Look At This: La Brea Tar Pits

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  • @KenobiStark1
    @KenobiStark1 2 роки тому +69

    My father took me there as a child, it sparked the fire inside me to ask questions and know that life is so much bigger than my own. The past held magic, frozen in time, for us to see. I felt fortunate seeing everything there. I’ll always be grateful to him for that.

    • @TheFlutecart
      @TheFlutecart Місяць тому +1

      No sparking fires near the tar pits.

  • @Kammie22-y1q
    @Kammie22-y1q 2 роки тому +46

    Finally some good news not riddled with negativity and disparity

  • @paulascott5701
    @paulascott5701 2 роки тому +302

    Easterner here - visited LA a few times and the first time, unknowingly drove past and smelled the smell of fresh road being paved before I realized we were passing the tar pits. Stopped and went in the visitor center/museum. There is actually tar coming up between cracks in the pavement around the pits. I have no idea why I was surprised there was tar all around the tar pits. Great place to visit!

    • @lisabaltzer4190
      @lisabaltzer4190 2 роки тому +27

      If you go for a walk in the neighborhood, sometimes you can see tar bubbling through the grass in the front yards.

    • @IdealUser
      @IdealUser 2 роки тому +9

      @@lisabaltzer4190 that's really interesting.

    • @arianaink100
      @arianaink100 2 роки тому +6

      I think it’s amazing to see something naturally forming but it typically is only a thing associated with industry and man.
      You say tar and people ask you about cars and feathers, but that’s been there since well atleast the ice age eras and unfreezing periods right there’s sabertooth cats and sloths n shit in there.
      It’s like how a diamond in a ring is wealthy rich stuff for people but a hunk of diamond pulled from a mine feels like a different $$$ moment

    • @paulascott5701
      @paulascott5701 2 роки тому +4

      @@arianaink100 True, you don't automatically think of tar as a naturally occurring thing but it is.

    • @josepuga5520
      @josepuga5520 2 роки тому +3

      It’s oil. When you go to the museum you’ll see cracks on the pavement and oil seeping out. It smells like rotten eggs because of hydrogen sulfide gas and in some areas it does smell like fresh asphalt. If you haven’t seen it before you need to. It’s nice had a great time.

  • @darrenheideman2546
    @darrenheideman2546 2 роки тому +58

    In 2018, I visited Los Angeles for the first time and the Tar Pits was a priority to visit. The museum was incredible, and just to see the scale of the creatures was simply breathtaking.

    • @iwanttobemonke1408
      @iwanttobemonke1408 2 роки тому +1

      @Repent and believe in Jesus Christ ho away

    • @chasbodaniels1744
      @chasbodaniels1744 2 роки тому +2

      @Repent …. Hey, I’m a big baseball fan. Is it OK if I post a random comment on a totally unrelated video like you just did?

  • @technicoloryaya549
    @technicoloryaya549 2 роки тому +660

    I love how the name is "The Tar Tar Pits".

    • @GaiaCarney
      @GaiaCarney 2 роки тому +71

      The The Tar Tar Pits 😂

    • @keasey3
      @keasey3 2 роки тому +43

      I’m glad someone else noticed that. Lol

    • @203blessings
      @203blessings 2 роки тому +18

      Tartaria

    • @GreaserCentral
      @GreaserCentral 2 роки тому +26

      lot's of Spanish words all around California, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico... sad that many ignore the history

    • @kxmode
      @kxmode 2 роки тому +9

      Tar Tar sauce! 😄

  • @boston312
    @boston312 2 роки тому +170

    This reporter did an amazing job explaining in detail the history of the tar pits

    • @Ockap1812
      @Ockap1812 2 роки тому +15

      He sounded so excited and passionate about it too.

    • @dsgx1353
      @dsgx1353 2 роки тому +4

      Love it

    • @jessperson9750
      @jessperson9750 2 роки тому +2

      I was thinking the same actually.

    • @residentpotato6023
      @residentpotato6023 2 роки тому +1

      Now all of California is the pits because of Democrats.

    • @mexicarspotter
      @mexicarspotter 2 роки тому

      He absolutely did!!

  • @CobaltHaze
    @CobaltHaze 2 роки тому +15

    I grew up in LA and I remembered going there as a kid on field trips. Brings back fun memories 🤗

  • @vixtex
    @vixtex 2 роки тому +399

    One of my favorite field trips as a kid.

    • @eliminator173
      @eliminator173 2 роки тому +7

      Mine too.

    • @becky4728
      @becky4728 2 роки тому +2

      Me 3!!

    • @tigrehermano
      @tigrehermano 2 роки тому +2

      enjoy the mexican culture !!

    • @armenrastgouian2988
      @armenrastgouian2988 2 роки тому +15

      The year was 2000. I was in the 6th grade.
      I almost got expelled from school for throwing a little canister over the fence in hopes of watching it sink in the tar. My school (Edison Elementary 🦅) was no longer allowed to go there on field trips 🫠

    • @ricksomething
      @ricksomething 2 роки тому +4

      nobody cares

  • @misshell
    @misshell 2 роки тому +17

    Growing up in SoCal, I've of course first visited as a field trip in school, but went back in my early adulthood. So interesting to see the labs where they are actively cleaning and analyzing fossils through large windows.

  • @LionheartedDan
    @LionheartedDan 2 роки тому +101

    Excellent narrative on the history of the tar pits thank you!

  • @montanamangum4026
    @montanamangum4026 2 роки тому +20

    That was so cool! What a great segment! Reporting that was real, very informative, and needed!

  • @RGMeadows1209
    @RGMeadows1209 2 роки тому +171

    That's legitimate reporting, regardless of what everyone thinks, what we watched was informative and insightful into the ways the Government AND the media should behave. Great content honestly!

    • @elisabethrose110
      @elisabethrose110 2 роки тому

      I agree

    • @HumorDash
      @HumorDash 2 роки тому

      Yes

    • @nulledrust9809
      @nulledrust9809 2 роки тому

      Oil is NOT a "fossil fuel" The Rich MADE THE TERM UP!!!! IDIOTS!!!

    • @Helix_Bonopart
      @Helix_Bonopart 2 роки тому +10

      Huh? They just talking about tar pits. They aren’t talking about anything controversial that their advertisers or viewers might disagree about, so it’s pretty easy. The sky is blue. Wow!

    • @Pfyzer
      @Pfyzer 2 роки тому

      As News should be

  • @patriciahazeltine9986
    @patriciahazeltine9986 2 роки тому +199

    Growing up in LA County, I loved going to see the tar pits, and the Natural History Museum.

    • @littlewing5682
      @littlewing5682 2 роки тому +6

      I’m from the east coast and never even heard of them. Such a cool news story!

    • @ozzymendoza5679
      @ozzymendoza5679 2 роки тому +7

      Can’t forget the science center next door! That place is still my favorite even as an adult now.

    • @ozzymendoza5679
      @ozzymendoza5679 2 роки тому +2

      Can’t forget the science center next door! That place is still my favorite even as an adult now.

    • @serronserron1320
      @serronserron1320 2 роки тому +3

      Good times, my sister is still there.

    • @guysumpthin2974
      @guysumpthin2974 2 роки тому +2

      Over 100yrs of pumping crude out of the ground, and it still bubbles to the surface

  • @theresamealer3314
    @theresamealer3314 Місяць тому +7

    REALLY was interesting & nice to hear some "news" that wasn't depressing or scarring our mind. THANK YOU

  • @gmamose9152
    @gmamose9152 2 роки тому +53

    That was really interesting, and glad that people had history in mind! That's one place I was to visit!

    • @skinguru8531
      @skinguru8531 2 роки тому +2

      I actually lived about half a mile from there and if you get a chance to see it you will be fascinated.

  • @johnramhos
    @johnramhos 2 роки тому +13

    Wow, I've never knew about this. I've live in Northern California and have been to LA countless times. Thanks for reporting on this. I will have to visit soon.

  • @jancw
    @jancw 2 роки тому +118

    I used to like those handles you could pull up that simulated how difficult it would be to pull yourself out of the tar. That and the saber-toothed tiger were my favorites.

    • @christaq3528
      @christaq3528 2 роки тому +7

      Same!!

    • @rafa.grunge.666
      @rafa.grunge.666 2 роки тому +8

      Daaamn I remember those, and the tiger! Maaan what a throwback

    • @richhoops2413
      @richhoops2413 2 роки тому +4

      Wow. Thanks for bring back that up. Forgot about both of those. The simulated tar feeling was really cool

    • @Mac-xo2zj
      @Mac-xo2zj 2 роки тому +7

      I wonder if they still have those pull handles. I need to go back and find out.

    • @residentpotato6023
      @residentpotato6023 2 роки тому +22

      Just toss the Pelosi’s in there and see if they can make it back out.

  • @abysses
    @abysses 2 роки тому +2

    this is a place i’ve always wanted to go visit. hopefully one day.

  • @conqueringlion420
    @conqueringlion420 2 роки тому +13

    Greetings from Chumash Native American Nation

    • @micl6562
      @micl6562 2 роки тому +1

      Too bad you guys didnt find any of those fossils.

    • @celestialbeing5291
      @celestialbeing5291 2 роки тому +2

      Shouldn't your username and avatar be of an American big cat?

    • @L.D.Intheditch
      @L.D.Intheditch Місяць тому

      Greetings

  • @leetana8888
    @leetana8888 Місяць тому +6

    I love visiting the tar pits, truly a unique place 🖤💜🖤💜🖤

  • @willymac5036
    @willymac5036 2 роки тому +7

    The La Brea Tar Pits are like a time capsule of history. I feel sorry for the animals that were fooled into thinking they could drink from there, but what an amazing find for the scientific and research communities.

  • @VGMurders
    @VGMurders 2 роки тому +19

    One of my earliest memories was this place. I’ve been there at least once in the early 80s.

  • @dearbonks
    @dearbonks 5 місяців тому +3

    The tar pits are fascinating and mysterious. Love it!

  • @davida1679
    @davida1679 2 роки тому +16

    It’s crazy to me that all those prehistoric animals would come that close to downtown LA?

    • @mattcorey2784
      @mattcorey2784 2 роки тому +6

      You made me lol for real. Great coment

    • @glowormrdr6183
      @glowormrdr6183 2 роки тому +4

      Even sabertooth tigers dream of stardom!

    • @davida1679
      @davida1679 2 роки тому +3

      I’d love to take the credit but that comment comes from sir Jeff Foxworthy.

  • @sandramorey2529
    @sandramorey2529 2 роки тому +37

    I visited in 1946 and the large mastodon now located in the museum there was sticking out of the lake. I remember the smell and it scared me pretty good. But I was only six.

    • @johncasor9698
      @johncasor9698 2 роки тому +4

      WOW REALLY ??? what a site to see...

    • @ohmygoditisspider7953
      @ohmygoditisspider7953 2 роки тому

      Good lord. If you were born in 1940, I'm just happy we get to hear stuff like that.

  • @BORN-to-Run
    @BORN-to-Run Місяць тому +1

    I use to walk across the street to the Tar Pits on my
    lunchbreak.
    LOVE YOU LA!

  • @drprick7432
    @drprick7432 2 роки тому +19

    I was there just 3 weeks ago from Arkansas. I was staying in the area and just had to check it out. Unfortunately, the one day a month the museum was closed was the day we were there. The LA County Museum of Art and the Museum of Academy Awards are right next door!

    • @rainypath96
      @rainypath96 2 роки тому +3

      Petersen auto museum is right around the corner, also worth checking out

    • @lj7050
      @lj7050 2 роки тому +1

      Tbh you didn't miss to much

    • @ahuramazda980
      @ahuramazda980 2 роки тому +1

      Hope you had a good time here nonetheless. Come back soon!

    • @residentpotato6023
      @residentpotato6023 2 роки тому

      Surprised to didn’t get murdered or at least attacked by a homeless psycho.

  • @SuperMike1955
    @SuperMike1955 Місяць тому +2

    My brother and I used to hang out in this park way back in the mid sixties. We also used to visit the art museum that, sadly, isn’t there anymore. Great memories.

  • @triggerbogarin9702
    @triggerbogarin9702 2 роки тому +8

    I loved taking field trips there as a kid. Some of my best memories.

  • @MartinD9999
    @MartinD9999 2 роки тому +3

    I remember going there on a school trip in the 80s. That place was impressive back then and I’ve never forgotten it.

  • @YummyLADanish
    @YummyLADanish 2 роки тому +14

    Who else would get busted by the teacher for rolling down the sides of the museum?
    Even as a grown up I've done it with my siblings during every visit and have continued the tradition with my nephew. So much fun!

  • @chiefkatiehawke8800
    @chiefkatiehawke8800 2 роки тому +1

    Keep the Tar Pits hot guys! You don’t hear much about it anymore. Great photography!

  • @technicoloryaya549
    @technicoloryaya549 2 роки тому +32

    This is an amazing place. My favorite spot is the "fishbowl" in the museum.

    • @tigrehermano
      @tigrehermano 2 роки тому

      Mexico it's wonderful indeed

    • @residentpotato6023
      @residentpotato6023 2 роки тому +1

      It’s gross now. The homeless use it as a toilet.

    • @tigrehermano
      @tigrehermano 2 роки тому

      @@residentpotato6023 occupied Mexico, yes. When Texas or Cali were Mexican administered, it was a paradise

  • @AzureFlameGod1986
    @AzureFlameGod1986 2 роки тому +1

    The coast is toast!🔥

  • @flyaprilfly
    @flyaprilfly 2 роки тому +11

    That is sooo cool to know thanks for covering

  • @SeaDanceDream
    @SeaDanceDream Місяць тому

    My earliest memories there. Thanks so much. 🙏🌞💖

  • @JediBunny
    @JediBunny 2 роки тому +24

    Great segment! The tar pits are really something special to see in person as well. The Colombian mammoth sculptures have a real emotional resonance to them.
    Edit: I mistakenly had written “woolly mammoth”, but upon further research found that they’re actually Colombian mammoths!

    • @AcesPlace22
      @AcesPlace22 2 роки тому

      Those aren't mammoths those are regular elephants

    • @JediBunny
      @JediBunny 2 роки тому +2

      @@AcesPlace22 we were both wrong lol. According to further research, they’re Colombian Mammoths!

    • @itmeurdad
      @itmeurdad 2 роки тому

      I can't help but laugh at the idea that ugly pools of shitty black goo are "special" but I'm glad you're a fan 🖤

  • @K.I.A22
    @K.I.A22 2 роки тому +2

    I loved going there in birthdays. I loved the history there, and the nostalgia.

  • @fepeerreview3150
    @fepeerreview3150 2 роки тому +6

    Nice bit of reporting! I must visit next time I'm in the area.
    Just to clarify a couple of points. The "fossils" he's talking about are actually the preserved remains of the animals that fell into the pit. Most of these date from the last 40,000 years and they are the actual animal tissue, preserved from decomposition, in effect mummified.
    This is NOT like dinosaur fossils. For a start, the dinosaurs lived millions of years ago, not just 30-40,000 years ago. Second, the dinosaur fossils we see in the science museums are not the actual tissue of the animals. The fossils are made up of minerals that have slowly replaced the tissues over time. In effect the fossil is a stone "copy" of the original animal tissue.

  • @blixxy1320
    @blixxy1320 2 роки тому +1

    La Tar Tar Pits? what genius thought of that

  • @anthonynelson9136
    @anthonynelson9136 2 роки тому +62

    This must be old archive footage. Anyone that watches the show La Brea knows that where the tar pits were is now a giant sinkhole leading into a different world.

  • @nicholasverando2150
    @nicholasverando2150 2 роки тому +2

    Great job guys

  • @locke3862
    @locke3862 2 роки тому +26

    Went there as a kid and loved it.

    • @Here4theComments9
      @Here4theComments9 2 роки тому

      I was about to ask you if you went there as a kid, thanks 👍

  • @richeerich561
    @richeerich561 2 роки тому

    Something positive on the news! AND educational!! THANK YOU!!

  • @MardukTheSunGodInsideMe
    @MardukTheSunGodInsideMe 2 роки тому +5

    Hey the news did something decent with their platform. Good job guys.

    • @a-a-ron4679
      @a-a-ron4679 2 роки тому

      You mean something very very rare.

  • @updownstate
    @updownstate 2 роки тому +1

    La Brea is great! if you get the chance to go there be sure to go inside and see some of what's been recovered there.

  • @patriciau6277
    @patriciau6277 2 роки тому +4

    I loved the tar pits. I was born and raised in LA back before the fencing went up. LA was so wonderful back then.

    • @residentpotato6023
      @residentpotato6023 2 роки тому +1

      Not now. Democrats have wrecked this city and the state too.

    • @patriciau6277
      @patriciau6277 2 роки тому +3

      @@residentpotato6023 I know it’s breaks my heart every time I go back.

    • @lisabaltzer4190
      @lisabaltzer4190 2 роки тому +1

      I grew up in Los Angeles, but moved to Idaho 19 years ago. I just couldn’t live in LA anymore. My sister is still there. I thank God I was in Idaho during covid instead of being locked up inside in Los Angeles. I went back for a funeral 4 years ago. That place is now a hellhole. Idaho is far better.

    • @KickingAssDaily
      @KickingAssDaily 2 роки тому +2

      Where all the people are brown and the sky is gray.

    • @jeffpotipco736
      @jeffpotipco736 2 роки тому +1

      I've heard that. I think I would have liked it in the 60s.

  • @debsplayford3180
    @debsplayford3180 Місяць тому

    I was an early reader, I was seven when I first read about La Brea. It's an area that grabs the imagination and holds on to it , one I'd dearly love to see one day.

  • @Zkpe02
    @Zkpe02 2 роки тому +1

    The Tongva tribe of Indians used the tar for their baskets and plank canoe’s, Around 2,000 Tongva people still live in the Los Angeles area, and they are considered to be one of the two most prominent California tribes without recognition, with 2,800 archaeological sites, such as the sacred site of Puvungna, located on what is now Cal State Long Beach. Tovaangar. The original people of Los Angeles, the Tongva, defined their world as Tovaangar. It extended from Palos Verdes to San Bernardino, from Saddleback Mountain to the San Fernando Valley and have lived in the area for more than 7,000 years…

  • @haven_lady675
    @haven_lady675 2 роки тому +28

    Its so cool and strange. Even across the street tar seeps up.

    • @serronserron1320
      @serronserron1320 2 роки тому +3

      Well that explains some of the street food

    • @DurkMcGerk
      @DurkMcGerk 2 роки тому

      @@serronserron1320 HA HA THEY FEED PEOPLE TAR

    • @KB-ke3fi
      @KB-ke3fi 2 роки тому

      Shhhhh! The EPA and animal rights activists will say it's man made and have it shut down and filled with concrete.

  • @iamphillyrooted2750
    @iamphillyrooted2750 Місяць тому

    Recently visited here June of this year while on a college visit /family vacation. Cool experience to share/see with my daughter for our first time. Was telling her about the movie “Volcano” which came on TV that same night.

  • @rizon72
    @rizon72 2 роки тому +11

    What I was expecting and what I got were two different things. I thought something had happened, wasn't expecting a history lesson.

    • @mythra7174
      @mythra7174 2 роки тому

      Yeah, I thought maybe they found something interesting recently or something.

    • @maytronix7201
      @maytronix7201 2 роки тому

      Welp... they found something alright... over a hundred years ago...
      But, hey.... it takes a village, am I right?

  • @NebUlaDeigns
    @NebUlaDeigns 2 роки тому

    am so glad I have a grandmother that took me as a child

  • @Hobonewsnetwork
    @Hobonewsnetwork 2 роки тому

    Nice add for the Tar Pits.✌️

  • @omgjimmyboy
    @omgjimmyboy 2 роки тому +6

    Mom used to take me there all the time as a kid fond memories

  • @jeffreyevans6892
    @jeffreyevans6892 Місяць тому +1

    Lived in L.A as a kid 1964-1971. Been there many times.

  • @richardmadrid866
    @richardmadrid866 2 роки тому +20

    When I was in the third grade I went on school field trip to la brea tar pit and was afraid to look at the tar pit.

    • @dfelixrx7
      @dfelixrx7 2 роки тому +1

      Good sharing 👍🏽

    • @dmotta2811
      @dmotta2811 2 роки тому

      Awe, how sad

    • @KB-ke3fi
      @KB-ke3fi 2 роки тому

      They're gonna have to turn it into gasoline when the grid shuts down from all the electric cars.

  • @futuristicgirl14
    @futuristicgirl14 2 роки тому +1

    “Look over there. See those tar pits? Hollywood's a really pretty town that's smack on top of all that black tar. By the time you realize you're sinking, it's too late.”

  • @williamstamper442
    @williamstamper442 2 роки тому +3

    I've been to LA many times but never seen the tar pits. If I ever get out that way again it's a bucket list item to see

    • @gxlorp
      @gxlorp 2 роки тому

      Ur not allowed to without you vac passport. Show me ze' papas

    • @williamstamper442
      @williamstamper442 2 роки тому

      @@gxlorp welp, I'm out. Done been there and know what it looks like so I got the pictures.

    • @williamstamper442
      @williamstamper442 2 роки тому

      @@gxlorp for tar pits I'll just look at Zug Island here in Detroit... The only island without trees or any square foot of farmable land

  • @HamilcarBarca-jm3ey
    @HamilcarBarca-jm3ey Місяць тому

    The tar pits of La Brea are well known. I visited there for the first time more than 50 years ago. Amazing place. Last time I was in the area with my wife was in 1991. We visited the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. An awesome place to go when in the area. New displays all the time and restored old displays, too.

  • @mspears_bobobuddytheseniorcat
    @mspears_bobobuddytheseniorcat 2 роки тому +11

    I had no idea that the 750K fossils were just from a 2 year period! imagine how many more there must be!!!

    • @KB-ke3fi
      @KB-ke3fi 2 роки тому +3

      Jimmy Hoffa is in there.

  • @Barbara-lu2sj
    @Barbara-lu2sj Місяць тому +1

    The Tar Tar Pits. Love it.😅

  • @jimmycranier3668
    @jimmycranier3668 2 роки тому +5

    I remember falling in the tar pit when I was a Saber tooth tiger , but that was many life's ago.

  • @Pippi-Longstocking
    @Pippi-Longstocking 2 роки тому

    Nice reminder of the history around us.

  • @pamela930
    @pamela930 2 роки тому +3

    Fascinating. I've heard about this since I was a kid many years ago. Never got a chance to visit.

  • @cabilgibbs
    @cabilgibbs 2 роки тому

    nice Story.!! more stuff like this Please

  • @WestOfEarth
    @WestOfEarth 2 роки тому +3

    Fantastic site to visit, but man you do not want to work near it for an extended period. I was part of a film crew shooting around the Tar Pits, and by the end of the day we were all nauseous from the fumes.

  • @titan133760
    @titan133760 2 роки тому +1

    As someone who's not from the US, but loves all things prehistoric, I've always wanted to visit this place

  • @Mantis858585
    @Mantis858585 2 роки тому +20

    I'd like to see one of these boats made by early inhabitants to sail the coast.

    • @Mantis858585
      @Mantis858585 2 роки тому +4

      @gringott12 obviously they were using the tar in some form of combustion engine.

    • @guysumpthin2974
      @guysumpthin2974 2 роки тому +3

      Same “pitch” God instructed to put on the Ark

    • @bugman9787
      @bugman9787 2 роки тому

      @@Mantis858585 no, they were using it to seal the hull

    • @mothretramusic
      @mothretramusic 2 роки тому

      Go visit the site. It will all become clear to you.

  • @JVBL1
    @JVBL1 2 роки тому +1

    I went there for an elementary school field trip when I was growing up.

  • @kathleentyson6727
    @kathleentyson6727 2 роки тому +4

    I first saw these when I was in the 5th grade ,I lived in Norwalk California,we took regular field trips there ,we also went to the museum of Natural History many times,it’s where i saw my first T Rex skeleton,I’ve been hooked ever since ,many years ago I was invited to a dig in Utah ,I was too busy to attend, i regret that to this very day.

  • @ElijahNMitchell
    @ElijahNMitchell 2 роки тому +2

    That unlocked a deep memory from childhood. Left CA at 4yo and haven’t really been back. Do remember playing with the “plungers” as a kid (you would pull up on them and see how hard it was to get out of the tar I think)

  • @NIGHTOWL-jf9zt
    @NIGHTOWL-jf9zt 2 роки тому +5

    Does anyone know what happens to the rain that accumulates on the tar pits? Does it dry up or remain on top in a thin layer?

    • @thecapricorn11
      @thecapricorn11 2 роки тому

      ummm it barely rains in california

    • @here2watch08
      @here2watch08 2 роки тому +1

      There is water in the tar pits, it's above the tar so yes, on top.

  • @gailmoore1459
    @gailmoore1459 2 роки тому

    Thanks for that...really appreciate learning about our city.

  • @mattdonna9677
    @mattdonna9677 2 роки тому +4

    I heard Fred and Wilma live near the tar pits.

  • @leonwood5760
    @leonwood5760 2 роки тому +2

    Since the tar is so sticky, gooey and traps everything how do they find and extract stuff from the tar?

  • @wadebrashear7517
    @wadebrashear7517 2 роки тому +3

    So when someone refers to them as "the La Brea Tar Pits" they're saying "the The Tar Tar Pits." Excellent!

  • @Ivan-cr3vc
    @Ivan-cr3vc Місяць тому +1

    Lived in the Valley, been there a few times. Once on school field trip.

  • @CBD7069..
    @CBD7069.. 2 роки тому +10

    Loved going here when I was kid. We would get the pens with colored pebbles and throw it into the pits. And get stuck in random tar spots in the park.

  • @MeMeDaVinci
    @MeMeDaVinci Місяць тому

    Awesome!!! History made simple. Fantastic.

  • @taebby78
    @taebby78 2 роки тому +7

    I had a fun time visiting on my trip to LA a few years ago, such a unique sight!

  • @hildakundes3678
    @hildakundes3678 2 роки тому

    I lived in la when i was a kid and i loved this place!! Been there many times with my sister.... man that place is awesome... been a long time ago for me... if anyone plans to visit anywhere near there please go visit u cant go wrong !!

  • @andyginterblues2961
    @andyginterblues2961 2 роки тому +20

    Is La Brea the only place where tar pits have formed? Seems like there would be more of them in other locations/ countries? (I live in northeastern U.S., we are culturally deprived here!)

    • @DixonDixon65
      @DixonDixon65 2 роки тому +7

      I live 3 blocks from The Pits, and walk by everyday. Its a beautiful neighbor too.

    • @GreaserCentral
      @GreaserCentral 2 роки тому +4

      I believe is one of the biggest with lot's of fossils. L.A. is building a subway near La Brea and they found more fossils

    • @serronserron1320
      @serronserron1320 2 роки тому +7

      I think there are some in Nairobi, Mexico And a few other countries

    • @GreaserCentral
      @GreaserCentral 2 роки тому +3

      @@DixonDixon65 then you should watch the movie "Miracle mile" a bit dated but you will enjoy it

    • @fauxque5057
      @fauxque5057 2 роки тому +1

      While not in deep pits at all, I have seen oil oozing up out of the ground in West Texas.

  • @a016202
    @a016202 2 роки тому

    Wow, great report!!! Thank you.

  • @kxmode
    @kxmode 2 роки тому +4

    La Brea was the mouth of an active volcano in the 1997 Summer popcorn film Volcano.

    • @charleshunter7864
      @charleshunter7864 2 роки тому

      That was the other volcano movie that year remember Dante's Peak? O have seen neither of those movies in 15yrs

    • @kxmode
      @kxmode 2 роки тому

      @@charleshunter7864 Definitely remember Dante's Peak. I had forgotten about Volcano. This video brought the film back to mind. :)

    • @jescollo
      @jescollo 2 роки тому

      What the did you make up “summer popcorn film”?

    • @kxmode
      @kxmode 2 роки тому

      No. Because it was a summer popcorn film in 1997. I saw it on opening day. I had just forgotten the memory. I remember now.

    • @charleshunter7864
      @charleshunter7864 2 роки тому +1

      @@kxmode sorry to get off subject but 1997 was a good year for movies Devil's Advocate and Mars Attack and Wag the Dog.

  • @1jazzyphae
    @1jazzyphae 2 роки тому

    Definitely a must visit!!!

  • @johnleinen7167
    @johnleinen7167 2 роки тому +5

    These natural oil and tar deposits run all thru L.A and out to the Santa Barbara Channel, that's why we get natural occurring tar all on the beaches here,not from oil drilling.

    • @KB-ke3fi
      @KB-ke3fi 2 роки тому

      The feds will still fine them for it...saying it causes global warming and it must be drained.

  • @mattt8889
    @mattt8889 2 роки тому

    as a visitor from MN, stopped by the park and museum a few years ago and it was a very informative and entertaining stop.

  • @williamtsol636
    @williamtsol636 2 роки тому +6

    Tar pit looks more like a water pond !
    Where's the tar ?

    • @Rcwilliams79
      @Rcwilliams79 2 роки тому +1

      The real tar/pits are on Trinidad where I’m from😂😂

    • @williamtsol636
      @williamtsol636 2 роки тому

      @@Rcwilliams79
      Thats where my mom and dad got married !
      Steel drum pit !
      🥳

  • @johnmooney9444
    @johnmooney9444 2 роки тому +2

    Interesting topic, presented well.

  • @ryuaghhdukeit7504
    @ryuaghhdukeit7504 2 роки тому +10

    I remember some bully pushed me into the tar pits and I was trapped for 5 hours before being discovered by city workers. The year was 1991 we went on a field trip from New York to LA. We were all in the 3rd grade. It took nearly 3 months to get the tsr off me. AZ for the bully he mysteriously died of food poisoning 3 weeks later.

    • @becky4728
      @becky4728 2 роки тому +1

      Whoa

    • @Mordorer
      @Mordorer 2 роки тому +5

      Yea… okay.

    • @jescollo
      @jescollo 2 роки тому +6

      You’re one of those people that lies constantly huh?

    • @KB-ke3fi
      @KB-ke3fi 2 роки тому

      ooooh! did you find a fossil so you could pull yourself out? lol!

  • @chesterthawkins7510
    @chesterthawkins7510 Місяць тому

    We love Demond's narration of this and the various buildings.

  • @plasticsonlybassboss6863
    @plasticsonlybassboss6863 2 роки тому +4

    Universal studios did an awesome job here.

  • @sheikhboyardee556
    @sheikhboyardee556 2 роки тому

    Hate driving in the L.A. area but I have been here a number of times. The actual museum is wonderful as is the whole property.

  • @chrischris8550
    @chrischris8550 2 роки тому +12

    Meanwhile, the text below shows the other side of the city, with human remains blocking a pipe under freeway 55. I guess that intertwines the two stories.

  • @tinycmo
    @tinycmo 2 роки тому

    Great report

  • @willie714
    @willie714 2 роки тому +6

    Have you done a "look at this" on the tent cities and feces/urine covered sidewalks yet? If so I must have missed it. Oh and what about the shooting up on the sidewalk as I walk into the street to avoid contact. Musta missed that one too.

    • @7n154
      @7n154 2 роки тому +2

      Yes, yes, yes, we all are aware of the homeless crisis. But instead of blaming political parties, what solutions are there to be had? As someone who's been homeless myself, I can attest that the main causes of homelessness are substance abuse and mental illness. We need better programs and centers to help these issues. Jailing them is not an effective solution. Also, where do you think these people come from? I can tell you, most came from unplanned and unwanted pregnancies. Born into households and a bigger society that was unprepared to care for them enough to provide better opportunities to become productive members of society. So yeah, expect an explosion of this type of population in about 15 - 18 years.

    • @Rob-dp3vr
      @Rob-dp3vr 2 роки тому

      @@7n154 vote out Democrats. They are like locusts. They destroy and move on.

    • @residentpotato6023
      @residentpotato6023 2 роки тому

      7N spoken like a typical liberal hypocrite. No let’s hear your defense of that race is t Kevin DeLeon.

  • @blackbelt524
    @blackbelt524 2 роки тому +2

    That was very interesting reporting thank you so much I really enjoyed it

  • @AriessunvirgomoonlightLibraise
    @AriessunvirgomoonlightLibraise 2 роки тому +5

    We use to sneak in after dark in the 90's when I was a kid 🤣😩

  • @troybradshaw8781
    @troybradshaw8781 2 роки тому +1

    What's amazing is you didn't know.
    It was a must in school field trips. Once a year for at least 2 years I have visited the LA Brea tar pits.