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billmclaugh
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| | | | Re: That "Oh Shit" moment < Reply # 22 on 10/23/2013 4:44 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Just a few days ago, I had a preface "dammit!" followed by a genuine "oh shit!" I went on a four day explore of six targets. The first - I hiked from parking spot to entry point but heard heavy machinery, and saw a couple of tractors and backhoes in action. "Dammit!" So I bailed, drove to second target and did a flyby for intel. Early next morning, I followed through with planned parking and target entry point. So far so good. Some photos, in building one, then in building two. I move to a large garage door facing the sun, look right and "oh shit!" A truck that had not been there, was there, facing me with the driver door open. I back up, skitter a few dozen feet, look back to the garage door, and there's the truck, with driver spotting me and getting out. Needless to say, the end of that explore. From "oh shit!" to "ahhhh shit."
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| Buffalonian
Location: Buffalo, NY Gender: Neither Total Likes: 40 likes
| | | Re: That "Oh Shit" moment < Reply # 24 on 10/24/2013 5:26 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Had the same kind of thing happen in both Detroit and Buffalo on seperate occassions. In Detroit a couple years ago we were keyed in on a PoE at a place. Drove up, homeless dude outside with a barrel fire and shed chilaxing. I mussled up $10(?) to just kinda break the ice so he could his 40z and move out of the way of the PoE. He was massively cool about it - so we went in, took shots for about an hour. I didn't pay attention to him (which I should have), but as we were going in he told us about another guy who was sleeping near the entry point. Ya, that came back to bite us - he woke up after were just about done with a crowbar and an attitude. Some-what smooth talking on my part as the rest of the group kinda finished packing up may have saved us some hassle. But after an undergrad in PSY and a great understanding of mental health background - I knew exactly what was going on with the guy. Probably 6'3-4 250lbs? Naturally, I'm a small/short fat chubby kid that loves cheese cake - so that could be grossly overstated. Phrenzee? validate size? Second was here in Buffalo where I was on the second floor of a building close to downtown. Sunday, 9AM. About an hour into pic taking - an entire lawn crew shows up and evidently they were using the front office area as a storage place for tools. Needless to say I spent about 30min frozon above them trying to not even breath. I know of plenty more horrific "sport urbex" hunting stories in Detroit - some posted here on UE - but from personal experience, nothing freaks one out than sitting in a location that you have 0 or next to 0 control over except to try and not shit your pants or cry.
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| dtewsacrificial
Location: Bay Area, CA Gender: Male Total Likes: 390 likes
On my way out the door.
| | | | Re: That "Oh Shit" moment < Reply # 25 on 10/24/2013 6:58 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | One of a few recent stories in this vein, although of the getting-caught variety. But I seriously did not want to get caught here. It was the graveyard shift, and I was solo-re-shooting a l-e-o-protected locale with exactly one exit, and suicide everywhere else. Whereas a lot of scouting work went into establishing their schedule and modus operandi, this all went to shit when on my way out, the l-e-o was not only there when he wasn't supposed to be... but in a location which we had never seen him in (and so we assumed he had no access) that cut off all avenues of possible escape, at least for how I was equipped at the time. This was a really stressing locale anyways, so I was a little too stressed to even shit my pants. It was already mission mode, so it was, "bad situation, what can I do to better my odds?" I decided that my odds would be better if I were closer to the exit and the l-e-o, so I could assess his state of attention, being graveyard shift and all. One thing people don't train for anymore these days (maybe aside from adventure racing such as Ragnar/Warrior Dash) is the army crawl, but in a stealthy way. I ended up army-crawling for ~200ft to keep under a ~2ft height threshold with my FF camera and an 8lb tripod on my back. The camera survived, my smartphone in my lapel pocket didn't (being bashed by the tripod head coming around several times). (Some elements omitted here that upped the sketchiness meter by *a bit*.) At ~70ft away, I hid behind some obstructions and watched. Watched him get out of his car and use the Porta-Potty on the site (so much for the usual waiting out a security guard going on his restroom break). This went on for an interminable amount of time. I figured that I was screwed once day broke, or if there was a proper shift change (which would necessarily take it into daytime). I figured if that occurred, I would just give up. Miraculously, he just left. A little over 1.5 hours later, he just did the things to let himself out, got in his car, and just left. Damn right I dashed toward the exit. Lesson-of-the-day: Don't sketch out in desperation. Wait it out, and your luck could very well change. Lesson-of-the-day-2: Going with at least a partner provides an alternative viewpoint that might point out, "uh, that's a desperately sketchy ploy; I ain't up for that, homie." Solo is a pretty bad echo chamber when it comes to questionable ideas.
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| bonnie&clyde
Location: 510 & 415 Gender: Both Total Likes: 342 likes
Cleverly disguised as responsible adults
| | | Re: That "Oh Shit" moment < Reply # 30 on 10/24/2013 8:25 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Dtew....when exploring alone I hope you at least tell someone where you're going. I try to make a habit of it. Sorry about your phone! Reading all these posts from people is enlightening. I'm glad everyone ended up ok and can laugh about it now but DAMN, even exploring in a group I wish everyone would have a lifeline to send in the Calvary if something went wrong. So yeahhhhhh with law enforcement, depending on my mood, it's basically a crap shoot. We can either be sweet as pie, borderline confrontational (which may make us front runners for another Rodney King fiasco), or just completely clam up. One funny incident was in the Presidio. We had been in this building years before but on a whim decided to go back. Well in the basement we see an electrical panel with a bunch of lights on (wasn't there last time). Our POE was a boarded window where the board hooks on a nail but once you unhook it the board swings SIDEWAYS. Apparently no one caught that cause it remained the same all those years! So about 15min into the explore I glance outside and see a cop car pull up out back. We decide to continue our explore anyways. Going into different rooms we see that actually there's MORE cops slowly surrounding the building. We bicker a bit, he wants to go upstairs and make the cops "work for it" in catching us. I wanna lurk near the POE until there's a lapse in PD and jump out. As we argue we glance at the window and there's a cop with his face pushed up against the glass. We freeze in place (Vogue!) and he moves to the next window. With the grime on the windows and the outside glare he couldn't see us! So exit stage right we FLY out the window and walk to the front of the building, right INTO a cop. Then the COPS start arguing cause none of them saw us inside nor exiting the building. They make a huge deal over a pocketknife,we get handcuffs and lots of intimidation tactics. They separate us (into different cars) and take us for a ride. We both denydenydeny and finally their boss calls over the radio of my car and I hear him say "if you didn't witness it we got nothing. Release them" *cue my best James Cagney smirk* as the cop who was the prick of the bunch turns to look at me. After telling us we are free to go the police explain there were silent alarms and different zones being tripped so they KNEW we were inside, but we were released so could we please tell them the POE for future reference? "But we were never inside hehehe!".
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| Tcherno
Location: Montréal, PQ Gender: Male Total Likes: 37 likes
| | | Re: That "Oh Shit" moment < Reply # 32 on 10/25/2013 4:22 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Im just finishing visiting a heavy crane location place that had moved out a year ago. The building was mostly disapointing and both large guarage had relatively "to-rent" trucks, tipping me that the place was less abandonned that i tought. Thinking the trucks might be under some motion sensor range, i conpletely left them alone and calmly proceed toward the exit. It's 9am on a bright blue sky, i just step out and start walking in the desserted courtyard, about 100ft to do to the fence, when i notice from the corner of the eye a pickup behind the courtyard main gate, motor running, lights on, 2 shadows sitting in the cab. Oh shit ! I was as visible as if i was dancing on the hood of the vehicle. I didnt change my pace, just continued to walk toward freedom (lucky for me, away from them) wondering if they had the key of the gate. Too bad they couldnt hear me whistle my nervosity out. As soon as i passed the fence, i was well covered in vegetation (there's a railroad passing there). I watched them watching me, they took off. I got down the slop, pass the railriad, up the other slope, passed an empty field, got to my bike, then started to get paranoid about all white truck moving around ! Finally, that truck got me way more thrill than the building itself hehehe
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| Jason
Location: Texas Gender: Male Total Likes: 413 likes
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| | | Re: That "Oh Shit" moment < Reply # 35 on 10/28/2013 1:27 AM > | Reply with Quote
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