Like a Hollywood Scene
There’s an old penitentiary in the middle of the city here. It was to be deactivated and it finally was shut down by the governor. People got used to that building being empty.
But, for some bureaucratic reasons, they had to reopen it again, temporarily. That means holding bad people in again and even though the neighbors weren’t happy about it, they didn’t think much of it, since it was temporary.
Anyway, it is a building very close to the road, to residences and commercial buildings. It’s not a huge place but it has tall walls built somewhat like a fort, or a castle.
Then one day, I wasn’t even working, I’m driving by the street behind it and I see 4 people rappelling down the freaking wall. They weren’t doing it each on their own rope, they were doing it in the same rope, and it looked a whole lot like that Hollywood scene where the prisoners escape down the sheets rope.
This was in the middle of the day too, noon I think.
I had to go around, find a place to park my car and observe. I called in HQ and asked if the old penitentiary was still open and just get its status.
While I did this I got to really see what they were doing and it didn’t look like escapees anymore.
It turned out to be grafitti artists hired by the state to paint that big wall facing the houses. Only part of the building was reactivated and this wall was on the deactivated wing. The grafitti artists were assessing something.
This was 3 years ago. There’s a cool painting on it now. I’m still glad I didn’t have to chase 4 inmates that day. Story credit: Reddit / krink0v