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Iva Stanley | all galleries >> Galleries >> A Look Inside Abandoned State Mental Hospital > Buzzard
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06-SEP-2004 iva

Buzzard

This was the first thing we saw when we pulled up.
There was something extra "creepy" about being watched by a buzzard.
This is NOT a bird common to this area. Had kind of an Omen feel.

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Tim 11-Jan-2017 03:47
No they are dark birds and there are many in the area around summer Buzzard rd is about 3 miles from here they sometimes get hit by cars feeding on roadkill
Guest 11-Aug-2015 03:43
What a once in a lifetime shot. that bird being there so weird cool and scary. Btw I'm a bird lover even vultures but id be freaked
landry 17-Mar-2013 22:57
Barbra i feel horrible from reading your story. I am only 15 and i love to learn about haunted insane asylums or anything involving the paranormal activity. I have experienced the paranormal countless times. I do feel horrible though i wish i could have been there to help you.
amanda 08-Aug-2010 23:33
wow barbara, i feel deeply sadend by your story.. i am sending you love from england my darling x
candy 20-Oct-2009 22:53
barbara will you plz e-mail me...i would love to talk to you more about this time in your life...
Barbara 22-Sep-2009 05:20
It is very chilling for me to see and read about these places but at the same time i feel like i need to know about them.I am 64 years old when i was about 9 years old i was placed in a mental hospital. I can't remember where it was or the name and no one would ever tell me.It was in National City or Chula Vista,Ca.I was given 18 shock treatments one a day for 18 days. I was so scared i ran away once and went back to my mothers house when i got there apparently they knew where i would be heading they were waiting for me. They put me in a straight jacket I was so scared i thought i was going to die. They took me back and put me in a unite where it appeared to be all people that were really out of there minds. They kicked me hit me spit on me and yelled at me. I stayed in a corner and didn't move once i tried to move and one of the orderlys shocked me with some sort of wand. They ask me if i was ever going to run away again and i promised i wouldn't. they after 3 days took me back where they were giving me the shock treatments. It was the most horrible thing i ever had to go through. There was a lady in the bed next to me she said Barbara you listen to me and pay attention to what i have to say if you want to get out of here alive.She said whenever the doctors come in after your shock treatments and ask you are you going to me a good girl you say yes. when they ask you if your step dad molested you,you say oh no i just said that because i was jeolous of him and my mother and that i thought if i said that she would leave him.My point about writing this to let people know the stories they hear about these places are so true. I truly believe that lady saved my life.I feel like they raped my mind i still have some memory loss the doctors along time ago said i might never get it all back. Before you put your children in any of these places be very sure that is what they need.I guess i needed to talk about it i haven't in a long time.I would give anything if i could find that hospital so i could go get some information about that time in my life but i don't even have a name of the hospital.Who ever reads this God,Bless and you all underhis umbrella of love forever.I heard some one say that at that they were experimenting on dogs
Guest 07-Aug-2008 03:34
What ever kind of bird it is. It's bodily functions seem to be working well
TA 02-Aug-2007 19:51
That's a buzzard, for sure, but they are very common around the midwest. Anywhere there is carreon (sic) there are buzzards.
Gohan 21-Sep-2004 06:23
A very good composition, but quality contrary. Everything looks black. That is because the main part of picture is a light sky, it made the bird dark
Iva Stanley12-Sep-2004 11:44
Perhaps you are right. I am not a student of Ornithology and did not do my homework on this one. In my haste I probably "fowled" this one up. ;)
Sj 12-Sep-2004 11:29
I don't know..but could it be a vulture? looks kinda big for a buzzard?
And the head is bald...vulture-like...
just curious