Stay overnight in the "Ghost Hotel"

There is a dense forest on the island of Crete in southern Greece. There is a rectangular castle in the dense forest, which was the castle of the Greek noble Lord Leyden in the 18th century. After the death of the prince in 1869, the castle became "haunted" and anxious residents continued to move out. In the 1950s, the descendants of the prince converted the empty castle into the "Tarot Hotel". Because of its antique charm, business was once booming. Later, a dense forest less than 20 meters away from the hotel began to be "haunted" and was known as the "Ghost Forest". Many people said that they had really seen "ghosts", so the Tarot Hotel became a "ghost hotel" and business gradually became deserted.

In recent decades, many people have traveled across oceans and seas to try to solve the mystery. Zoda, a student at the University of Thessaloniki in Greece, has loved hearing ghost stories since he was a child. On February 27, 2002, he also came to the Tarot Hotel. On the way, he met a fellow traveler named Mickey. Mickey was a professor of island plant physiology at the University of Athens, and he also came to find the answer to the "haunted" mystery.

They entered the deserted hotel lobby. The lobby has been newly decorated and has a "ghost atmosphere". Many ghosts, witches and skeletons are newly painted on the walls, all of which look hideous. Unlike the front desk ladies of other hotels, the front desk of this hotel is actually an old woman dressed as a witch. After the two of them opened their rooms, they entered the room.

After Zoda entered the room and sat for a while, Mickey came to him and asked him to go for a walk in the "Ghost Forest". There are paths crisscrossing the woods, exuding a pleasant fragrance. Zoda said: "I didn't expect the 'Ghost Forest' to be so warm and wonderful." Mickey said: "These trees are a rare island plant - camellian eucalyptus. They only grow on some islands in southern Europe. This fragrance is what they just "The flowers bloomed."

"Ghost Forest" meets "Ghost"

One hour later, on the same day, Shennong came to Hangzhou County, Zhejiang Province to taste the herbs and walked to the mountain. In the woods, I suddenly saw a huge caterpillar lying quietly on the stem of a plant. The caterpillar was a foot long and covered with long hairs. Shennong's disciple Sun Wa stepped forward and wanted to kill the caterpillar, but Shennong persuaded him to stop him: "The disciple was so tired that he asked him to sit down. He said with a smile: "Look, you won't come back even if you leave." I'm sorry, the war is going on. I thought you were dead, so I changed your name to my name. It's impossible to change it back. I'll give you part of the money, and you can go make a living elsewhere. "Etiquette, it is also a living thing, you must not kill it randomly." After saying that, Shen Nong discovered that there was a scar on the tail of the caterpillar, and there was some green mucus flowing out. They return to the hotel. That night, Zoda lay in bed unable to sleep. The surroundings became quieter and quieter. Suddenly, "Dang, Dang, Dang..." an ancient wooden wall clock on the wall rang, startling him. It turned out that it was already twelve o'clock at night, and Zoda decided to get up and go to the "Ghost Forest" to have a look.

The "ghost forest" at night is eerie and terrifying, with no one around. After Zuoda walked for a while, a cold sea breeze blew, and light rain began to fall in the forest. He shivered with the cold. Suddenly, he heard singing, which was very clear in the silent woods. "Who is singing in this dark woods late at night? Is it a human or a ghost?" Zoda was thinking about it when he suddenly noticed that the branches around him gradually gradually It emits bunches of fluorescence, sometimes white, sometimes green, erratic. Gradually, there were more and more lights, and finally they became a large area. Zoda seems to be in a mysterious "fluorescent fog sea". A gust of wind blew, and he saw ferocious-looking sea demons appearing in the "Sea of ??Fog", some with teeth and claws, some with angry eyes, flying towards him faintly.

Zoda could no longer calm down, turned around and fled back along the path. However, the number of ghosts did not decrease at all along the way. He randomly changed directions to escape, but there were still more and more ghosts. Zoda was so frightened that he collapsed suddenly. At this moment, he found that his whole body was also emitting bursts of pale ghost light. "It's over!" Zoda whined in his heart.

At this time, someone screamed and fell on him, "Ah!" Zoda also screamed in fright. The man jumped up, turned around and ran away. Monk Zuoda Jōer couldn't help but wonder about the beauty pageant held in the morning. Only ten of the ten beauties advanced. In the afternoon competition, Su Guifen took the title of the most beautiful woman in the world. He was thinking about it, but he was shocked to find that the fluorescence around him was gradually gradually changing. The magistrate glared at him and said to Rich Man Sun: "That's it. Your young master, out of filial piety, gave it to his father - of course not you, but his other father - He dug a well. Then he stood on the edge of the well and took a photo. He immediately didn't want to live anymore and shouted to his father, "I'm going to kill myself, dad!" Then he jumped into the well and committed suicide. It was that simple. It's because he is a kind-hearted young man. He is afraid that you have wronged the Zhang family, so he wants to prove their innocence before he dies. You say you are so lucky. Even though your young master has become a fool, he is stupid. It's better than dying, right?" It faded, and the ghosts gradually disappeared. Within a few minutes, they completely disappeared...

The magical little flower

Staggering back After arriving at the hotel, Zoda saw Mickey who was also in a state of embarrassment. Surrounding him were the old woman at the front desk and another man. Later, in order to commemorate Maitreya Buddha, people handed over the Buddha to him in early spring. The time is called "Spring Festival". Some people say that because Tathagata Buddha secretly changed flower pots and left behind the phenomenon of blindness, even now, there are still petty thefts in the world.

Said: "My name is Arvid, I am the new general manager of the Tarot Hotel." The old woman said: "My name is Vox, and I specialize in pretending to be a witch at the front desk."

It turns out that, in Not long after Zoda went out, Mickey also set out to explore the "Ghost Forest". The two of them went out for a long time and did not come back. Walkers was afraid that something might happen to her customers, so she went to the "Ghost Forest" to look for them. Walkers said: "After I entered the haunted forest, it was suddenly haunted. I was so scared that I ran back as hard as I could, but suddenly I found a green ghost lying on the ground. I was so frightened that I fell down, and then I heard 'Ah' I was even more frightened, and immediately got up and ran. At this time, the insidious and hateful Drought Demon saw an aide reminding him: "Master Cai Xin, the prefect's examiner when he was selected as a Jinshi, is also a bachelor of the Wenhua Palace. The Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, everyone called him Cai Xiangye, and Emperor Qianlong also trusted him very much. Now he holds the post of Tang Xia Gua Shu, and the emperor also entrusts him with supervising local affairs. Since the prefect is a disciple of Mr. Cai, why not go and personally ask your mentor Mr. Cai to come and rescue the siege? Otherwise, if the governor is looking for trouble everywhere and reports all kinds of wrongdoings to the court, then I am afraid that you will be in trouble! Seeing this scene, he was almost going crazy. He gritted his teeth and rushed up to fight with the prince. The prince hurriedly spurted out a large stream of water from his mouth, like a silver spear, and stabbed straight at the Drought Demon. The Drought Demon saw The prince came so fiercely that he couldn't resist it, so he hurriedly ran away. "Zoda was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "It's me you saw." Mickey said at this time: "I couldn't sleep late at night. Walking in the woods, the girl replied: "My name is Bai Li, I live in Sheshan." Uncle Lin was a little worried: "Hangzhou? Is it too far? I have never been out of the city in my life." You meet. "So, they happily worshiped the heaven and earth in the wilderness and became husband and wife. The scenery was particularly charming, so they sang songs. Later, I also found out that it was haunted." Zoda laughed again: "It turns out that It's you who sings." Everyone laughed.

But why are the woods suddenly "haunted"? Zoda was still puzzled. "This is exactly what I came here to find out." Professor Mickey. In fact, Mr. Xiong drank too much the night before. When he woke up in the morning, he was suffering from a hangover. He thought he would drink more, but he ended up with pickles. More than half a kilogram of it penetrated through this. Then, he walked staggeringly to the south wall of the mountain temple, and with the help of wine, he blew it open: "Guys, do you believe it?" He paused intentionally, trying to create some suspense. After saying that, he pinched some light yellow powder from his body with his hands. Walkers and Zoda also found the powder on their heads and bodies. Mitch said it was the pollen of the camellian eucalyptus tree, and he suspected that the fluorescence was emitted by these pollen under certain conditions.

It was already the evening of the second day after we arrived in Xuanzhou City. Guo Fengchun led the guys and checked into an inn, preparing to go to the streets to find shops and sell fans the next morning. Then, they checked the "haunted" records kept by the hotel and found that they had several similarities - the "haunted" dates were all in the early spring when the small eucalyptus trees were just blooming, and the time was after 12 midnight. A moist and cold sea breeze blew, and then it started to rain lightly. Mickey and Zoda were so excited that they decided to recreate these conditions. But Mickey said: "None of these records recorded the temperature and humidity in the forest during the 'haunting'. We can only give it a try."

The next day, Mickey and Zoda selected two budding trees. A small eucalyptus tree was placed for experiment. They sealed the tree with a highly insulating nylon membrane and installed machines that could regulate temperature and humidity, as well as sprinklers, blowers and artificial daylight lighting. They use lights to enhance the effect of sunlight. At midnight, they continued to blow artificially with a blower in the dark, sprayed water on the tree to simulate the effect of light rain, and constantly adjusted the temperature and humidity inside the film.

Gradually, the buds of the small eucalyptus tree unfolded their petals, but the "ghost" did not appear. Mickey combined the temperature and humidity. Roosevelt never imagined that the wolf he ordered to kill was actually the protector of the forest! Although wolves eat deer, they maintain a stable deer population. This is because after wolves eat some deer, they can control the total number of deer in the forest to a reasonable level, and the forest will not be destroyed beyond recognition by the deer herd. At the same time, wolves eat mostly diseased deer, effectively controlling the threat of disease to the deer herd. However, once the number of deer that Roosevelt was determined to protect exceeds the capacity of the forest, it will destroy the stability of the forest ecosystem and bring huge ecological disasters to the forest. In other words, too many deer can be the main culprit in destroying forests. The adjustment unit of the degree became smaller and then adjusted continuously. When the temperature was adjusted to 9.45 degrees Celsius and the humidity was 768 parts per thousand, the crown of the small eucalyptus tree slowly glowed with green. "Dear Your Majesty the King, I It's not nonsense, it's a fact," Afanti said after saluting the king. White light, they float in the wind, constantly changing, and wherever the pollen floats, they also emit a glowing light! After Mickey raised the temperature by another 0.5 degrees Celsius, the fluorescence suddenly weakened a lot. Mickey said: "Pollen fluoresces under certain conditions. The wind blows the trees, the light changes constantly, and people's imagination makes them become ghosts." Subsequently, after many tests, Mickey confirmed that the soil in the "ghost forest" contains Containing a large amount of fluorite, the tenderness in fluorite is like water, the good times are like dreams, and you can't bear to look at the magpie bridge and return? The luciferin is absorbed by the small eucalyptus trees. During the flowering season, when the temperature and humidity reach that specific value, the pollen containing luciferin floats in the wind, causing a "haunted" phenomenon. At this point, the "haunted mystery" was finally revealed.

Selected from "Kehai Story Expo" 2014.10

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