Dukes and Duchesses of the Deserted!
It's great to be back writing on Steemit, folks. Some of you may have noticed that I've been missing in action for the whole week. Well, my computer died on me. It's an older MacBook Pro and the graphics card went. Long story short, after working on it for like 12 hours today, I actually have it kinda working again. I literally got it working around 15 minutes ago. Since I couldn't put the time into judging that the contest deserves, I reached out to "graveyard" week guest judge 
JUDGE:
The Theme:
This week's theme = CREEPY! Something that gives you the creeps!. Over the last few weeks, there's been many entries that made me say "Wow, that's creepy!"... so let's feature those types of things this week! Now I know everyone is creeped out by different sorts of things, so just have it be something that YOU find eerie. Past entries that come to mind are weird children's shoes in the woods, abandoned dolls, graveyards, WWII things, creepy old houses, etc. You CAN edit them to make the photos more creepy, but I ask that you don't STAGE the photographs (like adding props and stuff).
The results:
1st Place Winner - 10 x 100% Power Upvotes:
I feel very confident with
From the author: "Once the most expensive city in the Soviet Union, Pripyat (Ukraine) was abandoned ~32 years ago because of the Chernobyl accident, which caused radiation to cover the city. Pripyat was located just 3km from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Almost 50,000 people had to be evacuated quickly. Therefore all things remained in their places. The town is still there and looks incredibly creepy, especially at night."
ENTRY = https://steemit.com/aswcontest/@martinphoto/exploring-the-abandoned-city-of-pripyat-chernobyl-creepiest-ghost-town
2nd Place Winner - 5 x 100% Power Upvotes:
I remember seeing a television show about these hanging coffins in the Philippines a few years ago and thinking they sure were creepy. Definitely a great selection by this week's judge and one I completely agree with.
From the author: "This photo was taken in Sagada Mountain Province.
As you can see coffins were hanged in the mountain and many people called it a "Hanging Coffins"
The ethnic group says that the hanging coffins could prevent bodies by being taken by the beast and also bless the soul eternally."
ENTRY =https://steemit.com/aswcontest/@alfheim15/asw-contest-16-creepy-aswcontest
3rd Place Winner - 3 x 100% Power Upvote:
An eerie setting and photo that feels like it's something out of a horror movie!
From the author: "An old palace in Vlajkovac. This was just exploring and scouting, we should come back to do some scary photos..."
ENTRY = https://steemit.com/aswcontest/@bil.prag/abandoned-shit-weekly-contest-16-creepy-my-entry
Honorable Mentions - 1 x 100% Power Upvote each - In no particular order:
"Kete Kesu is a place that is a traditional cemetery that there are crate and skulls that have been hundreds of years old. this place has the magical and historical value of Tana Toraja people."
https://steemit.com/aswcontest/@fachrulreza/weekly-contest-wasted-shit-16-creepy-kete-kesu-a-tourist-village-in-tana-toraja-aswcontest-65dcc872d6d3a
"I took this shot of my buddy Jerry while I was visiting some abandoned places on the East Coast. This shot specifically was taken at an abandoned mental institution in Maryland known as Forest Haven. Could you imagine walking around the corner with your buddies to see this guy in the room?"
https://steemit.com/photofeed/@idkpdx/41qzha-my-entry-for-abandoned-shit-weekly-aswcontest
https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXYzJrhm4wBDJ8KVfKJERpH2mDBQrvGqTZh9DmFvn5JXa
"Bodies lying among the ruins of the debris caused by the tsunami of Aceh 2004 ago. Photo by by 
https://steemit.com/aswcontest/@tompi/corpses-among-the-rubble-ruins-of-buildings
FINAL THOUGHTS
Big thanks again to
for judging this week! I seriously asked him to do so earlier today and he got right on it. Thanks for participating, everyone! Hopefully, if my computer holds up, I'll be back to my normal presence on here and promote the contest better. Now then, I'm off to handout the upvote rewards!
Abandoned Shit Weekly Contest - №. 17 will be announced tomorrow, so look for the official contest post to see what the week's theme will be!
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