Nug Ninja aka The Haunted Joint!

Some things in life, are just plain frightening. War, violence, disaster, bears, and ghosts for some people. I, myself, have never been into the paranormal. So when I spoke to a couple friends for advice about the Nug Ninja achievement, the fact that a "haunted" dilapidated ex-insane asylum was driving distance from my house didn't really affect me. In fact, it sounded very exciting. This is when I decided that this was going to happen.

The building is directly next to a very fancy, occupied and active, winery. So the odds of us approaching from there, or parking there, and not getting caught was terrible. We decided to take the back roads and find an alternate enterance. This is when shit started to get real for us.

Apparently, the winery had purchased a very large portion of the land around it, including the asylum. Surrounding the area was a sizeable gate, litered with signs reading "Private Property: Trespassers will be prosecuted to full extent of law, $250,000 fine or 5 years in jail". Probably the worst words you can read before something like this, and while stoned as fuck. Sunny and I smoked a couple more joints, talked it over, and decided to go through with it, despite the crazy risks.

The actual building wasn't far from the gate, but it was all open field, so we had to move fast. We couldn't take pictures of the exterior, because the flashes of the camera would alert guards at the winery, as well as the surrounding neighbors. Needless to say, the building was unsettling, and very ominous. Broken windows, glass everywhere, frames falling off. It was three stories tall and made of brick. I tried to imagine the screams of the people treated here, but the idea was too much to handle.

We made it outside, and it took some convincing, but Sunny finally agreed to step inside. Once we were in, you could feel the broken glass and bricks crunch under your feet. At this point, Sunny just got a sweeping negative feeling, and it was far too overwhelming, so after snapping a few pics, I handed the camera to her, and she left. Since I was alone, I decided to do the most unsafe part, and the crowning achievement for Nug Ninja. Here are the pictures of the first level. It was very frightening in the dark.

A door that I couldn't even see, but I managed to snap a picture of

This tub seemed to be in a room by itself, next to a large room with much electrical

equipment, which leads me to believe this may have been the bath used to cool

off "patients" after electroconvulsive therapy

Electrical equipment not pictured, but this room looked really fucking torn up

The room of Helena Neel. She must have been a patient, considering that an

administration member would have their door labeled as such

The stairs I took to get to the roof. This is where Sunny turned back... I don't blame her.

It was two more stories to the roof, and this was probably the stupidest thing I've done in a long time. The stairs literally caved in about an inch with each step, and the hand rail was completely pointless. In the end, I made it to the roof, and lit up. At this point, I head much rattling from inside. Some sounded like bed springs, some sounded like whining. The moment I decided to come down was when I heard what sounded like chains being laid on the floor. I made it up and down without injury, which was very lucky in retrospect. But I had no idea that the most dangerous part was about to happen.

The faint sounds of barking could be heard as I slunk down the steps. As I stepped back to the front door, I heard Sunny call to me that a dog, a fucking DOG, was growling and barking at her. It was slowly approaching her, and it looked pretty big, even from a distance. It didn't take long for the situation to get real. Sunny was bright enough to stand tall and completely straight, as I approached with a rather large knife, ready to get my flesh ripped off. Animal control and the police won't help us, so I guess it was all on me. As I moved outside, the dog finally turned away, and Sunny and I slowly backed up, before going full sprint back to the gate. Needless to say, it was more than we bargained for.

So after a scary, terrifying night, we retired back to our respective houses, to bask in the warmth of another achievement taken to the next level. Nug Ninja: COMPLETE!

Getting us into all sorts of crazy shit,

Jason