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On the outskirts of Pittsburgh you can find an abandoned railway graffiti-filled tunnel filled with technical salt. is he was built in 1924 for the needs of miners, and in 1962 it ceased used and was abandoned.
Scary city legend
Locals still call it the Faceless Tunnel Charley. Previously, teens often came here at night, turned off the headlights of a car and called the mysterious Faceless Charlie, who, according to their opinion, could emerge from pitch darkness and scare them to death. Sounds like a typical urban legend that arose on the ruins declining industry. However, this story is, on surprise, partially true.
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It is believed that in the dark in the tunnel and at nearby a mysterious person completely devoid of face appears on the roads. Many claim that this is a ghost, a walking dead, crazy maniac or even a demon from the underworld. Teens whisper that Faceless Charlie seeks to catch up with everyone he meets in such a late hour, and the most unenviable is expected to sacrifice the monster fate.
Thrill-seekers still come here sometimes at night hoping to meet Faceless Charlie, but she will not find his. A person without a face has left this world for more than three decades. back. He was not a madman, a murderer, or a ghost. This man with a sad fate, their name was Raymond Robinson.
The Real Story of the Faceless Charlie
Raymond was born in October 1910 in Beaver County Pennsylvania, and grew up a perfectly normal child. Father of boy died when he was only seven, but the mother of our hero Lulu soon married the brother of her late husband. After Raymond’s life has forever changed for two years.
The boy and his friends, playing on the tram bridge, noticed a bird socket on a pole with high voltage wires. Our hero decided get it and climbed up. There, Raymond accidentally touched up to a 22,000-volt cable, receiving a colossal electric shock. The unfortunate man was thrown to the side, and he fell on the bridge with terrible burns on the head and body.
Doctors believed that the boy would not survive, but a miracle happened. However, the life of a little American was hardly possible now call wonderful. He became scarred and lost his left arm. Face Robinson, struck by electricity, was completely burned. Raymond lost both eyes and nose, and his lips swelled and twisted. Turning into a hermit, a teenager began to make rugs, belts and wallets to financially help mother and step-father uncle.
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As a result, the family moved to live with relatives in Pittsburgh. Robinson refused to leave the house in the daytime, so as not to scare their appearance neighbors. However, over time, he ventured go out after sunset. Our hero began to make long night walks near roads and often passed through the above tunnel. Being blind, he stepped one foot on roadway, and the other on the side of the road, so as not to get lost and not get under the car.
How Charlie felt about others
Someone once spotted Raymond, and most likely, miserable very scared by the random oncoming.
So, probably, the terrible legend of the Faceless Charlie was born. However, some Pittsburgh residents soon realized that a person without faces really exist, truth is not for anyone danger. Moreover, the townspeople often stopped and talking to a man. He willingly talked with the inhabitants of the town, and also treated himself to beer and cigarettes, which they told him presented.
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Those who knew Raymond described him as incredible. a friendly and polite person. Sorry, purchased the ugliness of Robinson scared away many people from him, and impressionable youth spread various unpleasant things about him gossip. However, despite all the negative attention and ridicule, the man continued his nightly exercises. He was lonely and wanted communicating with someone other than members of his family.
The popularity of our hero reached its peak in the sixties years of the last century, when on local roads lined up along whole nights of traffic jams from cars in which people wanted to take a look at this semi-legendary person, chat with her and something to treat.
The Last Days of the Faceless Charlie
With the approach of old age, Raymond began to walk less and less along at night, and many Pittsburgh residents began to relate to him again, like some phantom that occasionally arises on the dark roads and completely disappearing from them.
In the 1980s, a man moved to a local home for the disabled. eleven On June 1985, he died there at the age of 74. Raymond buried next to his father, just a few hundred meters from bridge, where our hero met, as a child, his tragic fate
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Researchers of urban folklore note that history Robinson is a prime example of how real events become myths, fouling supernatural, frightening and overly exaggerated details. Practically – by mysticism, which for some reason, people love her so much …
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