[Lee.]

Is anybody on these forums into urban exploration? (basically breaking into/photographing derlict buildings and the like)

I used to think I was weird as I used to always want to be left alone in buildings to have a root around after everybody was gone.. then I discovered I wasn't alone. There is a perfect hobby for me; but I have not yet indulged myself.. I want to one day though.

I have spent the past couple of years on this site http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/

Some of the images on there are amazing but some are really depressing (for me anyway) the disused hospitals and mental institutions especially.

Anyway, has anybody done this?

[Jessica.]

Wow that is very interesting.

[Lee.]

Hmm.. yeah it is.

Two images I think are very depressing;



This was taken in an asylum, not a maternity hospital or even a childrens home.. makes me very sad for some reason.

This is an asylum too..

[Miss Ivy Balls]

Are you interested in looking around normal buildings or ones that are haunted etc?

You should go on Ghost Haunting not that I think any of it is real. Just a TV show that is made to make people think stuff is going on.

[Miss Ivy Balls]

Are you interested in looking around normal buildings or ones that are haunted etc?

You should go on Ghost Haunting not that I think any of it is real. Just a TV show that is made to make people think stuff is going on.

[Lee.]

Look at the link in my first post to see the types of buildings..

Nah I have no interest in ghost hunting; partially because I'm a bit of a sceptic, and partly because if I was proved wrong, I would probably s**t myself before dying of fright..

[Z]

My friend is really into photography; we went into an abandoned factory, it's so fascinating, little bit scary as well but it was an experience and a half!

[Vicky.]

Sounds really interesting.

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by Zee

My friend is really into photography; we went into an abandoned factory, it's so fascinating, little bit scary as well but it was an experience and a half!

Yeah, I think it would be the good kind of scary, if you know what I mean?
Mind you, I have heard of people falling through rotten floors and staircases etc.. that wouldn't be so good!
I think a hospital woul creep me out.. I would have to do that with a crowd of people. Just thinking of the amount of people that had died there would give me the pure heebie geebies!!

[Miss Ivy Balls]

No offense, but i don't understand what enjoyment you'd get out of looking around an office block for suspicious items etc.

[Scarlett.]

It reminds me of Silent Hill :3

[Miss Ivy Balls]

Yvette does those celebrity ghost hauntings. I remember the one with Paul O'Grady. They went into the really old hospital. You saw dead babies and everything. It was really freaky.

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by Chewy

It reminds me of Silent Hill :3

Chewy, I am a huge Silent Hill fan so I sorta know what you mean

[Z]

Originally Posted by happyland

Yeah, I think it would be the good kind of scary, if you know what I mean?
Mind you, I have heard of people falling through rotten floors and staircases etc.. that wouldn't be so good!
I think a hospital woul creep me out.. I would have to do that with a crowd of people. Just thinking of the amount of people that had died there would give me the pure heebie geebies!!

Yeah it was; I'd do it again, although I was so nervous in case we got caught haha. Here's one of the pictures he took, it was fascinating! Oh there was an empty lift shaft in the place we were; I kept well away from it!

Oh yeah a hospital would be too scary for me, and an asylum wouldn't be far off that scary either... baaah. Abandoned places are creepy. There is an abandoned caravan park not far from where I live, so scary!

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by Thomas C

No offense, but i don't understand what enjoyment you'd get out of looking around an office block for suspicious items etc.

No offense taken Thomas.. lol
It's not a case of looking for suspicious items!
I can't explain the fascination.. I suppose it's the same as a train spotter.. I don't get that at all, but train spotters think trains are fascinating.

You know what I mean?

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Originally Posted by happyland

Hmm.. yeah it is.

Two images I think are very depressing;



This was taken in an asylum, not a maternity hospital or even a childrens home.. makes me very sad for some reason.

This is an asylum too..

that is really creepy

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by Zee

Yeah it was; I'd do it again, although I was so nervous in case we got caught haha. Here's one of the pictures he took, it was fascinating! Oh there was an empty lift shaft in the place we were; I kept well away from it!

Oh yeah a hospital would be too scary for me, and an asylum wouldn't be far off that scary either... baaah. Abandoned places are creepy. There is an abandoned caravan park not far from where I live, so scary!

Yeah.. I think abandoned places do hold a certain creepy value actually, that and the fact that there are things that are left exactly as they were.. it just fascinates me! hahaha

^^that photo would probably be really dull to some but I find it really exciting!

*realises I am talking out loud and perhaps sound a bit crazy!.. sharp exit*

lol

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by simonsays

that is really creepy

Yeah, really creepy eh?

I spent nearly a whole day looking at photos of hospitals and asylums and by night time, my usual sunny disposition was replaced by a much darker sadder one.. it was weird. WOn't look at them for that long again!

[Z]

It fascinates me too; I like to try and picture why objects were left in the places they were left, it's a bit like a warped version of a murder mystery, I totally get you though happyland, you're not crazy!!

[Scarlett.]

Originally Posted by happyland

Chewy, I am a huge Silent Hill fan so I sorta know what you mean

Haha, I like the look of old abandoned place too, it's the stories they tell

[Miss Ivy Balls]

I understand happy.

You know what I'd love to do??? Go and see the Titanic. Go down in a submarine. That would be unreal.

The thing about abandoned places is that you don't know what to expect. You could find a dead body or anything. Drug needles etc.

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by Zee

It fascinates me too; I like to try and picture why objects were left in the places they were left, it's a bit like a warped version of a murder mystery, I totally get you though happyland, you're not crazy!!

Yay

On that 28dayslater forum ,there are pics of an old funeral parlour.. really creepy and the other half of the building was obviously used as a shop.. There's still stuff on some of the shelves. Fascinating.

(yay again @ my not being crazy)

[Scarlett.]

This pic reminds me of Silent Hill's otherworld

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by Thomas C

I understand happy.

You know what I'd love to do??? Go and see the Titanic. Go down in a submarine. That would be unreal.



The thing about abandoned places is that you don't know what to expect. You could find a dead body or anything. Drug needles etc.

I would love to Thomas, but when I think of it I get claustrphobic and breathless. Do you know how deep the Titanic lies?? Lol.. I've realised I actually don't know but I used to, and remember thinking that the thought of going that far down on a sub would scare the bejesus out of me..
Too much death involved too.. very very creepy I would imagine

[Miss Ivy Balls]