2007-02-04 14:07:58 · 5 answers · asked by allison g 1 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Other - United States
"The film adaptation Silent Hill, released in spring of 2006, places Silent Hill in fictional Toluca County, West Virginia"
So....no.
2007-02-04 14:18:27 · answer #1 · answered by Michael E 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In researching the different elements of Silent Hill, screen writer Roger Avary was inspired when he heard of Centralia, Pennsylvania, and decided to base the film on it. The population of the town has dwindled from over 1,000 residents in 1981 to 12 in 2005[25] and 9 in 2007,[26] as a result of a 46-year-old mine fire burning beneath the borough. In 1962, an exposed vein of coal ignited, due to the standard policy of burning the garbage on a weekly basis in the borough landfill. Attempts to extinguish the fire were unsuccessful, and it continued to burn throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Adverse health effects were reported by several people due to the carbon monoxide produced. In 1984, Congress allocated more than $42 million for relocation efforts. Most of the residents accepted buyout offers and moved. Today a handful of occupied homes remain in Centralia. Most of the buildings have been razed, and at casual glance the area now appears to be a meadow with several paved streets through it, and some areas are being filled with new-growth forest.
2016-05-24 09:48:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but Centralia, Pennsylvania is. They first discovered the underground burning mines when a small child fell through the ground in his grandmother's back yard. He wasn't harmed, but it brought it to the attention of the United States, and they asked those living there to evacuate. There are still some families who refuse to leave, and you can find more info. in Bill Bryson's "A Walk in the Woods".
2007-02-04 14:16:15 · answer #3 · answered by sothisislife 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Silent Hill is a place. i was there...... i experienced it. its a real place. believe it. i only had a short time. i wanted to experience more....it may be unreal but what i saw WAS VERY REAL
2007-02-07 11:54:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
lived there for years growing up and i can't say i've ever heard of it but there's a lot of places in them hollers that i've never heard of.
might be, but then again, might not be.
hoped that helped some.
2007-02-06 08:08:53 · answer #5 · answered by Mountain One 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋