Underground Restrooms ? Yes it was a thing back in the 40s.in Pittsburgh

 Thou they where already closed permanently when I was a kid in 60s Pittsburgh had at least 3 different locations where you went down a set of steps along the sidewalk  which went down and under  the street where you could use a Restroom.

They had latest modern fixtures and Tile walls and where Seen as a convenience for the trolley commuters and  public instead of having to as ask to use a businesses restroom .

Sadly They also had separate Whites only and Colored  only sections during the Jim Crow Period ,

Which was another major reason why they where built if you where colored forget asking to use the restroom anywhere .

Because the city failed to properly maintain them. They became havens for Crime, Filth and Vandalism

They where then sealed off and eventually dug out and or then filled in and paved over in late 60s early 70s

 

http://iheartpgh.com/2017/05/17/east-liberty-1935-subterranean-public-bathrooms/

 

 

 

They where located at intersection on Butler & Penn Streets in lawrenceville 

Chestnut and E. Ohio Streets in North side and  Penn and Highland Ave's. in E. Liberty .

 

Above is picture of entrance to restrooms on butler street in Lawrenceville  and to right of dough boy statute is vent pipe for the restrooms which have been removed

 Chestnut street restroom entrance

Everyone knows about Kecksburg UFO incident but did you know about one in 1897 in Danville pa.

 It was winter time when 2 young boys observed a Saucer shaped craft  land on farm property where they where playing .

as they approached the saucer it felt very hot  and as the neared it took off up into the sky  leaving behind a depression in the soil.  

https://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2021/04/1897-ufo-landing-incident-near-danville.html

 

 Thou this is just a short little article whats strange is most UFO of that era where described as Cigar or dirigible shaped .

I can not find anything in local newspapers about it either .

A man so Evil he was not allowed to be buried in local Cemetery . The legend of Wellsvile Ohio Silver Crypt

 In Wellsville Ohio when you travel to the Spring Hill Cemetery you will find one crypt the Silver Crypt  which is down in the woods from the Rest of the Cemetery legend says it was the tomb of the most wicked man in Wellsville a Dr Silver who was a Warlock and as punishment him and his entire family where deemed unsuitable to be buried in the public cemetery to be forever shamed. 

http://www.questteam.net/quest/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=407

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttJIg6MBGBw

 

 

Now is there any truth to it?  nothing I can find to say why he was considered so evil seems more myth than truth. . Appears the crypt was part of the cemetery and forgotten when road to it was rerouted. 

Which is more plausible than the tales about it .

Just what did i photograph ? UFO

 It was a beautiful day this past February 25,2021 when i noticed on my way home the moon starting to come out around 5 PM so I took a picture of it along Allegheny River Blvd. In Penn hills Pa.  to share on FB .

When one of my friends messaged me saying what is the dark object you captured in photo.

Dark object? did not see it when i took the photo yet there it is a dark triangular object.

Many think its a UFO 

Its not a spec of dirt and far enough away from high tension power line to not be a coronal arc of some type so what the hell is it ? Secret Government craft? maybe .

I submitted it to MUFON  who said its a thumb print on lens . Really MUFON your full of shit took it on a cell phone and double checked and went back next day shot exact time and conditions  and was not there.

I was going to join MUFON but not if your going to play stupid and insult me . No wonder you are losing members .

Bruderhof a Small Religous Community in Fayette County Pa. you never heard of but should.

When  I was a kid in 60s and our family would take road trips on the weekend we would sometimes ride up thru Ohio Pyle State Park and on the way there was a very unique store which sold wooden toys .
The people who ran it where dressed similar to Mennonites and they where known as the Bruderhof
A very quiet and Peaceful Religious sect .  

https://www.bruderhof.com/en/where-we-are/united-states/spring-valley

 

While the store is no more the community has grown into the Spring Valley Community  which took over they old Gorly Hotel and lake in 1957 and drained the lake in 1965 . The old hotel was torn down in 2006. 

https://www.facebook.com/stuff.thatsgone/posts/gorleys-hotel-and-lake-and-the-summit-inn-were-fayette-countys-original-mountain/2720956921358614/

 

If you ever get the chance you should visit and explore this unique religion and life style. 

which helps to run the local ambulance service

Tracking down a Mysterious case of Coal Miners being killed by a beast.

 So there has been many  a story going around about mysterious goings on in the old Coal Mines of W Pa.

The Chickasaw mine which I have reported on  and I hear

 The Maple Creek Mine in particular is said to have had a possible Shape Shifter that lurked around the river coal handling  docks which scared workers who would not work by themselves  is often talked about as well as strange noises heard in the mine shafts  itself.

I have heard from several miners who worked the mine. anything to it? Well nothing in print I can find just oral legends. 

So it was not that strange when I was contacted about a case which supposedly happened in 1930s  somewhere in W. Pa  coal mine

 

The story goes miners where working a shaft when they broke into a room underground  when setting up a new shaft to be cut and a beast appeared and  killed the majority of the workers.

The couple who made it out where never the same and kept mentioning the word KAHOO  

Possibly the entity that attacked them. Supposedly you could see the city of Pittsburgh steel mill glow from entrance of the mine which was sealed up after the incident and area became known as Kahoo Hollow

One reference to this hollow is Nolo Road in Indiana County near Hellwood which I hope to explore at some point and get to bottom of the story as once again I can find nothing in print.

Maybe it was a story made up to scare kids and keep them out of the numerous  abandoned  coal mines 

which there have been several incidents over the decades of kids going in and getting lost.

Well this story of a beast and coal mines keeps getting more interesting and I will update you on anything I find out .

Air Signal Pittsburgh a Mysterious Early Paging service heard on multi band radios around the region in 60s in Pittsburgh Region

Back in AM radio days of 60s as the new FM  band was making its way to the top  it was all the rage to have one of the new multi-band Radios which had AM, FM ,VHF, TV  and some times MB Military Band or W Short Wave  and when you tuned down into the VHF band to hear Pittsburgh Police  you would hear a short twist down dial this repeating message 

This is Air Signal Pittsburgh there are no messages at this time. 

But then you might hear a message like This air signal Pittsburgh  Dr. Johnson you have a message 

So what was going on ?

Well it was one of the first Pager services in the country that was run by a lady I meet during a exhibition at now demolished Central Medical Center Hospital.in Pittsburgh's Hill District.

From what I gather the system worked by some one trying to contact a subscriber who  would call a special number  and leave a message with Air Signal Operator , who then recorded the message which was continuously broadcast over the designated VHF band . The Dr. or CEO who had the receiver  would then turn it on between calls and breaks and listen to see if he had a message he would then call special number to retrieve from the operator.  

Since the system was such an early use of airwaves I do not know if a tone signal was sent out like more modern pagers to let you know you have a message which is why it kept repeating.

 

I have searched for and have found no information on this business and will try old business directorys but i have asked numerous people about it and no one remembers it but they do remember hearing the signal but no info on company.