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Okay, so maybe Thomas Smrt is
brilliant, maybe he is crazy, maybe he is a little bit of both, but he
had a dream to make an amusement park and it didn't work out. It
is pretty clear to me that he obviously spent millions of dollars creating
this place. Anyone who looks at these pictures can tell that this
isn't some "haunted house" that kids made in their
basement with blankets. There are buildings, souvenirs, brochures,
parcel bags, the works.
When the idea went south,
apparently so did Smrt. In, almost Willie Wonka fashion, he
decided to close the park, locked up the buildings and walked away.
He never even went back to see what things he could sell off. It is
almost as through someone said "this place is contaminated with
'Super Kootie-Juice'! Run for your life or suffer the
consequences!" Keep in mind, all of these pictures are taken
at least 10 years after the park closed. It has the feeling of those
movies where a secret chemical has disintegrated everyone in their
tracks and there is nothing left but the half-drank cups of coffee and
the partially played solitaire games.
Maybe that is the sign of a great
man, to walk away from years of planning and piles of money when the
idea goes into the tank. Maybe I am too Catholic, but couldn't
someone be doing something with those chairs and tables? |
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Above are some less than ethical Urban Explorers that broke into a
building and set up the toys, hats and swords up to take this picture.
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Above is the remnants of a much more ethical Urban Explorer
took the picture, but left the hat. |
