THE SPOOKY VILLAGE OF VATHI IS HAUNTING by Andy Dabilis published in The National Herald December 7, 2019 The National Herald has given HellenicGenealogyGeek.com permission to post articles that are of interest to our group. --------------------------------------------  Atop a hill not far from the sea in the Mani region of the Peloponnese sits the mostly abandoned stone village of Vathi, also known as Vathia, and a place that can have you looking over your shoulder for ghosts as you walk through the ruins of what once was. This is an area – it’s said in Greece you don’t mess with Cretans or Maniates, known for their toughness – where you can almost hear the phantoms of the past in the wind that bounces off the stone walls of empty buildings, some still holding decaying furniture and appliances. The last census in 2011 said there were 33 people living there, evident in a few places that had been renovated, and there’s a small café for touris...