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5 Mysterious Places On Earth You’re Not Allowed To Visit

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5 Mysterious Places On Earth You’re Not Allowed To Visit

While there are many areas in the globe where you can walk about freely, there are five sites that are strictly forbidden for visitors to enter for very strange reasons.

Alright, so you might assume right away that Area 51 will be the most bizarre place on this list, but it doesn’t even come close to touching the sides.

Additionally, even though the listed sites may not have reported sightings of aliens or “UFOs,” there are very good reasons why you shouldn’t go there carelessly.

For starters, it might endanger your health and result in an arrest.

Having said that, the following establishments are more secure than Costco for customers without a loyalty card.

North Sentinel Island

Even while everyone enjoys lounging on white sand beaches while sipping cocktails, there is one location where swimming is not recommended.

Due to its isolation from the outside world, North Sentinel Island in the Indian Ocean has prohibited all tourists from coming.

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One of the 572 archipelagos that comprise the Andaman Islands, it is thought to be inhabited by as many as 500 indigenous people who have never been extensively visited.

A voluntary isolationist tribe controls the island, and they have a reputation for ruthlessly murdering anyone who chooses to invade their territory.

John Allen Chau, a US preacher who intended to live among and spread Christianity among the Sentinelese, was tragically killed by them in 2018.

Vatican’s Vault

Nothing compares to exploring Catholicism’s past, exploring buildings, and discovering hidden treasures.

The Vatican Secret Archive, which was established in the 17th century, is one treasure you won’t be able to see.

In 2019, it changed its name to the Vatican Apostolic Archive, which now houses all of the popes’ private records.

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Pope Leo XIII loosened restrictions in 1881, allowing a small number of Catholic intellectuals to enter after no one had been able to do so for 250 years.

However, no one else is permitted to enter the area.

The Doomsday Vault

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, often known as the island of Spitsbergen’s Doomsday Vault, is another vault that you are not permitted to enter. It holds seeds from more than 1.3 million plant and crop species.

It contains a lot of seeds in case the world ends and we have to repopulate the areas with crops so that everyone can eat.

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Ironically, the vault, which is 100 meters deep beneath a mountain, is designed to survive earthquakes, nuclear explosions, and other natural disasters.

No one is let inside to contaminate the stockpile in order to maintain hygienic conditions.

Snake Island

There is a reason why Ilha do Queimada Grande, sometimes known as Snake Island, gained its name: it broke away from Brazil about 11,000 years ago.

In essence, it is brimming with native snakes that have developed into the exceedingly hazardous golden lancehead vipers.

Their venom is claimed to be capable of melting human flesh and maybe killing a person in as little as an hour.

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According to urban legend, the lighthouse keeper was the last person to reside here. He and his family were killed by the poisonous snakes in the 1920s.

The Brazilian government has prohibited anyone from entering the island due to the high number of snakes, but certain scientists are permitted to do research there as long as a doctor is present.

The Church of St. Mary of Zion

If you have seen Indiana Jones travel to the Ark of the Covenant, which is concealed inside a chapel in Aksum, Ethiopia, you may already be familiar with this location.

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Close enough.

It may be a replica of the Ark and is said to be located inside the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion. Additionally, it is thought that the chapel where it is reportedly kept only permits guardians to enter.

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