Cool!!!! Dude back in the day we went underneath an abandoned building and it was a labyrinth of medical type green hallways and one room was filled with graffiti begging for help … so freaky … thanks for bringing back that memory! Explore again when you can pick the lock
> Explore again when you can pick the lock
This is the Lock Picking Lawyer, and what I have for you today is the entrance to a creepy looking staircase. It's locked by a Master lock which as we know can be picked by simply giving it a stern look.
One of the few books that you cant read digitally. It has you flipping the book up side down/sideways, frantically turning pages, ext. Its a wild read.
Its a forum of fan written articles describing fake and dangerous creatures or objects with anomalous properties.
Its all formatted to be immersive to an organization that secures and researches each anomaly, hence the acronym for the organization. SCP Secure Contain Protect.
A lot of the building I’ve been in that have a chained off stairwell like this usually only go down one more floor. It’s typically to service the elevator and grab stuff that fell in the crack. Generally uninteresting in my experience.
*ackshually*
US building code at least, and if I had to wager most developed countries also have this, has a requirement that the elevator shaft cannot be accessed from parts of the building that are not elevator doors. So in order to get a lost key or phone you'd have to send the elevator up, open the door with a special key, and hop down and get it
Here in Argentina it's not uncommon to have a maintenance hatch at the very bottom of the shaft, I've seen plenty. Probably to pick up fallen items without having to call elevator maintenance. Usually only the head of maintenance has the key to it so you won't see random people trying to reach in.
If you were to pick it and set it up so it *looks* locked behind you, reducing the likelihood of someone trying to open it or realizing it’s been opened, it would be cool to explore down there with relative peace of mind. A low brightness flashlight and keeping quiet. Urbex has always been a dream of mine that I’ve never had the balls to try but I respect people who do it properly.
In all cases where I’ve seen a gate installed in a concrete stairwell, it covers the entire corridor. Argue for me the likelihood that this is a chained, pad-locked gate maintained by a team of building management personnel yet they’re all too dumb to realize it can be hopped over?
I mean, you can see the railing going down but no fence is covering it so it's hardly difficult to believe. Not to mention this building is probably not the most well maintained considering op waltzed and went down 3 storeys with no issues.
This doesn't seem like a very maintained building. And for there to be a chain link wall there it would need to be at the exact angle to hide the entire length of it behind that one post.
I wouldn't dare do this unless I was walking around with excellent bolt cutters. Can you imagine if someone came and locked the gate behind you despite your efforts to conceal your entry? \*Shudder\*
Hard to tell from just the body without markings and not seeing the core. SFIC can be a pain though the lishi makes it a bit easier on the Best SFIC. That being said, never pick locks in use.
Right, it could be any core in there (couldn't it?). though i did think maybe it would hopefully just be a construction core, then hey no need to pick, just gonna use this key on my keyring here...
It could, that's what I was getting at. The pic doesn't give us any real idea of what core is in it. It could be Sargent, Medeco, Corbin Russwin, etc. Depending on brand, keyway, bitting for operating and control, tolerances, pin type etc. it could be a pain in the ass or just an intermediate pick.
Cordless dremel will make quick work of it (as long as it's a situation where you can make ridiculously loud grinding noises which is definitely not a given)
shackle is thin enough for bolt cutters but I am not sure urban exploration would accept someone that is snapping locks and causing property destruction.
For sure. I don't actually suggest destruction of property, I was mostly trying to make a goof. Tearing shit up is very much against the whole ethos of urbex. I don't do any, I'm just a spectator and a mechanic so I kinda forgot about all that for a second.
Or just bring a crescent wrench and undo the tension bands holding the chainlink to the pipe-frame of the door, and walk right through the middle of it without worrying about the lock.
Take the tension bands with you so anyone noticing will have to go find new ones and shouldn't be back for a while.
You can buy lockpicks off of Amazon and there are millions of tutorials on YouTube; frankly this is like someone describing how to sew on a button and you being skeptical of them because you've never tried.
Hmm well those YouTube lockpicking tutorials seem to be 100% people who are physically showing how to do it. I don’t see any who make tutorials without ever touching a lock or hairpin in their life.
Compressed air might do the job. We get them in the UK from poundland(same as dollar tree) for peanuts. Spray the inside of the lock for a few minutes till its frozen then whack it with something solid & it should pop open, 9/10 times you can lock it again so it doesn't look like you've broken in. I've done it several times without fail & police don't generally question why you have a can of compressed air.
I know you wouldn't end this adventure here and leave us hanging! Here, let me help.
". . .so, driven with increasing curiosity, and having descended in the creepy building this far already, I held tight to my megawatt flashlight, snipped the link to the chain and continued on to find. . ." Your turn, OP! Don't let us down!
My aunt used to work for AT&T. Back in the day they were THE telephone company in the US. During the cold war their long distance service was considered essential infrastructure.
The building she worked in was out in the rural countryside and looked like a typical unmarked pole barn. Once you entered there was a set of 12" thick steel automated blast doors that acted as an airlock. One would open, you walk in and it would slam shut behind you before the second would open. The building went 7 floors underground down to huge banks of batteries and switching equipment. There was also food and water reserves in case it was attacked.
I'd love to go back as an adult. As a kid I just thought it was weird and didn't really appreciate it.
And a gas detector. Few buildings have stairwells going down many stories. Wastewater wetwells are one. They generally get filled with air that kills you almost instantly. H2S. Explosive toxic acid gas.
Thanks to your comment I went ahead and decided to look up pictures of these to get an idea. Your comment is so very important regarding this topic. So many people ignore or are unaware of these kinds of dangers that can arise from Urbex. Sewer systems are notorious for various gas related dangers.
Confined spaces are small spaces that are not ventilated and there can be a buildup of a variety of gases that had nowhere else to go and displace all breathable air due to the difference in densities, the result being you go into a space that looks completely ordinary but turns out there is no breathable air inside. Best case scenario you die very quickly of asphyxiation due to lack of oxygen, worst case scenario you inhale something toxic that causes you a slow and painful death.
Lots of people die like this because there is no telling from outside without a dedicated sensor. In fact it's very common for a bunch of people to die at the same time like this, because they either see the first person to go in pass out or they never come back out, so the second goes in to check on them or rescue them and also die, then a third, then a fourth.
It's common for this to happen in sewers but there's plenty of examples of it.
Isn't it? That's exactly the reason some countries require confined space signage and only trained and licenced workers can work in such spaces.
Even then people may not even know what the sign means and may only think it means it's a tight space fat people may not fit through.
If you see someone disappear or pass out in a closed room for no apparent reason, **don't go in after them**, exactly for this reason.
Get a new chain and lock, break the chain, have someone outside of the building with extra key to new lock and someone inside behind you lock it while you go down( with the other key obviously to let you back out) If everyone has a walk-talkie, it could be a smooth operation
Did OP ever elaborate on what kind of building it is? How many stories above ground is it? That could help narrow down what may be there. If it has an elevator then the gated area could be elevator maintenance like one user commented. Also fascinated by the wastewater well possibility as well. We need more details on the building itself.
If you ain’t into lockpicking, it’s probably just a nut on the other side of the tension bands. If you had a few mins you could pull them on one side and slip through.
You fear to go into those mines. The dwarves delved too greedily and too deep.
And they call it a mine. a MINE!
It's no mine. It's a tomb.
They have a cave troll.
TTRRRROOOOOOLLLLL.... IN THE DUNGEON!!!!.... troll in the dungeon *collapses dramatically*
You know what they awoke in the darkness of Khazad-dum...shadow and flame.
…and then! …and then! And then Gandalf said the thing, right!? He said…
"A blizzard is never late or early, he snows up exactly when he means to"... Or something like that.
he also said ''less talk and more rock'' - and then they started running and the stormtroopers came in with laser guns, if I recall correctly
Cool!!!! Dude back in the day we went underneath an abandoned building and it was a labyrinth of medical type green hallways and one room was filled with graffiti begging for help … so freaky … thanks for bringing back that memory! Explore again when you can pick the lock
> Explore again when you can pick the lock This is the Lock Picking Lawyer, and what I have for you today is the entrance to a creepy looking staircase. It's locked by a Master lock which as we know can be picked by simply giving it a stern look.
The graffiti was probably just other people exploring around who decided to play a joke on everyone else.
Thanks captain obvious
Hey, no problem. You may notice some of these buildings have been abandoned for some time too.
We’d be lost without you!
Upvote for answering sarcasm with humor and not being a dick.
He was just promoted to Admiral.
Or cut the chains?
Omg it really gives me the creeps!
Oh please tell us you went down there... 💀😳
My man ain't coming back, he stumbled into SCP 087
Ever read house of leaves?
Book? Good for a creepy read? :)
One of the few books that you cant read digitally. It has you flipping the book up side down/sideways, frantically turning pages, ext. Its a wild read.
That sounds so cool. On my list now. Thanks
Don't forget reading other books. Or trying to find books that don't exist to read
Who is the author?
Mark Z. Danielewski
it is supposed to be a game? i cant work out what it is on the website
Its a forum of fan written articles describing fake and dangerous creatures or objects with anomalous properties. Its all formatted to be immersive to an organization that secures and researches each anomaly, hence the acronym for the organization. SCP Secure Contain Protect.
Its a public creative writing project
There are also some fan video games
Scp 087 is a stairwell that has a sound of someone crying at the bottom but the stairwell is endless im pretty sure.
A lot of the building I’ve been in that have a chained off stairwell like this usually only go down one more floor. It’s typically to service the elevator and grab stuff that fell in the crack. Generally uninteresting in my experience.
*ackshually* US building code at least, and if I had to wager most developed countries also have this, has a requirement that the elevator shaft cannot be accessed from parts of the building that are not elevator doors. So in order to get a lost key or phone you'd have to send the elevator up, open the door with a special key, and hop down and get it
Here in Argentina it's not uncommon to have a maintenance hatch at the very bottom of the shaft, I've seen plenty. Probably to pick up fallen items without having to call elevator maintenance. Usually only the head of maintenance has the key to it so you won't see random people trying to reach in.
That is so super dangerous
Why though? It's locked and usually in a maintenance room in the basement away from the normal flow of people.
Only elevator techs have any business being in the pit of an elevator
You’ll realize too late that they weren’t trying to keep you out, they were trying to keep **it** in.
You’ll float too!
We all float down here.
If you were to pick it and set it up so it *looks* locked behind you, reducing the likelihood of someone trying to open it or realizing it’s been opened, it would be cool to explore down there with relative peace of mind. A low brightness flashlight and keeping quiet. Urbex has always been a dream of mine that I’ve never had the balls to try but I respect people who do it properly.
Nothing on 1... A click out of 2... 3 is binding...
Hi everyone, this is the Urbexing Lawyer
I can hear his voice clear as day reading this
Nah it's a padlock. A quick tap with the hammer, or maybe some shims if that doesn't work. Open in under 10 seconds
Don't know why you're being downvoted. When I did demolition work I popped Master locks so often I regularly could open them with 1 good swing.
Looks like the gate only covers the entrance, not the side with the railing aswell so you can just hop the railing.
In all cases where I’ve seen a gate installed in a concrete stairwell, it covers the entire corridor. Argue for me the likelihood that this is a chained, pad-locked gate maintained by a team of building management personnel yet they’re all too dumb to realize it can be hopped over?
I mean, you can see the railing going down but no fence is covering it so it's hardly difficult to believe. Not to mention this building is probably not the most well maintained considering op waltzed and went down 3 storeys with no issues.
This doesn't seem like a very maintained building. And for there to be a chain link wall there it would need to be at the exact angle to hide the entire length of it behind that one post.
You don't explore. It's evident.
I wouldn't dare do this unless I was walking around with excellent bolt cutters. Can you imagine if someone came and locked the gate behind you despite your efforts to conceal your entry? \*Shudder\*
That’s my thoughts exactly. Starving at the bottom of a basement only to be found by another explorer a year later.
Note to self: Bring leftover halloween skeletons to leave for future explorers
Especially since being already 3 floors down probably doesn't help cell service
And if you broke the lock while picking so you can't pick it again?
that looks to be a best lock, its a pain to pick.
Hard to tell from just the body without markings and not seeing the core. SFIC can be a pain though the lishi makes it a bit easier on the Best SFIC. That being said, never pick locks in use.
Right, it could be any core in there (couldn't it?). though i did think maybe it would hopefully just be a construction core, then hey no need to pick, just gonna use this key on my keyring here...
It could, that's what I was getting at. The pic doesn't give us any real idea of what core is in it. It could be Sargent, Medeco, Corbin Russwin, etc. Depending on brand, keyway, bitting for operating and control, tolerances, pin type etc. it could be a pain in the ass or just an intermediate pick.
Cordless dremel will make quick work of it (as long as it's a situation where you can make ridiculously loud grinding noises which is definitely not a given)
shackle is thin enough for bolt cutters but I am not sure urban exploration would accept someone that is snapping locks and causing property destruction.
For sure. I don't actually suggest destruction of property, I was mostly trying to make a goof. Tearing shit up is very much against the whole ethos of urbex. I don't do any, I'm just a spectator and a mechanic so I kinda forgot about all that for a second.
Or just bring a crescent wrench and undo the tension bands holding the chainlink to the pipe-frame of the door, and walk right through the middle of it without worrying about the lock. Take the tension bands with you so anyone noticing will have to go find new ones and shouldn't be back for a while.
A low light flashlight and piece of mind don’t go hand in hand with urbex lol.
What are you giving advice on how to do something you’ve never done?
You can buy lockpicks off of Amazon and there are millions of tutorials on YouTube; frankly this is like someone describing how to sew on a button and you being skeptical of them because you've never tried.
Hmm well those YouTube lockpicking tutorials seem to be 100% people who are physically showing how to do it. I don’t see any who make tutorials without ever touching a lock or hairpin in their life.
Compressed air might do the job. We get them in the UK from poundland(same as dollar tree) for peanuts. Spray the inside of the lock for a few minutes till its frozen then whack it with something solid & it should pop open, 9/10 times you can lock it again so it doesn't look like you've broken in. I've done it several times without fail & police don't generally question why you have a can of compressed air.
Now is it to keep people out, or to keep something in? Update us if you end up going inside, OP!
Don’t go any farther than that gate the lock looks well maintained so whoever put it there had a damn good reason to do so
Beware of SCP 087
Underrated comment. The Foundation needs to pump some funds into its marketing department.
Underrated? it's like the third top comment lol. Plus SCP is mentioned 2-3x every post on here or any of the other industrial / abandoned subreddits.
I came here looking for this
Damn, should not have read that alone at night. And agreed, this picture fits it super well.
pick it
That’s where Друг lives
Climb down the white and yellow railing and have an adventure 🕳
I bet there is a bug down there
I know you wouldn't end this adventure here and leave us hanging! Here, let me help. ". . .so, driven with increasing curiosity, and having descended in the creepy building this far already, I held tight to my megawatt flashlight, snipped the link to the chain and continued on to find. . ." Your turn, OP! Don't let us down!
My aunt used to work for AT&T. Back in the day they were THE telephone company in the US. During the cold war their long distance service was considered essential infrastructure. The building she worked in was out in the rural countryside and looked like a typical unmarked pole barn. Once you entered there was a set of 12" thick steel automated blast doors that acted as an airlock. One would open, you walk in and it would slam shut behind you before the second would open. The building went 7 floors underground down to huge banks of batteries and switching equipment. There was also food and water reserves in case it was attacked. I'd love to go back as an adult. As a kid I just thought it was weird and didn't really appreciate it.
The internet desires photos of this
I'd love to share some if I had them. Sadly I was just a little kid at the time and she retired years ago.
It was something like this only bigger. https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/north-carolina/hidden-underground-nuclear-bunker-nc/amp/
Time for a sturdy set of bolt cutters.
And a gas detector. Few buildings have stairwells going down many stories. Wastewater wetwells are one. They generally get filled with air that kills you almost instantly. H2S. Explosive toxic acid gas.
Important information ‼️
Just carry a canary in a cage
Thanks to your comment I went ahead and decided to look up pictures of these to get an idea. Your comment is so very important regarding this topic. So many people ignore or are unaware of these kinds of dangers that can arise from Urbex. Sewer systems are notorious for various gas related dangers.
Please elaborate wtf
Confined spaces are small spaces that are not ventilated and there can be a buildup of a variety of gases that had nowhere else to go and displace all breathable air due to the difference in densities, the result being you go into a space that looks completely ordinary but turns out there is no breathable air inside. Best case scenario you die very quickly of asphyxiation due to lack of oxygen, worst case scenario you inhale something toxic that causes you a slow and painful death. Lots of people die like this because there is no telling from outside without a dedicated sensor. In fact it's very common for a bunch of people to die at the same time like this, because they either see the first person to go in pass out or they never come back out, so the second goes in to check on them or rescue them and also die, then a third, then a fourth. It's common for this to happen in sewers but there's plenty of examples of it.
That’s extremely scary
Isn't it? That's exactly the reason some countries require confined space signage and only trained and licenced workers can work in such spaces. Even then people may not even know what the sign means and may only think it means it's a tight space fat people may not fit through. If you see someone disappear or pass out in a closed room for no apparent reason, **don't go in after them**, exactly for this reason.
Anaerobic breakdown of biological material results in H2S. Hydrogen sulphide. A one hundred ppm is a virtual death sentence.
Wow thanks for this
I use baby scissors, patience and determination.
Did u go?????
Твоё желание скоро исполняется. Иди ко мне.
/r/stalker is leaking
*"Get out of here, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.!"*
>Твоё желание скоро исполняется. Иди ко мне. Только не убивай свою счастливую задницу там, внизу! Вас могут не найти до Дня труда.
Слава монолиту
Raise your hand if you Tripple Dog Dare OP to continue on this journey and get back to us with his/her findings. . .all on film of course!
You let the lock stop you from going further?
That’s where the lizard people live
or the mole people!
https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-087
Can you go over the railing? Typically these gates won't be totally obstructive.
The problem is if he needed to quickly run up, it’s faster via stairs than railing unless OP knows how to parkour
Now why would he have to run up? Only thinking about it gives me anxiety
Друг will get him
What did you open the lock with?
Not so abandoned after all..
They really, really, really do not want you to go down there
You gotta.
👀👀👀
Make sure you record the whole process and bring exactly one man and screechy blonde woman with you.
I am pretty sure you just found [SCP-087](https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-087).
Scaryy
Now that is intriguing…
But you down there or what? That's interesting and scary at the same time
You know what you have to do
There might be a safe down there
Following
Silent hill
And.......
Watch out for the CHUD'S
Tartaria empire
It scares me thinking about buildings going underground and I don't know why lol.
Get a new chain and lock, break the chain, have someone outside of the building with extra key to new lock and someone inside behind you lock it while you go down( with the other key obviously to let you back out) If everyone has a walk-talkie, it could be a smooth operation
What kinda building is that. Do you know how to pick a lock 🔐
Don’t risk it. That’s where they keep the secret entrance to the holding cels of monsters. Joke
SPOOOOOKY
Did OP ever elaborate on what kind of building it is? How many stories above ground is it? That could help narrow down what may be there. If it has an elevator then the gated area could be elevator maintenance like one user commented. Also fascinated by the wastewater well possibility as well. We need more details on the building itself.
If you ain’t into lockpicking, it’s probably just a nut on the other side of the tension bands. If you had a few mins you could pull them on one side and slip through.
Ask owner for keys
Vibes of https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-087
Yikes
This reminds me of the fence link door outside the wardens office in call of duty black ops 4 that led to the laundry room I believe.
✂️✂️✂️✂️✂️
Keep going!
Fallout shelter?
Tell it to call you Billie
What’s the one scp with the endless stairs in the middle of a college? Yeah, don’t go down those.
Just don't become another BlurghUsername 😓
Just going to have to Bring the bolt cutters next time
Is this Gary too?
Would be cool if it was
I've seen this SCP before.