The culvert on Mabgate

Post by **chameleon** » Sat 07 Aug, 2010 10:05 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: I've never heard of a canoe trip To be honest the channel is too narrow, and if the water is ever above that channel, the water force would really be rapid, and dangerous, plus the tunnel would be filling up fast. Not a good place to be at all during rain. I'll certainly add a link here when i finally finish the course of the beck project here.Glad you found it interesting Well, it would make getting home from the river end easier wouldn't itI was thinking of the poor unfortuate your mate came across in there a while ago Phill:- ' I'll post the stuff straight from the horses mouth.*********************************The day started off OK. I dropped my car off at a large garage, near the Royal Armouries in Leeds, to have its MOT and then walked home. I planned to walk back this afternoon to pick it up. Since I live near the meanwood beck, I thought it would be a good idea to do a solo trip through Masticator, come out opposite the armouries and just cross the river and collect the car.The trip started OK, and I got into the first underground section at 2.30pm. After the 30 hours of rain, that we had last weekend, the water level was higher than on our previous visit, back in June.Despite bits of high water and a few unseen underwater piles of rubble, I had no problems. After taking photgraphs of the graffiti, near the Roscoe Pub, I went into the culvert which goes under roundabout at the end of Regent Street. Rubble had built up in the middle and there was what seemed to a pile of rags on top of it. When I got closer I realised it was the body of a man. It scared me S***less. It wasn't an urban explorer. I phoned 999 and there were loads of police cars and an ambulance there within minutes.I've spent the rest of the afternoon in a police station, giving a statement. Fortunately, the detective was very sympathetic towards urban exploration. I did have to hand over the memory card from my camera, so there are no photographs to post. There were no photographs of the body.I have 2 comments;This is a reminder to us all that underground places with water are dangerous places. Be careful, especially when doing solo trips.Please give the police a few days to do their job, before planning any trips through masticator.'

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Sat 07 Aug, 2010 10:37 pm

Yes indeed Chameleon. As far as i know they never realised the guys name, or cause of death. I can only assume he was a drug addict, or rough sleeper and therefore didn't really matter. Rather a sad ending really, he was someones son, and wasn't always in that situation if that's the case.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Sat 07 Aug, 2010 10:41 pm

As far as i know this was the only Newspaper mention of it.http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/n ... 4804120.jp

Hats Off · Post by **Hats Off** » Tue 10 Aug, 2010 2:58 pm

Looks like another poor unfortunate met a sad end in one of the drainage channels :http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/n ... .jpRegards.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Tue 10 Aug, 2010 3:28 pm

Hats Off wrote: Looks like another poor unfortunate met a sad end in one of the drainage channels :http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/n ... .jpRegards. Thanks for the link Hats off!That's another one we never heard about until the inquest was over.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Tue 10 Aug, 2010 3:30 pm

I'll have seen those graff guys who found the dead body.They were busy doing these smileys on my last visit.

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Tue 10 Aug, 2010 3:37 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: Yes indeed Chameleon. As far as i know they never realised the guys name, or cause of death. I can only assume he was a drug addict, or rough sleeper and therefore didn't really matter. Rather a sad ending really, he was someones son, and wasn't always in that situation if that's the case. Didn't really matter??? That's a tad harsh. I think everyone matters. No one deserves to go like that. Well not many anyways.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Tue 10 Aug, 2010 4:05 pm

Chrism wrote: Phill_dvsn wrote: Yes indeed Chameleon. As far as i know they never realised the guys name, or cause of death. I can only assume he was a drug addict, or rough sleeper and therefore didn't really matter. Rather a sad ending really, he was someones son, and wasn't always in that situation if that's the case. Didn't really matter??? That's a tad harsh. I think everyone matters. No one deserves to go like that. Well not many anyways. I think you misinterpreted what i had said if you read it again Chris. I was stating the complete opposite infact 'Rather a sad ending really, he was someones son, and wasn't always in that situation if that's the case'It's very much like the murder of a prostitute, there murders are often treated in the same way. They were still people, no matter there circumstances is what i was saying.

beast · Post by **beast** » Tue 10 Aug, 2010 5:42 pm

been fascinating looking through the pics. and video of the underground tunnels.I'd love to have a look through them myself , anyone on here up for it sometime ? I assume its not really private property and you would'nt get into bother for tresspassing ???

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Tue 10 Aug, 2010 5:51 pm

beast wrote: been fascinating looking through the pics. and video of the underground tunnels.I'd love to have a look through them myself , anyone on here up for it sometime ? I assume its not really private property and you would'nt get into bother for tresspassing ??? I have seen the man hole covers to the beck blow off at the bottom of Meanwood road, and the corner of Sheepscar during heavy rain. Has anyone else notice how badly that area floods?Rememember those ruined cars, and the damage a few years ago in that area?All i can say to you mate is take a look at this videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttQqvsU08n0It's a sobering thought to think that steady flow of water you see on those pics, will soon fill those tunnels to the top during a heavy down pour. There's enough power to do that!It's always wise to know the full story, especially in Summer, we can get some epic storms from nowhere e.t.c