Journey To A Holy Land
On Saturday after all our plan making had come undone, Alex decided that he was hooked on exploring after the Pleasure Beach\Silent Hill\OMGWTF Awesome! Experience. He had heard from a co-worker about three of CT creepiest places. One was Pleasure Beach, the second was Little People Village, and the final one was Holy Land. When he had first mentioned it I was a bit skeptical since he didn't give it much introduction. But after he explained it to me I suddenly realized that Adah and Minkus had once told me about the place. Now I was definitely ready to see it. So we got back in touch with Zack and Frank (who we originally made plans with) to go with us. Our party was complete!
Now much like any State there are many MANY places in CT that are creepier and crazier, but these are pretty much accessible to anyone (except the handicapable). Plus you can get in without fear of the law. I mean going to Holy Land is considered trespassing but you can get to Little People Village and Pleasure Beach easily. But it wasn't like there was a state trooper sitting in front of the place. There are however nuns. Which made it more crazy/Silent Hill/OMGWTF Awesome!
Now getting back to it. Holy Land is\was an Christian Amusement Park that was abandoned in the mid-80s. It's set up on a plateau above the valley in Waterbury and it's smack dab in the middle of a suburb. You literally drive up a neighborhood and there it is. I took some pictures of our adventure on Franks digital camera (A Canon 1.7 megapixel for all those looking to get me a bday gift..er ehem I mean it's a nice camera). For some of you you'll get to see my fella for the first time as well see the Zack and Frank I talk about so much.
Here's the goods:
Come On You Know You Wanna Freakin' Look!
(P.S I was standing on, like, I guess broken miniature tombstone so I was 1. Falling and 2. Creeped out. Hence I have a crazy suckerfish face. But my man be lookin sexy.)
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The lord arch. This was part or a admissions wall. That's Frank, he's single and looking =;)
Initially I thought it said "Abandon All Hope" but what it says normally is kind of creepier from the looks of Bethlehem...
...See
I wish I got some shots of what was in that little cage behind me, since it was spooky as all heck. My ugly ass should give you an idea of how big these dioramas are.
I love this shot.
And then a zombie fell out and I went for a head shot.
Zack our trusty look out and navigator.
Taking a look see.
Seriously. WTF?
Dere be some fukked up shit herre son..
Word
Word Pad
It was hard to get a good shot of this since it was hard to get over the big hole in the ground.
If you're asking if that's a 4 story glow in the dark cross then you would be correct.
To give you an idea how big it is
..and then an Eva come by and smashed it
Yeah. Seriously.
Thanks for the warning....
This is a video I took on the way down. My Manwich in all his Semitic glory. (For striders_dream)
Alex is the only person who can go exploring and be on call for two continents.
Trying to get a cute couple pic but only serving to distract him from work. =;)
Sneaking up on him...
I was chewing gum at the time when Zack brought that over. Alex takes a break from what he is doing and looks over then gets this scared look on his face and ask "What are you eating!?!" We all got a good laugh from that. Which is always better than diarrhea.
This was the place on the west path on the other side of the statue.
Coming back from exploring. We decided to let Alex get some work done.
Being sneaky once again.
This was toward the east side of the statue. Zack found some sassafras. And a goatee.
What was on that pillar\"obelisk"
Zack and Alex talking shop while he finished his work up. Then we head off..
God damn Mongorians knock down my Tower of Babel!
He thinks he's so cavalier
Pointing to Israel.
Can't leave those god awful Jews out.
Entrance to a cathedral. Frank posing for Big Muscle.com
Wheee!
Down the hill
Alex talking to Frank and me. I usually ignore him. but he's cute to look at.
There wasn't enough letters for "Praise Allah.
There you have it. My biggest, most epic post in a long while. Hope you like it!
Now much like any State there are many MANY places in CT that are creepier and crazier, but these are pretty much accessible to anyone (except the handicapable). Plus you can get in without fear of the law. I mean going to Holy Land is considered trespassing but you can get to Little People Village and Pleasure Beach easily. But it wasn't like there was a state trooper sitting in front of the place. There are however nuns. Which made it more crazy/Silent Hill/OMGWTF Awesome!
Now getting back to it. Holy Land is\was an Christian Amusement Park that was abandoned in the mid-80s. It's set up on a plateau above the valley in Waterbury and it's smack dab in the middle of a suburb. You literally drive up a neighborhood and there it is. I took some pictures of our adventure on Franks digital camera (A Canon 1.7 megapixel for all those looking to get me a bday gift..er ehem I mean it's a nice camera). For some of you you'll get to see my fella for the first time as well see the Zack and Frank I talk about so much.
Here's the goods:
Come On You Know You Wanna Freakin' Look!
(P.S I was standing on, like, I guess broken miniature tombstone so I was 1. Falling and 2. Creeped out. Hence I have a crazy suckerfish face. But my man be lookin sexy.)
[
The lord arch. This was part or a admissions wall. That's Frank, he's single and looking =;)
Initially I thought it said "Abandon All Hope" but what it says normally is kind of creepier from the looks of Bethlehem...
...See
I wish I got some shots of what was in that little cage behind me, since it was spooky as all heck. My ugly ass should give you an idea of how big these dioramas are.
I love this shot.
And then a zombie fell out and I went for a head shot.
Zack our trusty look out and navigator.
Taking a look see.
Seriously. WTF?
Dere be some fukked up shit herre son..
Word
Word Pad
It was hard to get a good shot of this since it was hard to get over the big hole in the ground.
If you're asking if that's a 4 story glow in the dark cross then you would be correct.
To give you an idea how big it is
..and then an Eva come by and smashed it
Yeah. Seriously.
Thanks for the warning....
This is a video I took on the way down. My Manwich in all his Semitic glory. (For striders_dream)
Alex is the only person who can go exploring and be on call for two continents.
Trying to get a cute couple pic but only serving to distract him from work. =;)
Sneaking up on him...
I was chewing gum at the time when Zack brought that over. Alex takes a break from what he is doing and looks over then gets this scared look on his face and ask "What are you eating!?!" We all got a good laugh from that. Which is always better than diarrhea.
This was the place on the west path on the other side of the statue.
Coming back from exploring. We decided to let Alex get some work done.
Being sneaky once again.
This was toward the east side of the statue. Zack found some sassafras. And a goatee.
What was on that pillar\"obelisk"
Zack and Alex talking shop while he finished his work up. Then we head off..
God damn Mongorians knock down my Tower of Babel!
He thinks he's so cavalier
Pointing to Israel.
Can't leave those god awful Jews out.
Entrance to a cathedral. Frank posing for Big Muscle.com
Wheee!
Down the hill
Alex talking to Frank and me. I usually ignore him. but he's cute to look at.
There wasn't enough letters for "Praise Allah.
There you have it. My biggest, most epic post in a long while. Hope you like it!