These Photos Of An Abandoned Themed Park Will Haunt You For The Rest Of Your Life
“How do you run from what’s inside your head?” - Alice in Wonderland
Most people enjoy Netflix and/or chilling at night. But Adelaide photographer Scott McCarten gets his chill another way. As the sun sets he starts to explore properties devoid of human life, like the mannequin-populated theme park Fairyland Village.
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At the height of its popularity in the ’70s and ’80s Fairyland Village, located in the Adelaide Hills suburb of Lobethal, welcomed families to walk inside life-size depictions of children’s fairytales.
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When the park closed its gates to the public in 2014, the owners did not remove the mannequins and props leaving the property to become a truly eerie setting. The kind of stuff nightmares are made of.
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McCarten was one of the few people who got access to the property after it shut. And, one of the even fewer people who were brave enough to explore it alone. At night.
Scott McCarten / autopsyofadelaide.com