User blog comment:Neowitch/Islands of the New World/@comment-1362207-20111017101847/@comment-4493594-20111017104601

Thanks. I had the idea of the phantom island a long time ago even before Thriller Bark was out. The name was Corpse Garden and it was a swamp island where nothing lives and plants rot before they bloom. The only solid place was a castle built from the bones of the humans who were unfortunate enough to land on it and criminals - since there is no stone on the island except for the poneglyph stone in the castle's courtyard. The people living on the island were cursed in a similar way as the pirate crew from Pirates of the Caribbean who turn into skeletons at night.