Re-edited this explore of when i visited the abandoned catskill game farm in 2015. Thanks for the support everyone.. If you enjoyed the video, hit that like button :)
So sad to see something that was a part of my childhood just wasted away. It was always fun going upstate to the Catskills. At least we still have Adventure Land here on Long Island, my dad worked there when I was a child. Thanks for the explore Steve.
BellasMomma-Yes me too. We took a road trip with our cousins, 2 adults, 5 kids and our family 2 adults, 5 kids. We went a few times. Went throughout the late 60's and 70's. Catskill was so much fun for kids!!!!!
I went on a field trip to the park in 1958 when I was in the 1st grade. Montgomery Elementary. My Dad was stationed at Stewart AFB and we lived in Rock Tavern out in the BOONDOCKS. Right by Whalenburgh Pond. The farm is no longer there. The Whalenburgh family owned the farm for MANY years and the elder mother rented half her farmhouse to us. Absolutely cool as shit, filled with antiques from Holland and Germany.
Really cool explore. Looked like there might have been some get togethers in the pool table area. Lol. Sure was alot of cool stuff left to explore. Bet that place was alot of family fun, back in the day. Thanks for a great explore.
Our parents used to take my brothers and I to this Game Farm every summer back in the 70s I actually thought this place was still operating, this was shocking for me to see, and sad as well, we had a lot of good times there, "wow; this is a shame, I even took my son in the late 80s to the Game farm. I had no idea it closed down, this was the first for me hearing this.
It's hard to believe that this zoo had existed for 73 yrs. The dog is trying to warn you about something! This is a very interesting video to take a trip back into the past then into the present.
Even under the best conditions there... what a sad place for animals to have to live or should I say just to survive... there is no such thing as a "good" zoo
If it wasnt for zoos many animal species would be extinct. Zoos animals are protected. Also zoos no longer get animals from the wild so most animals know no different. They are born and raised in captivity.
i've been really nostalgic for this place lately so it was at least nice to be able to see the area again. also at about 14:22 wasn't that the lemur pen?
Weird to see this. I used to go here as a kid back in the 80s/early 90s. I have more mixed feelings on zoos nowadays but when I was a kid I loved it there. There was also a place nearby called the Reptile Institute which we would usually visit the same day as the game farm. I wonder what the backstory on that peahen is. Have peafowl from the park been living feral and breeding since 2006 or did somebody just dump that peahen there for some reason?
I was born in '98 and me and my family went every summer until they closed. The only things I remember well were the elephants, the elephant rides and the giraffes just inside the front gate. Pity to see what it's become.
wow i went there in the early 90's. i had no clue it had closed. Kinda strange seeing it the way it is in this video. I don't remember much from it but just seems sad to see somewhere I was so long ago, probably walking some of those same paths you are in the video that used to be filled with life and kids running all around having a great time now looks like something out of a fallout game.
Hi there, I am currently making a documentary about my grandfather's life. He was a fairly famous zookeeper and worked for several years at the Catskill Game Farm. I was wondering if I could possibly use this footage with credit in the film if you're up for that?
I worked there for one summer. The animals were miserable, very few people visited, and the owners grandson was a spoiled douche that didn’t take no for an answer. Seeing his red four wheeler made me laugh! However, I have a lot of great memories of feeding the animals, chilling with them during lunch breaks, and the peacocks scaring people! I hoped the place would turn around, it’s sad to see it abandoned.
Do you remember which year was that? And do you remember how many giraffes was there at the time...I'm doin research in G's genealogy and looking into one special >April...called Tiny sometimes, was she there at that time?
@@nightisright1873 that’s a very broad question. What kind of things do you want to know? Owners? Workers? Animals? Tourists? Creepy shit? Mundane shit?
Its a shame many times small zoo's like this is all a kid will ever see of wildlife, this reminds of another video you did that was a zoo as well . anyways very cool ! Thanks
A lot of those small zoos like this one start out as great like they really care about the animals then they get sold to people who just don’t put the money into maintenance
@@handle2101 just saw this! I did explore and love what they are in the process of doing. Became friendly with the newest owner and actually did a painting of the front entrance ticket booth for them. Great childhood memories here.
That’s a hour away from where I grew up most of the kids in my school neighborhood went but I never did my mom didn’t have a car we grew up poor . I was hoping my the time I grew up had my own car I could go and see it but it’s long gone . I Remember kids coming back with t shirts and toys from there . 😢 makes me sad I couldn’t ever see it in person
Did your feet get cold that day? I remember when you showed us this video the first time, to bad that it can't be used for something else. I would love to have the horse barn on my property. Thank you for sharing it again!
Good Morning a question, were you giving permission to explore this abandoned site. There must be no trespassing sign around the property. I guess being upstate, no developer every purchase the property and put up housing. Thank you and have a nice day
I hope its still like that today. I know the owners have renovated one of the buildings. Supposedly making it a bed and breakfast. The yellow building which use to house giraffe
Abandoned Steve I just went there there is graffiti in the beginning buildings now. The only graffitis I saw are lion faces and what i believe the word “chump”.
I used to go here many years ago with my family. Fond memories of little goat's they had running around. Great American place 👍. Too bad we are loosing our history. sad :(
Had to comment again. This brought back a good time for America and when I was young. Used to take the family station wagon up to the place couple times a year. I kinda bummed out about this now......
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