Robert Wadlow and the Piasa Bird - Alton, IL
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
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My grandmother is from Alton, she went to high school with Wadlow. She said he towered over everybody, she also told me my grandfather would drive him around in his car. I wish I had a pic of that.
That is so cool
They should of made a movie based on Robert Wadlow's life. That picture of him in that school desk was just so sad. Couldn't they have just let him sit at a small table? Great video Jacob as always. This one left me wanting more on Wadlow. So sad his life was short and so much suffering though. Hoping there were good times in between.
Judy Osborne agreed
I've seen Robert in Ripleys and guiness as you said but never have seen his hometown. I learned a lot more about him. Those caves were very cool! Great time to have the drone.
I was just about to say that
@@MsDisneylandlover wait.....you were!?
When my Dad was a kid Mr. Wadlow sold he and my grandparents some shoes! In St Louis I believe!
My grandma was actually got friends with Robert. I have a photo as well for prof
let me see it then molly
Wow Jacob this was great! My dad was born in Alton in 1932. He loved to tell us the story of when he met Robert Wadlow when he was a boy. Told us he was at eye level with Roberts belt buckle. If you ever go back visit Cahokia mounds. Dad loved that place, it's not far from there.
Welcome to my hometown. Would have loved to meet up.
Doug, I think Jacob should have a meet up in Alton! I live in Collinsville, and it would be cool to have Jacob, Mrs. Carpetbagger and Anna, to come here for Halloween and the ghost tours as well as have Mrs. Carpetbagger do a live vlog and tell ghost stories or what they experienced on the Haunted Tours. I am surprised he did not show the Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas Statue. Maybe there are other vlogs he recorded for tomorrow.
Mineral Springs Mall and other haunted attractions. Alton is one of the most haunted location in the US.
I live in Alton as well
Alton does have one of the oldest Halloween parade in the U.S.
Shawn Fowler i live in st.louis alton is like a 45 minute drive
That was a very nice man that was showing you the museum.
Look at that! A quilt even you can find fascinating. 😂😊
A giant, a dragon, and a jazz legend. My home town :)
I really enjoyed learning even more about Robert Wadlow. Thank you
I enjoyed learning about the Piasa Bird! very cool 11:20 very cool
Great vlog Jacob,one of your best.
So awesome thank u .. the drone shots amazing
I like this informative and sensitive factoid on Robert Wadlow. Just barely an adult when he died, but such a great example of human potential.
What a fantastic video. It's wonderful to see the town embracing a gentle giant like Wadlow. He's been in so many TCB videos in one form or another that he's kind of a recurring character so it was lovely to see something that took the time to tell his story a bit more.
Geez, that chair is so big you could almost stretch out and sleep on just the seat cushion! 😮
He'd have to CRAWL to get around in that house... literally...
Whoa... made me nervous when you started to fly Possum 2 into the cave... I kept thinking if you go too deep in there and lose signal contact with it that could be a problem... 😧
Great video, I definitely have to check that place out.
Thank You, Jacob, for visiting my area. It was a great vlog. You could have swung around on Highway 270 to Collinsville, IL my hometown. They have a Historical Museum about the Ketchup Bottle there too. Maybe next time. Thanks again.
Darren Davis I didn’t know they had a museum with the ketchup bottle!
That sounds like the first installment of a Robert Wadlow-based series of Potteresque adventure novels.
Great video 👍🏻 being from IL I always love to learn history about my state .
Wow. This was cool!
I've been watching Carpetbagger's videos for quite some time now, and I must say that has to be one hell of a large bag!
Hahahaha the chair part had me 🤣
Cool drone images
Awesome 🎥
9:55 ... That quilt is such an awesome thing!! Or map, rather...
nice video my friend ! You always post amazing stuff !
That was fascinating
Robert Wadlow must be very famous, come across him in many vlogs.
He died at a young age and that is sad.
Strange that his birth house is so neglected.
The fantasy goes crazy.
Omg u getting closer to. My home town.... Thank I didn't no he was Alton...
I live in Illinois and I like when you go to places like this and then I can see it for myself:)
Very interesting. Life must have been a real struggle for him as shown in the school pic. Did not realize he was so young when he died. Love learning about new stuff that bird is scary. Great drone shots. Keep Safe ❤Keep Well ❤
You constantly crank out content and A+ content thank you
I’ve loved the last couple videos. I live in Hannibal and was born in Alton. It is neat to see your town through the eye of another.
I remember going to that museum for field trips when I was in grade school
I just asked you about this on the Live stream ...so I had to come look it up ... Love your videos
Used to live over there. Good old Alton IL!!!!
Very cool informative video 👍
you go all over I like your original intro when you put all the stuff in suite case.
I was just in gatliburg yes day. A lot of walking lol. Love that town. Go 4 times a year
I just subscribed and got two notifications of your videos and man I wish I would have discovered you a long time ago cuz I really enjoy the content that you put out thank you so very much and have a blessed day and safe travels
I grew up near Alton Illinois and my mother went to school with Robert Wadlow. She told me that he was never treated like a freak or anything disrespectful in Alton. He was very kind and well-respected in the community.
Lucky, your grandmother you must be a senior citizen
A very cool vlog ! I need to go to Alton to check out the Wadlow stuff. The Hotel Metropolitan in Paducah has an exhibit on the quilt patterns signs for underground railroad. Some interesting stuff the "National Quit Museum" doesn't have an exhibit on.
I was at the unveiling of the Wadlow statue. I went to school just down the street and in the 4th grade we sang for the then governor who came for the unveiling.
All kinds of touristy goodness in this video! Those caves looked amazing, too bad they didn’t have tours.
There's a Miles Davis statue downtown as well... love that little haunted town
I’ve been to Alton, it’s a really spooky town. Went to the Mcpike Mansion which was great. It’s a beautiful drive on the outer part of town around the river in the Fall
Lol . The fences working good , keeping the monster in :-p
This is my hometown and still where I reside
rogue exploration me too I wish he would come back, and go to mineral springs and Hilton school.
i have to say i love watching these video i seen more things in the usa now because of these video since am from scotland
great stuff , love the vids , UK viewer ,thumbs up
Wow Jacob you made it to your Wadlow Meca not by accident but with life long dedication. Great Job !!!! also a shout out to Possum 2. thanks Erick
Erick Erickson I appreciate it!
Wow that looks like a really cool museum. Im from Delaware and we don't have anything really cool like that in our state. Half the US doesn't even know Delaware is a state
Hey Carpetbagger! I live in Alton! So happy to see you check out our awesome town and the statue of our gentle giant. Love your videos! Thank you for visiting!
Were you ever told stories ofbvbthe bird as the young lady had been told in the video?
RhettyforFun Yep! They started us young with the story and had us do art projects with everyone’s interpretations of the Piasa Bird. It’s even the mascot in a nearby town.
@@emilyaldridge5001 That's really interesting! I've never heard of this bird before.
Very interesting. I love to watch your videos. They take me to a place I will probably I will never go.
I would love to see a tour of Abe Lincoln’s home and museum
My hometown!!! I loved it, Jacob! But Alton is chock full of history and interesting things. But I understand you weren't making a whole documentary. lol
I've read his story in both Frederick Drimmer's *Very Special People* and Paradox Press' *The Big Book Of Freaks* .I've only been to two Ripleys',but they both had statues of him.
At first glance at the thumbnail, I thought he was the Walt Disney statue and you were Mickey.
It does look like that!
Savage Mister Wadlow is the Walt to my Mickey
@@TheCarpetbagger Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki to make a Robert Wadlow movie based on a true story or a live action movie in the USA
My hometown
We're also one of the most hunted towns as well. T.A.Ps came here a couple of years ago and did a paranormal investigation on one of the old schools here. They got a lot of activity.
Robert got the infection in his foot while walking through a parade in my hometown of Manistee Michigan. It is called the national forest festival. Festival continues to this day. There is also one of his shoes on display at Snyder’s shoe store located in Manistee and also one in ludington Michigan.
Je suis un des plus grand fan de mr Robert pershing wadlow depuis années 1986 je n'avais que 13ans
i live in alton, where wadlow was born and raised. i will forever remember that he was the tallest man. i’m so sorry he died at suck a young age. also, the tour guide you had, goes to my church, and he’s quite sweet.
You should do a Bagger, Lion heart and Woo road trip!!!
Really cool to see my house in a video lmao
for some cool traveling ideas and similar folk lore you should read some of troy taylors books. he used to have his own shop in alton but you can get them anywhere. i have several of his including "weird illinois"
If you didn't know Illionis and Missouri has lots of caves and yes the underground railroad went through there to freedom
I’d like think that the Piasa bird and the Hodag are best friends.
Bridget Warebear in a perfect world
You gonna make Qsite aka Quartzsite this winter?
Keep up the kewl travels
Robert have so many story for long time
the upside to his early death is he will always be remembered and always be special. how many people can say they are idolized in every ripleys and have a statue of themself in their hometown?
Wow good to know I did not know that there was a statue of Robert
They had to put the fence up because people were getting lost in there. We use to go in there all the times in the 90s as teens. Good times
did u stop at fast eddies?
So interesting thank you. Robert Wadlow was an extraordinary human being not just for his height but for his wonderful spirit. I'm sad he went so young. Another great man who left us too young was my favourite actor Alan Ladd. Is there any chance you could do a story on him and his homes especially his ranch Alsulana and Palm Springs where I believe you can vacation now which was where he sadly left us. He is very underrated sometimes and was loved by so many people. He was extraordinarily handsome and charismatic but was also a very loyal and generous man who was an Olympic standard diver and swimmer who gave it up due to injury. He could also sing as well if not better than Crosby. I've seen Jordan the Lion show us is hamburger store bur sadly it was closed that day in N Hollywood. I'd love a story on him by you and a tour of his homes if possible.
Excellent. Way better experience than Ripley's.
4:20 that boy scout beside him must be the smallest boy scout ever! 😉
Come to Sacramento sometime, do a meet up. I'd like to meet you
Wow. 😎😎
Glad you got to visit the Alton Giant and learn about The Piasa Bird. I made videos about both of these recently, too. Check them out sometime and let me know what you think
My friend left TN for IL when we were kids. He was 7'1. let's be nice to tall people plz
I live right next to Alton
Oh yes Robert wadlow was special r.i.p.
Alton has such a rich history. It's supposedly the most haunted city in Illinois.
Hey Jacob I live in Alton. I would love to meet you
I live about an hour tops from here, i have the Piasa Bird, aka Thunderbird Tattoo on my shoulder .
czcams.com/video/gP2nR_PqIMk/video.html
It might not have been related to Thunderbirds but another figure
They should do a movie about Robert Wadlow the tallest man in the world based on a true story. Do you guys agree with that idea?
Agree
Who was the man showing you around in the museum?
He is so very tall
I looked on GooglEarth and even Roberts shadow is huge from space.
I can't imagine living day-to-day dealing with all these size challenges.
Ok, so is it me or does there seem to be evidence of the Piasa Bird cave ceiling collapsing slowly? And there are houses on it!?!
The shows how much of our own country we don't know about.
PS-I'm hoping you've been to the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge?
It always looked a bit hokey when ever we drove by, Then we asked around and went in based on recommendations.
No Cameras! (except for movie costumes).
AAA and Trip Advisor agree, it's an amazing and overwhelming museum that gives perspective I never considered.
Nice video, safe travels.
Flyboy. It is actually pretty stable. There have been many people die who ignorantly jumped from the top, but the fenced in area around the cave entrance was to number one keep people out but they are currently building a museum and historical site that will be inside that cave. Maybe Jacob just did not know that. He did a great vlog on this though. Look up the history on the Piasa Bird. It is pretty cool. The one with the green body was the ones the Indians described and was originally painted on the cliff side as you see on the website. It was pretty scary as a kid to see it, but like Jacob said in 1999 they repainted it and it is a gold colored body. www.piasabirds.com/piasalegend.html
Museum in the Cave -brilliant.
The scenario seems to play out in history, not only locally, but worldwide. David vs. Goliath.
I think of Ezikeil and the wheel or Native Americans Kokopelli. Certainly Dragons are popular lore.
If you've ever watched Northern Exposure, Elaine Miles who plays Marilyn Whirlwind, a native Alaskan who
weaves her native stories into the show.
Thanks for the Piasa bird link.
Where can I get sideburns like that
Get them at the Fred Young sideburn store in Kentucky
What was that at 12;15 ?????
Did they ever say what the billy club was for?
So cool 😎 .. sad how we come and go ... to think he use to walk around that same area back then it’s what makes I’d so sad ...life is crazy 😝 ive seen everything on him ..he was a good person his whole 22 yrs .. did the guy say he was a mason ? Guess that’s probably the only thing he wrong in his life but guess he wouldn’t kno no better at that age R.I.P ROBERT 🙏🏽🙏🏽 ... and the house on top of those caves is super nice ...who ever lives there has one the best views and living on top of some super history .. 💪🏽
7:35 --It's actually just a prop from Napoleon Dynamite... Does it have large talons?!
Mr. Waldlow 272 cm isn't the tallest even in modern history, but the tallest is Mr. Theodore Makhnov 283 cm from a village in what's called today Belarus, he lived nearly 20 years before Wadlow was born.
You missed the most haunted places in alton like Mcpike mansion from your paranormal museum of the Elijah p lovejoy memorial and cemetery plot.
How much is that in cm?
Paisa bird?:)
opps. sorry I'm trying not trying to be a troll. i love your chanel