Moonville Tunnel

Hello everyone, it is me again. Since it is near Halloween I think I’ll talk about Moonville Tunnel. Some people find this tunnel haunted. I myself have visited this tunnel and have taken pictures there. I have not got any pictures of anything out of the ordinary but there are plenty of scary stories, and I have seen some pictures to go along with this little forgotten town. There is also a cemetery in Moonville, which I went to, and it is quite freaky. Some of the stories include a woman and a man that were killed, a swinging light, and a man that was murdered. I don’t want to bore anyone with the ghost stories but if someone would want to read about them then please feel free to click here. 

 Somehow I got dug along to come with my cousins because I was the only one with a camera. When we visited the tunnel it was just a regular day nothing special was going on. The people who know me would know I am the biggest chicken on the face of the planet. I did not know what I was supposed to be taking pictures of but I still took them. I didn’t get any pictures of ghosts just the normal tunnel (sorry to disappoint). Everyone tells me I should’ve gone at night. I don’t have any tricks for getting pictures of ghosts but I’d say it would help to be in the dark, where people were killed, and where other people may have seen some.

Facts about Moonville:

·         Moonville is located, near Zaleski, in Vinton County.

·         The peak of the population was 100.

·         Moonville was a coal miner’s town.

·         It was part of the railway between Marietta and Cincinnati.

·         In the cemetery the stones are so old they are hard to read.

·         By the 1950’s it was nothing but abandoned houses, a tunnel and a stretch of railway, which was taken out in 1988.

·         The last family left Moonville in 1947.

For more information on the Moonville Tunnel please click here or here.

(Pictures Self Taken)

Fireworks

Hello, everyone today I will be talking about fireworks. Fireworks are fun to watch. People watch them with their family and friends. The 4^th of July is normally when someone would see fireworks. They are loud and colorful. Some are more colorful and louder than others. They are explosive; so one should be careful around them. I love to go watch them. I always take pictures. I find it kind of hard to take pictures of fireworks. They would be considered action shots. For me to get good pictures I have to take millions to get one I like. I have a special setting on my camera that I use that takes as many pictures as it can in 3 seconds. This comes in handy for me. The only bad part about it is that people have to go back and delete the ones that are “bad”. 

 

Here are some facts about fireworks:

• Fireworks originated from China in about the 7^th century.
• Fireworks can be dangerous and people may get burned.
• Fireworks can also harm animals by making them panic.
• Fireworks can cause animals to: have heart attacks, run across roads, and get stuck in fences.
• Fireworks are let off in different countries.
• In Ireland, they are let off near Halloween.
• In Japan, they are let of nearly every day during the summer.
• In the United Kingdom, they are set off on November 5; celebrating when they foiled the plot to kill King James I.
•  Nearly half of accidents with fireworks happen to kids under the age of 16.
• When burning 3 sparklers together someone can cause the same amount of heat as a blow torch.
• In the U.S. normally people have to be 18 to buy fireworks.
• Each state has different laws on buying and using fireworks.
• There are 22 states that allow people to buy "Consumer Fireworks", such as sparklers, and Ohio is one of them.

For more information on fireworks click here.  For some firework safety rules click here. If someone would want to buy fireworks then click here.



(Pictures are self-taken)