Hawaii's Most Haunted: Iao Valley

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  • @bRyaN.K.B3nz
    @bRyaN.K.B3nz 2 роки тому +21

    Would love a video about old Maui Highschool, or perhaps even a video about some of the myths surrounding Maui and Hawaii in general, one of my favorites is the story of Waikapū and how it’s got it’s name. Or perhaps the giant Ki’i that once rest in the hills of Wailuku to confuse incoming enemies, making them believe the warriors of Maui had a giant on their side.

    • @Travis66421
      @Travis66421 Рік тому +1

      Always had one bad feeling about that old high school

    • @raiftadehara9218
      @raiftadehara9218 Рік тому

      Old Maui high is definitely a creepy place

  • @Luvyumadly
    @Luvyumadly 2 роки тому +8

    Mahalo! Would also love to hear more stories about Maui, particularly Wailuku, along Kahekili Hwy and the warriors that resided there. 🤙🏼

  • @bRyaN.K.B3nz
    @bRyaN.K.B3nz 2 роки тому +9

    Mahalo for the amazing video about our island Maui and one of its most sacred and spooky places. I’ve heard so many stories about Iao valley and the haunting a that happen. I had a friend who was there around 10pm at night with a few others and he decided to throw his beer can out of the car and as soon as he did that they started to hear the sound of a woman crying and as soon as he stepped out of the car to retrieve it the crying sounds turned into screaming and once he got it the screaming stopped and they got the heck out of there. I also have an uncle who is 75% Kanaka and years ago when he was younger before they ever started locking gates to the monument, he was there on a trail picking to leaf and flowers to make lei and it started getting dark so he decided he’d just spend the night there. The story goes that he was woken up in the middle of the night by pebbles being thrown at him out of nowhere, he figured it was the spirits just messing with him and decided to ho back to sleep, then a few minutes later he heard the sound a huge boulder crashing a few feet away from him… he then found a different spot to sleep and wasn’t bothered for the rest of the night. I’ve always heard stories of hearing the sound of a plane and a baby crying on some nights due to the plane crash that happened there many years ago and also it’s said that on nights of the Night Marchers if you take a white shirt and place it in the river it will become stained with the blood of th me fallen kanaka who fought in the battle of Kepani’wai

    • @Sunnierayana222
      @Sunnierayana222 2 роки тому +2

      This was cool to know I’m from Maui too and been interested in knowing more stories too I’m mostly know east side where I’m from but I have a Hawaiian priest uncle who told me once in high school that he had to do a exorcism on a girl back when they didn’t lock the gates and was told never go there after 6. Because the spirits play especiallyl like to sit in the banyan tree that’s right at the bathroom where everyone likes to drink on the wall

    • @bRyaN.K.B3nz
      @bRyaN.K.B3nz 2 роки тому +3

      @@Sunnierayana222 wow that’s nuts!! I’ve heard also to never go there after hours, and I’ve definitely felt a weird presence a few times while drinking by the bathrooms at night but luckily never experienced anything. We even used to go there at 2-3 in the morning and sleep in the pavilions to hold down a spot for the next day and never was bothered by any spirits but then again we were taught to keep our ayes to the ground and only shine flashlight where we were walking and to always be aware and respectful of our surroundings. And there’s a lot more stories I’ve heard over the years but can’t remember them all, however I do recall there used to be a video on UA-cam of Iao in which you can actually see a ghostly apparition near the Korean temple but idk if it’s still on here.

    • @Sunnierayana222
      @Sunnierayana222 2 роки тому +1

      @@bRyaN.K.B3nz daaaang I ain’t afraid of the dark but idk if I could do the spooks in there at night but very true was always taught to not be disrespectful never had a bad experience just wild ppl at times ,I don’t knock the apparition video though I believe that iao’s waters are so cold because of the souls of the men who were lost in battle always felt weird bombing the top pond everyone would go to after school I don’t like to really swim there unless it’s completely empty , also was in a Hawaiian emerge class and we had to take care of the lo’i patch deep in the back where it’s just the end of the forest trail and you definitely feel a presence, I also had mutual family that lived on u’a street (where the old broken stone church is going into the beginning of the valley ) that use to smoke weed and play loud music and he said a huge boulder dropped by their car out of no where definitely believe that too

    • @bRyaN.K.B3nz
      @bRyaN.K.B3nz 2 роки тому +3

      @@Sunnierayana222 yup definitely some spooky stuff goes on there but I feel like as long as you don’t have bad intentions and don’t make any kine then most likely you’ll be fine, but as for those without koko going there in the middle of the night I cannot speak for the spirits and what may or may not go down. N that’s dope, I also worked on the lo’i patches there for project P.O.I. when I got in trouble in high school and that’s where I met a great Hawaiian man named George Kaimiola and he introduced me to a Hawaiian program called Kali’i and I got to learn more about our culture and even got to learn a mythological story about one of my distant relatives or even possibly an ancestor of mine and we got to eat the Kalo from Iao when they harvested and it was probably some of the best Kalo I ever had in my life.

    • @SuperTrueGamer101
      @SuperTrueGamer101 2 роки тому +4

      Interesting stories, I’ve actually lived in Iao my whole life and still do till this day. Personally, I’ve never had an supernatural experiences, but I do like to keep an open mind of people who do share their stories. Most the people in my experience who have had stories to tell were people who don’t live in the valley, or did something that may have provoked something to happen. I’ve always respected this place and I’ve never feared anything. I like to think these are the reasons nothing has happened to me. Mahalo 🤙

  • @kekonamegan
    @kekonamegan Рік тому +10

    Mahalo for sharing! Many people has their stories of iao valley and those I’ve heard and have encountered myself are very similar. Especially when you gotta sleep up there to save and reserve your spot for your party. I have had to reserve a spot at the pavilions many times throughout my life and have experienced the drums of the night marchers and saw their lights of the torches. The first time it happened to me It didn’t bother me as much (yes I was a bit nervous) but I just knew to just stay quiet out of their way and just sleep it off. I never ever felt that I was ever in harms way. Honestly, I felt some sense of sadness, but I knew I was safe. Now I’m the one along with some of my cousins and my sisters, that will sleep up there any time! As long as you’re respectful, mindful, don’t be ni’ele (nosy) and stay out of their way, you should be okay.

  • @Kialoa_Swift_1999
    @Kialoa_Swift_1999 Рік тому +7

    Unko u faka never stop making these!!! Keep the aina's history alive!! YESSAH!!

  • @dukekuhia2551
    @dukekuhia2551 2 роки тому +4

    Thank you for making a maui video need more Mahalos 🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾

  • @ericipo
    @ericipo 2 роки тому +2

    👀😃🔥Always a AWESOME video,-LOPAKA!!!!🌺🤙⚡️

  • @khiarapollock8227
    @khiarapollock8227 Рік тому +3

    I can’t wait for more videos Lopaka

  • @octaviangrant9441
    @octaviangrant9441 2 роки тому +3

    I been hoping for a Maui video!

  • @karenk77
    @karenk77 2 роки тому +4

    Mahalo for interesting story about Iao Valley! Hope to hear more stories about Maui.

  • @Omoroseangel
    @Omoroseangel 2 роки тому +2

    Hawaiian history kept alive thanks to you… mahalo Lopaka!❤

  • @diegodeleon5787
    @diegodeleon5787 3 місяці тому

    I grew up on Maui and one day when I was a teenager, my best friend and I went up into Iao, following the stream pretty far beyond the trail. We stopped for a moment so she could pick flowers, and I kept walking ahead just enjoying the cool air and the smell of the dense forest when suddenly out of nowhere, I got this intense feeling of being watched. I felt eyes on me from every direction. I turned around and told her we should head back. It didn’t feel like a bad energy, it felt more like a stop sign. Like a warning. I will never forget it.

  • @goodolecowboy13
    @goodolecowboy13 2 роки тому +2

    Another great video! And what a trippy story!

  • @iamdad916
    @iamdad916 4 місяці тому

    Just visited the iao valley and I must say it truly is one of the most breathtaking valleys I’ve been in of its type.With its lush dense vegetation and steep faces I can see why the warriors used this area as a lookout. Truly an amazing place. Please just show respect for the land and stay on trails. This place is amazing.

  • @mauimixer6040
    @mauimixer6040 5 місяців тому +1

    Mahalo for your story telling.🤙😎

  • @catherinemcmartin8275
    @catherinemcmartin8275 Рік тому

    Thank you for the video. Good info.

  • @rodendeguzman5011
    @rodendeguzman5011 2 роки тому +4

    maui gang 🤙🏼

  • @franky-fr9ow
    @franky-fr9ow Рік тому +2

    I remember bringing my friend to drink at this spot before iao valley by the gate. I heard unusual noises and I felt uneasy this were at nite btw like something were watching us speculating what we were doing on the side of the road.

  • @kianahiapo
    @kianahiapo 2 роки тому +1

    Mahalo for your videos, unko

  • @hammahg3261
    @hammahg3261 2 роки тому +2

    Finally!! Maui

  • @IrieNation808
    @IrieNation808 2 роки тому +8

    If you're from Maui, you know about the gravity tree in Iao

    • @DisgruntledDisabledCombat_Vet
      @DisgruntledDisabledCombat_Vet Рік тому

      Used to be fun during high school to put the vehicle in neutral and start rolling. However it’s an optical illusion, and we’re actually parked on a 1 to 3 degree angle. The surrounding area and trees gives us the impression that the road is flat or is uphill. But it’s nothing that can’t be debunked. If you lay down and look in any direction, you’ll see that it’s not flat. Or bring a level or laser level, and you’ll see that it’s the commonly known phenomenon (Gravity Hill). After the 5th time at night with friends, I had to figure out how we’re moving, because at that time it was “ Menehune “ pushing us. The powder I put on the road and on the back of my vehicle had no prints, that one of my friends had claimed that it was the reason why we moved.
      After at our 20 year high school reunion, they all admitted that I was right, because many of them worked in paving, and I just got out of the Army after 10 years. I was doing guardrail, highway street signs, etc. however the only things that can’t be explained, other than possibly a residual haunting, is when we would walk on the bridge over the river at night, and only during a full moon we could hear and feel spears/projectiles fly past us. Also musket fire and occasional cannon fire. I’m not sure if the times we went were on the anniversary of the war or it happens every full moon, but we only experienced those sound’s during a full moon, and i could feel the energy was trying to drive/push me away. Or it just was trying to get us to leave and not go walking into the trail those times. I’ve never been back there at night, but one day I’ll go and take a sound recorder to catch all of the Evps.

    • @IrieNation808
      @IrieNation808 Рік тому

      @Nobodyknows808 bring me with you can?? Lol, I've always been curious.. could you imagine the locals living in Iao and what they experienced.

    • @iheartchishya
      @iheartchishya Рік тому +1

      Nah didn’t hear about that one but my uncle told me about the white lady of Lao tho

  • @junekawamoto4383
    @junekawamoto4383 Рік тому

    I ❤your storytelling

  • @raiftadehara9218
    @raiftadehara9218 Рік тому +3

    I also was allowed to stay in the park area after hours the park workers were always nice to me and we would talk story. Anyway one night i was out there and it was really late like three AM late and I heard these drums coming from deep inside the valley. I'm not talking about a few hippies with some drums like at little beach there must have been hundreds of them because the sound filled the whole valley and was echoing off the valley walls. I hadn't heard anything else that night before that and can only believe that they were ghost drums for a few reasons. Those reasons being a. The late hour nobody in Maui stays up that late b. The number of drums and the unique rhythms of Hawaiian drummers c. The remoteness of the location i was in the park area and the gate to the parking lot was locked nobody drove in there and i don't think anyone had hiked in there from Lahaina or Kahana or any places like that. It really was weird and definitely spooky.

  • @dammitanothername
    @dammitanothername 4 місяці тому +1

    In October 23 my bro and I flew into Maui. I'd seen, heard, felt, etc supernatural all my life. But it wasn't until recently that I accepted it. Let me preface my story first- I had no prior knowledge of Hawaiian haunts and or history. No knowledge about landmarks. Nothing. You have lots of sun there, my hometown has very little. That's all I needed to know.
    The plane made a circle as it was preparing for landing. I sensed a line of people running along the base of a mountain. Women and some men, maybe some kids? moving left? Strong men traveling right? It seemed weird. I had to really stare out the window b/c I felt it more than saw anything. I thought maybe I had seen some hikers, but at that height I seriously didn't think I could get any distinguishing features. but no one was there!
    The plane landed. I got my baggage and went outside. I made a silent, inconspicuous offering- saying 'greetings, I am just visiting and will be leaving after a short stay, I have an offering from my people but I am sorry if it's not to your liking. I don't know your customs and your ways, but I will do my very best to be a respectable guest. I am honored to visit you and your land.' You should do that wherever you go. At least a "I honor you, your people, and your land. Thank you for having me." kind of thing.
    The condo had a wall facing the ocean. However, it was made of glass so you could see the ocean :) Or maybe you could ten years ago. The bushes kinda grew. Still, quite beautiful. I slept in the living room. At about 3AM I turned, opened my eyes, and peeking through the glass- the whole "wall" of glass were native Hawaiians checking me out. Or their spirits. They turned and talked to each other when they saw me really see them. I guess that doesn't happen often. One started to turn away and they all left, I don't think they meant to "disturb" me. I mentally thought "out loud"- "no worries." and went back to sleep. Spirits checking me out has been the very least worrying event in my life. On a scale of 1-100, low to high, it rates a 10.
    Next day I look up state parks and head over to Lao Valley. All I knew was that it was a state park. On the way I stop to get some lunch. I see a cute shop and I stop in. I see some crystals and think "she's probably safe to ask." and I ease in to a safe conversation lol then shyly ask if it's just me or are there spooky areas here? Her eyes get big and she gets excited. "Hmmm. Yeah. Why?" I explain the mountain hikers, the early morning visitors, and that I was headed over - gestures- in that area. She said, that's Lao Valley. There was a big battle there long ago... We had a nice chat and I felt she had a guardian entity. I had other interesting phenomena while visiting. You definitely have more than just spirits there. When I returned home my house spirits were on red alert for a moment. The shop ladies guardian sent someone with me to make sure I made it home. Maui has a bunch of spirits. Be sure to eat dinner at the General Store. It's amazing. Mysteries of Hawaii, you can retell this if you like.

  • @FCReggae
    @FCReggae 6 місяців тому +1

    I used to smoke joints with my friends there , even during the day with fog hugging the mountains that go straight up , when you are cooling off in the fresh water you can feel the Mana , like a Natural Mystic , at night it crazy dark, and the ghosts threw river rocks at us . around .

  • @valeriefrench9405
    @valeriefrench9405 Рік тому

    So beautiful there. My sister was married there and I had been living in Waialua on Oahu 9 years.

  • @maimon3614
    @maimon3614 Рік тому +7

    How’s it uncle I was way at the back abt 1/4 mile in there’s a big mango tree and a big rock by it and I was picking ti leaf for make lei so wen my trash bag was full came by the mango and tying my bag this white lady with black silk hula dress green eyes and red and yellow hibiscus lei on her head she walk by me and said hi how are you and I said I’m good and yourself she didn’t say anything she jus walked to the back in the valley then she screamed like she was hurt or something brah I ran all the way to the parking got in my vehicle and drove away I still have her face in my head jus like to let you know what I saw mahalo 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

    • @ramseydoon8277
      @ramseydoon8277 Рік тому +1

      Glad you're ok! Thank you for sharing your story! 👏🤝🤙

    • @mauimixer6040
      @mauimixer6040 5 місяців тому +1

      Why didn't you see if she needed help, instead of running away ?

    • @maimon3614
      @maimon3614 4 місяці тому

      @@mauimixer6040brah who goes to back almost six in the evening it was night time was near I felt chicken skin when she passed me then when she screamed fak that bust the 100m outa there I had three bags of ti leaf only had one bag when I reach my truck but if did what you say maybe I disappeared forever idk but she was a beautiful ghost I guess 😳😳😳

  • @theroadrunnerjarhead4109
    @theroadrunnerjarhead4109 7 місяців тому +1

    The day after my ex wife and I got married we flew from Oahu to Maui for our honeymoon. At the mouth of the valley to Iao needle was an inn where we stayed. A little stream ran under the inn. It was a beautiful place to spend our honeymoon. But there were some spooky moments in the valley.

    • @mauimixer6040
      @mauimixer6040 5 місяців тому

      Use to go to dance events there in the late 80s 😊🤙

    • @theroadrunnerjarhead4109
      @theroadrunnerjarhead4109 5 місяців тому

      @@mauimixer6040 that’s a good place to go dancing.

    • @mauimixer6040
      @mauimixer6040 5 місяців тому

      @@theroadrunnerjarhead4109 except it's been closed for a long time. Just like old Maui high.

    • @theroadrunnerjarhead4109
      @theroadrunnerjarhead4109 5 місяців тому

      @@mauimixer6040 sad to hear. We went there in 79. Moved to California in 82.

  • @honolulu_spot
    @honolulu_spot Рік тому +1

    I was just at Iao on Friday for shku

  • @traceydanielle8463
    @traceydanielle8463 Рік тому +1

    Hi how are you great story wear have you been no videos for 4 months I hope everything is OK with you I really do hope you will be back soon because I miss your videos so much ❤ please come back soon and tell us all more of your great spooky true stories of ghosts and hauntings I miss them and I am sure everyone else dose too ❤

  • @hidinginsight1879
    @hidinginsight1879 Рік тому +1

    Got any stories about Canoe Bashing Stones?

    • @liloasulunga1849
      @liloasulunga1849 Рік тому

      Can you explain I’ve never heard of it please.

    • @hidinginsight1879
      @hidinginsight1879 Рік тому

      @@liloasulunga1849 a canoe bashing stone was used by warriors at sea to destroy their enemy's canoes. A heavy stone, wrapped with a long rope-line that would be flung at the canoe. Herb Kane did a painting of this scene if you want to Google it for a better idea of how it looked in use.
      I have my own "Ghost story" about one if these stones. Was wondering if and how any other stories of them might be known.

  • @Icywyattshow
    @Icywyattshow Рік тому

    Would you be interested in taking me to some of these locations and collaborating on a video? I live on Oahu

  • @GraveTender333
    @GraveTender333 Рік тому +2

    When the river ran red…

    • @GraveTender333
      @GraveTender333 Рік тому +1

      I to have personal history of this area. Shortly after the first time I set foot on the emerald Island. I meet a Maui ian. Rod became the first Kumu I had privileged to discover the Maui not in western books. I lived by trail O and 1. Spent much time at the river above the old mac nut farm, found a few of the old worker camps that carved the rock and made flumes to take wai to other places for the plantations. Even seen these the cave, high up on the sheer cliffs where water flowed and no dry land to walk on. We had to trek on water plants and knew the weather was in our favor. For when it rained the waters would rise considerably and come fast. Not the place to be when it does. There where times when I was rebuilding the inlet at the river that was made to move water to the land I as a care giver on. I at times felt i was being watched. There where times to, the jungle sounds would go silent and still, creepy still. The birds sometime would suddenly scatter, as if they saw danger. I never did hear any drumming. There was one night I and others thought we saw the flickering of touches. They where progressing down from the mountains. Then they just vanished. The person I brought to Maui was down near La Perouse Maui at a cove near Oprahs private road. We both heard at night on several occasions drum beat and marching sounds. We both were ready to strip naked and lay flat with face in the ground if these sounds got near. It was odd. They seem to get louder and then faded into the returning jungle noises. @Lopaka for making this video. You told the tale just as Rod told me 20yrs ago. I also have deeply considered; had not the off islanders help the Big Island King conquer Maui. With gunpowder, cannons, muskets. What would Maui be like today and the other islands too.

  • @romeojoseph9554
    @romeojoseph9554 Рік тому

  • @Lynette-sv3ti
    @Lynette-sv3ti 10 місяців тому +1

    It wasnt the 'haunted' that got my attn it was 'Iao'. Very similar kupu to Io in te reo maori, very tapu like your story not many entered into the whare wananga of Io back in the ra.(days).

  • @grplrhashi
    @grplrhashi 3 місяці тому

    Maui no ka oi

  • @lonepheasant3489
    @lonepheasant3489 Рік тому

    Sweet lady of Waiahole

  • @Ckm808
    @Ckm808 10 місяців тому

    Almost lost my life at Iao

  • @agnisamansfield4038
    @agnisamansfield4038 3 місяці тому

    Perez Christopher Lopez Scott Smith Joseph

  • @papasplaceofultimatecoolness

    I've seen the real sh!t in Hanawana on a few occasions.

  • @javierriosgarcia5446
    @javierriosgarcia5446 Рік тому

    That’s why they think Hawaiians can’t govern themselves by believing in ghosts!

  • @bill2066
    @bill2066 Рік тому +1

    Its ALL Ultimately Demonic. My belief.