Porky the Paper Eater from Angela Park is not the same one that is at Knoebels.
So .. go deep into the pig Sh*t with us as we traverse a history of paper eaters from coast to coast and sea to shining sea.
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Category: coal region
75 years unknown: The crash of Flight 624 over Centralia
Witnesses at the time report, and stories got handed down, that the tip of the wing nearly took out a Colliery.. Some say they saw faces of doomed passengers looking out windows. And today, a new stone honors those dead 75 years ago this month.
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FORMER PARKS EPISODE 1: A ROLLER COASTER AS HIGH AS THE SKY IN HAZLETON PA
CLOSED THEME PARKS EPISODE 1: ANGELA PARK
Angela Park had a lot to offer.
Rides and a Roller coaster.. and a pig that ate paper.
Sound familiar?
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Towns that dread sundown, tranq edition
Tranq is here.. and everywhere.. heartbreaking and ghoulish videos of people with amputated limbs and skin falling off makes the scenery appear to be more akin to a horror movie than reality.
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Post apocalyptic mall retail: The revenge of main street
For those born in the 1980s and beyond, we don’t know much of the amazing main streets that once existed. We see boarded up dilapidated evidence that it was there.. But we only new malls. People pondered if malls would kill main street. They did. Now main street got its revenge.. malls are dying too. Sadly it’s too far gone for main street to even think about a comeback, at least in most places.
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Another canary in the Coal Creek Commerce Center
The most recent slide near Home Depot appears to be large enough for concern, but also regulated to only that area at this time. Hopefully it stays that way and all will be fine ..
But nature has a way. And the location where this entire center is built on is historic and also at times always subject to be affected by natural earth changes and weather.
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