The Tunnel

In the foothills of West Virginia, lays a sleepylittle town known as Eaton. Eaton was a small town along the B&O Railroad,the train station burned down in the late 1980's after rail service wasdiscontinued in 1981. The town was named after the designer of the tunnelthat lay along this stretch of line known as tunnel number 21 or Eaton tunnel. In the 1960's, work began along that stretch of line to raise and widenthe tunnels, everything was going according to plan until that fateful day June6, 1963. Work began like any other that morning but recent rains hadweakened the tunnel's structure. Workers began trying to raise the roof,tragedy struck the tunnel collapsed entrapping two workers within the cold darkearth. Rescue efforts began almost immediately, a second tunnel was rapidly dugand one of the workers was pulled from their tomb but the other could not befound. The decision was made to seal off the tunnel and divert the railway.Concrete was poured at the entrance to the collapsed tunnel, forever sealingthe final worker into his grave. It is unknown whether or not he was stillalive when they did this, and there was no marker commemorating his sacrifice. The tunnel still exists their today, close to the Rails to Trails bikepath at North Bend state park. If one is careful, you can still find theold tunnel #21. In the left side of the tunnel is a small hole, not very widethat if you are brave enough, you can crawl back into the old collapsed tunneland see for yourself the cement wall that burred the worker years ago. Theplace is a hot spot for paranormal activity, and a favorite for local kids to goto at night as a fun, scary adventure. Although some have reported hearingvoices and seeing lights coming from the tunnel at night. Was it the ghost ofthe worker or maybe fellow explorers? I would assume you would have to go toEaton yourself and make your own observations. I would only ask you to keep inmind one thing, that where you are exploring is someone's grave, even if not bytheir own choice, treat it with the same respect you would a cemetery