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Entertainment Jun 17, 2026

Horrifying Holiday Experiences: From Natural Disasters to Missile Threats

The article shares several personal accounts of people who had horrifying experiences during their …
The Unforgettable Holiday Experiences In early 1969, a family booked a holiday in Belfast for one week and a bed and breakfast in Dublin for one week. When they arrived at their Belfast destination, The Elsinore Hotel, there wasn’t another car in the parking lot and the hotel was empty except for the aged husband and wife owners. A few days after returning home, the family learned that a bomb had gone off that morning in downtown Belfast and had pretty much destroyed The Elsinore Hotel. Marriage Chaos in Paradise A couple's honeymoon in 2008 was like a Laurel and Hardy sketch, since everything was done in silence. We weren’t speaking to each other after the husband got so drunk at the wedding they couldn’t do the first dance. Then everything else seemed to go wrong. On their way to the airport, their car broke down so they had to get a hire car. When they finally got to the resort, they were told that their accommodation was two miles out of town and that there was no public transport or taxis because it was a religious feast day. A Close Encounter with Sharks About 20 years ago, a man went to Fiji with his friend. While they were out kayaking, the man got separated from his friend and was attacked by sharks. He was saved by a local surfer who hit him with a surfboard and pulled him onto it. A False Alarm Missile Threat A couple was on holiday in Hawaii when they received an emergency alert on their phones: “Emergency Alert. BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.” They were in a state of panic until a second text appeared: “Emergency Alert. There is no missile threat or danger to the State of Hawaii. Repeat. False Alarm.”
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