Comments by "g bridgman" (@1940limited) on "Dark Exploration Films" channel.

  1. It's so quiet with just the birds cheeping.Very peaceful. Amtrak train still stop here so you can take a trains to Washington DC if you want and other points north. Coal trains and freights still come through as well.
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  2.  Catherine Buck  Maybe no one's paying taxes and the country owns it. You'e right in that the question could be answered. I doubt the jerk with the gun has any real authority.
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  3. Exactly. The woods around here are full of those nasty hillbillies.
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  4.  @FilmyMcTelevision  Yes, copper thieves are common. They even plunder homes owned by part time residents that are closed for the winter.
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  5.  @cardinaloflannagancr8929  Yes, why am I not surprised? The guy with the rifle was probably a bigger trespasser than the guys trying to explore and make a video.
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  6. Apparently an all black school in an all black neighborhood that's probably hit the skids financially, such as Detroit. Then the respectable people who live there come in and vandalize the place. I wonder who stole all the knobs and lock sets off the doors?
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  7. What the hell? It's only taxpayer money. Proof once again that government has too much money and taxes are too high.
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  8. That place wasn't built too well to begin with what with all the wood construction that needs constant maintenance.
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  9. What a terrible waste of a resource. The place ought to be renovated and put back n service. There's certainly enough crazy people around to fill it. Convert it to an asylum.
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  10. Must have had a lot of money to simply walk away.
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  11. The hills is full of ignorant hillbillies like him.
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  12.  @christineensell4346  I guess the end came rather suddenly.
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  13. I liked that, too. A WV caterpillar! He's just trucking along minding his own business.
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  14. We solved the problem by moving it all to China. Now they have to contend with the pollution, but Americans don't see it. So we sit and wait for China to build everything for us.
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  15.  @tommierowe43  My bet would be there's no money. Same old story.
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  16. I don't understand that, either. It took 40 years to figure it out? That's government for you. Might as well have just left everyone there.
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  17. @C.S.Allen Who said he's the owner? I think the bank owns it.
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  18. @C.S.Allen It was a suggestion. I don't know for sure who owns it, but I understand the original owner died long ago.
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  19. My wife soaks off the labels and recycles them, not that we have all that many.
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  20. I have a calculator like the one at 31.57 in the attic. It's in good shape and still worked last time I tried. You can add, subtract and multiply on it, but not divide.
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  21. If you can find the owner.
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  22.  @jamesrobertson9582  Why are people so afraid of snakes? They are more scared of you, even the poisonous ones.
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  23.  @jamesrobertson9582  I know someone with a boa constrictor as a pet. It's insanity. I'm not afraid of snakes and won't kill one, but keeping them as pets is absurd. They belong in the wild in their natural habitat. I've encountered rattle snakes in the wild and simply stay away from them. They'll scurry away from a human as fast as they can as will all snakes, at least the ones I've encountered. When I was a kid I stepped on a poisonous snake sunning itself on a stone road I was walking on. It coiled up and hissed at me, I high tailed it out of there pronto! I don't know if it was a copperhead or a rattle snake. I didn't hang around to find out. Yes, that sort of encounter can be scary. I was bitten by a water snake when I was a kid when I caught it in a stream, but they aren't poisonous. He sunk his teeth into my hand between my index finger and thumb, which I knew was going to happen as I caught him the wrong way, close to his tail. I peeled him off my hand and took a moment to observe the snake, holding him behind the head so he couldn't "get me" again, then tossed it back into the stream. OK, I rambled on too long, here, too. Have a nice day. Don't be afraid of snakes.
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  24.  @jamesrobertson9582  Snakes are all part of the world's ecosystem. Random killings on a large scale essentially harms the environment. They are here for a purpose, like all wildlife, and have predators, same as those they prey on. Killing them off is not a good idea at all. I won't kill any snake I see; just let it go.
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  25. Do any old people watch these videos, ones that would know what a lot of the stuff is and remember when these places were in service?
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  26. Eric Frein was found there in October, 2014.
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  27. I wonder if you could buy a house here or build a new one if you wanted to move here?
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  28. Good point. I didn't notice that.
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  29. There was no need to blank to the Playboy magazines. :-)
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  30. Yes, that's correct and there are videos on You Tube of trains coming and going in Thurmond.
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  31. Of course. We all do.
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  32. I used to have on just like that and it worked great, but I can't remember what I did with it.
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  33. I walked around the place years ago and no one bothered me. Around 2013 I think.
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  34. My father was in a TB hospital as a kid back in the 20s. He was cured and went on th lead a long, productive life.
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  35. Birchwood Resort: I live a few minutes from it. I've walked around in there a couple times on the other side of the road where the main lodge and maintenance buildings are and the airplane hanger. Nobody ever bothered me, but it was years ago. The infamous cop killer Eric Frein was found stowed away in the airplane hanger back in 2014. I don't know who the idiot hillbilly was who chased you out. Maybe it's some form of lame security? It seems rather late to be worried about anyone walking around in there. Several years ago there was talk of tearing it down and building something new, but nothing has come of it. With all that wooden construction that needs to be maintained and painted regularly, it's definitely not a low maintenance place! I never explored the sections you were in, so thanks for the look at the cabins. To hell with the jerk who chased you out. I apologize for the Poconos "hospitality."
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  36. Where's the toxic waste? The trees and grass look healthy. The birds are chirping. Insects are humming. How does such an elaborate complex get built on land that's supposedly no good? It took 40 years to figure this out? I don't get it.
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  37.  @karenhardie1132  No one could figure that out before buildings hundreds of condos, then forcing people to move yeas later? Someone must be responsible for very poor planning.
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  38. 30 years ago was 1990. The place must have been getting seedy by then and closed in 1996.
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  39. I highly doubt he's the owner. Probably some self-appointed security guard. Th fact he's roaming around chasing people out shows nobody really cares about the place. Who hired him?
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  40. Even that was trashed.
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  41. It sure would be nice to know what went on here. Too bad people have trashed the place so badly. Why can't they just leave things alone? The old pictures ad prescription bottles in the kitchen might give some clues as to who lived here. Somebody somewhere must know what happened.
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  42. It's hard to understand why people would simply leave all this sitting. Then there's others with no respect for people's property that ransack the place. Thanks to you guys for not stealing or destroying anything. I hope someone salvages this place one day.
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  43.  @lorumipsum1129  I really don't know. Iv'e never been there but Id' guess there's something around. It's a national park with visitors.
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  44. Somewhere in Ohio according to a previous comment.
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  45. Surprising a family with that much money would let the place go all to hell. You'd think some effort would have been made to preserve the place even if donated for other purposes, like a school.
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  46. Fact check? How do you know this?
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  47. I noticed that right away!
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  48. Makes one wonder just how toxic is it?
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