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A small mountain in countryside woods of Lievestuore, famous former forest industry village hides a railway historic relic. The Jyväskylä-Pieksämäki railroad goes through the mountain in a tunnel, but there's also an old tunnel from the Russian autonomy times still present. For some reason they needed a new tunnel when electric locomotives came so the old 1.2 km tunnel was left without use.

While walking the tunnel to south, ie. when coming back from the other end, we noticed an eery phenomena: Something knocked the stone walls somewhere near halfway of the tunnel. There was a series of loud knocks, then they stopped. After a while they started again. So there's a good chance that the tunnel really is haunted by the miner who died accidentally while the tunnel was being dug. We've also got non-faked evidence in MPEG media here.

	The southern end. You have to walk approximately one kilometer from the place where car can be parked, atleast so in winter. Distance is not that long, but the new railroad and steep cliffs in front of the tunnel can't be walked, so you have to go around the top of the mountain.
	Approaching the entrance. The tunnel is in pretty good hideout, because there's a relatively sharp curve right before it. Maybe this is just the reason why the new tunnel was dug, as the road now goes straight through the mountain without any curves which would maybe require trains to limit their speed.
	Welcome to the rock.
	Ice spikes. Water veins of the mountain make some water drop through the walls of the tunnel also in the middle of winter. This makes the entire 1.2 km trip icy and very slippery. To our knowledge there's ice in halfway of the tunnel even in summer time.
	Ice formations pt. I
	Ice formations pt. II, the mummy.
	To our surprise someone had driven this car to a recess deep inside the tunnel. It's an old car and so badly scrapped that we couldn't even figure out it's make.
	Eventually, after about half an hour we reached the northern end. The air becomes colder here in winter time, probably vice versa in summer.
	Slightly different colour settings. Ice on the ground reflects some daylight near the sides, in summer it probably becomes dark quicker.
	Miners have signed their work on the wall at this side of the tunnel.
	A look to the direction where we came from.
	The northern end is almost similar to the southern one..
	..Except that the northern side has this marking in the arc surrounding the entrance.

The southern end. You have to walk approximately one kilometer from the place where car can be parked, atleast so in winter. Distance is not that long, but the new railroad and steep cliffs in front of the tunnel can't be walked, so you have to go around the top of the mountain.

Approaching the entrance. The tunnel is in pretty good hideout, because there's a relatively sharp curve right before it. Maybe this is just the reason why the new tunnel was dug, as the road now goes straight through the mountain without any curves which would maybe require trains to limit their speed.

Welcome to the rock.

Ice spikes. Water veins of the mountain make some water drop through the walls of the tunnel also in the middle of winter. This makes the entire 1.2 km trip icy and very slippery. To our knowledge there's ice in halfway of the tunnel even in summer time.

Ice formations pt. I

Ice formations pt. II, the mummy.

To our surprise someone had driven this car to a recess deep inside the tunnel. It's an old car and so badly scrapped that we couldn't even figure out it's make.

Eventually, after about half an hour we reached the northern end. The air becomes colder here in winter time, probably vice versa in summer.

Slightly different colour settings. Ice on the ground reflects some daylight near the sides, in summer it probably becomes dark quicker.

Miners have signed their work on the wall at this side of the tunnel.

A look to the direction where we came from.

The northern end is almost similar to the southern one..

..Except that the northern side has this marking in the arc surrounding the entrance.