This is the house that put me off visiting rural places for a long long while! Set in a beautiful location, miles from anywhere, but as soon as I set foot inside I had the most intense feeling of unease. Have visited many sites and usually just get the camera going & get down to business and enjoy. Don't believe in any supernatural nonsense so it has never been a factor to the explores. But the heavy uncomfortable feeling in this house was not enjoyable and made me want to leave despite this place being a treasure in terms of urban exploring. Went with Jon6D as I have on many explores, and on the drive home he also disclosed a real dark feeling whilst inside the house. Little did we know when inside what was soon waiting for us!
The house is an old farm house with two rooms downstairs (living room & kitchen), and two bedrooms upstairs. The rooms are crammed with belongings, especially the children's bedroom. The calendars and school books all end in 1988, so assume this may be the date the house was possibly abandoned. While visiting this house and seeing the amount of possessions left it really makes you think what could have happened to this family?
Whilst on the explore we heard loud voices outside, so we did what any urban warrior would do - hide! That was until I heard them say in Welsh (fortunately I can speak the language) that they were going to send the dogs in! We then decided to go downstairs to try to reason with them but the farmer had placed a wooden board over the window frame (where there was no glass / our entry point). He and his wife were hysterically & aggressively screaming, until she sped off in a Landrover as he said if we tried to leave he had a bottle in his hand waiting for us! We tried to reason with him - telling him we were only taking photos, really didn't mean to upset anyone etc, etc. Talking to the wooden board, Jon tried to engage him into conversations about the weather, farming, and anything to cool things down, as I listened and puffed on my vape! He talked for a while but then become very aggressive again, saying he's sick of people entering this house (as there was no evidence of vandalism or graffiti I assumed he meant us / explorers?!). He said his wife had gone to phone for the Police, which at that time we hoped was true - as the alternative we dreaded could've been us stranded in the middle of nowhere with a hoard of gun wielding farmers!!! Luckily it was true, and the two Police Officers actually helped us out of the window (much to the anger of the farmer's wife). The Police done the usual checks - our bags, called in our ID, our cameras.....all the while other local farmers vehicles gathered around us in their numbers. The Police tried to cool the situation and asked us if we could delete our photos - which we eventually agreed to do (didn't know at the time that Jon had predicted this and swapped his memory card while still inside the house!). I deleted mine, but knew from experience that I could retrieve them - at a cost - online. The Police then attended to the gathering farmers..... as we walked (at pace) back to the car to get the hell out of there...... or in this case, to our next exploring location!
Usually I leave the exterior shots until I'm leaving, when I know I'm safe to leave..... but as you've just read I did not have that opportunity this time haha! So here is a few of my (restored) pics of the Toy house - hope you enjoy and it was all worth it!
LIVING ROOM
THE KITCHEN
HALLWAY / STAIRS
BEDROOM 1
HALLWAY
BEDROOM 2
The house is an old farm house with two rooms downstairs (living room & kitchen), and two bedrooms upstairs. The rooms are crammed with belongings, especially the children's bedroom. The calendars and school books all end in 1988, so assume this may be the date the house was possibly abandoned. While visiting this house and seeing the amount of possessions left it really makes you think what could have happened to this family?
Whilst on the explore we heard loud voices outside, so we did what any urban warrior would do - hide! That was until I heard them say in Welsh (fortunately I can speak the language) that they were going to send the dogs in! We then decided to go downstairs to try to reason with them but the farmer had placed a wooden board over the window frame (where there was no glass / our entry point). He and his wife were hysterically & aggressively screaming, until she sped off in a Landrover as he said if we tried to leave he had a bottle in his hand waiting for us! We tried to reason with him - telling him we were only taking photos, really didn't mean to upset anyone etc, etc. Talking to the wooden board, Jon tried to engage him into conversations about the weather, farming, and anything to cool things down, as I listened and puffed on my vape! He talked for a while but then become very aggressive again, saying he's sick of people entering this house (as there was no evidence of vandalism or graffiti I assumed he meant us / explorers?!). He said his wife had gone to phone for the Police, which at that time we hoped was true - as the alternative we dreaded could've been us stranded in the middle of nowhere with a hoard of gun wielding farmers!!! Luckily it was true, and the two Police Officers actually helped us out of the window (much to the anger of the farmer's wife). The Police done the usual checks - our bags, called in our ID, our cameras.....all the while other local farmers vehicles gathered around us in their numbers. The Police tried to cool the situation and asked us if we could delete our photos - which we eventually agreed to do (didn't know at the time that Jon had predicted this and swapped his memory card while still inside the house!). I deleted mine, but knew from experience that I could retrieve them - at a cost - online. The Police then attended to the gathering farmers..... as we walked (at pace) back to the car to get the hell out of there...... or in this case, to our next exploring location!
Usually I leave the exterior shots until I'm leaving, when I know I'm safe to leave..... but as you've just read I did not have that opportunity this time haha! So here is a few of my (restored) pics of the Toy house - hope you enjoy and it was all worth it!
LIVING ROOM
THE KITCHEN
HALLWAY / STAIRS
BEDROOM 1
HALLWAY
BEDROOM 2
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really enjoyable report.
