Belgian car graveyard features Pontiac Chieftains and Ford Thunderbirds that were abandoned by US troops during WWII

Sitting in woodland and almost reclaimed by nature in the nearly 80 years since WWII ended lies a creepy car graveyard full of vehicles some of which were abandoned by US troops.

Pontiac Chieftains and Ford Thunderbirds are just a few of the models sitting unloved and left to the ravages of time.

However, there are over 500 vehicles that were abandoned from WWII up until the 1950s and 60s.

Labeled the ‘traffic jam forest’, it’s an eerie sight.

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The abandoned car graveyard dating as far back as WWII

The small Belgian town of Châtillon is an unexpected location for its four graveyards – and tourists and urban explorers alike flock to the site.

The 500 vehicles within them that date from WWII up to the 1950s and 60s deep are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

The story goes that US troops were unable to take their vehicles back to the States after the Third Reich fell.

However, some of the classic examples, including multiple Pontiac Chieftains, Renault Dauphine, and a Ford Thunderbird, are closer to mid-century.

Rusty Volkwagens and a Studebaker Champion also feature.

All are buried deep in mud and shrubbery that has accumulated in the decades.

Their deterioration

What’s unanimous is that the vintage American automobiles were symbols of luxury and performance at various points of the twentieth century.

Riddled with rust, broken glass, and fading exteriors, they are now forgotten and have been left to decay in nature at a site described by many as ‘creepy’.

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