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Left Behind

This writing on the wall proclaims that this person spent 30 days in seclusion.
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Ugh!!!!!!!
this looks like a puzzle
Maybe that's where Humble Pie wrote that song.
Brings to mind that real people were there at in time most profound and powerful.
I'll take a shot at trying to decipher exactly what is written on the wall. Granted, Motts has already given us the gist of it, but I'm sure that I'm not the only who is curious at what it says verbatim.

Here goes!

J????
DID 30
DAYS IN
SECLUSION

THIS
???

ASK
RA? M? ANY??
ME. THE NURSE
???
LET(?) THEY
My stab at it:

JERRY
DID 30
DAYS IN
SECLUSION

THIS IS
?????EE
ASK THE
R???? M???? AM OF
??ME THE N????
IF THEY
??S
There's another word under JERRY, looks like H???NS, his last name.
another stab

Jerry
H???nd
Did 30
Days in seclusion

This is
True
Ask the
P???M much any of
me the nurses
if they
??S
That's intense. History preserved thanks to your photos.
That's Insane. I agree with Amazed.
Poor Jerry...
Wonder where this Jerry person is now? :o
that is creepy and makes you wonder where this person is now, if hes alive
30 days in seclusion...this is true. but who was in the nude? hopefully not him.
no comment just wow
30 says in seclusion?

That rough, man...
poor guy..... :l
Wow! Poor guy.
It almost looks like it says;

Jerry
Hawkins (poss?)
Did 30
days in
seclusion
This is true
ask the
(blank)
how much any of
time the nude
if they
must

I don't know????
My eyes went crossed after a while..
That's so poignant. I wonder when it was written?
Hey i agree with D - it is Jerry Hawkins did 30 days in seclusion, its true, ask any of the nurses if they ...
and then next to it is a different note, the writing is different more angry ... possibly asking for the time, and he has drawn the squares above it...
I think these pics are amazing!!!
just like the hole in prison just less modern
It says

Jerry Hawkins did 30 days in seclusion
this is true
Ask the..

and then I'm not sure. But it definitley says "this is true"
The writing goes from the top right, to the bottom right, then over to the bottom left. This is what makes it confusing, but you can see the arrows he drew. It says:
Jerry
Hawkins
Did 30
Days In
Seclusion
(Arrow down)
This is
TRUE!
(Arrow down)
Ask the
ANY of
the Nurses
if they
(Arrow to the left)
Remember
Me

There is a large word or date scrawled on the bottom but I can't tell what that is
It looks like the date is 1908?

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