Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Tourist Trap.

In rural Wisconsin, there is an old abandoned park. Built in the 1920s, it served as the town’s gathering place for everyone.

That is, until a newly developed Train and Tunnel for Tots™ ride was installed in 1932. It was an innocent looking childish train, with one main (mechanized) head car, with three small trolleys pulled behind it. It went around some loops before going into a small tunnel.

But this is where the story gets weird. There were numerous cases of child deaths that year, all of them happening after the child rode on that train system. Some kids went missing in that short tunnel (about ten feet), and others went comatose after leaving. One, upon exiting, was found to be dead. Her dress was covered in what looked like small bloody handprints. Some killed themselves by scratching at their throats until they bled out, and one of them even killed another child before hanging herself with razor wire at the family’s farm.

The park was closed, and the town’s popularity as a tourist town plummeted.

Recently, a team of scientists were sent out to the park. They taped a video camera to the train, and put a new intern in with it, before sending it on its way onto the tracks.

When the train left the tunnel, it was empty, except for the camera.

The last ten seconds were nothing but static, save for the sound of children laughing.

22 comments:

  1. Train tunnels have always been creepy in my opinion, even without the laughing children. Don't think I'll be going in one anytime soon after reading this!

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  2. Weird. Not even scientist wanted to go through the tunnel...

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  3. Is this for reals? I doubt it, but strange story indeed. It must suck being the new intern.

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  4. Why is the sound of children laughing in the darkness so creepy?

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  5. nice pic
    who wanna go inside
    lol

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  6. Ok I'm not going to get on a train for a little bit now just in case

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  7. Train tunnels are very creepy, because they're too dark!

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  8. that actually sent a chill down my body

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  9. Dude, I'm lucky there are no tunnels on my way to school tomorrow.

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  10. Nice post! Will be avoiding tunnels now unless I'm armed and ready to be dangerous.

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  11. I'll never go in a tunnel ever again lol

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    1. Oh, that's sounds like a story the narrator would tell in the beginning of a scary movie. Creepy indeed.

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  13. Why are interns so expendable? Fuck those scientists.

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  14. I'm surprised this story's still around. It's a really good one but its been told for years.

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  15. I think the scientists should have put huge spotlights in there, so they won't be afraid. But then again... Something can turn those spotlights off, oh hohohohoho.

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  16. ALSO, ACTUALLY. Do you have any idea what the park was called?

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  17. Maybe if someone grabbed a really strong flashlight and shined it in the tunnel? Or maybe even tore the tunnel apart? Maybe they'd find their answers...

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