Posted in Tennessee
February 04, 2016
This One Creepy Ghost Town In Tennessee Is The Stuff Nightmares Are Made Of
A town lost completely beneath the water. A world flooded by the convenience of the future, the past washed clean by necessity. Loyston, Tennessee. Have you heard of it? We aren’t real sure if you have, because only watery ghosts walk the roads that once shuddered with life. Take a look!
Curious what happened to that pretty city? It was named Loyston in 1894, after local businessman John Loy. It was only a town until 1936, when it was completely flooded out by the creation of Norris Lake.
Which means we lost mills and schools and churches, homes and memories under the water.
This main street? Gone. In a way. It still lies deep beneath Norris Lake, in an area known as Loyston Sea.
Do you look at it a bit differently, now? Knowing that there's an entire world of memories, love and loss under the water? It's a little creepy, if you ask us...
There’s an eerie tinge to it, don’t you think? The government helped many of the locals move, and a few banded together to form a town known as New Loyston – one that is only a crossroads now. It’s a town forgotten, left behind, with only the ghosts of what once was to walk the once bustling streets.
