explored &
photographed by: Shady
Going inside the school was most creepy.
First of all, when we were getting ready to go in, my camera died. This was
strange because I had just put a freshly, fully charged 3-hour battery in, yet my camera's
power was suddenly drained after about only 30 minutes, just as
I take my first step inside? That had never happened before, weird. I had
actually heard stories about flashlights, cameras, and other electronic equipment
mysteriously jamming or failing at the school, but I admit I was skeptical. Now, it seemed
that I was experiencing this phenomena firsthand. Whoa. |
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After a
battery reload, I shot this
first pic at the entrance, where the ghostly Lambertville football player they call
"Buckeye" (not his real name- duh) is said to linger. Buckeye supposedly died
after suffering an injury that snapped his neck during a football game (we have actually
dug up documents about a Lambertville student suffering a broken neck during a game; this
was reported to have happened at another location we were told, as Lambertville High had
no football field up on the hill). The legend says that if you stand at this landing,
between the first and second floors, and challenge Buckeye to a game, a football will
suddenly fly down the stairs right toward you, fast and hard enough to break your neck.
Creepy! We didn't try it out. The eerie thing is that if you look at the pic I shot from that spot, you will see
two distinct orbs to the left of the staircase, and what appears to be a ghastly face on
the wall to the right. The ghoulish "face" is actually grime stained onto the
wall. Eeek! |
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Once inside, there was no denying
that the temperature inside was many degrees lower than outside. We made our way carefully
up the stairs and into the locker rooms, which were quite fascinating... the floor is
totally overgrown with foliage and thorny vines are hungrily creeping over the walls. |
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Strange noises echoed through the
crumbling halls as we made our way though the school. We searched high and low for the
infamous "changing" chalkboards, but didn't find any- we found remnants and
pieces of some that were smashed beyond recognition, and none of the messages we had heard
about. Too bad. |
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The third floor is said to be the
site of many ghostly activities; people have reported seeing eerie lights and figures
around the third floor. As you can see, the third level is not even accessible- it has
completely collapsed. It's still a pretty creepy place. I shot a picture of the third level from outside, and
lo and behold- I caught an orb in the photo, right below the overhang of the roof. I also
got two more orbs in one of the basement rooms- I felt a chilling-cold wave of air around
me, so I snapped a pic. In the pic, you
can clearly see two orbs hovering on the left, similar to the two in the entry pic. Hmm, maybe I had a couple of new
friends following me around?? |
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As we left the dark interior of the
school and headed back out into the daylight, I paused to take one last look over my
shoulder. The moon hung visible in the sky, and Lambertville stood draped in black shadows
despite the sunlight. I made sure to shoot 6 pics of the legendary headstone-shaped marker
right in front of the school, but when I got home and downloaded the pics, all 6 jpeg
files of the marker photos were corrupt and would not open. Every other picture
on that disc (and all the other discs from that day) was fine, except for those 6! Crazy.
So, that's why you don't see a pic of the marker here. I guess that means I just have to go back again???
We climbed back into the Lady and headed
down the hill and back to civilization. We turned down a shady back road, looking for more
interesting roadside sights and finds. And that's how we found the amazing old abandoned
mill...
<---OUTSIDE LAMBERTVILLE HIGH
THE
OLD COAL MILL--->
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