Ever been to a Ghost Town?

[dragonrider]

As time goes by, I understand better and better those that linger on after a place dies.

[DAY-DREAMER-MAN]

i go to a Ghost Town all the time i have one like 40 min away from my town:jointsmile:

[psychocat]

The place I grew up in became one after they closed the coal mines in the late 70's early 80's.
Thatcherism didn't do much for the north east of England

[iTokethings]

personally i dont rate Stonehenge's appearance highly
i should do abit of reading on it first tho

[silkyblue]

Itâ??s always an eerie and poignant experience, walking through the ruins of a once vibrant community. Everywhere you look, you can see the evidence of life, but now all is in decay. A lost place, littered with the detritus of lives let go. The color leached away, leaving only ashen shades of gray.

Some Ghost Towns are the result of sudden disaster in which everyone abandoned the community suddenly, right in the middle of doing something --- tables set with plates and silverware and meals left uneaten, beds made up but never to be slept in, stories left unfinished.

yes great fantastic writting, too bad you copied some :thumbsup: writting is a true gift. Do you love it?


MY TAKE

This planet isnt perfect I do believe in ghost

I felt the presents of one, in San Diego, Del Corronado, Me hubby and George our friEnd [george smokes and his wife, good clean fun couple, they had j's numbered as #1, #2 and #3, we stayed at the same hotel, UAW, convention, free trip man~

Del Corronado, in San Diego, that hotel is way sweet ! It is haunted def!

I felt her or him ghost, in human form, normal spanish guy, bellboy, parading around the SAID HAUNTED, room, unless we fell for a prank, mayb the Del had that arranged like that to open that door?
Wii were trashed !


you betcha that line to the 3'd vorld ain fer away, the world is far from perfect, and those 9 planets in our galaxy are here for a reason


great writting ! ty

[palerider7777]

i've been to over 100 easy, as i've been prospecting for close to 20 years now, and have even slept in old cabins from the 1850s or so. i recall 1 time well a few times but 1 time my dad and i were driving late one nite way up in the colorado rockies about 40 miles south of a place called estes park, and for people that love beautiful places that is one of them.anyways back to it we got caught in a blizzard, and we saw a sign that said "open" rooms available. so we stoped in and it was a lil house so we rented the room for 130 bucks and we were like ok wheres the room? and the old lady said oh u get back on this road in front drive 10mi south then turn right and go 30 mi take another right and u will see the old ghost town with a sign, and u will see the cabin thats where u sleep. so we went and found it and it was so old from the 1850's the glass in the windows was the old type b4 they perfected glass. so when u look through it's like the glass blocks u have in say a bathroom shower area where u can't really see clearly through it, and the cabin was built on site from the trees and rocks around it. and u could here every noise outside and the wood the cabin was built with rubbing together as the wind blew. and it was just as cold inside as it was outside, as there was nothin but 1x8 or so board and batten style. and the ower had'nt done any upgrades to the cabin as there was no elctric, and still had the old oil lamps and a fireplace for heat.

but other than that iv'e been in almost everyone from co to az,ca,mt,or,wa,nm,wy,id and i've always wanted to go to ak but never made it. as i carried a gun with me and u can't take it across into canada or atleast back then u could'nt. and im not going out in the wild with no protection thats just stupid. besides i've had plenty of encounters with bears,wolfs,wolverines and even porcupines lol iv'e even been to 1 ghost town that had 100's of hummingbirds everywhere.knock on wood i've never had to use my gun just my cam so far.
but then again theres alot of ghost towns on private land. so be careful and just ask if theres signs posted as most time the owners don't care as long as u don't tear anything up. iv'e even made deals with land owners where if i found anything we would split it but even more than what u find the value of the exp is worth more than what u find.

[mushaboom]

anyone know of any ghost towns in virginia? sounds like a perfect place to plant some ghost plants

[irkenelite]

no but i wouldnt mind seeing one someday. there are quite a few in southern NM that are supposedly good fun.

[Humboldt215]

As a kid I remember driving between Redding, Calif and Burney, calif and seeing ALOT of old gold mines on the mountain sides, I always did want to go back there someday and explore a bit.

Kinda dangerous tho.

[HiAllTheTime10]

hey i live in a ghost town in the 30's n 40's there was around 15,00 people who lived here then they mined all the lead out and put the rocks they crushed and pulled outta the ground and made huge mountains of chat great to play on but then the town got smaller around 1600 and we was a 1 A school and it keep gettin smaller 2 years ago population 800 now 300 but the government is buying every one's homes cause they say it's to polluted from the lead im 19 and graduted last year they shut down our sports program so i changed schools but if you dont believe me google it Picher, OKlahoma in the next year it's gone!!!!!!!! sucks i love this place