Another abandoned home that I discovered in Clarksville is hidden on the edge of a main road due to the number of trees surrounding it. It is so overgrown that the thorns make it almost impossible to reach. The inside of the house is completely destroyed and the ceiling is caving in in certain parts. The furniture is gone, but some appliances such as the stove and washing machine still remain and are extremely rusted.
Upstairs when I ventured into one of the bedrooms, I heard a creaking noise coming from the closet and thought that it might be a small squirrel. Before I knew it, a giant turkey vulture half the size of myself strutted out and stared me straight in the eye. Startled, I began to back out of the room, but the bird quickly flew out the shattered window, jagged with broken glass. I snapped a quick photo as it flew away and headed to the shed outside with my heart pounding.
The shed was a mystery, containing cages and a mystery object that may have been an old, antique oven or radio. A stick and a broken paper bag hung on the wall inside, which looked fairly new and made me feel uneasy, so I left soon after.
The history of this house and its previous owners remains a mystery to me as well.
When I returned home, I researched to find out what type of bird it was and discovered that it was a turkey vulture. According to the Pennsylvania Game Commission, "For unknown reasons, black vultures sometimes litter their nest areas with bright bits of trash, such as bottle caps and broken glass". This vulture's nest may have been in the closet of the house.
According to this news story from NBC, giant turkey vultures invaded a community in Columbia, Maryland in 2006. The article also stated that the birds don't attack or kill (luckily for me).
-All photos taken by me: Allison Nagy
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This house is one of the tenant farm houses from the Manakee farm dating to the early 1900's(very pre- Columbia). I've talked with the granddaughter of the farm's original owner and a gentleman who lived in the house as a teenager in the 1940's. It is currently owned by the adjacent cemetery, and has presumably escaped removal because it is on Maryland's list of historic sites.
Where did you find the abandon house in clarksville and columbia? Where are they close to? I would like to go take pictures,
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