The Absolute Worst Cemetery Ever!! Warning Exposed Human Remain...Open Graves & Skulls
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Warning..... Exposed bones and human skulls in this video......I have never seen a cemetery in this condition with human remains exposed throughout the cemetery. This cemetery sits in a neighborhood along a main road, while I was there I felt so sorry for the deceased. It's an older cemetery so I assume there isn't anyone left to take care of it.
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Exposed human remains don't offend me. However the total neglect of our cemeteries here in Louisiana is making me boiling mad. Thank you for caring.
They dont bother you, WHAT, if that was your dad's head, you wouldn't mind, what the hell is wrong with you. You a witch or something lady? You must be a goth chick, man some people.
There were so many murders the day before & of 9/11. NY Cant solve it! Natural disasters leave Gov. struggling. In fact in USA Gov may keep anyone else from maintaining this. Nothin like USA.gov
It doesn't offend you because you're numb to it. However, it totally SHOULD offend you!! Is that how you want your family to remain, totally exposed in some overgrown field?
I can see why. 😢😢
same
Throwing trash in a grave is absolutely disgusting. Graves were probably violated for looting. The city should be charged for criminal negligence.
Who knows the ones throwing bottles and wast could be the young doing drugs because no will notice them.
local governments just like federal government could give two shits about its living citizens let alone about its already dead👍 they just do not care.
By who? Unless there is an actual law on the books that says a cemetery has to be maintained to a certain standard and specifies who is responsible for it, no law has actually been broken. And the criminal negligence claim is a joke. Law doesn't work like that. Not maintaining a graveyard doesn't meet the legal definition of "criminal" anywhere.
That sounds ridiculous. These people are dead, they dont give a shit.
This is so sad wish I could help these graves need to be fixed so sad to see this it's so sad they not helping to keep this up never seen any thing like this if I could help I would they were laid to rest it's a disaster they should fix this breaks my heart to see this
As a Funeral arranger and officiant, there isn't one single grave that has gone into that ground went in without the absolute shattered heart of their loved-ones. Some of those folk used what little money they had to give their people a "proper" burial. It hurts my heart after looking into the eyes of an elderly gentleman say something like "Could Margaret be buried with her dentures? She was a lady and would want to look pretty as she could". You let me know. I'm in England these days, but if you want to take up-for this cemetery or others, I will throw in. Thank you very kindly for your heart and your knowledge and the fact you took the time to share it with us.
@the_original_t
This hurts my heart and what you said about Margaret be buried with her dentures broke my heart!😞
concur
I'm in Scotland and would happily help out like the OP said.
Youre ignorant and defending emotional illogical people. When a loved one dies send their body to the crematorial and do away with it as a way of respecting that dead person. For me to choose to waste land and space and want to degrade myself by leaving a nasty rotting body is ignorant selfishness
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How very sad. One of my cousins goes to cemeteries here and repairs the old ones that have fallen and cracked. He is an angel.
Just like Angel Gabby from Angel Hare 😅😮😢
Thanks for being an adult and not blurring the disturbing scenes like a child. Like most greedy uploaders do. Much respect sir!
No instead he's done something far worse, for the sake of views like all greedy you tubers, he's put a massive billboard up advertising a great place for stupid teenagers and goths or satanist arse holes that want to steal skulls and bones for their bedrooms or profiteering dicks that sell them on Ebay, where theres an easy place for them to source them from. I think advertising a quick and easy places for grave desecration and robbery is quite a bit worse in my eyes.
Its depressing that it doesn't matter how successful you are in life, we all end up like this either forgotten or with a busted grave that's either flooded or tipped over.
Imagine how many human dead bodies are strewn around the earth. From the beginning of human kind to present. I'm sure there are zero preserved graves from back then. Time has a way of decaying everything it touches.
@@mariagricius8994 it’s about 117 billions of humans that lived before us. It’s not depressing in the grander scheme of things.
@@mariagricius8994 This is why it is so much better to be cremated.
Yes, if death is the end, this here is the fate of us all. Doesn't matter whether you lived a good life or not, doesn't matter what you did for whoever or who you loved. As for me, I think we go on after death but, bizarrely, there are those who prefer not. Imagine, actually, wanting this as your end.
@@juliaheger8127 Not really, cremation just does the same thing but immediately.
Could you even imagine going to paying respect to a passed loved one and seeing there remains!?😢
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Or NOT seeing their remains and just an empty crypt where they should be
When you look at this graves you can clearly see that they are very old and there is no Person left to look at these graves anymore. Over here in Germany it is completely normal that a grave is removed after 20 years to get space for new ones.
I would be in there with my loved one at that point! @kellygulnick3960
Why would that be such a unimaginable horror? Perhaps you have been too protected from the reality of nature?
You’d think the local population would be eager to get this cemetery back to some sort of normality!
Why should someone who doesn’t live in the local vicinity care more for these lost souls than anyone who does live there?
Society today is getting sadder and sadder. Everyone is just so selfish, and materialistic.
I’m afraid I live in the U.K, but if it was local to me I’d come and help. These graves deserve to be repaired and looked after.
Hopefully locals may see your video and get in touch. Bless your heart, at least someone cares for these departed souls.
Thank you and good luck 💖💖💖
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There's simply just not enough room to bury everyone. These old cemeteries were here before the 50 year clause went into effect in a lot of them. No living relatives who care or even knew them or live far away now and no funds to continue it. Burial plots are no longer forever, there is a limit in the contracts to 50 years in most now, then they pulverize and move your bones to smaller locations and reuse the plot. Simply not enough room for all the dead to be buried anymore.
There are areas in cemeteries in the UK that are not any better. Become aware of those & help .
@@JohnnyRebKy it appears that all the generations have ignored this cemetery but go ahead and blame the kids. SMH
I'd help too but I'm from Australia
As sad and shameful as this cemetery is the damaged and neglected veteran's graves adds another level of disgust. I admire your willingness to show up with other volunteers for a cleanup it would take a lot of people more than a weekend to clean that overgrowth up.
The VA at the minimum should do something about veterans graves !!
concur and also the veterans fraves were most appalling. to those souls R I P know your COUNTRY appreciates your service.🙏
Agree
This is absolutely NOT the worst in Louisiana. The worst is in Baton Rouge. Louisiana has a long history of abandoned cemeteries. I attended Thomy Lafon Elementary, and it was built on top of Oak Grove cemetery. I was wondering how could the city of New Orleans not know that. The school was rumored to be haunted, and it's past history came to light after the hurricane Katrina.
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@lavitahenry2197
Isn't there something about the ground water level in that region that makes the earth reject buried things pretty often or is just the constant hurricanes which cause this?
Because i vaguely recall hearing about human remains showing back up at the surface down there.
@hollowgonzalo4329 Both are true.The last hurricane didn't help this situation. I still personally feel that the cemetery was neglected prior to that.
So is the worst in Baton Rouge or New Orleans?
Yes. @@matthewfontenot5157
" There are three deaths....The first is when the body ceases to function.....The second is when the body is consigned to the grave.....The third is that moment sometime in the future, when your name is spoken for the last time." David M Eagleman
Sadly very true.
One day the sun will swallow the entire solar system . Long term everything ends
But Praise the Living God who knows each and every soul that comes to rest in the earth whether good or bad.
And the fourth death is when someone thinks of you for the last time
@@mycinnamongirl he said the Living One so... That one
This needs to be exposed, so you're doing the right thing. The commission is either dragging their feet or plan to do nothing about it at all...either way is tragic. Thank you for bringing attention to those who have passed and deserve dignity in their resting places.
You can bet the commission are accepting their funding.. Where is the money going?
And this is the United States 🇺🇸! We spend great deal of money on other matters, but can't do anything as making sure our grave yards are maintained is beyond me.
in islam its haram to open graves but its not haram if you look at it in videos and im a muslim
Y ese cementerio está tan pegado a las casas??..."" 🏠🪦😬
Contact your local news paper tell them about the cemetery/s visit and whats been found, perhaps making it local then maybe those who you've contacted who! have done nothing hopefully will get a wake up call, this is unbelievable all respect to you, R I P to all those graves😢 plus its outrageous that someone would say for you to clean up the cemetery. Who In their right minds can sit by the graves and throw trash into it, morbid . Bless you. 🙌
Louisiana has been this way for decades. I have been there 4 times starting in the late 60’s…it’s an expectation at those cemeteries due to being buried above ground… like you said… the families have all passed away and can’t advocate for these bodies. Thank you for taking your time to try to help 💔 Bless you. What a sad depressing place to end up 😞
True but hell is worse!
Seeing the bones don't offend me see the trash in people's Graves is what offends me
This is vile that this was left to waste like this....this is beyond total disrespect to the deceased.
Imagine any diseases floating around. It's not even sanitary and it REALLY ticks me off! One in PA too.
I'm not Surprised. I have begun getting into genealogy and visiting Cemeteries. I have seen many graveyards In disarray. Overgrown grass, toppled graves, garbage strewn about. Thank you for shining a light on this. These men and women deserve respect. The law is spotty in this area, especially with holding parties responsible accountable for the upkeep. This really needed to be addressed and I hope your advocacy helps that.
In 1965 as I was enroute to New Orleans, I stopped off at an obviously very old "Above Ground" Cemetery, out of curiosity.
There was a circular drive through where several crumbling crypts were easily viewed.
To this day, I have vivid memories of seeing the exposed bones and a few skulls.
This is soo sad, and too throw garbage in someone's resting place is really disgusting, keep doing what your doing brother, someone needs to fix this
@@johnstewartjr3372 Some time ago I took a shortcut through a cemetery. Keepers were relocating some old graves. Wheelbarrows with garden trash bags full of bones, another with a Torso. Like a horror movie., yet just a days work for those doing it.
Do you remember the name of that cemetery?
I live in Louisiana, unfortunately here in Louisiana the water table is very high. Especially in the coastal areas. When it's been flooded, the graves can pop up if buried in the ground. Depending on where this is located. People and relatives might not know what happened to the cemetery yet.
I live in Lake Charles not far from the cemetery in this video, I agree with you, it also depends on the community. the surrounding community in this particular case is not a "let's get together and do something good" type community, if you know what i mean.
@@cam_plays4213yeah i know what type of community you're talking about.
You are 💯 percent right ✅️ because of the location the natural disasters add to the ruining of the cemeteries.
I didn't even know there was such a thing as an "above-ground burial!" But clearly the above cemetery is what they did in the above video. Clearly, things can be routinely different in certain parts of our country!
Thank you for caring. It infuriates me how people can leave their trash in a cemetery!
Thank you for sharing this with us. I definitely am getting cremated. I saw a guy that moves dead bodies from old graves. Ten years and more the body starts turning to dust. So cremation is just a quicker route because "ashes to ashes, dust to dust".
It's just too sad seeing the uncaring of the death. It's so nice of you, but it shouldn't fall on you to take care of this cemetery. The state, county or community should care.
All the best to you! 🥰❤
Just a point to ponder! Not trying to get into an argument or debate! If the body begins to turn to dust after 10 years, how do we find remains that are thousands of years old?
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Mental Martin. His videos are quite instructive.
They do body mulching now too in some states- (though the funeral homes etc seem to have a lobby against it) it turns your body into dirt.. better for the environment vs cremation
@@shadowears It depends on the climate, humidity level, exposure to air and moisture, and any preservatives used. A thin person will probably mummify. A fat person turns to a kind of wax. I find it funny to think that my boobs and behind might last for hundreds of years.
One of the reasons why you will see exposed human remains in Louisiana cemeteries, is because normal burial of human remains is impossible. This is because, the water table in Louisiana, especially in New Orleans, is inches to maybe a 2-3 feet below the top soil. In contrast, in most of North America the water table is at least 20 feet below the top soil. Therefore in Louisiana, intact human remains are entombed in above ground tombs and mausoleums for the most part Graves,if dug are very shallow with concrete ot granite slabs placed above the remains.
FEMA will not pay any money regarding cemeteries, unless public health concerns are present!
Was wondering why the vaults were above ground instead of being under
It is painfully clear to see how far human kindness and caring has declined as time goes by. These individuals buried here deserve more respect from others even if they are unknown to them. If those that put trash in the graves had this happen to their graves, they would not be happy.
I mean not2 be insensitive to any ancient Egyptian readers out there but im not sure how much a difference it makes if your aleady dead no? I think money from fema (not sure if thats the acronym, phonetic spelling) should be going to people who are still alive and might need it to stay that way as aposted to ones who are already dead, literally
Yeah you’ll be able to be unhappy when you’re dead
The only human kindness and caring that declined is that of the folks who Knew the folks buried here. Everyone who ever knew or cared for these folks is dead and gone, perhaps buried next to them, or in some other slightly less forgotten cemetery in some other parish. Only slightly less forgotten because the folk buried there spanned more recent period of time.
Don’t be fooled into thinking the dead give a god damn. They are gone forever and their concerns gone with them.
Cemeteries are for the Living. For those left behind who grieve. But all thru human history, every burial ground was ultimately forgotten as those for whom they mattered passed in turn and were also buried and, in turn, forgotten.
Westminster may preserve the graves of those famous in history, yet the vast multitudes who lived, suffered both joy and sorrow, and passed have left no trace, except perhaps in the occasional excavation for a new road, or building; some bone or artifact dug up and wondered over, its owner nameless and unremembered.
This is what cemeteries are. Demonstrations of our brevity. Reminders that we, too, shall be forgotten.
We need not make a fuss over the bones of those no one recalls. Some progenitor lying under an unreadable marker in some overgrown field we have never visited and never shall. Rather, these decrepit cemeteries ought to cause us to pay more attention to those who yet live. Those who still live in need of care, and concern; those still able to appreciate a kind thought or gesture.
I do not see these places as sad. I seem them as a caution to truly cherish life and the living while we have it.
I assure you they will never object to it.
This is absolutely tragic. I love old cemeteries. They're like outdoor art/history museums. In my city and in other states I'v lived in I've volunteered to help keep headstones clean and the Cemetery itself clean and the lawn well kept.
There’s only one person here that cares about hallowed ground that’s been forgotten. Thank you for caring and I pray you get some caring volunteers to bring back honor to these forgotten people . God bless you for your thoughtfulness.
Doesn't surprise me. How are people gonna show any respect for the dead when they can't even show any respect for the living.
This truly was heartbreaking to see people that were once loved and cared for in this life ne left exposed in their final resting place was just horrible! ... It really hurt to see the graves of our Veterans and Graves of what could be Children in total disarray ... I'm grateful that you have come forward and put this video out to the public because I now live in a different state from where most of my family members are laid to rest and it makes me want to go back and check so thank you for your efforts that will not be forgotten on my part! 💔🌹💔💔💔💔💔💔
no city employee should ever see another check and no citizen should get their welfare check until that whole cemetary is fixed.
A person is only two or three generations from being forgotten for eternity. These poor souls have been forgotten. In my county we have the Pioneer Cemetery Commission. They maintain cemeteries that have had fewer than 12 burials in the past 50 years. They all are immaculate.
Shocking to think we mean so little after we die.
While you live too.
No, it even shocking, that someone can think about passed people.
I remember reading something that someone had written on a wall about twenty years ago:
"A man works, a man sweats, a man dies. And he's forgotten. Almost as fast as his sweat dries."
So good of you to keep at the authorities. This is beyond a disgrace. 😡
The amount of disrespect is unbelievable! God bless you for bringing this to attention!
Thank you for bringing this to peoples attention. The grave at 7:00 is interesting, it shows that person was born in 1930 and is a WWII veteran. They would've been 11 when the US entered WWII and 14-15 years old when it ended.
My thoughts exactly. Unless they're a le to lie about their age and could've fought in the last battles of the war.
Interesting indeed. Official documents have him being born in 1928.
My Dad was born in 1928 and he served in WWII, I think something is wrong with your dates.
A 12 year old managed to lie about his age and join the US Navy in 1942, he earned a bronze star and a purple heart for his service.
I did a quick google and it’s estimated that between 200,000 - 400,000 teens lied about their age to join the armed forces during WW II.
In Pennsylvania we have care-takers who are paid to take care of the cemetery grounds. Usually, a house is provided for the care-taker and their family either right on the grounds or very close by so there is some added security for the grounds. I feel very sorry for the souls buried in the Louisiana cemeteries. It's so sad to see that.
Thank you for bringing awareness to the tragic state these cemeteries are in.
In the late 1960s, our dad drove our RV through Tijuana, Mexico, on our way to beach camping south in Ensenada. There was one area on the south of Tijuana where there was an old cemetery on a slope next to the road. There were a few exposed wood coffins and various bones were spilled out in the dirt. The coffins were very old and rotten, and the cemetery appeared to be abandoned. Sad to see remains just gradually being washed down the hillside.
I was born and raised in Lake Charles, The first section of cemetery in this video is the old "City Cemetery" its actually closed and has been for a while. The 2nd section is directly adjacent to the north of the City cemetery and are both very old and not in the richest part of town, the combination of that and the storms and sad to say lack of upkeep by the city are the main reasons for these conditions, if i remember correctly both these cemeteries are owned by the city. Neither of these are part of Orange Grove Cemetery, which if you notice in the background across the "main road" (which is actually a side street) he mentions, is the Orange Grove Cemetery aka Graceland Cemetery. It was Est. 1885 and as he mentioned it is 13 acres and has over 9k graves, i have several family members buried here. Orange Grove has people responsible for landscaping and upkeep, it is also independently owned where as the other 2 are not. All that being said, just to clear up a few things. I do agree it's damn shame for any cemetery no matter how old, its location or what the ethnic background of the deceased, to get to this condition. Unfortunately, it would take a few volunteers or the community, to come together to make this right. the city or the state or any other dept that should do it, won't do it. I can tell you, if you are ever in the mood some paranormal experiences, Orange Grove cemetery can be a very interesting place to check out.
I've just watched this and am absolutely appalled that this has happened to a grave site ..it should not be neglected and the local community should be helping or the council should be doing a hell of a lot more
Sad thing for me is I think you got more cemeteries all over the country like this not just in here 🤔🤔🤔
You’re the third person I’ve seen walk through the cemetery and this is the first time I’ve ever seen it this clean
hi harmin. i'm from the uk and, thankfully, we don't get hurricanes over here, well there was one back in the seventies or early eighties, but i'm sure if we did there would be cemeteries that would look just like that one. i always thought that when you bought your plot some of that money would be used to maintain the cemetery. when you see the amount of graves in there, that's an awful lot of money and i'm certain that it would have been banked and collected interest. i'm so glad that there are people out there, like yourself, that care about these things. this was a really sad, yet thought provoking video. thank you harmin for sharing it.
Julie I live in wales uk to be honest the councils here cuts the grass and seem to keep cemeteries very tidy there are bins etc to put rubbish in
@@patcardiff2563 hi pat, i was thinking more of some of the cemeteries in and around london. a lot of them were considered to be full and just left to there own devices. a lot of them are totally overgrown and where there are trees the roots have pushed the coffins and tombs out of the ground, the lids of both have been broken and there are human remains that can be seen. there is loads of graffiti everywhere and although it has been said that there are plans to restore these cemeteries nothing has been done yet. i don't live in london anymore and found this when visiting relatives. take care
That's so sad that no one's seems to care even after they've been contacted. The world is filled with sick and uncaring people. What a shame
You are a very kind person. Showing the respect that you do tells me you have a beautiful soul.
The grass being overgrown is not the main issue. Mowing it down yourself would only make it look slightly better for a few days. The city needs to do major restoration of those graves and they probably don't have the money to do it.
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It's heart breaking to think that at one point in time those people were alive and had families and passed away only to end up like that. It's a great thing you're doing by bringing awareness to this horrible situation. It absolutely amazes me how much people really don't care anymore. God bless you.
Thank You for making these videos. Maybe this will come to light as a needed care of our older cemeteries, regardless no grave should be vandalized like these. Respect our cemetaries, Please.
Thank you for caring and working so hard to fix this issue.
Unbelievable! How can that exist in this day and age? I cannot believe the state of Louisiana allows such a thing. Thank you for exposing this atrocity.
The U.S., richest country in the world, can't even be bothered to take care of the living poor. Why is it so surprising they wouldn't care about the dead?
Thank you for doing what you do. I appreciate that you try to help take care of the cemeteries. I enjoy cleaning cemeteries and paying respects to the people that are laid to rest in those cemeteries.
I’m so sad to see all the disruption of the graves due to hurricanes and such but the grave robbing & littering is just heartbreaking 💔 and I hope through you sharing this that something will be done about it. Your a good person for trying to reach out to the proper authorities to address the problems and how awful 😢 nothing gets done….. hope things change and Thankyou so much for your time and efforts❣️
This is heartbreaking. They are our ancestors.I can’t believe there’s no one to take care of the cemetery. Who owns it? Is it abandoned? I don’t know these people but I’m crying because it’s so heartbreaking to see something like this to happen in our time.😞
In less the cemetery comes with perpetual care . It is often up to the family to take care of their on lots. Ever by doing it there selves or hiring someone to take care of it. Sometimes there is no one left to do it. This will be different cemeteries. This why in many cemeteries you can see different spots where some look nice and some spots are raged out. .
I see your point but there's really no need to be heartbroken. We are all headed that way.
My view is people sometimes put to much emphasis on human remains. To me the spirit is far more important. Many of my faimly have passed on . But I when my earthly Father passed on I touched his body realize he was gone the body was empty. I don't need a fancy burial spot or beautiful cemetery to bring me memories. The memories are already been planted. . With that being said and the fact I worked in cemeteries most of my life. I even lived in one for a couple of years. I do like walking through them reading the names and dates. The history. I saw a stone that had the ancestors several generations back. I thought that was cool. The ancestors came from France. . But lots of people don't have that kind of money. . For that. So I don't think cemeteries should be top priorities.
Agreed. I am a root worker conjure-man and we look to our ancestors similar to saints. They are the ones we call on (conjure) to help us.
After Katrina, alot of cemeteries are in similar condition.
Cemeteries fascinate me! The ones you've been filming lately have really captivated me. In all the graveyards we've walked through and there have been some pretty rough ones, we've never found human remains. Thanks for sharing!
My wife and I go down to Bayou country regularly to fish and gorge ourselves on mudbugs during crawfish season. We usually roam the Baritaria, LA area. We went a little early last year around March 13. The previous August they were hit with a pretty bad hurricane. 7 MONTHS later there were piles of garbage and debris everywhere needing to be cleaned up, trash and debris littering the wetlands, shrimp boats still beached everywhere…it was absolutely awful. The one thing that sticks in my head more than anything and I took a picture of it was a coffin sticking straight up into the sky from its vault obviously from the cemetery being flooded out by the hurricane. I would think that after making sure everyone in the area was safe and being taken care of the first order of business would be to stick coffins back into ground. I couldn’t believe that no one took care of this 7 months later and that poor sob was still roasting in the Louisiana heat. Unbelievable..
There should be someone at all times. Thanks for reporting and caring.
I think a tall fence around the property is as much as can be done. Although a few of the graves were as recent as the 1990's, I doubt that any surviving family would want to (or be able to) pay for upkeep. It's sad, but this sort of thing will eventually happen to most all cemeteries. Everything is temporary.
Just seeing cinder block aboveground vaults says a lot about the economy in the area, and the people who could afford nothing more costly to inter their family members. There's nothing ornamental on any grave. Nothing.
Cinder block is ugly construction grade basic material. These people were certainly poor folk. They did the best they could according to their means.
Having said that, why for obviously many decades there's been no maintenance, tells me there never was any. This is an unorganized damn near potter's field, might have just been donated land, with no expectations of perpetual care.
Burials were above ground in the hope floods would not cause coffins to float in severe flooding.
@@rogercarroll2551 I understand the high water table in that area, and above ground vaults. I'm just saying the materials they used for the vaults was cheap. It was all the family could afford.
I don't believe any family who buried their loved one there ever expected the cemetery to be landscaped & groomed. It's just a coffin field and they knew it.
Insightful comments that show compassion for the living as well as the dead.
That’s one of the saddest things I’ve ever seen!! People ought to be ashamed to let that go and not take care of it
Solid video, good for you for checking in on these people who may no longer have anybody to come check on them, human beings rely on each other for survival and our caring for each other extends past our mortal lives as well. You're doing some great stuff here, keep it up ❤️
I don't understand how in a place like that, they bury all their loved ones above ground like that anyway. Why aren't they just buried in the ground like most graveyards, especially where there's hurricanes and floods, and stuff like that???
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It's wonderful that you are doing this because someone who just MAY be watching this who has a love one there can be aware of what is happening and they can also take action. This is HORRIBLE!!
the care of our passed reflects society so sad and angry at the same time by this lack of care
ITS TOTAL BS THESE DAYS
This is so sad
Bless you for caring about these poor graves, it's sad to see them in such a way....I'm also getting cremated, Thank you for bringing this to the publics attention. Have you thought about going to the historical Society or talking to the local News people...Maybe someone there could help bring more people together to help repair the graves...Good luck
This is so disturbing. Thank you for exposing this. I hope you can get the attention drawn to this cemetery it so badly deserves.
Deplorable. The neglect and inaction is shameful. So sad. Thank you.☮️💖🎶
Hello Marcey, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the COVID-19 virus??
My hearts aches for the deceased. I wish I had the way and means to help do mowing and all that goes with it. Some strong men can help lift up the headstones that have fallen over and place them erect. I’m a 70 year old woman from Florida. Please... reach out and meet up to do a service that is very needed. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Can you set up a petition we can sign? Just a thought.
You would need a machine to lift most of those stones. They're VERY heavy.
it’s better to put that effort towards the living who are actually suffering. There are many. The dead needs nothing from us.
Soo appalling to see this cemetery in such a bad state very very sad . Thank you for sharing your footage.
This is the thing about the person who commented if the cemetery bothered you, weedwack it yourself. It's not your responsibility to clean up the cemetery, but as a youtuber showing everyone the condition of this cemetery, you are able to bring community awareness. Hopefully by you showing this, someone in the community will be inspired and gather others to help clean it up.
Exactly. Not all of these graves are very old, either. Like towards the end theres a soldier who was buried in 93. People pay a lot of money for burial sites. Whoever owns/runs the grounds is neglecting care of this place.
Yes, the state of disrepair is sad but you have to remember that those bones are only what's left of the vehicle that carried the beings. Who they were along with their hopes and dreams died and moved on when they took their last breaths. The relics are just that: leftovers of a vehicle that transported a life. I hope their memories and names live on in the hearts of their loved ones and on the lips that maybe tell stories about them. Who they were, their lifeforce or essence or soul, is still here: it's just that their energy is rearranged.
Beautifully put.
This is absolutely disgusting as they are quick to take you and your loved ones money to intern them into the graveyard but they don't wanna keep it up to par.
I love going to old cemeteries. Love taking photos, but this is not one I would want to visit. Have visited some with the headstones broken and sunken in the ground but have never seen anything like this This saddens me so much. But as you said their families are probably all gone, maybe moved from the area/ Most people in the area probably don't think about the damage caused by the hurrucane. If it's an area that no one visits they don't think about it. I don't blame the young people for not taking care of it, it does upset me when graves are vandalized or possibly robbed. It really upsets me that you tried to take care of them and you were shuffled around from one person to the next and got nowhere.
Please keep us informed as I would definitely come and help and I’m sure there are a lot of people who would help try to restore some dignity to those poor deceased people!
I'm so sad for these forgotten people. The city should have something in place to repair and keep this cemetery nice to visit. I like to visit cemeteries because so many deceased have no one left. I like to pay my respects to all I come across.
At the end of life your body deserves respect whether it is a burial or cremation my heart goes out to all those poor souls in that cemetery God bless,rest in peace…🇺🇸
We are not only robbing the graves for skulls and bones. They’re also looking for rings, jewelry, and any possessions that buried with that person it’s definitely appalling!!!!
Remains are probably used for voodoo/witchcraft. 😡🤮
What an absolute disgrace that these people’s Rest In Peace has been disturbed in so many ways. Damage from hurricanes is inevitable, yes, but is there nothing in place to respond to hurricane damage in cemeteries? Many of these people might not have relatives in the area anymore. It’s possible the families who are still in the area probably don’t have the means to repair catastrophic damage of any kind.
Hurricane damage is probably not the only cause of damage here. I live in a part of the country where these types of vaults aren’t as common, but we do have them. When there is damage due to grave robbing, those are the types of vaults that are typically targeted. It sounds horrible because it is. As I look at the damage here, one looks like something large and heavy landed on it hard enough to split the concrete lid into two pieces. Others look like they deteriorated over time to the point that a hurricane could easily create an opening, or someone could make entry through a side, like one you showed towards the end of the video.
Damage to this extent in a cemetery that is in plain sight of the public, especially when human remains are exposed AND visible should have been addressed. I don’t know if FEMA would be able to be of help but it sounds like a good idea to ask. Have you checked to see if you can find out who owns the cemetery? The owner is just as responsible for its upkeep and condition, which is obviously deplorable.
I hope you’re able to find a way to get this matter before those who can help restore this cemetery and others like it. Good luck to you.
This is one of the saddest and most outrageous things i’ve ever seen. Its good that attention is being brought to it.
This so incredibly sad. I think some of the damage to the graves is vandalism and grave robbers looking for jewelry and skulls to sell. It is awful but there is a market for them.
Many years ago I found an abandoned cemetery with about 120 graves down an old dirt road. No name on it, just left abandoned. I cut the grass and cleaned up the graves over about a month and kept it that way for the time I lived in the area. Unfortunately i haven't lived there in over 30 years now so I expect it looks like before I ever touched it if not worse. It is sickening to see this cemetery left like this with bones left exposed and the state doesn't giver a damn. I refuse to be buried and eventually my grave would end up like these or built over. No thanks, a simple cremation for me and spread in one of my favorite hiking areas.
You'd think everyone would want to be cremated after seeing this travesty.. since the water table in Louisiana is too high for regular burial below ground.. any hurricane flood will expose their tombs to the elements
Lack of care for the dead is the disgusting sign of a society that lives as if death doesn't exist.
I can’t believe no one is taking care of this grave yard.
it looked perfectly cared for to me. This uploader is reaching
@@shawnio my God! There are bodies on top of the ground. And you call that being taken care of? You need to wise up!
@@maryowens8763 THEY ARE BURIED ABOVE GROUND, THE GRAVES ARE 200 YEARS OLD!
Grave robbers look for valuables not just bones, poverty and addiction drive people to do very horrible things. Someone is mowing this place, someone is responsible form the care and up keep. I'd imagine it would be very down the list of things to fix being that there was so much damage to the area. It also looks like most of the vaults are missing large parts of the monuments that normally surround them.
I am so grateful to you for bringing attention to these very sad places!! Thank you!!
While I hate to say it but this is the fate of every cemetery ever created. “For dust you are, and to dust you shall return”.
All the love these people had, their tears in life,their grief, their happiness. We should love each other and take care of each other. Not kill,rape abuse ,torture etc. So much evil sin and humans diabolical to other people and children. Dear God have mercy on us all.
If I lived in the USA I would be right there to help you strim the grass, it's so sad when no one takes care of it. We have mostly volunteers in the UK grave yards.
It would be great if every town had a volunteer group that would go out and clean up long forgotten cemeteries! I would definitely volunteer to do this! So sad! I will have to do some research to see how we could come up with a plan!
Forget all the bureaucrats. Grab a lawnmower and do it yourselves. The dead are all our people.
It is not always the case where people are grave Robbing. Many reasons that grave could be exposed. Especially with above ground vaults which are really not vaults but grave liners. The difference is vaults are lined with material that old days was usually some type of tar but many are lined with plastic or different material depending on what people want to pay . And vaults would have sealed leads. But grave liners are usually just concrete. No sealer . So over time water would get in and casket would float up forcing the leads off. Then when they settled down with the water evaporate some times the leads don't settle straight so they may be gaps where the leads are crooked. . Putting sealers won't make a grave liner water proof . The water seeps though the concrete. Plus the human body being made up of mostly water will naturally release water as it decays. Sometimes times damage could be done by heavy equipment use in cemeteries for burial or grass cutting. Trees falling on above leads can burst leads. Sometimes tree roots can alter graves over time. . Now I never been to Louisiana. But I been told by people who have worked in the areas that they can't bury to deep because the water level being so high. Some grave damage could be vandalism. But a lot of other reasons could also be the reason . Across animals can sometimes be the reason bones are missing. Or scattered. And across natural decay when air gets exposed a body decaying is quicker. . Any way just a few things to ponder over.
This puts in perspective that no matter who we are in life, we all going to end up the same way, it's a sad and a scary thought, sometimes I think it's it all worth it, the struggles, the heartaches and headaches of life it self, when it's all said and done, we can't escape the same tragic fate, may GOD HAVE MERCY ON ALL OF US.
You won't end up the same way, if you get cremated. No waste of land.
I've always loved old cemeteries, but I've never understood the concept of cemeteries. People are under the impression that these places are eternal. They wither away, just like everything else. Even the space to bury people will run out, eventually.
It truly is heartbreaking! I am not really knowledgeable about what damage is done by hurricanes to the cemeteries, but a lot of the damage I see seems to be from vandalism and grave theft.
I'm from the Midwest. I've been to Louisiana once (1984). It was the first time I had seen so many above-ground vaults. I was told burials were done that way because of flooding/hurricanes. Being from the Midwest I was used to burials below ground including the vaults. After seeing this video it seems there might be more protection for the deceased if the remains/vaults were buried below ground.
The water table is so high that the caskets might end up floating up
@@Sandra-dm8rd Yeah, seems like either way, many of them still end up full of water. There must be a better answer, but I have no idea what it could be...
Where the heck are the caskets these people were buried in?? Did they already just rot away?? It seems odd to me.
Yes, rotted. They were made of wood.
Ohhhh, okay! Thank you Diane!
I have not seen above ground graves like that before.
Hello Aegis, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the COVID-19 virus??
I have been a mortician for over thirty years. I work long hours to make sure every human body in my care is clean, combed, dressed, made up beautifully, buried with tokens and letters from loved ones and final wishes are fulfilled. Seeing this carnage and disrespect pisses me off. Who the hell is in charge of this place? I am shocked that there isn't even a historical society, fraternal organization or garden club that could step in here. It is common for eagle scouts to do old cemetery clean ups. In my area, there is not a single veteran that doesn't get an American Flag on their grave. Also, the Asian population picnics every year at the graves of their loved ones. People are more respectful where I live. Are there any funeral homes in the area that could get involved? This destruction indicates to me the entire population in that area is derelict and dysfunctional. Disgraceful!
There was a video that surfaced many years ago in the 90's about a guy who apparently did a guide on how to rob graves, and went into disgusting detail about it. It's unknown if it's legit, to this day. But seeing this graveyard, it definitely seems a lot more plausible to me now.
Very enraging.
I share the sadness of seeing the cemetery in ruins like this, but I think eventually, this will happen to many more cemeteries across the country. It's sad, but our society just doesn't seem to care about them as they once did. What is even more disturbing to me, is that when the camera peeks into the vaults and crypts. One expects to see remains , but litter? There were a few shots where I saw empty drink bottles and other refuse items where you would not expect to find any.
I am not suggesting that this is what happened but it is possible that the trash and other debris was deposited in the graves during flooding.
I think it's beautiful that nature reclaims her own. Burying people in concrete tombs is just not natural. I'd be out there if I lived closer with some concrete resealing those remains back in though, that's just a shame.
@r33mote with my luck, I'd set fire to some whole town
I'm sure flooding also scattered the remains as well as vandals. I know you are wanting to help by meeting up and mowing and weed eating. But who will keep it up? I don't think you sending pictures and filing paperwork will help this time any more than it did last time. I would contact a news station and newspapers to write about it. It would be nice if the Veterans were relocated to a Veterans cemetery.
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@@HaleStorm1998 You have nothing better to do than troll around?
Things like this are the reason I went from wanting to be buried to wanting to get cremated.No matter how nice a cemetery is at some point it will fill up and then the owners will get no income from the cemetery and people don't work for free to keep it up.
This probably happens in a lot of old cemeteries everywhere. Abandoned & forgotten.
It's still beautiful to me. A little ragged, but lots of history and character. Im so sorry you got such a runaround from the city & officials. You're a good man. God Bless You. P.S. All of us have bones. No one should be offended at the sight of bones. We all have them. It's what's left, but it's not the Person just the hardware.
So very disturbing to treat our past community members / loved ones like this n something has to be done. Its a disgrace to society to allow this to continue
Such a sad situation, one that looks far away from an easy fix. I see houses very near by what a depressing sight to look at 24/7 as well as being very creepy indeed. There's absolutely no way I could live anywhere near a scene like that its virtually in their front & back yards..A daily nightmare to say the least
There would likely need to be serious inquiries about whether FEMA offers grants to salvage a cemetery. Sadly, it is not a unique experience. I was on the cemetery board in Pennsylvania for a number of years and this is reality. We need to do something to make things better but there’s too much of this around.
Thank you for sharing this with us. Truly sad and I am sure the state & or county has money to be used there. Someone owns that land. Disgraceful the way the dead are treated. I live in Florida as well. It’s been about 10 years since I visited my grandparents grave side. My sister and I are going next weekend to make sure they are being maintained. Thank you again. This is a real eye opener.