beebalmtraveler:One of the oldest (and most gruesome) stories I ever heard in France about the Catac
beebalmtraveler:One of the oldest (and most gruesome) stories I ever heard in France about the Catacombs was the legend of the ‘Green Man.’ This allegedly carnivorous denizen of Paris’ underworld is thought to stalk and ambush vagrants who sneak into his subterranean world…and devour them. Sounds crazy but there are people down there that will steal your gear and stalk you undetected. True story: my Parisian friend Olivier and his friends stopped visiting the catacombs under the Luxembourg Garden after they caught a tall creepy man who had hidden himself in a rock alcove and was just watching them with night vision goggles. They had just stumbled across remains of what they thought was a Black Mass when one of his buddies felt like someone was watching them. They swept their flashlights around and discovered the guy’s hiding spot. And even though they directed some choice words his way for scaring them, the watcher never moved and never said a word. They made tracks out of there after that.Olivier said there was such an awful vibe in the spot where someone was allegedly performing black magic rituals that they never explored that particular area of the catacombs again. The candles, Satanic symbols on the floors and walls and the scary stalker guy really spooked them. My reaction was like ‘if there’s one guy creeping around stalking people like that, there are more.’ Did the allegedly satanic rituals summon something that was still hanging around? Olivier said they all had nightmares about being chased through the catacombs for a week after that (I think he was still too spooked to go into much detail). Maybe something followed them home. Either way, they never explored under the Luxembourg Garden again. The big iron door in the pharmacy facility basement they had gained access from was welded shut not long after. Creepy. -- source link
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