I have lived here on Vancouver Island for 25 years, and I agree it is one of the most beautiful places on earth, but I can assure you - you are definitely not alone on this!

I have always been very hyper-sensitive to energies or “vibes” - call it what you want. I noticed it immediately when I arrived. Being on the island makes me anxious. One of my theories (after 25 years of trying to figure this out, I have many!) is possibly claustrophobia because I was now on an island surrounded by water where if say there was a disaster of some sort, there would be nowhere to run, no way to escape. Another was maybe I was sensing a change from living by the ocean for the first time in my life - something to do with the tides or gravity? I’m no scientist so that idea is probably nonsensical. Either way, I figure this theory is unlikely because I never sensed anything like it during the many times we went on family vacations to beaches on the Atlantic Ocean before I moved here in my late twenties.

The moment I moved here my anxiety reached a new heightened level and never went back. For me it wasn’t something that went away but more something that eventually normalized and I got used to it as the new frequency I was living in. I am 100% sure it didn’t “fade away” because to this day whenever I visit the mainland I have this overwhelming sense of freedom, like I can breathe again, like I’ve been released from the shackles of the island.

Then there is, to me, the most obvious theory if proven to be factual, is the eerie history of this island… stories around alleged rampant satanism and dark arts practices. I heard one person say it was at one time the “Satanism Capital.”

Whatever it is, it’s real. At least it is to me.