222 Comments Posted by Sketch

Surprisingly, it flowed both ways at once, which caused the person sitting on it to get soaked! Not unlike a sitz bath, really... :D

Ummm... What? Where exactly are you seeing these? I don't see anything out of the ordinary for an abandoned building... Do you mean inside the doorway, or outside it?
BTW, who do you research for? I've been working w/ IGHS since 97... Ah the glory days, back before it was "cool", and when we used science to back our theories... I miss those days. :(

Can you imagine how cold that must have been to sit on??? Ugh...

Hebridea Al: Yeah, Summer is way over rated here. Winter is cold (a few weeks back it was 30F below zero! Brrr!!!) and summer is hot, often over 100F! I would be happy if it was just "moderate" year round...

(I'm not trying to be an ass, I'm truly curious) Have they proven that it was blood? I just want to make sure it isn't a myth/legend before getting my hopes up...

You are right, however, that not all blood stains will decompose. I read that it might have to do with the type of blood it is (A or B or whatever), but there wasn't enough proof either way... Mainly I was worried about people injecting something sinister where there isn't.

Um, no... I'm not even sure where that is! I don't work around people (I see two or three a day tops), which is why I wouldn't mind a "brush-up" on social skills... :D

Motts, please-oh-please tell me how careful you are again when you're in these rooms. Can you imagine how much it would suck if that door shut when you were in there? You at least prop it open, or have someone outside, right??? That's now on my list of worst ways to die: stuck in an abandoned hospital in a seclusion room, starving to death! ~shudder~

What's so scary about "i"s? How many words would you be able to spell without the letter i? :D

Yeah, that's really creepy... Good job Motts!

Why, why didn't I listen to the voice in my head that said "This is a bad idea"? Didn't I learn my lesson from the Sitz Bath incident here: http://www.opacity.us/image2939.htm ?

I need booze, some mind bleach, anything! I have no problem with people who are overweight, but damn if your stomach touches your knees you MIGHT have a medical issue! ~shuddershuddershudder~

See how bright it is compared to the interiors of some of the other buildings? That's how good those tiles work. Motts, were the windows not boarded up?

Looks to me like the inside of just about every school I've seen. Not necessarily cold, more like utilitarian. Those tiles actually work great for brightening up a room, you just can't tell it in a B&W photo...

It's blood, blood, OMG it's blood!!! :D J/K Lynne...

To set the record straight, rust does run like this if it gets mixed in with water. Use your brain for a second: why would it possibly be blood? Let's assume the staff abused a patient here. Why would they leave proof? Unless it was the very last day this building was used, it would have been washed off. In addition, if it was blood, you wouldn't be able to still see it. by now it would have seperated into its components and decomposed. In other words, blood this old wouldn't be visible...

BTW, are they so low because they were for children? I just realized (or paid attention to) the fact that this was a school/hospital, so there were probably youngsters around... Were there seperate facilities (bathrooms, showers/baths, etc) for the adults?

Again, I think it's important to remember that these weren't mixed sex bathrooms. This was the girl's bathroom, and they were all that was in here. If I had to go in front of other people, I'd rather it was like this than being a mixed sex bathroom...

Maybe some Eric Clapton too? Laaaayla....