Topics and series. And after that, somehow I lost the link and have never been able to find it again.If you or anybody else knows anything about this, I would love to hear any follow-ups.Is the story that they posted true? Today we list the 10 Worst Mine Disasters in US History, ranked by number of fatalities. I remember reading a clip very similar to what you wrote about that was being used as a bookmark in the Bible. But since she had never heard of any accident occurring at Dixonville itself she decided to do some investigating on her own and told me she would call me back later in the afternoon. that attacked the miners at Dixonville in 1944. And while in Africa I guarded our Land Rover from thieves during the night while we traveled to a remote village. Copyright © 2006–2020, Some rights reserved. I have been an avid reader of all things unexplained all my life and I had never heard this tale before. Some THING in the mine killed the miners... Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
I talked to Mr. Daley the newspaper’s editor. PENNSYLVANIA, DIXONVILLE - Mine inspector Glenn E. Berger reported in 1944 to his superiors that the Dixonville mine disaster which "killed" 15 men was not the result of a cave-in, but rather an attack by underground creatures capable of manipulating the earth [partial cave-ins], whose domain the miners had apparently penetrated. It seems to have begun surfacing paranormal and UFO web sites around 1998, and like so many unverified stories it made the rounds from site to site until it was taken as a reputable story by some.
Sheppton PA was the site of an historic mine disaster in August 1963 Sheppton PA: The location was one of the first rescues of trapped miners accomplished by raising them through holes bored through solid rock, an event that gripped the world’s attention during August 1963.. No, it was the small percentage of fans there who you could tell were absolute nuts. Great blog! Since Dixonville is a very small town and has neither newspaper nor library I started out my investigation at the nearest major town which is Indiana, Pa. The feeling of being stalked by something large and unknown was an all consuming ominously creepy feeling. Like you I’ve been in quite a few situations where I have felt pretty creeped out. Most of the dead miners were not injured by falling rocks but showed signs of large claw marks, others were missing, and one survivor spoke of seeing a vicious humanoid creature that was 'not of this world' within an ancient passage that the miners had broke into. Keep it up! I called the Indiana County Library and inquired if anyone there had ever heard of the incident and was transferred to the reference librarian. It peaked his interest but there was a major problem, he had never heard of any paper in the area called the News Extra. David Fellin, one of the men trapped in the mine, … .navigation1 {FONT-SIZE: 12px; COLOR: #FFFFFF; FONT-FAMILY: helvetica, arial;}. No local or regional papers of the area ever went by the name News Extra. I too tried to veryfy this story about a year ago. I believe one of the guys said he would never return to that place. But I could hear the breathing of the creature and could make out the dark shape that moved up and down the dirt road that passed for the main street of the village. On August 27, 1963 rescuers used a new technique to drill a borehole that successfully freed two coal miners trapped for nearly 2 weeks by a shaft cave-in 320 feet below ground. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Disasters. And here's where it gets creepy...Supposedly the tunnel meandered until it came to another cavity deep inside the mountain/ground. There are Humanoid like things under the Mountains of Western Pennsylvania that are both intelligent and malevolent. Mocanaqua author signing books in Berwick, Wilkes-Barre, and Pottsville. I had the same feeling a few years later walking through the Allegheny woods late at night after seeing The Legend of Boggy Creek, I was sure Bigfoot was hunting me through the dark woods.
I'm bookmarking your blog. It was an odd collection of clippings that someone had kept. A.nav:active {COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-DECORATION: none} A look at all things unexplained and paranormal. Of course I myself would never go spelunking again. The mine disaster occurred on August 13, 1963, when three men were trapped by a cave-in in an anthracite coal mine near Sheppton, Pennsylvania. Plymouth, PA Coal Mine Gas Explosion, Feb 1916. It is this fear of an unseen thing that could jump out at you from seemingly nowhere that really freaks me out. But if it was bogus, then they seriously had waaaaay too much time on their hands, as the blog was very detailed and complete with photos. What was it? Hello, Pastor Swope...Led here by a link from Nick Redfern's site. The borehole technique has been widely used for mine rescues worldwide, notably Quecreek (2002) and Chile (2010). I'm bookmarking your page...A few years ago there was another story similar to this one floating around, but I can't for the life of me relocate it.Apparently this new story took place very recently.
source: Article by Stoney Brakefield in NEWS EXTRA, July 14, 1974. li.nav {text-indent: -8px; list-style-type: square; font-family: arial, helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 12px; color: #ffffff;} Upon further research I found that the only documented mine in Dixonville was the Randolph Mine #2 which was situated off the Pennsylvania Railroad very close to the town. !Sorry the story was bogus!!! It’s the feeling I had as a child while swimming in the Ocean after having just seen Jaws. It’s a total fabrication. Too bad. Erected 2015 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Then there was the time when I was in college and my best friend who was the security chief took me on a tour of the secret rooms of our campus library. I was waiting to see what the final outcome was. To further discredit the newspaper item, it doesn't seem to be written in a style characteristic of the 1940s.I think you've got something good started here. Somebody having fun on the internet to see if they could get a story out. But the editor was intrigued with the story and promised to explore all avenues available to him to see if any of the tale could be validated. I also am a lover of the paranormal. A century ago, Centralia, Pennsylvania was a busy small town filled with shops, residents and a brisk mining business. You could just see it in their eyes, an aloofness that showed they were...elsewhere. On December 19, 1907, the Darr Mine disaster in Van Meter, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County) killed a total of 239 miners, both men and boys. Just to be sure he checked with some of the older employees of the newsroom and they too had never heard of neither the paper nor the accident. Strangely it seemed a lot of them were seated at vendor’s booths. I have no idea but I’ll never forget the feeling I had that night. Some guys found a small cave entrance somewhere and went inside to explore. And yet, as one of the guys was inside exploring, and the other guy was outside waiting, they would "hear" when someone or something moved the rocks.The last I heard, the guys high-tailed it out of there. ul.nav ul.nav {margin-top: 6px; margin-left: 1.2em; padding-left: 1.2em; line-height: 24px; COLOR: #ffffff;} At one point it came very close to our vehicle and I could no longer see where it was. The problem was that the cave was made out of some very strong material and it was extremely difficult to expand the opening.Their website chronicled their progress. - Another terrible mining accident occurred at 5 o'clock this morning at Stockton, near this place. Something was in there with them, because giant boulders/rocks would move and reveal other openings/tunnels.Supposedly those rocks were so large, it would be impossible for a human to move them. That was very surreal and definitely creepy. It would be phenomenal if there were actually Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers within the coal rich mountains of Western Pennsylvania. There had been 57 men in the mine the day of the accident and 44 of them had perished. Between 100-300 coal miners survived that day because they were in church when the coal mine blew up.
It is Near Sheppton in Schuylkill County Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Historical marker commemorating mine rescue unveiled in Sheppton.
It seemed to be authentic since it sites Newspaper, author and date of publication. Neither of them could find any evidence whatsoever to corroborate the validity of any aspect of the story. But the other guy said he "had" to go back.In either case, I just wanted to share this with you and other readers.Thanks! (I must admit you went way further than I did.