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THOROLD , ONTARIO

...A BRIEF HISTORY: THE TUNNEL WAS BUILT BY THE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY BEFORE WORLD WAR 1...TRACKS WERE NEVER LAID AS THE WAR HAD STARTED AND THE TUNNEL WAS JUST ABANDONED BY THE RAILWAY..." THE LEGEND " HAS MANY VARIATIONS OVER THE YEARS BUT ALL REVOLVE AROUND THE SAME GENERAL STORY , A LITTLE GIRL BURNING TO DEATH IN THE TUNNEL...ONE STORY IS A FARMHOUSE LOCATED IN THE FIELD BEHIND THE TUNNEL CAUGHT FIRE AND THE ONLY ONE WHO MADE IT OUT WAS A LITTLE GIRL , WHOS NIGHTGOWN WAS ON FIRE , SHE MADE IT AS FAR AS THE TUNNEL , WHERE SHE DIED...ANOTHER STORY IS THAT A PSYCHOTIC FATHER DOWSED HIS DAUGHTER IN GAS AND BURNED HER ALIVE IN THE TUNNEL...THE OTHER PART OF THE LEGEND IS THAT IF YOU LIGHT A WOODEN MATCH IN THE CENTRE OF THE TUNNEL AT NIGHT THE MATCH WILL BE BLOWN OUT AND YOULL HEAR HER SCREAM.....

THE TUNNEL WAS USED IN THE DAVID CRONENBURG FILM

"" THE DEAD ZONE "

...THESE PICTURES AND VIDEO WERE TAKEN AT THE TUNNEL ON DECEMBER 30 , 2006...WHILE WE WERE BACK IN THE AREA REINVESTIGATING THE BLUE GHOST TUNNEL...ITS ACTUALLY QUITE SMALL IN SIZE AND IS BASICALLY A DRAINAGE AREA AS THERES A COLVERT AT THE FAR END , POURING WATER INTO THE TUNNEL...ALSO THERE IS A STRONG SMELL OF SULPHER IN THE AIR...THE TEMPERATURE WAS 1 DEGREE CELCIUS AND AND ONLY A SLIGHT WIND...NOTHING UNUSUAL WAS NOTICED OR PHOTOGRAPHED , WHILE WE WERE THERE................