Thousands Of Birds Have Flocked To The Site Of The Deadliest Road On Earth For Yet Unknown Reasons

The Yungas Road on Bolivia's National Route 3 Motorway has for unexplained reasons become a popular spot with birds across South America, the road in question is affectionately known as the: "Bolivian Death Road".

Completed in 1930, the Yungas Road is located in the mountains near Laz Paz, and is infamous for being unpaved, lacking guard rails and emergency telephone boxes, steep slopes, constantly raining, and fog covers the mountainous road like it's a 1940s detective movie staring Humphrey Bogart.

These hazards have led to over 27,600 people being killed trying to traverse the Yungas Road between it's opening in 1930 and 2019.

Former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson was nearly one of them during the show's Bolivia Special in 2009, when his Land Rover nearly slid off the side of the mountain whilst passing another motorist on a wet section of the road.

An alternative path was completed in 2006, cutting around the mountains instead of forcing motorists to try and cheat death crossing the Bolivian Death Road.

The Yungas Road is still open for public use, though it's seen way less travel since Top Gear came to Bolivia.

It is for this reason many suspect that birds have come to nest and migrate to the area, researchers have yet to comment if the lack of motor travel is the reason why they've nestled here.

Birdwatchers and Ornithologists have begun making trips to Bolivia to see it for themselves, with tour operators making much needed cash.

This has caused the deaths to spike once again, as according to the Bolivian government 17 people have already died after their tour bus was swept off the mountainside.