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The last time we were there, we
noticed that the sign on the old country road leading to the Church read "WEST
Morris County 666", and of course we had to pull over so I could
jump out and get a pic of it (pic, above left). This day, we pulled over in the
exact same spot (we remembered there was a good space in a parking lot across the street)
yet were surprised to discover that the sign had been mysteriously changed, it didn't read
666 anymore- it now read 664? When was it changed, and why?? We might have thought we were
crazy, if not for the fact that I got a pic of it when
it was last there. I'm glad I did- I feel it's an important piece of the puzzle of the
spooky place |
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To me, the Satanic Church is the epitome
of urban legend. I mean, it was probably just a regular old church that ended up being
closed for some reason. Yet you combine the creepy allure of an abandoned old wooden
church (always irresistible), add to it the fact that the church is on a shadowy
country road marked 666, and figure in the sinister graffiti, decay, and neglect that
permeate the building over the years... and you've got yourself a legend! And check out
the way those bricks from the roof collapsed in front of that door (pics, above left)-
I'm glad I wasn't standing right there when that happened. It's also freaky-looking, the
way that the door has a segment of chain-link fence nailed across it and bricks piled in
front of it- seeing something like that always makes me think of someone trying to trap
something horrible inside (I've seen tooo many horror flicks, heh heh) |
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We didn't spend a super-long time at
the Church, because it is pretty visible from the road and there are those No
Trespassing signs everywhere, so we didn't wanna linger. It's in a really beautiful
spot, though... we walked all the way around it; it's surrounded on all sides by a dense
curtain of forest; it's almost not even visible from the road. I find it interesting that
no matter which angle I shot the Church from, it looks so gloomy and dark, as if it's in
shadow. At first I thought maybe my camera settings were too dark, but look at the
bright-blue sky, snow-white clouds, and vivid green foliage framing the Church- you can
literally see the contrast between the building itself and it's surroundings. It
seems as though the building itself projects an ominous, dark presence even on the
sunniest of days. Creepy.
At this point, we had been on the road for hours. We
were all getting hungry and the day was growing short, but we decided to attempt one last
stop- the Tomb of 12 Nuns. I had tried, and failed, once before to find this
mysterious landmark. Today we were confident that with our complete Scooby crew, we'd make
the find...
<---LAST STOP- DOVER MENTAL CAGE
NEXT
STOP- TOMB OF 12 NUNS--->
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