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 shadowedsmile
     
Location: Northwestern Ontario
Gender: Female
mines always on the mind
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<Reply # 20 on 6/4/2009 2:59 AM >
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Yeah, I just assumed that maybe his family lived nearby, but obviously the guy has problems that aren't being looked after. That's not to say the state can do any better, its just sad.
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Yeah it's hard to tell. I mean, the photos in the house showed he did have a family...it's really sad. I hope no one got the impression I was making fun of him or anything, I was just trying to describe how I felt at the time and trying to describe him so that it would be understood.
"Adventure is the respectful pursuit of trouble." - Expedition Overland |
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Match Girl
  
Location: Sudbury, Ontario
Gender: Female
I have abandonment issues.
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<Reply # 21 on 6/11/2009 7:11 PM >
| | | | Great story! Last week fivepointsix and I were on our way back from London and we passed an awesome looking old place. It was falling apart and totally overgrown, so we pulled in the driveway to have a better look. We knocked on the front door, and then the back... no answer. I tried the door and it was open, so I peeked in and shouted 'hello' a few times.... no answer. There was garbage and spiderwebs EVERYWHERE, but the house was fully furnished and when we opened the fridge (everything int it was expired) the fridge light went on - telling us there was still power to the house.
We decided to leave because we just couldn't be sure.... if I had to guess, I'd say no one lived there, but then again... sometimes it's just so hard to tell.
[last edit 6/11/2009 7:39 PM by Match Girl - edited 1 times]
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shadowedsmile
Location: Northwestern Ontario
Gender: Female
mines always on the mind
| | Re: The house where I first got caught.
<Reply # 22 on 6/11/2009 7:38 PM >
| | | | Posted by Match Girl
Great story! Last week fivepointsix and I were on our way back from London and we passed an awesome looking old place. It was falling apart and totally overgrown, so we pulled in the driveway to have a better look. We knocked on the front door, and then the back... no answer. I tried the door and it was open we I peeked in and shouted 'hello' a few times.... no answer. There was garbage and spiderwebs EVERYWHERE, but the house was fully furnished and when we opened the fridge (everything int it was expired) the fridge light went on - telling us there was still power to the house.
We decided to leave because we just couldn't be sure.... if I had to guess, I'd say no one lived there, but then again... sometimes it's just so hard to tell.
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We did the same thing! Knocked and called out...no signs of power, but there was a portable fireplace in the bedroom. As I apparently demonstrated, you're absolutely right...sometimes it's just too hard to tell. Better to be extra careful!
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UnderGrounder
Location: Blue Mountians Area
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 23 on 6/12/2009 4:57 PM >
| | | | Loved the story to go with the pictures!! its so exciting when people take the time to explain how there trip went, especially when some thing goes wrong. im pretty sure there are a few horror movies that start out like your situation there. Glad you guys got out with no problems !!!
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OwMamaHateful
Location: Western Ma
Gender: Female
Fanfrickentastic since 06'
| |  | Re: The house where I first got caught.
<Reply # 24 on 6/12/2009 6:07 PM >
| | | | haha oh man i would have freaked out. you would think it was abandoned. ive ran into scrappers before, and that was enough for me to get outta there, didnt want my gear stolen or being jumped. but that store is awesome
STFU Fantastic Since 06' |
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Shanks
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 25 on 6/12/2009 6:38 PM >
| | | | Nice story.... and nice pictures too. I specially like the one with the door and the window...
I cant imagine running into the kinda person u ran into.. it would be so scary...
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shadowedsmile
Location: Northwestern Ontario
Gender: Female
mines always on the mind
| | Re: The house where I first got caught.
<Reply # 26 on 6/13/2009 7:23 PM >
| | | | Thanks everyone!
Posted by UnderGrounder
Loved the story to go with the pictures!! its so exciting when people take the time to explain how there trip went, especially when some thing goes wrong. im pretty sure there are a few horror movies that start out like your situation there. Glad you guys got out with no problems !!!
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This is exactly what I thought -- this feels like a horror movie, haha. Only he didn't have a pitchfork thankfully.
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Snickerpuss
Location: Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 27 on 7/6/2009 5:09 AM >
| | | | Where abouts is this place, cuase the vines and whatnot look firmilar.
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shadowedsmile
Location: Northwestern Ontario
Gender: Female
mines always on the mind
| | Re: The house where I first got caught.
<Reply # 28 on 7/6/2009 11:56 PM >
| | | | It's outside of Peterborough.
"Adventure is the respectful pursuit of trouble." - Expedition Overland |
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Mr. "D"
Location: East Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
| | Re: The house where I first got caught.
<Reply # 29 on 7/14/2009 6:53 AM >
| | | | That was honestly an awesome story shadowedsmile and great shots to go with it. Like others have said, its nice when people take the time to write something about their explorations. Even if just small tidbits of information that still give someone a general idea of what may have happened while exploring. Sometimes...with good writing and enough detail in the story (as shadowedsmile did in this one) its as if you were there exploring along with them. These make excellent writers and even better storytellers. Thank you very much for this shadowedsmile.
"Big Daddy D"
"If you don't believe your country should come before yourself. Ya can better serve your country, by living somewhere else" - Stompin' Tom Connors
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shadowedsmile
Location: Northwestern Ontario
Gender: Female
mines always on the mind
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<Reply # 30 on 7/17/2009 12:46 AM >
| | | | Thanks! I'm glad people have enjoyed what was the most awkward and weird moment in my years of exploring. This happened back in April and I still tend to make a D: face when I think about it and tell the story. I'm less inclined to explore alone after that as well...I'd likely freeze up and panic if my ex wasn't there to talk to the strange old man, since he wasn't having our (honest) story that we were just there to take photos.
"Adventure is the respectful pursuit of trouble." - Expedition Overland |
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Chiller
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<Reply # 31 on 8/5/2009 2:57 PM >
| | | | Something very creepily cool about it. Nice stuff.
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Eagle_Crow
Location: Anywhere I wanna be
Gender: Female
| | | Re: The house where I first got caught.
<Reply # 32 on 8/6/2009 1:05 AM >
| | | | Great story and pics....it would be interesting to find out his story. Thanks for posting this 
I was out in Winter with my best friend cruising the sideroads, we found one house abandoned and in pretty decent shape and had a good tour through it. As we left we spotted another one-in much rougher shape-on the same road.
As we walked up to it I noticed large bootprints in the fresh snow, the tracks were going in but no tracks were coming out. There were no tire tracks however. The house was in bad shape but every window was covered with blankets or newspapers....we both felt our radar going off so we didn't go further. Didn't want to meet the owner of those huge feet!
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Man Underground
Location: Oz
Gender: Male
freedom of choice ~ choose well
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<Reply # 33 on 8/6/2009 2:44 AM >
| | | | Good story shadowedsmile and nice shot of the staircase. But I do wonder where he gets his cigarette's?
Maybe, it was fate and you gotta go back and offer he something for your opportunity to roam around his house and take photos.
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leafloving4x4gal
 
Location: Durham Region
Gender: Female
Someday is NOT a day of the week !
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<Reply # 34 on 8/6/2009 2:59 AM >
| | | | Posted by Eagle_Crow
Didn't want to meet the owner of those huge feet!
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Cannot say I would blame you for that  I would have made my own tracks in opposite direction....LOL
"if you are not selfish enough to make yourself happy, you have nothing of value to offer the world." |
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shadowedsmile
Location: Northwestern Ontario
Gender: Female
mines always on the mind
| | Re: The house where I first got caught.
<Reply # 35 on 8/6/2009 4:02 AM >
| | | | Thanks everyone!
Posted by Eagle_Crow
The house was in bad shape but every window was covered with blankets or newspapers....we both felt our radar going off so we didn't go further. Didn't want to meet the owner of those huge feet!
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This has definitely taught me to trust my gut. I usually do, but I ignored it this time, and that's what happened!
Man Underground - this place isn't too far from a Reserve (cheap cigarettes) and there was a truck on the property, although it didn't look like it had been used anytime recently...I mean, it's not unusual to find abandoned vehicles so we brushed it off. Everything about the whole place said abandoned, but as I found out, obviously not.
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PartyPooper
Location: Bowmanville, ON
Gender: Male
...but I'm not the only one.
| | Re: The house where I first got caught.
<Reply # 36 on 8/10/2009 4:53 AM >
| | | | Posted by shadowedsmile
This has definitely taught me to trust my gut. I usually do, but I ignored it this time, and that's what happened!
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ALWAYS go with your instincts! We all have that 6th sense, we just need to hone it, trust it.
Remember: Wherever you go, there you are.
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