As I attempted to make my way towards an unknown set of coordinates I passed a storage facility, drove through a neighborhood of single-family homes, and crossed a railroad track.\u00a0 As I got closer, I couldn’t help but notice a massive wooden pipe that snaked beneath the road and into the woods as far as I could see, becoming more overgrown along the way. When my GPS told me to turn right without sharing a street name, I was confused yet turned down the dirt path. After parking near a yellow gate, I continued on.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I walked, the large pipe I\u2019d seen earlier continued beside me. Now that I was next to it, I could see that it was taller than me, held together by metal wires with wooden supports, and was dripping water frequently. I inferred that it must be an old water pipe. I also couldn’t help but think that despite seeing many houses along the way, there were no longer any in sight and the only sounds were the birds.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I continued the pipe remained alongside me. Eventually, I reached a clearing where I could see a tall but not particularly large gray brick building with dusty green windows and masses of power lines running to it. The words \u201cCentral Maine Power Co.\u201d were engraved near the top. Next to the building I saw a large concrete structure I originally thought was a dam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I surveyed the area, I noticed some workers. They shared that the large gray structure was not just a dam but a reservoir. This reservoir fed water through a drain into a turbine in the gray building, which was a power station. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thinking about crime, I glanced back at the reservoir and thought of how easy it would be for someone to fall in. That is when I noticed a small railing covering only part of the reservoir. I couldn’t help but wonder if this had been installed as a precaution or a reaction to a tragedy that had happened here previously. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If someone had fallen into the reservoir, what happened to them? Did they become sucked into the drain of the reservoir? Would they have been dragged through that massive pipe? There was also a nearby river. Is that where the entrance to the pipe is? Is that where something that fell into the reservoir would be found? (399)<\/p>\n\n\n\n As I attempted to make my way towards an unknown set of coordinates I passed a storage facility, drove through a neighborhood of single-family homes, and crossed a railroad track.\u00a0 As I got closer, I couldn’t help but notice a … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ch115\/files\/2023\/09\/crime_scene_pick-scaled.jpg\")
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