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- Subduction, on 05/22/2009, -5/+136Those were some of the stupidest, least informative write-ups I could have imagined, especially on a topic so potentially interesting.
How do you tell me that "if you were a fat guy on Battleship Island, there would technically be another person partially inside of you" while I still don't know what Battleship Island was for, or why it had the most dense population in the world?"
Yeah, I can look it up, but jeez... - grapeape25, on 05/22/2009, -0/+91I never realized Silent Hill was based on an actual place but I am surprised Chernobyl wasn't on the list.
- kzoopSF, on 05/21/2009, -0/+69Centralia is friggin NUTS
- rancor01, on 05/22/2009, -2/+58In Texas theres this lake called Possum Kingdom. To make the lake they completely flooded an abandoned city called Pickwick. If you go scuba diving, you can swim 100 ft. underwater along main street among all of the old buildings from the 30s.. Verrry creepy I've heard.
- toleshei, on 05/22/2009, -1/+56Missing Neverland Ranch. Hell that place was creepy before it was abandoned,
- JFitzpatrick, on 05/22/2009, -2/+37I've grown less restless in my old age, but in my younger days my friends and I would urban explore any location we could find that looked remotely interesting... abandoned factories, train stations, subway tunnels, steam tunnels, etc. I'll explore a morgue, a crypt, you name it. But an asylum? Hell no. Unless it was to save someone's life, no way in hell I'd urban explore an asylum. The wretched things that were done to people in Asylums over the last century are so awful I wouldn't step foot in a door of one for the fear that some temporal shift would occur and I'd find myself unwittingly a patient there during the heyday of their lunatic experimenting. =/
- Subduction, on 05/22/2009, -1/+32Just for the record, courtesy of Wikipedia:
Hashima Island (端島; meaning "Border Island"), commonly called Gunkanjima (軍艦島; meaning "Battleship Island") is one among 505 uninhabited islands in the Nagasaki Prefecture about 15 kilometers from Nagasaki itself. The island was populated from 1887 to 1974 as a coal mining facility. The island's most notable features are the abandoned concrete buildings and the sea wall surrounding it. It has been administered as part of Nagasaki, Nagasaki since 2005; it had previously been administered by the former town of Takashima.
"Battleship Island" is an English translation of the Japanese nickname for Hashima Island, Gunkanjima (gunkan meaning "battleship", jima being the rendaku form of shima). The island's nickname came from its apparent resemblance to the Japanese battleship Tosa due to its high seawalls. It also is known as the Ghost Island. It is known for its coal mines and their operation during the industrialization of Japan. Mitsubishi bought the island in 1890 and began the project, the aim of which was retrieving coal from the bottom of the sea. They built Japan's first large concrete building, a block of apartments in 1916 to accommodate their burgeoning ranks of workers (many of whom were forcibly recruited labourers from other parts of Asia), and to protect against typhoon destruction.
In 1959, its population density was 835 people per hectare (83,500 people/km2) for the whole island, or 1,391 per hectare (139,100 people/km2) for the residential district, the highest population density ever recorded worldwide. As petroleum replaced coal in Japan in the 1960s, coal mines began shutting down all over the country, and Hashima's mines were no exception. Mitsubishi officially announced the closing of the mine in 1974, and today it is empty and bare, which is why it's called the Ghost Island. Travel to Hashima was re-opened on April 22, 2009 after more than 20 years of closure. - AManWithNoName, on 05/22/2009, -1/+31I can't recall the name of it, but just about a year and a half ago, me and some friends went to an abandoned insane asylum a few hours from Portland, OR. When we got there, we wandered around for a bit, jumping out from behind things to scare each other, etc., just generally screwing around. Then we made it to a long, dark room that was like a library, with shelves reaching to the ceiling on both sides, as far back as we could see. On each of the shelves, labeled simply by numbers (0001, 0002, 0003) were pieces of human brains in jars of formaldehyde. Each and every one of us simultaneously shat bricks and ran out of there.
It's really disturbing, some of the stuff that went on in insane asylums before they changed the regulations. - TomGfromCanada, on 05/22/2009, -0/+26you should check out my basement. CREEPY!
- chuckDontSurf, on 05/22/2009, -7/+32The creepy pics aren't very creepy.
- giveer, on 05/22/2009, -2/+25I must agree - had Chernobyl been on that list, it would have gotten some serious creepy points for being the only location that will actually kill you (eventually) just for being there. (a close second for that burning coal place).
- rancor01, on 05/22/2009, -2/+24FTA:
Gunkanjima, Japan
It’s strictly off limits to the public, though sometimes adventurous photographers do sneak into it to take pictures like these, at which point they’re presumably murdered by the world’s densest population of angry spirits and fused into their spectral Hive Mind.
False - Tours started last month. Boatloads of Japanese are now hiking all around the island for around $40USD per head. - Khuzud, on 05/22/2009, -3/+24Yeah, pretty lame. Not enough pictures, and the ones they had were relatively tiny. Also, this guy isn't very funny.
- inactive, on 05/22/2009, -1/+20that sucks. I went there ever winter for a while to watch the steam rise off the snow. tSome of those houses were from around 1900. I went in a few of them. The locals were quite fun to watch. Kinda like a mirror in a way.his was only like 2004. there was still like 17 people living in the valley then.
I don't know why anyone would find these places creepy. I find abandoned buildings fascinating. It's human history, future and truth. You don't need words to describe it, these places are testaments to the human condition. You just see and understand. The theme parks and the high concept futuristic duds are especially fun to visit. - fury420, on 05/22/2009, -1/+20the last two look more like illustrations than actual photographs
- juarezj, on 05/22/2009, -1/+18And for the record, courtesy of math: 1391 people per hectare translates to 0.14 people per square meter, not 1.4. Quite a relief for the fat guy who previously had half another person inside him.
- lolmax, on 05/22/2009, -1/+17It's a cool story, but...pics or it didnt happen
- Falldog, on 05/22/2009, -1/+17I've been to Centralia a couple times. Eventually you realize how boring of a place it is. There are more sites where people dump their trash than cool evidence of some massive underground fire.
If anything I find the surrounding mining towns more interesting. Northern PA is scattered with these decrepit and deteriorating towns that you drive through questioning how people make a living there these days.
Also, "forty years ago everybody left because they didn’t want to live balanced precariously on the precipice of hell" is false. They were bought out by the government. - pingveno, on 05/22/2009, -2/+17"per head"
I'm not sure that is the best metaphor for a place nicknamed "Ghost Island" - TheKipper, on 05/22/2009, -2/+17The photos from the Hellingly Asylum are absolutely stunning. Definitely check them out: http://www.flickr.com/photos/romanywg/sets/7215761 ...
- DocHoliday22, on 05/22/2009, -2/+16Previously posted on Digg: http://www.concierge.com/ideas/holidays/tours/1563
Also check this video:
A few years ago one group of cataphiles found a miniDV camcorder mysteriously abandoned in one of the tunnels. The video the camera captured is chilling. It may very well be a man videotaping his own death.
http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2007/lost-in-ca ... - atomicfireball, on 05/22/2009, -1/+15In New York state, the Great Sacandaga lake was created exactly the same way. Buildings and even a train are down there. Great fodder for conspiracy theorists too.
- DocHoliday22, on 05/22/2009, -1/+14Sorry to hijack but I really want everyone to see this eerie video: http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2007/lost-in-ca ...
- nikorf11, on 05/22/2009, -0/+13i'm glad someone linked the artist for this. that place looks ghastly, but is HDR becoming somewhat of a gimmick these days? although this artist did use the technique brilliantly.
- BreakingBnj, on 05/22/2009, -0/+13I live LITERALLY right next to Centralia - I live in Aristes, PA. Technically, I live in what is formerly known of Centralia Heights, and let me say that the ground is not "Bubbling" lol. It's really not that creepy, and I can name a bunch of more abandoned places than than Centralia, trust me.
- TheFounder, on 05/22/2009, -0/+12I live in Centralia.... no.. seriously it's right down the road about 8 miles or so...
- AJ338, on 05/22/2009, -2/+14Lots (and I mean lots) of photos of abandoned places from all across the US and around the world:
http://www.abandonedbutnotforgotten.com - bmovers, on 05/22/2009, -2/+14I was also there 6 months ago. Here's my pics from it if anyone's interested. Very creepy indeed. There's a few houses remaining, and a few people still live there.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=817112795& ... - thegomiboy, on 05/22/2009, -0/+12In April of 2009, they opened a small part of Battleship Island up for tourism, but most of the island is off limits because the buildings are collapsing left and right.
- funk1999, on 05/22/2009, -1/+13I was there like 6 months ago, nothing left but a couple miles of abandoned highway and a couple old graveyards. They've knocked down all the old houses/businesses.
- inactive, on 05/22/2009, -2/+12SILENT HILL SILENT HILL SILENT HILLLLLL
- GalacticRerun, on 05/22/2009, -4/+14I was expecting "and my mom got scared and said 'You're moving with your aunty and uncle in Bel-Air".
- VelvetoneFusion, on 05/22/2009, -0/+10Went there about a year ago, and found a few old buildings to run around in
Pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/velvetone_fusion/ - inactive, on 05/22/2009, -1/+11Dude the movie wasn't that bad... It could have been a lot worse. The art direction was somewhat faithful.
- TheMarque, on 05/22/2009, -0/+10I went to Trans-Allegheny Insane Asylum in Weston, WV. Took some pictures you can look at here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/themarque/sets/721576 ...
It was so creepy. - Tarl, on 05/22/2009, -0/+9You still live there? ;)
- redoctane, on 05/22/2009, -6/+15They forgot Detroit.
- martinherrera, on 05/22/2009, -0/+9dugg for home alone reference
- kagebutsu, on 05/22/2009, -0/+8I want to go to the island.
- facepalmjpg, on 05/22/2009, -3/+11Dugg for IRL Silent Hill.
- dms105, on 05/22/2009, -2/+10They forgot downtown Los Angeles
- HopalongMcGurk, on 05/22/2009, -0/+8Behind the boathouse
I'll show you my dark secret - inactive, on 05/22/2009, -1/+8They should make a "fear factory" type of game show out of one of the old amusement parks. "We just managed to get this old rollercoaster running, which of you will dare be the first rider since it was shut down 40 years ago!?"
- ShadySpace, on 05/22/2009, -1/+8Essex Mountain Sanatorium was torn down seven years ago.
- ChantryChantry, on 05/22/2009, -0/+7http://www.dtmag.com/dive-usa/locations/PossumKing ...
- mrpunman, on 05/22/2009, -0/+7Hellingly asylum might be a good L4D map candidate
- WorldLeader, on 05/22/2009, -0/+7They missed The Garden of Eden in Lucus, Kansas. Creepiest ***** ever! The guy who built it is mummified and buried in a glass tomb for all to see! That's what's the matter with Kansas..
http://www.burnells.com/jerry/images/Box%20O%20Roc ... - evanman69, on 05/22/2009, -0/+7Centralia has a weird history for a town.
Founded by a guy whose last name was Faust.
A hotbed of Molly Maguires.
In 1948, the worst national plane disaster pre-1950 occurred outside of Centralia, near Aristes. The crash killed Broadway producer Earl Carroll and Beryl Wallace.[4] The rescue efforts were based in Centralia.
Centralia's cemeteries now have a far greater population than the town, including one on the hilltop that has smoke rising around and out of it.
Very odd. - ec91199, on 05/22/2009, -0/+7lol @ everyone burying the naysayers, they obviously know nothing about the listed areas. i am a verona nj resident and the sanatorium is long gone, there are condos being constructed at the moment. no need to bury
- HopalongMcGurk, on 05/22/2009, -0/+6WTF is THIS doing in the kitchen???
http://www.mountainsanatorium.net/perfectcircle.ht ... -
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