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Italy is famous for many things,
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including pizza, pasta, wine, the
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Renaissance, and the Vatican City, just
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to name a few. But did you know that
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it's also home to one of the most
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haunted islands in the entire world?
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Welcome to my channel, Wild True. And
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today, let's find out all about the
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scary Pavaglia Island. The island we're
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talking about today is called Pavelia
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Island. It's located in the Venetian
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lagoon between Venice and the mainland
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of Italy. Now, this island is infamous
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because it was once used as a quarantine
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zone for people who had the plague. This
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was back in the 1700s when the plague
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was at its most deadly and was spreading
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throughout Europe. The people of Venice
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decided that they needed to do something
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to stop the spread of the disease. So,
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they created a quarantine zone on this
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remote island. Anyone who came to Venice
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from a ship and showed any signs of the
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plague was taken to the island and left
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there to die. This included merchants,
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sailors, and even some of the city's own
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citizens. Over 100,000 people are said
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to have died on the island, making it
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one of the deadliest places on Earth
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during the plague pandemic. After the
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plague finally began to subside, the
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island was used as a burial ground for
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those who died there. Bodies were simply
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thrown into mass graves and left to rot.
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Eventually, the island became too
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overcrowded, and the people of Venice
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decided to build an asylum for the
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remaining plague victims. They figured
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that it would be better to keep them
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alive than to keep burying them.
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However, this turned out to be a
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terrible mistake because the island
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quickly became a place of torture and
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suffering. The patients in the asylum
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were not given proper medical care and
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were often left to fend for themselves.
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Many of them died and those who survived
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were left with severe mental and
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physical disabilities.
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In 1968, the asylum was finally closed
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down and the island was abandoned. Since
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then, it has been known as one of the
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most haunted places in the world. There
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have been reports of strange mist and
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fog rolling across the island, even
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though there are no bodies on it. Some
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believe that these are the ghosts of the
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plague victims who are still searching
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for their loved ones. Others say that
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the mist is the souls of the asylum
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patients who suffered and died there.
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Whatever the case may be, no one dares
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go near the island at night. There have
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also been reports of disembodied voices,
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footsteps, and screams coming from
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inside the abandoned buildings on the
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island. Some say that these are the
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spirits of the people who worked at the
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asylum and are still trying to find
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peace after what they witnessed there.
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Others believe that these are the
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spirits of the patients who are still
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suffering and screaming in agony. But
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perhaps the most disturbing thing about
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the island is the fact that some of the
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buildings are still standing. Even
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though it has been abandoned for over 50
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years, and no one has dared to tear down
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the buildings or disturb the island in
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any way, this has allowed the structures
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to fall into disrepair and decay, which
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has only added to the eerie atmosphere
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of the place. It's almost as if the
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island itself is trying to hide its dark
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past and keep it hidden from the world.
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Oh. So, if you're ever near Venice, be
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sure to stay away from Pavelia Island.
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You never know what might be lurking in
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the shadows. You enjoyed this video?
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