Name the only place in Romania that even native Romanians are afraid to go to at night.......

 If you said the Hoia Baciu Forest, you would be correct.  In fact, this forest is so taboo, most Romanians will not even speak of it out of fear of what my befall them.  

Hoia Baciu Forest translates to Shepherd's Forest and is also referred to as the Romanian Bermuda Triangle.  Sorry Dracula, it looks like the legend of the Hoia Baciu Forest is gaining in popularity. 

The forest gets its name from a sheep shepherd who mysteriously disappeared along with his flock of 200 sheep; just vanished in the thick of the trees never to be seen or heard from again.  

Another interesting fact to note is Hoia Baciu is the world's most haunted forest even surpassing that of the Japanese Suicide Forest.  

A few facts about Romania's mystical woodlands:  

~The forest is located west of Cluj-Napoca.

~At one point the local villagers began to build steps up to and into the forest until they found themselves beleaguered by the acute onset of headaches, skin burns, nausea, and extreme anxiety.

~The forest spans roughly 618 acres.

~Back in 1968, a local military technician, Emil Barnea, brought attention to the forest when he captured a photograph of a UFO hovering above the forest.  Apparently, this is the best documented photo of all times of a UFO.

~People have reported a myriad of ailments while in or near the forest including apparition siting, ghost, unexplained images in photographs, migraines, nausea, and vomiting.  More than 1,000 people have gone into the forest but never returned.  It is like they stepped right off the planet.  Some people report lapses in time while in the forest.  Reports of strange lights and blowing wind which seems to speak to people.  There are also reports of magnetic anomalies inside the forest.

~It was reported a 5-year-old girl went into the forest and returned 5 years later wearing the exact same clothing.  She was cleaned and unharmed but had no recollection of where she had been or what happened to her.

~Other commonly reported phenomenon are the voices of females laughing, people being scratched, and mysterious orb-like lights in the sky above the forest.

~It sounds extreme but there are actually people who believe this forest is a gateway to another dimension.

~The trees inside the forest have odd curvatures about them.

~If you dare to venture in to the forest be on the look out for a 300 meter, circular dead zone where nothing grows or has ever grown.  Scientist have conducted countless soil studies which yield no explanations for the lack of vegetation growth.  Legend has it hundreds of Romanian peasants were murdered in the forest, and their spirits protect the clearing which is, in fact, the gateway to other dimensions.  Randomly-appearing thick, black fog is believed to be the tormented souls of the peasants making their presence known while making it difficult for you to see.

~Another theory is that the forest is the lost Atlantean civiliation (Atlantis) and the ancient peoples use this area for teleportation in which they travel anywhere in the universe.  (I know).

To sum it all up, I think there is no denying something extraordinary is going on in this forest which continues to baffle specialists in all fields of study and attract people from all over the world to pay a visit to this mysterious forest of doom.  We may never know what is going on and honestly, it might be better that way.