Anybody who knows anything about the student ghetto in Albuquerque, knows about the haunted house on Cornell and Silver. Interesting historical fact: Also known as the Werner-Gilchrist House, it was built circa 1908 and was apparently on Albuquerque's eastern most border at the time.
Until recently, the house had been concealed behind a forest of trees, weeds and chain link fences. But now, after truckloads of crap were cleared away by the city, we all could finally see the face of the haunted house.
Definitely a fixer upper. But with the house so exposed, I realized it didn't seem creepy anymore. Just sad. Unquestionably, this house needs some love.
Luckily, someone did decide to be just that person to give the house what it needs. And to my personal benefit, that person was a friend of a friend of a... whatever. In other words, I got to go inside! And on Friday the 13th! Check out the pictures here.
That was the spookiness, now for the spelunking.
It's amazing what bored weekend afternoons can turn into. In our case, it turned into a short day trip to Sandia Man Cave. Discovered in 1936, it is believed a man - the "Sandia Man" - lived periodically in the cave 10,000-12,000 years ago. Cool fact to know, but it was unfortunate to notice how vandalized the cave is now.
Besides that, the cave was really quite thrilling. It goes 300 feet in, with most of it requiring visitors to crawl and get really dirty, which I think just added to the fun.
Lots more pictures here. I would definitely recommend it. If nothing else, it's a fun way to take up a free afternoon. Plus you'll be able to say you've been spelunking.
1 comment:
l have the pictures of the inside of the house? the link doesent work and I'd love to see it.
who was going to take care of the house? I saw the place just today and it looks just like it did in that picture there.
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