Created on: November 7th, 2006

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The abandoned mining town of Centralia, Pennsylvania. The inspiration for the Silent Hill film adaptation. more here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=296376038844101265&q=centralia+pennsylvania&hl=en

Foreground Origin:

www.offroaders.com/album/centralia/centralia.htm

Sound Origin:

Silent Hill 3 - Never Forgive Me, Never Forget Me

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centralia

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Dethlokk

November 7th, 2006

11:12:56 PM CST

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Interesting and eerie.

pozzumgee

November 7th, 2006

11:14:02 PM CST

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creepy

fuel

November 7th, 2006

11:16:20 PM CST

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If Im not mistaken, this was the insparation for the silent hill movie plot base. The mines are burning underground. The fumes are noxious, and the town cant be inhabited. There can be 3 feet of snow in the surrounding area, but none sticks in this town, the ground is always warm.

thePlease

November 7th, 2006

11:18:21 PM CST

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This is f*cked up.

ILoveRuM

November 7th, 2006

11:18:22 PM CST

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Keep 'em comin'!

OreoForius

November 7th, 2006

11:18:54 PM CST

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fuel: yep, all correct. I had a lot of that in the site description already. A lot more info is in the video link... at one point they put an unlit match against the ground and it lights on contact.

ChibiGoku

November 7th, 2006

11:20:38 PM CST

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Wow, I wonder how far away this is from where I love...

OreoForius

November 7th, 2006

11:25:08 PM CST

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Goku: it's neighboring Ashland.

TheDivineTurtle

November 7th, 2006

11:27:27 PM CST

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Cool..

Balalaika0

November 7th, 2006

11:29:44 PM CST

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i'm gonna go start a city there, who's with me?

Balalaika0

November 7th, 2006

11:30:39 PM CST

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p.s. I call mayor!

Internet-Troll

November 7th, 2006

11:30:42 PM CST

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Quite interesting.

DynX

November 7th, 2006

11:31:35 PM CST

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I really, really, don't like where this fad is going...

Superdome

November 7th, 2006

11:31:45 PM CST

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there are still a few people living there

LadBunyan

November 7th, 2006

11:32:49 PM CST

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Lets go make it YTMND land.

OreoForius

November 7th, 2006

11:38:56 PM CST

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The mayor still lives there, he's in his 80's. no one knows for sure exactly how many people live there, but it's estimated at 15. in the hayday of the mining operation there was over 1000

wisdumcube

November 7th, 2006

11:40:24 PM CST

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Interesting. So, I am not saying that this isn't, but some of the pics don't give off the impression that it is completely deserted...That town must have been abandoned very recently....

OreoForius

November 7th, 2006

11:44:39 PM CST

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The fires started in 1962. Since it is a blue collar town, many families wanted to keep their roots there. The few people try to keep the cemetary and such clean, but it's hard when enough coal to keep a 1000 year old fire is making sink holes.

OreoForius

November 7th, 2006

11:45:35 PM CST

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Sorry, 100. added an extra 0

Balalaika0

November 7th, 2006

11:47:07 PM CST

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F*ck the old geezer mayor, we'll have a coup and raise the flag of the internets! also, did anyone notice the song playing towards the middle in the YouTube vid? around 3:45? lol

TomatoCannon

November 7th, 2006

11:54:49 PM CST

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I was under the impression I was going to see some creepy mines. Still, I demand more of these ytmnds.

ALMusic

November 8th, 2006

12:19:02 AM CST

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Centralia is one of my favorite stories.

Symbolite

November 8th, 2006

12:21:44 AM CST

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Oh SNap!

OreoForius

November 8th, 2006

12:22:02 AM CST

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Test: yeah, except watch the site and realize that the heat of the fire has caused the roads to buckle and crack. The only road that isn't a back road is Route 61, and it's closed off due to the buckling and the random sink holes.

Symbolite

November 8th, 2006

12:22:18 AM CST

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Good Luck drag racing with those huge bumps and potholes in the road!

BluToof

November 8th, 2006

12:23:58 AM CST

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Drag Racing? What with the random sinkholes in the road, the pavement hot enough to melt tires and the poisonous gases rising from the earth? F*CKING GREAT IDEA! I will watch!

OreoForius

November 8th, 2006

12:27:36 AM CST

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I was aware. Just didn't want noobs trying it and hurting themselves. Actually, I didn't want them trying it unless they got it on film. "Epic Silent Hill Drag Race Maneuver"

November 8th, 2006

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November 8th, 2006

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That Centralia story always interested me. The fact that a fire has been burning under the town for so long is intriguing if nothing else. I'd love to go there someday and check it out for myself. With a respirator and a canary, just in case.

AngryBrian

November 8th, 2006

12:54:37 AM CST

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I know where that is, Fires started along time ago when a dump fire caught a coal vein on fire, eventually it spread throughout the whole area. Sudden sink holes, random fires, toxic gas spurts out at random, the place is a real hell.

G-Epsilon

November 8th, 2006

12:56:28 AM CST

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Very cool and useful description too, eerie sh*t.

Leontokanova

November 8th, 2006

12:58:25 AM CST

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Sooo...Whose up for a road trip next summer, to this place? Hell, I might look into buying a house there for YTMND Vacation Partying.

JThundley

November 8th, 2006

12:59:20 AM CST

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flash :(

Spo8

November 8th, 2006

1:13:15 AM CST

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You better get the hell out of there before that damn siren starts up again.

Dali

November 8th, 2006

1:32:11 AM CST

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I'm just gonna auto-1 all abandoned sites from now on. They require no effort whatsoever, aren't funny, aren't interesting, and aren't even original anymore.

Econojon

November 8th, 2006

1:32:33 AM CST

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lol, RL Silent Hill. Where the zombies at?

nickster2006

November 8th, 2006

2:00:50 AM CST

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very last picture = penis tree

Godknown

November 8th, 2006

2:11:00 AM CST

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I love this song.

Khono

November 8th, 2006

2:13:03 AM CST

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It's places like this that make me eventually buy a car.

Khono

November 8th, 2006

2:16:11 AM CST

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Can't they just block off the mines, starving the fires of oxygen? Allll that coal needlessly poluting. I know it wouldn't be easy to block it off due to the movement of the earth, but I think it's something they should probably try.

Zenzizenzizenzic

November 8th, 2006

2:16:59 AM CST

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resize your photos and don�t center yourr GIF.

raptorcardz

November 8th, 2006

2:22:30 AM CST

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5 for very interesting knowledge. I live in PA also

Zenzizenzizenzic

November 8th, 2006

2:23:36 AM CST

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I�m trying to be helpful, not critical. This site has potential. Just clean it up a bit.

Calx

November 8th, 2006

3:52:40 AM CST

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desperately need buttracers on the centralia roads

k3lit0

November 8th, 2006

9:34:56 AM CST

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"lol, RL Silent Hill. Where the zombies at?" They weren't zombies STOOOOOPIDDDD they were...uh...ghosts? er, i dont know. that movie had a lot of wtf's.. ;D good YTMND, very creepy. I like that you picked silent hill music. nice touch. :O

OreoForius

November 8th, 2006

10:59:02 AM CST

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Khono: it would cost rediculous ammounts of money to stop the fires, and the federal goverment said it wasn't cost effective. Zen: the pictures are pixelated enough as is. If I make em bigger it will go from small looking decent pictures to huge pieces of crap. k3l: wouldn't be a SILENTMND without the music.

OreoForius

November 8th, 2006

11:05:59 AM CST

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Zen: nvm, will give it a shot

OreoForius

November 8th, 2006

11:33:45 AM CST

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Updated. Looks much better, good call Zen.

ColdStone

November 8th, 2006