Aokigahara Forest, Mount Fuji, Japan

What the Show Claims

• ›Every year hundreds are drawn to a dark forest at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan to commit suicide. Ancient Astronaut theorists propose that past extraterrestrial activity created negative energy in this location.

What Archaeology Says

Aokigahara's reputation for suicides is documented as a modern phenomenon influenced by folklore, media coverage, and psychological factors. No scientific basis exists for supernatural or extraterrestrial causation of the forest's dark reputation.