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Enviro is holding his hands together like that so that no one thinks that HE tilted all the candles.

Of course he wouldn't.

:roll

Oh, it's just Italian poltergeists doing tricks with the candles. Sylkat, you may find it rewarding to Google "Poveglia Venice Italy" for the most haunted island in Europe. Here's a reason why it is thus named.

Well, I did it; Googled Proveglia, Italy.....now I am totally depressed......

Did you read that none of the local fishing boats go near that island, because they kept finding human bones in their

nets?

And the torture and cannibalism of patients that that doctor was doing to the patients when the place was an insane

asylum?

And that there were supposedly indications, when the plague pits were excavated, that some people were tossed

into the pits while they were still alive?

Bleaghhh!

Yes, I knew about all those things. There was recently a documentary of Poveglia on our TV.

That cat in your latest post is definitely Up To Something.......

The squirrel will find out what that is and make a report in triplicate.

Never heard of it, sorry. It might be translated, but it could be a pen name too.

There is a Norwegian western book series about Morgan Kane, written by Kjell Hallbing, under the pseudonym Louis Masterson. There's even a song about Morgan Kane. At one point it was made into a pretty cool music video.



Ooh, thanks for that tip, Krabo! What an exciting story! I can't believe the place doesn't ring any bells... It's the kind of place I'm ashamed to not be aware of...

Krabo, Finnish TV sure must be more interesting than Norwegian...


Enviro, great to see a close up of you

You'd probably be surprised if you knew how many Norwegian TV shows (documentaries mostly) we have on our TV.

Really? Huh. Who'd have thought...

I saw a very nice Finnish documentary years ago on either SVT1 or SVT2. It was called "Käraste sköldpadda", and was about a turtle-loving couple who took care of pet turtles who needed vet help in the city where they lived, for people who lived too far away. IIRC, they had 7 tortoises living with them at the time of the documentary. They fed them, bathed them and put them to 'bed'. It was really sweet

And from that day on, you've been officially known as Skilpadde

I was a true-blue Chelonian fan-girl even before that If you can believe that
It's kinda a secret, but... I like turtles I'm not the only one either:

I hadn't heard of Poveglia, Venice either. And I spend as much time as I can reading about Italy. Thanks Krabo.

Supposedly the Italian government will not let anyone visit the island, but that does not explain the photos........

Apparently sometimes foreigners would bribe local fisherman to take them there for a visit. From what I gather (reading in Italian), it's not so much that they won't let you visit there, so much as it is not recommended (because it is derelict and unsafe) and not many locals want to go. The reports I read said that locals would normally drop you off, and come back a few hours later to pick you up, because they didn't want tostay around.

Last year the government sold a 99 year lease on the island, hoping it would be redevloped. You can read a bit about it here:
http://www.geek.com/news/you-can-buy-on ... a-1591439/

And here's a sppoky story and lots of pics from someone staying overnight on the island:
http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-up ... 6938420654