Bokor Hill Station
On a fog-wrapped mountain in Cambodia, the shell of an old hotel and casino stood empty for decades, its rooms filling with cloud.
What was reported
In the 1920s, the French colonial authorities built a hill station on Bokor Mountain in southern Cambodia, a cool retreat from the heat, with a grand hotel and casino, a church and villas. It was abandoned in the 1940s, briefly revived, then deserted again during the years of war and the Khmer Rouge.
For decades, the gutted buildings stood empty on the mountain, often swallowed by thick fog, their walls covered with orange lichen. Visitors described it as one of the eeriest places in South-East Asia.
Explanations offered
The buildings were left empty by history, not by any curse. In recent years the area has been redeveloped, and the old hotel restored. Many stories of hauntings are told about it.
- When
- Built in the 1920s; abandoned twice
- Where
- Bokor Mountain, Kampot, Cambodia
- Witnesses
- Visitors and former residents
- Status
- A real place
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