The Dangerous History of Duck NC. 

We just got back from our Duck Vacation. I saw your video before we went, and now it's great to see it again Afterwards. I was glad to know the Significance of this part of World History. I would recommend a Duck Vacation to anyone... thanks again 🌊🌊🌊

I love, love, LOVE Duck NC!

Great History...thanks

Wow, thanks for informing, I'mma spend my vacation there soon, it won't be out of benefit to be aware of this!!!!

Thank you for the information.

WoW, I don't even recogize it anymore. Used to build housed in Corolla when It was just a dirt road from Duck.

Going there in early September, wondering what will the weather be like 😳

Sunset Grill, great drinks, lousy food. Duck Deli, best BBQ around. I've seen, on many occasions, people walking out with 5 or $600 worth of sandwiches.

Oh wow, very interesting...I stumbled across your video while looking for something else but thought I'd ask - do you know there are so many low flying military planes around the area? My husband and I were staying at an air bnb pretty close to the beach (Kitty Hawk) and I heard a rumble, looked out the window and saw a Chinook? (from my research) flying so so close to the house. It freaked me out a bit! I see a lot of people talking about this but no one says what they're doing. Is it just training, do you know?

Well Duck is certainly a wonderful place, last I checked we had less than 400 full time residents. Everyone is aware of the bombing range that now has a cable around its perimeter. For a long time, anyone could walk onto the range, the group managing the pier allowed visitors and surfers to park up by the pier. The Duck pier was a wave magnet for larger ocean swells, I would meet local surfers who I hadn't seen in years after hurricanes, when the waves were massive and we all used the pier to paddle out into the swells. The story goes a group of out-of-town surfers damaged some exposed equipment and a move was made to limit access erecting the perimeter cable. I am only aware of one local who lost some fingers to exposed ordinance. However, constructing homes around the range has turned up many antique Laurel & Hardy type explosives. Large 16 to 18" ordnance with 4 tail fins and a front charge triggered by a button style point. It was exactly this point charge responsible for blowing off by buddy's fingers. Normally we would fine a few of these bombs excavating or digging pilings into the sand. The most we ever recovered was 11 under one house. Today, the coyotes appear to have claimed the range as home, once I observed a Bobcat, more often many deer. We have all heard many stories of how much ordinance is buried on the range and occasionally there is a sweep of the range, one time turning up an old tripod machine gun. (maybe legend) Today our town police and fire station are on Army Corp. donated land.

Where exactly is the bombing range in Duck? Was there for the first time last year and never noticed anything.

navy duck 1959 / 60 my shore duty

How is the water temperature in late may?

Just wait until you meet the locals, you will never go back.

Its friendly, until they tow your car away.

Duck, where the pretentious people meet.

NO OFFENSE BUT IF YOU ARE ADVERTISING THE CITY OF DUCK,N.C.AS A TOURISM AND BEACH LOCATION AND WARNING PEOPLE OF POTENTIAL EXPLOSIVES ON LAND FROM OLD NAVY PRACTICES THEN WHY WOULD YOU THINK PEOPLE WILL COME THERE OR VACATION THERE.