Tags: Abandoned, Destroyed/Demolished, Folklore, Monmouth County, Ruins

This time around, I found the nifty side entrance to the Slaughterhouse property I couldn’t find before. It cuts out a good 20 minutes of walking. We walked by the old house & sheds…….nothing new there. The ‘road’ that runs through the property is a long one. We walked by the burnt down building where the trail splits, and with all the plants being dead, it let me get a good shot of what looks like another building near the burnt down one.

We walked up to the Slaughterhouse. I didn’t really come back for it, but since my brother was with us and he had never been to the Slaughterhouse yet, I figured I’d let him walk through. But that didn’t happen.

What exactly is that? Well…….that’s the only entrance to the Slaughterhouse…….now barricaded by a bulldozed pile of dirt and trees.
There’s also an old trailer in front of the Slaughterhouse. I took a pic of its inside.

This time, I found a nearly-overgrown trail behind the building. The entire thing had 2 walls running along it. From what I saw, it has 3 sides, and it leads to something further in the woods. It was too overgrown to continue or see clearly, but it looked like another building or a large fence. Here’s part of the wall:

Finally, what I came for…..the basement of the house I went in last time. I got 2 good pics:

I found another house this time too. This one was pretty beat up and hard to reach, so I just snapped this picture of it.

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Tags: Destroyed/Demolished, Ocean County, Roadside Oddity

Written 11/02

You never realize what you have ’till it’s gone. Such is the case with the Waving Cowboy. I drove by it a million times when I was young. During the day, he just stood there with his arm extended. With the way the sign was made, he looked like he had 4 hands on his arm. But at night, that hand lit up (neon orange if I remember correctly) and waved at everyone passing by the Cowboy Hall of Fame on Rt. 9 South.
OK, so what’s so odd about a waving cowboy sign? Nothing really. At least, not till after they took him down. He was just a normal part of driving down Rt. 9. Then once he was gone, you get to thinking, “Hey, it was pretty odd that there was a 3 story-tall waving cowboy outside this bar.” I don’t know why they took him down, but he’s been gone for a quite a few years now.

I’ve searched all over the internet for pics of the Cowboy…can’t find any. If you know anything about why they took the Cowboy down or if you know of any pictures, please let me know.

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