Centralia

I’m a huge fan of the Silent Hill video games and the town was originally modeled after Centralia. So I would love to visit to see the inspiration behind the movie and the video games!

For my 22nd birthday I asked my boyfriend at the time to come up there with me. We brought a picnic. it was a little difficult to find. It was especially odd that I passed the town that my father grew up in. he actually mined some of those hills. Anyway, a pretty neat place. I was hoping it would be spookier, but really it just feels forgotten and abandoned. An interesting experience. I am glad I went.

it was a couple years ago. yes, the town is missing. yes, there isn’t too much to see.

BUT THERE IS AN UNDERGROUND COAL FIRE THAT WILL BURN FOREVER!

(don’t fall in near the cemetery)

I live about 30 minuets from Centrailia and go thier frequently to observe the changes made by the fire and tell people about the fire. Sort of a hobby of mine(ha ha get it a mine) lol. Anywho if yo have any Q’s just give me a shout

I was driving through PA for work and stumbled upon Centralia. It’s very sad what has happened to this town.

I went to Centralia during a road trip. I heard about it from a Daily Show episode. I wandered around but I never found the abandoned town itself. I was just in a wooded area where you could see smoke/ feel heat coming from the ground. I guess I must have been on the out skirts of the town.

strange place, everyone should visit at least once

I did my Senior Sem. research paper on this town as it naturally sparked my interest (no pun intended). It’s so creepy! Sometimes I take alternate routes home just so I can pass through. It’s a very interesting/sad/eerie place.

this was always a strange place to visit. when i was in school and heard the story about the mines being on fire i had to go. its a strange story and a strange place. its like a bomb went off and yet things still live and go on. you’ll see red hot rocks on the ground near hot spots where smoke comes out and then a rabbit will hop by.

I can’t believe there was never an X-Files episode about this. It is a town that has almsot all been evacuated because of underground mine fires that the government says they can’t control or do anything about. So they have tried to buy out everyones property but some people just refuse to leave. And it is rumored about that the government wants the land for another reason and that is why they are not doing anything to help the residents. If you drive through Centralia you will see houses that are being held up on one side by brick supports. They used to have another home attatched to them but they are now torn down. Huge clouds of smoke just coming out of big holes in the ground. Be careful not to fall in. And the cops don’t really like people snooping around (which adds to the conspiracy) so be advised.