Yeah well the town in the movie has a real life counterpart...kind of.
The town is called Centralia, Pennsylvania. Eastern Pennsylvania is known for it's large amounts of coal mine towns, and Centralia is one of them. In 1962 a group of workers had set a pile of trash on fire in an abandoned mine pit; not unusual practice, but the exposed coal vein might have been something to watch out for. The fire spread to the coal, and the surface fire was soon put out, but what everyone didn't know, was that the coal beneath them had also ignited and was slowly burning. Soon enough the fire had spread to other nearby coalmines, and beneath the town. Shit's been burning ever since.
Back in the day the town had 2,761 residence. Now, there are less than 10 people living there, even thought the whole town has been condemned. It's a real life ghost town.
It's a really creepy place. I was there years ago, and am hoping to go back today or tomorrow to get some pictures. Just dropping knowledge. Here's some picxs:
The gate surrounding the cemetery has a HUGE bend in it, which IMO is creepy as fuck.
1981-now
The highway going into th town is filled with graffiti like this. It's called the highway to hell.
