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(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~

I truly apologize for my lack of ignorance.

Mmm Thought for the day, What if Everyman thought as such?

Pudster, yes, it was a dullard-style observation. However, derelict buildings here are usually also pretty cold, though I understand other people have a warm season called 'Summer', and under those conditions (i.e. warmth) their derelict buildings might well stink even more than do ours.

I truly apologise for my lack of ignorance.

That is not in all cases though Sketch, there is a house in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where a young woman was killed instantly by a Confederate sniper's bullet during the battle on July 3rd, 1863, her blood is still visible on the pantry walls where the massive .454 bullet terminated her on that fateful day. (it was an accidental shot, the sniper was actually aiming for a squad of officers behind the house, probably set the sights on his rifle too low or high)

Sketch, you don't work at a Hebridean airport do you? Just wondering...

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~

old ny central tugs. were pale green at one time

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?

Likely the Jamestown- old diesel ferries that worked the harbor routes

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...

Sorry.

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...