When I think of a crime scene I think I expected a dark damp area, with easy hiding spots and when I pulled off the sidewalk on mayflower hill drive I saw exactly that. Walking past the electrical box you see a set of very steep stairs that someone could easily fall down (or be pushed down). Being right on campus it’s weird to think that a crime could happen so close but the scene fits the profile. The scene has an electrical box next to a large stone platform with stairs going down to a locked door. The ground was wet and slippery, the walls covered with graffiti and cobwebs which made me believe even more that this could be a crime scene. The scene is very overgrown and out of place and seems like it would fit more in a metropolitan area, not something you’d see in rural maine. The graffiti says “choke” and “rip trust”. I don’t know the meaning behind those but they definitely give the scene a much more sinister feeling. The spiderwebs also gave me the feeling that it wasn’t well maintained and people don’t go there very often leaving me thinking what could be behind that locked door. The thing that makes me have second thoughts about this scene is the difference between the actual scene and the surroundings. You are right on the sidewalk past the new arts center and it doesn’t seem like anything could happen there. The actual scene is very overgrown and out of place and seems like it would fit more in a metropolitan area, not something you’d see in rural maine. If I was in a city and came across this scene late at night I wouldn’t want to go near it. It feels as if someone could be lurking at any moment. Overall I feel like there is a chance that a crime could have been committed there due to how it looks but I find it unlikely that something bad would have happened so close to campus.
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I also thought the scene almost looked like a crime could have occurred there. The overgrown trees and graffiti made it seem like a scene out of a movie. I also envisioned it at night and how eerie it would seem, maybe with the quiet hum of the generators and the occasional car going by on the road above. It is so ordinary that it becomes creepy, in a way.
I had the exact same uneasy feeling while walking around the area. I also feel like it is so out of place, I remember wondering if I was in the right place as I came across the scene because it seemed so out of place. Only being right off campus, I was also skeptical if an actual crime was committed here.