"Situated by the Clifton train station and next to a major supermarket, the Gates of Hell is a decrepit, oversized water drain coated in graffiti and bugs. While it was mostly a hangout spot for misfits and skaters, it gained its haunted reputation through the power of urban legend as the alleged site of Satanic rituals, Klan meetings, and if you venture deep enough, a doorway to Hell itself."
"I was 13 when I learned about the Gates of Hell by thumbing through Weird N.J., a popular coffee table book that collected all the strange oddities and haunted locales from across the Garden State. Being a teen who was also addicted to Halo 2, my imagination ran wild: What if you sent an armed strike force to clear out the Gates of Hell and find out what's inside? I truly believed this was a wise use of government resources."
A childhood memory of New Jersey's so-called Gates of Hell evokes a decrepit water drain steeped in urban legend, graffiti, and rumors of Satanic rituals and a guardian spirit called Red Eyed Mike. The narrator learned about the site from Weird N.J. and imagined a militarized response, fantasizing about armed forces clearing the tunnels. The IT: Welcome to Derry episode "Neibolt Street" actualizes that fantasy by mobilizing the U.S. Army to capture an otherworldly entity, but the soldiers are ill-equipped to confront the creature while a group of drugged kids somehow escapes alive.
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