Zombieland

    This story takes place in Hilsville, which is right on the border of Pa. 
and Ohio.  It's one of those stories that your parents tell you and then you 
tell all of your friends, like a local legend.  I was probably about 10 when 
my mom and dad first told me the story of "Zombieland", which consists of "The 
Puerto Rican Bridge"(which is a really creepy one lane bridge), "The Eternal 
Flame"(an old gas line that you can light), and the "Zombie Huts".
  
    So anyway, a long time ago there was a safehouse of some sort for these 
disfigured and mentally disabled people.  Story goes that the house burned down, 
and all of the patients died in the fire.  Time went on and the area, which 
is completely surrounded by woods, kind of went to sh*t.  High school students 
in the 60s and 70s started using it as a hangout where they could go and drink 
without getting caught.  And of course, being that it was a pretty isolated 
wooded area (believe when I tell you that it is majorly creepy up there) the 
stories started.

    The most notorious is that if you are to walk from the Puerto Rican Bridge 
into the woods, you'll find the eternal flame, which you can easily light 
with a match or lighter (this much I have seen).  When you have completed this, 
the zombies with "water on the brain" are said to come out and drive you away. 
 The zombies are supposedly the bodies of the disfigured mental patients.  
    
    Another is that the second your car crosses onto the bridge, it is 
supposed to stall.  I've been to this point several times, and the car I was 
in has only stalled once, so I don't really know, judge for yourself.

    The only part of the story that I know is true for sure is "The Green 
Man".  I'm not sure what was wrong with him, but something had happened to him 
that gave him a greenish appearance.  He supposedly was a nice guy, though he 
never talked.  The only thing he did was go and get a beer or two from whatever 
people were partying in the area.  There's an old newscast with him in it, and 
he was just a tall funny looking man.  Since he died in the late 80s it has 
been said that sometimes when kids are up there drinking, they'll suddenly be 
missing a couple of beers, and can see an eerie green glow retreating back into 
the woods.

    Thats basically all of it.  Some kids have died up there, mostly falling 
off the bridge, and mostly it's because they were drinking.  The only time it 
wasn't was when some construction workers were checking the bridge and were 
looking into tearing it out and making a more modern two-lane one.  There were 
three of them up there one day, and one of the guys was leaning over the edge, 
checking out the area, when, according to the other two men, he simply fell 
for no reason.  When the paramedics arrived, his neck was twisted backwards.  
Now thats some weird stuff.