The Sai Kung Barrier 西貢結界 is an energy barrier that purported to exist in Sai Kung Peninsula 西貢半島, on the outskirts of Hong Kong. Sai Kung Peninsula is one of the most popular hiking destination. Over the recent years, several disappearances were reported from the area, causing many citizens to compare the peninsula to the Bermuda Triangle.
The most infamous incident took place in September 2005. An off-duty police officer got lost while hiking and dialed for help. When asked to name his coordinates (as Hong Kong trails were numbered with signs along it to help hikers locate themselves) to the dispatcher. He gave out numbers that could not be located by the dispatcher using the government registry. To this very day, he remained missing.
A month later, another incident happened. It involved five hikers, an experienced Boy Scout leader and four women. The company took a rest near where the off-duty policeman went missing. The man, the most experienced member of the lot, says he is tired and wants a longer rest Consequently, he asked his friends to go on ahead, saying he will catch up soon after. He never did. When the women noticed their friend is missing, they called the police. Two days later, the police located his lifeless body near the trail.
Skipped forward. In 2009, a bus driver also went missing while hiking in Sai Kung. His family called his cell phone and a fisherman answered. He said that he found the cell phone while fishing. In 2011 another person called the emergency number for help while hiking in the area. The conversation was mysteriously halted. These men went missing to this very day.
No one really knows what happened to these missing men. There are many competing theories. Not surprisingly, the most popular theory is that the area has an energy barrier that swallows people in a parallel world/time. Others suggest the area have bad feng shui and is haunted. Scholars, however, argued the rocks in the region have a magnetic field that malfunctions compass and affected phone receptions. Moreover, they noted that while the Sai King trail, while beautiful have rough terrains that are difficult even for experts. Consequently, it is probably not wise to hike alone there. Their answer while most dull actually seems most convincing, after all, everyone who went missing did hike alone.
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