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UER Forum > Archived Rookie Forum > That awkward moment when you meet the owner. (Viewed 2345 times)
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Re: That awkward moment when you meet the owner.
<Reply # 20 on 8/10/2013 8:25 PM >
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Posted by TCUP


I'm sorry but that's one of the funniest things I've read on here.

I understand, though... I actually wear a pentagram necklace, but no one's ever asked if I was a witch; they usually accuse me of being Jewish. :v


Jaccuse! (I'm Jewish and wear a star of David...but it usually endears me to people, because I explore a ton of Jewish neighborhoods around where I live.

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Re: That awkward moment when you meet the owner.
<Reply # 21 on 8/14/2013 9:24 AM >
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as long as they aren't psycho, I'd prefer to meet the owner. I'm not there to tag up the place and act like a hooligan. Chances are I've got a reason to poke around, so meeting someone would be wonderful. Probably could wear them out with questions!

UE isn't all about stealth and being a ninja pest to me

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Re: That awkward moment when you meet the owner.
<Reply # 22 on 8/14/2013 2:12 PM >
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Posted by mohavewolfpup
as long as they aren't psycho, I'd prefer to meet the owner. I'm not there to tag up the place and act like a hooligan. Chances are I've got a reason to poke around, so meeting someone would be wonderful. Probably could wear them out with questions!

UE isn't all about stealth and being a ninja pest to me


Agreed. I'd rather know that a property owner is taking care of the land and keeping an eye on it than find out it's completely neglected.

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Re: That awkward moment when you meet the owner.
<Reply # 23 on 8/26/2013 3:02 AM >
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I've only run into an owner once, but it wasn't the most pleasant experience. My roommate and I were exploring an abandoned farmhouse hidden in a ton of trees, but I had no choice but to park within a blocks distance. Suddenly a huge truck and trailer pulls up in front of the house and starts honking like crazy. I quickly realized what was going on and once he drove off we raced to the car and threw our tripods and packs into the car. Suddenly he drove up behind us and blocked us in so we couldn't move. He hauled ass out of the car, but the moment he saw we were girls he stopped and wasn't sure what to do. He wasn't nice, but he could've been a lot angrier. He told us not to do it again and drove off.

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Re: That awkward moment when you meet the owner.
<Reply # 24 on 9/1/2013 6:36 AM >
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The very first time I ever went exploring, I was confronted by the owner. I was checking out an abandoned water slide/mini golf, and go kart track. I was doing some video documentation of where the water slide used to be, and right in the camera lens, was the owner walking toward me. Scared the crap out of me, because, one, as I said, it was my first time, and two, I had no idea who he was.
He asked what I was doing and I told him. He was never mad, but explained that items had been stolen from him at that location, and asked me to leave.
He then decided he wanted to have about a 15 minute conversation with me about the park, it's history, and how much he wanted for the property.



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Re: That awkward moment when you meet the owner.
<Reply # 25 on 9/26/2013 10:54 PM >
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It happened twice to me. First time, I wasn't even yet on the property, but was just taking some pictures from the road.

The first time, the owners pulled up next to my car, and got overly excited someone was interested in their barn. I had to give them a copy of the photos, but I got permission.

The second time, I figured everything there was abandoned, so I parked just alongside the driveway (just in case I was wrong.) My emergency backup (aka, my sister) was in the car, reading.

The owner came out and asked if she needed help. I hadn't really given her a 'you should probably lie' speech, so she didn't, and told him she was waiting for me, and what I was doing.

The owner told her if she thought I'd been gone too long to go get him.

Awesome dude. I want to go back and thank him personally.

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Re: That awkward moment when you meet the owner.
<Reply # 26 on 10/5/2013 1:52 AM >
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"No. You're not supposed to be here, man."

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Re: That awkward moment when you meet the owner.
<Reply # 27 on 10/8/2013 12:20 AM >
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Haven't been caught by an owner, but a demo guy caught a group of us in a hotel and convention center. He was on the phone with his boss and said he found us poking around. We were granted brief permission to explore but had to be gone before the boss got there (which was only 15 minutes).

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Re: That awkward moment when you meet the owner.
<Reply # 28 on 10/14/2013 1:12 AM >
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I had the scariest moment of my entire life last night at around 1 AM. Me and a friend traded locations with another guy on here, and checked out this location up in Sonora in the country we only got to glance at once before. The way to get in was through an old tunnel, no where along the way was there any barbed wire, fencing, or no trespassing signs, so we assumed it was part of a local park located right next to it. We found the abandoned, crumbling structure, and got to stand around for about 30 seconds when a group of dogs started barking not too far from us, a cabin that was invisible by the night suddenly lit up, we took cover behind a part of the concrete barricade that was right next to us hoping we wouldn't be seen but the owner came stumbling out, visibly he was drunk (swaying around, almost tripping) and visibly he was holding a shotgun. He untied a bunch of dogs on his porch and started whistling and shouting 'GET EM! GET EM!' and chasing after them in our direction. Obviously we jumped up at the site of a large pack of big dogs that were making predatorial barks (mix of barks and 'yips', bark that dogs make in kill mode)(What i'm saying is under differing circumstances we would have stayed and faced the consequences) and took off up towards the hill, trying to get as much debris between us and the pack of dogs to slow them down, which it did. Adrenaline kicking in, I ran as if I was in track again back in highschool, if not a little faster, and eventually we made it to the hole we came in from and jumped passed the concrete wall of it in the nick of time as the dogs were under us the second we got out.
Needless to say after running a good mile back to my car, we both collapsed from exhaustion, i didn't have enough strength to even shift it into gear, and I puked everywhere.
Note to newer explorers: Country areas are sometimes very very very very dangerous. We could have easily been on the news as a story about how a crazed redneck killed two young adults who were interested in looking at history. Or just disappeared from time altogether after being buried in a ditch somewhere. Lol.

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Re: That awkward moment when you meet the owner.
<Reply # 29 on 10/17/2013 6:27 AM >
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Posted by UrbanBuck
I had the scariest moment of my entire life last night at around 1 AM. Me and a friend traded locations with another guy on here, and checked out this location up in Sonora in the country we only got to glance at once before. The way to get in was through an old tunnel, no where along the way was there any barbed wire, fencing, or no trespassing signs, so we assumed it was part of a local park located right next to it. We found the abandoned, crumbling structure, and got to stand around for about 30 seconds when a group of dogs started barking not too far from us, a cabin that was invisible by the night suddenly lit up, we took cover behind a part of the concrete barricade that was right next to us hoping we wouldn't be seen but the owner came stumbling out, visibly he was drunk (swaying around, almost tripping) and visibly he was holding a shotgun. He untied a bunch of dogs on his porch and started whistling and shouting 'GET EM! GET EM!' and chasing after them in our direction. Obviously we jumped up at the site of a large pack of big dogs that were making predatorial barks (mix of barks and 'yips', bark that dogs make in kill mode)(What i'm saying is under differing circumstances we would have stayed and faced the consequences) and took off up towards the hill, trying to get as much debris between us and the pack of dogs to slow them down, which it did. Adrenaline kicking in, I ran as if I was in track again back in highschool, if not a little faster, and eventually we made it to the hole we came in from and jumped passed the concrete wall of it in the nick of time as the dogs were under us the second we got out.
Needless to say after running a good mile back to my car, we both collapsed from exhaustion, i didn't have enough strength to even shift it into gear, and I puked everywhere.
Note to newer explorers: Country areas are sometimes very very very very dangerous. We could have easily been on the news as a story about how a crazed redneck killed two young adults who were interested in looking at history. Or just disappeared from time altogether after being buried in a ditch somewhere. Lol.


Well Bucky, I hope this incident doesn't "turn you off" from UER.
It sucks even more so cuz you're brand new on here. When trading locations (or visiting a spot you got from another member) whether they say it's "safe" or not, please proceed with caution. ESPECIALLY if it's one of these "country type" spots. Like you said, you could have disappeared that night.
Also, when going exploring it's good to have a "lifeline". Email or text another exploring buddy where your going/who you're with/etc. Someone who's a little savvy and would take notice right away if you were not back by a certain timeframe.(I volunteer savvy-est cat around! Lol)
There's a lot of flaccid dicks in the forums. You will be required to sort through them danyasun. *bow* wax-on wax-off

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Re: That awkward moment when you meet the owner.
<Reply # 30 on 10/17/2013 2:30 PM >
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Posted by bonnie&clyde
There's a lot of flaccid dicks in the forums. You will be required to sort through them danyasun. *bow* wax-on wax-off


What's the female equivalent of a flaccid dick?


Also, why can't your slander be gender-neutral?
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Re: That awkward moment when you meet the owner.
<Reply # 31 on 10/21/2013 9:19 PM >
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Posted by Mark
Thats awesome do you have photos yet?


Sorry for the late reply. Added it to the database:
http://www.uer.ca/...ow.asp?locid=31277

Cell phone pics are blurry but we were a little unfocused due to the circumstances lol

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Re: That awkward moment when you meet the owner.
<Reply # 32 on 10/21/2013 9:32 PM >
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oh I think I have some images and a story to tell when I find the time..

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Re: That awkward moment when you meet the owner.
<Reply # 33 on 11/2/2013 1:35 AM >
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Yea, I ran into the owner tonight for the first time tonight and to say the least it was a little nerve-wracking. I was out and about scouting for abandoned houses in the country. Stumbling upon this small one with a trailer house and a defunct pickup truck, managed to snap 2 pictures before the owner showed up.

The house's door was hanging open, broken windows and no lights. All the signs that this place hadn't been used in awhile. I just started to walk around to the back of the building, when I hear a car tearing down the gravel road from a property about 1/4 mile away. Thinking oh..here we go, I walk up to the car waving and smiling, then I noticed a small child in the front seat. He can't possibly think I am tagger or vandal with his grandson with him. That's when a big dog ran right up as well. That was a little startling, but the dog was very friendly. Obviously not a guard or attack. Relieved, I told the owner I was there only to take pictures for a school project and not to damage or steal anything. He seemed more perplexed that someone would actually have any interest in photographing his property. The gentleman kept asking why I was there. Following my answer, he would say huh?..several times. Realizing this awkward conversation wasn't going anywhere, I apologized for disturbing him and promptly left. The man wrote down my licence plate and now I am sitting here wondering if the cops will stop by and slam me with trespassing. We shall see!


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Re: That awkward moment when you meet the owner.
<Reply # 34 on 11/12/2013 7:58 PM >
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B&C yeah sorry for my late reply, but I LOVED the photos, and totally want that old stove, very awesome.

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