Welcome to “Episode 241: Hoia Baciu Forest, Romania’s Bermuda Triangle”! Beneath the emerald canopy of Transylvania’s misty mountains lies a forest so strange that it has been nicknamed the “Bermuda Triangle of Romania”. Named after a shepherd who went missing amongst the twisted trees hundreds of years ago, the Hoia-Baciu woods are rumored to swallow all those who dare enter, returning them as shadows of their former selves, if at all. Stepping foot over the boundary of this haunted treeline is not without serious risk: cameras malfunction, compasses spin, time slips by more quickly, and a chorus of strange lights, spirits, and entities watch your every move. Tonight, we’ll wander past the last filtered beams of daylight and venture deep into the small patch of earth that has terrified scientists, mystics, and locals alike, on a quest to find out just what makes the Hoia-Baciu Forest one of the most haunted places on Earth. TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 - HOOK/INTRO 00:04:54 - BLISSY AD 00:06:41 - PART I: ORIGINS 00:23:23 - BEAM AD 00:25:44 - PART II: ANCIENT LEGENDS 00:53:23 - PART III: MODERN FOLKLORE 01:32:29 - PART IV: THEORIES 01:46:25 - CLOSING CREDITS THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED!! Find out more about this week’s advertisers below: BLISSY: Get better sleep, hair and skin with Blissy and use LGHPOD to get an additional 30% off at http://blissy.com/LGHPOD BEAM: Go to http://shopbeam.com/HAUNTED, use code HAUNTED, and get up to 50% off during Beam’s Cyber Sale. —— Other Important Stuff: Join the Patreon today! https://patreon.com/letsgethaunted  LGH Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/letsgethaunted Buy Our Merch: https://www.letsgethaunted.com    Check out the photo dump for this week’s episode: https://www.instagram.com/letsgethaunted   Send us fan mail: PO BOX 1658 Camarillo, CA 93011 Send us your listener stories: LetsGetHauntedPod@gmail.com —— BACKGROUND MUSIC: [1] “MAGIC TRANSITION SOUND - NO COPYRIGHT” BY SOUND TRUST, LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNHMu3Upgu4 Creative Commons — CC BY 3.0 I https://goo.gl/Yibru5 [2] License Dar Golan - Elevator Music - Royalty free music, “Elevator Music (Royalty Free, Infinite Loop)” by Dar Golan, free download link here: https://www.dargolan-free.com/funny-music  [3] “(Free) Horror Ambiance - Ominous Background Music” by ESN Productions, link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAO3x-Uhfoo VIDEO ASSETS USED IN THIS EPISODE WERE ALL PURCHASED AND LICENSED VIA STORYBLOCKS.COM ALL OTHER AUDIO ASSETS INCLUDING MUSIC AND SOUND EFFECTS LICENSED AND PURCHASED THROUGH: artlist.io  —— KEYWORDS: Romania, Transylvania, Vlad the Impaler, vampires, vampire, forest, woods, haunted forest, UAP, UFO, spaceship, alien, extraterrestrial, sighting, portal, spirituality, god, religion, haunted, haunt, haunting, ghost, ghosts, paranormal, supernatural, apparition, folklore, time slip, lost time, Europe, European, mountain, cryptid, legend, urban legend, cursed, spooky, scary, frightening, eerie, creepy, phantom, spirits, poltergeist, investigation, true crime, death, unsolved, mystery, unresolved, unknown, mysterious, horror, chilling, spectral, children, tragedy, burial, grave, death, séance, EVP, ghost hunting, occult, ritual, true, real, true story, folklore podcast, haunted places, haunted locations, haunted objects, dark history, shadow, apparition, mist, fog, paranormal activity, creepy history, ancient legends, lore, ghost stories, real hauntings, residual energy, stone tape theory, ghost hunters, spooky season, paranormal podcast, Let’s Get Haunted, Aly, Nat, LGH, hauntie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices