”. Every year there have been about 75 deaths in the forest; being a recurrent news the death of a person in Aokigahara.
Every year local volunteers have met with the police from that sector, making a «search for bodies» throughout the forest since the year 1970. Hundreds of investigators of paranormal events have sought the reason for this mysterious phenomenon; being found an abandoned camp with all its belongings, including records of esoteric images and psychophonies.
Because of this exuberant number of suicides that have occurred in the forest; it has become the tomb of innumerable wallets full of money, credit cards, clothing, among other valuable accessories. The famous Japanese film director, Takiomoto Tomoyukicommented that he had found some 370,000 yen -3700 euros in a purse, while he was in search of natural landscapes for his film “Ki no Umi” in the year 2004; whose script is about four people who died in the jungle.
The Government of Japan has carried out different investigations in which it has confirmed that the majority of suicides are caused by the terrible financial problems of these people. However, such information has not been validated for most locals; since these alleged deaths have been counted for more than a century. For their part, visitors to the forest and nearby sectors; They have pointed out different appearances of supposed ghosts in the form of mist or with human appearance, asserting that they have heard whispers coming from nowhere.
According to many paranormal investigators, restless Japanese spirits called “Yurei”, they have dedicated themselves to persecuting people; while others assure that in the Aokigahara forest there are demons who destroy people’s lives. Several individuals comment on these otherworldly experiences, and have described a very unpleasant feeling of panic, «also, it has felt like the ground wants to swallow you up and stares everywhere.» These bland impressions have been responsible for visitors becoming easily disoriented, even coming across bodies that had not been discovered in decades.