your not welcome here...

danville, va

2009-12-23T04:51:00.000-08:00

pamplin, va

2009-12-23T04:47:00.000-08:00

One street in Pamplin, VA...gone, deserted, abandoned, no one around. Kinda sad.

time stood still

2009-08-21T09:05:00.000-07:00

I took a day and decided to take photos...ride around to different places and just shoot. I ended up in South Boston. This was an old railroad station I assume. Just very cool, wish I could have gone in the one building. Love the brick and the old metal stairs, the old wood, broken glass, it's just captivating.

The photo above leads me to believe that there was a fire at some point. I know that is kinda like DUH...but seriously what happened?

Old School

2009-08-20T08:46:00.001-07:00

Here is an old school in Boydton...Randolph Macon College.

2009-04-30T06:35:00.000-07:00

This vacant home is in Oxford, NC...even during the day it was creepy. Spotted it up on a hill all by it's self...had to check it out.

This photo was just the vines and what not climbing the windows.

There were about four or five of these trees, and I cannot imagine how old they are. They are HUGE!! This one was about 30-40 feet from the side of the house and the limbs still scrapped the house.

I found this guy on the ground near the large trees. It was kind of sad. I wanted to pick him up and take him home. Makes you wonder what happened to the people who lived here. Granted people move, but to leave so much stuff behind.

This is the front part of the house. Very very old. There was an old outhouse in the back yard, so no electric or anything in this section. The back half of the house is where a modern toilet was and a kitchen; added on at a later date.

One of the first rooms I encountered. Kinad creepy.

Here is what I mean by people just leaving everything behind. Just seems weird. On the bookshelf in the back of the picture were family photos. I don't know about you, but that is something I would take with me. Immediately to my right was double doors leading up the stairs.

Here are the stairs. Kind of a cool shot, did not expect that. At the top of that stairs was a lamp, no shade, and a really large bulb. From the outside when I passed this window for a split second I thought someone was standing there. Scared the...you know what.

Another thing I noticed that was odd...there was no cord on the lamp??? How did it work. Also no outlet's in this part of the house. The door you see in this picture I could not open, so of course I thought someone was holding it shut. In the next photo is the door on the right, talk about leaving stuff behind, WOAH! I think you end up creeping yourself out more than needed in places like this.

Looks like they took the mantel off the wall though...

Going back down the stairs...do you see the white thing on the right side of the stairs? I stopped to check that out and it was a piece of paper that read...(this is what we can make out; there is a U.S. Navy emblem in the top right corner)
6- with Battalions worth and old KP
we were busy as a honey bee.
we rowed the boots, and broiled the gas
They have us hell and took no sas.

7- We got demerits every day
for failing to do the navy way
Speeches we heard, on every hand
about the damn chain of command.

8-Gradually hours turned to days and days to weeks
And hard grew the muscles in all the boots cheeks.
The obstacle course we covered with many a blow
And at night we fought to go to the show.

9- Our work became good and not at all faulty
And we became exceeding salty
Now as we approached graduation day
to Hitler and Hirohito we have this to say

10- As we shed our boots and take our places,
you both better hide or go to the races
But what ever you do with yourselves or your band
you better take our advice and stay on dry land.

Super interesting. I want to find the first half.

Sandy Fork

2009-01-06T07:46:00.000-08:00

This house I caught as we passed, so I turned around to go back. Out in the open so not as creepy. But still had a weird pressence to it.

When we made our way around the back, we noticed a black & white cat. Something was really wrong with his leg, but he hobbled away under the house. Right before I took this shot, he musted have jumped up on a pipe and the sound scared us to death. LOL.

Nothing major under the house. Here are some more shots. I think I was most interested in the front porch. Still wonder what happened to the people. Where are they now, why did they not take their stuff?

Looking through abroken window, a light fixture that has seen brighter days. (Pun intended)

Old vase. It had the little circles all over it. I Have seen something like it before.

The door was cracked open just a little...

I wonder if this chair was always out here? Who used to sit in it?

More homes

2009-01-04T06:41:00.001-08:00

We found this one off Hwy 49 down a little dirt road. Funny thing, when we pulled in we noticed on the right side of us a cow pasture. They watched us as we drove up and when we got out, they followed us. Then one let out a "Mooooooooooooo". It was pretty funny. We were pretty creaped out at this house. I guess with the cows watching it gave us a weird feeling.

What could be lurking in here? Creepy, creepy!

And this one is what makes this all so interesting. We know nothing of the house, but the fridge in the front yard has an election sticker on it from 2002. These clothes seem to be in decent shape with the exception of being strewn everywhere. What happened? Why did whoever just up and leave, and leave everything behind?

I mean there is a computer sitting on the desk. There are glass bowls and something else in the cabinet. Why? Wish I was an official investigater so I could really look and not get in trouble. Hope they are ok whereever they are. Like they just up and left in a hurry.

Our first venture

2009-01-01T15:36:00.000-08:00

We set out around 11am to find abandoned homes in the area. After about 15 minutes we succeeded in finding our first.

This one is located off Old School Road in Clarksville, VA.

For whatever reason, this house really gave us the creeps. One of the windows had a curtain hanging there, with just enough space that you were just waiting for someone to peek through. Funny thing, when we first got out of the car, we heard a gun shot. We both ducked. LOL There were hunters everywhere in the area.

The front door of this house still had the neighborhood watch sticker on the door. Kinda creepy. All we know about the house is that is has been vacant since we first saw it back in 2003. Still vacant, but locked up tight.

The back of the house had vines all over it. This house was really not in to bad of shape. It just really makes you wonder what happened, where are the people that used to live here? Why would you just up and leave you home? We also went in the door you see at the bottom, we got really spooked. There was a trash can in there and the door was locked tight. The only thing I did not like about our venture was that it was so sunny. Kinda ruins the "scary" feel of the houses. But you can bet I would not be doing this at night time. I am to chicken.

Here are a few more of this house.

More houses from today's trip to come, my time is up at the library...how sad is that! LOL