EPISODE 571 MYSTERIOUS GRAPHICS ON MASSEY HARRIS FACTORY WALLS AS FACTORY BEING DEMOLISHED
alan skeoch
april 2022
I suppose this is such a small mystery that many readers will cast it aside.
When the Massey Harris factories were being demolished in west Toronto, Bill
Parson and I spent a lot of time sleuthing through the ruins.
We were there so often that it was assumed we were part of the demolition
crew…hards hats and heavy boots. My trucks was just battered enough
to fit on the site.
The factory buildings were ghostly…largely empty. These markings were on
the wall of one building. Some words …Russian? Polish? And two odd
symbols…a black cross which may have Nazi connections but what is it doing
on a Canadian factory wall.
And a very bold rising sun symbol which could be a Japanese flag symbol.
Very strange indeed. Old.
Recent graffiti covered the wall of one building. Professional graffiti done
by a movie company. Meaning unknown. Perhaps no meaning at all.
But the black cross and rising sun had a meaning I feel….perhaps tied
to the words which were also on the wall.
Feel there may be a connection to World War Two military production at the factories.
But still very strange. Why would managers allow such painting?