US man buys abandoned ghost town, becomes its only resident

A US man who bought a deserted ghost town for $1.94m ($US1.4m) has revealed what life is really like living alone in the mountains, including terrifying encounters with a local ghost.Brent Underwood, 39, bought Cerro Gordo, an abandoned 1865 silver mining settlement above California’s Death Valley, in 2018 after a friend texted him the listing as a joke.He initially planned to visit occasionally, but when the pandemic hit in 2020, he relocated to the 360-acre property permanently.Six years later, he is still there.“I left a comfortable life with a decent apartment, great friend group and supportive family to move to the middle of nowhere and try to figure it out,” Mr Underwood told People.The high-altitude town sits two hours from the nearest grocery store, with no running water or mobile service.MORE: $5m feud: Inside war for Peter Brocks fortune‘Gone’: 26yo can’t get own mail over landlordExposed: $2k missing from Aussie accountsBrent Underwood went viral for buying an abandoned California mining town. Picture: Tiktok/@brentwunderwoodHe initially planned to visit occasionally, but when the pandemic hit in 2020, he relocated to the 360-acre property permanently. Picture: Instagram...