A work crew set some trash on fire in 1962 and accidentally ignited a coal vein. They tried to solve it by digging out the burning coal, but they couldn't put the fire out, and ended up aerating and spreading it. The government bought everyone's property and forced the relocation of the town. It was cheaper to move the townsfolk and raze their homes than to put out the fire, which is expected to last another century. Fewer than a dozen people remain in Centralia today. Or are there?

Footsteps, voices, lights and shadows have been heard and seen in completely deserted houses. The spirits tend to congregate around the cemetery, near where the original fire was set. One pair of visitors saw a couple of figures wearing miner's hardhats walk out of the large hole just outside the cemetery. As they approached, both of the men slowly disintegrated into the smoky haze surrounding the town. Even eerier, there's a report of voices from the cemetery saying "Leave here" and "Why did you do that?" Are they spirits still trying to stop the work crew from spreading the disastrous fire, or are they just trying to shoo away the curious?