This Cave in Maine is Too Haunted and Dangerous to Visit

As spooky season arrives in Maine, you'll start to see decorations, candy, and seasonal offerings that will celebrate the occasion. But away from the happy side of Halloween, there's also the hauntings; ghost stories creepy enough to make the hair on the back of neck stand up.

Given that Maine is an old state with rich history, it's also plentiful with ghost stories and urban legends. Those stories get retold each year as Halloween approaches, but for one particular cave in Maine, its creepiness and danger level is a year-round thing.

That cave is the Devil's Oven at Acadia National Park. It's a somewhat-hidden sea cave alongside the shoreline of Mount Desert Island. It's difficult to get to, and extremely dangerous to visit. And there's plenty of reasons why you should stay far, far away.

According to American Ghost Walks, the urban legend behind the Devil's Oven is that it is a portal to the underworld. The sea cave was once home to a morbid ancient ritual in which people were burned alive. What remained of them was sucked further into the cave, then into the underworld for eternity.

In more modern times, there have been multiple documented reports from people who have seen flashing lights that skew red coming from the cave. It could be the brimstone walls that make it feel like a portal to hell. In the daytime, passersby have heard chanting or crying. All of it is disturbing.

If you dare to visit Devil's Oven at Acadia National Park, it comes with significant risk. Typically, it's visited via kayaking. There are no signs or trails guiding you to the cave opening. It can only be visited during low tide, and becomes a drowning risk otherwise. And then there's all that haunted stuff.