- Camp Hero is a state park in Montauk, the easternmost tip of Long Island, New York.
- It was Montauk Air Force Station, which reportedly impressed Netflix’s “Stranger Things.”
- Last summer season, I visited the state park and understood why it is the topic of conspiracy theories.
Fans of “Stranger Things” know that each one the interdimensional issues which have befallen our buddies in Hawkins, Indiana, are due to the key authorities facility often known as the Hawkins Lab.
But do you know that Netflix’s “Stranger Things” was initially referred to as “Montauk,” named after the real-life New York city that is on the heart of a number of conspiracy theories?
Since its debut in 2016, “Stranger Things” has turn into a phenomenon, spawning hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in merch, tie-in novels and comics, a stage adaptation, cellular video games, a tabletop sport, and extra. It’s considered one of Netflix’s greatest franchises.
Camp Hero, previously often known as the Montauk Air Force Station, has been plagued with conspiracy theories for the reason that guide “The Montauk Project: Experiments in Time,” written by Preston Nichols, was revealed in 1992. Its unsubstantiated claims included that researchers on the base had repressed the reminiscences of workers who’d been subjected to experiments all through the ’70s and ’80s.
Today, it is potential to go to Camp Hero, which opened to the general public as a state park in 2002. As somebody who has been to Montauk dozens of occasions however by no means to Camp Hero — and as somebody going by way of “Stranger Things” withdrawal as we await a launch date for season 5 — I jumped on the likelihood to take a look at the bottom, which is now deserted.
I got here away from my go to final summer season understanding the place the Duffer brothers, who created “Stranger Things,” obtained their inspiration. Camp Hero will surely be on my record of the creepiest locations I’ve visited.
Look contained in the park, from its lovely ocean views to the mysterious 90-foot radar tower that also stands now.