There's a historic and creepy deserted village in New Jersey

There’s a deserted village in New Jersey, and some say it’s haunted. Have you ever been to this creepy historic site at the Watchung Reservation in Berkeley Heights? (Video by Andre Malok | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

[@ehouse2993]

Wanna get scared, sit in the woods there with a sandwich and wait for the bears, that’s the only scary thing

[@saleen235]

I walk with my kids here almost every weekend. I can tell you,there’s nothing creepy about this place, It’s actually very beautiful.

[@smittynumber1812]

I've walked through Penn Station.... now THAT'S a place that'll scare you

[@RayOutThere]

The deserted village is an incredible place. I love visiting it.

[@SL-sc5vu]

I’ve walked and passed by those houses . Let me tell you . I got chills lol

[@carmendee6481]

Beautiful! Too bad that in NJ the taxes are too high.

[@ChadDavid]

I use to Frequent this place in the late 70's and early 80's we often hiked to the deserted village and cemetery as well as the Feltville Copper Mine. This was prior to the construction of I 78.

[@carolynharris81]

Grew up in Berkeley Heights , know Watchung, interesting I never knew about these houses. However when my parents bought land along the Passaic River (B.H. & Chatham borders) before building they had to tear down old structures of a home that looked of the same era of time. And yes, the land taxes of today are unaffordable for me, that's why I'm in the mountains of North Carolina now. Took my memories with me.

[@AlexMartinez-me2yc]

Went there a couple of times as a teen, in the late 1980's.

[@taylorqueensbury170]

If any of this property is for sale I would like to buy it and fix up one of those houses. This is a beautiful place.

[@rebeccabianchi1943]

I love Feltville. Walked it a few times. So cool and historic.

[@TheJuan_N_0nly]

People actually still live in some of the houses. From what I understand they aren't allowed to do any remodeling to the outside of the houses and only minor repairs are allowed. They can't sell, only pass the houses over to relatives who live in the houses with them since they began living there, and once you move out you lose the property.. My information might not be 100% accurate but I was there recently after a big storm and some of the residents were cleaning up their property, and that's how I got my info.. They also don't like people creeping around so if you go stay on the intended path.. Welcome to New Jersey. And if you really want to get creeped out, go hiking through the Ramapo Mountains at night, start out through Cannon Ball rd trail.. Lots of civil war soldiers hid out there during war time and you definitely get an erie feeling when you're out there late, even during the day.. it's not allowed after dark but no park rangers patrol after dark anyway.. There's bears, coyotes, and other wildlife so go prepared.. Good Luck..!

[@privateprivate8366]

I’m sure there a lot of weird towns, like that one in PA that never stops burning underground. I think it’s called Centralia.

[@cloudeye7]

I love visiting this place, very interesting and yes it's haunted. I've had encounters there myself several times.

[@midnightrunner684]

I think I see Bigfoot looking out one of the windows

[@msaqilah84]

I’m brave enough to live there. Sounds great... no neighbors lol

[@shad3128]

I tried to dirtbike here. County cops loved me for that. That was the scariest experience I've ever had here 🙃 no ghosts.. Just angry cops and a lot of people on Instagram here nowadays. One of the buildings they used to use as a school-house still has the stages of mitosis drawn out on the chalkboard in the basement, though. Pretty cool!

[@turcoboshnak]

Is it true that because of high taxes in NJ, the entire village moved to Florida :)

[@brandonjimenez1863]

I definitely think this place is haunted. every time I go there I feel weird energy’s. One time me and a friend were walking a trail near the houses and I shit you not, we found a decapitated squirrel hang from a tree branch. Witchcraft was supposedly practiced there and I believe it. I think people still practice witch craft there.

[@vtwinmadness]

It was a Company Town. Like the old Mine Towns. There was a Company Store where they took Company Money, or credit out of your pay. You got paid in Company Money. The Company was able to keep you broke and thus working.... Hardly haunted, just old and not redeveloped yet.