"For years I have worried about him - but this is the worst possible outcome."Ĭheryl added that she has spoken to Devon and Cornwall Police about getting the Dairy Crest factory boarded up - as another person also died there last year. He also suffered from anxiety, so things like this helped him to clear his mind. "He would do random things and didn't think about the consequences. He still loved doing things that young children do, like climbing trees. "Ethan had ADHD, so he was a bit like a little boy trapped in a man's body. "I always used to tell Ethan not to climb up on roofs or do anything silly - when we had scaffolding on our house I had to tell him not to climb up that, but he still did. I don't want another parent to get that call. She said: "I don't want this to happen to anyone else. Mum-of-four Cheryl is using Ethan's death as a warning to parents of other 'urban explorers' to be aware of the risks that their children are taking. Now, his mum Cheryl Reynolds, 46, has paid tribute to her "amazing" son - and said: "I cannot let him die in vain." However, although his heart was still beating, Ethan had suffered a fractured skull and was declared to have already been brain-dead by the time he had been found inside the building. He was eventually dragged out of the old Dairy Crest factory in Totnes, Devon, by the fire brigade, the following day at 4pm, and was air-lifted to Derriford Major Trauma Centre for specialist surgery. The university student, from Torquay, Devon, had filmed himself on the roof of the building at 2pm on Tuesday (July 28) - just days before his fatal fall. You don’t know what to expect, and I think that’s where the thrill comes from urban exploring,” said Villa.A heartbroken mum has issued a warning to 'urban explorers' after her son died falling from the roof of an abandoned factory.Įthan Ross Bonnar, 22, tragically passed away on Friday, days after he was left brain-dead following his fall from the top of the derelict milk factory. A rusted industrial grade incinerator is out of reach. Motorboats sit out in the now vacant warehouse. To some people it’s like: why come to this dirty place? To me, it’s like: let’s go. I see the graffiti, I see the abandoned, the rusted, the old. If I see that there’s somebody in there, I’ll just make my way out,” Villa says. If it is a haunted location, that to me that’s what I’m looking for. “I’m more afraid of people than I am with the paranormal. On his second visit to the abandoned slaughterhouse, he claims to have captured footage of a “shadow person.” Villa has been chronicling his adventures on the Exploring The Unknown channel. That’s why I like to record and upload to my YouTube channel so that other people that aren’t able to do it but are curious, they can see the videos and live through my eyes and my lens,” Villa said. Getting taken over by nature.”Ī crow flies through the hole in the ceiling and out another hole. How active this place was, and now it’s alone. They turned this place into a slaughterhouse, you know this is where they raised a lot of their cattle and where we got our meat. It’s a place you can come in and step back into time. Hello? You’re coming into a place where there was action, people were here, people were working or living. That floor does not look stable at all.” Villa peaks inside the large graffitied metal door. Leave it and go on with your business,” said Villa. Things that are worth a lot of value, and that’s just the one thing us urban explorers don’t touch. The precipice is giving way to nature, as Villa watches his step carefully. “That’s the only entrance to get there,” he chuckled upon crawling through a hole in the fence. Local adventurer Roberto Villa has been exploring all of his life. And urban exploration isn’t just for tourists, no, it’s also attracting our state residents to go out and explore the unknown. It’s a phenomenon that has been increasing in popularity these last 15 years or so-despite how dangerous these abandoned places may be. – From abandoned buildings in the metro to the downright creepy ghost towns scattered throughout the southwest, New Mexico is well on its way to becoming the prime destination for urban exploration.
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