WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Making an Unlikely Friend While Exploring An Abandoned House

WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Unlikely Friend While Exploring An Abandoned House

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How an explorer of abandoned houses known as “The Tourist” walked into an unlikely scenario and formed an unexpected friendship.

Exploring and photographing abandoned houses always comes with its share of surprises, it also often confronts you with some moral questions and scenarios, there are many “what if’s” that can be associated with this hobby. What if I find a body, what if I find drugs, what if there are squatters…and of course – what if I find a bag of money?

It is up to each person individually to decide how they are to deal with these and all the other hypothetical “what if” scenarios while exploring abandoned places, and that is all a part of the excitement of doing this.

Besides these What If scenarios, we are also often faced with the question “Is it really abandoned?’. My photos often get scrutinized by the viewers and I frequently see comments like “that’s not abandoned” – and yes, it is entirely possible that the homes we are poking around in are not abandoned. It could be entirely possible that the elderly owner(s) have been moved to a nursing home or care facility, it could be that the residents recently passed away and the family is still figuring out how to deal with the property and its contents…..or, it is actually abandoned.

The two points above were made very real last year by an Ontario explorer and abandoned photographer who goes by the handle “The Tourist” – more on this in a while. The Tourist – AKA Leslie posts her photos on Instagram, as many of us do and last year she caught the attention of many having posted numerous interesting shots from some well known and not so well known abandoned buildings. My Instagram feed is always full of great photos from all of the talented explorers whom I follow and I was always pleasantly surprised with how The Tourist made something as simple as a photo of an empty chair in a barn seem interesting with a curious caption and nicely lit with natural light through a window.

Then, in June of 2015 she caught the attention of many with one single Instagram post after having been confronted with two of the points I mentioned at the beginning of this post:

“What if it’s not abandoned”

“What if I find a person inside”

The Tourist was on her way home after a day of exploring and decided to make one last stop at a house she had been curious about for some time – this was a decision that would not only change her life – but that of another. I will let you discover this story just as I had, through her words and Instagram posts:

This incredible story has caught the attention of many and I decided to use my platforms to tell this incredible tale and good deed.
This is definitely not the end of the story between Leslie and Lawrence and I suggest that anyone who reads this blog post follow The Tourist on Instagram and follow along with this amazing story and gesture of goodwill and selflessness and ask yourself the question – what would you do if given this scenario?

Freaktography: Photographing the typically Desolate off-limits and Derelict unseen parts of civilization. The photographer behind Freaktography is a modern day explorer choosing to seek out and show the wonders and mysteries of our own backyards through unconventional photography and adventurous Urban Exploring of Vacant and Lost Places Full of Decay