Silent Hill and the well-adjusted

[The_Echo]

But now that I'm thinking about it, what about Cybil from SH1? Dr Kauffman and Lisa I understand but you never find out anything about Cybil - and she obviously was in the same SH as Harry. I doubt she normally hands out guns civilians =P

In Silent Hill and Silent Hill 3, the game is less focused on the psychological aspect. If you look at Harry's character, he actually isn't very tormented. The Otherworld present in the first and third games are the result of Alessa's lingering, angered spirit and the repercussions of the Order's actions. (Whether Silent Hill's supernatural state is the result of Alessa or not could be debatable; far as I know or remember, nothing really happened before Alessa.) Harry is only led into Silent Hill because he happened to adopt a remnant of Alessa and happened to be taking her for a drive when it was time for her to return.

Back to the question posed by the OP, they would see the normal, tourist town Silent Hill is meant to be. As pointed out by a few others before me, Silent Hill has three worlds. There's the real world: normal Silent Hill, the tourist spot. The Fog World: the Silent Hill that is blanketed with an eerie fog and monsters that likes to dabble a bit with things that make you jump and your heart race. And of course, the horrific, industrial Otherworld that really seeps into the cracks in your broken heart and soul to bring forth and manifest the worst in you.

(Side-note EDIT: It should be noted that all three worlds of Silent Hill exist in the same space, but do not overlap, as evidenced by James interacting with Laura in Silent Hill 2, despite the two of them being in two very different places.)

Those who have no regrets or inner demons of any sort will not enter the latter two worlds. Those who have, well, we know what happens to them.

 

[Grey Day for Elcia]

"Normal" people who go to Silent Hill don't see anything bad. There have been a few characters exactly like that, who are innocent and pure, who stumble into the town and don't experience anything bad at all.

Remember, Silent Hill mirrors an individual's darkness and inner-demons. You don't have to be perfect to be free of Silent Hill's grasp, you just need to be without deep, dark secrets and regret.

Pretty much this.

But now that I'm thinking about it, what about Cybil from SH1? Dr Kauffman and Lisa I understand but you never find out anything about Cybil - and she obviously was in the same SH as Harry. I doubt she normally hands out guns civilians =P

She saw her parents murdered when she was a little girl and this caused her to become a police officer. Officially, she was in Silent Hill to investigate the flow of drugs through the town, but in reality, her urge to hunt down evil drew her there. Her only darkness was that of her parents' deaths, so Silent Hill (and Aleesa's psychic powers) have nothing to feed on or mirror back. Thus, she only saw what others saw while around them. This could also be a reflection of her good nature and willingness to help others.

People interacting with or actually "going in to" another person's Otherworld happens a few times in the series, most obviously when James enters Eddie's and kills him.

 

[Grey Day for Elcia]

But now that I'm thinking about it, what about Cybil from SH1? Dr Kauffman and Lisa I understand but you never find out anything about Cybil - and she obviously was in the same SH as Harry. I doubt she normally hands out guns civilians =P

In Silent Hill and Silent Hill 3, the game is less focused on the psychological aspect. If you look at Harry's character, he actually isn't very tormented. The Otherworld present in the first and third games are the result of Alessa's lingering, angered spirit and the repercussions of the Order's actions. (Whether Silent Hill's supernatural state is the result of Alessa or not could be debatable; far as I know or remember, nothing really happened before Alessa.) Harry is only led into Silent Hill because he happened to adopt a remnant of Alessa and happened to be taking her for a drive when it was time for her to return.

Back to the question posed by the OP, they would see the normal, tourist town Silent Hill is meant to be. As pointed out by a few others before me, Silent Hill has three worlds. There's the real world: normal Silent Hill, the tourist spot. The Fog World: the Silent Hill that is blanketed with an eerie fog and monsters that likes to dabble a bit with things that make you jump and your heart race. And of course, the horrific, industrial Otherworld that really seeps into the cracks in your broken heart and soul to bring forth and manifest the worst in you.

(Side-note EDIT: It should be noted that all three worlds of Silent Hill exist in the same space, but do not overlap, as evidenced by James interacting with Laura in Silent Hill 2, despite the two of them being in two very different places.)

Those who have no regrets or inner demons of any sort will not enter the latter two worlds. Those who have, well, we know what happens to them.

Silent Hill was actually a real shit hole before Aleesa was burned by the cult; they had been trying to rebirth God for a while and supernatural stuff was common. They don't call 'em witches for nothing--but, unlike Middle America, they got it right, lol.