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Could've been a lot of things, but it looked interesting to photograph...
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The 'Poopkid' strikes again?
Puddleboy
Fri 12-16-2005
LoL! That's what I was thinking, PB!
Bri
Fri 12-16-2005
I must say to get Lynne here. IS IT BLOOD OMG ITS SOMEONE BEATING THEIR HEAD AGANST A WALL WITH A RAZORBLADE OF TORTURED PAITENTS. CRUEL CRUEL PLACES THESE ARE I SAY SHUT THEM DOWN LYK OMFG BLOOOOOD BLOOOOOOOD
Jo
Fri 12-16-2005
LoL! Goodness, Jo!
Bri
Fri 12-16-2005
Jo, I REALLY love you! 8`-)
Lynne
Fri 12-16-2005
dude...that's poo...
Mona Lisa
Fri 12-16-2005
Did someone say "feces"?
Judderman
Fri 12-16-2005
OH MY GAWD.............its a stain........*shrugs shoulders and walks away*
anna
Fri 12-16-2005
This might sound strange (probably will X^D) but did you try sniffing the stain? It could help in identifying it. I doubt it's poop or blood or anything, I can guess it could be paint or something.
Chicobo329
Fri 12-16-2005
I really think it looks like someone's hand was bleeding and they wiped it on the wall...it looks like really old dried blood to me...then again I wouldn't know what really old dried blood looks like... *shifty eyes*
Barbara
Sat 12-17-2005
Good grief people, we're going to make poor Mr. Motts have to delete a bunch of comments again!

I don't know if anyone could tell what this is without having samples examined in a lab, but I for one don't wanna know what it is!
Jude
Sat 12-17-2005
It does, indeed, resemble dried/smeared blood, but don't hold my word to that. If it were to be that, then methinks it would have been cleaned unless it occured after the shut down of this ward.
I must admit that I did think of the Poopkid when I first viewed this image. Haha. I just can't help myself sometimes.
Perhaps it's a painting which interprets a lighting fixture?
I thought perhaps it was some form of corrosion or rust, but the origin point appears to have been applied, rather than from dripping down the wall...
Kassie
Sun 12-18-2005
Blood? I hope so, but that would be too good to be true. I hate to sound like a "crazy" person,but i have the word "blood" written in blood on th back wall of my closet, this reminded me of it, nice color contrast by the way. Great shot as always.
Viveka Thompson
Tue 12-20-2005
Viveka, sweetie, why do you have "blood" on the back wall of your closet?
Twug
Tue 12-20-2005
More importantly, is it yours or someone elses?
Sketch
Wed 12-21-2005
It looks like someone tried to use the wall as toillet paper?
Well whoever it was clearly belonged there.
Poisonousxbeauty
Wed 12-21-2005
either poop or dry blood
Ciara
Mon 12-26-2005
I would like think...blood...because more thrilling! However, could it be that some kind of cabinet sat against the wall and it maybe rusted and left that mark...yet again, the "crazy" me like think...blood...whereas the sensible me think...object. hehe.
Deafangel
Sat 12-31-2005
I dont think blood and I am nuttier then a fruit cake.. what I think when I look at this picture is someone was trying to entertain themselves and decided to leave a finger paint portrait in poop.
Lisa
Wed 01-11-2006
Fruit cakes have nuts, Go Figure!
We have a poop portrait here on this site.
http://opacity.us/image1488.htm
~Me
Wed 01-11-2006
LOL at you all trying to analyze the stain!

Mark another vote for doodoo.
Michele
Sun 03-05-2006
Looks like Mr. Hankie was here
Dennis
Mon 03-06-2006
OK whats with the wall, it looks like it was trying to eat the patient. Hence, the blood.
Jess
Wed 04-12-2006
its either blood or the work of a disgruntled fecalpath...or the sign of a VERY hungry wall
Shyria
Tue 04-18-2006
im not really sure what it is i remember there was dried cat poop on my basment wall but it crusted and flaked like the whit epaint in the picture and blood jsut stains and it is a mental hospital and ive seen in a documentry a patient who was in a straightjacket in one of these rooms and he kept hitting his face into a wall and his eyebrow was bleading and he wiped it on the wall and it looked almost the insact same...... kinda chilling reminder if you want to take a look at the movie for your self its called Faces Of Death 2
mark
Wed 07-12-2006
Its either a dirty protest or smeared blood, for sure...

But to be honest, I'd say it was blood. Sometimes I do blood paintings, and the stain does look very similar to the dried blood of my paintings. (I'm not as strange as I sound by the way...)
Roxie
Sat 07-15-2006
Looks like someone ran out of toilet paper.
Amy
Thu 08-24-2006
a words ''dirty desert'' comes in mind...
belamort
Sat 10-14-2006
that looks (hate to ruin the mood) exactly like the uber glue holding my staircase together...
dillon
Wed 12-13-2006
Well... although this weird part of me wants it to be blood or poo :p I think its probably rust... XD
Piano_Angel
Sun 04-22-2007
I thought only monkeys were allowed to throw poo...

But I like the idea of blood much better. Only because it would make this picture more exciting.
EllieR
Mon 08-11-2008
It isnt blood. It's crap :)
LilMissSpelunker
Sun 09-21-2008
Grrr!! Reverse that comment. IT IS blood NOT crap sheesh.
LilMissSpelunker
Sun 09-21-2008
Maybe its bloody poop!?
PsychoSideshow
Tue 10-07-2008
Or rusted bloody poop!?
PsychoSideshow
Tue 10-07-2008
Thats where they kept the fecalfeliacts
canoesino
Sun 10-12-2008
........poop......yes I think so.
jessicalynn
Tue 10-14-2008
No one can for sure unless you can smell it - if it even has a smell after all this time. But it does look very similar to when my cat dragged his ass across the rug so I would have to vote for poo - -:)
eldokid@aol.com
Mon 12-29-2008
Did you 3 out of 4 urban spelunkers can't taste the difference between blood and poop? An uncultivated palate is such a shame.
InToom
Sun 08-09-2009
The slight reddish colour tells me this is blood. I bet it was left by the very last occupant of this cell. Since it was never cleaned, it could have happened when they came to transport the patient out, when this ward was being closed.

Or... might be from a vagrant or vandal who was here, more recently.
RoseRed
Sun 11-08-2009
that looks more like a smear than a splatter - I think we're all getting just a little bit too involved in identifying this - :)
eldokid@aol.com
Tue 12-01-2009
Maybe . . .

As they were transporting the last patient out, the patient got angry or had an episode, causing them to bash their head against the wall. . .

and smeared it into a stain?
Sabrina
Fri 09-17-2010
See how square the top is?

I hate to be a killjoy, but it looks a lot like rust...

Weird though. I guess we will NEVER know!
MamaToFiveInPA
Mon 12-13-2010
It looked pretty much like dried blood...
The same when I put my own blood on the paper and watched it dry. It looked just the same (the color and all)!
LadyArtemis
Thu 03-17-2011
Maybe someone wasn't ready to leave when they closed.
Tara
Sat 08-06-2011

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