Field Entry: Cluj-Napoca, Romania – 10:02 a.m.
Locals don’t hike Hoia Baciu.
They test it.
The forest isn’t haunted. It’s hungry.
And apparently, it’s got a type: couples with unresolved trauma and just enough spiritual openness to make them chewable.
Day 1: Into the Trees, Out of the Relationship
Hoia Baciu is called the “Bermuda Triangle of Transylvania.”
Phones glitch. Compasses spin. People hear whispers in languages they don’t speak.
And then there’s the “clearing” — a perfect circle where nothing grows.
Which, oddly, is exactly where Liviu and Anca decided to meditate.
Bad idea.
Interview: Liviu & Anca – “Something Followed Us Home”
Married four years. Backpackers. Crystal people.
They entered the forest to “reconnect energetically.”
They left… separately.
“At first it felt beautiful,” Anca said. “Like the trees were listening.”
Liviu nodded.
“Then I blacked out for what felt like ten seconds. But she said I was unresponsive for half an hour.”
That night, back in Cluj:
- Anca had nightmares of Liviu with black eyes
- Liviu began hearing thoughts that weren’t his — and weren’t friendly
- She became withdrawn. He became paranoid.
- Within a month, they separated
They both describe a presence — intelligent, silent, and intrusive.
Neither had experienced anything like it before the forest.
Eve Lorgen’s Diagnosis: Classic Love Bite… with Moss
Their case mirrors Lorgen’s “insertion” dynamic:
- A spiritual couple seeking unity
- Energetic disturbance via environmental portal
- Emotional destabilization
- Psychic attachment to an entity masquerading as part of the relationship
It wasn’t just emotional decay — it was energetic targeting.
Symbol Watch: Romanian Folklore, Serpents, and the Silent Circle
The locals have stories:
- Iele — female spirits who seduce and drive men mad
- Strigoi — dead souls returned to drain the living
- And ancient warnings: “If the forest whispers your name, don’t answer.”
Symbols found:
- Twisted branches forming near-perfect loops — not wind damage
- A stone carved with a triskelion — a symbol of cycles, motion, and often… possession
- Several accounts of hikers experiencing time loss inside the dead circle
One Romanian folklorist called it “a testing ground for the soul.”
Another simply said: “It likes lovers. Especially ones in denial.”
Field Notes: The Relationship Graveyard
- Hoia Baciu may function like a psychic magnifier — but only for dysfunction
- Couples entering in harmony report slight dizziness
- Couples with unresolved wounds report auditory hallucinations, nausea, or total emotional fragmentation
- In three separate cases I reviewed, the pair broke up within 40 days
Coincidence?
If so, it’s very well organized.
Closing Log: 11:49 p.m. – Forest Perimeter
I walked alone to the edge of the clearing.
There was no sound — not even insects.
I whispered a name that isn’t mine.
Something whispered back, inside my thoughts: “She was never yours.”
I didn’t sleep that night.
But I understood the message.