![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() So how severe was the mine fire over Centralia? Well, um, does this answer your question: Originally a mining town that was thriving, this was all brought to a screeching halt when a massive mine fire erupted underground in 1962, causing it to be slowly evacuated over time once the severity of the fire was determined. Perhaps my favorite entry on the list, few ghost towns in the entire world are quite as creepy as this smoldering ghost town in Pennsylvania. Many people who have visited this ghost town have said the looming mountains in the background, though lovely, add a real sense of dread while you are there, walking among the memories of the long forgotten. Said to require a four wheel vehicle to even reach (making you wonder how it was established as mining community way back in the day), the reality is, with its backdrop of gorgeous mountains and residences that are seemingly all in good shape still (despite looking like a haunted houses), there is just an eeriness and sense of solace in Animas Forks that you wont find anywhere else in the beautiful state. So you walk through it, they say it feels like you are walking through some haunted postcard of a time and place long forgotten.Īnimas Forks in Colorado, as seen from the above pic, is quite chilling. Nothing has been reconstructed or touched. In other words, the old shacks people used to live in are all still there. What sets Bodie apart from most other ghost towns in the country is that it is the ghost town that still remains the most untouched. Get it, because they used pans to find gold? High quality wordplay right there. ![]() Of course, that brought in a decent amount of people who quickly seemed to figure out that William's find was not common, so just like with most ghost towns, everyone upped and left when they saw it was not going to "pan" out as planned. Perhaps one of the most well known ghost towns in all of America, Bodie was established in 1859 after William Bodie found some gold nearby. The (most likely untrue) statements and rumors that seem to surround them. Rumor is (for us locals who live in the Northeast, anyway) is that if you visit this abandoned town and take something with you when you leave, you place a curse upon your family. But that is the thing that makes ghost towns so cool. Thing is, the place has quite a reputation now. Problem was, it was not ideal land for farming, so over time, people just sort of left and went to places with richer soil and better farming conditions. It was actually land owned by the Dudley family who allowed more people to come in as it grew and thrived for a small time. Founded in the 1700's, it was a settlement for farmers, and was actually never a real town (though has since become one of the most well known "ghost towns" in the country). Here are 7 of the scariest ghost towns in America.ĭudleyTown in Connecticut is often also referred to as " the village of the damned" because of the strange rumors that swirl around it. Regardless of how or why they were abandoned, these places are undeniably creepy if you ever get to see them in real life, and a few of them even have rumors of curses associated with them for all who visit. In some cases, they were small towns built around the time of the gold rush that just could not thrive, and in some other examples, you will see they were abandoned for very different reasons. These places were often abandoned for very specific reasons. The term itself invokes thoughts of old, gray, cob-webbed towns where only the spirits of the dead walk the streets (and in a few of these cases, that could be true). But the name itself strikes such ghastly imagery in our minds. A ghost town is, by definition, a deserted town with few or no remaining inhabitants. ![]()
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