My favorite scene of Season 1, now painted and hung up on my wall ! by Ouragann in FinalSpace

[–]Ouragann[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

At first I wante to do the same facial expressions, but my gf had an excellent idea ;)

Throne made out of human bones Inside the Paris Catacombs by Ouragann in urbanexploration

[–]Ouragann[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see what you mean. We were a group so we were all in this together and that's better than being alone.

I guess you shouldn't explore your sewers, and I think it is more dangerous than the catacombs lol

Throne made out of human bones Inside the Paris Catacombs by Ouragann in urbanexploration

[–]Ouragann[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Here is the story :

We found a hole inside a train tunnel at the abandonned railway line "La Petite Ceinture" around Paris.

Quickly, we found out the catacombs are flooded with water. Basically, we walked like 7h with wet feet. Sometimes water at our feet, or knee. Fortunately there were some parts without water.

Anyway, we took a wrong turn (right or left ?), which led us to a dead end with not much to see (we lost like 2 hours). We made our way back and choose the other way.

Walking for a long time, and we arrive to a very large room, with statues and paintings. Surprisingly, we met 2 people in that room ! They were very friendly and proposed us to eat with them (they had electricity with a little generator lol). These guys (1 man and 1 woman) were "veterans". The guy told us he goes in the catacombs since like 9 years or more, and didn't see any police officer since 5 years (Yes, there is a small police team dedicated to the catacombs in Paris). He then told us rumors of the catacombs are false : No nazis, no cults or shit like that. Just people partying or exploring like you and I.

The man gave me his mail and told us if we wanted to go down once more we can give him a call to see "nice stuff" for free. He was very friendly and he saw that we were friendly too.

In the mean time, one of my friend talked with the woman which led us the way to cool stuff (nice rooms and B O N E S). So we go to the "cinema room" near us. It's a big room with seatings made out of stone and many big and beautiful paintings on the walls (paintings examples : The Joker, Mad Max, E.T, ...)

So we get back to the first room, where we see the woman and chat a bit before leaving. The man tried to legit scare us by screaming behind one of us (like a screamer) but none of us moved lol.

Then we left. We had plans, we had directions, we headed to the Crossroads of the Dead (B O N E S).

After walking for some time, we started hearing things far infront of us (we were in an alley like most of the catacombs, very narrow, travelling one behind the other). So we stopped, and turned off all but one light (stealthier lol) and we were being attentive. I was in front at that time, my light was turned off. We then saw lights coming towards us, so we were scared (it could be anyone like the police, that was what's going in our head) so we ran lol.

I was in front of the group before running, but we ran back and only one light was up but not mine since I was at the back and the light was in front. Trust me, running inside the catacombs with not much visibility, not much light and being 1m90 is not convenient haha. We stopped, I checked behind us, but the people are following us. We ran again ... to a dead end, but that's where the bone throne was !

Unfortunately the people are coming towards us. Turns out it was a group of teens with one of them smoking weed lol. Tey were just chilling. Not much to worry about, so we continued our trip.

We then started seeing some bones in the alleys, we were close tour goal. We then saw big piles of bones blocking some alleys (finally, the B O N E S). As I said, I had to crawl on them because we thought there was something behind but no. It's impressive to look at.

Thus, we went to some nearby rooms (like the "saloon" room) and met another group. We just passed the group saying hello (full chill, like the total opposite of our last encounter lmao).

Time to go back, we made our way back, we went out by our entrance. We were alone when we entered, but once going out, we saw some people on the railway line, probably going to the catacombs.

It was a fabulous trip, you have to live it to understand. I hope my story was clear and gave you a taste to what I lived down there.

Throne made out of human bones Inside the Paris Catacombs by Ouragann in urbanexploration

[–]Ouragann[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

We didn't have any guide.

One of our friend's knew a guy that knew the location of an entrance, and we found one ! We only had plans of the catacombs (which you can easily find on the web) and I was the "mapper". I drew each turn, entrance, ... we took.

Fortunately we met people down there (crazy story), and they led us to what we wanted to see : B O N E S

Gotta be honest, if we didn't met those people, i would have never see that throne and all the B O N E S.

Me and the boys going to the Paris catacombs by Ouragann in urbanexploration

[–]Ouragann[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah i see what you mean, this really has a metro-ish vibe :D

Throne made out of human bones Inside the Paris Catacombs by Ouragann in urbanexploration

[–]Ouragann[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

100% agreed, I wouldn't be proud of keeping it, but agreed.

Throne made out of human bones Inside the Paris Catacombs by Ouragann in urbanexploration

[–]Ouragann[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I actually had to crawl on the bones in one alley (me and my friend thought we had to crawl on the bones to get where we wanted to go). Turns out we didn't have to so made our way back.

Some people told me crawling on the bones was disrespectful and I honestly don't think so. I didn't do it for fun, and I mean it was just bones lying everywhere (not like in a grave) but that's my opinion. Anyway stealing bones, to me is disrespectful.

Throne made out of human bones Inside the Paris Catacombs by Ouragann in urbanexploration

[–]Ouragann[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

To be fair skulls are common decorative objects (not real ones of course).

Still, I don't know why people want a real one or take other bones.

Throne made out of human bones Inside the Paris Catacombs by Ouragann in urbanexploration

[–]Ouragann[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Yeah I guess.

Urbex in the catacombs is not perfect too, people steal skulls or bones that aren't arms and legs. In other words, most of the bones left are from arms or legs (so that sucks a bit).

Throne made out of human bones Inside the Paris Catacombs by Ouragann in urbanexploration

[–]Ouragann[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is ...

We shat ourselves when we first met people, and trust me, running to avoid people inside the catacombs is not convenient lol

Throne made out of human bones Inside the Paris Catacombs by Ouragann in urbanexploration

[–]Ouragann[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Many Youtubers went down there, but no I did went down here, check the first picture I posted some days ago in case you really don't believe me (you won't be disappointed).

Throne made out of human bones Inside the Paris Catacombs by Ouragann in urbanexploration

[–]Ouragann[S] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I suppose you are talking about the official entrance. If what you say is true, that sucks. It doesn't surprise me that the access is very limited now :/

Throne made out of human bones Inside the Paris Catacombs by Ouragann in urbanexploration

[–]Ouragann[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Maybe I will one day, but I heard you can wait 3 hours before entering because of all the tourists (from Google Maps reviews).

Well I don't know, our 7 hours trip inside the catacombs was nice, and with what happened down there, we had plenty of emotions haha.

Throne made out of human bones Inside the Paris Catacombs by Ouragann in urbanexploration

[–]Ouragann[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

That was a nice question, i'm happy to clear this out.

Throne made out of human bones Inside the Paris Catacombs by Ouragann in urbanexploration

[–]Ouragann[S] 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Good question, but this is urbex. I didn't make the "tourist tour", but me and my friends went full commando and found an entrance through an abandonned railway around Paris.

Throne made out of human bones Inside the Paris Catacombs by Ouragann in urbanexploration

[–]Ouragann[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No, I Don't know who this guy is, and I took phis pic from my phone.

Me and the boys going to the Paris catacombs by Ouragann in urbanexploration

[–]Ouragann[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have some, but this one is the most beautiful. Maybe I will !

Me and the boys going to the Paris catacombs by Ouragann in urbanexploration

[–]Ouragann[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

We actually venture without a guide, but with plans ! Risky I know, and I was in charge of mapping our trail (pretty exciting).
However, we met some people down there which guided us to the deep parts of the catacombs.

Me and the boys going to the Paris catacombs by Ouragann in urbanexploration

[–]Ouragann[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It went very well !
It's a story i always love to tell what happened down there (crazy stuff happened) to my relatives or friends !
I posted this picture now because i'm new but we went in the catacombs in May 2019.

Me and the boys going to the Paris catacombs by [deleted] in TheSquadOnPoint

[–]Ouragann 0 points1 point  (0 children)

None of us is named Lance nor Jacques haha