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Montauk, New York: Stranger Things: Freak Experiments Site

Camp Hero was the supposed site of the mid-20th-century Montauk Project, with experiments in levitation and interdimensional communication. Inspired the TV series, "Stranger Things." Nothing unusual to see, at least in this dimension.

Address:
Colonel John Dunn Rd, Montauk, NY
Directions:
Camp Hero State Park, on the south side of Hwy 27 just west of the Montauk lighthouse.
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Camp Hero

Supposed site for the research in the Montauk Project during World War II and the 1950s. Levitation, interdimensional communication, and other esoteric work said to have occurred there.

[doctorblues, 07/20/2014]

Now a state park, but there are still some radar dishes and mysterious sealed bunkers to tempt the curious.


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