An urban explorer has gone viral after sharing footage of an abandoned school that he claims is like something out of an “apocalypse movie”.
The content creator, known only as @true_explores on TikTok, regularly shares footage of abandoned buildings he discovers with his 305,000 followers.
Previously, he had visited an “eerie” abandoned shopping mall that still had supplies left behind, with signs of decay and rot beginning to take over.
In a more recent exploration, the TikToker discovers an abandoned school, which has racked up 1.6 million views and 192,000 likes.
“Inside the school is like a scene out of an apocalypse movie,” he told WhatsTheJam.com.
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“The school is completely vandalised, people have destroyed this place.
“It feels as if you are in a school when the world is ending.
“There were also tonnes of water bottles rotting away.
“I imagine these may have been bought for the school, but it ended up closing and no one wanted to move them out.”
The explorer says the school is located in Flint, Michigan, US.
He said: “The reason for leaving everything behind is truly unknown – but I believe it’s because they just didn’t have the money to pay people to move everything out or sell stuff.
“Smartboards, tables, desks, chairs and school supplies all just left behind.
“It’s crazy that all this stuff just went to waste and there aren’t organisations that will come to these places and take stuff out free of charge to donate or sell off.”
In the video, he walks up some of the stairs, which are covered in wood and wallpaper from the rotting walls.
He then shows old lockers – open and closed – with books flung out.
There’s an old classroom with tables and chairs either upside down or broken and packs of the aforementioned water bottles piled up and rotting away.
Users have flocked to the comments to share their reactions, with many people left confused on its hurried abandonment.
Kace said: “I don’t understand how places can just abandon a building without cleaning out the valuables inside.”
Bailey commented: “Bro this is so so sad, I went to school there and this genuinely breaks my heart.”
Someone else wrote: “Seeing the water bottles actually freaked me out.”
“Oh wow. I swam in that pool back in 2010 in high school,” added someone else.
“That’s crazyyyyyyyyyyy,” said Indiana.
“Man that school holds so MANY MEMORIES!!” commented someone else.
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