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phisherman · 12-08-2005, 10:53 PM

the old building at the front of the property that was torn down 1st was actually the old jail...
it's been gone for years now...i think SWAT or something used to use it for storage, my buddies found a ton of tear gas grenades there once

bp

phisherman · 12-08-2005, 10:53 PM

and by the way, tell some pittsburg stories..
bp

Simply Red · 12-08-2005, 10:59 PM

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and by the way, tell some pittsburg stories..
bp

I will later "zzzz" tired. Details to follow phisherman. I promise...

phisherman · 12-09-2005, 11:21 AM

one of my new favorites on the undergroundozarks.com website is the 8th street tunnel..

when DST was demoing a hillside, they found an old street car tunnel from the turn of the 20th century

very cool, check those pics out

bp

NewChief · 12-09-2005, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by phisherman

one of my new favorites on the undergroundozarks.com website is the 8th street tunnel..

when DST was demoing a hillside, they found an old street car tunnel from the turn of the 20th century

very cool, check those pics out

bp

Yeah, I remember reading about that. Also if you like this kind of stuff, check out the documentary film Dark Days. It's about a homeless community that lives in abandoned subway tunnels in NYC. A film maker goes and lives with them and shoots film about their community. It's pretty cool because they have some pretty amazing living spaces for "homeless" people.

phisherman · 12-09-2005, 11:34 AM

sounds very cool..

i've read a bit about these on some other websites, those squatters will live anywhere...i saw one guy that actually had made a small apartment in a drawbridge!

bp

12-09-2005, 12:30 PM

When I attended SMSU in Springfield there was an african american albino that went there. The only way to tell he was african american was by his features. Weird to see a black guy with red eyes, white hair and skin though, definately something you don't see everyday. I didn't even know about that albino farm there. Was there for four long years and never even had heard about it. Also use to go to Jordan Creek a lot and never knew there were tunnels. Too busy drinking I guess.

MOhillbilly · 12-09-2005, 12:43 PM

when we were kids we would go to local caves and get in w/ flashlights and get out in stonecold pitchblack.

bout the most creeped out you can get.

try it.

**Rain Man** · 12-09-2005, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by MOhillbilly

when we were kids we would go to local caves and get in w/ flashlights and get out in stonecold pitchblack.

bout the most creeped out you can get.

try it.

I could never do that. It'd creep me out to much to keep thinking, "Hmm...if the flashlight dies, so do I."

Doing scuba spelunking is way beyond my limit. Now you can die even if you just get lost for an hour.

JimNasium · 12-09-2005, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

I could never do that. It'd creep me out to much to keep thinking, "Hmm...if the flashlight dies, so do I."

Doing scuba spelunking is way beyond my limit. Now you can die even if you just get lost for an hour.

You never go into a cave without a backup light. Preferably a candle.

phisherman · 12-09-2005, 12:54 PM

caving's interesting..best to take someone experienced or you can lost very very very easily

bp

NewChief · 12-09-2005, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by phisherman

caving's interesting..best to take someone experienced or you can lost very very very easily

bp

I used to do a lot of caving in high school and college. One of the coolest, and largest, caves I was ever in was located in Madison County Wildlife Refuge. We had been down in the cave for about 2 hours, moving pretty much non stop. We got to a point, and the guy showing us around said, "You can actually swim out of the cave at this point if anyone wants to." Me and a couple of others said we were going to do it. It was pretty crazy because there were points where there was only about a foot or so of air space between the water and roof of the cave.

Anyway, we emerged from the cave in about 5 minutes of swimming, soaking wet, to a temperature of around 40F. We'd given all the rest of the group our car keys and such, so we were locked out of our cars and had to wait for 2 hours for them to make their way back out of the cave the way we'd gone in. Needless to say, we had 2 hours of misery to contemplate our poor decision making skills. No one got hypothermia or even sick, somehow.

MOhillbilly · 12-09-2005, 01:08 PM

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Anyway, we emerged from the cave in about 5 minutes of swimming, soaking wet, to a temperature of around 40F. We'd given all the rest of the group our car keys and such, so we were locked out of our cars and had to wait for 2 hours for them to make their way back out of the cave the way we'd gone in. Needless to say, we had 2 hours of misery to contemplate our poor decision making skills. No one got hypothermia or even sick, somehow.

shoulda rubed two sticks together....

Simply Red · 12-09-2005, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by phisherman

caving's interesting..best to take someone experienced or you can lost very very very easily

bp

Been lost in "Perkins Cave", before

12-08-2005, 10:53 PM	#2
phisherman King Sandbagger Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Summit, MO	the old building at the front of the property that was torn down 1st was actually the old jail... it's been gone for years now...i think SWAT or something used to use it for storage, my buddies found a ton of tear gas grenades there once bp
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phisherman King Sandbagger Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Summit, MO	and by the way, tell some pittsburg stories.. bp
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phisherman King Sandbagger Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Summit, MO	one of my new favorites on the undergroundozarks.com website is the 8th street tunnel.. when DST was demoing a hillside, they found an old street car tunnel from the turn of the 20th century very cool, check those pics out bp
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12-09-2005, 11:34 AM	#7
phisherman King Sandbagger Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Summit, MO	sounds very cool.. i've read a bit about these on some other websites, those squatters will live anywhere...i saw one guy that actually had made a small apartment in a drawbridge! bp
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12-09-2005, 12:30 PM	#8
ChiefsKing Guest	When I attended SMSU in Springfield there was an african american albino that went there. The only way to tell he was african american was by his features. Weird to see a black guy with red eyes, white hair and skin though, definately something you don't see everyday. I didn't even know about that albino farm there. Was there for four long years and never even had heard about it. Also use to go to Jordan Creek a lot and never knew there were tunnels. Too busy drinking I guess.
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12-09-2005, 12:43 PM	#9
MOhillbilly Mama Tried Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Missouri	when we were kids we would go to local caves and get in w/ flashlights and get out in stonecold pitchblack. bout the most creeped out you can get. try it.
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12-09-2005, 12:54 PM	#12
phisherman King Sandbagger Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Summit, MO	caving's interesting..best to take someone experienced or you can lost very very very easily bp
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