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justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)
Mon Mar 24, 2014, 12:36 PM Mar 2014

A few from this weekend

Spent a lot of time in rural areas this weekend... looking into people's lives long after they're gone. It's kinda odd and invasive going through old abandoned homes and farms, like you've dropped in unannounced to visit and no one is home.

Anyway, you find some weird stuff in abandoned homes.

Like this house, covered in gallon water jugs and 2 liter Pepsi bottles.



Winter coats...



Prescription medicine and a tooth brush



These weren't the first set of dentures (tops only) I found this weekend



A brain CT Scan of a 7 yr old



Some "atmosphere" from the area I was in:







So, yeah, I find some of the stuff people leave behind a bit weird. The dentures and medicine I can understand, someone maybe died and no one cleaned out the house. The CT Scan, not so much.

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A few from this weekend (Original Post) justiceischeap Mar 2014 OP
Love the dentures. Great shot. Solly Mack Mar 2014 #1
Thanks! nt justiceischeap Mar 2014 #8
I love these. Blue_In_AK Mar 2014 #2
Thank you! nt justiceischeap Mar 2014 #9
Wow, great pics... CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2014 #3
Thanks! The house with the CT Scan was the saddest justiceischeap Mar 2014 #10
I noticed the dentures had a soft lining. That means they were ill fitting. alfredo Mar 2014 #4
The lining on the dentures justiceischeap Mar 2014 #7
The soft part only lasts a few months. alfredo Mar 2014 #12
A chemical plant next to the graveyard says a lot liberal N proud Mar 2014 #5
It's actually a cement factory justiceischeap Mar 2014 #6
God, how depressing. Curmudgeoness Mar 2014 #11
Yeah, we couldn't figure out if a hoarder lived there justiceischeap Mar 2014 #13

justiceischeap

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10. Thanks! The house with the CT Scan was the saddest
Mon Mar 24, 2014, 02:12 PM
Mar 2014

and creepiest. The one filled with containers was just weird.

justiceischeap

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7. The lining on the dentures
Mon Mar 24, 2014, 02:11 PM
Mar 2014

were actually hard (I had to move them so I could have light to photography them). It may have had a soft lining at one time but no longer.

justiceischeap

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6. It's actually a cement factory
Mon Mar 24, 2014, 02:10 PM
Mar 2014

and the cemetery is much older than the plant. It does have some newer graves but most date back to the 1800's.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
11. God, how depressing.
Mon Mar 24, 2014, 06:50 PM
Mar 2014

Great photos, but it is really sad. The first one looks like a hoarder lived there and no one wanted to tackle the cleanup.

And the cemetery with that horrible cement plant right there.....disgusting. Just throw me in the ocean so that never happens to me!!! Usually, I love old cemeteries.

justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)
13. Yeah, we couldn't figure out if a hoarder lived there
Mon Mar 24, 2014, 08:25 PM
Mar 2014

or if a squatter came in and did that after the fact. The basement was fairly "clean" but not the upstairs and I think you can make out a make-shift bed in that photo.

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