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21 Mar 2010, 7:16 pm

A website about a trip to Prypiat and other places in the Chernobyl wasteland.
http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddo ... pter1.html


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21 Mar 2010, 8:06 pm

Centralia, Pennsylvania (click)

Very sad indeed.

I became semi-obsessed with it about ten years ago.



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22 Mar 2010, 12:34 pm

I love old buildings, mostly because I love the way that nature is reclaiming them, to me they feel like sanctuaries where human time stopped long ago......they all seem to smell the same, that weird dust, plaster, wood and mold smell, they are places of peace...

Here's some cool links to abandoned places:

http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2006 ... oned-city/

http://www.perspectivaciudadana.com/con ... emid=24246

http://www.damninteresting.com/north-ko ... cret-hotel



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22 Mar 2010, 1:54 pm

have you seen famagusta? it is in the un security strip in the intracyprian border.



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22 Mar 2010, 4:31 pm

Anyone know any local ghost legends in their towns/cities?



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22 Mar 2010, 4:50 pm

visit www.uer.ca

I'm a member there. For some reason, abandoned mental hospitals are really cool. Sometimes it's like they just up and left.



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22 Mar 2010, 4:54 pm

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A website about a trip to Prypiat and other places in the Chernobyl wasteland.
http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddo ... pter1.html


I found this website many years ago. It caught my interest quite a lot. It also educated me on radiation and things because I was convinced that you would die instantly from going there (hence my fear!) yeah, it's hard to shake that feeling even when you see that this woman has been going there for years! It's been updated since I last saw it with videos. They are also interesting.


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22 Mar 2010, 6:02 pm

Jellybean wrote:
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A website about a trip to Prypiat and other places in the Chernobyl wasteland.
http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddo ... pter1.html


I found this website many years ago. It caught my interest quite a lot. It also educated me on radiation and things because I was convinced that you would die instantly from going there (hence my fear!) yeah, it's hard to shake that feeling even when you see that this woman has been going there for years! It's been updated since I last saw it with videos. They are also interesting.


This is amazing, thanks for posting this up! :)



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22 Mar 2010, 7:44 pm

Anyone ever heard of the haunted Toy R Us in California?



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23 Mar 2010, 2:32 am

A nearby town called Kapunda is said to be quite haunted, but I don't know why, and nothing horrible happens there, it's quite a nice place actually.

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A website about a trip to Prypiat and other places in the Chernobyl wasteland.
http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddo ... pter1.html


I found this website many years ago. It caught my interest quite a lot. It also educated me on radiation and things because I was convinced that you would die instantly from going there (hence my fear!) yeah, it's hard to shake that feeling even when you see that this woman has been going there for years! It's been updated since I last saw it with videos. They are also interesting.


This is amazing, thanks for posting this up! :)


It certainly was, I couldn't stop reading. Quite a sad thing, that because of one error, so much life had to die.



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23 Mar 2010, 3:12 am

Ebonwinter wrote:
Anyone ever heard of the haunted Toy R Us in California?



Tell us about it, any pics?



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23 Mar 2010, 3:21 am

League_Girl wrote:
Ebonwinter wrote:
Anyone ever heard of the haunted Toy R Us in California?



Tell us about it, any pics?


Hmm I can recall some of the activity and such but 8/10 the pictures are probably gonna look like a store that the products jumped off the shelves.

The activity ranges all the way from footsteps to full body visions and toys flying off the shelves and I don't mean being sold.



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23 Mar 2010, 3:24 am

Researching most of the legends that are around here we have quite a few headless apparitions including a horseman.

http://theshadowlands.net/places/



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23 Mar 2010, 5:18 am

Ackman wrote:
visit www.uer.ca

I'm a member there. For some reason, abandoned mental hospitals are really cool. Sometimes it's like they just up and left.


I like the sound of abandoned mental hospitals. Thanks for posting that link!


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23 Mar 2010, 5:20 am

Magicfly wrote:
I love old buildings, mostly because I love the way that nature is reclaiming them, to me they feel like sanctuaries where human time stopped long ago......they all seem to smell the same, that weird dust, plaster, wood and mold smell, they are places of peace...


That's a wonderful way to describe them :o


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23 Mar 2010, 9:38 pm

I'd love to hear more about some supposed haunted locations I love to be scared. So far the the creepiest to me is the Island of Dolls.