explored &
photographed by: Shady
Click here for a
vid clip showing a panoramic view of the vine-smothered outer walls of the nearly-hidden,
legendary abandoned high school- this is the view you would see as soon as you reach the
top of the lonely, dark hill that the school sits on top of.
We made our way around the outside of the
building first, marveling at the towering red-brick structure looming out of the foliage.
This time, I finally got some pics of the strangely tombstone-esque marker that
sits in front of the school... |
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I took my time circling
the outside of the dilapidated school as I captured as many pics as I could... expecting
to be accosted by Satanists, ghostly students, or perhaps even the fuzz every
step of the way... |
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As we moved around the school, we
could hear many eerie noises coming from inside; most likely it was wind moving through
the empty halls & doorways that caused the low, moaning sounds... but it was spooky as
Hell anyway, sounding like the tortured moans of many trapped and angry spirits |
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Finally, it was time to head inside.
We had been here once before, so we remembered where many of the more dangerous spots
were. Who am I kidding- the whole place is dangerous, with rotting floors and
collapsing ceilings and walls... it would not be hard to get yourself seriously hurt in
that place! But there were some especially tricky spots that we had to be careful of...
and it was pitch-dark as night inside the school on top of it... |
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The place is huge- it was originally
three stories- and it's very easy to get lost very quickly inside, because there are
identical staircases and landings at each end of the school which lead to all the levels.
Once you have wandered around inside the dark maze of rooms for a few minutes, you get
completely disoriented. And you can't really look out the windows to get your bearings, as
most of them are covered over with thick layers of leafy-green foliage. We made an
exciting find as soon as we climbed up to the second floor- we discovered a few of the
infamous old chalkboards covered with grotesque and spooky images |
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Cheech decided to use the opportunity to brush up on his math skills.
He also decided to leave his REAL phone number written somewhere on one of the chalkboards
(that loon!!) just to see if anyone... or anything... would give him a
ring. Ironically, he got a phone call at 2:58 a.m., the very next night, from
someone who was calling from inside the school on a cell phone!! And yes, he did return
the call... resulting in us meeting a very cool fellow lost explorer from PA, proving yet again
that life is indeed stranger than fiction. |
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As we traipsed through the rooms and
hallways, we were commenting on how odd it was that these very floors used to be crowded
with the feet of hundreds of students every day; now they are crumbling away under a
spongy carpeting of mossy growth. There is evidence everywhere of the hungry fire
that gutted most of the old school, and an uneasy sense of danger hangs heavy in the
hallways of Lambertville...
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