“You’d be surprised about the amount of human trafficking that happens here in the Netherlands.”

Hi, I’m Crystal, a Senior Editor based in Los Angeles and creator of BuzzFeed’s “That Got Dark” newsletter.

"I went to Vietnam last year to visit family, and I believe it. Imagine my shock as a person who was basically trained to always wear seatbelts, to be put in the front seat of a cab where none of the seatbelts worked before the driver proceeded to drive at 80 mph, weaving between hundreds of motorcycles at 10 p.m."

"That beaver can chew through a maple tree in minutes, do you want to know what the overgrown lake rat will do to a femur? That moose can walk away from a collision with a semi-truck, weighs more than a small car, outrun you, and will not think twice about turning you into an antler ornament. The deer will not think twice about eating you if you happen to get gored to death. I'm going to say that once again. The Deer. Will Eat. You."

"Yep, German tourist here; last year we took a one-month trip to NZ. Went on a hike and forgot the sunscreen. Thought it wouldn't be that bad. It was the first time I had BLISTERS on my ears, neck, face, and arms. It was insane."

"Reindeers! All the time! Really scary to be driving on the highway and suddenly frickin Rudolph and 18 of his buddies are hanging out on the side of the road licking up salt and just chilling."

"Good thing about reindeer at least is that there's so many of them each time so you at least see them easier. The fucking monster moose who just wanders out randomly into the road is the real nightmare!"

"I was standing on the corner in Dublin one day, and this young punk said he 'wanted to have a go at me' because I was staring at his girl. I'm legally blind and carry a cane. The fucking lack of common sense."

"Wife's family is from there. I'm not allowed to visit when they go back (I'm white), and they emphatically insist they cannot keep me safe. Even my wife and her brother need to have escorts everywhere because they didn't grow up there, and the locals know it."

"Our most beloved celebrity is in prison for life for killing somebody with an axe. The people know he's guilty and don't care and still want him freed."

"Charleroi was something else... Due to some mix-up (and stupid choices) with the airport transfer, I ended up in Charleroi train station at 1 in the morning. I've traveled quite a lot through Europe, but that night I decided that paying 200 euros for a cab to Brussels was way better than spending another minute in that train station."

"Iceland is a bit of a double-edged sword. In terms of crime and such, it is one of the safest, if not the safest, countries in the world. You don't have to travel far out of Reykjavík before you stumble upon some rough nature that can be very dangerous if you do not show it the respect it deserves.

There is also often powerful storms every year around the time that the seasons change that can cause some damage."

"A lot of crime there is not in the books, and police are corrupt as hell, it’s only super safe on paper."

Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.