We're usually a bit skeptical about most ghost stories, but this footage of this seemingly haunted tunnel sent chills down our spines (and naturally, we had to share).
This particular ore removal tunnel, known as the Horton Mine in Pershing County, Nevada, dates back to the 1800s. The eerie recording you're about to see occurred in 2013, and the phenomena were observed and filmed again in 2014. A spelunker with several years of experience exploring mines stumbled across this place unexpectedly while checking out the Victorine Mine in Lander County. Horton Mine is located about 900 feet beneath it, at the bottom of a mountain, and was once used to remove the mined ore from above.
The entrance to Horton Mine in Lander County is definitely eerie:
As Frank, the video's explorer, approaches the mine, he notices water flowing out from within it. He's not sure how deep he'll be able to go because of the water, but he decides to proceed with caution. The ground is wet and muddy as he ventures inside, and he mentions that it feels unstable. In some places, his boot sinks deep into the mud, and in others, his body weight is supported. He finds the mine to be pretty creepy but notes that he's encountered many eerie things in mines before, so no big deal. Right?
As he begins exploring, he finds the mine to be extremely old and dilapidated, with heavy chains hanging down from the ceiling.
The chains were once part of a conveyor system, which was used to move small carts filled with ore out of the tunnel.
It’s not long before something strange happens which causes this normally intrepid mine explorer and spelunker to turn around and leave the mine:
"I have been inside over a hundred abandoned mines, but this one was definitely the creepiest," he writes in the description of his first YouTube video. "As I ventured hesitantly down the tunnel, it felt more and more wrong."
Oddly enough, this foreboding mine is located amid absolutely gorgeous scenery, so it seems to even itself out, so to speak.
A year later, at the prompting of many who saw the original video, as well as his own curiosity, Frank decided to revisit the haunted tunnel. The water is still there, and as he enters, he points out the yellow ventilation tubing and the rusted, corroded webbing holding back rocks that could collapse at any moment.
He proceeds, but the mist inside the tunnel appears to get thicker as he moves, and the sound of water flowing is audible. As it turns out, the water is flowing down through the ore pass that connects Horton Mine to the mine above.
His exploration otherwise goes smoothly until he hears something that again causes him to turn around and leave the mine as quickly as possible. This time, he vowed to never return to the haunted tunnel. What do you think?
Thanks to explorers like this, we are able to receive a first-hand look at abandoned mines. There isn't a Horton Mine Wikipedia article to fill us in on what might have happened here in the past.
"I will never set foot inside the Horton Mine again. Never," he writes in the video's YouTube description.
Some commenters across the internet point out that the YouTube video could have easily been faked, while others support the theory that the Horton Mine is definitely haunted based on the evidence presented. Either way, pretty much everyone agrees that the Horton Mine in Nevada is a creepy tunnel that we all have very little remaining interest in exploring. Have you encountered any haunted mines in Nevada? Share your stories with a comment.
Haunted Nevada mines are not the only crazy thing going on in this state. If you are interested in more Nevada weirdness, check out this "strange things" in Nevada road trip. Gas up the car or rent an RV from RVShare and start exploring the wonderful weird things going on in our state.
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