In college, my friends and I were interested in "urban exploration". We've checked out some of the sites around town, underground and some abandoned buildings. We never really found anything interesting.
Then one night, we decided to check out this old building that hasn't been used since the early 1900s. It was three of us. We didn't know much about it except for the fact it was built before the city raised the street level so there were two ground levels. We circle the building and all the entrances are blocked or fenced off. Towards the rear of the building we found a old sliding door, off its tracks and we got in through there.
We were mainly interested in getting to the top and to the roof. So we spent little time exploring each floor and quickly find the stairs. BTW, I think it needs to be mentioned that this was around midnight and we only had our cell phones for light. So, anyways, we see the typical things such as old furniture, broken glass and some random clothes.
We make it to the top, sixth floor, and we climb this make shift ladder and we're on the roof. We sit down, have a cigerette or two and take in the view. Iit was a dark night. Tbe front of the building had all the city lights and the back there was an old train station. It was a nice view. About 20minutes pass and we decide its time to head down.
On the way down, we explore a bit. We find some interesting stuff. The 6th floor had some bathtubs and old sinks. Not much else. The 5th floor had some flyers for a print shop from the 1940s. We make it down to the fourth floor and on one corner of the floor we find hundreds of shoes. All girl shoes, from heels to slippers to sneakers, but all girl shoes. We just assumed a homeless guy has a shoe fetish.
The third floor, we find find a noose. A legitimate noose but with a twist. It can be raised or lowered. We still don't think much of it until we find a purse, some heels, and a torn black dress. Now about this time we're freaking out and all we want to do is GTFO. so we go searching for the stairs. My friend leads us into a doorway and he just freezes. I bump into him, he's shining his cell phone light. I can see a small room with mattresses, sleeping bags, and a couple of lawn chairs. While we're scanning the room, in the corner, we see him. A older guy, homeless look and the creepiest smile on his face. I have never run faster in my life.
The weird part is, we actually went back a couple months later. It was during the day and we found the shoes but the room the guy was in was completely empty except for a large smiley face above the doorway.
