signs of bullet holes or explosions. the compound next to it where they burnt the trash, the women did the cooking and the washing, that area you can see where the burn marks, scorch marks from where the helicopter was burnt inside of there. but for the most part, the buildings look very much in tact. what about the neighbors, the people that you ve been speaking to in abbottabad? what are they saying about the fact that bin laden was living presumably for several years in this compound. reporter: they are all amazed. they are surprised. reporter: he said that they have come to the conclusion that they are rich, gold merchants, they would be suvs pulling up there late at night occasionally, he would say. the word was that they were just rich business men, perhaps slightly shady business and one other thing that was very strange, when children s balls