I Found This Mysterious Circle On Google Earth And Just Had To Go See What It Was In Person!

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  • #ancienthistory #googleearth #ruins #nativeamerican #ancientdiscoveries #exploring #hiking #explore
    Thank you for watching this video! I've been waiting for more favorable hiking temperatures and finally got the chance to go out to this circle thing I found on Google Earth. I really enjoyed this adventure and hope you do too!
    NOTE: I do not claim to be an expert on anthropology, geology, or archaeology. I am just a hiker who loves to explore and see new things especially the ancient history that is all around us. This is what my channel is about. I hope you stick around and explore with me!
    If you do find/visit one of these locations, please visit respectfully. Do not take any artifacts or relics. Do not climb on ruins or dig or disturb the ground. I try my best to hide noticeable landmarks, mountains, and canyons in my videos.
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  • @Albe3331
    @Albe3331 9 месяцев назад +222

    Thank you for taking us on your adventures. At 71, with heart and lung issues, this is a treat to explore a part of the country I will never see from the comfort of my home.

    • @Brisleep1
      @Brisleep1 9 месяцев назад +25

      Agreed, I'm 62 but my body was ruined by fighting cancer for 14 years, these videos help me by doing what I used to do when I was younger.

    • @Mikethompson303
      @Mikethompson303 9 месяцев назад +1

      This video is a bad mafaka.

    • @kaudsiz
      @kaudsiz 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@Mikethompson303Da fak!?
      🙄

    • @kelvinbel8910
      @kelvinbel8910 8 месяцев назад +3

      Isn't the computer great. I travel everywhere.

    • @Brisleep1
      @Brisleep1 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@kelvinbel8910 indeed, in the right hands, it can relieve pain, give someone a lifelong hobby and in this case, let people see the world of places they may never be able to go to.

  • @pearcejames5490
    @pearcejames5490 9 месяцев назад +219

    Google really need to sponsor you already

    • @jtbuilds9176
      @jtbuilds9176 9 месяцев назад +9

      RUclips is owned and ran by Google. I think youtube pays him for his channel as well which is a form of support.

    • @blueelectricfusion
      @blueelectricfusion 9 месяцев назад +4

      he can by becoming a local guide but that would defeat the "respect" part

    • @someguy4131
      @someguy4131 9 месяцев назад +2

      Why? What would Google get out of it? 🤷🏼‍♂️
      When the entire world says " Google it" in reference to looking something up.... It's a sign that a company has all the recognition that it needs.
      Google doesn't even advertise ITSELF.... So why would they sponsor somebody to advertise for them? 🧐
      You do understand what the purpose of " sponsoring" is right?
      It doesn't mean " let's give this person a bunch of money and product because they use our product in videos"
      It means " let's give this guy that uses our product money and product so that he can advertise our product and make us money" 👀

    • @apsornb8278
      @apsornb8278 9 месяцев назад +3

      Amazing! Thank you. Looking forward to the next.

    • @edyoung6756
      @edyoung6756 9 месяцев назад +2

      Agreed!

  • @teptime
    @teptime 9 месяцев назад +252

    Definitely food storage structures, maybe for dried maize and squash. Similar features can be found throughout the southwest US, and are typically built into cliffsides and other difficult to access locations, safe from floodwaters, scavenging animals, and random pilferers. The stone ruins likely were covered with a row of sticks topped with a basket-weave roof which would be sealed with mud. These sites are often attributed to the Hopi, Navajo, and Zuni cultures.

    • @lewstone5430
      @lewstone5430 9 месяцев назад +13

      I was looking for this comment. The structure certainly looks like similar food storage structures I’ve seen in New Mexico and Arizona.

    • @joshknowling4532
      @joshknowling4532 9 месяцев назад +11

      I've also seen Anasazi ruins very similar scattered across southern Utah and Colorado in the canyonlands.

    • @lewstone5430
      @lewstone5430 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@joshknowling4532 Very cool! I visited Canyonlands a long time ago. Southern Utah and Colorado are some of the most beautiful places in the US imo.

    • @carlborg8023
      @carlborg8023 9 месяцев назад +3

      Cool, I saw a few of these in Arizona and always wondered.

    • @marktrain9498
      @marktrain9498 9 месяцев назад +7

      Yes, agreed. These would be useless for "defense," as he suggested, but perfect for food storage. High and dry, and away from most foraging animals.

  • @dikkiedik53
    @dikkiedik53 9 месяцев назад +149

    I love this kind of videos. I'm in Europe, The Netherlands, but I love to hike in the wilderness of France too. I found similar "hideouts" in the south of France, the Ardèche, Gard and near Fréjus. Sometimes you think it's just a stack of flat stones, but when you walk around you see an entrance and even a roof of stacked flat stones and a little fire place. People have lived there a long time ago.

    • @TheTrekPlanner
      @TheTrekPlanner  9 месяцев назад +13

      That is amazing! Thank you for sharing!

    • @alansilverman8500
      @alansilverman8500 9 месяцев назад +5

      ​@@TheTrekPlannerhave you thought of bringing this to your nearest anthropology department and asking if they know anything....?

    • @leftyme4568
      @leftyme4568 9 месяцев назад

      Well...he is an idiot thinking that noone ever saw this before

    • @King_James_Only
      @King_James_Only 9 месяцев назад +6

      @@TheTrekPlanner *Is there any chance of you getting an **#Archeologist** to look at your **#Drone** footage to get more info?*
      _#UK__ here btw_

    • @nlight8769
      @nlight8769 9 месяцев назад +4

      what amazes me is that sometimes these are still used as a refuge by shepards or hikers
      If you love to walk into wilderness, Corsica is really great too, if slightly less "wild" as many trails as still more used than on the continent, but that remains always a surprise when following a trail leads you to a restaurant that is all alone along a very small sparingly used road, where vegetation prevents it to be seen further than 30 meters... just mind blowing
      Plus seeing many tamed goats using these trails without any shepards or dogs is always something fun

  • @pixelpeter3883
    @pixelpeter3883 9 месяцев назад +12

    Wow, you kinda hit jackpot with this one! Not one, but two of these mushroom-boulder ruins! And one even has a grainery under it. How cool!

  • @trumer-and-co
    @trumer-and-co 9 месяцев назад +9

    That is definitely one of the more interesting unique ruins. Thank you again for another cool adventure!

  • @hhawg1
    @hhawg1 9 месяцев назад +18

    You have a knack for finding some really interesting places. This one is unique to anything I've seen. Thanks for taking us there.

    • @TheTrekPlanner
      @TheTrekPlanner  9 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you for joining with me 🙂

  • @jeffhildreth9244
    @jeffhildreth9244 9 месяцев назад +31

    What amazes me is what it took to make these structures. Incredible.
    Thanks for the adventure.

    • @Mountlougallops
      @Mountlougallops 9 месяцев назад

      I know, right? I imagine hauling all those rocks up there and then making mortar would have taken binging up water and materials too. Very cool. I wonder if it was a granary and also a lookout for defense.

    • @jeffhildreth9244
      @jeffhildreth9244 9 месяцев назад +2

      What we are not seeing is a "roof". If it had one, likely made from Juniper limbs/ logs...now decayed and gone.
      Granary makes some sense to ward off rodents and other crawlers, but not birds.
      The lack of any potsherds, projectile points etc, leads me to believe there was something there and long ago ransacked.
      Too sanitary.
      I see what is left of a creek.. no more water, time to move.

    • @TheTrekPlanner
      @TheTrekPlanner  9 месяцев назад +1

      I wondered if they had a ladder back in the day, or if the ground was a little bit higher so they could easily toss up the smaller stones up the 5-7 ft. instead of the 10+ feet it is now.

    • @jeffhildreth9244
      @jeffhildreth9244 9 месяцев назад

      @@TheTrekPlanner If the ground was higher, they would lose the reason of the elevated structures.

    • @charlesborders2893
      @charlesborders2893 9 месяцев назад

      grit

  • @johnmcnulty4425
    @johnmcnulty4425 9 месяцев назад +32

    This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels! Especially with all the crazy upheavals and political tensions in our world these days, these quiet, seemingly timeless landscapes and the solitude you embrace with such quiet confidence are a real tonic to watch!!

  • @desierhart7176
    @desierhart7176 9 месяцев назад +30

    It might have been part of the burial ceremony of their chief or someone so important. Who knows. However i enjoy watching these videos cuz we never expected to see that there are ancient ruins that no one even thought about. I hope the archeological people will have a way to investigate, document them and to preserve historical places even they may be small. Native ancient ruins needs all the attention and to be protected. 😊

    • @TheInsultInvestor
      @TheInsultInvestor 9 месяцев назад +2

      speculate on deez

    • @mrnobody3161
      @mrnobody3161 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@TheInsultInvestor
      Stay away exploiter, carpet bagger. Your greed and ignorance would not overcome the heat, thirst and dehydration.
      On second thought. Go ahead and speculate. Someone else would better use the air you're breathing anyways.

    • @cepopeye
      @cepopeye 9 месяцев назад

      Yeah dolman tombs

  • @1nvisible1
    @1nvisible1 9 месяцев назад +179

    *Hands down the best content on RUclips. @**6:50** Aerial views show beyond the circles there were walls around the perimeter of the rock almost to the edge. @**7:58** shows what appears to be the splitting of one stream into two as it descends in altitude. These ancient watersheds don't always change that much and I believe these were likely dual hunting blinds where animals were either watering at during rainy seasons or where herds of animals were driven by hunters on foot towards constraining corners and (@**7:41**) may shows some large boulders positioned as walls to drive animals.*

    • @ThatOpalGuy
      @ThatOpalGuy 9 месяцев назад +1

      That's your opinion.

    • @jenniferrue7929
      @jenniferrue7929 9 месяцев назад +21

      That’s an interesting thought and one I wouldn’t have had. Thanks for contributing unique ideas!

    • @mrnobody3161
      @mrnobody3161 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@ThatOpalGuy
      Obviously. Just like A$$holes.

    • @suewolhart3535
      @suewolhart3535 9 месяцев назад +6

      I also thought of hunting blinds but are large

    • @markgibsons_SWpottery
      @markgibsons_SWpottery 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@ThatOpalGuy would you tell them how good my channel is?

  • @jennifersiegrist8440
    @jennifersiegrist8440 9 месяцев назад +14

    It amazes me you are able to find these and then take us there, so awesome, thank you for taking us along for the adventure, ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @phreadayres8654
    @phreadayres8654 9 месяцев назад +34

    Wish so much that I could do those hikes with you. Just thinking of the historical possibilities of these sites, I find it all as fascinating as you do. Love what you do and show us, LOVE that you are so respectful of these places. Thanks for sharing what you see; stay safe out there!

    • @simonmultiverse6349
      @simonmultiverse6349 9 месяцев назад +3

      As they say: take nothing but photographs; leave nothing but footprints.

    • @simonmultiverse6349
      @simonmultiverse6349 9 месяцев назад

      1:33 or 1:34 it looks like a dolmen, i.e. that large long rock perched on top of another couple of large rocks. You may see them in Asterix books.

    • @JonJaeden
      @JonJaeden 9 месяцев назад +1

      We're not assuming those massive flat rocks were perched on their fragile bases by human action, are we? The base height has to have at one point been ground level, yet, from the apparently almost flat topography, everything except what is beneath those flat rocks is long gone. It appears the ancients who took advantage of the site tried to preserve it by packing smaller stones beneath the large flat rock to shore it up. Any insights on the local geology?
      Fascinating find.

    • @markgibsons_SWpottery
      @markgibsons_SWpottery 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@JonJaeden nice observation! I agree totally!

    • @simonmultiverse6349
      @simonmultiverse6349 9 месяцев назад

      @@JonJaeden I said they looked like a dolmen but I didn't say that they were the work of human hands.

  • @jamesdurrett3827
    @jamesdurrett3827 8 месяцев назад +2

    Jeff: You have taken me back to my youth. I lived in Tennessee and was always interested in the flint projectals found on a lot of the farm lands that I frequented. At age 12, I became involved with the Tennessee Archeological Society sponsored by University of TN with local chapters. It was the mission of each chapter to survey and catalogue habitational and burial sites in our area of interest. You have reignighted an interest which has alway given me awh for the acient cultures. Unfortunatley, in the Eastern US, a great majority of the sites have been distroyed by agricurtural practices. Thanks for taking an 82 year old on your most splindid adventures.

  • @spencerthomason6558
    @spencerthomason6558 9 месяцев назад +4

    I absolutely LOVE that you are very careful not to give any clues for others to find the location! Hotspotting these places would destroy them.

  • @stephanieyee9784
    @stephanieyee9784 9 месяцев назад +26

    Jeff, thanks for taking me on another hike to see the beautiful landscape and wonderful ancient sites. These structures are so enigmatic and so beautiful that its hard to imagine they are as old as they are. To see the fingermarks of the ancient builders at this site is just amazing.
    Thank you for giving me a birds eye view of the area too.
    Cheers from Sydney, Australia.

  • @Mountlougallops
    @Mountlougallops 9 месяцев назад +6

    My gosh. So interesting. I loved the finger marks in the mortar. That's remarkable. so glad you found this one and shared it with us. Thanks Jeff.

  • @claytonabbott
    @claytonabbott 9 месяцев назад +2

    THANK YOU FOR SHOWING THESE RUINS AND YOUR MORAL PRINCIPLES OF NOT TAKING OR DISRUPTING ITEMS. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

    • @TheTrekPlanner
      @TheTrekPlanner  9 месяцев назад

      It’s one of my guiding principles for my channel: to treat these sites with the utmost respect

  • @kathy9172
    @kathy9172 9 месяцев назад +12

    One thing is certain, these ancient people had a visually stunning array of geological formations to admire. I wonder what their ideas were on how it was all created? Everything around me where I am is covered by kudzu and various other greenery, who knows what's under all of it, but I wouldn't risk being eaten alive by a swarm of giant mosquitos to find out 😰 I really enjoyed this video, this was a beautiful and thought provoking site. Thanks for carrying all of us along with you!

  • @keithtarrier4558
    @keithtarrier4558 9 месяцев назад +7

    That is amazing!!!
    So wish we could know more of who they were, and why they built these.
    So interesting.

  • @amiann44
    @amiann44 9 месяцев назад +8

    I'm so happy to go on these treks with you! It's so interesting and fun to discover these amazing, mysterious places. Love your channel! Be careful!

  • @Coneshot
    @Coneshot 9 месяцев назад +5

    It means a great deal to me the respect you show for these sites!

  • @reymundofierro6461
    @reymundofierro6461 9 месяцев назад +55

    This was an amazing find. The very first Pueblo Indian ruin I ever have seen was located in Huecho Tanks, Texas. I believe it was taken over the the State Parks. But when I was younger I used to crawl through the rocks and caves. They had made a damn to hold water and a water stream was under this huge boulder for inside water supply. Check it out if you can someday. Thank for your videos.

    • @dolphinbear661
      @dolphinbear661 9 месяцев назад +2

      Cool!

    • @michaeltaylor4984
      @michaeltaylor4984 9 месяцев назад +2

      Been to Hueco tanks.

    • @loupgarou-dj3tm
      @loupgarou-dj3tm 9 месяцев назад +5

      I haven't been there in thirty years, and I heard they closed it to the public for years after I left. People vandalizing the rock art, of course. It's a world-famous site for technical rock climbing with the ropes and all, and my four year old used to make it to the top up the scrambling trails. Great place.

    • @TheTrekPlanner
      @TheTrekPlanner  9 месяцев назад +2

      I will have to check it out! Thank you!

    • @toughenupfluffy7294
      @toughenupfluffy7294 9 месяцев назад

      The Hueco Tanks were Jornado Mogollon peoples, not Ancestral Puebloan. They probably knew about each other, and maybe even traded goods: tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/hueco-tanks/park_history.

  • @chicknpollo
    @chicknpollo 9 месяцев назад +3

    Great video, I really enjoy your adventures. As a 75yo son of the southwest I have got to tell ya’ that you’re soon to be a dermatologist’s dream come true. I wore short sleeves and ball caps for my first 40 yrs in the sun, now I’ve had several carcinomas removed from ears and melanomas removed from neck and the skin on my arms and hands are paper thin all due sun damage. My skin doc has shown me pics of his new boat that I’m financing as a result of all my procedures. Sunscreen? It’s essential but no substitute in any way for a hat with at least a 3” brim and long sleeves. All the RUclipss in the world are not worth skin cancer.

  • @NormanMartell-gv1bf
    @NormanMartell-gv1bf 3 месяца назад +1

    Hello and Tansi. I’ m a Cree Indian from Saskatchewan, Canada. Enjoy your videos and the structures that you find and visit. We Cree lived in teepees. The only thing we left were the rocks we used to anchor the teepee. You’d never know we were there.

  • @chriscoralAloha
    @chriscoralAloha 9 месяцев назад +2

    I understand the new norm is quick videos but your content deserves 15 minuets or more videos. You are cutting yourself short. No pun intended Take us to those beautiful vistas. We love it give us more.... I believe your viewers are here for more than just the ruins. Its the vistas and your from the heart reactions to its beauty.
    Keep up the good work . Great content from a genuine person.

  • @jmccarty480
    @jmccarty480 9 месяцев назад +1

    By far some of the vest best content on RUclips. I greatly appreciate your time in researching these locations, but hiking out, putting up the drone and providing the videos. I honestly look forward to your channel updates. Keep at it and be safe out there!

  • @joshuahuyser2441
    @joshuahuyser2441 9 месяцев назад +27

    It seems to me that these small dwellings were more than likely food storage. They are perfect in that regard. No ground mammals will be able to reach those heights. I also don't think that any of the small areas beneath the top boulders were used for anything other than support. I think your comment about feeling a bit trapped up on top in a defensive situation is right on and illustrates precisely why it is, more than likely, not a family dwelling. Great video. Thanks for posting!

    • @fenrisgrins
      @fenrisgrins 9 месяцев назад +3

      Yes, that was my thought also. To this day some grain barns sit on mushroom shaped supports. It would be fascinating to see Lidar of these areas.

    • @greensage395
      @greensage395 9 месяцев назад +3

      I think a Mountain Lion could jump up there with no problem...and a Mighty Squirrel would just scale it!

    • @AMan-io7wt
      @AMan-io7wt 9 месяцев назад +1

      Birds and snakes could reach the food

    • @marjieestivill
      @marjieestivill 9 месяцев назад +4

      I’ve seen elevated hunting platforms with areas to place grain to draw in animals, so the hunters’ scent would be wafting in higher air and the hunters behind the stone barriers. Saw this when exploring around the coast in UAE by Jebel Baraka about an hour east or less of Abu Dhabi, an elevated area by the coast of the Gulf. There were remnants of ostrich eggs…extinct in that area for a long time. The elevated platform, which still had a stone roof, was used in more recent times to lure and trap falcons and also for someone to keep track of what kinds of vehicles traveled on a road within sight of the observation/hunting structure. There was a piece of cardboard inside with hash marks alongside little drawings of trucks, apparently recorded over a period of time, then abandoned -or not?

    • @KayInMaine
      @KayInMaine 9 месяцев назад +1

      That sounds right. Makes sense too!

  • @laurah1020
    @laurah1020 9 месяцев назад +11

    Curious about similar structures existing in the cliffs behind those stone constructed circles. Also you can see smaller rock scatterings in lines on the ground in the areas between those and the cliffs behind them. I cant help but wonder if there is much more to be found in that vicinity. Thanks for posting your unique discoveries!

    • @DesertGuyAZ
      @DesertGuyAZ 9 месяцев назад +1

      Good call. Seems like a good mission for a drone.

  • @toughenupfluffy7294
    @toughenupfluffy7294 9 месяцев назад +7

    2:50. By measuring the rat midden, you can sometimes date the ruin, as packrats have a seasonal regularity in their midden accretion. You can also tell what plants there were growing at the site, sometimes hundreds of years ago. The rat species in the area is likely either a white-throated woodrat or a bushy-tailed woodrat (both _Neotoma_ species).

    • @charlesborders2893
      @charlesborders2893 9 месяцев назад

      OR MAYBE JUST A PLAIN OLD LONG TAIL GOFFER HEHEHEHE YEP A OLD GOFFER THEY EVERYWHERE !

    • @Skank_and_Gutterboy
      @Skank_and_Gutterboy 9 месяцев назад

      This is really great. The comments are as good (mostly) as the video.

  • @patstats1
    @patstats1 9 месяцев назад +3

    Starting at 4:55, there appears to be another reinforced structure on the hillside just to the left of the dolman with the circle of rocks. It’s probably natural. I’m glad you do photograph the surrounding area for context. This one was very interesting.

  • @MrSlikvee
    @MrSlikvee 9 месяцев назад +10

    Wow! What a find! Like an ancient apartment building. Can you imagine the work and effort it took to mortar up these balanced rocks? I wonder if the “ancients” actually, somehow, placed these humongous rocks up on the balance plate and then mortared them in place? Wouldn’t that be something?

    • @cameleonfleuri
      @cameleonfleuri 9 месяцев назад

      I think they did placed them there

  • @benkirkland5354
    @benkirkland5354 9 месяцев назад +15

    These natural rock formations, that at times seem to defy logic because of the perfect balance, are really amazing and special even by modern standards. Could the built structures atop them be more ceremonial than defensive? And could the cavities created underneath be a type of crypt or stupa to hold relics, remains, or offerings? Very nice find!

    • @TheInsultInvestor
      @TheInsultInvestor 9 месяцев назад +2

      you didnt seem to notice that the rock is sitting on an unnatural foundation

    • @philduoos2961
      @philduoos2961 9 месяцев назад +1

      As you said, the two huge rocks are natural - the one at the bottom is made of a rock that erodes faster than the upper one. These balancing rocks are amazing to us, and I imagine even more so to ancients. I think you might be correct in that they are ceremonial - and perhaps the lower ones are crypts. I thought it interesting that the third rock formation nearby did not seem to have any human activity associated with it.

  • @crazylady..
    @crazylady.. 9 месяцев назад +1

    Amazing ❤👍thanks for sharing! 😊

  • @sandramorey2529
    @sandramorey2529 9 месяцев назад +2

    This was a really good find. Again, thanks a multitude for taking this former hiker now 83 & relegated to RUclips for adventures. On the drone footage, I noticed a rock with what looked like finger impressions, standing upright with other rocks, but the drone went by it too fast to really get a look at it. Might have been mortar. Dunno. Sandi in Oakland

  • @aletakey3600
    @aletakey3600 9 месяцев назад +3

    I love to explore too. I'm from Pennsylvania & there are so many shale deposits to see. They have fossils that ancient waters left behind. I love the things you find. It's interesting to see what others looooong before us left behind!

  • @rickkrockstar
    @rickkrockstar 9 месяцев назад +3

    Very exciting, keep up the great finds

  • @BriSouth
    @BriSouth 9 месяцев назад +2

    Great job documenting these sites. I hope you share your discoveries with archeologists for additional exploration on the ground.

  • @jonathanfloming1045
    @jonathanfloming1045 9 месяцев назад +2

    Love your videos. I lived near Pima AZ for a time...really miss the hikes out in the desert making discoveries. Taught my children to respect the ancient remnants. Thank you for your dedication and enthusiasm. All the best for you..yours..and your channel. Looking forward to seeing where you take us next.

  • @adammillwardart7831
    @adammillwardart7831 9 месяцев назад +8

    You're good at finding those circles. I spend a TON of time on Google Earth and I almost never spot them. I do spot a lot of dams and structures to slow and direct water though. Thousands of them, from Mexico all the way up to Alberta. And the most amazing thing? The same types of structure are also scattered throughout large parts of the Australian outback.

    • @brianmclaughlin4419
      @brianmclaughlin4419 9 месяцев назад +1

      Take a peek through Largo Wash or Arroyo, nm. Find Blanco then Archuleta and go east and south for giant thru mesa redwoods, sky burials, safe mini-forts all linked by line of sight to many others. One had a core sample from a wood threshold marked U of A 1960, university of Arizona; no one had been up there for 50 years.
      If In Person, be careful. Lots easy to take a fall, dehydrate or trigger a Deadfall snare ( yes, they did and they are still waiting to be triggered 800 years later!) Not kidding. And take only photos.

  • @janwest9751
    @janwest9751 9 месяцев назад +2

    That was so amazing to watch I only wish I could see them too please keep putting more videos on I love watching them xx🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Jan

  • @raclark2730
    @raclark2730 9 месяцев назад +1

    Awesome thanks for Sharing.

  • @randomvintagefilm273
    @randomvintagefilm273 9 месяцев назад +2

    I hope you are keeping a photo diary! This one was very special and yes, unique ❤

  • @markmark2080
    @markmark2080 9 месяцев назад +4

    The only thing that makes sense to me is that they were used for storing stuff (like dried meat) away from critters and/or a safe place to sleep in a time when the area was much more lush and bears and wolves were a problem for small groups sleeping exposed. There are a number of accounts of campers being taken by bears at night even in large campgrounds in national parks...

    • @charlesborders2893
      @charlesborders2893 9 месяцев назад

      the none smart get eaten up like now days ,it don't change for the none smart ,and it will always be that way, they don't get smarter .

  • @sandysue202
    @sandysue202 9 месяцев назад +4

    That was crazy! I'm wondering how those boulders on top of boulders came to be? And then, the people who used them for defensive lookouts...taking stones, one at a time, climbing up on fallen trees or whatever they used to get to the top and building the circular walls. Amazing! Great video and thank you!!

    • @user-gr8qy9hb9q
      @user-gr8qy9hb9q 9 месяцев назад +3

      The boulders didn't get on top because they were already there permanently. They are layers deposited on the bottom of an ocean many millions of years ago. And now there are exposed and have been melting away from millions of years.

  • @michaeldriskell2038
    @michaeldriskell2038 9 месяцев назад

    These sites need to be preserved and protected!!! So cool, thanks for sharing this!!!!😊😊😊

  • @midimike88
    @midimike88 9 месяцев назад

    Wow. Very cool. Thank you for sharing about keeping respectful habits. Thanks for taking the time to document!!

  • @bigjoe4705
    @bigjoe4705 9 месяцев назад +37

    Man I love watching your videos! I live and work in South Eastern NM and right beside one of the places I go to daily (in the oil field) is an ancient Indian burial ground. It’s not much to look at just sand and mesquite bushes haha but it’s one of many spots that are “protected” there’s no fence or even a sign but those of us that know it’s there just kind of steer everyone clear of that area. I tell people that you will get stuck if you try and drive in there and it’s gonna take calling BLM to get you out. Seems to have worked so far! Haha no I don’t tell anyone it’s a burial ground. Just seems better that way.

    • @TheInsultInvestor
      @TheInsultInvestor 9 месяцев назад

      you're a liar and protecting nothing

    • @mrnobody3161
      @mrnobody3161 9 месяцев назад +3

      Good for you Joe. Keep the Haters and Hatriots away.

    • @oldmaine4314
      @oldmaine4314 9 месяцев назад

      BLM = Bureau of Land Management

    • @unrulyjulie4382
      @unrulyjulie4382 9 месяцев назад

      Also, keep the stupid away!

    • @toughenupfluffy7294
      @toughenupfluffy7294 9 месяцев назад +1

      You are a hero in my book.

  • @shawnnorrell1686
    @shawnnorrell1686 9 месяцев назад +10

    This is one of the coolest places I’ve ever seen. Never saw dwellings on top of a boulder like that. So cool how you find these places on google earth and then go find them in person. You must see some really neat and unusual things out there. Good luck and happy trials 👍😎👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @TheTrekPlanner
      @TheTrekPlanner  9 месяцев назад +1

      It’s one of my favorite places to date! Glad you enjoyed it too!

  • @bobhead6243
    @bobhead6243 9 месяцев назад +1

    Hi , As I live in England , I love watching these videos , as it shows me Places I shall never get to visit , Be Well my Friend , take care and have fun .

  • @davekreitzer4358
    @davekreitzer4358 9 месяцев назад +2

    Awesome find , great explanation , really enjoyed it , thanks for sharing this ! ✔️😎👍

  • @My-qu1wo
    @My-qu1wo 9 месяцев назад +1

    Thanks for sharing and taking this old man along with you.

  • @jackiedewine9718
    @jackiedewine9718 9 месяцев назад +12

    Thank you for sharing your adventures - I love the way you treat the land and the sites with respect and share your wonder. Again, thank you!

    • @TheTrekPlanner
      @TheTrekPlanner  9 месяцев назад +1

      Whenever I visit one of these types of places, I feel a reverence towards them. They may just be a pile of rocks to some people, but to us, it shows that someone was there. I wish we knew more about them, but this is all that's left in most cases.

    • @toughenupfluffy7294
      @toughenupfluffy7294 9 месяцев назад

      It's a window into our own ancestry, if we would just look through the glass@@TheTrekPlanner

  • @CryptidWalks
    @CryptidWalks 9 месяцев назад +4

    Absolutely fascinating, I think you should return with a ladder. I imagine like the cliff dwellings, they had their own wooden ladders to get up and down from these structures. They have long sense returned to nature, I’m sure.

  • @janerainsford8996
    @janerainsford8996 9 месяцев назад +2

    I love all you videos!! To get a look at these places. To feel the presence of the ancient peoples who built them thank you.

  • @SteveandLizDonaldson
    @SteveandLizDonaldson 9 месяцев назад

    Thank you, mostly, for respecting these ancient structures. And, secondly, for finding them and taking us there with you.

  • @Janer-52
    @Janer-52 9 месяцев назад +5

    Yes, this is exactly the kind of content I enjoy. It is so interesting to locate these, then ask all the questions. To know that these pre-date our country really brings a lot of context, and respect.

  • @donniecash1737
    @donniecash1737 9 месяцев назад +3

    How the hell did they put a giant boulder on top of rocks to form a crawl space or storage on top of another boulder baffles me.

    • @tedolphbundler724
      @tedolphbundler724 9 месяцев назад

      Levers. They build up crib work underneath the big stone and lifted one end a few inches at a time, put a log under it, moved 90 deg. around the clock and did the same. When it was at the height they wanted they put the other stoned/mortar beneath and then removed the crib work. Same way they elevated copper float boulders in Michigan.
      This was likely a slaughter house. They drove the animals into this area and the braves shot down from above onto them. The workers were down below where they dressed the animals. It was almost like a factory. Not sure about the storage areas underneath. It may have just been an artifact of leveling the top boulder.

  • @RobynSouder-rt9jf
    @RobynSouder-rt9jf 9 месяцев назад

    Awesome. Oh thanks you so much for taking me along. Like you, I like to just sit and take in the peace and quiet of these special places. The most spiritial feeling I ever had was decending into a kieva at Mesa Verde early one morning before anyone else was around.

  • @charlessheppard3541
    @charlessheppard3541 9 месяцев назад +1

    Really cool, you did good finding that site.

  • @cheryljenkins8808
    @cheryljenkins8808 9 месяцев назад +3

    COME ON , ONE OF YOU St. GEORGE PEOPLE GIVE HIM A TRUCK OR JEEP!

    • @cheryljenkins8808
      @cheryljenkins8808 9 месяцев назад

      I know people in Utah and Arizona, everybody has a new car and at old one in the backyard they're not using

  • @lawrenceholbert3529
    @lawrenceholbert3529 9 месяцев назад +4

    I believe these are ceremonial structures and possibly built with respect to or aligned with the stars as they were in the night sky at that time. It would also be informative to know what the alignment to the four compass headings are and how they align with the sun & moon. Stacked stones were a method that ancient man used to display that they had been at a particular place and gave it reverence. How the stones were stacked & cardinal direction would be reference to season, phase of the moon, time of the day, aspect of the sun, or star alignments. The large boulders were most likely placed on the pedestals and the smaller wedge stones were placed as they are to support and keep the boulder on the pedestal. The enclosures on top I believe are the ceremonial focal point of the structures. For further information on this style of ceremonial structures in a much larger scale check out Chaco Canyon: it is beyond amazing.

    • @Les537
      @Les537 9 месяцев назад +1

      Hunting blinds. The end.

    • @cameleonfleuri
      @cameleonfleuri 9 месяцев назад

      @lawrenceholbert3529 : Yes, I 100%agree with you, this is obviously an old preflood structure encrypting a lot of knowledge and perfectly aligned with the sun, stars and/or constellations. The place have certainly been built on top of a strong energetic field and on a lay line and thus must still deliver special energies ... And they have "lifted" the stones there!

  • @mikeb3603
    @mikeb3603 9 месяцев назад +1

    This channel is awesome! Love the content. This episode is very interesting. Would love to be able to date that stuff! Great job! Thanks

  • @christiangibbs8534
    @christiangibbs8534 9 месяцев назад +2

    Amazing! I am so jealous of your adventures. I would love to know the locations of some of these ruins, but I understand that you keep them secret to prevent looting. Thanks for sharing this with us.

    • @drivewayhero
      @drivewayhero 9 месяцев назад

      Keeps them secret so that you don't look into how they were's there in older versions of google maps and the prevent you from seeing the tractor tire tracks

  • @medicwebber3037
    @medicwebber3037 9 месяцев назад +2

    What a great video. I’m happy it came up in my feed. When Google Earth first came out I spent hours just looking at the planet. One day I found some strange shapes in the desert of northern Africa. A few years later somebody else who had seen the same shapes decided to go out and see what they were. (She was a scientist.). Turns out they were ancient ruins of a previously unknown pyramid. The woman became famous, lol. Oh well. But it just goes to show there’s a lot out there to look at and wonder about. And if you’re lucky enough to go out and find.❤

  • @dannystratton7712
    @dannystratton7712 9 месяцев назад +1

    Balancing those megalithic borders happened thousands of years ago in my opinion. Very cool to see this, thank you.

  • @elizabethrhodes9725
    @elizabethrhodes9725 4 месяца назад

    Very cool. Thanks for sharing it!

  • @daniellest-pierre9160
    @daniellest-pierre9160 6 месяцев назад

    What a nice and fun channel, I just love following your search ! Hi from Canada !😊

  • @traviscondon9139
    @traviscondon9139 9 месяцев назад +1

    Good work. Super fun hobby. I love finding old ruins and petroglyphs. It makes me think about the people who once lived there. I wonder what their daily lives were like, how they survived , what their beliefs were. So cool, thankyou.

  • @DoctoreE644
    @DoctoreE644 9 месяцев назад

    Thank you for preserving the structures of the Ancients, no matter who they were. It can't be "rebuilt" or reconstructed. It's history, and not to be destroyed. No history should be, no matter who it "offends"! How can we possibly learn from what is no longer there, good, bad or anywhere in between....

  • @crashman2062
    @crashman2062 9 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you taking me along on your adventure. This was definitely a fun and fascinating one.

  • @chrishuston4445
    @chrishuston4445 9 месяцев назад

    Great video. Thank you for recording this piece of ancient history. One optional suggestion would be to use an ipad pro and use the built in LIDAR camera to scan this treasure. It would be nice to be able to see the entire thing in 3d in high detail.

  • @mat-ventures
    @mat-ventures 9 месяцев назад

    Really cool! Thanks for sharing

  • @TheHikrr
    @TheHikrr 9 месяцев назад

    Thanks for video! Great find!👍

  • @battlebornpyro8567
    @battlebornpyro8567 9 месяцев назад

    Amazing find!! Keep it up! Love the channel!

  • @knightflyer909
    @knightflyer909 9 месяцев назад

    Awesome find! Great work!

  • @randr302
    @randr302 9 месяцев назад

    Absolutely amazing!!thank you for sharing

  • @IndridCool54
    @IndridCool54 9 месяцев назад

    Absolutely amazing! 👍🏼👍🏼

  • @davidgekler
    @davidgekler 9 месяцев назад +1

    Yep, I would say some of THE most amazing things you have found. Very cool.

    • @TheTrekPlanner
      @TheTrekPlanner  9 месяцев назад

      It’s one of my favorites for sure

  • @hogkillerjp
    @hogkillerjp 9 месяцев назад +1

    excellent thanks for sharing..

  • @franksalsa9342
    @franksalsa9342 9 месяцев назад +1

    Thank for your videos..great trip

  • @ohkaygoplay
    @ohkaygoplay 8 месяцев назад

    Wow. Google Earth archeology. It's so cool to know things and places lost to our past are still being discovered. Dude, this was so cool. It definitely looks like some sort of storage area.

  • @mistyjames810
    @mistyjames810 9 месяцев назад

    Amazing history! Thank you! 👍

  • @cjd2615
    @cjd2615 8 месяцев назад

    That was really amazing, what a privilege to be able to witness these things with your own eyes. Is there any other source of information about these unusual constructions, who, why, when etc.? I sometimes think you should film longer videos, I keep willing you to linger a little longer on various objects and see things from lots of different angles… I love long, slow, detailed documentaries and you seem to find some incredible places with Google Earth, you got a keen eye!

  • @pamclark6686
    @pamclark6686 9 месяцев назад

    Always an adventure! Thank you so much for sharing!

  • @BlinkinFirefly
    @BlinkinFirefly 9 месяцев назад +1

    Really cool find! Keep up the exploration! ^^

  • @kmichael2248
    @kmichael2248 9 месяцев назад

    Another great video. Thanks for sharing.

  • @brianentz2785
    @brianentz2785 9 месяцев назад

    Love this channel. And I love how you treat these areas with respect. One tip: if you can remember to take your mirror glasses off when talking - it’s good to be able to see people’s features - especially the eyes. Still, excellent content.

  • @oneom8158
    @oneom8158 9 месяцев назад +2

    Can you imagine how the builders would feel if the could see this bird eye view at the end of your video ?
    Thanks again for this adventure.

  • @mercedithcompala8148
    @mercedithcompala8148 9 месяцев назад

    Great filming, thanks

  • @jamesdurrett3827
    @jamesdurrett3827 8 месяцев назад +1

    Just an added comment: I have also been watching some videos on the Nomads of the mountains of Iran. These people build structures under geo overhangs in almost the same way as the structures on your videos. I noticed that the Nomads did build corrals, and habitation structures. It is interesting that Nomads of today are using some of the same techniques for a similar harsh environment.

  • @michaelsonleitner5724
    @michaelsonleitner5724 9 месяцев назад +2

    Thanks again Jeff. Really spectacular ruins! I love joining your adventures. Stay safe!

  • @lorelebeverland5585
    @lorelebeverland5585 9 месяцев назад +1

    I just found your channel and I enjoy your enthusiasm and respect. I have hiked those canyons and draws in northeastern Utah many years ago. Brings back great memories. I always knew we were at a site when we found the "well" drilled on top of the mesa. It would supply water as they traveled thru the area,

  • @chuckzehnder530
    @chuckzehnder530 9 месяцев назад

    Another great adventure, Jeff. Keep on trekking!

  • @utahexplor
    @utahexplor 6 месяцев назад +1

    I have called this the Boulder village over 50 years ago when I first discovered it. Nice editing to not give away its location!

  • @droomkiller
    @droomkiller 9 месяцев назад

    Super cool, and the video quality is excellent as always

  • @h.bsfaithfulservant4136
    @h.bsfaithfulservant4136 9 месяцев назад +1

    Amazing Jeff...I'm truly baffled by this site.
    I'll be rewatching it again and again 🙏😀

  • @metaldetectingwithlugnut
    @metaldetectingwithlugnut 9 месяцев назад

    Super cool place. Great find and trek.

  • @dtork47
    @dtork47 20 дней назад

    Awesome discovery! Can well imagine a defensive position there. Stay safe and thanks again, outstanding!

  • @fstopPhotography
    @fstopPhotography 9 месяцев назад

    I've been watching and enjoying these videos for some time now and each one takes me to another time. Growing up in the foothills of Colorado, it brings back great memories from my youth.
    My history is in bedded in the rocks, cabins and dwellings my brother and I found from Cripple Creek to the Sangre de Cristo mountains back in the 70s and 80s.
    Most people dont think of this, now your history is mixed with the rocks and dwellings you found.
    As you sat and looked, you can see what they saw so long ago. That's really cool.
    If those rocks could only talk, what stories they would tell.
    Thanks for the great video.