Exploring the Underground River Beneath St. Louis

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Forest Park is one of the largest urban parks in America, but to this day, few are aware that a rushing river flows right beneath its grounds.
Written and Produced by: Bethany Guerrero
Cinematography and Visual Effects by: C. Drew Unser
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@HKChad 7 дней назад

That's pretty neat MSD worked with you to give you a tour, good on them and you!

@joanmullen2552 11 дней назад

I have Lived in St. Louis all my life until fifteen years ago moved to Union I am seventy three years old. This is very interesting I had never heard about the river running under the park. It is funny my sister in law thought it was great that this river ran behind her house. Now we find out it is sewage! Oh my!

@JeffGeerling 4 дня назад

Note the over ground part of the River Des Peres (the wide open channel that passes beside 44 and under 55) is generally just storm water runoff... it only has sewage when there's a lot of rain and the sewage backs up over weirs like they showed in this video. But I've lived in south city/county for a couple decades and due to the way it's set up, some of us affectionately call it "River Des Poop"!

@StLsalsagirl 17 часов назад

@@JeffGeerling ha, my parents called it River Des Stink

@bobkrist1 10 дней назад

I can't get over what a great job you did filming this with the multiple lighting, the remote angles, and the great audio. Not to mention the fascinating story. Kudos!

@OddityOdysseys 10 дней назад

Thank you! 😊

@da7heaven 11 дней назад

So glad to see my California favorites in my new home town of St. Louis, Missouri

@richardlea818 8 дней назад

Hopefully you left that “California enlightenment” back west

@DovieRuthAuthor 11 дней назад

This was fascinating! Lucky you to get a tour. It must be your reputation. ❤

@LiamMichael-zr1uz 11 дней назад

I always enjoy your videos, and this one was no exception. I appreciate the research you put into your work. The historical context with photos is particularly interesting! Thank you!

@OddityOdysseys 10 дней назад

We appreciate you! Thank you so much for watching and your support. We have a couple of episodes coming up in which we hope to integrate more historical photo comparisons on the spot, so stay tuned. 😀

@coolhandscoot68 11 дней назад

That was an awesome find good job you two

@jason_l5p 8 дней назад

the busch light cans in the stairwell at 6:20 is so stl... haha

@arrjay2410 11 дней назад

This sort of thing is common in a lot of cities. Toronto, London, Paris is famous for is. Even where I currently reside, in Peterborough Ontario, there is a substantial creek that flows under the downtown. Fortunately, it doesn't take sewage overflow. It's fairly fast flowing and they've uncovered it in some areas. One of my favourite restaurants in the middle of town has a section of the creek flowing past it before it goes back underground.

@stevethirdcitymo6527 10 дней назад

In the 1930s my great grandfather helped design much of the subsequent St. Louis sewer system. Grandpa Funk was an amazing man, part of the city’s rich German history.

@Konradical007 9 дней назад

Sorry to break it to you but no he didn’t build nothing, it was founded.

@spencernene 9 дней назад

@@Konradical007It was founded? You sound stupid

@user-en7un3ln1b 4 дня назад

Was Grandpa related to Bob Funk? The Oklahoma cattle Barron?

@edljnehan2811 4 дня назад

Was he related to Grand Funk😅

@lwells3937 2 дня назад

Railroad@@edljnehan2811

@KyleKrieg 11 дней назад

I'm more surprised you pronounced River des Peres correctly. I knew the river flowed under the city, but just didn't know where the start and end points were located at.

@TheSev- 11 дней назад

"Keep your hands off the hand rail due to sewage" *touches wall* 😂. Had to point that out, you know me! Love the vids and keep up the amazing work, see ya on the 26th!

@brooklynbaby1987 9 дней назад

I noticed that too lol 😂

@Rainkit 4 дня назад

I guess its ok because the rail is wood and is porous, so it can hold bacteria longer than the wall. Sill, a handrail you can't touch is very dumb lol.

@TheSev- 4 дня назад

@@Rainkit concrete is porous too, not as much but still porous hehe.

@TheSev- 4 дня назад

@@brooklynbaby1987 hi kris10.. i mean brooklynbaby! see you on the 26th?

@brillblonde6705 9 дней назад

Wooooheeee! It takes brave souls to deep dive under Forest Park! What a GREAT exploration!!! Who knew??

@710Chri 6 дней назад

It takes brave souls just to go to the city! I stay in the county

@reginaldwright8801 10 дней назад

That is incredible just amazing, I really hope that the generations coming are ready to complete and make improvements to not just sewer systems but everything we take for granted

@trapdriver7006 11 дней назад

Another excellent video which I found fascinating to watch and I am always looking forward to your next video,please keep them coming.👍😁😁😁😁🚜🇬🇧

@jonathanlapham2374 10 дней назад

Wow, never knew that was there. So interesting how the system was built in the 20’s. Also that it was the World’s Fair that prompted diverting the river (sewage dump😮). Pretty much all of the Worlds Fairs have interesting stories. So glad you found this place and got an inside look. I love tunnels, so fascinating how they are built, and cool to explore.

@robtman9199 11 дней назад

Another amazing odyssey! I lived in IL for 4 years and it is amazing what is out there or in this case under our feet. Hope no one slipped while touring the underground.

@noahcount7132 11 дней назад

Kudos to you, Drew and Bethany, for finding and sharing the most interesting and unusual sights and sites. 👍

@OddityOdysseys 10 дней назад

Thank you, Noah!

@purleybaker 7 дней назад

This is really interesting. Thanks for taking the time to make the video.

@cornholio9186 2 дня назад

I get recommendations when there’s new videos about river des peres. I’ve live right next to it. And have always been fascinated with the river. I really enjoyed this video. The production value was great!

@invay69 11 дней назад

Amazing!

@markleach116 11 дней назад

I lived in the St Louis area for a number of years .. never knew that existed! THX

@johanna7254 11 дней назад

Such a cool tour! Thanks for sharing!

@MrJojo2go 11 дней назад

Underground my favorite kind of video! 👍🏻😃👍🏿🇨🇦🇵🇭🇺🇲

@io3010 9 дней назад

Thanks for the underground tour, nice of St. Louis officials to assist you, really a great video guys!

@markmcarthy596 8 дней назад

What’s even more odd is the underground stream at Bissell Tower that leads downhill to the Mississippi. A part of the Underground Railroad

@jspurgeon80 9 дней назад

I run right past that spot all the time. No secret that the river is down there. Always wondered it that grate went down to it.

@68lehman 11 дней назад

Great a new video!

@ChoodleSoodle 3 дня назад

How awesome! My house is right along the River Des Peres in University City. Thanks for sharing the history of this waterway.

@stevelyons2001 10 дней назад

Awesome 😇 I'm surprised this isn't mentioned more. The St. Louis area engineers and public works departments have mastered relocating and channeling water. We had a canal right behind our house.

@CallMeShasta 5 дней назад

Cool video! I had no idea about this part of St Louis history. Memphis has the Gayoso Bayou, which is a downtown creek that was similarly taken underground in the 19th and early 20th centuries. You can still explore the antique brickwork down there, with proper know-how.

@peggycarlyle6409 11 дней назад

Super interesting!!!

@karenvoorhees5229 10 дней назад

What an incredible find and tour! I just found your channel after seeing your video on Palos Verdes, and have been watching all of them. Love how you intertwine historical information and pics with your videos. Excellent! So glad I found you!

@zalapski9399 4 дня назад

The 1904 World’s Fair is not as it seems- those buildings were not built as ‘temporary structures’ to be torn down after the fair.

@314jrock 3 дня назад

100% Truth. The Art Museum is the only building that was built for the 1904 World’s Fair that is still standing.

@MadamButterfly19JDM 9 дней назад

Greetings & Gratitude for this information. Wow!

@robbmanchester5747 9 дней назад

Too cool ! Oddity adventures of infrastructure - Interesting odyssey !

@blockisle9 11 дней назад

Fantastic Episode. Thank you

@SMDoktorPepper 11 дней назад

Theyve been talking for decades about trying to restore it..but it always develops issues. There are also a TON of caves under the city, one made the news not long ago..the lost English Cave was rediscovered though only by a small drill hole

@goosenotmaverick1156 9 дней назад

Very Martin Zero feel searching for lost rivers! Love it!

@bobdab-d9d 4 дня назад

thank you for this, I love hidden histories

@jameson6537 12 часов назад

Thank you so much for this video! I live here in Saint Louis and have seen the tunnel Inlet covered up in FP numerous times and was always curious about!

@Pablo_Del_Norte 8 часов назад

Solid presentation! Thank you.

@KodiakBearMuff 2 дня назад

I worked at MSD back in 2019 and we took a tour down there. It was incredible to see how large those tunnels are.

@jeffleaver59 2 дня назад

The sooner that River Des Peres is cleaned up, the better. MSD has done an admirable job with Deer Creek. Both could be great streams in St Louis again.

@davehumphrey4075 7 дней назад

Awesome! What a privelidge to live with a managed sewer system. It is NOT a human right. We are the lucky ones who get to use it. When you see a MSD worker, say thank you

@gordybishop2375 11 дней назад

Great video Thank yoy

@calebmcdairmant7459 2 дня назад

Very cool!!

@DRFelGood 11 дней назад

Thanks!

@OddityOdysseys 10 дней назад

Happy Sunday, Jesse! Your generous spirit made our day. Thank you, thank you, thank you! 🙏💞

@DRFelGood 10 дней назад

@@OddityOdysseys 💞💞

@chrisknight9770 2 дня назад

Just found you guys on my recommended and love your stuff you two need a TV show I would watch

@sdowdy5839 8 дней назад

Surprised the EPA allows this combined system in St Louis, where I live the EPA forced the city to separate the two several years ago and we are still paying for it with abnormally high sewer rates

@DavidWalls-sr1pg 7 дней назад

What city?

@myob3574 4 дня назад

stl sewer monthly bill close to $100., while this project never will finish, a big money suck on the backs of the poor just to have a toilet. Check out MSD"s admin building on clark st. Ivory tower probably with penthouse suite.

@coop999 2 дня назад

The EPA and DOJ established an agreement with MSD (St. Louis' sewer utility) to fix the combined system. I think they have until the 2030s or 2040s to fix a bunch of things, costing billions. Every 4 or 5 years, we vote on whether to fund the next billion dollars with immediate sewer rate increases or smaller sewer rate increases by spreading that billion over 30-year bonds.

@coop999 2 дня назад

I had never really paid attention to that gate before after all my times running in Forest Park. However, when I ran yesterday (before I saw the video), I noticed that the gate was open and I could see the same stairs you walked down. Very cool video!

@TheShoutingGrasshopper 9 дней назад

Very cool that you got an "official" underground tour! Where to next?

@slopoke750 2 дня назад

Great channel! Easy on the soul and the Lord blessed you with nice hair.

@billw7213 5 дней назад

The old world structures of the world's fair were buried under what is now the st. Louis zoo.

@BatMan-hf3gt 3 дня назад

Is this sam tripoli?

@rrelectric5159 8 дней назад

Great video. Very interesting presentation of an unusual structure. Keep up the good work.

@StLouis-yu9iz 3 дня назад

Very cool thanks for sharing! :]

@metalscrapper12 2 дня назад

I learned about this a few years ago but it's cool to actually learn more about it, something else I know is some of the buildings down in the city are connected by tunnels they are old old tunnels I know one goes under the st.louis library main branch also the city museum is haunted af

@random22026 11 дней назад

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@OddityOdysseys 10 дней назад

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@JohnPotts-kq7kk День назад

This was very interesting stuff! Was only in St Louis 2 times. Had I known more about the 1904 world fair info, would have made my visit to the zoo much more interesting!

@Raydawg 6 дней назад

That was really cool

@stevenlennaman2073 День назад

Just North of the river used to be the lake, which is the city of Florissant in North County. Had to be drained (more of a vast swamp). I think the timelines match.

@valeriegoode9762 9 дней назад

Thanks for sharing.

@zachsimmerock5257 2 дня назад

Shout out from Alley Springs ,Jack's Fork River Mo... Show me state- show me mo ,Missouri videos. Very cool!

@johnlazlo1908 21 час назад

There is a underwater water way underneath Hartford Conn. Goes under Bushway Park out to the Connecticut River..

@MiracleFound 7 дней назад

St Louis Yacht Club, everyone flushes and the river rises!

@Rezail_Uhhh 7 дней назад

MSD has a lot of unique areas under their control. I use to work for them it was fun.

@toyyoda3710 11 дней назад

They did the same kind of thing in Hartford Connecticut with the Hog river

@ryans.2065 4 дня назад

Braver than me. Given that coldwater creek, and various other areas as well as ground water around the city are contaminated with radioactive waste.

@sthpac6910 2 дня назад

When I visit the History Museum concerts, I will know that I'm standing on the River des Peres, that is amazing. This was a wonderful video. When Vashon high school was being built on Cass ave, in and around 2000, they discovered an underground stream at the location that had cases of wine stored in it to keep it cool. I heard rumors that an old winery was built over the stream for that purpose. There was a long staircase leading from the winery down to the stream.. This of course brought out cavers from near and far, so they had security to guard this site. The news said that the stream went south to the Mississippi river. So if you guys know anything about this, I sure would like to hear what you say, Thanks for this nice video.

@BongoX2x2 11 дней назад

So very cool!

@ericdoe2318 10 дней назад

Wait you found a sewer battle turtle and not a single ninja turtles comment?

@richturds7331 2 дня назад

Sean sounds cool

@davidasberry7758 11 дней назад

Wow! Very entertaining and informative.

@Frontier2022 День назад

Probably the safest way to travel through St Louis without being robbed.

@mrjmorovis День назад

Don't pickup snapping turtles of anytime by the tail. With common snapping turtles you do it by the rear of the shell so you dont get "snapped". It can break their spines. Alligator snapping turtles can be picked up by the sides of the turtle safely.

@alcopower5710 11 часов назад

Did it take much convincing of MSD to make this happen? Pretty cool that they seemed very helpful.

@Shade20090 4 дня назад

I live in Lemay, and we call it River De Stink.

@-iIIiiiiiIiiiiIIIiiIi- 11 дней назад

Wow, this was soo cool!

@IM1deadMONEY 10 дней назад

I work in the city of St Louis. Yes, I've seen people walk around with "Project Clear" t-shirts for a while now. I haven't seen them do anything though. I suspect this keeps the EPA from suing St Louis for having combined sewer systems again😂😂. Great video by the way :)

@petereff5724 11 дней назад

More than ever I ever wanted to know about tunnels.

@andyhudgens 11 дней назад

Happy Saturday Fam love the episodes when will hyrule odysseys be back cant wait for hyrule odysseys live stream soon love my oddity fam forever also my birthday wis coming on September 24th 💛🩷🧡

@KB6YAF 7 дней назад

As Jim Varney, of the "Ernest" movies and ads would say....."EEEeeeewwwwwwwwwww". whoa.....taking a deeper dive??.....hopefully that would be figuratively and not literally!! hahaha

@damm41 6 дней назад

I’ve lived here my whole life. I’ve never known about this.

@bicivelo 8 дней назад

Never heard of combining shit/piss with rainwater. Lovely

@axdsc 2 дня назад

I've lived in St. Louis my whole life (32 years) and I knew the river was heavily engineered, but some how didn't actually know this...

@completesentences2125 3 дня назад

There always seem to be systems of underground tunnels below the World’s Fair locations.

@ebayerr 3 дня назад

This was originally built to put the river underground. So where is the river in this video? There was lake overflow and wastewater from U-city, but no river water.

@tedwoe 4 дня назад

Or as we native St. Louisans call it...The River De Pew!

@BeyondTheCompass817 11 дней назад

*_Once again, your videos entertain And educate. An' I'm pretty sure that turtle was in a "Godzilla" movie..._* 🤔

@OddityOdysseys 11 дней назад

The turtle totally was...🤣❤️

@judimoon47 11 дней назад

Very interesting….

@HellsCowBoy666 3 дня назад

you guys should try to get into the Lemp caves

@OddityOdysseys 3 дня назад

Well, stayed tuned! 😁

@richardmoramarco6754 11 дней назад

Went to forest park in 1989, had no idea that there,.

@flounder31 День назад

We don't call it the River des Poop for nothin'!

@susanjaeger9851 10 дней назад

Wow, such hooey

@ucitymetalhead 9 дней назад

I have a small stretch of des pere in heman park that is still quite stinky. I always wanted to know where that entrance was at.

@CheekyMonkey1776 4 дня назад

No wonder my basement floods with sewage every time it rains MSD…

@nelsonbergman7706 5 дней назад

Thanks for posting. If it was up to I'd be wearing gloves, boots and maybe a hard hat. It is locked where they went in br somebody still tagged the walls.

@myob3574 4 дня назад

i thought that was very foolish too, no gloves, hardhat, boots...nothing.

@charlescolegrove4822 11 дней назад

Very interesting. Bet it was stinky 😀

@JusticeAndLibertyUSA 11 дней назад

how cool! i wanna go! yall be safe now you hear!!! hope you & the cats doing well God bless!

@skrrt_out 5 дней назад

if y'all are intrigued by this, our local PBS station did a whole thing about the cool stuff under STL back in the 90s: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LL8RAYHcsSE.html