Members: ToXiC, Brute, AquaSlayer, Myth
Pictures by: ToXiC & Brute

We've been to Purina perhaps more times than any other places so writing a specific trip log for everytime we've been there. So I suppose I'll write whats practical, the first time we went and completed the whole buildings exploration.

It all started one night when I was walking to my parents house and I literally ran into the building, I was quite drunk at the time coming home from some fun with a woman. I managed to find an entrance into the building and scoped it out for a few feet to make sure it wasnt a dead end door. I left and went to sleep.

I called my coharts the next day and they were totally down for some explorin. So the next night we got together when I got off work. We parked a couple of blocks away from the building, got our stuff together, and then proceeded to enter the building being very eager to do some explorin'!

(Left: Part of the basement)
(Right: The Purina Social Security Tags)

Upon entering we noticed how unvandalized the building was. The Purina Corporation decided to close down the Plant in July of 2003, that being about 3.5 years, most buildings within 6 months are tagged, vandalized, copper stripped, and window broken, and being in fairly good condition considering was a shock to us.

We started exploring the basement, being a logical place to start and work our way up to the very top. The basement was in pretty bad condition from being cleared out and heavily water damaged. There was a Locker Lounge, Cafeteria, and some type of office which to our huge surprise contained atleast 30 former employees Social Security Numbers on pieces of metal strips. Im not sure why Purina Corp. would do such a thing as to leave an employees valuable SSN in an abandoned building. As shocked as we were, we decided to take them and put them in a secure place to where they wouldnt be found.

(Left: Interior Shot)
(Right: Control Room)

After exploring the basement we moved to the lower of the buildings 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floors as well as the ceilings. Besides a considerable amount of material, a fork lift, some tools, perfectly good desks, and so on, they were fairly plain and stripped of any reusable-valuable parts/machinery. After searching it thoroughly and finding nothing of the utmost interest we moved onto the southern larger building finding only one peculiar thing of interest. The fact that the whole southern stairway had been collapsed by a single object. We were actually shocked and not to mention that I almost stepped down it not noticing the missing stairs thanks to Myth.

(Above: Southern Staircase destroyed by unknown object)
(Picture Courtesy of Max Action)

After that incident me and myth being the 2 of the 4 in the part not afraid of heights and such to get to the top via other means of ladder climbing and other misc forms of climbing up buildings exterior equipment. After about 6 stories of misc climbing me and Myth got to the top. It was a pretty nice of view of South Minneapolis.

(Left: Brute works for Purina)
(Right: Myth chillin on the South Roof)

After having a few smokes and taking some shots we decided to head down before our coharts who were driving us decided to have a mutiny and abandon us.