The singing ghosts in an abandoned Icelandic cemetery

On the West coast of lake Winnipeg (Canada) there's a small river, and on the same side of the river is a small cemetery. It had been buried in damp marshy land and there is already more than a century nobody visits the graves. Even the graves are unmarked and for a long time hidden in dense marsh grass.

In the cemetery once stood a small house, but now it was only the ruined stone Foundation. And next to him, stuck a pole with a sign "Cemetery Bore" (Nes Cemetary), and there is a sculpture of an angel.

In 1875, the towns of the province of Manitoba Riverton and Gimli became home to the flow of the Icelandic settlers. These immigrants built on the shores of lake Winnipeg wooden houses and began their new life in this relatively pristine piece of wilderness. The first settlers were kicked out of these places to local indigenous groups that existed on this earth tens of thousands of years. In addition they brought with them smallpox and had no immunity to it, the Indians died out whole tribes.

Smallpox killed and Icelanders, and in those years was established a cemetery was Carrying, which first buried the dead from smallpox. The dead were so many that did not make any tombstones, just installed wooden deck.

By 1880 the cemetery was already filled and there was not enough room for new graves. And 10 years later there was the first victim of the cemetery Carried. A man named Magnus Hallgrimsson built his house directly to the cemetery and even derisively gave it the name of Nastrond, which translates as "House of corpses".

In 1890, Magnus died from an unknown disease and he died slowly and painfully, as if someone took revenge on him for the mockery of the dead. His widow was so frightened that after the death of her husband could not continue to live in this house and it was abandoned. That is its Foundation can still be seen among the overgrown grass.

Local photographer and writer Christine Loff spent a lot of time exploring this place and collecting local legends. According to her the whole area of the cemetery and next to it is life-threatening. Currently, the cemetery is prohibited to visit and technically completed.

There's not even a normal road, the only road in fact, just a track in the middle of the field. But if someone wants to shorten the path and go across the field, it is likely mired in a swamp or break the leg of one of the mounds. LAFF tells us that visited the cemetery several times and each time it left her very uncomfortable. Thus she did not see anything abnormal, but have compiled a collection of stories from the locals. Tell that one boy was like that along the marshes near the cemetery and suddenly heard a voice which called him "into the house".

The voice tried to persuade the child and kept repeating "Why don't you want to go in the house? Come inside... come inside...". Fortunately, the boy found the strength to resist the pull and in horror ran away.

Near field cemetery is a private farm, which to this day people live. They say that from the overgrown cemetery I often see strange lights. As a curious researcher somehow secretly entered the cemetery and after the fear talked about the black translucent silhouette, which came from the Foundation of the house and headed in his direction. The researcher wisely did not wait for him to come, and ran away.

In recent years, nearby the swamp became more and more often to fill the cemetery. And every time after a spring flood washed away people find the skeletal remains of the once buried in this place.

One of the locals Gilbert Guttormsson, gathers in a field to graze their cows the remains of the deceased after burying them on a plot on the hill. Also from time to time the government sent people to do the reburial of the remains was Carried to the cemetery in Riverton.

In recent years, increasingly began to appear stories of mysterious singing voices, luring lonely old men. Voices sing so beautiful and sweet that is not too difficult to go this way. But as soon as a person is tall grass on the territory of the swamp, like one wrong step and it is immersed in a viscous rotten water. Yet no one died here, but many of those who are firmly stuck in the swamp.

In General, it seems the whole coastline of lake Winnipeg is filled with abnormal places. Here I often see unusual lights in the sky, and on the shore of the lake you can meet a Ghost girl. From a distance it looks like a normal person, but when someone approached her closer, she literally vanished into thin air.

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