Do you meet up every year? I've been fascinated with Centrailia for a long time. The wife and i have taken several trips and spent quite a bit of time exploring there.
Oh!! This may be the best Friday night TH-cam video ever! Centralia has so many emotional dimensions for not only the people who lived there in the 60's & 70's, but those of us who understand how significant it was for families to have to part with their homes (perhaps for generations) because of this tragedy. Many dimensions out there about this topic, though! Thanks for what appears to be a new look at the topic. Wish I could be there! Someday, maybe I can have the time and $ to get down there and experience it myself.
That geyser at the end though... Wicked Epic.. Just a damn shame that certain people don't know how to treat things and areas by leaving their trash all around and not picking up after themselves.. Thanks for another great explore JP..
The book I was referencing from is called "Fire Underground, The Ongoing Tragedy of the Centralia Mine Fire" by David DeKok. It can be acquired at the Pioneer Mine Tour in Ashland, PA or you can go to daviddekok.com to buy it directly.
"The stuff they use to grease the tracks of The Phoenix at Knobels" I could smell it in the air when you said this. Crazy how those olfactory senses spark nostalgia.
Right before you got to the toilet in the woods, the camera panned to the tops of the hills. Those hills are actually culm piles, which is waste coal, dirt, and rock from mining.
very impressive many things i hadnt seen before good crowd to have with you to go exploring no matter what you do there will be people who have no respect those or the things around them loved the geyser thanks for taking me along keep filming
Thank you for mentioning the need to keep the place clean and take your garbage with you. We do a volunteer cleanup at least once a year. The locals arent very upset about the graffitti. What they are upset about is the throngs of people painting then whipping their cans into the woods. October 2018 we took several TONS of trash out, that we all hand-picked...spray cans, paper, plastic, drink containers and soooo many tires. PLEASE people seeing this...stop making a mess here!!
Thank you for sharing this video full of information which I didn't know. Last time I visited Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Scranton and Jim Thorp was very nice. Would like to return some day again. I like the outdoors and nature a lot.
Normally, I film anywhere I go, but being that I wanted to concentrate on the tour, I chose not to film. I will film video here when I'm healthy again.
That was a great video! Have been there a few times but those were new places to see, thanks for that. And the added bonus of the geyser was a good plus. Thanks for sharing and letting us enjoy your adventure! ❤️🦋
Thanks again for taking us along for the ride!!! Awesome explore as well! Glad you all were together. Such a great video! Take care, be safe and see you in the next one, my friend! 🙋🏽♀️😄💙💙💙
Can you explain what you were talking about vat 28:20 and 29:22? I understand they are children toys. But just trying to see exactly what you were talking about. Thanks. Also cool video. I'd love to go explore there.
My mom grew up in the area and my great aunt lived in Mt. Carmel. When we visited she would drive down graffiti highway (it was opened then and there was occupied houses on the side of the road) to go somewhere. You could see the steam coming up from the side of the road. There was no bypass then you drove through the town and it was no big deal.
Thanks for sharing part of history! I'm not from Pennsylvania I've never heard of this place before! I'm from Wisconsin and I want to say around Platteville Wisconsin they're used to be mining into the sides of the hills. And that's how we got the nickname the badger state I believe from us mining digging into the ground like badgers. Just so you know I could be completely wrong.
A semi newer subscriber and just found this older video after watching your other Centralia videos. Since I am near the area I had to watch this. Iam not a fan of the graffiti but always wanted to check it out. Thank you for all your exploration videos! 👍
that geyser is nuts. when i was painting on the freeway at the top the ground exploded a baseball size hole of water started just rushing out. it was weird as hell i dont understand where it came from. it poured out for like 10 minutes and then stopped
That geyser was awesome in the woods kinds. Man where is that water going to go. Under ground mine water so darn interesting I can't believe that. Really something. great find JP
I just loved traveling along with all of you! Sure wish i didn't live across the country from you. It was really another informative and fun video, just sad that the people lost so much!! Thanks again Jay!! 😊💖Blessings...🙏
I like the rainbow screen you put in your video just before the bonus footage. It reminds me of what used to come on the tv screen when the channel was going off the air.
Ok JP what can I say? Oh I know 👍👍👍👍👍👍, Hats off to ya, smiles smiles smiles!!! This was an absolute great video!!! Love it all but the water geyser took the Award!! What an awesome natural phenomenon!!! Thank you again for being an adventurous spirit JP! I really really love this one!!! Centralia is such a weird anomaly and I agree with you 100% on graffiti highway bringing people together. Thank you again. Be safe out there.
Any idea what the name of the company that owns the abandoned portion of highway is? Kinda curious since I thought the state owned the entire town now and wouldn't sell in the event the fire is still burning deep under the ground there.
@@JPVideos81 Good to know. I wonder how long it'll be before the state hands over the rest of Centralia to them. Town is unsafe to live in, but getting those tax dollars and then leaving the land mine scarred for future generations to clean up is just fine.
JP Thanks you so much for this meet up video in Centralia 👍The Graffiti Highway is something else. I heard of Centralia but seeing it puts a whole new light on the place😢✌💜💜🐢
My X g/f's mom used to stop in Centralia on her way through to get spring water. She said she knew a place where it came out of the ground like this. Wonder if this is where she was talking about? Always thought to myself if it'd even be safe to drink it with the underground fires and all.
@@JPVideos81 No I know she meant this Centralia. We live just below Harrisburg and she'd stop there on her way north. I'm wondering if she meant right at that geyser though.
JP that was cool, thank you ... um, could yall hurry up, I need to go potty too. Hahaha.. that was a good bunch of folks you had with you. I just wish I was one of them, but hopefully one day 😀😀😀👍👍👍
JP, It's that an Artesian well and is the water warm? It's pretty impressive. Cheers, Rik Spector P.S. I probably should have been less critical of Jurassic Ride, it is fine for kids.
If you ever have another meetup like this I would love to tag along and take some videos. I have been going through that area ever year since I was 12 (I am 49 now) to the Bloomsburg Fair.
Hi Jay, there is somewhere in Centralia up a small lane a gated commune full of outside art but I have heard they are not nice people to approach as they will run after you with baseball bats if you try to go through/over the gate. That structure you said is for sorting gold is indeed a classifier, I'm 99.9% sure lol. And yes it's officially abandoned as you found a toy ;) lol. A great video, thanks for sharing. x
Is this the place that people say is the real silent hill? I couldn’t hear the first five minutes cause my child was being a fuss bucket but I heard the guy say fire underground. If it is, do a meet up again, preferably when I can get down there cause I’ve always wanted to check that place out, same w/ my mamita.
Kudos to you and your compadres for the respectful way this was done. Too many of these videos for things that once were, are shot by people who show no respect and rummage at will. Except for the dead kitty, and the impromptu outhouse, I didn't see anybody even touch anything. Quick question, was the reason for the geyser caused by the heat of the mine fire? Was the temperature of the water above what might be considered normal?
@@JPVideos81 Got it. Thanks for the reply. Again...great job on how well and respectfully done. Stopped in Centralia for a drink on a bike trip in the mid-eighties when the town was still vibrant so I have a before and after mental image of the place.
JPay I recommend looking at a documentary called the town that was I just finished watching it it's very poignant and disgusting the town's history and its end and I mean it really breaks my heart knowing this town had to die like it did because if that were to happen to the town I live in I wouldn't know what to do because I've grown up and it all my life I wouldn't want to leave it and I certainly wouldn't want to watch it be destroyed around me that alone would be cruel enough
Anybody notice the lack of steam or smoke? Private company owns the old closed condemned Route 61? Sounds like the conspiracy theory may be true to grab the remaining coal.
I feel bad for the people who still live there. Not for what happened, but for people trespassing. I guess it's better than nothing in a way because it is being remembered, but probably not in the way the residents wish. In another lifetime I could see myself living in a place like Centralia. Long forgotten yet clinging to life because sometimes that's how I feel too.
That underground coal seam fire is expected to burn for another 250 years. If it hits another seam along the way, who knows where it could go. I believe it covers 3700 acres right now.
@@JPVideos81 i love the history of centralia since i watch 1990s(I think it was 1990s or 1980s) documentary of the town. Sad what happen since that was film :( so many homes where there)
Don't forget to check out my Centralia playlist to see more awesome videos!
Do you meet up every year? I've been fascinated with Centrailia for a long time. The wife and i have taken several trips and spent quite a bit of time exploring there.
@@kevinmarkowski8754 this was the first time.
Oh!! This may be the best Friday night TH-cam video ever! Centralia has so many emotional dimensions for not only the people who lived there in the 60's & 70's, but those of us who understand how significant it was for families to have to part with their homes (perhaps for generations) because of this tragedy. Many dimensions out there about this topic, though! Thanks for what appears to be a new look at the topic. Wish I could be there! Someday, maybe I can have the time and $ to get down there and experience it myself.
Thats a good thought.
That geyser at the end though... Wicked Epic..
Just a damn shame that certain people don't know how to treat things and areas by leaving their trash all around and not picking up after themselves..
Thanks for another great explore JP..
Honestly now that i kniw there's a trash issue, i would love to make a day of cleaning it up.
The book I was referencing from is called "Fire Underground, The Ongoing Tragedy of the Centralia Mine Fire" by David DeKok. It can be acquired at the Pioneer Mine Tour in Ashland, PA or you can go to daviddekok.com to buy it directly.
"The stuff they use to grease the tracks of The Phoenix at Knobels"
I could smell it in the air when you said this. Crazy how those olfactory senses spark nostalgia.
Right before you got to the toilet in the woods, the camera panned to the tops of the hills. Those hills are actually culm piles, which is waste coal, dirt, and rock from mining.
very impressive many things i hadnt seen before good crowd to have with you to go exploring no matter what you do there will be people who have no respect those or the things around them loved the geyser thanks for taking me along keep filming
Thanks for watching
Thank you for mentioning the need to keep the place clean and take your garbage with you. We do a volunteer cleanup at least once a year. The locals arent very upset about the graffitti. What they are upset about is the throngs of people painting then whipping their cans into the woods. October 2018 we took several TONS of trash out, that we all hand-picked...spray cans, paper, plastic, drink containers and soooo many tires. PLEASE people seeing this...stop making a mess here!!
I was there again today. Cans everywhere and atvs flying up the roads. I feel bad for the remaining residents. Thanks for all you do kathleen.
I had a great time exploring Centralia! Glad I had the opportunity to meet up with the group!
Glad you came out. Hopefully see you at the next event.
We were very happy to have you with us.
@@adamtereska8734 thanks Adam! It looks like I'll be able to make it to Steamtown, had to have someone take care of my dog since I'd be away all day.
@@Stacy10962 that will be great. I may be on crutches, I may not be, but I intend to be there on Saturday too.
@@adamtereska8734 great, see you there!
Thank you for sharing this video full of information which I didn't know. Last time I visited Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Scranton and Jim Thorp was very nice. Would like to return some day again. I like the outdoors and nature a lot.
I have a scranton tour video as well.
JPVideos thanks, will see it.
Interesting to see different areas of Centralia we haven't seen before. Great job Adam and Jay . Love the geyser footage.
Adams presentation really added alot too this!!!! Awesome video and glad to see places not filmed before! Awesome meetup!
He did a fantastic job
There are a lot of sinking in locations. A lot of them are actually the dirt settling from where the foundations to the houses are reappearing.
Been waiting patiently for this.
Normally, I film anywhere I go, but being that I wanted to concentrate on the tour, I chose not to film. I will film video here when I'm healthy again.
Filming would of taken away from your presentation. I think enough of us filmed for you.
@@JPVideos81 totally agree.
Adam wishing you a speedy recovery 👍✌💜
@@highatruthart thank you very much.
@@adamtereska8734 hope you are doing better now.
That was a great video! Have been there a few times but those were new places to see, thanks for that. And the added bonus of the geyser was a good plus. Thanks for sharing and letting us enjoy your adventure! ❤️🦋
My pleasure
'The Town That Was' documentary is a must for anyone interested in Centralia through the eyes of a local, well former local now, John Lokitis.
Enjoyed this greatly. Ty for showing us places we may never see otherwise!
My pleasure bre
I was in Centralia about 10 years ago, and I could see steam coming from the street. The Mayor’s house was still there.
Thanks for the tour. Thought Greg was going down. It got me! Nice vid.
Ha
Thanks again for taking us along for the ride!!! Awesome explore as well! Glad you all were together. Such a great video! Take care, be safe and see you in the next one, my friend! 🙋🏽♀️😄💙💙💙
We had a great time.
@@JPVideos81 I'm glad, because I sure enjoyed watching you all!!! 😄😀😎💙💙💙
Awesome geyser shots 😎👏👌 thanks for taking us back with you 😀😊👍
Great explore 👌👍take care and stay safe ❤🙏
Can you explain what you were talking about vat 28:20 and 29:22? I understand they are children toys. But just trying to see exactly what you were talking about. Thanks. Also cool video. I'd love to go explore there.
15:30 he did scare me when he hunkered down there for a second. I wouldn't be anywhere on fire by choice, but on the dirt there did scare me.
My mom grew up in the area and my great aunt lived in Mt. Carmel. When we visited she would drive down graffiti highway (it was opened then and there was occupied houses on the side of the road) to go somewhere. You could see the steam coming up from the side of the road. There was no bypass then you drove through the town and it was no big deal.
the geyser was beautiful nice place to paint the scenery. thanks for another great video.
What was the book with the maps in it that the guide was using ??
Thanks for sharing part of history! I'm not from Pennsylvania I've never heard of this place before! I'm from Wisconsin and I want to say around Platteville Wisconsin they're used to be mining into the sides of the hills. And that's how we got the nickname the badger state I believe from us mining digging into the ground like badgers. Just so you know I could be completely wrong.
Nice crowd👍👍I need to do some research on this place to really understand it all..tfs JP🤗
A semi newer subscriber and just found this older video after watching your other Centralia videos. Since I am near the area I had to watch this. Iam not a fan of the graffiti but always wanted to check it out. Thank you for all your exploration videos! 👍
Thanks michele. I was there just a couple months ago.
that geyser is nuts. when i was painting on the freeway at the top the ground exploded a baseball size hole of water started just rushing out. it was weird as hell i dont understand where it came from. it poured out for like 10 minutes and then stopped
Great video, thank you. I've been through there a couple of times but haven't had time for stopping. So thank you again
That geyser was awesome in the woods kinds. Man where is that water going to go. Under ground mine water so darn interesting I can't believe that. Really something. great find JP
Fascinating but polluted.
I just loved traveling along with all of you! Sure wish i didn't live across the country from you.
It was really another informative and fun video, just sad that the people lost so much!! Thanks again Jay!! 😊💖Blessings...🙏
Thanks brenda
Love this explore 🙂👍
😊
Insane and at the same time so sad!😑
Thanks for sharing Jay😊
Regards from Portugal🌟
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Thank you, Paula
Very interesting!! Hey JP is the water from the geyser hot? Just curious have never seen before. Really an interesting place.
Cold. Its coming from underground from the mines so its roughly 45-55 degrees farenheit.
@@JPVideos81 very cool! Thanks!
I like the rainbow screen you put in your video just before the bonus footage. It reminds me of what used to come on the tv screen when the channel was going off the air.
Blast from the past
Is there a movie about this town, before is became ghosts town, I do remember when it was discovered in the 60s?
Silent hill
Ok JP what can I say? Oh I know 👍👍👍👍👍👍, Hats off to ya, smiles smiles smiles!!! This was an absolute great video!!! Love it all but the water geyser took the Award!! What an awesome natural phenomenon!!! Thank you again for being an adventurous spirit JP! I really really love this one!!! Centralia is such a weird anomaly and I agree with you 100% on graffiti highway bringing people together. Thank you again. Be safe out there.
Glad you enjoyed it
Wanted to see this place. First learned about it after watching Silent Hill with my son. Sad for all the families and to lose your whole town.
That's so cool, I'm commin' along. Good thing Mr.PD was needed elsewere. This should be cool with so many of us.
Any idea what the name of the company that owns the abandoned portion of highway is? Kinda curious since I thought the state owned the entire town now and wouldn't sell in the event the fire is still burning deep under the ground there.
Not sure. The state handed over the old hwy to the coal company since they own the adjoining land. That happened just before out meetup last March.
@@JPVideos81 Good to know. I wonder how long it'll be before the state hands over the rest of Centralia to them. Town is unsafe to live in, but getting those tax dollars and then leaving the land mine scarred for future generations to clean up is just fine.
@@CheapestGamer state will keep hold of it until the final resident passes away.
@@JPVideos81 just wondered do you know how many residents currently live there
@@andrewcormier751 4-7 residents remain
Wow ty for sharing I had to pause the video & goggle the place u where at & read about it. So sad that it happened to the people & the towns
GREAT VIDEO, very interesting place. Thank you JP
Is there any residents or friends of Centralia? Organization contact?
JP Thanks you so much for this meet up video in Centralia 👍The Graffiti Highway is something else. I heard of Centralia but seeing it puts a whole new light on the place😢✌💜💜🐢
Thanks paula
I really enjoyed your videos . I just wish i lived closer to you so i could go with your group and discover new things .
Wish you could as well.
i believe the story told in the beginning is also detailed in "the day the earth caved in" by joan quigley, which is a great, quick read
Really cool PA history tour. I guess I need to start learning more about MS. Lol great vid!
Hop to it haha
@@JPVideos81 lol yes sir
You ever film in indiana county? (Pennsylvania)
Not yet
Fantastic video. That geyser was just beaut, thanks so much
Cool! I like these Centralia videos. The geyser at the end was cool too! Nice turnout for the meet up.
Ty don
Great Time... Great VIdeo. Sorry I missed the Live... was picking up my daughter at college
At 24:01, That looks like what you might back a truck up to like a loading dock.
My X g/f's mom used to stop in Centralia on her way through to get spring water. She said she knew a place where it came out of the ground like this. Wonder if this is where she was talking about? Always thought to myself if it'd even be safe to drink it with the underground fires and all.
There's also a centralia Illinois
@@JPVideos81 No I know she meant this Centralia. We live just below Harrisburg and she'd stop there on her way north. I'm wondering if she meant right at that geyser though.
So they do more like tours?
JP that was cool, thank you ... um, could yall hurry up, I need to go potty too. Hahaha.. that was a good bunch of folks you had with you. I just wish I was one of them, but hopefully one day 😀😀😀👍👍👍
JP,
It's that an Artesian well and is the water warm?
It's pretty impressive.
Cheers,
Rik Spector
P.S. I probably should have been less critical of Jurassic Ride, it is fine for kids.
Cold mine water
If you ever have another meetup like this I would love to tag along and take some videos. I have been going through that area ever year since I was 12 (I am 49 now) to the Bloomsburg Fair.
Next one is this Saturday at Gettysburg.
Won't be able to make Gettysburg, but would definitely would be interested in Centralia if you do another meetup.
Centralia will probably be next year as we were just there last month.
I'm visiting soon, any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Just be respectful of the people who still live there
Hi Jay, there is somewhere in Centralia up a small lane a gated commune full of outside art but I have heard they are not nice people to approach as they will run after you with baseball bats if you try to go through/over the gate. That structure you said is for sorting gold is indeed a classifier, I'm 99.9% sure lol. And yes it's officially abandoned as you found a toy ;) lol. A great video, thanks for sharing. x
🙂
Is this the place that people say is the real silent hill? I couldn’t hear the first five minutes cause my child was being a fuss bucket but I heard the guy say fire underground.
If it is, do a meet up again, preferably when I can get down there cause I’ve always wanted to check that place out, same w/ my mamita.
Same place. Im only an hour away so i can always give you a tour. Not sure when next meetup there will be.
JPVideos Right on! I’ll be messaging you then whenever I can make my way down there.
@@shanaynayfalange8934 just hit me up on fb.
Awesome video. Had many comments. But was hard to get them loaded
Kudos to you and your compadres for the respectful way this was done. Too many of these videos for things that once were, are shot by people who show no respect and rummage at will. Except for the dead kitty, and the impromptu outhouse, I didn't see anybody even touch anything. Quick question, was the reason for the geyser caused by the heat of the mine fire? Was the temperature of the water above what might be considered normal?
Its an overflow (borehole) for acid mine drainage and was purposely put there to control the underground water levels.
@@JPVideos81 Got it. Thanks for the reply. Again...great job on how well and respectfully done. Stopped in Centralia for a drink on a bike trip in the mid-eighties when the town was still vibrant so I have a before and after mental image of the place.
JPay I recommend looking at a documentary called the town that was I just finished watching it it's very poignant and disgusting the town's history and its end and I mean it really breaks my heart knowing this town had to die like it did because if that were to happen to the town I live in I wouldn't know what to do because I've grown up and it all my life I wouldn't want to leave it and I certainly wouldn't want to watch it be destroyed around me that alone would be cruel enough
Anybody notice the lack of steam or smoke? Private company owns the old closed condemned Route 61? Sounds like the conspiracy theory may be true to grab the remaining coal.
Graffiti Highway was pretty cool too bad there wasn't an aerial view like you were talking about
Very good video....I liked being able to view it.....thank you
Anytime
I really enjoyed this tour learned something new about the underground fire wow
History for everybody! 👍
This is an amazing video. Make me really wanna go now.
I recommend it
Does anyone still live there?
I believe 5 people
That geyser at the end was awesome 😁👍💕💕
Fantastic video I wish I could’ve been there 😮😁💕💕
Interesting. Cool geyser. I need to gather more background information to fully appreciate the experience. Thank you!
Tons of info to check out. My older videos provide more info as well.
I feel bad for the people who still live there. Not for what happened, but for people trespassing. I guess it's better than nothing in a way because it is being remembered, but probably not in the way the residents wish. In another lifetime I could see myself living in a place like Centralia. Long forgotten yet clinging to life because sometimes that's how I feel too.
I was there many, many years ago. I'd love to back again. If you ever get another group together, I'd like to go with you.
Im sure we'll be back in the spring.
Truely enjoyed the video! See you at Steamtown.
I just watched a documentary that was filmed in 2007 while there were still more homes. Such a sad story.
That was pretty cool, Loved the geyser !! (spelling) And the highway :)
Love ya man keep up the great work
Ty
Who needs Old Faithful!💕😀
That underground coal seam fire is expected to burn for another 250 years. If it hits another seam along the way, who knows where it could go. I believe it covers 3700 acres right now.
Cynthia Amitrano wow so scary! I think I’m about 3 hours from Centralia, I have to make it there in this lifetime!
@@topanga26 it will be worth it. I love that town and I enjoyed doing the tour.
I believe at one time they were worried that it was moving toward Mt. Carmel.
Enjoyed the video very nice😎💜👍
Ty
Loved this video had too watch it again :0)
Awesome
I'm a half hour away from Centralia! Unfortunately I couldn't make it.
Maybe another time
The jaw bone u guys found looked more like one from an opossum. Too long for a cat.
Good video as always I can finally start uploading have my laptop back from shop!!!!
The tour guide got his information straight from one google search. 😆
He actually has a centralia history book and from speaking with residents.
I really enjoyed this video, I never heard anything about this!!! I live under a rock I guess!!!
Really? I guess so lol
sink holes are fascinating
Some of my favorite things
Yeah... really riveting stuff. Had me on the edge of my seat.
Hi I'm Thomas from,delco
If it's still possible you should organize another Centralia TH-camr meetup! I'd be down even though graffiti highway is done for
Talk to Adam Tereska about that. It was his event.
@@JPVideos81 copy that! I'll send a message his way and see if he can do another one!
Graffiti Highway is all but gone, covered up recently by large mounds of dirt.
@@christophersherrell4592 thats what I heard! There is a lot of other cool stuff there as well! Still worth the trip
Nature takes back it's own is true.
Love the old cars
Awesome video 👍
I would love to come do a tour like this there. Alsome.... Love it
We will have one again sometime.
@@JPVideos81 i love the history of centralia since i watch 1990s(I think it was 1990s or 1980s) documentary of the town. Sad what happen since that was film :( so many homes where there)
It's such a shame that all the people who lived there lost their homes
Very cool amd instresting video