Head to the Buried Village for a spooky day out in Al Madam, Sharjah

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Located east of the town of Al Madam, the ‘Buried Village’ as it is locally known, is just a 10-minute drive from the central square of Al Madam, in the direction of Al Ain.  Read the full story here:  https://gulfnews.com/1.1641237611162  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV  #UAEnews #UAE #Sharjah

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00:00Located east of the town of Al-Madan, the Buried Village as it's locally known is just

00:28a 10 minute drive from the central square of Al-Madan in the direction of Al Ain. Don't

00:34know where that is? Don't worry, Google Maps will lead you straight to it when you type

00:38in Buried Village. However, you'll need a sturdy four wheel drive vehicle to tackle

00:43the last bit heading into the village. The village consists of two rows of bleached white

00:49houses and a mosque among the surrounding sand dunes. As you enter, you can immediately

00:55see that the desert has claimed the village. Most of the buildings have sand over and

00:59in them. The quiet desert, the abandoned buildings and half covered village is spooky enough

01:04to give you goosebumps while you're there. People who visit report feeling instantly

01:09disoriented by the silence in the area. After the hustle and bustle of the city, visitors

01:14report that the silence is almost eerie. But how did the town end up this way? Local legends

01:21claim either a jinn, which are supernatural creatures that Muslims believe exist in this

01:25world but are not visible to the human eye. They're also mentioned in the Holy Quran or

01:30perhaps it's the inhospitable desert or maybe it's a combination of both. The village, according

01:36to locals, was once inhabited by the Al-Qutbi tribe, one of the three prominent tribes residing

01:42in and around Al-Madan, a small town governed by the Sharjah Emirate. The village was reportedly

01:48built in the 70s as part of a housing project. However, it is assumed, based on some residents'

01:54accounts reported later, that the town was abandoned. Despite all this, the village remains

01:59a great attraction to visit if you're in the UAE, but you might want to go there with a

02:03large group of people and in broad daylight, you know, just in case.

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