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PogMahone
  
location:
Denver, CO
Gender: Male
That's Officer Pog to you...
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< on 4/5/2011 7:06 PM >
|  | | | This is the place I cut my urban exploration teeth on and a fun, easily accessible place if you want to take some creepy pictures. It's supposedly a former farm turned KKK hideout just west of the tiny town of Leyden. If you didn't know, Colorado was a haven for the KKK in the early 20th century. Governor Stapleton (the same Stapleton our old airport was named after) was a full-fledged member. It has since been left to decay and is now a hangout for punks, druggies, and the occasional satanic cult.
The first time I went up there was in October, right before Halloween. I don't know if it's because of the history of the place or if it's because there was a ritual done on the premises, but the entire place had a very eerie feeling to it. Second time was in January. Not nearly as eerie but still a bit spooky.
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BeerBunny
 
location:
Your basement, Ontario
Gender: Female
I think it looks safe
| | Re: Leyden Ruins, CO
<Reply # 1 on 4/5/2011 7:09 PM >
| | | | Wow....interesting place.
Please tell me that was not a piece of jaw/teeth on the board in one photo... I'm scared to even ask!
Nice photos. I love the crooked tree in the light!
I'm typing this with my middle fingers.
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PogMahone
location:
Denver, CO
Gender: Male
That's Officer Pog to you...
| | | Re: Leyden Ruins, CO
<Reply # 2 on 4/5/2011 7:48 PM >
| | | | Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it definitely was. There were animal bones arranged in a pile, the board was arranged in an X with the red candle on top of it with rope bound to it and a shattered mirror. My friend saw that and immediately destroyed it, saying it was part of a satanic ritual. I don't know what kind of animal the bones were from (probably a rabbit or other small mammal).
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D-rockpend
| | Re: Leyden Ruins, CO
<Reply # 3 on 4/6/2011 9:10 PM >
| | | | These are very nice pics! The one with all the graffiti is my favorite
This is my signature. Your jealous. |
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BloodBoss
location:
human world
Gender: Male
Splores
| | Re: Leyden Ruins, CO
<Reply # 4 on 1/23/2012 4:29 AM >
| | | | a bunch of my friends from punk shows hang out here i think...
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PogMahone
location:
Denver, CO
Gender: Male
That's Officer Pog to you...
| | | Re: Leyden Ruins, CO
<Reply # 5 on 2/17/2012 3:23 PM >
| | | | So according to my friend, the city of Arvada has recently torn down the ruins. Her father wanted to see them, they drove past, and apparently they're gone.
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geneboy
location:
boulder, co
Gender: Male
It's all about the adventure
| | Re: Leyden Ruins, CO
<Reply # 6 on 10/11/2012 4:44 AM >
| | | | a body was found at the ruins. Police haven't said if it is Jessica Ridgway. It seems the body was found near the first photo in the set of this thread. The same structure is pictured in the article.
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chonkyfire9
location:
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Gender: Male
Urban Exploration Vehicle
| |  | Re: Leyden Ruins, CO
<Reply # 7 on 10/11/2012 8:02 PM >
| | | | So apparently the ruins haven't been torn down. They were in the paper yesterday.
I own you, don't I? |
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Snipe_Hunter
location:
Boulder, CO
Gender: Female
Why YES! Yes I CAN make anything into a sexual innuendo.
| | Re: Leyden Ruins, CO
<Reply # 8 on 10/11/2012 11:12 PM >
| | | | Oh geez... that's for real where they found her body?....
Haha, I'm writing a paper on women's rights.
..... not that women's rights are funny or anything.
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Valdyr
 
location:
Boulder, CO
Gender: Female
[space for rent]
| |  |  | | Re: Leyden Ruins, CO
<Reply # 9 on 10/12/2012 2:55 AM >
| | | | They're not confirming yet that it's her body - just saying they found a dismembered body near those ruins while searching for Jessica. They should have an ID sometime tomorrow.
Totally sick and sad situation, regardless. Kind of creeps me out personally, too - I've been crawling around a lot of those abandoned mine sites lately...never would have expected to find something like THAT there...
[not saved alone, but together we are exiled] |
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cavemonkey
location:
berthoud,Colorado
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Leyden Ruins, CO
<Reply # 10 on 10/12/2012 3:26 PM >
| | | | Posted by Valdyr
They're not confirming yet that it's her body - just saying they found a dismembered body near those ruins while searching for Jessica. They should have an ID sometime tomorrow.
Totally sick and sad situation, regardless. Kind of creeps me out personally, too - I've been crawling around a lot of those abandoned mine sites lately...never would have expected to find something like THAT there...
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It is always possible with the places that we all end up in. Not the first time a body has been dumped in an abandoned building...
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PogMahone
location:
Denver, CO
Gender: Male
That's Officer Pog to you...
| | | Re: Leyden Ruins, CO
<Reply # 11 on 10/12/2012 5:10 PM >
| | | | My first thought was of the ruins when I heard there was a body in that park. The first pic is of a collection of ruins on the north of the road, btw. Not part of the park. I wonder if my friend went down the wrong road?
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Snipe_Hunter
location:
Boulder, CO
Gender: Female
Why YES! Yes I CAN make anything into a sexual innuendo.
| | Re: Leyden Ruins, CO
<Reply # 13 on 10/12/2012 10:35 PM >
| | | | So sad. =(
Haha, I'm writing a paper on women's rights.
..... not that women's rights are funny or anything.
.........................>< |
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Valdyr
location:
Boulder, CO
Gender: Female
[space for rent]
| | | | | Re: Leyden Ruins, CO
<Reply # 14 on 10/24/2012 6:21 PM >
| | | | They arrested someone today. Rumor is that either himself or his mother turned him in.
[not saved alone, but together we are exiled] |
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cavemonkey
location:
berthoud,Colorado
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Leyden Ruins, CO
<Reply # 15 on 10/24/2012 8:17 PM >
| | | | Mother turned him in. 17yo kid did it.
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miirkat
location:
R'lyeh
Gender: Male
It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.
| |  | | | Re: Leyden Ruins, CO
<Reply # 16 on 10/25/2012 7:30 AM >
| | | | I've asked the question before of what we should do if we discovered a body at a site, but what should we do if people disappear near sites? As people who might have the only thorough knowledge of some sites, we could have invaluable knowledge in some places that could mean the difference of a few hours to a few days. In some cases it could also mean life and death. Investigators may not appreciate our assistance, but it may also be the best as some of us tend to chill in some sketch places and know them like the back of our hands.
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Snipe_Hunter
location:
Boulder, CO
Gender: Female
Why YES! Yes I CAN make anything into a sexual innuendo.
| | Re: Leyden Ruins, CO
<Reply # 17 on 10/25/2012 2:49 PM >
| | | | Posted by miirkat
I've asked the question before of what we should do if we discovered a body at a site, but what should we do if people disappear near sites? As people who might have the only thorough knowledge of some sites, we could have invaluable knowledge in some places that could mean the difference of a few hours to a few days. In some cases it could also mean life and death. Investigators may not appreciate our assistance, but it may also be the best as some of us tend to chill in some sketch places and know them like the back of our hands.
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Only problem with that, is that it makes us look suspicious.
Haha, I'm writing a paper on women's rights.
..... not that women's rights are funny or anything.
.........................>< |
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Valdyr
location:
Boulder, CO
Gender: Female
[space for rent]
| | | | | Re: Leyden Ruins, CO
<Reply # 18 on 10/25/2012 6:23 PM >
| | | | When they found Jessica's backpack in Superior near the mine sites that I had just visited, I went ahead an emailed the tip line about what I knew. I figured risking a trespassing charge was worth it in this case. I offered to take them around that area if they wanted, but I never heard back.
[not saved alone, but together we are exiled] |
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geneboy
location:
boulder, co
Gender: Male
It's all about the adventure
| | Re: Leyden Ruins, CO
<Reply # 19 on 10/25/2012 7:25 PM >
| | | | Ya, when the showed on the news the area they were combing for clues (probably the body), I thought nothing of it. Then a few days later, when I heard where they found her, and thinking back on the area they there looking. I was like duh, I can't believe I didn't think to go check that place.
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