BIG DAY OUT
Haunted Hong Kong Nicole Slater investigates some of the city’s scariest places this Halloween With a city as densely populated as Hong Kong, there is a horror story around every corner. So turn off that scary movie and step into some of Hong Kong’s most haunted locations.
Bride’s Pool Located in the northeastern New Territories in Plover Cove Country Park, Bride’s Pool is a scenic area, made up of several waterfalls and pools. While this whimsical location may sound like the perfect day out, the tale behind its name may stop you in your tracks. Legend believes
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that a bride-to-be was carried along the pools by four porters in a sedan chair on her way to meet her groom during a storm. One of the porters slipped and the bride and her porters fell over the waterfall and drowned in the pool below. She never made it to her groom and is believed to lurk around the pools dressed in her traditional gown waiting for him. While the story is just folk law, Bride’s Pool was listed as a hiking accident black spot by the Hong Kong Government, after a series of serious accidents and fatalities in the area.
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