10 Mysterious Places You Aren’t Allowed To Visit

6. Snake Island, Brazil

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Otherwise known as Ilha da Queimada Grande, 'Snake Island' is an island (funnily enough) off the coast of Brazil that is covered by an army of venomous reptiles that want to eat your soul, after munching your corpse.

Those suffering from Ophidiophobia should be thankful the Brazilian government decided to shut off all access to Queimada Grande. The dangerous golden lancehead pit viper calls the island home, and it's said the snakes took residence on the land mass when rising sea levels cut off a connection to the mainland.

Much of the island is bare, but there are rainforest areas. Guess where the snakes congregate? If you answered 'in the rain forest, duh', you're wrong. They're everywhere, and have been breeding non-stop since moving in and reclaiming the place from humanity.

Stay. Away.

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