Was Big Foot hiding and stocking prey around the Old Wildwood Coal Mine in Hampton Twp Pa.?

 

 The Wild Wood Mine  in Hampton Twp off Wild Wood Road which was established in late 1800s  has a serious and dangerous bend which has since been eliminated   has had a history of violence and accidents one of most serious incidents a miner shot and killed by police during a protest in 1931 

https://redpgh.com/?p=363

 

So something strange happening there would not be unusual and that's exactly what happened   On a Saturday  afternoon in 1974  a retired  Wild Wood Coal  Miner was walking in the woods when he encountered a rather large at first what he thought was a bear .

well over 500 pounds it stood tall than a bear and had more human like features . 

https://www.reddit.com/r/bigfoot/comments/jazyof/is_bigfoot_hiding_in_wildwood_mine_1974/

 

https://newspaperarchive.com/north-hills-news-record-mar-30-1974-p-1/

 

But back then no one really heard or knew what a Big Foot was until  shows like Leonard Nimoys" In Search  of " started talking about it. This is not the first time that Coal mines and Big foot seem to have a connection there is even a theory that Big foot uses the old mines tunnels all over W. Pa.  to travel back and forth. many a miner will tell of strange encounters with beats and cryptids in and around mines so big foot is no surprise

To my knowledge this is only known report of a sighting at this particular mine. and there has been no further reported activity .

 In the 70s into early 90s a large Flea market operated in the old coal mine buildings along with other businesses 

The wild wood mine closed in the 50s and left behind a large Gob or Bony Pile as they are known which had a fire going in it  and in 1980s  and was cleaned up  and recycled as bio heat by a firm in Buffalo NY.

 

Probably all the activity to clean up the gob pile kept big foot away  

after the flea market closed it has been home to several different businesses including a fitness center and auto parts distributor.

Regarding that sharp bend by the mine a side story was told me back in 70s by a long since passed away Pa. Fish Commissioner  / Law Enforcer. named Charlie  that when he was a young man on his way  to North Park along Wild wood road he picked up a young girl who was hitch hiking  and end up she pulled a knife on him and was going to rob him she made him speed up and he hit that bend at 70 mph how he ever got around it in one pice i will never know. but it was so hard of a turn the girl slid away from him and he was able to slam on brakes and she went sailing against dash and he disarmed her, 

True story who knows but that road has plenty of tragic accidents along it as well as flooding

Seems some Railroad employees never left their jobs at The Former P&LE railroad station in Pittsburgh ?

 Now known as the Grand Concourse at Station Square the former Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Head Quarters and Station  at Smithfeild and W. Carson St. has been a familiar Pittsburgh landmark since 1898

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_and_Lake_Erie_Railroad

It served  Both Passenger and Freight Service and in the early 80s  the twice a day passenger service from beaver Falls Pa stopped and the line eventually became part of the enormous CSX Rail  Service.

 

But in 1970s the whole complex of  freight and office structures started transforming into  a retail Complex .

The massive passenger terminal which was huge ,dark and scary inside due to its beautiful stained glass windows being painted over during WWII to avoid light during blackouts was transformed into a beautiful Grand Concourse Restaurant with rental offices upstairs

https://www.stationsquare.com/history/

and Railroad freight building turned into the station square shops. Which has transformed over the years to now mostly office space .

But it seems some of those who passed thru and worked at the station have decided to stay behind.

I went to meet with an individual from a 3rd party toll phone service  about getting better  toll service rates  for my customers their in 80s and He told me how often doors would open and close by them selves people could be heard in halls and no one there and other spooky things like in the restaurant area the water faucets would turn on by themselves.

Even further back when a friend of mine worked for the railroad in accounting he told of same type of  odd stuff happening so its not been brought on by the changes but has perhaps increased none of it malevolent. Just trying to get your attention.

I know of no tragedy in building or other activity's that would have brought about the activity ,but before it was a train yard it served as the site of the first  stone built  Pig Iron furnace in Western Pa as well as glass making works so maybe the ghosts are from that period as there where often 

many accidents in those times. 

The other possibility are the ghosts of those who perished in a horrifying trolley accident right in front of the property in December 24, 1917 a total 21 people died when a trolley lost its brakes and came flying out of the nearby transit tunnel. 

https://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/thedigs/2012/12/13/christmas-eve-streetcar-tragedy/

 Whoever or whatever it is that causes the paranormal activity . There is very little to be found about it .

So go and enjoy a Fantastic dinner and enjoy the exceptional spirits the restaurant has on hand and if your lucky you might run into one of the others. 

 

A whole Steam Engine and tender goes missing in the middle of the night . The mysterious disappearance in Conneaut / Geneva Swamp

 If you have ever taken I-79 North to Erie Pa. before you get there you go over the famous Conneaut Swamp . also known as Geneva Swamp

The bridge actually floats over this section of interstate because trying to drive piles down into the swamp  to build a conventional bridge would not work  its muddy bottom keeps going and going . just like with one side of the Brooklyn Bridge in NY. in fact to anchor the floating bride pillars go down 200 ft

One of the more mysterious things to happen at this location is the fact a full size Bessemer and Lake Erie  Steam Engine and Tender  as well as tracks it was sitting on disappeared overnight into the swamp.in 1910

The engine was set on tracks overnight to help compact soil which had been placed around the tracks to help stabilize them which was a constant on going battle.

 

 

http://www.crossadventuring.com/?p=802

Presumably the train and tracks where sucked deep into the mud or the floating bridge sprang back up with out the locomotive  minus its tracks depending who is telling the story

One story goes the story was made up and railroad secretly  took engine during night  renumbered it as part of an insurance or tax scam  but that seems to not be credible story.

But the engine is still supposedly there some where deep in the swamp   along with lots of other equipment lost by those trying to conquer it. .

How deep does it really go no one knows.