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No one knew exactly what to expect, but the itching of curiosity hit hundreds of filadelfians on Saturday when they appeared empty of what was considered the "Steel Furnace" party. [19659003] Photo Credit: Steven Fisher
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– NBC10 Philadelphia (@NBCPhiladelphia) April 27, 2019
The party was the manifestation of one of the strangest events in the last Philadelphia story that the people followed the call to a bizarre, memorable letter that created mania. "To participate", the author told a brochure in the doors of Fairmount and Brewerytown.
Liked a good idea for the crowd that gathered Saturday.
A surprising mass of people came to 27th Street and Girard Avenue for a while and listen to the DJ, who played the words of the letter set to the tune "Dancing Queen". (There is a reference to "Abba" in the letter, but as so much, no one knows what that means.)
Someone brought a barbecue. A couple of people had a friendly dance stroke. Much Steel Furnace inspired art was shown.
"People just need an excuse to have a good time walking around on a Saturday," said Andrew Jaffe from Center City. "Fortunately, the weather was good, so can it."
The term "Steel Furnace" party hatched in mid-February.
Images of the letter were repeatedly posted by several Reddit users who claimed that an unidentified person left copies of it in mailboxes and left it to the residents.
"This is informing you that all the food ate since the first class is alive in your body, especially the dead animal remains or meat since it was cooked alive and living in your body," the letter reads. "Anywhere it goes now, you have to go with it. It's 365 days a year from first class to date."
The letter contained more incoherent framing and warned the reader that the only way to "save you from being a way of being burned alive" is to "become a solid steel statue by placing yourself under anesthesia."
then referred to a "steel bar" where "metal can be melted and the body's human and animal mixed with metal to become steel capable of being damaged."
It ended with a meeting on "standing of a stove" would find place at. 12.00 on April 27, 2019, in a vacant plot of 27 and Girard. 19659018] "What we need is a bulldozer to dig some ditches and oven equipment," the letter said. "To participate."
More people were concerned about the writer's mental health, and some claimed money for local psychiatric centers.
others decided to change a strange city moment into a case.
One participant wore stoves on their hands, some formed a steel statue-esque helmet out of a motorcycle helmet and more tin foil. Families brought coolers, blankets to sit on and their Dogs
Ian Morris lives in the area, he got the letter on the door
"It's just a hangout," he said. "The letter says there was a meeting to discuss burning in a standing law and I thought it was pretty strange, so it may well see what's going on. ”
Jaffe wrapped himself in tinfoil, steel statue style and lying on the ground." Of course he was stunned first, "read an Instagram post (that is, another part of the letter.]
"It's just something completely out of the blue, "Jaffe said. "It was just this mysterious letter left on the people's doorstep, and there is something beautiful about it. It's just a kind of came out of ether, and that's here.
" I expected there would be maybe 50 people here, "he said." I'm very happy to see people actually decided to show up. "
Joel Todd, the East Falls man behind a site dedicated to the parish, said friends from his college days at Drexel University came from all over the country to the party.
He said he didn't know who wrote the letter, but he was excited about what comes from it.
"I used to have a great social life, but I only had children," Todd said. I'm looking for things that keep me busy, but still jealous of my single friends. I looked at Reddit all the memes and jokes, and I knew I had to do something. "
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