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Clearfield, PA is a strange town. It reminded me of a Twilight Zone episode. You know, the town that the character visits and then can never escape. That is this town. There were quite a few people staying at the hotel, but when we went downtown, it looked like a ghost town. All this being said, I submit for your approval:
The downtown was quite creepy. There were a ton of stores, but no one was shopping. To its credit, the town was incredibly clean, but I guess it should be because no one was hanging around to dirty up the place. It was as if the whole town was created just for Brian, Jayson and I. We had just wondered in to the Twilight Zone, never to be heard of again. We decided that we wanted to see a movie. We checked the listings in State College because it was apparently not too far from Clearfield. For some reason, which I still cannot explain, we decided to go to the theatre in downtown Clearfield. This theatre, which is called The Ritz, looked like it was lost in the 1940s and just found on Saturday. It was playing first run movies, but they were only charging $5 for admission. When I commented on the deal that the admission was, the ticket taker said in a creepy voice, “I see that you have gone to the movies outside of this town.” I was waiting for the mad scientist laugh, but it never came. Anyway, at this point, I was thinking that I should have brought the camera. Really, it wouldn’t have mattered because I was starting to think that I wasn’t going to get out of this town. We could get back on to I-80, but the only exit we would pass by would be the same Clearfield exit, over and over again.
Ok, back to my story. Next, I bought some water and Hot Tamales and decided to go sit down. Right before you enter the theatre, there was a 100 gallon fish tank with 2 Oscars in it. One Oscar was huge. I swear, it was about a foot and a half long. This thing must have weighed at least 10 pounds. After I got over the enormous size of the fish, I started to wonder why that there was a fish tank in the theatre anyway. My mind quickly jumped from the fish to the smell of the place. It smelled like the basement of a 100 year old house. Nothing I had seen thus far could prepare me for what we would see when we entered the theatre.
Once we entered the theatre, on the left, there was a fireplace with a fake glowing log in it. Above the fireplace, there was a portrait of some medieval lady. There were swords hanging all over the walls and the sound system for the movie looked like 2 big house speakers set up in front of the screen. The movie had no previews and no “be quiet” ads. Oh well, I guess that they were all about getting down to business. In my mind, I half expected to see a 1940s style news reel ad, but none came.
Anyway, when the movie got out, we returned to the car and still, no one was on the street. We laughed about it and went back to the hotel. Since I am posting, you can probably guess that we did make it home. Read all about our quest on the Ultimate Burger site. MacLachlan…Out!