The Paris Catacombs
The Parisian catacombs are a giant ossuary and cemetery that is located 20 meters below the city of Paris. In 1785, the bones and rotting corpses of 6 million people were placed in the unground tomb, and arranged in huge piles at the ‘Empire of Death’, as it is commonly known. The labyrinth of bone lined tunnels and secret caverns cover an estimated area of 200 miles. While parts of the catacombs are open to the public, much of the network is closed off, due to unstable and unmapped sections. However, this doesn’t always deter some adventurous explorers.
In 2009 a video camera was discovered deep inside the underground city. The footage taken by the unknown man shows him dropping his camera and running off into the darkness as if frightened by something. Most explorers who have experienced this same area say that when he dropped his camera his fate was sealed due to complete darkness and has now joined the ranks of dead in the catacomb.
