Man Discovers Human Remains in 170-Year-Old Abandoned Crypt: 'Horror'

A viral video featuring the inside of an abandoned crypt has wowed viewers this week.

Shared on the video-sharing app TikTok, the user theabandonedworld posted the footage which has since been viewed over 750,000 times.

Highly developed in the U.K. throughout the Romanesque and Gothic periods, crypts are built partially or entirely below ground level to contain coffins, remains and religious relics. They have also been found in such areas as North Africa, Italy, Spain or Finland.

In the video, shared with hashtags including "horror" and "haunted," the explorer takes viewers to look inside The Mount, located in Kirkton in southern Scotland. Built around 1850, the building is now abandoned and listed as at risk due to the age and condition of the building.

A small private chapel with an apse and crypt, the gothic building is elegantly decorated with a studded door, pointed windows, and moldings. Inspected in 2008, experts found that it had lain neglected for some time. Since the roof was partially caved in due to a tree falling and the vegetation has grown around the building, the TikTok explorer shared that the coffins appeared to have been broken into and robbed.

The abandoned resting place is reported to have been built for the Johnstone family of Carnsalloch. But today, the once grand structure is left abandoned, filled with trash and open graves that still feature human bones and remains.

The TikTok user theabandonedworld has more than 37,000 followers and regularly shares abandoned and haunted spaces with followers online.

Commonly referred to as urban exploration, or as UrbEx or UE, the practice is all about visiting unusual places or places that people are not "supposed" to go. From utility tunnels to abandoned houses and old hospitals, people around the world have been sharing their findings for years.

Despite its popularity, urban exploring can be dangerous and should only be undertaken when permissions are adequately granted.

In hundreds of comments, viewers of the video rushed to share their thoughts and reactions to the abandoned building.

One user wrote: "Crazy to think those bones were someone who laughed, cried and loved. Now they are just abandoned."

Another viewer of the video wrote: "I would love to go in there and clean up, pay respects, take the trash out, let them know someone is there and cares."

"The family would've thought they were somewhere sacred and safe when they were interred," said another reply. "How incredibly sad."

"I think that's fascinating [to] be able to see inside the crypt," said one reply. "It's terrible that people would have robbed and damaged."