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yes Motts you do, looks really alien, something out of Jacobs Ladder.

awyper

Fri 11-04-2005

btw it isn't me, awyper :-)

Motts

Fri 11-04-2005

Looks like a gurl - albeit one with three arms! Am I right?

rich_edwards79

Fri 11-04-2005

It looks like they're cracking their neck.

Ron

Fri 11-04-2005

Mr Motts, I figured it wasnt you, you are taller and have sharper features :)))))

awyper

Fri 11-04-2005

That alien has one big brain!

Tony C.

Fri 11-04-2005

Perfect!! The underlying theme of insanity is shown in this shot so effectively, bringing human presence once again to the place which once contained it. Anyone reminded of the ghostly patients seen in House on Haunted Hill 1999 version insofar as the fast shaking of the head..?

Paul

Sat 11-05-2005

Paul very good point it dose remind you of House on Haunted Hill, thats cool

Jackie

Sat 11-05-2005

got shocked at the first look!!! this is thrilling!!!

Chip

Wed 12-07-2005

this picture scared the crap out of me when i first scrolled down!!!!!!!!! i was like whoa they got a real ghost on film! haha my bad

ashley

Thu 12-08-2005

Something from House on Haunted Hill perhapes. It adds a REALLY nice touch to the entire place.

RB Vannacutt

Wed 01-11-2006

That's disturbing! When you first look at it its a bit unsettling.

Andy

Sun 01-22-2006

crazy, but interesting all at the same time!!

rtotten

Sun 02-19-2006

THATS AWESOME its like a demented manson music video!

Alex

Thu 04-27-2006

This pic lOokZ miNt... :-P
Th3 blured man loOkz cr33pY....!!!

MizZ.Te@.Z

Thu 05-11-2006

OMG!!! that pic has freaked me out a treat! it took me a good 7 or 8 minutes to pluck up the courage to look at it again.
A bit like house on haunted hill, i watched that film once and will never watch it again.......far too scary

Sianaby

Fri 05-12-2006

Sianaby I agree with you totally...that movie was scary as hell. The first time I watched it, and saw that head-shaking thing in the basement (through the camera lens), it startled me so bad I screamed out loud! This pic captures the same kinda feeling...<shudder>

Sara B.

Mon 06-12-2006

Hey, speaking of House on Haunted Hill; anyone know where that place is? Is it a real building? That place was huge.

Sara B.

Mon 06-12-2006

http://movie-locations.../houseonhaunted.html
Link to the original House on Haunted Hill and the remake locations

Thanks Kadee!

Ascend.

yes ... it reminds me of the House on Haunted Hill .
kadee nice link
i hope it is restored , it was a shame to loose such a... interesting building

Jmack

Thu 07-06-2006

I nearly jumped out of my seat when I saw this! XD Exilent job

Violet

Thu 08-03-2006

It would be a better pic if you were not in it.

mike

Wed 08-09-2006

This seriously looks like it should be a promo for a horror/thriller flick. Maybe a movie could be written around it...
Motts, this is really one of the best websites and some of the most interesting photos I've ever seen. Would love to have just a smidge of the talent for catching the life of these places that you do.

ihavewebfeet

Sun 08-20-2006

i worked on the hill for close to 10 years of course the unknown is very scary until you can understand that half or more were committed for things that we take for granted in the year 2006

kim

Fri 10-20-2006

I'm watching a segment on Dixmont..Do you really think the spirts a evil or....ones just trying to get out...?

Email me: CamoDontShow416@aol.com

Lil' Killer K

Sun 10-29-2006

i too watched a special on dixmont, is it true that the doctors really tortured the patients there? if so that is a awful thing to do. my cosin works in an institution for the mentally ill, it also is in an building and she too has heard about doctors doing very bad things to the mentally ill back in the 40's,50's,60's. i find so sad to hear that people were to take care of them and they hurt them instead......

themoonlover

Mon 10-30-2006

Oh boy! A new batch of readers in the Comments section! :-)

awsome

Reminds me of Tony Shalhoub's head growing back in Men in Black:

"You insensitive prick! Do you have any idea how much that stings? "

Transcendental Medication

Wed 01-31-2007

wow... just wow.
I like the way you stretch your exposures, Mr. Mott, It brings out the detail..
As well as doing strange things to anyone in the frame.
Oh, yes, about the 'experiments' A lot were early attempts at making new treatments for the insane. A lot were basically wrong, and were misunderstood by laymen, thus hey became 'sadistic' and 'torture'. A lot were wrong, and a lot of people were hurt, but the controls we have now, nor the experiences gained from all of these older therapies, would be around except for this barbaric system of experimentation.
Look at the history of the lobotomy...

Doctor DETH

Mon 02-12-2007

ah.
that is not cool.
it seriously is going to give me nightmares tonight.
thanks motts. thanks.

Sun 05-13-2007

HUH!!!!!!! : )

Nevermore

Tue 06-05-2007

Is this photographic proof of the "Pirate dance" I've read so much about? Seems rather spastic to me if so =P

Taubin

Sat 11-17-2007

Who the heck is that?.......WHAT the heck is that?!!!! Omg, i jumped when i saw this picture. It took me like 10 minutes just to be able to scroll back up(ok, you caught me,i closed my eyes on my way bakc up but do you blame me????!!!!)

hot_pink_rox595

Tue 12-11-2007

wow. when this image popped up on my screen it scared the shit outta me. it looks like the horrific "fast-head" effect used frequently in jacob's ladder

callie

Thu 12-27-2007

It makes me think of someone going crazy in there!

Matt

Fri 02-15-2008

the first split second this pic came up, i had a small shock go through me, WOw

Josh

Thu 04-02-2009

I realize I am just repeating what has already been said, but the blur of the picture really does make the person look like an alien! Nice.
(And all of us who have seen your "cupids demise" gallery, know that you are in fact great at portraits, Motts!)

pumpkinprincess1979

Sat 09-19-2009

Just happen to run accross this site.. the picture is very strange... to the right of the head area there's a face. STRANGE

Oh my

Fri 10-22-2010

Good shot!! It looks like something from a horror movie!

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Mon 08-22-2011

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Date Shot:	August 2005	Image ID#:	3433
Date Posted:	Fri, November 4th 2005	Camera:	Canon 300D Rebel

Location Name:	Dixmont State Hospital
Current Status:	Demolished
Built:	1859	Closed:	1984
Opened:	1862	Demolished / Renovated:	2006
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