Forget about the old chimney and homesite for a moment..... I have never been lost in the woods like Cody and I found ourselves on this adventure. We wound up wandering the woods for 3 hours before we finally found our way out. It was crazy. While these woods are full of ghost stories, I never found them creepy until we got lost in that dead silence. Getting lost on a 7,000 acre Wildlife Management Area ain’t no joke. Support Sidestep Adventures: Patreon.com/SidestepAdventures PayPal Tip Jar: www.paypal.me/rwrightphotography Huge shoutout to Robert for support! My flashlights: US amzn.to/3dh4UDf UK amzn.to/3bDxVHY
I remember as a kid, my folks and little brother got lost in Waubonsie State Park near Nebraska City for about half an hour. We found we were walking in circles. Waubonsie is a well populated popular park with plenty of signs. Just so easy to get turned around.
Oh wow thank goodness you and Cody are okay. Are the woods maybe haunted by previous settlers? Very interesting content in this series of vids thank you God Bless!
I've really enjoyed these past three videos! That little bit at the end of this one was fun! My grandparents had a place in Otto NC (above Clayton Ga) and their home backed up to basically nothing. When I was 12 we went to visit and I decided to go "exploring" behind their house. It was about noon at the time. I got turned around and lost but eventually found a stream, followed it to a creek that eventually went under a bridge that was several miles away from their home. As I was walking up to the house mom was like "we have been calling you and calling you, it is time for dinner (it was now 5 o'clock) where have you been?" to which I replied "I just went for a little walk"
This was the best ending ever! At first I thought you would say 'we stopped to sample mushrooms in the woods' and you Cody were having an out of body experience. But I'm happy you were able to find your way back to the jeep!
Half way through I thought you guys found the magic mushrooms...lol. Lots of stone there for more chimney building. Thanks for the video. Glad you all found your way back safe.
One of my great grandparents left the ozarks way over a hundred years ago. I have heard from a distant cousin that the chimney to the cabin is all that is left in new growth trees.
Aloha Robert & Cody! As my late Dad said to the Fireman & searchers that had been looking for him & his dogs for 3 days; " I wasn't LOST, I was out BLAZING a NEW trail!!"!!😁🤭🤫Glad you found your way out! Great video!
I'm living in a country with, thick tropical rain forest. The ONLY one advise that stand out the MOST, among others is.... “ when a forest has become "pin-drop" kind of SILENCE ; do be warned... That something is wrong.”
Preparedness is everything when hiking in the woods. If it got deadly silent in my neck of the woods,you could bet that there's a cougar close by. Or Bigfoot- it's Washington state after all.😆Thanks for a great camping series. Enjoyed it.
Wow! Glad you all found your way back finally. That was weird, though. Maybe the ghost took you all for a walk. I love your videos. I love seeing old homesites and the memorials of the people who lived there.
I came across multiple stone piles while riding my horse in Big South Fork National Park. It seemed odd that a farmer would stack them about every 15-20 feet. There were rows of them going up the side of the hill as we rode along the Cumberland River. After asking locals and researching I learned that a battle had been fought there back in the Civil War. The Confederate Army laid in wait for the Union Army to cross the river after receiving a tip from a spy. The sharp shooters built these little bunkers and would lay in wait behind them on their bellies and pick off the yanks as they climbed up the bank. The rocks were built into curved walls (horse shoe shaped) that were higher in the middle then tapered on the sides. Many of them were crumbled into piles but some were still intact.
Some of the best videos To date. I am glad that Cody is getting a chance to explore his acting chops. Love the special surreal effects that you employed. Keep going man it’s getting better
Glad you guys are safe! Got a son Cody's age and he needs to get out more. You two have inspired us to get out more together. So, thank you! Big kuddos to Cody! Thanks man!
Gettin' lost in the woods happens to the best of us, trust me! Been there, done that... and hope to NEVER do it again! That old homestead was an excellent find! That chimney was kind'a tall -- I wonder if it was a two-story structure, maybe? And I'm guessing that old, rusty barbed-wire you found "growing" out'a that tree was probably from a holding-pen they kept their horses/mules in (or whatever livestock they might've had). Have a great weekend! Valerie.
That was a very interesting homestead remains. Those piles of rocks do look like makeshift graves. On all these adventures I have been trying to imagine whether farms or Plantation what they would be farming in such rough country and I still have no clue. My Father used to a lot of rescues of people lost in the woods . Where I grew up we were surrounded by forest. From an early age we were taught to never go into the woods without a compass. What was so eerie about your adventure this time was the silence . No birds no sound that I could detect. That was very strange. So sorry you got lost. Keep Safe❤Keep Well❤
Early land grants. They took whatever free land was available, and didn't realize it was unusable until they got there. Most didn't have a choice about finding a better place, and made the best of it.
The stones look like good building material. Maybe the stones were collected to be built. But it never happened. The chimney looks very valuable and well made. I think you could build a house around it and use it again.
I'd like to know what kind of rocks they were , did'nt look like the same kind the chimneys and terraces were made from. They looked kind of like cobalt to me but I'm no geologist .
What a beautiful old chimney and that mantle, it could talk. I can see a settler, a man with his foot on the hearth and hand on the mantle, smoking a pipe telling his wife about some plan he was thinking about. I love American history . Robert i so happy you found your way out. Heaven help us if there were no more SideStep Adventures. 😱
That was very eery when you stopped and listened to the quiet. Not a normal thing at all. Then for seasoned explorers like you and Cody to be lost for three hours....really weird! Please be careful cause we love your explorations! Don't want to lose you!! Loved seeing that old chimney and how it was made!
Yes there's more out there! God bless you Robert and Cody. I've really enjoyed this video. You know you're out there walking for those of us who can no longer walk. My husband and I used to do the same thing you're doing now. Memories, this is a great thing to do with your children. No TV no cell phone just go out and do something together.
Getting turned around made a routine side trip into a memorable adventure. A suggestion, and you probably already know this, go back in January and February. The woods will be bare and you can see a lot the greenery hides. Also in my part of the world, Ozark Mountains, every house place seems to have had daffodils. It is amazing how far you can see those in the woods that time of year. Really helps to locate almost gone home sites. Enjoyed the video.
*Richard, you have an ability to direct as it pertains to video or film. Your insights are unique and I wouldn't be at all surprised to see your name on a motion picture from Hollowood in the future. Never say never. This is exactly how Ron Howard (Opie Taylor) started. He was a bit younger when he did his first short and he didn't have the technology we have today with cameras etc. Never stop reaching for that brass ring.*
That was a nicely built chimney. On top of that hill most of the trees are 'recent'. I don't see many large trees. That is TOO QUIET!!!! WOW you went back in time........always note the position of the sun.
Isn't there a way to look at old archives in that county to see who the earliest settlers are and pinpoint the area you are in? Especially since it's now the WMA.
I had wondered that as well, since there is supposed to be a Native American burial grounds somewhere out there. However the one I have heard of is much closer to the river
@@joshchelf7729 Oh for pete's sake, drop the PC. As a Cherokee friend once told a young tourist who was desperately trying to come up with the right PC term, "Just call me Wayne, son."
Thank you for the adventure but please more careful next time ! Take care , stay safe and healthy wherever you next adventure takes you ! Doing well here in Kansas .
Thank you for allowing us along on your camping trip!I've always wanted to go camping but never had the opportunity to actually do it yet. I enjoyed this without aching feet or legs from your long trek & got no chigger or mosquito or tick bites & got to sleep in my own bed..so although I missed steak & fish cooked over the campfire, I think this was a good way for me to go camping!! I hope you take us along again in the future!
When I was young, we lived in Georgia. My mom and dad grew up in North Carolina and while we only have a small trace of Cherokee in our DNA...barely enough to register...we were very interested in the history of the native people of the area. My mom and dad would take my sister and me on hikes all over Georgia. The "cairns" we came across were described to me as "maps". Over time, the arrow or directional architecture of the cairn would fall away and it would look like a "jumble" of rocks. My sister and I were instructed by our parents to leave the cairns alone. Never touch. In doing so, the spirit of the builder would punish us - causing us to become lost. Did you move the rocks of a cairn or two? Be safe out there!
Great. Video Robert and Cody! There are strange energies in the wilds. Perhaps you walked through a timeline or portal? Was there ever a battle fought in the area? The piles of rocks may have been piled up for protection. Just a thought. Good you found your way back and didn't have to rough it under stress. But I do believe you guys would have done just fine. Kind Thanks and Safe Journeys! DaveyJO in Pa.
Investigating that chimney, I kept hearing Barbra singing "Memories'.---And why no birdsong there? That seemed unnatural for that time of year?---Heat made you kinda crazy? Sure enjoyed the creativity!!!
I was just thinking the same when you said "you wonder how long since there has been a fire" can you tell the estimate how old it would be? Amazing the workmanship has gone into it to still be standing. Why would this community have left. One adventure you are both not going to forget in a hurry & I'm sure it will hopefully be the 1st &last time. Lynne Victoria Australia 🇦🇺🐨👍🏻🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡
Wow! That was quite an adventure! It was creepy not even hearing a bird. I just have to wonder who lived in that house and cooked in that chimney? You need to carry a little compass at all times.😁
Wow! Glad you’re safe! Hubby and I got lost on foot in the suburbs of Paris because he didn’t make sure he understood our friend’s directions. It was midnight, starting to rain, not a soul on the street, and we don’t know French. Cabs wouldn’t stop. Finally walked into a hotel (not ours), and got the desk person to call us a cab. He locked the hotel door behind us! It’s scary to be lost in the city, too!
Perhaps something from the wood’s past was trying to time travel you back to to when people were living there ... When I’m at work and have to get out on foot I carry a gps and mark where I park so I can get back since usually I’m not on a trail.
Oh wow! what an adventure you had this time, really strange area. I live in the foot hills of the giant red woods, in California. There have been so many people lost there, one was a pilot from the 1940s. His remains, and parts of the plane were found, only just about 10 years ago. Your woods are much smaller, but it proves you can get lost anywhere. Take some of that fat chalk, kids play with it, to mark trees or use steamers. Loved all the new things you found, look forward to your next adventure. Just thinking, maybe that settlement was a small town, has to be some history some where. Great job as usual.
I went back to listen for when the sounds stopped, and saw a shadow at 3:28. Scared the crap out of me! I thought it was a figure of a man, but it had to be a shadow from the chimney or something else. Sorry to double post.
