Guest rumbo Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 "The Odessa Catacombs are an estimated 2,500 kilometres of labyrinths stretching out under the city and surrounding region of Odessa, Ukraine. The majority of the catacombs are the result of stone mining. Most of the city's 19th century houses were built of limestone mined nearby. Abandoned mines were later used and widened by local smugglers. This created a gigantic labyrinth of underground tunnels beneath Odessa, known as the "catacombs"." In the following picture is the remains of a girl who became lost in the catacombs during a New Years celebration in 2005. Her friends left the catacombs (probably drunk) and forgot she was still there (apparently). Stuck in pitch black darkness, feeling around the catacombs, she eventually died of dehydration. There are few more terrifying ways to die I think. She was not removed from the catacombs until 2007. NSFW More at the thread: http://www.uer.ca/fo...&threadid=68818 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Coalbucket PI Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Cool stuff, would be terrifying down there I'm sure. Has anyone read Stanley Donwood's book Catacombs of Terror? It's tremendous kitsch noir detective supernatural fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sprigg Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 This was one of my most enjoyable reads in weeks! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GORDO Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 there's already a minecraft thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornflakes002 Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 The girl was buried in 2007 and I find that pic of the girl distressing so am not comeing back to this topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 i don't know the layout of the catacombs (if there are multiple levels with hard to see access holes), but if it's essentially just a maze you can always find your way out by always turning the same direction. Maybe she didn't know that. edit: nm, 2500 km lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvatorin Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Looking at that thread is an uncomfortable mixture of feeling exhilarated by catacombs and feeling bad for the tragedy that befell mariya. Also, there was apparently a psychedelic mushroom plantation in there at some point: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rumbo Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 i don't know the layout of the catacombs (if there are multiple levels with hard to see access holes), but if it's essentially just a maze you can always find your way out by always turning the same direction. Maybe she didn't know that. edit: nm, 2500 km lol Yeah, I'm not sure it it's 2500 km combined lengths of tunnel, or if that's the area it covers in general. I presume it's the combined total of tunnel lengths. Here is just one of the maps from that thread: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fiznuthian Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Looking at that thread is an uncomfortable mixture of feeling exhilarated by catacombs and feeling bad for the tragedy that befell mariya. Also, there was apparently a psychedelic mushroom plantation in there at some point: holy shit thats a LOT of substrate if the picture isn't deceiving my eyes. someone was growing many hundrds of pounds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macca Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Looking at that thread is an uncomfortable mixture of feeling exhilarated by catacombs and feeling bad for the tragedy that befell mariya. Also, there was apparently a psychedelic mushroom plantation in there at some point: :O HOLY FUCKING LORD :O THE MOTHERLOAD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremymacgregor87 Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 The girl was buried in 2007 and I find that pic of the girl distressing so am not comeing back to this topic yeah, agreed. that photo is grim as fuck. spoilers?/nsfw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 That's fucking horrible. I don't want to live on this planet anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rumbo Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Sorry I should have spoiler'd the pic of the girl. I cant edit my post now so maybe a mod can do it. I find this stuff interesting and look at quite a bit of it on the internet, so It doesn't bother me much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 I'd already spoiler tagged it before you wrote the above post. loz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rumbo Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 delet is on the ball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 man you guys have some large, sandy vaginas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Coalbucket PI Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 I don't get that thing about finding your way out of a maze by always turning the same way. Doesn't that make you go in circles? What if you find a dead end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Coalbucket PI Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 I don't get that thing about finding your way out of a maze by always turning the same way. Doesn't that make you go in circles? What if you find a dead end? Ok I figured it out on my own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Coalbucket PI Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Interestingly, or perhaps not, I have learned that that technique doesn't work if the goal of the maze is in a circle at the centre as you'd just follow the wall and find yourself back at the edge. You could surely design a maze that would catch out people following this rule? I might investigate Excessively detailed and sort of IDM/interesting page about maze solving algorithms: http://www.astrolog....th/algrithm.htm And yes also if you're talking about an enormous multiple layered maze where you probably came in through a manhole or something I would just sit my ass down and go mouldy ASAP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Interestingly, or perhaps not, I have learned that that technique doesn't work if the goal of the maze is in a circle at the centre as you'd just follow the wall and find yourself back at the edge. You could surely design a maze that would catch out people following this rule? I might investigate just add trap doors and cobras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyrex Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 man I have a large souless, black pit of a heart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
encey Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 man I have a large souless, black pit of a heart No, he was referring to Coalbucket's post above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essines Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Joyrex: King of the Internets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cazador Mod Unit Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 I want to live in eastern europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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