Spike

California · United States · House

A vacant lot at the end of Lunada Bay, surrounded by houses. They have tried to build on it more than once and it is still empty.

Spike is an empty lot at the end of Lunada Bay in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, with houses all around it.

It has stayed empty. Attempts have been made to build on it more than once and none of them has come to anything.

People going near it describe feeling like they are going to be sick, and cars have stopped dead in front of it.

An undeveloped lot in one of the most expensive coastal neighbourhoods in California is genuinely strange, and it is the fact the whole legend rests on. There are usually prosaic reasons: unstable ground, a title dispute, an easement, or a geological survey nobody wants to talk about. The Palos Verdes peninsula has active landslides and has swallowed whole streets elsewhere on the headland.

The lot is private property in a residential street.

FAQ

Where is Spike located?

Spike is in California, United States.

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Accounts are drawn from local folklore and visitor reports.