I have traveled to the End of the World.
I speak of the end of the world I have come to know, the one that is a portion of the scariest place I have ever visited, Helltown.
Formally known as Boston Township, Ohio, Helltown is a little rural town, partially abandoned, and home to many mysteries. I have experienced much in my explorations there, some of which I don’t care to remember and some of which I can never hope to explain.
Helltown is not truly abandoned. It does have residents, but they are a strange and frightening breed. I have gone exploring the woods and cemetery of the area in the late night and wee morning hours, and have returned to my car to find strange people looking into its windows. This has happened twice--once at 2:00 AM and once at 4:30 AM. Both times, the people fled as soon as they saw me approaching the car, before I had a chance to speak to them. Both times, they were dressed in all black.
A part of me is glad that I didn’t get to converse with them, because I have heard too many tales about the ways of Helltown residents. Supposedly, they are all Satanists, and worship at the town’s two evil churches. I have been to both of these churches, however not inside them. One, the Mother of Sorrows, has upside down crosses hanging from it.
I have also been to the Boston Cemetery, where a ghost has been seen sitting on a bench. This cemetery is as dark a place as I have ever been. The graves date back to the early 1800’s. I didn’t see the ghost when I visited, but I did hear strange growls and howls from the depths of the graveyard. This was more than enough to convince me to leave, as the prospect of getting attacked by some strange bone yard dwelling beast was not appealing, to say the least.
The scariest part of Helltown is no longer there, as town officials have removed it since it attracted so much attention. There is an abandoned house in the woods, and for years an abandoned school bus sat next to this house. The story of how the bus got back there still gives me chills every time I think of it. The bus was carrying a group of high school students who were going to one of the ski resorts near Boston. An elderly woman flagged down the bus and, in a panic, explained that there was a young boy in her house who was seriously hurt. The bus driver, attempting to help, turned down her driveway and drove into the woods, hoping to revive the boy. When the bus approached the house, Satan worshippers swarmed it and sacrificially murdered all of those aboard. The bus sat back there for over thirty years, standing as a warning to all that decided to venture into Helltown. I saw this bus many times before they removed it, and if was very real and very frightening.
It is not coincidence that numerous bodies have been found dumped in the woods of Helltown. This place is truly evil, as I have seen with my own eyes.
–Randall Chilesworth
The “ End of the World” is a road that has a large hill and dip. It is easily one of the steepest thoroughfares I have ever traveled. I have heard that if you travel this road at a certain speed, it has a certain frightening, even deadly, aftermath. I have never opted to test the fates by speeding on it though. I have traveled it at normal speeds, and can attest to the fact that it is a dangerous looking; freaky road that always leaves me feeling very unsettled.
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