That Alabama Sloss - Part 2
Today, I received a link from my fellow photo geek Divine about an aspect of Sloss Furnaces (see previous post) that I was not aware of. Turns out that this is a significantly haunted location, with many sightings of ghosts and other paranormal activity. Go ahead, click on this link and read a little bit for yourself before continuing with this post.
SO.. with that in mind, let me replay a bit of conversation that was had while exploring some of the darkest underground chambers at Sloss.
SETTING: Machine room that is partially submerged in green mossy water. Two naked light bulbs hung at the entrance and exit of the building offer weak blankets of light. The majority of the cavernous room is obscure, littered with the abandoned carcasses of dead machines.
ME: (in hushed excitement) Can you believe this place? I mean, can you BELIEVE we are allowed to be down here?!
DIVINE: (equally excited) I know I know!
ME: Stop. Listen. (we both stop moving). Can you hear the water dripping? Oh man, I wish I had a way to record this. You can almost hear the age of the room.
DIVINE: This is cool This is so cool. This is soo cool.
ME: (walking to edge of light and squinting into the dark) There's no way I can shoot without a flash in here. I'm going to lean out here into the dark and shoot blindly with a flash. I wonder what I'll see?
DIVINE: Go for it.
ME: (snapping away flash bursts into darkness, revealing old pipes and hazy shawdows) Hey, wouldn't it be crazy if I found unexplained faces in darkeness of my pics once I took a better look at them!
If this had been a movie, at this point a crazy moss beast would have burst of the shadows and eaten me whole, leaving nothing behind except my Canon camera strap.
I also find it extremely unsettling that I named a number of my photos "Ghost Hall", "Ghost Widget", "Ghost Corpse", and "Ghost Drippings" without having the faintest idea that this very tunnel is considered one of the most haunted areas of Sloss.
Hmmm... Coincidence or AM I NOW A ZOMBIE UNDER CONTROL OF THE SLOSS GHOST!? You be the judge.
Comments
littered with the abandoned carcasses of dead machines
And littered with the carcasses of dead birds and remnants of dead birds - everywhere. That was so freaky with the feathers scattered down the stairs and in through the doorway.
Posted by: Douleur Divine | March 10, 2005 03:35 PM