Whenever tourism is talked about in the country, the name of Uttarakhand comes up where there are many temples as well as hill stations and beautiful places. Uttarakhand is known as 'Devbhoomi', where millions of gods and goddesses reside. But do you know that there are some places in Uttarakhand which are considered haunted and people are afraid of going there? These scary places of Uttarakhand are being promoted as ghost tourism. If you are also planning to visit Uttarakhand and want to make your journey exciting, then you can visit the haunted places mentioned here. So let's know about these haunted places of Uttarakhand...

Fairy dune
Pari Tibba is the first name among the famous haunted places in Uttarakhand. This is a place where there are dense forests. This place was made so popular because it has appeared in many of Ruskin Bond's books. Also, there is a lot of darkness here and there has been lightning many times. Many say that it is natural and many say that there is something in these forests and that is why so much lightning falls here. Half burnt trees, dense forest, and many stories. People say that a couple was struck by lightning here and they were burnt alive. People also claim that they have seen fairies here.

Lambi Dehar Mine
These mines are located near the hill station Mussoorie. At present there is no work here. The place is very beautiful and sometimes people come here to take photographs. But this beautiful place is also haunted. In the 1990s, workers working here started falling ill. Gradually it increased and about 50 thousand people started falling ill and dying. After this the mine was closed and 1500 people left that village. Since then this place has been declared haunted.

Mullingar Mansion
The story of Mullingar Mansion, built before 1825 in Uttarakhand, will attract you to this mansion. No one knows what happened to the owner of this mansion. How did this mansion become empty and deserted? Local people say that some strange activities happen here. It is said that the ghost of Captain Young, the first owner of this mansion, still roams in the house. Travelers come here to visit in the hope that they will see a ghost.

Savoy Hotel
This hotel is located in Mussoorie. This hotel with 121 rooms is considered to be a haunted hotel. According to people, a British woman was mysteriously murdered in this hotel. The doctor who had conducted the post-mortem of this woman's body also died suddenly. A person who had painted this woman also died. These three murders are mysterious to date. It is said that the spirit of Bri Tiksh Mahyala wanders in the hotel room every night and searches for her beloved. This hotel was bought and sold many times but its wretchedness ruined everyone.

Lohaghat-Mukti Kothari
Lohaghat, located in the Champawat district of Uttarakhand, is one of the most haunted places in India. Abhay Bungalow situated on Abbott Hill is known as the most haunted place in Uttarakhand. People living around here have heard many scary sounds, in fact, people are afraid to even go near the bungalow. In the early days, this bungalow used to belong to a British family, who sold it to build a hospital. The hospital became quite famous, but a doctor started predicting people's deaths. The interesting thing is that the person died on the same day as he had told. But the reality was that to prove his predictions correct, the doctor used to take innocent patients to a room named 'Mukti Kothari' and murder them. It is said that those patients are still roaming around the bungalow as ghosts.

Mullingar Mansion
Mullingar Haveli was built by Captain Young, the British military officer who settled Mussoorie. He lived in it. It is said that Young loved his mansion very much. But when he was asked to leave India. So Captain Young during this time went to his mansion and then disappeared. No one knows where he went. People say that the spirit of the Captain still roams in the mansion. Many people even claimed to have seen the ghost of Captain Young in the mansion.

Swala Village
There is Swala village in Champawat district of Uttarakhand which is called a haunted village. Local people say that in 1952, a PAC battalion vehicle was found in a ditch near Swala village. The soldiers trapped inside the vehicle kept calling the people of the village for help, but the people did not help them. Instead of helping, the villagers looted their belongings and ran away. The soldiers died in agony in the vehicle itself. It is said that the spirits of the soldiers created such havoc in this village that the people of the village had to leave the village and run away.
People believe that even today their spirits roam in this village, due to which no one lives in this village. This village is empty.

(PC: Lifeberrys)