HAUNTED BHANGARH FORT & GALAPAGOS ISLANDS

HAUNTED BHANGARH FORT & GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
Paul Dale Roberts, HPI’s Esoteric Detective
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BHANGARH FORT – INDIA
Legend has it, a sadhu lived close to the fort area, and he asked that any house built close to his home, should not be taller than his own house. If the shadow of any part of the fort fell upon his own house, it would result in destruction of the nearby village. When columns were added to the fort that cast a shadow on the sadhu’s house, the result was destruction of the fort and surrounding towns. Another legend is that a priest who dabbled in black magic fell in love with a beautiful Bhangarh princess. The Bhangarh princess had many suitors. One day, the priest followed the princess to the marketplace and offered her a love potion. However, she refused it, throwing it on a large rock. The rock rolled over on the priest and crushed him to death. Before he died, the priest cursed the entire village, condemning it to destruction and desolation. Now which legend is true, is anyone’s guess. We will look more into the sadhu’s curse, since this curse is more popular with the locals.

Many locals in nearby villages talk about all of the fatal accidents that have occurred at the fort. Because of this, the Archaeological Survey of India has now posted signs prohibiting tourists visiting the fort between sunset and sunrise. However, spending full nights in the haunted fort premises is still an adventure that people love to partake in.

People who come to visit the fortress are amazed at the structure and architecture. But, many tourists complain that they feel extreme anxiety. They also feel restlessness. My uncle Jose Causing felt uneasiness when he was looking at the outside of the fortress. Jose said one tourist wanted to climb the fort and jump from the highest tower. Some visitors even pointed out that they get a weird sense of paranoia as if somebody is following them around.

It is completely against the law to venture or stay inside Bhangarh Fort at night. The locals say that anybody who managed to go inside the fort at night have vanished. It is believed that spirits roam there at night, which turns this place into a hotbed for paranormal activities. Locals believe demons or mischievous spirits will abduct you in the night and take you into another reality, and you can never return to your own reality.

According to legends, Bhangarh Fort has been cursed by a hermit named Guru Balu Nath as I have mentioned above. The spot where the fort has been built once served as the meditation spot of the sage. The king asked the sage that he wanted to build his fort at the Sage’s meditation spot. The sage thought about it for a while and finally agreed, as long as the fort’s shadow doesn’t fall upon his home. The king underestimated the size of the fort and the fort’s shadow emcompassed the sage’s home. The sage then cursed the village, and the village was destroyed. The sage’s curse was fulfilled.

Jose says that this fort is the MOST haunted place in all of India. Many locals make claim to this. Jose says that the homes in the village are roofless. It is believed that the sage who cursed the town to its ultimate devastation is responsible for it. Referring to this, locals stated that it is not possible to construct a roof on these houses, and even if one is built, it collapses, and such incidents have killed many people in the past.

There are many eerie stories surrounding Bhangarh. The history of the fort is full of tragedy and misery. Locals and tourists have experienced horrible accidents, death and misfortune. Locals also added that once three daredevils decided to stay in Bhangarh Fort premises after sundown. They wanted to know if the fort was really haunted or if it is just made belief legends. However, despite being equipped with a torch, one of them fell into a steep well, but was then rescued by his friends who tried to rush him to the hospital. But it seems like it was predestined, all three of them died in a road accident while they were on their way to hospital. The curse of this fort will live on forever.

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS – ECUADOR
The case of two neighbors living on a practically deserted island. That island is Galapagos Island. These island neighbors largely avoided one another, living about an hour’s walk from each other’s home, until the arrival of Eloise Wehrborn de Wagner-Bosquet, a self-proclaimed Baroness who had come to Floreana with her two male companions, Robert Philippson and Rudolf Lorenz. Her two male companions were the lovers of the Baroness. The Baroness was a modern woman with grandiose tales of her life back in Europe. Regarded as stubborn, sexy and wild, she landed on Floreana with the same pomp and circumstance as when Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas. The Baroness made claim to the islands as being hers and that she would govern the islands.

Parading around the island in revealing outfits, the Baroness was not shy about her male lovers and was said to greet passing ships in see through outfits and a pistol attached to her hip. According to the documentary, “A Galapagos Affair”, the Baroness was intent on building a hotel on the island, declaring herself the Empress of Floreana. Her boastful attitude and air of superiority ruffled the feathers of her neighbors, as petty conflicts arose frequently. At the same time, the Baroness had begun to favor Philippson over Lorenz. Lorenz was abused by Philippson and at times beaten. Lorenz ended the threesome and moved in with the opposing neighbors, the Wittmers. Lorenz and the Wittmers constantly talked about how evil the Baroness and Philippson were. The Wittmers hated the way the Baroness was condescending when they spoke with her. The Baroness was known to belittle people and this got on people’s nerves.

On March 27, 1934, the island of Floreana was eerie and quiet, a sense of foreboding was felt in the air. A long-drawn scream is said to have pierced the silence that day and the nothing else was heard. The Baroness and her lover, Philippson, disappeared forever. The Wittmers made claim that the Baroness and Philippson set sail for Tahiti, never planning to return to Galapagos Islands. Not too many people believe that story and actually believe that the Wittmers and Lorenz planned the murder of the Baroness and Philippson. The Baroness and Philippson were never heard from again; her larger-than-life personality and electrifying presence forever lost to the island of Floreana. Suspiciously, Lorenz became eager to go back to Germany after the disappearance and soon made haste to the island of San Cristobal, where his boat disappeared enroute only to be discovered months later with his mummified remains located on Marchena Island. Locals that have visited these islands make claim that the Baroness and her two lovers haunt these islands. Sometimes the ghost of the Baroness is seen by herself with what looks like stab wounds on her torso and neck. Other times the ghost of the Baroness and her two lovers are seen frolicking near the waters, happy and content. Special Note: I first heard this story from my half-brother Joseph Anthony Soyo, who visited Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands.