Exploring An Abandoned Nuclear Power Plant

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  • @Wendigoon
    @Wendigoon  Год назад +1047

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  • @WinterSoldier7207
    @WinterSoldier7207 Год назад +2487

    Wendigoon: *Has tactical helmet with a flashlight equipped for illuminating dark areas*
    Also Wendigoon: *uses camera flashlight to see in the dark*

    • @ChucksSEADnDEAD
      @ChucksSEADnDEAD Год назад +72

      Could be an IR flashlight, I'm still at the start of the video so it's ambiguous.

    • @recitationtohear
      @recitationtohear Год назад +5

      Fr

    • @EE-ie1bo
      @EE-ie1bo Год назад +19

      he had night vision...

    • @WinterSoldier7207
      @WinterSoldier7207 Год назад +35

      @@EE-ie1bo Which he also doesn't seem to use

    • @WinterSoldier7207
      @WinterSoldier7207 Год назад +25

      @@ChucksSEADnDEAD It's possible, that might go with his night vision goggles. Either way it looks funny

  • @antonshoptaw8463
    @antonshoptaw8463 Год назад +19655

    It's so cool that wendigoon went all the way to Chernobyl just to take a bite of the elephant's foot.

    • @user-xm8ut3dw3f
      @user-xm8ut3dw3f Год назад +501

      I know I'd have to touch it being the most radioactive that'd be rad

    • @pliskenx51mm83
      @pliskenx51mm83 Год назад +370

      He dodged a savory number of bullets and surrendering Russian soldiers to get there!

    • @ChadOfAllChads
      @ChadOfAllChads Год назад +2

      Supposedly it can kill within days

    • @Heliogabalos
      @Heliogabalos Год назад +225

      That sponsor segway was really crazy, first time anyone’s compared the mind destroying taste of the elephants foot to the mindblowing taste of magic spoon cereal (tm)

    • @ChadOfAllChads
      @ChadOfAllChads Год назад +75

      @@Heliogabalos Chernobylo's

  • @aminimoose3971
    @aminimoose3971 Год назад +3111

    When you realize Wendigoon is that guy in horror movies. He will press the button. He WILL flip the switch. He will start something he shouldn't have.

    • @somegoodsoup7008
      @somegoodsoup7008 Год назад +143

      *Always Sunny Theme Starts Playing
      *WENDIGOON STARTS A NUCLEAR MELTDOWN*

    • @xxcallmeniaxx3272
      @xxcallmeniaxx3272 Год назад +29

      And laugh whilst doing it lmao

    • @unemployedphilosopher5072
      @unemployedphilosopher5072 Год назад +14

      @@somegoodsoup7008 ty for this comment it made me laugh

    • @beserkpotato2949
      @beserkpotato2949 Год назад +11

      I'm that guy as well, if I was ever in a nuclear power plant I would try my hardest to start it back up

    • @RumiNyx
      @RumiNyx 9 месяцев назад +3

      I'm surprised they decided not to open the caution tape door

  • @Judgernaut
    @Judgernaut Год назад +2139

    It's insane to me that a facility with millions of dollars worth of material and tech just gets abandoned like that

    • @bugzy_brain
      @bugzy_brain Год назад +102

      rich ppl are crazy man

    • @MeanBeanComedy
      @MeanBeanComedy Год назад +75

      Probably a government contract.

    • @helloneighbour2408
      @helloneighbour2408 Год назад +152

      @@bugzy_brain bro the gov owns these. not billionnaires

    • @leonardonetagamer
      @leonardonetagamer Год назад +38

      @@helloneighbour2408 this is a power plant, power is mostly a private industry

    • @bugzy_brain
      @bugzy_brain Год назад

      @@helloneighbour2408 isnt the government made up of a bunch of billionaires??

  • @Matthewscrimbly
    @Matthewscrimbly Год назад +5008

    This feels like a found footage horror film but it just doesn’t go wrong

    • @yungjc2
      @yungjc2 Год назад +108

      Thats almost worse🤣

    • @Kinkylords
      @Kinkylords Год назад +92

      My god this is accurate

    • @Truly_Rudly
      @Truly_Rudly Год назад +12

      I love this comment.

    • @dubiouspissdrinker
      @dubiouspissdrinker Год назад +46

      yeah they just dropped the camera after they stopped recording

    • @the-engneer
      @the-engneer Год назад +76

      The first ever uplifting found footage film

  • @dillon.9190
    @dillon.9190 Год назад +4772

    It feels odd seeing Wendigoon walk down the hall at the beginning. I’m so used to seeing him in a chair telling me of unspeakable horrors, that seeing him moving just came as a surprise.

    • @bee.2392
      @bee.2392 Год назад +235

      I KNOW!! HE HAS LEGS!!

    • @14kiddd
      @14kiddd Год назад +270

      @@bee.2392 cgi. They aren’t real. Can’t believe y’all are buying it 😂

    • @whisperr2522
      @whisperr2522 Год назад +140

      Still a pretty good render tho, the legs almost look real

    • @jakobwhaley5641
      @jakobwhaley5641 Год назад +6

      His movements too unnatural obviously cgi y'all would believe anything, we all know his legs are melded to his chair if not his lower half being the chair, open your eyes sheeple

    • @kiryukazuma8089
      @kiryukazuma8089 Год назад +39

      He is becoming the horror 😂

  • @normalv1nce
    @normalv1nce 11 месяцев назад +49

    I love that everybody’s wearing normal clothes and Wendigoon is wearing a US Military Special Ops helmet.

  • @SMEAUKE
    @SMEAUKE Год назад +616

    I think it’s so cool that Wendigoon was able to run the electricity in this old plant with the raw power of his existence.

    • @dejangegic
      @dejangegic 3 месяца назад +4

      that's a pretty good observation

  • @idontknowwhatimdoing6319
    @idontknowwhatimdoing6319 Год назад +972

    " TSA checking my coat for my stolen nuclear data drive, " is the best phrase dad has ever uttered.

    • @lilylohmann614
      @lilylohmann614 Год назад +110

      “I am NOT stealing the nuclear floppy disc” is also very good

  • @SplendidCoffee0
    @SplendidCoffee0 Год назад +4199

    It’ll go downhill when Wendigoon finds a mason jar full of bottle caps.

    • @legoholic516
      @legoholic516 Год назад +333

      He’ll need some Bobby pins to fully explore the area

    • @bornassassin9630
      @bornassassin9630 Год назад +33

      Or WORSE!

    • @stormhought
      @stormhought Год назад +150

      he's got spurrrrrrs that jingle jangle jingle!

    • @foolish.intellectual9967
      @foolish.intellectual9967 Год назад +103

      @@legoholic516 might need to have science 50 as well to learn the lore

    • @EchoHD
      @EchoHD Год назад +19

      Yo a little off topic but nice profile pic great album

  • @craigape
    @craigape Год назад +267

    26:05 That room is called a hot cell. The glass is impregnated with lead, which gives it that distinctive yellow color. It uses several panes of this lead glass in series to block high levels of radiation from escaping. Interestingly, multiple panes of thick glass in series would be difficult to see through because of repeated distortion, so oil with the same optical properties is added to fill between the panes and make it appear as one. In an old, disrepaired condition like this the oil may be breaking down, exaggerating any visible distortion or parallaxing as they called it in this video.

    • @bigdawg12z
      @bigdawg12z Год назад

      nobody asked

    • @craigape
      @craigape Год назад +74

      @@bigdawg12z I *am* the one who asks.

    • @daisyjoy242
      @daisyjoy242 8 месяцев назад +29

      @@craigapeand thanks for giving us the knowledge

    • @pointman2
      @pointman2 5 месяцев назад +2

      @craigape im 8 months late to seeing this but what do they do in that room exactly?

    • @Hvision0000
      @Hvision0000 21 день назад +2

      the glass 9 months later:

  • @DarkShadowz56
    @DarkShadowz56 Год назад +424

    i can’t believe wendigoon went to the backrooms just for a video what a dedicated youtuber

    • @StationroadRatrods
      @StationroadRatrods 6 месяцев назад +1

      I came here to say this but I knew in my heart it was already said

  • @Truly_Rudly
    @Truly_Rudly Год назад +3882

    RUclipsrs who don’t normally walk around big abandoned places walking around big abandoned places is my new favorite genre.

  • @friendlyastronaut6462
    @friendlyastronaut6462 Год назад +1273

    You know at this point, I wouldn't be surprised if Wendigoon started a video with "Hello everybody, Today were going to be creating a Nuclear Meltdown in order to access a pocket dimension to the Backrooms with this abandoned Powerplant I accidentally stumbled upon hiking in the wilderness at 2 a.m" And I'd still watch it

    • @itsmike2942
      @itsmike2942 Год назад +85

      "And as always, thank you for watching!"

    • @toxiccorgi2108
      @toxiccorgi2108 Год назад

      Instead of a podcast analyzing the Bible its just brainwashed Wendigoon spreading the great word of the monolith.

    • @sarahpuke5724
      @sarahpuke5724 Год назад +12

      Well of course i think any sane person would.
      Id watch his videos even if it meant everytime i clicked a small man emerged from the tv and bit the mosr sensitive of parts

    • @danny047
      @danny047 Год назад

      Need this video

    • @DoobieKeebler
      @DoobieKeebler Год назад +15

      "I was having a discussion the other day about which 'Fallout' game was the best, but we disagreed. Aaaand since we disagreed, we are going to create a nuclear meltdown because me & Drewski were curious if we could make 'Fallout' happen because we got off track and now we just want to see if we could".

  • @Nahan_Boker94
    @Nahan_Boker94 Год назад +144

    Other abandoned exploration channels : Make things horror, sad, terrifying, and nostalgia
    Wendigoon & Friends : Running, Screaming, Singing loudly, Dances, Make weird noises everywhere possible

  • @bluntkleaver8244
    @bluntkleaver8244 Год назад +130

    In 30yrs this would be a classic found footage horror opening about nuclear fallout that got restarted by a group of adventure seeking friends

  • @maxr1104
    @maxr1104 Год назад +775

    Okay really small detail, but I appreciate that he introduced everyone as his friends before anything else. Too often I feel bad for the cameramen in videos like this because they’re told to stay quiet and ‘not ruin the footage’. I much prefer this kind of set up where everyone’s contributions are accepted and even encouraged. Great people all around.

    • @lubeniobenio7343
      @lubeniobenio7343 Год назад +48

      He even thanked the cameraman, because he knows he's doing a lot of that work and I love that

    • @maxr1104
      @maxr1104 Год назад +31

      @Kehath definitely not common with big names, and def not on the side of RUclips that’s occupied by wendigoon and Markiplier, who are some of the nicer people on this site I would imagine. I’m more referring to small-scale variety creators, and tbh I was making a bit of a straw man as I can’t think of any off people off the top of my head. Also almost every video has a camera man, think of any vlog where you don’t hear the guy behind the camera talking.

    • @jackryan4313
      @jackryan4313 Год назад +7

      Spot on. The cameramen are always in the background even tho their expertise on film is what majorly contributes to the production. Photography/film is NOT easy and NOT simple by any means. There's a reason you can find tons of videos of pros vs amateurs where the pro has a Walmart setup and the amateur has a Hollywood setup that's exponentially more expensive, and the pro far outclasses them with ease

  • @wolfchanel2879
    @wolfchanel2879 Год назад +1071

    9:00 hi chemical engineer here. Those are alarms that operators monitor while the plant runs. The ones that were focused on were for tank level and they indicated if the fluid level was too high or low. The top line was the number designated to that tank. There are likely also ones for temperature and pressure.

    • @adioamigo22
      @adioamigo22 Год назад +39

      I think this is GTI in Barnwell, SC, and it was a reactor disassembly facility. They were going to build a plant nearby, and got 2 reactors in, but then aborted the plant, so GTI was built for the reactors, and is now a training facility for LEO/military.

    • @zafaraa6410
      @zafaraa6410 Год назад +16

      I was looking in the comments for someone’s explanation xD

    • @duuuibeyyy
      @duuuibeyyy Год назад +6

      Hi Walter white here

    • @iamunamed5800
      @iamunamed5800 Год назад +4

      @@adioamigo22 very likely GTI, just checked their website and they're scheduled for a "private facility rental" december 1st-17th. all the government bookings are listed by name.

    • @engineeredobsolesce8407
      @engineeredobsolesce8407 Год назад +8

      Automation engineer here:
      The panel is just discrete I/O indication “LAH-XXXX” is the device tag for a level high switch etc. These are not alarms and this panel would probably always be lit up like a Christmas tree. An operator might consult this panel before launching a procedure to ensure the necessary conditions are met, like a source vessel being full or destination vessel being empty etc.

  • @DonutOperator
    @DonutOperator Год назад +616

    Hey I went to SWAT school at that power plant!

    • @squishyhunter1744
      @squishyhunter1744 Год назад +13

      Hey Donut love your vids. Got any interesting stories about SWAT training there?

    • @JeanTp333
      @JeanTp333 Год назад +12

      Not true, they would never put cops in training in a place with that much darkness.

    • @cheemsecks-dee5134
      @cheemsecks-dee5134 Год назад

      Tits or ass? If you say tits you're too afraid to get dirty FYI

    • @Celtic1020
      @Celtic1020 11 месяцев назад +16

      @@JeanTp333you're joking right?

    • @all4memes677
      @all4memes677 10 месяцев назад +24

      @@Celtic1020 i reckon he's probably saying that they'd get afraid and start shooting

  • @darrelsam419
    @darrelsam419 Год назад +110

    The slight yellowish lighting in most of the corridors and rooms give this a Backrooms kind of feel, and it's only made more surreal by how the rooms go from large open halls with deep shafts to narrow, uncomfortable corridors. It's such a strange place. I would absolutely love to see Wendigoon and his friends visit more strange abandoned locations like this, it's fun to watch.

  • @LupusPepe
    @LupusPepe Год назад +2131

    Imagine if Wendigoon made an urban exploration channel called Wendigoonin' or something. Or just anything with live-action Wendigoon. I would watch that like crazy.

  • @dimitrimolotovvyacheslav4604
    @dimitrimolotovvyacheslav4604 Год назад +5075

    I love how Wendigoon can fit Sunday morning lessons and Chernobyl exploration videos in the same channel, and it doesn't even feel out of place

    • @juniperberryyyy
      @juniperberryyyy Год назад +27

      this isn't Chernobyl though??

    • @Mateus-xs6il
      @Mateus-xs6il Год назад +89

      @@juniperberryyyy It is clearly Chernobyl bro

    • @dimitrimolotovvyacheslav4604
      @dimitrimolotovvyacheslav4604 Год назад +58

      @@juniperberryyyy its literally Chernobyl

    • @judahgjudahg2095
      @judahgjudahg2095 Год назад +2

      Facts

    • @rustyeyeby
      @rustyeyeby Год назад +134

      @@dimitrimolotovvyacheslav4604 this isn't Chernobyl. All the alarm indicators were in English, the lockers had American names. Moreover, there's a bloody war in Ukraine.

  • @crabappleshea1189
    @crabappleshea1189 Год назад +12

    25:39 His singing is genuinely gorgeous I rewatched this like 10 times omfg

  • @damejanea.macdonald2371
    @damejanea.macdonald2371 Год назад +644

    Imagine if, after Wendigoon pranked him by locking him in the glass cage at 21:40, Drew never appeared on camera for the rest of the video without comment.
    It’s like 2 minutes after Wendigoon said he’d never lie so openly to his audience, but it would have made the comments section an incredible place.
    (Loved the video!)

  • @jonathanlazo682
    @jonathanlazo682 Год назад +527

    Wendigoon and his friends running around making noise, flipping switches, twisting knobs and stuff giddily while the eldritch horror that was sealed beneath the facility is wondering why it's lights are flipping on and off

    • @katerrinah5442
      @katerrinah5442 Год назад +19

      It's going drop a dead dwarf in the Balrog's mug of hot chocolate and awaken Durin's Bane to destroy the world

    • @azzy5330
      @azzy5330 Год назад +1

      ahahahahahah wendigoon a goon bro that's why it's in his name jonathan

  • @machinesnow
    @machinesnow Год назад +885

    the masculine urge to abandon your wifes at home and explore an abandoned nucellar plant with the boys

    • @ciel1083
      @ciel1083 11 месяцев назад +24

      Wifes?

    • @halatiny6537
      @halatiny6537 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@ciel1083😭

    • @ChickenPadThai
      @ChickenPadThai 10 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@ciel1083praise Allah

    • @toasterkolin9951
      @toasterkolin9951 5 месяцев назад

      @@ChickenPadThai Praise these nuts freak.

    • @aarontimm
      @aarontimm 4 месяца назад +4

      my wife IS one of the boys in the same way that im one of the girls

  • @monroerobbins7551
    @monroerobbins7551 Год назад +242

    I’m just kind of in awe. This dude is working to make a goddamn movie and stuff, and his content is so eclectic yet fitting, and I love it!! It makes me so happy, and it’s so fascinating. Kudos to Wendigoon and everyone working on this movie, I’m super pumped.

  • @CertifiedFresh7
    @CertifiedFresh7 Год назад +77

    This is exactly like a horror movie, but nothing bad actually happens lol

  • @tam11225
    @tam11225 Год назад +868

    What I love is that it’s just so real. No click bait thumbnail, no 3 am title, no “HAUNTED EXPERIENCE”. A couple of dudes walkin around an abandoned nuclear plant discovering things themselves and making jokes.

    • @ryanparker4996
      @ryanparker4996 Год назад +9

      Follow Hell On Earth, they make content like this

    • @murilopereira7186
      @murilopereira7186 Год назад +9

      His thumbnails have a very distinct style, I like them a lot

    • @michelleobamafootcream9292
      @michelleobamafootcream9292 Год назад +12

      @@murilopereira7186 for a second I thought this was another backrooms video by Kane pixels

    • @nobodycarewho
      @nobodycarewho Год назад

      @@michelleobamafootcream9292 same

    • @brown_gurl
      @brown_gurl Год назад +1

      No fr, I haven't found content like this. It truly hits the spot

  • @EpicCoolGuy21
    @EpicCoolGuy21 Год назад +320

    It’s so strange seeing Wendigoon interact with the real world, I’m so used to his disembodied head talking to me in the same setting he always does

  • @Owen.Leitch
    @Owen.Leitch Год назад +18

    38:48 absolutely killed me for some reason hahaha😂
    I think it was combination of the ‘hey’ and then sudden *SLAM* noise

  • @DarthSidian
    @DarthSidian Год назад +38

    "I have access to an abandoned nuclear facility, so of course I'm gonna act a fool in it." Glad to know you're honest!

  • @atrk513
    @atrk513 Год назад +170

    Wendigoon: I'm scared of the ocean.
    Also Wendigoon: Abandoned Nuclear Power Plants are AOKAY.

    • @gromblereal
      @gromblereal Год назад +9

      heres the thing
      you can see the end/the floor of the power plant
      oceans are just insanely deep where you can’t even see the bottom, it’s just a big dark blue void

  • @HIMMBelljuvo
    @HIMMBelljuvo Год назад +1678

    There's just something so wholesome about a bunch of guys having fun exploring just for the heck of it. We need more of this

    • @EarlHollander
      @EarlHollander Год назад +1

      Boys being boys

    • @Kubarka
      @Kubarka Год назад +34

      Friendship simulator

    • @velconx15
      @velconx15 Год назад +9

      Our homes are next

    • @ryanparker4996
      @ryanparker4996 Год назад +14

      Theres whole kot of Urbex content on youtube waiting for you

    • @oceanman3804
      @oceanman3804 Год назад +6

      You might like proper people in that case

  • @striker_0
    @striker_0 Год назад +50

    If wendigoon had an urban exploration channel it’d prolly be the only thing I watch

  • @abbyw.2503
    @abbyw.2503 Год назад +48

    I got jumpscared as when Wendigoon pushed the button at 9:29 there was a garbage truck outside beeping, so I thought that the alarms in the facility had just gone off

  • @spacecowboy6108
    @spacecowboy6108 Год назад +1847

    Did some research, this is an abandoned nuclear reprocessing site. It was supposed to be used to recycle spent fuel from nuclear reactors, but construction was unfortunately cancelled in the mid 70's. Genuinely an awesome video and a rare view of the interior of a little-known facility! You can find some really good photos from its construction showing these rooms as they were, its pretty fascinating!
    The people behind the STALKER film couldn't have chosen a better place to use, its got that perfect eerie atmosphere that meshes well with the games! also really happy they chose a whole bunch of awesome people to be in the project!

    • @yeeyee5820
      @yeeyee5820 Год назад +14

      What’s it’s name and where is it located? For research purposes obv.

    • @AJRockets
      @AJRockets Год назад +63

      @@yeeyee5820 Barnwell Disposal Facility. It's ran by a training company called Government Training Institute

    • @ThrowingTexas144
      @ThrowingTexas144 Год назад +3

      Do you have a link to the photos?

    • @kokonutkream9724
      @kokonutkream9724 Год назад

      So dumb that the government won't allow recycling of the fuel. We have the ability to reenrich 90% of waste. But the cold war politicians are so afraid of russia sneaking into the US to steal it...

    • @emmerdoodle8517
      @emmerdoodle8517 Год назад +16

      Damn it, now people are gonna destroy it

  • @st.salmonella9827
    @st.salmonella9827 Год назад +913

    I could imagine how giddy wendi was to finally have a good reason to hear his helmet with the attachments 😂

    • @sn1perdude7110
      @sn1perdude7110 Год назад +34

      Hes low key a boog boi 🌺 hes got all the kit

    • @oban6051
      @oban6051 Год назад +49

      @@sn1perdude7110That Rifle he showed a little while back and his helmet and nods is like 10-15k. He’s definitely a prepper.

    • @burgerman3500
      @burgerman3500 Год назад +9

      @@sn1perdude7110 He called him self one in an older vid I think it was ranking youtubers

    • @purromemes7395
      @purromemes7395 Год назад +5

      @@sn1perdude7110 he actually started the boog boi trend. He was the originator of the term I believe

    • @mememachinefixed5317
      @mememachinefixed5317 Год назад +9

      @@purromemes7395 negative ghost rider

  • @youngroyalty7991
    @youngroyalty7991 Год назад +22

    Exploration videos that give off “10 year olds with a camcorder” energy. I love it

  • @CrossbredManiac
    @CrossbredManiac 8 месяцев назад +6

    I love that for the most part they're respectful, but they can't help the human urge to touch things that they aren't supposed to

    • @CrossbredManiac
      @CrossbredManiac 8 месяцев назад +1

      Also the part where they are talking about how smooth the buttons are,,,, god I understand that so much.

  • @trevorhaddox6884
    @trevorhaddox6884 Год назад +482

    That machine with the tapes is a PDP11, that's pretty rare and valuable in the vintage computer community. To put it into perspective, just the panel with the switches itself is over $2000 on Ebay right now, let alone a whole system (even if it's beat up). I would contact the owners of the property and ask if it can be sent to a museum or something.

    • @fafler
      @fafler Год назад +78

      Yeah, what an amazing thing to find in such a place, just being left there for 40+ years.

    • @vaclavsteiger288
      @vaclavsteiger288 Год назад +51

      ...and those tape drives were probably DEC TE10W - storage capacity up to 46MB. Lovely :)

    • @MrNicoPela
      @MrNicoPela Год назад +34

      An historical piece of computing too, UNIX was first developed on a PDP11 at the Bell labs.

    • @exidy-yt
      @exidy-yt Год назад +6

      @@vaclavsteiger288 Yeah, 50mb per tape was my guess when these kids were all 'naw, kilobytes per tape maybe!'

    • @CodeeXD
      @CodeeXD Год назад +27

      @@exidy-yt why the random disrespect? Calling the kids because they don't know something kinda obscure?

  • @himesilva
    @himesilva Год назад +44

    James has such little kid climbing/jumping on everything energy 😂

  • @forrestthefreak7305
    @forrestthefreak7305 Год назад +30

    Finally got to hear the guy that holds the camera while wendigoon talks about scary things for hours on end, keep it up

  • @arelavent3925
    @arelavent3925 Год назад +386

    I love how this feels like it's building up to a found footage horror movie

  • @celfhelp
    @celfhelp Год назад +526

    having explored plenty of abandoned buildings and facilities myself, i can confidently say that abandoned buildings with the power still on are far more unsettling than just fully dead buildings

    • @EarthenCavy
      @EarthenCavy Год назад +42

      Yeah, that’s some backrooms kinda shit… 😳

    • @noobpro9759
      @noobpro9759 Год назад +9

      Eh I’d be more scared of a fully dark building. Way easier to get turned around and disoriented. At least with the lights on they can keep a better mental image of where they are. But I get why it’d be creepy.

    • @chaoz7370
      @chaoz7370 Год назад +79

      @@noobpro9759 Both are their own kinds of scary, imo. Fully dark buildings are obvious, dark and spooky, oooo whats hiding in that dark hallway? But with buildings like these, where there's still remnants of power, it kind of feels like it wasn't abandoned, but rather everyone vanished, and it overall gives a vibe that something is very wrong. People should be here, but it's only you...or is it?

    • @Lozoot2
      @Lozoot2 Год назад +7

      @@chaoz7370 the best ones are the bandos so fresh that nobody's left yet!

    • @bustavonnutz
      @bustavonnutz Год назад +18

      @@Lozoot2 I explored an abandoned, overgrown buiilding with some buddies out in a semi-rural, out of the way area & got jumpscared by a sleeping homeless man lmao

  • @Tartarsauce.
    @Tartarsauce. Год назад +31

    I commented a while ago that me and my sister yell across the house that you posted when we find out, which you saw and said was wholesome. I just wanna say, my sister moved to college 3 months ago, and we now spam text eachother when a new video drops. Old traditions never die, especially wendigoon traditions.

  • @Joseph_yy
    @Joseph_yy Год назад +28

    25:39 This part remains me of the scene from full metal jacket where the soldier are singing Mickey Mouse song, but with a modern, post apocalyptic twist, absolutely love it and I wish someday we can see something like that in a movie.

  • @lilduckyisopod9448
    @lilduckyisopod9448 Год назад +378

    Could absolutely film an SCP film here. The sound, oddly uniform yet entirely bizarre structure of the facility and how quickly it transitions from near suffocating visuals to vast expansive rooms. This is like the *perfect* set piece

    • @LegioPanda
      @LegioPanda Год назад +45

      Let them film the Stalker movie first and then we'll talk about SCP 😅

    • @roccomorone653
      @roccomorone653 Год назад +11

      Yeah nuclear power plants have such bizarre layouts. I think it could work great with SCP

    • @peanutgallery4
      @peanutgallery4 Год назад +3

      @@LegioPanda No, we were robbed of SCP HERETIC!!!

    • @MomDoer-qc7iw
      @MomDoer-qc7iw Год назад +1

      @@peanutgallery4 Stalker is infinitely cooler than scp

    • @X-SPONGED
      @X-SPONGED Год назад +5

      Absolutely,man. So many cool concepts in The SCP Fandom. It would be a shame if none of them see the light of internet cinema.

  • @brandonhookey7654
    @brandonhookey7654 Год назад +515

    Source: I work at Sequoyah Nuclear plant 9:00 those windows are “annunciators” they will light and alarm to give indication of the given circumstances
    9:09 those are known as “recorders”. They give a scaled indication of a given signal picked up from instrumentation. (Pressure, level,flow and temp) I am an instrument mechanic. 18:41 those are radiation monitors. My dad specialized in those specifically. 28:00 that is the spent fuel pit where used fuel is stored for some time until it has decayed enough to be removed. It is normally flooded with borated water covering the spent fuel assemblies. I’m geekin with excitement, you have won me over. I wish I could be there with y’all.
    40:00 that is a bus, I rode one to school about 15 years ago.

    • @jrlin4180
      @jrlin4180 Год назад +2

      Cool stuff

    • @brandoncullen4189
      @brandoncullen4189 Год назад +59

      You seem to be quite an expert on buses!

    • @brandonhookey7654
      @brandonhookey7654 Год назад +1

      @@brandoncullen4189 yeah they call me the bus SME (Subject Matter Expert)

    • @thesaviorofsouls5210
      @thesaviorofsouls5210 Год назад +66

      Cant believe we got some information right from the source, can only imagine what it was like sitting in a bus.

    • @christianhernandez3044
      @christianhernandez3044 Год назад +9

      Indeed, you are hilarious

  • @FluffyWaffle33
    @FluffyWaffle33 Год назад +88

    I assure you, watching wholesome fun times in an abandoned nuclear power power with Wedigoon of all people is honestly one of the most entertaining things I have had the oportunity to watch

  • @whitestarlinegoodnight
    @whitestarlinegoodnight Год назад +529

    The odd looking window at 26:18 is a radiation-blocking viewing window. These types of windows are used in laboratories that specialize in nuclear chemistry, and the yellow discoloration comes from oil sealed within the different layers of the window. Usually rooms with such windows have no direct access, but the materials inside are manipulated by mechanical arms controlled from outside.

    • @nacregem
      @nacregem Год назад

    • @teaveins1466
      @teaveins1466 Год назад +22

      I sincerely hope this facility never actually handled radioactive isotopes considering the lack of knowledge/precaution displayed in this video.

    • @NunyaBesnas
      @NunyaBesnas Год назад +7

      Also known as “Hot cells”.

    • @MrDocseidel7
      @MrDocseidel7 Год назад

      @@teaveins1466what do you mean?

    • @teaveins1466
      @teaveins1466 Год назад +21

      @@MrDocseidel7 Assuming any hazardous compounds are in the environment, lead paint and asbestos notwithstanding, stuff like putting his helmet on the ground then picking it up and putting it back on is a tad risky to say the least

  • @lordvess6214
    @lordvess6214 Год назад +504

    I'm gonna appreciate how good of a cameraman this guy is to make a completely mundane regular exploration video feel like an actual found footage movie with how it was shot in some areas.

    • @operationjester3348
      @operationjester3348 Год назад +27

      He made one of the world's sturdiest buildings feel like a canoe in a typhoon. 10/10 motion sickness.

    • @Josuh
      @Josuh Год назад +18

      specially moments like 6:26 in which homie just focuses ominously into the background

    • @stefanek8886
      @stefanek8886 Год назад +1

      Ahh God yes I agree

    • @0gammag0
      @0gammag0 Год назад +2

      @@Josuh I was half expecting something to move

  • @hernangarza419
    @hernangarza419 Год назад +15

    38:33 majestical

  • @timothywilladsen1355
    @timothywilladsen1355 Год назад +44

    Actually on the bit about an armory, that might actually make sense. I took a tour of an old nuclear reactor and there were concrete firing ports built in places. It’s in case someone gets the bright idea to steal some nuclear material/waste or decides to destroy a reactor etc.

    • @almeron82
      @almeron82 Год назад +9

      I was wondering if that was actually likely to be an armory, I know that security at these places is absolutely not a joke, it wouldn't surprise me in the least.

  • @thatoneloser210
    @thatoneloser210 Год назад +334

    I can't believe Wendigoon became real, truly an ARG milestone

  • @andyt7295
    @andyt7295 Год назад +448

    Disappointed by the lack of mutants waiting for you guys in the shadows, but glad you've had a good time :)

    • @kaiseremotion854
      @kaiseremotion854 Год назад +5

      not a single feral ghoul!

    • @CarefreeMan
      @CarefreeMan 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@kaiseremotion854 *No snorks, either. A bit disappointed.*

  • @Styfalled
    @Styfalled Год назад +14

    I love how his video about exploring an abandoned nuclear power plant is shorter then some videos about ARGs and icebergs.

  • @heyimserge
    @heyimserge Год назад +6

    37:40 When you turn off the downstairs light and run to bed before it catches you

  • @luksbitegamer
    @luksbitegamer Год назад +15

    25:50 Imagine you're exploring a power plant, and all of a sudden you spot three men slowly walking towards you singing country roads.
    I would shit myself

  • @toxiccorgi2108
    @toxiccorgi2108 Год назад +83

    Shame that Wendigoon was zombified by the brain scorcher trying to reach the CNPP. Still wierd hearing that he planned on using the wish granter to allow him to lick the elephants foot without dying of radiation sickness.

    • @rosiehawtrey
      @rosiehawtrey Год назад +3

      How to really annoy make a wish foundation... "my wish is to die with dignity...". /sarcasm mode :on.

    • @SomeElsenNerd420-J
      @SomeElsenNerd420-J Год назад +3

      he must be insane at combat though, theres not a single monolith in sight

  • @porkingporkpork
    @porkingporkpork Год назад +7

    19:10. I know what that is because I was the one who wrote it back in 2019 during the tactical games. We had a course of fire to shoot in that room. I had a smoke machine and strobe light going. They had to run in shoot and then run to the next objective. That is simply isnjust tracking misses and failures because we were running sim rounds. Sorry its not more cool than that. But it was a killer weekend event.

  • @aaaaaaaaaaa9660
    @aaaaaaaaaaa9660 Год назад +4

    6:32 this shot makes me so uneasy. It only lasted a second or two but seemed much longer the first time I saw it. Seeing no movement in a place that should be inhabited by people just tempts my brain to start to wander and create things that were never really there.

    • @platypusnoise
      @platypusnoise Месяц назад

      Exactly what I was thinking
      Felt perfectly like a backroom clip. A group walking and talking, then all of a sudden the camera turns and nothing

  • @WarfareRidge
    @WarfareRidge Год назад +477

    Wendigoon goes to the highest mountains of Tennessee and to the abandoned Nuclear power plants to keep us entertained; that kind of dedication is almost unreal.

    • @A_Hylian_Not_An_Elf
      @A_Hylian_Not_An_Elf Год назад +20

      I wonder how long until he starts scuba diving?

    • @SwiftVTing
      @SwiftVTing Год назад +8

      @@A_Hylian_Not_An_Elf now that is something I’d like to see from wendiboy

    • @KAnim
      @KAnim Год назад +2

      And it's also very informative for us

    • @emmettbattle5728
      @emmettbattle5728 Год назад +3

      dont forget being in the cave

    • @virikan3518
      @virikan3518 Год назад +1

      @@A_Hylian_Not_An_Elf it won't happen, poor Wendi doesn't have any legs to swim with

  • @hurricanedude5090
    @hurricanedude5090 Год назад +211

    I love the fact that it's edited like a footage found video. Audio getting cut off, senes that could be longer interrupted with a different clip. It felt like a full on experience!

    • @NorthernGreenEyes
      @NorthernGreenEyes Год назад

      Well said! I flipping LOVE FF.

    • @SerechII
      @SerechII Год назад +5

      if the camera was less hell bent on illuminating every room it would've looked damn spooky too, some of those shots looked straight out of something like the backrooms

    • @hurricanedude5090
      @hurricanedude5090 Год назад +1

      @@SerechII agreed

    • @hurricanedude5090
      @hurricanedude5090 Год назад +2

      @@SerechII I mean look at that thumbnail it looks exactly like something Kane Pixels would make lol

    • @EzioAuditoredaFirenze
      @EzioAuditoredaFirenze Год назад

      @@hurricanedude5090 I thought it was a new Kane Pixels video lol

  • @glitterglistenglossfloss2530
    @glitterglistenglossfloss2530 Год назад +5

    The panel you’re looking at 9:04 is called a pan alarm. Gives you location of an alarm (valve/breaker/pump/motor) and name of equipment it would flash and make an audible noise if the operator needed informed of something going on with that piece of equipment

  • @l.illine1784
    @l.illine1784 Год назад +10

    39:47 ,,,,,,, this shot goes hard as hell

    • @daisyjoy242
      @daisyjoy242 8 месяцев назад

      It looks like a start to a music video

  • @aidynanderson1249
    @aidynanderson1249 Год назад +111

    25:40 Hold up full song covers in an abandoned nuclear power plant would actually be dope as hell. Like creepy / melancholic atmospheric songs? That'd be sick man

    • @aidynanderson1249
      @aidynanderson1249 Год назад +17

      Also 38:02 goddamn

    • @anon2234
      @anon2234 Год назад +3

      Idk, metal would play well here too, so would hardstyle/hardcore. Reverse bass echoing would sound beast.

    • @yoMC18
      @yoMC18 Год назад +1

      such an underrated moment in the video

    • @aidynanderson1249
      @aidynanderson1249 Год назад

      @@anon2234 Aw yeah I didn't even think of that

  • @kalystagutierrez1607
    @kalystagutierrez1607 Год назад +707

    I love how they just stroll through a potentially dangerous place all while quoting memes and vines, truly an iconic moment

    • @demi4156
      @demi4156 Год назад +29

      They wouldn't be allowed in, let alone allowed to film a movie there if it was potentially dangerous.

    • @kalystagutierrez1607
      @kalystagutierrez1607 Год назад +52

      @@demi4156 you act like loose debris isn't a thing

    • @fivebrosstopmos
      @fivebrosstopmos Год назад +8

      @@kalystagutierrez1607 Boy, you must be afraid to walk under cliffs.

    • @kalystagutierrez1607
      @kalystagutierrez1607 Год назад +8

      @@fivebrosstopmos boy, you must love sticking your fingers into electric sockets

    • @fivebrosstopmos
      @fivebrosstopmos Год назад +8

      @@kalystagutierrez1607 Big difference between certain death and a one-in-a-million chance of injury.

  • @toolazy4names302
    @toolazy4names302 Год назад +13

    I remember exploring the savannah river nuclear site a while back and wanting to take that pdp-11 computer back with me so bad, it's nice to see it's still there and in good condition.

  • @AMSPACECAT
    @AMSPACECAT Год назад +5

    28:18 the pool thing was most likely used for the control rods
    They would put used control rods from the reactor in the pool that is filled with water bc they were still high radioactive

    • @walter8025
      @walter8025 Год назад +1

      There is no reactor in the facility. Allegedly it’s purpose is to convert spent fuel into usable fuel

  • @novarachnid
    @novarachnid Год назад +123

    Seeing Wendigoon’s legs is like when they cut to shots of the muppets with legs. That was shocking for a moment.
    Edit: In all seriousness, this was an amazing video. Thank you for taking us on this ride.

    • @TheKenchanx
      @TheKenchanx Год назад +4

      I thought his legs were still trapped by all those rocks in the cave

  • @lostpigeon5529
    @lostpigeon5529 Год назад +165

    It’s so crazy to think that he went from in his room talking about giants to this so fast😂 I’ve loved seeing the evolution tho🙏

    • @A_Hylian_Not_An_Elf
      @A_Hylian_Not_An_Elf Год назад +1

      I wonder what the next stage will be?

    • @Crustaceous
      @Crustaceous Год назад +7

      @@A_Hylian_Not_An_Elf transcribing the ethereal plane?

    • @A_Hylian_Not_An_Elf
      @A_Hylian_Not_An_Elf Год назад +4

      @@Crustaceous That’s his final form. We should still have a while before that happens.

    • @dereenaldoambun9158
      @dereenaldoambun9158 Год назад +7

      Next stage is searching for the hollow earth, where the giants reside. 😳😳😳

  • @jordanmehl6925
    @jordanmehl6925 Год назад +7

    That room around 12 minutes in where windigoon asked if that was an armory is in fact one. That is a prefab unit to meet naval standards for warships back in the day.

  • @-insecure
    @-insecure Год назад +11

    something about the low fov of the camera makes this beautifully claustrophobic and builds a base level of anxiety. I love it.

  • @doodlebees
    @doodlebees Год назад +124

    i love how wendigoon goes from covering conspiracy theories about like gnosticism and the lost stories of the bible to exploring nuclear facilities.
    there's a reason he's my favorite!

  • @austinfrey8657
    @austinfrey8657 Год назад +180

    Make sure to stay safe exploring abandoned places! Dust masks are very very handy and they give you peace of mind, love you boys, stay curious!

    • @MiloMurphysLaw
      @MiloMurphysLaw Год назад

      Nah, nobody wants to wear masks after 2020

    • @juter1122
      @juter1122 Год назад +10

      especially the spicy dust

    • @Stew_Pid
      @Stew_Pid Год назад +3

      That place is in use constantly. At least 4 airsoft events a year and weekly training for police and other groups as well.

  • @SRNX1
    @SRNX1 Год назад +4

    22:42
    "Aww it's dripping!"
    "That's what she said..."

  • @Benadryl.shawty
    @Benadryl.shawty 11 месяцев назад +4

    Seeing how genuinely stoked you’re to be here on earth despite the weight of all you know makes me excited to stay here & embrace everything as it comes. I deeply appreciate you sharing yourself and love for humans.

  • @00xero
    @00xero Год назад +265

    I used to design control panels like that. The ones with alarms is called an enunciator (i think). Those are alarms for critical sensors in the control system. Employees (operators) monitor those and they light up. LAH = level alarm high, LAL=level alarm low, etc... The number is for the sensor so you can find it on a P&ID diagram.

    • @emerablade2021
      @emerablade2021 Год назад +3

      May I ask what a P&ID diagram is?

    • @00xero
      @00xero Год назад +18

      @@emerablade2021 Piping & Instrumentation Diagram. Like an electrical schematic but for pipes, tanks, reactors, etc in a plant. "Instrumentation" = sensors & control systems.

    • @1lovesoni
      @1lovesoni Год назад +1

      I'm in no way challenging you, I've had more crazy/unique experiences than most in my lifetime (filled a RX a rockstar ODd on, survived a horrific car crash, was a hostage in a mass shooting, etc... ).
      I'm just curious if you can mention, or hint at, who you worked for? Or please just tell us your favorite story from that time.

  • @DevLunar
    @DevLunar Год назад +144

    I'm scrolling in the middle of the night and I see that 16 minutes ago Wendigoon made a video about an abandoned nuclear power plan that he appears to be exploring. I love what this man does

  • @nj0377
    @nj0377 Год назад +23

    You and Lemmino are some of the most insightful documentary makers on RUclips that show how far the website has come. Keep it up!

  • @amandarhoads4640
    @amandarhoads4640 Год назад +5

    James' beautiful singing in that big, empty, eerie building was seriously so haunting!!!

  • @carlycaye90
    @carlycaye90 Год назад +278

    *watching old wendigoon video*
    *he uploads something new*
    the feeling of excitement and joy is unmatched.

    • @kountstakula232
      @kountstakula232 Год назад +7

      Was legit doing the same thing lol, felt like the meme of leo from once upon a time in Hollywood ctfu.

    • @cygnusx1_
      @cygnusx1_ Год назад +1

      WAS ALSO DOING THE SAME THING BAHAHAHA

    • @dangerxbadger2300
      @dangerxbadger2300 Год назад

      Same

    • @BigMuggs21
      @BigMuggs21 Год назад

      Im gonna be honest, i can’t watch older RUclips videos 😂 I always gotta watch newer ones

  • @tricctown9351
    @tricctown9351 Год назад +60

    I shoot rifles competitively and we did a zombie themed sniper match here! we shot from the roof, had to crawl through tubes, run through mud, shoot off a truck, etc. and at night me and a few of my friend would go and explore the facility. An absolutely amazing experience so seeing your video pop up and recognizing that control room was the coolest.

  • @imi6588
    @imi6588 Год назад +4

    Half of the video was just three guys obsessively pressing buttons and turning dials. Best content on this website 🖤

  • @LissyAvenita
    @LissyAvenita Год назад +4

    He did it guys!! He finally no-clipped with a camera and all 😭♥️🙏

  • @Applesauzified
    @Applesauzified Год назад +133

    Ah this brought back memories of working at the airport as an gis intern. Just seeing unused areas and getting to eat lunch in an old and unused air control tower that no one's probably seen the inside of decades was so much fun

    • @sandpounder3443
      @sandpounder3443 Год назад +2

      GIS like the mapping software?

    • @Applesauzified
      @Applesauzified Год назад +5

      @@sandpounder3443 Yep! Was mapping parts of the airport and collecting data

  • @TheBigGoon
    @TheBigGoon Год назад +175

    I need a full rendition of country roads from you all in that room. It was haunting and sounded so cool.

  • @foamyadampower7105
    @foamyadampower7105 10 месяцев назад +2

    25:25 imagine exploring this alone and then you start to hear this

  • @MikeStrip
    @MikeStrip Год назад +2

    19:09 love that PDP-11 16 bit minicomputer. The perfect holiday gift for that significant other that’s always bringing up old stuff. 😂

  • @Gladys_C_Hugh
    @Gladys_C_Hugh Год назад +667

    Wendigoon looks and acts like a kid in a candy shop. This entire channel has been leading up to him larping as a tacticool operator in an abandoned nuclear plant. Love that for him

  • @dilmain
    @dilmain Год назад +93

    The irl exploration and on-location content is pure fire my guy, keep up the fantastic work

    • @cjandty6679
      @cjandty6679 Год назад

      If you like this kind of content, check out shiey, won't dissapoint.

  • @oddlyjay
    @oddlyjay Год назад +36

    You could tell that Wendigoon had a really fun time filming this, he was just *glowing* the entire time

  • @michael.youtube_
    @michael.youtube_ Год назад +2

    "That sign won't stop me because I can't read." -Wendigoon exploring an abandoned nuclear power plant, cerca 2022

  • @tatumlang3768
    @tatumlang3768 Год назад +79

    Shane and Ryan should bring wendigoon along for an investigation in the future! That'd be so fun!

    • @Phoebe5448
      @Phoebe5448 Год назад +1

      Omg I'd love to see that!

  • @Glory2Snowstar
    @Glory2Snowstar Год назад +70

    This is perhaps the greatest reward I’ve ever received for my terrible sleep schedule. Finals stand no chance with the morale boost that is Wendigoon going through disturbing areas in the most cozy way possible.

  • @natediggy6300
    @natediggy6300 Год назад +4

    the shot of the pit was so sppoky for no reason 30:26

  • @brandoncliburn767
    @brandoncliburn767 Год назад +5

    Hey Wendigoon. Been doing a double shift at my job all week when I saw you featured on Nick Crowley's channel. Took interest in your content and gotta say I love every video I've seen. The way you explain many situations or your iceburgs is calm and very detailed to give the viewer every insight. You've definitely earned yourself a subscriber. Wanted to ask if you would ever do a video on Marvin Heeymeyer & the Killdozer. I know it's been done into a docu-movie but maybe for those who hadn't heard of it before could hear it from your video, since I have no doubt you'd do a good job. Keep up the great content!

  • @DISCUSSTING
    @DISCUSSTING Год назад +50

    So glad Wendi showed all the buttons and levers and switches getting pulled/pressed because that's the content we TRULY wanted