World's loneliest house on remote island is just 2,000-miles from mainland Britain
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The world's most isolated house, located on a remote island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and 2,000 miles from the UK, has only passing ships for company. Shrouded in mystery, numerous chilling theories about the property have surfaced, including rumours that it was constructed in preparation for a zombie apocalypse. Bjarni Sigurdsson shared a video with this subscribers five years ago, showing how isolated the house it.
The white building has withstood the elements on the side of a green hill on Eon Island, also known as Ellidaey Island, for nearly a century. During the 18th and 19th centuries, the picturesque site - the most north-eastern of the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago cluster - housed a few families.
However, in the 1930s, the remaining residents left the rocky 4.5 square kilometre landscape for the mainland in search of a better life. Since then, the remote island has been completely deserted, and the solitary house has sparked a number of theories, some more outlandish than others.
One rumour suggests that an eccentric billionaire built it as a retreat in case of a zombie apocalypse. Others believe it belongs to a religious hermit. At one point, it was even speculated that singing sensation Bjork owned the peculiar house and was negotiating with the government to purchase the island. Unfortunately, the truth is far less thrilling. In the 1950s, the Hunting Association built a hunting lodge for puffin hunters. The lodge, affectionately dubbed the Ball House, is still operational, and a peek inside reveals it's quite the rustic retreat, lacking both running water and electricity. Intrepid tourists are welcome to visit, but they're in for a challenging journey, braving icy conditions and navigating monstrous waves.
