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If you want a real backrooms story, which sadly ends in a death - https://youtu.be/sx14YtiLFIM?t=1461 https://youtu.be/sx14YtiLFIM?t=1461 I've been in similar

If you want a real backrooms story, which sadly ends in a death - https://youtu.be/sx14YtiLFIM?t=1461 https://youtu.be/sx14YtiLFIM?t=1461 I've been in similar architecture to the story and have never been in anything like it again. This wasn't a simple, old person lost in a normal place. I have a recurring dream about it, it was so different. Although I urban explore I was just looking for a exit, and I guess because I urban explore I didn't notice the signs so I suddenly went from bright shops to a dark deserted maze.

arjvik 2y ago
Even before hearing this story, I used to religiously check that any door I entered while straying from the beaten path (urbex, or simply exploring infrastructure not meant for the public) wouldn't lock behind me. I've stopped myself from entering a stairwell a few times because I wasn't sure if there'd be another exit I could take. Occasionally, if I'm feeling daring, I'll pull out one of the blank plastic cards from my wallet and jam the door latch with it, then keep going.
- Rediscover 2y ago
  > ... any door ... wouldn't lock behind me. You are not alone with that precaution. Ages ago, before plastic gift cards were ubiquitous, I used to quest/urbex with shims of thin aluminum trimmed to door jamb size (making them harder to detect). The buddy system also was used - "You stay on this side, I'll go through and test it can get opened from the other side." Extremely useful when entering campus/city steam tunnels that may not have another good door for hundreds of meters (the tunnels were secured to prevent access to the structures they connected).
wruza 2y ago
It’s MrBallen, right? Ofc it’s him. Please note that these stories are recreational and may contain parts that aren’t exactly real. Also real-based stories get mixed a lot with just horrors without explicit notice. Not saying that he’s intentionally tricky with it, but reality and fact-checking is not the selling point of this channel either.
- aaron695 2y ago
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probably_wrong 2y ago
I must confess I couldn't make it beyond maybe the first two minutes. I know there's a difference between "telling the news" and "telling a story", but then there's also "get to the point" which this video (IMO) doesn't. For those with less patience the story of Bernard Gore is told in many articles including this one: https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/nightmare-in-westfield-how-bernard-gore-died-after-being-trapped-in-westfield-shopping-centre-stairwell/news-story/d06bc0b1917e88059015eab73e9c2867 https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/nightmare-in-wes...
- zimpenfish 2y ago
  > I must confess I couldn't make it beyond maybe the first two minutes About 30 seconds for me because I can't watch talking heads (especially that close to camera) which have jump cuts between sentences. If you can't read it all smoothly in one go, don't appear on camera! (I appreciate this is a niche complaint)

arjvik 2y ago

Even before hearing this story, I used to religiously check that any door I entered while straying from the beaten path (urbex, or simply exploring infrastructure not meant for the public) wouldn't lock behind me. I've stopped myself from entering a stairwell a few times because I wasn't sure if there'd be another exit I could take. Occasionally, if I'm feeling daring, I'll pull out one of the blank plastic cards from my wallet and jam the door latch with it, then keep going.

Rediscover 2y ago
> ... any door ... wouldn't lock behind me. You are not alone with that precaution. Ages ago, before plastic gift cards were ubiquitous, I used to quest/urbex with shims of thin aluminum trimmed to door jamb size (making them harder to detect). The buddy system also was used - "You stay on this side, I'll go through and test it can get opened from the other side." Extremely useful when entering campus/city steam tunnels that may not have another good door for hundreds of meters (the tunnels were secured to prevent access to the structures they connected).

wruza 2y ago

It’s MrBallen, right? Ofc it’s him. Please note that these stories are recreational and may contain parts that aren’t exactly real. Also real-based stories get mixed a lot with just horrors without explicit notice. Not saying that he’s intentionally tricky with it, but reality and fact-checking is not the selling point of this channel either.

aaron695 2y ago
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probably_wrong 2y ago

I must confess I couldn't make it beyond maybe the first two minutes. I know there's a difference between "telling the news" and "telling a story", but then there's also "get to the point" which this video (IMO) doesn't. For those with less patience the story of Bernard Gore is told in many articles including this one: https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/nightmare-in-westfield-how-bernard-gore-died-after-being-trapped-in-westfield-shopping-centre-stairwell/news-story/d06bc0b1917e88059015eab73e9c2867 https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/nightmare-in-wes...

zimpenfish 2y ago
> I must confess I couldn't make it beyond maybe the first two minutes About 30 seconds for me because I can't watch talking heads (especially that close to camera) which have jump cuts between sentences. If you can't read it all smoothly in one go, don't appear on camera! (I appreciate this is a niche complaint)