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Drost Park in the American city of Huntsville, Alabama, perhaps the most poorly located park in the world. it a tiny place unofficially called the Playground of the Dead children, ”tucked away in the middle of Maple Hill’s 100-acre cemetery. therefore, you guessed it, even ghosts are found here.
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Maple Hill Cemetery, opened in 1822, is a Alabama’s largest churchyard. Despite the fact that the cemetery itself considered an unkind place where occasionally observed various paranormal activity, namely “Playground dead children “, hidden here, is a mecca for those who wish meet a real ghost.
Any resident here will confirm that a small nursery the playground is populated by the spirits of boys and girls playing here after sunset. No one already remembers who had the idea to open in the middle a cemetery is a playground where children could frolic while adults visit the graves of relatives.
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The park has a lot of trees with thick crowns, bad transmissive even on the sunniest days. Therefore at the site there is always an ominous twilight, perfect with the tragic history of this place. In addition, Drost is fenced with three sides with steep cliffs, which gives it strict isolation from the outside world.
Where did the ghosts of children come from on the playground
A popular urban legend says that in the forties of the last century, abductions began to occur near the cemetery children. Unfortunately, many small victims were unable to escape from unknown maniac, and their lifeless bodies were found nearby from the place where the now infamous park is located. The killer could not be found.
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Over time, enthusiasts and thrill seekers become come here at night to run into anything uncharted. Eyewitnesses report that in the dark mysterious silhouettes, as well as lights and pale balls (the so-called “orbs”) in the air. Often the darkness frequent flip-flops of small bare feet and children’s laughter are heard, and the swing swing back and forth on their own, even in the absence of the wind.
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Huntsville residents love their intimidating so much attraction that in 2007 when city authorities decided to expand the cemetery and remove the playground, expressed public protest of such shortsightedness of officials that forced the latter not only save Drost, but also replace everything here playground equipment for a new, more modern one.
It seems that the “Playground for Dead Children”, to the delight of the townspeople, nowhere in the foreseeable future. And judging by the fact that supernatural activity is increasing here every year, we can safely assume that the spirits inhabiting the park are also glad that city residents protect their monastery …
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