Gugu Peak, the vanishing mountain

Gugu Peak is located in Godeanu Mountains, close to Retezat National Park, at 2,291 meters altitude, 25 km from Poiana M?rului, Caransebes, being the highest crest in the massif. Gugu Peak is best known in the area for its ‘hiding’.

Legends say that this is the sacred mountain of Zamolxe, the Dacian God and therefore, the mountain was a holy place. The inhabitants in the area are called gugulani and are famous for their longevity.

Some say that here it is the very place where Decebalus had hidden part of his treasure, convinced that the spirit of the High Priest will guard it from the wrath of time. Tourists can encounter treasure hunters hoping to find the hidden treasure of Decebalus.

They say that, at certain moments of a day, especially at night, the mountain disappears from sight, and, moreover, all sorts of bizarre phenomena have been reported. Tourists come every year to visit the area, which is one of the strangest in Romania.

Many tourists who have tried to spend the night on top of Gugu Peak accused unusual states similar to those of insomnia, shortness of breath, and confirms that they could not close an eye all night. Mysterious and paranormal phenomena wrapped in strange energies in the area, apprized the specialized scientific world in the field about these phenomena, once a plane crash in the area, plane that simply disappeared without a trace.

Many tourists say they have also seen the mountain tip disappearing and even bursts of light shooting out of the mountain. In addition, no one could explain why their cameras couldn’t show any images when they tried to develop the film.

Annually, tourists from Germany, France, Sweden, England, etc. come to capture the bright ‘explosions’ and to make sure the phenomena that takes place here are for real.