The REAL life Silent Hill!....Sort of.
The film version, at least.
From Wikipedia:
"Writer Roger Avary had said that as a boy, his father, who was a mining engineer, used to tell him stories about the town of Centralia, where coal deposits from the local mine caught fire and released toxic gases into the town, as well as creating sinkholes when the abandoned mineshafts and coal seams began to collapse. This forced the town to evacuate forever. Avary was fascinated since childhood by the idea that fires underneath the town would be burning for such a long time and the story of Centralia was used as the basis for the township of Silent Hill."
Youtube vids about the town:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjtmaCI9_wM
Discovery Channel vid for skeptics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkHfnp2czZQ
No hulking abominations or crazed cults though (I think....
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P.S. Admittedly, I've never played the games.
The film version, at least.
From Wikipedia:
"Writer Roger Avary had said that as a boy, his father, who was a mining engineer, used to tell him stories about the town of Centralia, where coal deposits from the local mine caught fire and released toxic gases into the town, as well as creating sinkholes when the abandoned mineshafts and coal seams began to collapse. This forced the town to evacuate forever. Avary was fascinated since childhood by the idea that fires underneath the town would be burning for such a long time and the story of Centralia was used as the basis for the township of Silent Hill."
Youtube vids about the town:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjtmaCI9_wM
Discovery Channel vid for skeptics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkHfnp2czZQ
No hulking abominations or crazed cults though (I think....
)P.S. Admittedly, I've never played the games.
