ZANESVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) — Much has been said and written about the “Hell is Real” sign on Interstate 71 between Columbus and Cincinnati, but another sign between Zanesville and Dresden has drawn the ire of an NBC4 viewer due to its unintentional connection to the underworld.
Lifelong Zanesville resident Paula Sowers wrote to NBC4 recommending that State Route 666’s name be changed. Sowers became particularly irritated with the sign when construction made it a detour number on State Route 60.
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“Why, oh, why isn’t my hometown, Zanesville, Ohio, renaming [State Route] 666?” wrote Sowers. “They advertise it as a detour on [State Route] 60. It needs to be renamed or assigned different numbers.”
Often considered an “evil” number, due to its reference as the “mark of the beast” in the Bible’s Book of Revelation, 666 has become a symbol of the Antichrist. According to Bible.com, Revelation 13:18 states, “Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.”…