Matt Scott said the mortuary had a ‘strange feeling of coldness’ (Picture: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces/SWNS)

An abandoned morgue which once held up to 100 dead bodies was discovered by a man while he was out exploring.

Matt Scott made the eerie find while at woodland in Abergele, north Wales, last Tuesday.

The mortuary has been abandoned for almost two decades and appears ‘frozen in time’.

The 25-year-old from Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, is an avid explorer and documents his adventures on his ‘Lost Places & Forgotten Faces’ Facebook page.

He said: ‘After taking a scenic stroll through the Welsh woodland, I spotted a small, creepy building hiding in the trees.

‘I was shocked at what I had found. There was a strange feeling of coldness – it was unquestionably eerie.

‘It had a very foul smell – the amount of dead bodies that tiny room must have seen was very evident in the odour.

‘I got the feeling that there were thousands of lost souls still trapped inside, looking for peace in a morgue that’s been abandoned for more than two decades.’

These are the fridges where the dead bodies were stored (Picture: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces/SWNS)

Matt described smelling a ‘foul stench’ when he explored the abandoned mortuary (Picture: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces/SWNS)

There were some grizzly findings inside the mortuary fridges (Picture: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces/ SWNS)

The mortuary, which was once home to dead people in preparation for autopsy or funeral arrangements, has remained closed and out of service since 2000.

The building still has abandoned fridges where all the dead bodies were kept.

Matt also found old paperwork, death certificates and coroner’s reports lying around.

He added: ‘The idea of visiting an abandoned morgue is both sad and very creepy.

The abandoned morgue features many rooms and areas which are all abandoned (Picture: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces / SWNS)

‘What an incredibly thought provoking place this was, and a sad reminder of what awaits us all one day.

‘One of the creepiest explores I’ve ever done, for sure.’

If you thought that was creepy, another man recently discovered a mysterious ‘fairytale’ house which had been left to rot over the years.

It was found by an explorer called Yannik in rural France and contains the home’s original features and ornaments still intact, but surrounded by a trail of ivy and moss. 

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‘There was a strange feeling of coldness – it was unquestionably eerie.’