You are always so respectful of people and the places, due to circumstances, where they have made their homes. It looks like this camp has been abruptly abandoned.
@josephbennett6113 I didn't imply that it was ok to trash the area. I am noting how J. is always respectful of the area he films and the people who might be "living" there. I do recognize that it has become terribly blighted now because of all the junk.
Those lines on the tree trunk are a sign of what killed it. The Emerald Ash Borer beetle gets under the bark of an ash tree, consuming the living tissue layers, including the layer that carries water and nutrients from the roots.
I have a theory concerning the juxtaposition between the obvious effort put in to the site and the mess it has become. A group of decent homeless folk made the initial camp. Eventually the wrong people found out about it and came along and ruined it. No doubt they would have been involved in crime, hence the abundance of tools and car parts which have been stripped of their valuables. Once these people showed up the decent homeless folk would have had to move on and, eventually, with no one to clear up the mess being made the whole site would have been abandoned.
Yup dumpsite of stolen goods. Carelessness. Out of site to go yhrough their loot. In the end a big garbage site. Looking at the volume, thats slot of theft. I wonder how many thieves were involved.
Your scenario is valid; however, with a growing number of people, that would get the attention of the authorities. This would be trespassing, and the cops would clear the camp out, but leave the stuff behind. With a dig in the police blotter at the local newspaper, and he will discover when the cops cleared it out. This was cleared no more than one year ago, because too much of the stuff is still in good shape. I WOULD CONTACT THE STATE LEVEL EPA, AND GET THEM INVOLVED. WITH FUELS STILL ONSIGHT, THAT IS A DANGER TO THE COMMUITY.
I really enjoy your adventures, JP... I also love the fact that you take the time to edit and upload your videos in 4K 2160p at 60fps! It looks absolutely amazing on large displays. Most content creators still don't even bother with it, so it's very much appreciated!
I find it absolutely horrific that people can leave the woods covered in trash like this it's deplorable to say the least there's no reason they cannot pick up after themselves. I was homeless Once Upon a Time for 5 years in all four seasons and never ever did my encampment look like that I literally would sweep the ground to keep my area clean I would take my trash out every day and put it in a dumpster. There is no reason for homeless people to leave the land in this condition with their trash I understand you might be homeless but it doesn't mean you have to be a litterbug.. it was amazing nobody even knew I was homeless because I kept myself clean my clothes clean and I kept my campsite clean and my tent clean and I kept my pots and pans clean and my bed clean literally Everything clean even during snow storms.. there's no excuse for this kind of disgusting Behavior of leaving not just a bag of trash behind butt truckloads
@@NoseyNanahoarder issues aren't limited to failures, sometimes someone could be so busy they intend to repair or fix something but it gets left out and ruined by the elements, trust me, I've witnessed it...
I’d say it was an entire homeless community living there for a period of time . But what a incredible find , not the camp but the old mine - it had a hell of a large structure for its operations, its a very impressive find both the camp and the history of the mine . Now all that mess unfortunately sits as an environmental hazard for the natural bushlands. Great video Jay . 😊
Heart breaking to see all that trash up in those woods or anywhere! Many times when I have gone out camping, I end up picking up trash that lazy people left behind! Mostly the glass, because people and animals could get hurt by it.
That was hilarious...Camp Methley... Could be true....definitely was a homeless camp. Nature will always win. We don't appreciate the land we walk on. We humans think we're invincible. Nature can be burned to the ground, but it will "always" come back.
A way to roughly date that area is to look at the date on food containers especially egg cartons or bread bags as they expire more quickly By the amount of stuff it looks like it was occupied for quite awhile! I hope that smell was not rotting flesh under a tarp or hidden somewhere!😊
As a surveyor, I have come across a lot of cool, weird, and interesting things over my 27 years in the profession. It's very interesting when you get into places people have never been to, or haven't been to in probably 100 years or better.
i highly respect your professionalism throughout your videos, to have the decency to not want to intrude on as you said, someone's home. not many people treat their work like you do pal, keep it up. you've earnt a sub
Fun Facts : What lies beneath Plymouth, PA (@ a variety of depths ) is anthracite coal ..It has the highest carbon content, the fewest impurities, and the highest energy density of all types of coal and is the highest ranking of coals ..That being said , Plymouth's primary historical industry has been agriculture 😇❤
That’s because of the Knox Mine disaster that flooded all the underground deep mn s in Wyoming Valley due to all the workings being interconnected from all the coal companies robbing from each other and Plymouth is part of the Valley
It also preserves fossils of a variety of plants, insects & animals in it's layers as well. My sister still has a piece of anthracite our grandfather picked up that was just layers upon layers of ferns. I've never even traveled that far East in my life. Long before I was a twinkle in my father's eye his father ran off with an abused married woman, who'd just had enough, to Cali where they bought a home together! lol
You know it's those hidden gems that makes it well worth finding Jay but sometimes you just never know until you actually go there. Thanks for sharing this my friend.
🙂 I had a feeling at that first wall that it was a colliery but I sat right up when you said which one. I had a bunch of family members work there back in the day!
Fantastic video but unbelievable. I was glued to the tv screen. I know your very careful exploring but please be extra careful. I’ve seen 2 copperheads so far in the last 3 weeks. More than I’ve ever seen. Chris saved me both times. I’m usually taping, and as you know, it’s harder to be careful when your taping. Chris is my lookout and he has great eyes 👀. 🤗😋
Another fantastic adventure with JPVideos! That camp looked like methamphetamine addicts spent time there. All of the random items that were hauled in on foot (dirt bike, atv,) the unfinished little projects, the careless mess. Sadly this is what that drug makes the inside of the users mind look like. Interesting find. Excellent content 💎
I must say I was ok while you were making your way along the concrete wall but I started getting nervous the closer you got to that encampment. felt like someone or something might suddenly appear out of nowhere. You didn't hear any banjo playing, did ya? Bahahahaha!! The smell could have been a dead animal since there were cages strewn around; just hope it wasn't Sandy!
🙂 This was pretty interesting. I wonder who Sandy was?? There was a lot of stuff there that looked like it has been there for quite a while. I hope someone comes in and cleans it up.
Another great adventure. Loved the history I'm torn between wanting someone to clean up the encampment and not wanting people to mess with whoever's stuff it is. 😊
I've been a long time subscriber as I haven't seen one of your videos in at least a year if not much longer at closer to two years and am happy to see how far your channel has come. I remember one of your older videos from years past where you threatened to shut down your channel as it wasn't growing, now look at you at 227K. Huge congratulations is order and by the way I just set up notifications for myself.
😄good job JP! That was super interesting and that’s a lot of stuff holy cow how did they get so much stuff down there! Tremendous amount of time and effort to collect all that let alone set it up!
At @ 8:03 mark, there's something resembling a concrete ball... what is that? Also, we think you do a great job exploring the abandoned/obscure sites you find on Google Earth... we aren't able to do this ourselves anymore, but you're doing it for us. Thanks, again. BE CAREFUL!!! We found a lot of homeless camps in St. Tammany Parish, LA and there are some really dangerous people inhabiting these places...
Hi I'm from Ohio and there are tons of places like this around not far from the parks. Some parks are actually built on top of landfills, and the homeless are quick to take advantage of whatever they find. It may surprise you that some people actually have jobs but choose to live out in the woods because they don't want to pay the crazy prices of living in a home or apartment. Up here, we do have cold winters, so they usually seek some kind of lodging for that time indoors. Around here it's common for them to buddy up to someone with housing for those months. In the spring they are out again, taking showers and baths wherever they can, using public restrooms, wal-marts, whatever. I expect covid was rough, not many 24hr places. Oddly enough, most of them lived through that time just fine without masks or distancing. I know this because I used to live two blocks from a soup kitchen. I think living outside most of the year probably must give you a robust immune system! Hiking through many areas near the river we'd find many of these sites.
😊😊 I subscribed to your channel today! I don't think this video was a bust! I think it was very interesting! Although, you found people living off the grid, they may not be too happy about it! Lol
🙂 Always watch til the end! I enjoy your forest walks so much but this one made me nervous bc I thought someone was in that blue tent. Then when you mentioned the horrible odor I wondered if someone had died there. That was a huge colliery and the photo of the young boys made me sad.
❤ Always love these Google find videos. I think someone lived there a long time. Maybe the guy that lived there passed away (hence the RIP graffiti) someone saw he was gone and you know how destructive people can be...anyway, just speculation. Keep doing your thing JP
Could the area have been used as a dump for awhile? As kids we would bike through the old town dump. It was covered in dirt and was overgrown except where the paths were. Occasionally things would be visible and you could dig them out. They definitely have brought things in more recently. An artist maybe? Cool find with the old colliery. You may have been drawn in by junk, but you found history. Thanks for taking us along.
Definitely had to be an easier way to get in there than the route you took. When you mentioned a train that was the ticket. I stumbled upon an encampment hiking along the Lehigh River in Lehighton. It's really big. Like this, there is junk everywhere. And, it's located close to railroad tracks. That, and major trails seem to be the common denominator in terms of location choice. The one in Lehighton is also has distinct tree blazes to follow from the RR tracks to the camp. There are also quite a few along the D and L Trail outside of Sand Island, Bethlehem. If I were you, I'd be careful entering an encampment area if you stumble upon one again. Thanks for taking us along....
🙂 I'm guessing it was a nice camp at some point, with a fish pond and a kitchen.. then it was abandoned and a hoarder took over. seems like that hoarder is no longer there, too.
@jpvideos - new Nashville subscriber here! YT recommended you :) My first impression is your organic video style. I appreciate when videos are not over-produced like an application to PBS. It’s very natural and I enjoy your exploring and editing style (I have a garden channel and learn from how other creators showcase their ideas). Thank you and have a beautiful day!
I guess nobody saw the Bathroom chair in the corner of the tent? The people are already Homeless & their life is a Mess, why involve the Law? So they can get on their Power Tripp and harass & possibly beat up someone who's ready to give up on Life? There wasn't any signs of Alcohol or Drugs. I've learned that you don't give hand outs ,But you should give your fellow Man a hand up.
@@streuthmonkey1 If you have ever smelled a dead body you would know that you would have smelled it throughout that entire site not just 3 or 5 feet a way. I have smelled decomposing bodies twice in my life. Not something you take two steps back and get a way from the smell.
What a place! First thing I thought of when you got down there was could it be from a possible flood? Being on that steep of a hill and the walls (those are from the coal company I think) and looks to me like no one has been there for a while. But who knows? Thank you for sharing! 💙😀😁😀💙
The horrible smell in the workshop could have been a decomposing body, animal or human and I would call the authorities to have it checked out. You never know.
Neat place! You should explore more of this Woodward Colliery. Homeless camp was eerie! What did it smell like(poop pee, or dead thing)? Would not want to meet the resident(s). The place looked nicer as a breaker than it does now. Great video!!
First time viewer. When I was young My friends and I built a 3 floor cabin tree house. With a roof with lots of dirt clods that is hard dirt or sand dirt that you can throw and repel your enemies. Unfortunately my enemies were my older brother and his friends. I guess about 5 on 5 kids but my brother was 5 years older. Well after the neighborhoods legendary fight we came out on the loosing end and they torn everything apart and tied me up. It was in the woods about a 200 yards from the house and for some reason everybody forgot me and others thought someone else was going to come and get me. About 10 pm at least I saw flashlights🔦 with about 6 adults looking for me but I was gaged and could not scream. But they found me. My dad was a little upset but it is a great memory. I told you that story because I thought there had to be several kid gangs or maybe older that had wars or a war and torn up camp grizzy. Also seeing RIPSANDY gave me a eerie feeling that what if Sandy died young or even died there in a accident. Something was not right. Great show for me. A old timer. Take care. Hope to watch you again. I saved you.
Loved reading this.thank you for sharing this memory. Cool. Most would claim ptsd over that. Big baby's out there but you made it outta the woods. . Memory's like this one are cool to hear. As long as it wasn't me tied up lol but still love the idea of what it be like in having siblings like you have or just a sibling I would love. Gnight. Thx again
That electric box is actually a telephone terminal connection box . The screws are actually fuse and the wire nuts are missing from the terminal posts. Retired from Ma Bell,> Verizon ! Yeah that long .
My father retired from Bell years ago. He was a lineman, even doing that in Korea beforehand. I still have stuff with the Bell logo on them. Growing up when had some of their medicines with the logo like headache pills, although the main ingredient was actually caffeine.
At around 5:00, the unpopulated circuit boards are probably dumped there by someone who ordered one for a project and was forced to have a minimum quantity. So they dumped the rest instead of throwing them out. (I ordered a batch of 10 since I couldn't get 1, but my remainder is in my toolbox, still.)
I live a town over it was a homeless community with thirty plus people supposedly. The police cleared it out probably not too long before you filmed this and they’ve just been building smaller camps around the surrounding areas there’s a few near my house all the good walking/hiking spots seem to have a camp now unfortunately. Once I saw Plymouth pa I went on google maps and it didn’t take me long at all to find it. I heard about it for years rode past it a bunch on dirt bikes but never had the guts to check it out mainly due to the rumors of them not being the friendliest and more then a few people died back there. Cool to see it in person awesome video.
Those weird marks on the tree are from insects that eat the bark off, eventually killing the tree. I like the wall. Was there a Bastian Fort there? Or a 'Battery"? This is my guess before I see your research. I have found old "Loches" for ships in Lafayette Oregon that doesn't look like ships could go through it, but it did. I see old walls all through there. Do you know how to do LIDAR there? Was that a landslide or a flood? Was that an old bridge? I knew there had to be access to this place at one time. It looks like flood damage to me. Coal? Figures. I knew ships had to have something to do with it.
I think that area you called the workshop was actually the bathroom; yikes!! Enjoyed the video; hard to believe that people can really live that way. Thanks for taking us along!……..🌝
WOW!!!!! RUclips hasn't recommended your channel to me in a pretty long time. I'm very glad to see your channel is still going on strong, with quite a few more subscribers than I remember. As soon as I saw that first concrete wall, I figured it had something to do with coal mining, knowing which state you're based in. I think that if the "right person" see this video, there will be some good news, and some sad news associated with this site. I'm sure the local Department of Forestry, or Forest Preserve District would want to clean up that area, but at the same time, someone(s) will be losing their makeshift home. GREAT VIDEO JP!!!!!!!!! 😎
I find it very strange that all of the circuit boards are brand new unpopulated boards. Wonder what they were for? Bet they could be traced down through the serial number / order number on them.
I always thought the Homeless always camped in town were they could stand on the corner and ask for handouts. Hobos uses to camp away from town or they would get arrested.
Not all homeless people sit around at corners begging. Some actually have some incomes (disability, veteran's benefits, etc) .and most prefer to stay invisible.
That sundial at 30:11 is a neat antique. The W M Welch Manufacturing Company was only called that between 1906 and 1960 when it changed its name to the Welch Scientific Company. I've seen a lot of identical sundials, but none with that name on it. So I can only assume it was something they ordered from a foundry as a promotional item or to give to their employees.
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Not sure what is more fascinating... The history I uncovered or the site I stumbled upon. What are your thoughts?
2:32 What are those 6 white/grey things in the ground??
that looks dangerous
You are always so respectful of people and the places, due to circumstances, where they have made their homes. It looks like this camp has been abruptly abandoned.
@lisak7247 it should have been. Look how bad they were trashing the area.
@josephbennett6113 I didn't imply that it was ok to trash the area. I am noting how J. is always respectful of the area he films and the people who might be "living" there. I do recognize that it has become terribly blighted now because of all the junk.
Those lines on the tree trunk are a sign of what killed it. The Emerald Ash Borer beetle gets under the bark of an ash tree, consuming the living tissue layers, including the layer that carries water and nutrients from the roots.
In Dutch we call that beetle the 'letterzetter' (typesetter) 😅
Never knew that, thank you
Thank you for sharing
Fascinating stuff. Thanks for the information.
I'm another person happy you shared that info about the beetle.❤
I have a theory concerning the juxtaposition between the obvious effort put in to the site and the mess it has become. A group of decent homeless folk made the initial camp. Eventually the wrong people found out about it and came along and ruined it. No doubt they would have been involved in crime, hence the abundance of tools and car parts which have been stripped of their valuables. Once these people showed up the decent homeless folk would have had to move on and, eventually, with no one to clear up the mess being made the whole site would have been abandoned.
Yup dumpsite of stolen goods. Carelessness. Out of site to go yhrough their loot. In the end a big garbage site. Looking at the volume, thats slot of theft. I wonder how many thieves were involved.
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Your scenario is valid; however, with a growing number of people, that would get the attention of the authorities. This would be trespassing, and the cops would clear the camp out, but leave the stuff behind.
With a dig in the police blotter at the local newspaper, and he will discover when the cops cleared it out. This was cleared no more than one year ago, because too much of the stuff is still in good shape.
I WOULD CONTACT THE STATE LEVEL EPA, AND GET THEM INVOLVED. WITH FUELS STILL ONSIGHT, THAT IS A DANGER TO THE COMMUITY.
You'd be amazed at what you can find in the trash.
I really enjoy your adventures, JP... I also love the fact that you take the time to edit and upload your videos in 4K 2160p at 60fps! It looks absolutely amazing on large displays. Most content creators still don't even bother with it, so it's very much appreciated!
I appreciate that, thank you!
I find it absolutely horrific that people can leave the woods covered in trash like this it's deplorable to say the least there's no reason they cannot pick up after themselves. I was homeless Once Upon a Time for 5 years in all four seasons and never ever did my encampment look like that I literally would sweep the ground to keep my area clean I would take my trash out every day and put it in a dumpster. There is no reason for homeless people to leave the land in this condition with their trash I understand you might be homeless but it doesn't mean you have to be a litterbug.. it was amazing nobody even knew I was homeless because I kept myself clean my clothes clean and I kept my campsite clean and my tent clean and I kept my pots and pans clean and my bed clean literally Everything clean even during snow storms.. there's no excuse for this kind of disgusting Behavior of leaving not just a bag of trash behind butt truckloads
Well, I think our video host had it right with the 'Hoarder Vibes" Hence a disordered mind, maybe a failed/frustrated small appliance-type repairman.
@@NoseyNanahoarder issues aren't limited to failures, sometimes someone could be so busy they intend to repair or fix something but it gets left out and ruined by the elements, trust me, I've witnessed it...
You sound like a wonderful person I'm glad 😊 your not homeless anymore!😉
@@NoseyNanawhat do you think the bad smell is?
Do people really go to such trouble just to hoard?😊
I’d say it was an entire homeless community living there for a period of time . But what a incredible find , not the camp but the old mine - it had a hell of a large structure for its operations, its a very impressive find both the camp and the history of the mine . Now all that mess unfortunately sits as an environmental hazard for the natural bushlands. Great video Jay . 😊
What a waste for a good camp area...
All that trash didn't happen all at once... That took years...
Thanks for the history update.
Yeah. Seems that decent folk set it up but the wrong people eventually found out about it.
Heart breaking to see all that trash up in those woods or anywhere! Many times when I have gone out camping, I end up picking up trash that lazy people left behind! Mostly the glass, because people and animals could get hurt by it.
I was thinking more like Camp "Methley"
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I was just going to comment the same
seems like that indeed
Exactly
That was hilarious...Camp Methley...
Could be true....definitely was a homeless camp. Nature will always win. We don't appreciate the land we walk on. We humans think we're invincible. Nature can be burned to the ground, but it will "always" come back.
A way to roughly date that area is to look at the date on food containers especially egg cartons or bread bags as they expire more quickly
By the amount of stuff it looks like it was occupied for quite awhile!
I hope that smell was not rotting flesh under a tarp or hidden somewhere!😊
Thank you!! I was thinking that in my head the whole time.. “pick up that bottle”
Just be glad I didn't have a dog chained up out there to watch over their things
That’s a creepy google maps find. I wouldn’t have been that brave to walk around that place alone. 😀
I was nervous for sure
@@JPVideos81We appreciate your work 🏆
That made me nervous for you. Please be careful and as well, it was an interesting and crazy find!
Maybe shouting, -I´m here to take photos! is not the best of ideás.
As a surveyor, I have come across a lot of cool, weird, and interesting things over my 27 years in the profession. It's very interesting when you get into places people have never been to, or haven't been to in probably 100 years or better.
i highly respect your professionalism throughout your videos, to have the decency to not want to intrude on as you said, someone's home. not many people treat their work like you do pal, keep it up. you've earnt a sub
Fun Facts : What lies beneath Plymouth, PA (@ a variety of depths ) is anthracite coal ..It has the highest carbon content, the fewest impurities, and the highest energy density of all types of coal and is the highest ranking of coals ..That being said , Plymouth's primary historical industry has been agriculture
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That’s because of the Knox Mine disaster that flooded all the underground deep mn s in Wyoming Valley due to all the workings being interconnected from all the coal companies robbing from each other and Plymouth is part of the Valley
It also preserves fossils of a variety of plants, insects & animals in it's layers as well. My sister still has a piece of anthracite our grandfather picked up that was just layers upon layers of ferns. I've never even traveled that far East in my life. Long before I was a twinkle in my father's eye his father ran off with an abused married woman, who'd just had enough, to Cali where they bought a home together! lol
You know it's those hidden gems that makes it well worth finding Jay but sometimes you just never know until you actually go there. Thanks for sharing this my friend.
🙂 I had a feeling at that first wall that it was a colliery but I sat right up when you said which one. I had a bunch of family members work there back in the day!
Oh wow. Small world.
What is a colliery?
@@janahendrix458coal processing
@@janahendrix458 Coal mine and/or coal processing factory
Coalerie?
I love these Google finds exploring videos. I especially like that you go research the area afterwards. Great job Jay! 😀
Fantastic video but unbelievable. I was glued to the tv screen. I know your very careful exploring but please be extra careful. I’ve seen 2 copperheads so far in the last 3 weeks. More than I’ve ever seen. Chris saved me both times. I’m usually taping, and as you know, it’s harder to be careful when your taping. Chris is my lookout and he has great eyes 👀. 🤗😋
Oh wow. Thank goodness he spotted them. I don't like seeing garter snakes nevermind anything like that and hope I never do.
Another fantastic adventure with JPVideos! That camp looked like methamphetamine addicts spent time there. All of the random items that were hauled in on foot (dirt bike, atv,) the unfinished little projects, the careless mess. Sadly this is what that drug makes the inside of the users mind look like. Interesting find. Excellent content 💎
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100% right. Plus they were manufacturing it there.
I must say I was ok while you were making your way along the concrete wall but I started getting nervous the closer you got to that encampment. felt like someone or something might suddenly appear out of nowhere. You didn't hear any banjo playing, did ya? Bahahahaha!! The smell could have been a dead animal since there were cages strewn around; just hope it wasn't Sandy!
The closer I got the more nervous I was as well. I was expecting someone to be hiding and waiting for me.
Or Grizzly
something had died 13.3.24. On the concrete says Sandy RIP
I'm really hoping Sandy was a pet rock or something. Less than a year old, R.I.P Sandy 💐
3-3-24 date of death
That's probably the bad smell.
Maybe a dog
I assumed it was a dog... hopefully.
@@OnlyTheChronic hopefully
Very interesting. :) Amazes me how fast nature can convert things back...
🙂 This was pretty interesting. I wonder who Sandy was?? There was a lot of stuff there that looked like it has been there for quite a while. I hope someone comes in and cleans it up.
Another great adventure. Loved the history I'm torn between wanting someone to clean up the encampment and not wanting people to mess with whoever's stuff it is. 😊
That electrical box looks like a junction box for an old analog telephone network.
I've been a long time subscriber as I haven't seen one of your videos in at least a year if not much longer at closer to two years and am happy to see how far your channel has come. I remember one of your older videos from years past where you threatened to shut down your channel as it wasn't growing, now look at you at 227K. Huge congratulations is order and by the way I just set up notifications for myself.
😄good job JP! That was super interesting and that’s a lot of stuff holy cow how did they get so much stuff down there! Tremendous amount of time and effort to collect all that let alone set it up!
That RIP graffiti seemed pretty recent
Yeah, RIP Sandy
Maybe that is what he could smell.
a 5-month old! sad. My first thought was this is a camp of someone with mental illness.
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Wanna bet that horrible smell in the workshop was RIP Sandy?
At @ 8:03 mark, there's something resembling a concrete ball... what is that? Also, we think you do a great job exploring the abandoned/obscure sites you find on Google Earth... we aren't able to do this ourselves anymore, but you're doing it for us. Thanks, again. BE CAREFUL!!! We found a lot of homeless camps in St. Tammany Parish, LA and there are some really dangerous people inhabiting these places...
You need one of those bug hats, I wear one all the time walking my dog in the woods… I may look foolish but I’m not annoyed or rushing
That would of been good to have
Hi I'm from Ohio and there are tons of places like this around not far from the parks. Some parks are actually built on top of landfills, and the homeless are quick to take advantage of whatever they find. It may surprise you that some people actually have jobs but choose to live out in the woods because they don't want to pay the crazy prices of living in a home or apartment. Up here, we do have cold winters, so they usually seek some kind of lodging for that time indoors. Around here it's common for them to buddy up to someone with housing for those months. In the spring they are out again, taking showers and baths wherever they can, using public restrooms, wal-marts, whatever. I expect covid was rough, not many 24hr places. Oddly enough, most of them lived through that time just fine without masks or distancing. I know this because I used to live two blocks from a soup kitchen. I think living outside most of the year probably must give you a robust immune system!
Hiking through many areas near the river we'd find many of these sites.
Yes, I live in Pittsburgh and this immediately reminded me of landfills reclaimed by woods.
Looks more like "Camp Tweekers" I'd inform the authorities.
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I wonder what was going on in that workshop that caused the horrible smell. I sense that someone was cooking up trouble. 😬🙂
I'm with you there 😳
I'm thinking flood or landslide
I guess the Bathroom chair in the corner had nothing to do with it.
In the right hand corner looks like it could be a body under black polythene type of cover, maybe that's what smells so bad?
I doubt that. There's usually a ton of evidence left behind like empty cans of acetone and sinus pill boxes etc..
😊😊 I subscribed to your channel today! I don't think this video was a bust! I think it was very interesting! Although, you found people living off the grid, they may not be too happy about it! Lol
That place is so creepy. I hope you never go back there!!!
😊Love watching your google earth finds!
Thanks!
🙂 Always watch til the end! I enjoy your forest walks so much but this one made me nervous bc I thought someone was in that blue tent. Then when you mentioned the horrible odor I wondered if someone had died there. That was a huge colliery and the photo of the young boys made me sad.
What a strange place. Thanks Jay! 😊
JPVideos, This is fantastic! I subscribed because I love it!
Thanks!
Excellent content on this channel 💎
JPVideos is the bestest host on RUclips
Very sad to see that people are reduced to living this way. Good on you for recording this and sharing, very creepy
❤ Always love these Google find videos. I think someone lived there a long time. Maybe the guy that lived there passed away (hence the RIP graffiti) someone saw he was gone and you know how destructive people can be...anyway, just speculation. Keep doing your thing JP
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and for watching.
That graffiti was for a 5 month old. Check the dates. 😢🙏
Could the area have been used as a dump for awhile? As kids we would bike through the old town dump. It was covered in dirt and was overgrown except where the paths were. Occasionally things would be visible and you could dig them out. They definitely have brought things in more recently. An artist maybe?
Cool find with the old colliery. You may have been drawn in by junk, but you found history. Thanks for taking us along.
Definitely had to be an easier way to get in there than the route you took. When you mentioned a train that was the ticket. I stumbled upon an encampment hiking along the Lehigh River in Lehighton. It's really big. Like this, there is junk everywhere. And, it's located close to railroad tracks. That, and major trails seem to be the common denominator in terms of location choice. The one in Lehighton is also has distinct tree blazes to follow from the RR tracks to the camp. There are also quite a few along the D and L Trail outside of Sand Island, Bethlehem. If I were you, I'd be careful entering an encampment area if you stumble upon one again. Thanks for taking us along....
Yeah... That is freakin NUTS! Kinda like a trainwreck, you just can't look away, so of course I watched till the end! 😀
Exactly! Thanks for watching until the end.
🙂 I'm guessing it was a nice camp at some point, with a fish pond and a kitchen.. then it was abandoned and a hoarder took over. seems like that hoarder is no longer there, too.
😀cool stuff. I kept waiting for someone to come out of the woods and jump you. 😆
that for sure took alot of effort to construct, and once you said the walls are going down the slope i immediately knew it was an old colliery site :)
The more walls I saw sloping down I kinda figured it was that. Interesting location from both past and present.
The colliery was definitely interesting.
You could see the “camp” from the satellite because there’s so much crap! 😂
What a mess.
😁 what a find! It would have been nerve racking walking around there. It’s amazing how much they had it set up.
It was something else...
Awesome Google maps adventure JP! Cool find to stumble upon! Thanks for bringing us along!😊👍
Thanks for checking it out!
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My first impression is your organic video style. I appreciate when videos are not over-produced like an application to PBS. It’s very natural and I enjoy your exploring and editing style (I have a garden channel and learn from how other creators showcase their ideas). Thank you and have a beautiful day!
Appreciate you stopping by and checking out my video. Check my playlists for other content I film as well.
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Could you contact the sheriff department to see if there's maybe a call record for this location?
Also mention the small as they may want to check that out in case it is a body.
I guess nobody saw the Bathroom chair in the corner of the tent? The people are already Homeless & their life is a Mess, why involve the Law? So they can get on their Power Tripp and harass & possibly beat up someone who's ready to give up on Life? There wasn't any signs of Alcohol or Drugs.
I've learned that you don't give hand outs ,But you should give your fellow Man a hand up.
Because homeless people ate all on major drugs.
@@justin8894 wrong you're a liar
@@streuthmonkey1 If you have ever smelled a dead body you would know that you would have smelled it throughout that entire site not just 3 or 5 feet a way. I have smelled decomposing bodies twice in my life. Not something you take two steps back and get a way from the smell.
Great video, thanks for sharing and stay well 😁
🙂What a strange find! Thank you for sharing.
What a place! First thing I thought of when you got down there was could it be from a possible flood? Being on that steep of a hill and the walls (those are from the coal company I think) and looks to me like no one has been there for a while. But who knows? Thank you for sharing! 💙😀😁😀💙
The horrible smell in the workshop could have been a decomposing body, animal or human and I would call the authorities to have it checked out. You never know.
I certainly would have!
Maybe it's just me but at 2632 it looks like there's a guy laying there in a orange jacket?
I was wondering what kind of gross the smell was too.
Gross decay, gross chemical?
@@christinep.8958 I thought I saw a ribcage.
@2657 the blue tarp. ,he's underneath it, it was covered up flat n nice, u didn't catch that?
Neat place! You should explore more of this Woodward Colliery. Homeless camp was eerie! What did it smell like(poop pee, or dead thing)? Would not want to meet the resident(s). The place looked nicer as a breaker than it does now. Great video!!
The smell was a combination of something rotting and human waste. I think I'll explore this area more closer to winter.
You've stumbled into a Meth kitchen. Be very careful. good thing no one was there.
😊 Always enjoy wstching the journey.
First time viewer. When I was young My friends and I built a 3 floor cabin tree house. With a roof with lots of dirt clods that is hard dirt or sand dirt that you can throw and repel your enemies. Unfortunately my enemies were my older brother and his friends. I guess about 5 on 5 kids but my brother was 5 years older.
Well after the neighborhoods legendary fight we came out on the loosing end and they torn everything apart and tied me up. It was in the woods about a 200 yards from the house and for some reason everybody forgot me and others thought someone else was going to come and get me. About 10 pm at least I saw flashlights🔦 with about 6 adults looking for me but I was gaged and could not scream. But they found me. My dad was a little upset but it is a great memory.
I told you that story because I thought there had to be several kid gangs or maybe older that had wars or a war and torn up camp grizzy. Also seeing RIPSANDY gave me a eerie feeling that what if Sandy died young or even died there in a accident. Something was not right.
Great show for me. A old timer. Take care.
Hope to watch you again. I saved you.
Loved reading this.thank you for sharing this memory. Cool. Most would claim ptsd over that. Big baby's out there but you made it outta the woods. . Memory's like this one are cool to hear. As long as it wasn't me tied up lol but still love the idea of what it be like in having siblings like you have or just a sibling I would love. Gnight. Thx again
Watching you walk through the woods reminds me of the movie wrong turn. Be careful in the woods my friend.
At 7:14, I have seen that before. One mark looked like an s. I think it's some kind of bug eating the tree.
That electric box is actually a telephone terminal connection box . The screws are actually fuse and the wire nuts are missing from the terminal posts. Retired from Ma Bell,> Verizon ! Yeah that long .
My father retired from Bell years ago. He was a lineman, even doing that in Korea beforehand.
I still have stuff with the Bell logo on them. Growing up when had some of their medicines with the logo like headache pills, although the main ingredient was actually caffeine.
At 13:30 and 15:30, wow, all the stuff! And here I thought you were just going to find a discarded blue tarp!
Me too, I never imagined how much would actually be down there.
At around 5:00, the unpopulated circuit boards are probably dumped there by someone who ordered one for a project and was forced to have a minimum quantity. So they dumped the rest instead of throwing them out. (I ordered a batch of 10 since I couldn't get 1, but my remainder is in my toolbox, still.)
wow wonder if there still there . thanks for sharing . ❤❤❤ stay safe love ya
Interestingly, peculiar.
Thanks for sharing your adventure with us.😃
Amazing what's out there and nature has started to reclaim. 🙂
I live a town over it was a homeless community with thirty plus people supposedly. The police cleared it out probably not too long before you filmed this and they’ve just been building smaller camps around the surrounding areas there’s a few near my house all the good walking/hiking spots seem to have a camp now unfortunately. Once I saw Plymouth pa I went on google maps and it didn’t take me long at all to find it. I heard about it for years rode past it a bunch on dirt bikes but never had the guts to check it out mainly due to the rumors of them not being the friendliest and more then a few people died back there. Cool to see it in person awesome video.
That makes more sense and I'm glad I arrived after they were gone. Definitely a sketchy area!
I don't think anyone has been at that homeless site in a long time.
march 13th 2024?!
I can promise you most of them are dead from fentanyl or the methamphetamines that they were making in that makeshift camp.
Love your boots on the ground and all the stuff you find....random cables lol...nice...thank you
Never know what you'll find both trash or Treasure.
Another great video. That box looks like an old telephone cable terminal.
Those weird marks on the tree are from insects that eat the bark off, eventually killing the tree. I like the wall. Was there a Bastian Fort there? Or a 'Battery"? This is my guess before I see your research. I have found old "Loches" for ships in Lafayette Oregon that doesn't look like ships could go through it, but it did.
I see old walls all through there. Do you know how to do LIDAR there? Was that a landslide or a flood? Was that an old bridge? I knew there had to be access to this place at one time. It looks like flood damage to me. Coal? Figures. I knew ships had to have something to do with it.
I think that area you called the workshop was actually the bathroom; yikes!! Enjoyed the video; hard to believe that people can really live that way. Thanks for taking us along!……..🌝
Looking back at it and with the smells, I think it was used for a combination of things, including bathroom and/or cooking.
@@JPVideos81 yuk😉
Looks like a lot of people used to live there for quite some time until it probably got raided by cops and everyone got taken away.
This video gave me very creepy vibes!! Please be careful out there!!💙😊
It was a very creepy site.
You're getting hoarder vibes, I'm getting tweeker vibes
Great video keep them coming
Hey JP 👋, that was a interesting place. There is to me alot of trash and some interesting thing there. Thanks for information what once was there.😊
Thanks that was awesome and creepy i enjoyed watching
Love these kinds of adventures! A different kind of treasure hunting :)
@29:50: The creepiest shot! (Chewy got the mange!)
Wow!!!!I've ran a crossed places like this in the woods by the river,in southeastern Wisconsin,
It's obvious that he has never seen a homeless camp. Every homeless camp looks like this homeless camp. It's sad.
Wow, that place was so interesting. Love all the unexpected adventures you take. Really enjoyed watching as always. 🙂
Wow that's is one of the life time find. That area has to be done over years. It's looking abandoned now.
someone was there recently since the wall said RIP Sandy March 2024
"Could be something, could be nothing". FREAKING PROFOUND!
It looks like a hoarders home but outdoors, sad seeing countryside trashed like this !
😃
Looks like somewhere criminals go to break down things for their valuable parts to me.
@@streuthmonkey1 Removing copper from the windings in those motors.
@@21ProxyOne Indeed. And Platinum from the catalytic converters
😀 I hope that smell wasn't the occupant. Love your videos, JP
It was nasty 🤢
Well now. That was pretty disgusting. 😀
At 25:28, in Scranton 2 guys are collecting metal and various items. I just saw this a few months ago. Their piles are very tidy and neat.
Meth camp?
You are one hundred percent correct
For sure druggie camp seen lots
Definitely, that's why "the workshop" smelled horrible 😮
IYKYK 😮
@@eddiejennings8067 no necessarily most likely trash I didn't see anything left
WOW!!!!! RUclips hasn't recommended your channel to me in a pretty long time. I'm very glad to see your channel is still going on strong, with quite a few more subscribers than I remember. As soon as I saw that first concrete wall, I figured it had something to do with coal mining, knowing which state you're based in. I think that if the "right person" see this video, there will be some good news, and some sad news associated with this site. I'm sure the local Department of Forestry, or Forest Preserve District would want to clean up that area, but at the same time, someone(s) will be losing their makeshift home. GREAT VIDEO JP!!!!!!!!! 😎
The box near the circuit boards is a hook up for Signal Power like Telephones or other low power items , Remote monitoring , alarms etc....
Old school 16-pr aerial strand mounted terminal with lightning protectors.
I find it very strange that all of the circuit boards are brand new unpopulated boards. Wonder what they were for? Bet they could be traced down through the serial number / order number on them.
Very interesting. Thanks!😊
I always thought the Homeless always camped in town were they could stand on the corner and ask for handouts. Hobos uses to camp away from town or they would get arrested.
This isn't terribly far from civilization, but remote enough not to be seen.
Not all homeless people sit around at corners begging. Some actually have some incomes (disability, veteran's benefits, etc) .and most prefer to stay invisible.
😀 That was definitely a weird and scary find - might I suggest you start carrying something for protection!
I had my 9 on me. Never leave home without it.
@@JPVideos81 Man I'm glad to hear you say that.
Fantastic videos man:)
Thanks a ton!
Thanks for taking us on the adventure with you. Very cool video. I love the mystery and the history you learned. 👍
That sundial at 30:11 is a neat antique. The W M Welch Manufacturing Company was only called that between 1906 and 1960 when it changed its name to the Welch Scientific Company. I've seen a lot of identical sundials, but none with that name on it. So I can only assume it was something they ordered from a foundry as a promotional item or to give to their employees.