Exploring a Beautifully Cared For DESERTED Cabin

foreign [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] so this is going to be a little bit difficult for us to document because I want to tell the life of the gentleman that built this cabin without giving out the location gonna be um such an interesting story wow so I'm going to call the gentleman Mr J and he was born in 1899. and he was a World War One veteran and he came out here to the desert in the 1920s now two things about Mr J is when he joined the army he was um in the medical Corps but he was also taught other soldiers about ammunition so he was an explosive expert which helped later in his life because of all the mining claims he did yeah no this is um it is an incredible story and this is just like walking into somebody's home this has been cared for incredibly well and the family doesn't want this place to be shared because they have incredible memories here the daughter grew up here yeah so so Mr Jay had two children um he was married in the 1940s and lived here on and off with his two kids and his wife then they did move away for a while but he used to come back at the weekends to maintain the cabin and also all of his mining claims do you know he had over 56 mining claims in the area wow I just I'm almost speechless it's this is probably the most incredible cabin we've ever come across well he retired in 1964 and then came here for the last 20 years of his life or 19 years of his life he did become ill in 1983 and went to live with his daughter in LA and then passed away in 1984. so this now is a volunteer cabin and people can come up and stay but they have had some issues with vandals those damned Hooligans who decided to start pulling the wood off the essays office and using it as firewood which is another reason why they don't want us to give out the location it's such a shame because Mr J has got such an interesting story I could go on and on and on about the minds what he did for veterans um his two children but unfortunately if I say too much people will figure it out so can you imagine living out here for the best part of 50 years yeah I mean that's and hand building this cabin now one thing about Mr J is apparently he had a pet Badger for several years that lived under this cabin true story right inside the uh assay office now see some bottles that people have found a place in here and then uh next door would have been his Powder Room there you have it now one of the memories his daughter has living here as a child growing up she did say that the only time she ever was a little bit scared was having to go to the Loo in the middle of the night this is how she would have to walk down and keep in mind it is a extremely dark out in the desert when there's no moon or anything so could be quite treacherous and of course no trip would be complete without a trip to the low Outhouse rules always keep the door closed leave enough paper for the next Miner please close the lid leave it clean please put a little lime down the hole but be careful it burns skin so avoid getting any on the seat so this is Mr Jay's final resting place 1899-1984. father and friend well I can say honestly Jay was the absolute definition of a true American yeah he's a veteran was a hard worker took care of his family unless it left a lasting impression so it's very honorable and what a well perfect place for his final resting place absolutely in the land that he loved a far cry from Oklahoma which is where he was born and I guess these other Graves this one I can't read says something 1909 yeah and this lady here was a friend of Mr Jay's cute little graveyard and I take it these two must have just had their ashes seen as they've got very tiny Graves yep and this one doesn't say anything Persons Unknown no [Music] [Applause] [Music] we come across these cabins with no names foreign [Music] all seem to be the same [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] family just trying to make ends meet [Music] [Laughter]