Yeah, not an expedition you would undertake without some serious preparation. I did some further snooping and found an UE forum where people who have actually been into the mine talked about it. Apparently the military used the mine as a fuel store, so all the old mining shafts were collapsed forming a big pit filled with oil. There were underground passageways down to the nearby sea fitted with pipelines for the oil. Behind those blue-green doors it is possible to go in a short bit, but after that the mine is water-filled. However, the small house with the hole in the wall is supposed to be an entry to a section of the mine that is not water-filled... someone who had been there some years ago said that there is an underground lake with a boat! I'm really tempted to go back now that I now a bit more about it, but when I was there the last time I did not see an easy way of getting in. And besides, who knows what unhealthy contaminants are there, with it having been an oil storage. Still... maybe some day.
I might take some pics on top of the old silos in the middle of town, just old grain silos nothing fantastic but would be a nice aerial view, and that's about it around here really.
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No pics but I could look around town, there's the abandoned warehouse but the popo's loaded that up with alarms since teens would get caught skipping school there, and I don't want to traverse too far, what with there being 4 "hot spots" (drug trafficking and the like) in town.
Why once, a friend and I were riding around in one, at night and this car pulls up to us and like the old movies the guy opens the door and smoke billows out the car "yo dawgs you wanna buy some weed?"
Yeah, not an expedition you would undertake without some serious preparation. I did some further snooping and found an UE forum where people who have actually been into the mine talked about it. Apparently the military used the mine as a fuel store, so all the old mining shafts were collapsed forming a big pit filled with oil. There were underground passageways down to the nearby sea fitted with pipelines for the oil. Behind those blue-green doors it is possible to go in a short bit, but after that the mine is water-filled. However, the small house with the hole in the wall is supposed to be an entry to a section of the mine that is not water-filled... someone who had been there some years ago said that there is an underground lake with a boat! I'm really tempted to go back now that I now a bit more about it, but when I was there the last time I did not see an easy way of getting in. And besides, who knows what unhealthy contaminants are there, with it having been an oil storage. Still... maybe some day.
There is a cave in MO called "Bridal Cave". There is a big wall at the end that looks like the bottom part of a brides dress. At the top of the wall there was a hole, but for a long time no body went back there because they thought it just ended. However they later climb over it and find out that people had been there before. There was somthing scrawled on the wall and then there was an underground lake. Clearest water I have ever seen. There is a ladder and a boat sitting at the bottom of the lake. It was really neat. Cost 12 dollars though for a half hour tour .
edit: was going to take pics of cool places, but its thunderstorming again today.
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I might be able to get in the drainage ditch but that'd require uprooting a manhole in the middle of the road in the middle of town, and that'd probably be my only way out, plus they're prone to flooding so that's a real no go but I could take a few pics of the inside from the drains, these things are about 3 feet wide and eight feet tall or something, big enough to comfortably walk with a group in.
Like I said, prone to flooding too so I doubt I'll get inside, it's not a ditch that's just what we call it, it's more of the cities drainage system. Rain water, and I think pipe water since there's almost always running water, but like I said I might be able to get some decent view pics from the outside to give you an idea. I need 4 AAA batteries for my power hog camera, it eats them in about 20 pics
Trying to think of stuff that's not 4 hour walks or anything, but not coming up with any ideas despite how much I want .
When I was little though I was exploring the back of my moms laundromat (big one) and there was this huge lizard in the back, it was about 2 feet long if I remember right (about 15 years ago). That was pretty cool, anyone else found any wild non dangerous animals before?
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For anyone in the Chicago area, Randhurst Mall (Mt. Prospect/Des Plaines) is being torn down for some crazy-ass "lifestyle center" by a company who appearently hasn't heard we're in a Housing Crisis!
The mall only has like two open stores in it now, and I'm sure those will be leaving soon too. Layout would be awesome for Nerf/Areosoft/etc. or exploring once it's closed.
For anyone in the Chicago area, Randhurst Mall (Mt. Prospect/Des Plaines) is being torn down for some crazy-ass "lifestyle center" by a company who appearently hasn't heard we're in a Housing Crisis!
The mall only has like two open stores in it now, and I'm sure those will be leaving soon too. Layout would be awesome for Nerf/Areosoft/etc. or exploring once it's closed.
Just sayin'...
There's a mall like that near Pittsburgh. Once the second floor folds the wonder of an abandoned Chuck E Cheese type store await!
I mean the place is literally still full of games and slides and shit.
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For anyone in the Chicago area, Randhurst Mall (Mt. Prospect/Des Plaines) is being torn down for some crazy-ass "lifestyle center" by a company who appearently hasn't heard we're in a Housing Crisis!
The mall only has like two open stores in it now, and I'm sure those will be leaving soon too. Layout would be awesome for Nerf/Areosoft/etc. or exploring once it's closed.
Just sayin'...
Shit I should definitely look into this. Only problem is I doubt I could find any friends interested.
There wouldn't be any reason to go into the woods. It was more akin to a forest. That's how thick it was if you weren't on a path.
You'd need a machete to get anywhere.
That's exactly what GSD would have us believe...
Yes, precisely. The others are assuming GSD has not already established a network of secret, well-hidden paths into and out of the forest from which he may appear seemingly at will. They might not even end with that particular forest.
Examine your hedge-rows, people. Examine them carefully, lest ye wake to a noise in the night, turn on the back porch light, and see him staring at you from the border of your hedge-row.
Okay, so we decided to go today instead of yesterday and I just got back. I'll explain each picture.
There was a rectangular hole in the wall, so I decided to put my camera through it and snap a picture. What a creepy room.
We opened a steel hatch and this is what was inside. I am guessing that there is a series of tunnels and waterways down there. We decided to check it out another day.
Went up a ladder and found the area that they stored the water in and added chemicals and whatnot to it.
What was in one of the water storage areas.
Another view of them.
The control station for the water storage.
There were many other pictures that I had taken, but they weren't the best so I decided not to post them.
Overall, it was an exciting day.
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If theres a bustle in your hedgerow don't be alarmed now
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Very cool, Myst! You really need to go down that ladder.
I know, we are planning on going down it tonight. It will definitely be creepy.
Edit: Scratch that, my group did not want to go down there when it was night time. I'm kind of with them on that, as it is literally one of the scariest places I've seen in my life. The flash on the camera makes looking down there tolerable, but with just a flashlight it's insanely creepy. We're gonna go in the early morning or evening some time next week.
I hope GSD's foest pathways don't lead into the sewers too.
Unless he is a representative of the sewer denizens, sent to survey Spectre's organs so as to determine whether he is to be simply killed or kept alive to be farmed.
For anyone in the Chicago area, Randhurst Mall (Mt. Prospect/Des Plaines) is being torn down for some crazy-ass "lifestyle center" by a company who appearently hasn't heard we're in a Housing Crisis!
The mall only has like two open stores in it now, and I'm sure those will be leaving soon too. Layout would be awesome for Nerf/Areosoft/etc. or exploring once it's closed.
Just sayin'...
There's a mall like that near Pittsburgh. Once the second floor folds the wonder of an abandoned Chuck E Cheese type store await!
I mean the place is literally still full of games and slides and shit.
For anyone in the Chicago area, Randhurst Mall (Mt. Prospect/Des Plaines) is being torn down for some crazy-ass "lifestyle center" by a company who appearently hasn't heard we're in a Housing Crisis!
The mall only has like two open stores in it now, and I'm sure those will be leaving soon too. Layout would be awesome for Nerf/Areosoft/etc. or exploring once it's closed.
Just sayin'...
There's a mall like that near Pittsburgh. Once the second floor folds the wonder of an abandoned Chuck E Cheese type store await!
I mean the place is literally still full of games and slides and shit.
Washington Mall?
Parkway center. I also know there's a ton of underground tunnels but I don't know how far they go.
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Shit, I can't remember the location of that damn gas station thing. It wasn't too far from Cochrane, I know it. It is killing me, there was something active next to it but looked interesting.
I'm not gonna lie, I have no idea what you're talking about. There's a gas station in Bears Paw, that's all I can think of.
Anyone ever been to Kings Park Psychiatric Center in Long Island? I went there about a month and a half ago with a friend and his girlfriend and some other guys who found out about it. Was my first time doing this "exploration" thing. Sadly it was a whim thing. I didn't have my camera with me or anything so I had to go with what I had. My normal clothes and camera phone. I was only able to take a couple pictures, nothing really cool. Nothing at all. Fortunately there's already photos on the internet from other times.
The buildings we went into were already pretty much destroyed by vandals and previous explorers and so-called copper pipe thieves that they were a huge mess. We saw things you don't wanna know about. Like human feces piled in a few places as if people were actually having fun doing it. Lots of graffiti and stuff. One floor of the building we spent most of the time in was a surprise. All the chairs on the entire floor and probably some of the other floors were arranged in such a way you'd think it was spirits trying to send a message.
Sadly I didn't get a photo of that, but I wish I had.
The police don't start their patrol until like 3 in the afternoon. We were gone by 2.
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Fuck that shit. Right in the ass.
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No pics but I could look around town, there's the abandoned warehouse but the popo's loaded that up with alarms since teens would get caught skipping school there, and I don't want to traverse too far, what with there being 4 "hot spots" (drug trafficking and the like) in town.
Why once, a friend and I were riding around in one, at night and this car pulls up to us and like the old movies the guy opens the door and smoke billows out the car "yo dawgs you wanna buy some weed?"
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There is a cave in MO called "Bridal Cave". There is a big wall at the end that looks like the bottom part of a brides dress. At the top of the wall there was a hole, but for a long time no body went back there because they thought it just ended. However they later climb over it and find out that people had been there before. There was somthing scrawled on the wall and then there was an underground lake. Clearest water I have ever seen. There is a ladder and a boat sitting at the bottom of the lake. It was really neat. Cost 12 dollars though for a half hour tour
edit: was going to take pics of cool places, but its thunderstorming again today.
but they're listening to every word I say
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Trying to think of stuff that's not 4 hour walks or anything, but not coming up with any ideas despite how much I want
When I was little though I was exploring the back of my moms laundromat (big one) and there was this huge lizard in the back, it was about 2 feet long if I remember right (about 15 years ago). That was pretty cool, anyone else found any wild non dangerous animals before?
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The mall only has like two open stores in it now, and I'm sure those will be leaving soon too. Layout would be awesome for Nerf/Areosoft/etc. or exploring once it's closed.
Just sayin'...
There's a mall like that near Pittsburgh. Once the second floor folds the wonder of an abandoned Chuck E Cheese type store await!
I mean the place is literally still full of games and slides and shit.
Shit I should definitely look into this. Only problem is I doubt I could find any friends interested.
That's exactly what GSD would have us believe...
Examine your hedge-rows, people. Examine them carefully, lest ye wake to a noise in the night, turn on the back porch light, and see him staring at you from the border of your hedge-row.
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I think there are some good sanitariums, in KY.
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I was thinking of something along the lines of Paris Catacombs, but I guess we could do something on this continent...
There was a rectangular hole in the wall, so I decided to put my camera through it and snap a picture. What a creepy room.
We opened a steel hatch and this is what was inside. I am guessing that there is a series of tunnels and waterways down there. We decided to check it out another day.
Went up a ladder and found the area that they stored the water in and added chemicals and whatnot to it.
What was in one of the water storage areas.
Another view of them.
The control station for the water storage.
There were many other pictures that I had taken, but they weren't the best so I decided not to post them.
Overall, it was an exciting day.
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If theres a bustle in your hedgerow don't be alarmed now
but they're listening to every word I say
Its just a spring clean for the may queen.
edit: kewl pix as soon as it stops thunderstorming every day.
but they're listening to every word I say
I know, we are planning on going down it tonight. It will definitely be creepy.
Edit: Scratch that, my group did not want to go down there when it was night time. I'm kind of with them on that, as it is literally one of the scariest places I've seen in my life. The flash on the camera makes looking down there tolerable, but with just a flashlight it's insanely creepy. We're gonna go in the early morning or evening some time next week.
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Unless he is a representative of the sewer denizens, sent to survey Spectre's organs so as to determine whether he is to be simply killed or kept alive to be farmed.
Well, there's also all the motion detectors and stuff they apparently installed. That would kinda slow me down too.
For now I shall live vicariously through TS and hope he hits the hospital soon.
Huh. You would think Motion detectors wouldn't work in steam tunnels what with the heat and water condensation.
Washington Mall?
Parkway center. I also know there's a ton of underground tunnels but I don't know how far they go.
I'm not gonna lie, I have no idea what you're talking about. There's a gas station in Bears Paw, that's all I can think of.
The steam doesn't just float around in the tunnels. The tunnels carry pipes which carry steam which heat the buildings.
The buildings we went into were already pretty much destroyed by vandals and previous explorers and so-called copper pipe thieves that they were a huge mess. We saw things you don't wanna know about. Like human feces piled in a few places as if people were actually having fun doing it. Lots of graffiti and stuff. One floor of the building we spent most of the time in was a surprise. All the chairs on the entire floor and probably some of the other floors were arranged in such a way you'd think it was spirits trying to send a message.
Sadly I didn't get a photo of that, but I wish I had.
The police don't start their patrol until like 3 in the afternoon. We were gone by 2.
Photos from other people:
http://www.opacity.us/site3_kings_park_psychiatric_center.htm
http://www.freewebs.com/kingsparkpsychiatriccenter/
I wouldn't mind going back, but my legs hurt like hell for 3 days after the 13 story climb to the top of Building 93.
It's a shame. They should have turned it into a museum or something rather than let it become what it has.
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