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I bought a ghost town - then got trapped there

Brent Underwood bought an abandoned mining town in California. But when bad weather made it impossible to leave, the ghostly tales about the place began to feel all too real...

Brent Underwood is a young American entrepreneur who spent his life savings on the remains of an abandoned 19th century mining town in California. He was fascinated by its Wild West history, but when he got trapped there by heavy snow earlier this year, all alone, the ghostly tales about the place began to feel all too real.

Andrew Garrido was desperate to play the piano but his family couldn鈥檛 afford lessons. Andrew, undeterred, drew a keyboard on paper and taught himself to play, and he's since defied all expectations. Emily Webb went to meet him and hear his story in January this year.

Picture: Brent Underwood at Cerro Gordo
Credit: Brent Underwood

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Thu 17 Sep 2020 02:06GMT

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