Some neat items from Pineknobs and Crickets.
Click here for the etsy shop.
GHOST, n. The outward and visible sign of an inward fear.
He saw a ghost.
It occupied -- that dismal thing! --
The path that he was following.
Before he'd time to stop and fly,
An earthquake trifled with the eye
That saw a ghost.
He fell as fall the early good;
Unmoved that awful vision stood.
The stars that danced before his ken
He wildly brushed away, and then
He saw a post.
-Jared Macphester
We visited Centralia, PA this weekend. After seeing photos for years, and after recently watching the documentary The Town That Was, we were invited by a friend to tag along on an exploration of the former site of this evacuated mining town.
Click here to watch the documentary's trailer.
It'll make the photos below a lot more poignant.
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Cemetery in the woods. |
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Lonely pumpkin. |
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An intimidating abandoned mine shaft. The photo doesn't convey its massive size. |
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Tiny ice columns from the escaping steam. |
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The ubiquitous pentagram. |
I've featured this great Haunt a few times, but just found some video of it.
There's a pretty funny intro.
Click below:
It was twelve by the village clock
When he crossed the bridge into Medford town.
He heard the crowing of the cock,
And the barking of the farmer's dog,
And felt the damp of the river fog,
That rises after the sun goes down.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow