The Cursed and Haunted Cannibal Village

The Fiji Islands located east of Australia in the South Pacific Ocean were once called the “cannibal islands” because cannibalism was so wide spread. The natives compared human flesh to roasting a “big pig”. 

One Methodist Missionary, Reverend Thomas Baker was a victim of these cannibals. Reverend Baker was sent by the London Missionary Society in 1859 to help reform the natives in what is today the Western Division of Fiji.

Today the Museum of Fiji * located in Suva has the last letter that the Reverend Baker wrote to his wife. In it he states, “ I do not fear the natives and we hope to bring them good”. 

Unfortunately, his assessment was not correct. In July of 1867 Baker and six of his Fijian students were hacked to death with an axe. 

Cannibalistic tribesman from the Northern Nabutautau mountain village then threw their bodies into a ravine. Later their remains were recovered and skinned on top of the hill. One witness to their deaths stated, ‘we ate everything except boots.”

Up until recent years, the 200 members of the Nabatautau community believed that their ancestors “act of cannibalism” on this missionary, had placed a curse upon them. 

Three of the chiefs' sons died mysteriously shortly after Baker was killed. Even years later this community, which is located in the inland mountains on the main Fiji island is deprived of the lush vegetation that dominants the rest of the region. 

They struggle to find enough food. This village has neither a school or roads or even medical equipment. When they have applied for these services they are denied.

Within this community many family lines have died out. None from this community have ever been educated beyond high school. The village children who do attend school must walk 25 miles on foot through the jungle to the nearest school. 

One village elder, Tomas Baravilala states, “The other Fijians want to punish us for what happened.”

The village in 2006 held a “rite of reconciliation” ceremony in order to make amends to the descendants of the Reverend Thomas Baker. They returned to the Baker family, Thomas' Bible, comb and the soles of his shoes. 

They released balloons made by descendants of Baker and gave 100 sperm whale teeth to eleven of the descendants from the Methodist Missionary. Their wish was to ask the world for forgiveness in hopes of receiving more help.

Besides this curse this Nabutautau Village is also considered haunted. Many people have heard crying, screaming and have seen ghosts in the area over the years. 

An American television show, “Destination Truth” traveled to Fuji to investigate this haunting. They visited one former cannibal village where they heard noises and saw an unexplained light in a cave that had an oven that was used to cook victims. 

The crew from this show also recorded EVP’s of a scream and a voice in the area where Reverend Baker lost his life near the present day village of Nabutautau. 

In this episode they also recorded pictures of a substance on an altar that looked like fresh blood. Later they determined it was blood. They captured on video the axe that killed Baker moving on its own accord. 

One of the investigator's necks was touched and the crew recorded her hair moving when this happened. The Destination Truth team determined that this Nabutautau Cannibal Village does appear to have "paranormal energy". 

* This museum has many cannibal souvenirs, including the soles of Reverend Baker's shoes. An anthropologist at this museum states that one Cannibal chief had a stone placed outside his hut every time he ate someone--by the end of his life literally hundreds of stones were piled outside his hut.

Ghost Fleet of Truk Lagoon

Truk Lagoon

According to the United Nations there are over three million shipwrecks on the ocean floor. 

In the Pacific Ocean is a group of beautiful islands in Micronesia known as the Chuuk Islands. 

Within these islands sits the shark-infested Truk Lagoon. History would not pay much attention to this tropical paradise except for one fact—this lagoon has a vast number of shipwrecks.

Over 50 ships litter the Truk Lagoon seabed all sunk there during World War ll. The Chuuk Islands served as a Japanese naval base during the war. 

In 1944, the Americans launched “Operation Hailstorm,” which became known as the Japanese Pearl Harbor. 

The Allied attack lasted for three days at the end of which 275 airplanes and over 50 ships were sunk. This made Truk Lagoon the largest ship graveyard in the world.

For twenty-five years these wrecked ships and planes went virtually untouched. The reason for this was two-fold, deadly sharks and bombs. 

Many of these sunken ships still have full cargos. 

They contain fighter aircraft, tanks, bulldozers, railroad cars, motorcycles, torpedoes, mines, bombs, boxes of munitions, radios and thousands of other kinds of weapons. They also contain human remains.

More than 3,000 people were believed to have died during the attacks. 

Despite the risks involved, divers from around the world consider Truk Lagoon a must-do. Many of these divers believe that the lagoon is haunted. 

“Destination Truth” an American television show did an underwater ghost-hunt at Truk Lagoon based on many of these reports.

One prevalent report they investigated was the eerie sounds of truck engines on the sunken Hoki Maru ship. 

This ship has a full cargo of trucks. 

They were able to back up these past reports when they captured an EVP with the sound of truck engines, “turning over and starting up.” At the time this recording was made, no boat engines were running on the surface.

Other divers have reported strange sounds coming from the shipwreck Fuji Kawamaru. 

They state when they have been near the engine room, they have heard noises of machinery and grinding. Near this engine room is a pile of human remains. 

The Chuuk Islands themselves are also considered to be haunted. One local woman reported seeing a strange glowing light floating through a cave. 

A member of the Destination Truth team said that he was touched by something while in this cave.

Spectacular diving pics--Truk Lagoon