>>2726578This, but we don't actually believe we're being haunted by the Jews of Auschwitz past or the forgotten Napoleonic soldier while we're out and about. Nor do we actually believe in our own folklore (gnomes, faeries, trolls, hell: baba yaga). To us, as to you, they're just fireside stories.
We all have our creepy locations. Oradour-sur-Glane comes to mind culturally, but Hoia-Baciu forest in Romania is worth the mention too.
What I find surprising is the sheer number of bogeyman stories coming out of the states. Where we laugh at the suggestion of trolls and gnomes, you take yours pretty seriously. That's what I don't get.