6 Mountains with the Scariest Stories in West Java
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VoxPop – Mountains cannot be separated from the mystical story in it and even almost all mountains always keep mysterious things. Mostly, the mountaineer often gets scary things.
Mountains in West Java usually have a different mystical story. The surrounding community even often reminds climbers regarding myths or views that climbers must obey. Here’s a list of mountains with the scariest story in West Java.
1. Mount Burangrang
Gunung Burangrang.
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Mount Burangrang is one of the active volcanoes in the Cisarua area, Bandung. This mountain is the remnant of the eruption of Mount Sunda in ancient times. Therefore, Mount Burangrang is also known as the Ancient Mountain.
Some climbers on this mountain tell about they experienced mystical events when they were hiking, they often hear strange sounds such as the roar of wild animals and the sound of people calling from a distance.
In addition, the climbers also often see the figure of a woman wearing a white dress with long hair flying from one tree to another.
According to a circulating myth, climbers are prohibited from shouting carelessly on the most haunted mountain in West Java. They are also prohibited from saying the words “lost” or “stray.”
2. Mount Ciremai
Gunung Ciremai
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Mount Ciremai has a height of 3078 meters above sea level. Although it has charm and fascination with natural beauty, Mount Ciremai is the most haunted mountain in West Java that holds mystical stories.
One of the mystical stories is that on this mountain there is a grandfather dressed in white who is on the stone phallus, a large rock that was once used as a place of imprisonment for the grandfather of Sunan Gunung Jati.
In addition, there is also a myth about Nyi Linggih with two leopards. According to the story, she was one of the people who had been imprisoned in the stone phallus.
