Charlie No face: urban legend thread

I’m going to start off by explaining where this urban legend originated from and what it is.

There’s an old abandoned railroad tunnel in Pittsburgh, it was known as the Piney Fork tunnel and it was used to help transport coal, until it was abandoned.

This tunnel was later on nicknamed ‘The Green Man Tunnel’ after a group of teens who drove by claimed to have encountered a scary green man walking in the dark.

More people started going to the green man sighting for a thrilling adventure to find him and soon enough people started spreading stories about him leading the green man to become a horrific urban legend.

The legend is that if you drive into the tunnel, turn off your lights, and call out to the ‘Green Man’ he would appear from the darkness with glowing green skin and if he touched your car, it would either stall the vehicle or make it difficult to start.

Some have told tales about how he was a monster and would run after people and scare them. Some even claim that he was a vengeful spirit out to kill young teens. But behind every urban legend there is a bit of truth, and often times the true story is better than the urban legend

Here is the true story of Charlie no face aka the green man.

His real name was Raymond Robinson, he was born October 29th 1910 and was a severely disfigured man who went for late night walks near the neglected tunnel.

When Ray was 8 or 9 years old he was hanging with his friends by an old trolley bridge.

They spotted a bird nest on top of the bridge and dared Ray to climb up and see what’s inside of it.

The year before, a 12 year old boy named Robert Littell, had also climbed around on the bridge and was killed after accidentally touching one of the electrical lines on the structure.

Ray knew what had happened to the boy, but he still decided to risk it and climb up there, and that’s when the same thing happened to him.

Ray ended up touching one of the electrical lines and came into contact with 22,000 volts of electricity.

This lead to severe burns on his upper chest, the loss of both of his eyes, part of his ear, his entire nose, and was amputated below the elbow, his mouth was also severely disfigured.

Ray survived the injuries even though the doctors thought that he would die.

Skipping to his adult life...

As an adult, he enjoyed sitting for hours listening to the radio to pass the time and for money he made door mats, wallets and belts to sell.

Ray avoided going out in public to not scare people or attract any negative attention, but he still enjoyed walking wooded hiking trails, keeping one foot on the path and one off to find his way, as well as using a walking stick to make sure he didn’t run into anything.

Eventually the coal company destroyed the trail near his house, so Ray began walking along Route 351 between Koppel and New Galilee, PA at night of course.

The legend of the ‘Green Man’ started spreading around when drivers spotted Ray during his walks. It is believed that the name “Green Man” came from the green shirts Ray occasionally wore out on his walks. However the locals called him ‘Charlie No Face.’

As the tales spread, people would go out and try to find him and when they did, some weren’t too kind to him. Once some people gave Robinson a ride, only to drop him off at a location he didn’t know as a cruel joke on the blind man.

This led Ray to start hiding behind trees and bushes when he’d feel a car or presence near by. Occasionally he would let some of the people take pics of him or with him in exchange for alcohol and cigarettes.

His family actually weren’t too fond of that due to the fact the he would get a little too drunk and get lost.

Raymond was actually the opposite of what everyone made him seem to be. People who have met him claim that he was a very kind and humorous person.

Ray’s night walks stopped as he aged and in the 1980s he moved into the Beaver County Geriatric Center where he passed of natural causes at the age of 74, on June 11, 1985.

The legend of The Green Man is as alive today as ever.

That’s pretty much the end of this thread. If you have anything to add feel free to dm me.