Polish police were forced to block off the wooded area in the city of Walbrzych, located in southwest Poland, that is alleged to house the legendary Nazi gold train, reported Yahoo News. Two men who informed police that they discovered the train, which allegedly holds many valuable items that went missing in 1945, started the rumor.
After news broke of the train, treasure hunters began to pour into the area searching for the treasure, some of them equipped with metal detectors, reported TIME.
As of Monday, police, city and railway guards are patrolling the area to ensure that nobody gets hurt due to the close proximity of the site to train tracks, which are currently active.
"Half of Walbrzych's residents and other people are going treasure hunting or just for walks to see the site," police spokeswoman Magdalena Koroscik told The Associated Press. "We are worried for their security. People walking down the tracks can't escape "a train that emerges from behind the rocks at 70 kph (43 mph)."
Koroscik stated that a man was nearly hit while trying to take a selfie on the now-famous tracks, reported Global News.
"A few hectares (acres) of land are now being secured," said Tomasz Smolarz, governor of the southwestern region of Lower Silesia. "People have been barred from the woods surrounding the site."
Despite the commotion surrounding the event, no evidence exists to corroborate the rumors.
"There is no more proof for this alleged discovery than for other claims made over the years," said Smolarz. "It's impossible to claim that such a find actually exists at the location indicated based on the documents that have been submitted."
