Centralia Burning Ghost Town – Pennsylvania USA

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1. ★★★ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VIDEO / FACT UPDATES ★★★

   1) At 3:40, he says “March, 2019”? – For some reason people are hearing me say 2019 at 3:40, I listened to the video, and I clearly hear 2018, which is what I said.

   2) Where did all the houses go? – I have not researched this answer, it is just a guess, but I would assume either the government relocated the houses to new plots of lands in another town, or once people moved out the government demolished the houses, so homeless people could not live in them.

   3) The cheerful jingling music doesn't really fit the video – Yes I know, but I made this video when I was using that music a lot, as I own the licence to it and it was kind of my theme music, but I started using more appropriate music for the topic as time went by.

2. It was not "left abandoned". The federal government held buyouts more than once. Just sad hillbillies holding out for more money.

3. metal detecting dream hunt..

4. ima go there with a pickaxe until i reach the fire. ima be like daniel plainview in there will be blood when the fire erupts out of the equipment lol

5. Apparently this is 3 driving hours away from me. Road trip idea!

6. That fire was started on purpose

7. Elissa is coming – Darkness is coming

8. Is it bad I want to move there?

9. Great soundtrack

10. I live almost 2 hours away from this place

11. Scary stories to tell in the dark , mill valley pennsilvania 1968

12. I traveled through this town every day from 2nd through 12th grade. I went to Bible School at the St. Ignatius for many years, and as a adult, and now musician, I sang and played for weddings in this same church. Many of my friends and some family members were all displaced because of this terrible fire. It's very sad to watch how a once thriving , coal mining town, was brought to its knees because of this terrible fire. They thought it would burn itself out, but the entire vein of coal was burning like the hetrolas that heated their houses. When they realized their mistake, it was too late. New Centralia was born outside of Kulpmont PA, and those who chose to leave their homes, rebuild, with the help of the federal government, into this new development. It's still hard to look at this footage.

13. I live just 13 minutes away from Centralia. It makes me wonder if the fire will spread to surrounding towns.

14. Wtf

15. Regarding the graffiti, an appropriate saying goes: Fools Names and Fools Faces are Prominently Displayed in Public Places !

16. is this the real life "Silent hill "

17. I honestly need to find out how to get there I know there is a way

18. 2019 news article stated a conflict of thoughts…local government say the fire is now out and the EPA says it isn't, go figure.

19. Centralia is a only about a 15 -20 drive from my place. We go up their riding atv and dirt bikes if you go when their iz snow on the ground most of the hot spots and smoke thru the woods can be seen my grandfather had a whole album black and white photos from before and after the fire

20. i still live near centralia, grandparents lived down the highway in ashland next to mays restaurant. literally 20 minutes away from me. i have been there many many times growing up.

21. Silent Hill……

22. We didn't need some scummy weak Aussie to tell us u Aussie,s are pitiful weak woman no men all women in Aussie

23. The fire has finally burned itself out thank God ??

24. We visited Centralia on our summer vacation to knoebels amusement park a few years ago. We didn’t see any smoke either. A real ghost town for sure!

25. Come on by for a spell will cook yall up for dinner!

26. Silent hill vibes

27. Hi!!! My hometown is like 16 miles away from there… Im in OHIO now but my hearts back in Pa♡♡♡♡♡

28. I live in Pennsylvania and this is one crazy thing that happened here

29. Silent hill ⚰️

30. The ones who stayed were smart. They didn't buy into the govt and state bolognia. That's like the govt telling people flu shots are perfectly safe, or fluoride is good for you.

31. Dan G lookalike. Dan is a jerk. He doesn't think about Spacey or the religious aspects of money. Judas.

32. The inspiration for the Silent Hill Video Game. ?☠???

33. DID ANYONE BRING ANY HOTDOGS ???????????

34. am i the only one whos been thru centralia multiple times and just isnt freaked out by it anymore

35. I worked in Mt. Carmel which is a town right next to Centralia.

36. Read the book " Centralia, Pa., The Devils Fire"

37. The town was cursed by an Irish Catholic priest , One Father McDermott, in the 1870's during the era of Molly Maguire unrest. Check it out in the trial transcripts of Patrick Hester and Black Jack Kehoe. The priest proclaimed the row would burn one day and only the church would remain. The church was the only structure built upon bedrock. Under the tow ran the Mamoth Vein , a mile wide seam of coal.

38. My Grandma and her family used to live there. My Great grandpa worked in the very coal mines. It dope to see Centralia (still) on the map

39. For anyone that don't know, this town inspired the popular horror video game series "Silent Hill"

40. A friend of mine lives nearby and she took me on a tour of Centralia. It was so eerie.there was a stop sign in the middle of nothing.

41. I passed those cadillacs in the ground while going to check out an abandon ghost town

42. I understood every word he said what's all the bitching about

43. Some improvement and space between the buildings and over city crowding

44. Dont mess with nature

45. Good place to build prisons for all the pedophiles!

46. In spite of the underground fires, the road cracks, the possible sinkholes, the dangerous gasses, I would still consider it safer than the "CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE" ( Philadelphia.)

47. 数十年前の火災が未だに鎮火していないなんて…
    ここに住んでいた住民や働いていた方たちが故郷や思い入れのある街を失ったと思うと胸が痛みます。

48. I heard "ninety nighty" at one point and "two thousand eighty" toward the end.

49. Several pictures weren't from there, no big open fire or caddy's buried in the ground, nothing but the facts please…

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