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Aran
Location: Kansas City Gender: Male Total Likes: 1848 likes
Huh. I guess covid made me a trendsetter.
| | | Have you had a gang encounter? < on 4/10/2015 3:04 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Just curious, how many of you have ever encountered gang members while exploring? When I first started out, I was scouting an area that I knew was disputed by some local gangs, judging by the more recent graffiti in the area. While wandering the area outside the building, three guys walked by me, one of them flashing a knife. That's when I high- tailed it out of there. Thinking back, I think it may have been the color of my clothes that caused one of them to flash a knife. They were wearing black and red clothing and, if I remember correctly, bandannas, while I was wearing a green sweatshirt and blue jeans (randomly chosen for that day, no intended significance with the colors on my part). According to answers.com, they may have been members of the Immortal bloods: - Asian Neutral Boys, regional gang highly active in Wausau (30-40 mem). Members are also spread around Wisconsin in cities like Green Bay (10 mem), Sheboygan (15-20 mem), and Stevens Point (5 mem). Long time rivalry are the Immortal Bloods. (See below) - Immortal Bloods, regional gang active in Wausau (20 mem). Other locations are in the states of California and Minnesota. Long time rivalry with the Asian Neutral Boys. | Various Google searches revealed that the ANB is affiliated with the Crips, while the Immortal Bloods almost have to be associated with the more well- known Bloods with a name like that. Additional Googling found that green and blue are sometimes associated with the Crips. I have a bad feeling that they mistook me for someone I am definitely not, just because of the color of my randomly chosen clothing that day and the high tensions in that part of town at the time. To be honest, I'm pretty glad I ran, because I have no desire to cross either of those gangs. Things have calmed down in that area, with no new gang graffiti in months, but it still was a bit of a jarring experience. What are your encounters with gang members?
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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. |
| IndoAnomaly
Location: Austin, TX Gender: Male Total Likes: 636 likes
Nothing to see here.
| | | | Re: Have you had a gang encounter? < Reply # 4 on 4/11/2015 3:53 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by General Zod This post is why I'm afraid to buy better camera gear.
| Yep. A group of us were scouting a location last week when a cop passed us on the street. He pulled a U-turn as fast as he could and rolled up on us. We told him we were just taking pictures of the area. Transcript of our conversation: Cop: "Y'all just taking pictures? Me: "Yessir." Cop: "Please be careful." Me: "Careful?" Cop: "Just be careful." Me: "Oh, are we not in the best part of town?" Cop: "No son. There is a strong possibility that someone is going to beat you up and make off with all your gear." Me: "Oh, very good to know. Thanks." Cop: "We will be just down the road. Keep your cellphones handy." Me: "Thank you sir." Cop: "Keep your cellphones handy. Have a good one." I wasn't actually worried before, but he put the fear in me a little bit. We were about one or two miles down the road from the police department. Literally on the same street as the police department. Sketch.
| Every time you read this, I become more powerful. https://www.flickr...tos/115873398@N03/ |
| DSomms
Location: Detroit Gender: Male Total Likes: 182 likes
| | | Re: Have you had a gang encounter? < Reply # 9 on 4/12/2015 6:47 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by General Zod
Welp..... Considering urbex, and that I'm from a place as simple as PROVIDENCE. And you being from a sketchy place like DETROIT, I'd have to say that this the most comforting thing I've read all fucking day.
| It's really not that bad. The key to successful exploring in the deep Detroit hood is to look like you belong there, like you're from there. Walk and talk with confidence, purpose and familiarity. Don't present yourself as a potential target or someone who is up to no good. You won't blend in. Above all else, stay in control of the situation. Trust your gut and know your limits. Detroit can and will be a dangerous place if you fail to properly assess a potentially hostile situation or make totally boneheaded decisions. Since I started exploring Detroit in 2006, I've been in some really tight spots that I'm surprised we made it out, but never anything that could not have been prevented or escaped from.
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| Aran
Location: Kansas City Gender: Male Total Likes: 1848 likes
Huh. I guess covid made me a trendsetter.
| | | Re: Have you had a gang encounter? < Reply # 16 on 4/28/2015 1:37 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Come to think of it, here's food for thought: A gang is generally defined to be "a group of three or more people who identify under a common name, symbol, or sign, and break laws together." Does that mean that anyone who considers themselves an urban explorer and has explored with other urban explorers is a gang member? On a broader note, does that make everyone on this forum a gang member, since we identify as urban explorers (to get even more specific, members of UER) and discuss, plan, and carry out illegal (or at least semi-legal) acts together? Ah, the joys of broad definitions...
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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. |
| Dead_Bird
Location: Sonoma County Gender: Male Total Likes: 8 likes
| | | Re: Have you had a gang encounter? < Reply # 18 on 7/2/2015 9:41 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by Aran Come to think of it, here's food for thought: A gang is generally defined to be "a group of three or more people who identify under a common name, symbol, or sign, and break laws together." Does that mean that anyone who considers themselves an urban explorer and has explored with other urban explorers is a gang member? On a broader note, does that make everyone on this forum a gang member, since we identify as urban explorers (to get even more specific, members of UER) and discuss, plan, and carry out illegal (or at least semi-legal) acts together? Ah, the joys of broad definitions...
| Imagine the UE gang wars over photo critique , best equipment, or skills/techniques- Especially abandonment locations. Street cred yo' ! :p
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| mookster
Location: Oxford, UK Gender: Male Total Likes: 2377 likes
| | | Re: Have you had a gang encounter? < Reply # 19 on 7/3/2015 3:07 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by Aran Come to think of it, here's food for thought: A gang is generally defined to be "a group of three or more people who identify under a common name, symbol, or sign, and break laws together." Does that mean that anyone who considers themselves an urban explorer and has explored with other urban explorers is a gang member? On a broader note, does that make everyone on this forum a gang member, since we identify as urban explorers (to get even more specific, members of UER) and discuss, plan, and carry out illegal (or at least semi-legal) acts together? Ah, the joys of broad definitions...
| Only if you and your cohorts identify yourself as an 'urbex crew' and you have a penchant for posing in silly masks and all have matching hooded tops with the name of said crew stitched on the back.
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