n the town of Ratomka, five kilometers from
the Belorussian capital of Minsk, there is a house so spooky that some
people try to avoid walking past it at all costs, especially at night.
With skeletal hands coming out of the stone fence, devils decorating the
roof and dozens of black skulls covering a domed structure on the
property, the scariest house in Belarus is definitely a sight to behold.
Photos
of the spooky house in Ratomka recently went viral in Belarus, with
most people praising the owner for the bold artistic design. However,
the only reason that the house even became famous in the first place was
because people living in its vicinity had been complaining that it is
too spooky.
Some of them even filed complaints to the local
authorities about it, claiming that the devils and skulls were scaring
children and even adults walking by after dark, but they haven’t done
anything about it yet.
“I
photographed the house with my phone, to show it to colleagues at work,
and then I deleted the photos because I didn’t want such devils in my
phone’s memory,” Ratomka resident Maria Nikolaevna told TUT.by.
“From
the distance, the house looked pretty, my granddaughter even compared
it to a fairytale castle. But when we got closer and saw the hands
coming out of the fence, and the devils on the roof, I was shocked. Now I
don’t walk my granddaughter by that house anymore. At night, it’s scary
even for adults, as the light reflects off those little metal devils
and they look even creepier.”
One
of the next-door neighbors of the house also complained that the view
was horrible, with all those devils dotting the roofs, and the spooky
black skulls covering the domed roof of a smaller structure resembling a
crypt. He even noticed that one of the devil sculptures seems to be
aiming a bow directly at his window, which makes him uneasy.
Neighbors
say that the owner of the house is actually just an ordinary
businessman. He started building the house a decade ago, but then went
away for eight years and only cam back 2 years ago and resumed work on
it. Now it’s almost finished, and people are scared he might add even
more spooky elements to it before he’s done.
Like it or not,
you have to agree that the decor may actually prove to be an excellent
deterrent against thieves, especially id they’re the superstitious type.
I would definitely think twice before going into a place like that at
night.
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