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| 1 2 | UER Forum > UE Main > what is your "bando turned out to not be a bando" stories (Viewed 3505 times) |
Big Poppa
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IT WAS ALL A DREAM. I USED TO READ MAD MAGAZINE.
| | | Re: what is your "bando turned out to not be a bando" stories < Reply # 28 on 10/17/2021 5:42 AM > | Reply with Quote
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Cut that shit out.
| I like bando. It fits in with Australia's nicknaming system of just adding o to the end of names. For example Doug goes by Dougo. A flannel shirt is a Flanno. Housing Commission flats (Public Housing) are known as the Housos. And now abandoned buildings are Bandos. Makes sense to me.
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| ali
Location: Illinois Gender: Female Total Likes: 3 likes
| | | Re: what is your "bando turned out to not be a bando" stories < Reply # 31 on 10/18/2021 8:55 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | I live in Illinois, and in the Midwest, there are some OLD houses on farmland that you think are abandoned but are only really "abandoned". Lots of farm equipment is stored there, the land is still usable, etc. I decided to check one out in the middle of the winter when I thought there wouldn't be anyone around, since it was very out in the open, and with the corn cut down, pretty visible. I didn't park THAT far away, just in case I had to book it, and as I was taking my first photo, I heard a backhoe filled with lawn debris. I was going to wait it out, but then I saw a normal car pull in behind it. I don't think I've ever run/walked or threw my camera in my bag so quickly, and the (very angry looking) man saw me as I came out from the side of the house. He barked at me and asked what I was doing, and I casually told him I was using the restroom in those bushed and gestured wildly from where I was coming from. I apologized and said it was an emergency, thanked him, and tried to keep my cool as I "walked" to the car. The best part? I went back a few weeks later (successfully getting inside that time!), and the bushes were cut down... 😂
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| Explorer unkown
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| | | Re: what is your "bando turned out to not be a bando" stories < Reply # 32 on 10/18/2021 9:07 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by sparkledust I live in Illinois, and in the Midwest, there are some OLD houses on farmland that you think are abandoned but are only really "abandoned". Lots of farm equipment is stored there, the land is still usable, etc. I decided to check one out in the middle of the winter when I thought there wouldn't be anyone around, since it was very out in the open, and with the corn cut down, pretty visible. I didn't park THAT far away, just in case I had to book it, and as I was taking my first photo, I heard a backhoe filled with lawn debris. I was going to wait it out, but then I saw a normal car pull in behind it. I don't think I've ever run/walked or threw my camera in my bag so quickly, and the (very angry looking) man saw me as I came out from the side of the house. He barked at me and asked what I was doing, and I casually told him I was using the restroom in those bushed and gestured wildly from where I was coming from. I apologized and said it was an emergency, thanked him, and tried to keep my cool as I "walked" to the car. The best part? I went back a few weeks later (successfully getting inside that time!), and the bushes were cut down... 😂
| place does look sus, hard tot tell if its abandoned or not, i was in Nebraska a month ago.
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| EPOCH6
Location: Fraser Valley, BC Gender: Male Total Likes: 347 likes
| | | Re: what is your "bando turned out to not be a bando" stories < Reply # 34 on 1/1/2022 3:07 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | It has happened to me twice in 7 years but only once where the occupant was home. The house was very run down, adjacent to an active residential construction site, nobody was working that day. Several blown out windows, door cracked open with the handle busted off, mossy roof, no cars parked out front or nearby. I had been watching it for months and had never seen a single sign of life, assumed it was next in line for demolition. I parked my dirtbike nose-in between a construction outhouse and the exterior wall of the home (first mistake), out of sight from traffic. I slowly open the broken front door, walk in, and pull it shut behind me. The air was thick and warm. I knew that something was wrong the moment I smelt body odor and immediately froze, completely silent, barely breathing. All of the lights were off besides the faint glow of an old lamp. To my left an empty living room, bulletin boards covered in photos, tables covered in newspapers, furniture everywhere, stacks of furniture, upside down chairs, hoarder type situation. To my right the entrance to another room where the door had been removed and replaced with a hanging tarp. I remained completely still and silent for what felt like an eternity and then suddenly I hear the creaking of a mattress from behind the tarp... immediately followed by loud, tortured moaning. I had never moved as quickly in my life. I swung the front door open and leapt onto my bike, heart pounding, struggling to tip toe it backwards into the parking lot and damn near looped the bike on my way out. For the love of god never park nose-in when you're exploring.
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| Cross-
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| | | Re: what is your "bando turned out to not be a bando" stories < Reply # 35 on 1/2/2022 3:44 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Once my friend and I were exploring a building that housed an abandoned doctor's office on the first floor. We finished shooting anything of interest and headed upstairs. The second floor was filled with maps, posters, phones, and was set up with a large area and then smaller cubicle like areas. We realized it was being used as someone's campaign headquarters for an upcoming election. As we were headed downstairs to leave, the front door opened and the candidate himself walked in. My friend wanted to hide but, seeing that there really wasn't anywhere to go, we instead walked up to him and told him we were local college students who wanted to volunteer for the campaign but couldn't find where to sign up so we walked through a door that had been left open to find someone. He initially seemed shocked but then, after talking for a while about politics, he took an email and told us he's contact us later about how to help out. He seemed like he bought it but, as we walked away, for some reason my friend turned around and said, "Don't worry, we didn't take any pictures of your campaign stuff". Luckily we were already near the car at that point. Another time I was trying to get into an abandoned resort that was off a mountainous road. Somehow I got the directions mixed up and I walked off the wrong side of the road. I eventually found a large cabin that I assumed was what I was looking for as it looked kind of run down. One door was able to slide open. I got into the communal area and was amazed how preserved everything seemed. Then I heard the tv on upstairs and the low murmur of a couple talking and moving around. In a controlled panic I got out of there as fast as I could but I'm still concerned I left some type of footprints in the living room.
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