Planet earth is full of unexplored places, but with the advancement of technology and means of transportation, people from all across the globe have easy access to travel anywhere.
However, few places, on the earth, are yet unexplored or forbidden to the public. These places are forbidden, for a specific reason considering the safety and security of the people.
Check out the top five forbidden places:
Top 5 Forbidden Places
Javari Reserve: The Javari reserve is located, at the eastern side of the Amazon jungle in Brazil along the Javari river. They are home to as many as 14 tribes potentially existing in the region. These tribes are yet unexplored, and they tend to stay away from civilization.
The reserve is a region of the no-entry zone and the Brazilian Government reserves the right to permission in this region, obtaining which itself is very rare. Out of the existing 14 tribes, there are seven such tribes have never been contacted by the outside world.
These tribes have survived thousands of years depending upon the jungle for food and shelter. The Government of Brazil maintains strictness in allowing permissions based on past experiences where a small breakaway group was contacted by researchers’ who unknowingly transmitted lethal disease-causing germs to the tribesmen.
Thus it makes this reserve extremely protective and forbidden for access to the general public.
Poveglia Island: Poveglia Island is a small island located in northern Italy between Venice and Lido. All the residents of this tiny island fled after the warfare in the 1300s. In 1350, Venice and many other prominent towns in Italy were under by severe Bubonic Plague. The affected citizens were quarantined on this island of Poveglia fearing the rapid spread of the disease.
The dead-bodies were burnt in mass pyres. Poveglia island gained the reputation of a haunted island. After the epidemic of Bubonic Plague, relying on the ghostly legends, Napoleon used this island to stockpile gunpowder for upcoming wars.
In 1800, the poorly maintained building of this island served as a mental asylum for the mentally deranged people. In 1930 a doctor associated with the mental asylum conducted strange experiments with the patients. The doctor eventually became mad himself and committed suicide by throwing himself from the tower bell.
Locals claim to hear the bell chimes even today. Italian government subsequently tried to restore the depleted building, but the construction was stopped, after some time without any reason. Poveglia Island is abandoned and considered to be haunted and is closed to the public.
This island is forbidden, to the general public, and local fishermen, are afraid of sailing their boat near the island.
Heard Island: The Heard island discovered in the mid-1900s and is a part of Australia since 1947. The remote location of this island along with rough seas makes it one of the rarest places on earth to visit. Situated about 4100 kilometres from Perth in South Western Australia is home to active volcanoes and glaciers.
The active volcano named Mawson’s Peak is about 2745m above sea level that is about 517m higher than Mount Kosciuszko at 2228 metres. Scientists and researchers are allowed limited permission to visit Mc Donald Island about 43 kilometres from Heard Island, but Heard Island is forbidden, to the public.
Heard Island is blanketed with ice year long due to its proximity to Antarctica. The island itself is covered with clouds and difficult, to locate. The inhabitants of this island include various types of birds, Seals and four types of Penguins.
It takes almost eight days to reach Mc Donald Island by boat travelling among the rough seas. To preserve the natural habitat and the threat of volcanic explosion the Heard Island is closed to the public and strictly forbidden for access and is listed as a world heritage site within an IUCN 1a Strict Nature Reserve.
Sentinal Island: The North Sentinel Island is situated, in the Andaman and Nicobar Island of the Bay of Bengal in the south-western part of India. This island is home to Sentinelese tribe of the people that had voluntarily rejected any form of human contacts for nearly 60,000 years or so. The people of this tribe react violently to any outsiders approaching their island.
An expedition led by Maurice Vidal Portman, a government administrator who hoped to research the natives and their customs, landed on North Sentinel Island in January 1880. They found pathways to be small with abandoned villages.
After travelling many days, they found a group of six people. They kidnapped them and took them to Andamans. The kidnapped elderly couple died soon after their arrival. The remaining four persons were sent back to the island with presents.
Many attempts were made by the Indian Government to befriend these Sentinelese tribesmen, but all their attempts were rejected subsequently. In 2006 two local fishermen were attacked by this tribesman when they happen to venture out too close to their island.
A 26 old christian missionary John Allen Chou managed to convince a local fisherman to take him to the sentinel island in 2018, both the men never returned.
To protect these tribes from the outside influence, the Indian Government has strictly forbidden any approach to these islands. Any boat within nine nautical miles of this island is apprehended by Indian Navy patrolling vessels.
Ilha da Queimada Grande Island: This Island is located just 90 miles of the São Paulo coast, seems like another one of those beautiful places—at first glance, with lovely beaches and beautiful green tropical forests. This is one of the most dangerous islands in the world and home to one of the densest population of venomous snakes in the world; hence it is aptly called the snake island. The island is completely uninhabited now.
One of the most venomous snakes in the world, the golden lancehead vipers lives in large numbers on this island. These vipers have enough venom to kill a fully grown man in an hour. Fishermen wandering in the island in search of Bananas were all found dead with snakebites throughout their body.
A lighthouse present in the Island was operational till 1920, but the last lighthouse keeper, along with his entire family, died when a cadre of snakes slithered into his home through the windows. Subsequently, the lighthouse is automated and operated by the Brazilian Navy.
Very few researchers and scientists are permitted to enter this island to collect data about snakes. Almost every Brazilian knows about the island, but most would never dream of going there. Due to safety reasons, this island is strictly forbidden to the general public by the Brazilian Government.
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