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The most dangerous thing I've found was a copper stripper. Dude had a hacksaw and was high out of his mind. After calming down he gave us a tour of the bando though.
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Aran's radioactive post just reminded me of a bunker I found in northern Arkansas a couple years ago. Fascinating place to explore, but there were some things there that gave me pause. Toward the end of our visit, I found a trailer full of barrels of ammonium nitrate. At the time, I didn't know what that was (but now I do!).
On a related note about that place; I suspected that the guy who owned the bunker had to be a complete nut job considering the amount of paranoia necessary to keep half the shit he had in there. I confirmed my assumption by looking him up online and learning that he was in jail awaiting a sentence for hitting a construction worker with a truck. On purpose. Evidently, he disagreed with the local detour and opted to take his normal route regardless of the workers in his way.
I'll see if I can dig up some pictures of the barrels and post them.
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Posted by najanaja
The most dangerous thing I've found was a copper stripper. Dude had a hacksaw and was high out of his mind. After calming down he gave us a tour of the bando though.
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Truth.
Scrappers are the most unpredictable animals one can encounter in the urban wild.
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Posted by Dee Ashley
Aran's radioactive post just reminded me of a bunker I found in northern Arkansas a couple years ago. Fascinating place to explore, but there were some things there that gave me pause. Toward the end of our visit, I found a trailer full of barrels of ammonium nitrate. At the time, I didn't know what that was (but now I do!).
On a related note about that place; I suspected that the guy who owned the bunker had to be a complete nut job considering the amount of paranoia necessary to keep half the shit he had in there. I confirmed my assumption by looking him up online and learning that he was in jail awaiting a sentence for hitting a construction worker with a truck. On purpose. Evidently, he disagreed with the local detour and opted to take his normal route regardless of the workers in his way.
I'll see if I can dig up some pictures of the barrels and post them.
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Wow. I only have one story about an abandonment's owner and it was not nearly this graphic. I wanna see those barrels!
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I found dynamite in a mine one time. I found it by nearly stepping on it.
I mean, the nitro had probably seeped out of it over the years but it was still a heart stopping moment...
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I always thought it was a myth but I'm pretty sure I ran into uncut bill in Gargantua this summer. Was not very friendly 1/10 guy.
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Posted by TheRoyalReapers
I always thought it was a myth but I'm pretty sure I ran into uncut bill in Gargantua this summer. Was not very friendly 1/10 guy.
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I keep reading this over and over trying to make sense of what this means!
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Posted by Freaktography
I keep reading this over and over trying to make sense of what this means!
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Have you been to Gargantua? You must have seen the tag of uncut bill if you've been, its impossible to miss!
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ahh i have, but I must not have been paying attention LOL
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Here are the ammonium nitrate photos.
I can recall being a lot more spooked here than most of the other locations I've explored. Everything was in a sort of settled-yet-eerily-new condition. It felt abandoned but only a little bit, and the more World War 3 shit we found, the more nervous I got, so I didn't take very many photos, and the ones I did take were certainly not very good ones.
Obviously, it was dark and I took the photos as a sort of afterthought on my iPhone. I REALLY wish I would have taken better photos at this location because it was insanely unique and far more sophisticated of a "bunker," if you could even call it that, than anything I've ever seen or heard of before that was not explicitly part of a military operation. I suspect it was being built to serve as part of a community effort (Waco, YFZ, both come to mind).
Regardless of its intended purpose, it was impressive.
Anyways, I listed off a bunch of the other goodies that we found in there in a shitty little 2 minute video I had made to document everything (I'm pretty sure several government agencies have been flagged after my google searches this morning  ). Here were some of the others (I never took chemistry in school, not even HS, so, I'm ignorant about this stuff):
Dense Soda Ash (sodium carbonate)
polyurethane ether
ammonium nitrate
perma-thane/perma-crete(?)
polyurethane
Those box shells are full of water purification pumps, chemicals, solutions, you name it. The filtration system was really, really nice. There were multiple filters, levels, storage areas... kind of reminded me of the Fort Worth water gardens for anyone from the DFW area!
Just to give an idea of the scope of this place, the photo below is just the water filtration system (either that, or the guy was really into water garden art).
And as a bonus, someone's hazmat suit target practice (or bludgeoning exercise from the look of it):
The other really interesting thing about this place was the owner obviously had not planned on an extended leave. We found all of his personal info, (birth certificate, mortgage, etc, etc). I found it ironic that his hyper-vigilance and extreme paranoid behavior is what ultimately left him far more vulnerable to identity theft and/or general harm than had he not begun Operation Apocalypse.
 
Sorry guys, this turned into a much longer post than I had intended it to be!
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Today I get to add a gas leak to the list of dangerous things I've found while exploring. I was exploring an very dilapidated abandoned house and heard a hissing sound as I entered the kitchen. It wasn't until the smell of gas hit me that I realized the stove was still hooked up to the utilities, and in all likelihood had been leaking for years- with a rather unventilated basement directly below it, perfectly for potentially catching a heavier than air gas.
I ended up carefully finishing my exploration before driving to the nearest gas station and leaving an anonymous tip with their landline. Given the advanced state of decay of the house, just shutting off the stove wouldn't do squat when the pipes inevitably broke, if they hadn't already.
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"Sorry, I didn't know I'm not supposed to be here," he said, knowing full well he wasn't supposed to be there.
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 Bomb? Deer Feeder? You decide...
Posted by Thats_abandoned
I was out exploring a little bit ago and found this in an old country house, initially my sister freaked out and thought it was Bomb so we stayed away and left quickly. Does anyone now what this could be? The wire coming from it was attached to the front door (luckily we didn’t go in that way) and it seemed the last person that lived there was a military personnel.
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Posted by Dee Ashley
Dense Soda Ash (sodium carbonate)
polyurethane ether
ammonium nitrate
perma-thane/perma-crete(?)
polyurethane
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Based on the other stuff I see...
Dense Soda Ash can be used to regulate pH levels in water and is available in pool supply stores.
Polyurethane ether is used to make water filtration media.
Ammonium nitrate - aside from making a bomb, nitrous oxide or fertilizer it can be used to as fast acting coolant. Some of the older "instant cold packs" got cold by breaking a capsule of water and mixing it with ammonium nitrate.
Perma-thane/perma-crete is used for patching concrete.
Polyurethane is generally used as a brush-on sealant.
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Nothing ultra dangerous but I once opened a door in an abandoned house and almost walked directly into a room with the largest hornet's nest I've ever seen on the ceiling. Thank god that door had a window because they were everywhere it was like a movie I've never seen anything like it, absolutely horrifying. Even though there was a metal door between me and them I noped out of there faster than I've ever run before. I think it scarred me a bit since I haven't gone back in an abandoned house in the summer since.
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Posted by Kallik
Nothing ultra dangerous but I once opened a door in an abandoned house and almost walked directly into a room with the largest hornet's nest I've ever seen on the ceiling. Thank god that door had a window because they were everywhere it was like a movie I've never seen anything like it, absolutely horrifying. Even though there was a metal door between me and them I noped out of there faster than I've ever run before. I think it scarred me a bit since I haven't gone back in an abandoned house in the summer since.
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I think that qualifies.
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Posted by Radio2600
Based on the other stuff I see...
Dense Soda Ash can be used to regulate pH levels in water and is available in pool supply stores.
Polyurethane ether is used to make water filtration media.
Ammonium nitrate - aside from making a bomb, nitrous oxide or fertilizer it can be used to as fast acting coolant. Some of the older "instant cold packs" got cold by breaking a capsule of water and mixing it with ammonium nitrate.
Perma-thane/perma-crete is used for patching concrete.
Polyurethane is generally used as a brush-on sealant.
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Thanks for the info! Way easier than having to look everything up myself.
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Posted by Explorer Zero
[/eimg]Bomb? Deer Feeder? You decide...
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I have no idea what that is, but the way you describe its setup sounds like a booby trap.
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Posted by Dee Ashley
I have no idea what that is, but the way you describe its setup sounds like a booby trap.
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Well I didnt describe it Thats Abandodude did.
http://www.uer.ca/...=130155&currpage=1
I merely pointed out how a deer feeder works and he quickly changed his story and said he was just joking
LOL
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Posted by Explorer Zero
Well I didnt describe it Thats Abandodude did.
http://www.uer.ca/...=130155&currpage=1
I merely pointed out how a deer feeder works and he quickly changed his story and said he was just joking
LOL
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Ah. I stand corrected.
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Train in a tunnel. Yeah the light at the end of the tunnel was a freight train.
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