so whats the word on this? looks like something im interested in since my poor beloved norwich is coming down finally. maybe i can get ceilo and lojkicant to go with me ( sorry Jim if i butchered the name ) lol
It's funny that this comes up- we hit it today. Unbelievably cool stuff. Looked like something out of Chernobyl- totally empty husks of massive (and admittedly a little creepy) buildings. I'm putting some shots up when I finish this. We went in at around 7 this morning. What we knew is that by the front entrance- I want to say Bay avenue, there is a guard trailer. We were under the impression that 1 security guard patrols the place in a truck. Almost. The guard is actually a deputy sheriff, and has arrest powers- he turned out to be a pretty cool guy but we thought we were fucked when we were coming out! We went in by the back- there was what we thought was a warehouse and a bunch of freight companies nearby- as it turns out, the "warehouse" was a dog grooming place run by an older woman. Apparently you can walk your dog through the campus if you get permission from security. The people who do this seem to be regulars, so they and their cars are known to the people in the immediate vicinity. So the campus is huge- we counted 30 odd buindings from satellite shots of the place.
We got in by the old power plant, a couple people went in, then we hit a garage, a laundry facility, and finally one of the proper hospital buildings. We also checked out the tunnels which are insane- word of caution, there's a metric f*ckton of asbestos down there. When we wrapped up, we were heading out, and we spotted the truck way up the road, so we hid out- as we got toward the back of the place, we saw security heading right for us (and a bunch of old people pointing at us... dicks). So here's what went on: the lady who owned the grooming place called the state police- they showed up and checked out the car- contacted the owner's mother and told her that they found the car abandoned and did she know anything. Not cool. They also contacted security in the school- he- as it turns out: they were actively searching the place for us. We did talk our way out of trouble- the deputy is like I said a really cool guy if you show him respect. He caught us outside, and no one was obvious about carrying shit that gave away that we were in the tunnels. He was really adament to find out if we had been down there- we said we hadn't and he didn't press it. You can get permission to go onsite, but I don't know if they'll let you in buildings. I would be careful because apparently this is a hot-spot lately. He asked if we had found out about it on the internet. He also mentioned recently pulling 11 kids out of there.
Guys to look out for - green chevy pickup truck. Marines stickers, lots of military stickers. The other deputy drives a late model blue blazer. They do tandem patrols of the whole place. If you stay vigilant and stay on radios, you can keep ahead of the game, but be very careful about cameras- they are hardcore about no pictures. He tried to get Prometheus to destroy all his pictures. The rest of us said we didn't have cameras. Prometheus deleted 1 picture and no issue was made of anything. All in all, good stuff, but please tread lightly. These guys seem to monitor web sites and it's been active up there. Any questions I can answer, message me and I'll tell you anything I can. Last but not least, check out some of the Squat Team's latest shots in my member gallery!
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