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Japan’s Aokigahara Forest was recently the setting for Jason Zada’s horror film The Forest, starring Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones). The real horror of the “Suicide Forest”, the decaying bodies of those who ended their lives alone, sometimes found years later. In the photo above is a sign on a path in the forest asking people to reconsider suicide and to please think of their families. In the location over one hundred lives are lost every year, due to suicide. Both residents from Japan and tourist have been been flocking to the deep woods at the base of Mount Fuji to commit suicide for a many years. Deaths are so frequent that police are sent in on a regular basis to search for bodies with the help of volunteers. Of course land scared by so many deaths would be haunted. Legend goes that if you stay after the sun goes down you will see the spirits of those who died
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Most of you have heard of Japan’s notorious Aokigahara forest, often referred to as the “Suicide Forest’ . The fourteen square miles of Forest at the base Mount Fuji is a popular site for people to commit suicide. On average 100 bodies are recovered from the Forest every year. The suicides have become such an issue that the government has put signs urging people not to take their lives. Locals claim to forest is filled with spirits. The area is the central setting for the supernatural-thriller ‘The Forest’. The film stars Taylor Kinney (Zero Dark Thirty) and ‘Game of Thrones’ actress Natalie Dormer, who plays a twin whose sister disappears into the “Suicide Forest”. Dormer’s character travels to Japan in search of her sister. She enters Aokigahara, guided by Aiden (Kinney) and faces the tormented souls of those who committed suicide there. Jason Zada directed the film, written by David S, Goyer, Ben Ketai, Nick Antosca and Sarah Cornwell. ‘The
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Japan’s Aokigahara Forest was recently the setting for Jason Zada’s horror film The Forest, starring Natalie Dormer (Game of Thrones). The real horror of the “Suicide Forest”, the decaying bodies of those who ended their lives alone, sometimes found years later. In the photo above is a sign on a path in the forest asking people to reconsider suicide and to please think of their families. In the location over one hundred lives are lost every year, due to suicide. Both residents from Japan and tourist have been been flocking to the deep woods at the base of Mount Fuji to commit suicide for a many years. Deaths are so frequent that police are sent in on a regular basis to search for bodies with the help of volunteers. Of course land scared by so many deaths would be haunted. Legend goes that if you stay after the sun goes down you will see the spirits of those who died
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Most of you have heard of Japan’s notorious Aokigahara forest, often referred to as the “Suicide Forest’ . The fourteen square miles of Forest at the base Mount Fuji is a popular site for people to commit suicide. On average 100 bodies are recovered from the Forest every year. The suicides have become such an issue that the government has put signs urging people not to take their lives. Locals claim to forest is filled with spirits. The area is the central setting for the supernatural-thriller ‘The Forest’. The film stars Taylor Kinney (Zero Dark Thirty) and ‘Game of Thrones’ actress Natalie Dormer, who plays a twin whose sister disappears into the “Suicide Forest”. Dormer’s character travels to Japan in search of her sister. She enters Aokigahara, guided by Aiden (Kinney) and faces the tormented souls of those who committed suicide there. Jason Zada directed the film, written by David S, Goyer, Ben Ketai, Nick Antosca and Sarah Cornwell. ‘The
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