Florida Roadside Attractions & Abandoned Places - Forgotten Movie Theater & Very Haunted Cemetery

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  • Опубліковано 17 вер 2024
  • On this episode of Florida Roadside Attractions & Abandoned Places we return to Lake Okeechobee to explore the towns of Pahokee and the Sugar Cane communities of the North Everglades. It all begins at he “Hoover Dam” of Florida before a pit stop
    and a forgotten Rest Stop. The abandoned movie theater and the haunted cemetery of Port Mayaca are my faves! In the cemetery the mass burial of victims of the 1928 hurricane. I had a very spooky encounter with paranormal activity inside the cemetery m! My EMF “ghost meter” went off the scale!!! I hope you enjoy this episode. Much Ahead!
    Tampa Jay!
    #florida #roadsideattractions #abandoned #urbex

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  • @TampaJay
    @TampaJay  15 днів тому +27

    Happy Labor Day! Thanks for watching. instagram.com/tampajay

  • @charlesboyer61
    @charlesboyer61 15 днів тому +30

    "This isn't the History Channel" -- you're right. It's better. No BS, just exploring.

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  15 днів тому +3

      thanks man just always having fun. Grateful for you and your comment.!

    • @NoNORADon911
      @NoNORADon911 13 днів тому +1

      Ancient aliens is not history...RIP THC

  • @user-yq6gm2xl3q
    @user-yq6gm2xl3q 15 днів тому +8

    This was a fantastic trip! I walk with a 95 year old man every morning and he absolutely loves to share his stories and experiences from when he lived there as a kid. As soon as you showed the sugar cane corporation, I had to rewind and get pictures to show him tomorrow. His mom worked there way back in the day! Too cool! Thanks for the trip. I was able to put a picture to a lot of what he has shared with me. He told me all about the devastating hurricane and how many bodies were being found months after and some skeletal remains years later. I’ll have to share with him the monument for the mass grave. Very cool experience you had there and your moment of silence was awesome. We are kindred spirits! 😬 Thanks for sharing, Tampa Jay!

    • @roadstraveledphotography8440
      @roadstraveledphotography8440 14 днів тому +1

      And there is so much history in our elderly if we would just stop and listen to them you are blessed to have such a sweet friend

  • @Elephant2024-wi2li
    @Elephant2024-wi2li 15 днів тому +6

    Happy Labor Day. Love the attractions Lake Okeechobee and Pahokee with the added bonus of the abandoned movie theater and haunted ceremony for spooky season.👻

  • @cherylatkinson7479
    @cherylatkinson7479 14 днів тому +2

    Thanks for taking me along Tampa Jay. I'm a native Floridian and have never been that far south. Mel Tillis was born in Tampa but his family moved to Pahokee when he was young. Thanks for the moment of silence at that mass grave of those hurricane victims such a tragedy. 🌀🙏💔Those poor folks God rest their souls had little to no warning like we do today.

  • @johne.porter1298
    @johne.porter1298 15 днів тому +7

    It is peinounced " pa- Hoe- key" it was the home of Mel Tillis. Great job of content.

  • @chrisdurant1103
    @chrisdurant1103 14 днів тому +2

    Tampa Jay does some of the best most entertaining videos on You Tube. So much fun to see all these back areas of Florida, also love his Con Coverage and just plain old flea markets, too much fun. I am older and do not get to travel much anymore, these are my savior for fun times. Thanks so much

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  13 днів тому

      @@chrisdurant1103 thank you so much. I’m happy I can always mix it up just showing the stuff I like.

    • @chrisdurant1103
      @chrisdurant1103 13 днів тому

      @@TampaJay Your one of the best

  • @virginiawestcot3111
    @virginiawestcot3111 15 днів тому +3

    You are one sweet man to respect those Graves 1928 hurricane victims

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  15 днів тому +1

      thank you just felt like the right thing to do

  • @adamcohen9297
    @adamcohen9297 15 днів тому +4

    You don't see too Manny people exploring the history of Florida it's a great state and I'm proud to be a Floridian thanks for the vid 👏✌️

  • @AncientWolfHowl61
    @AncientWolfHowl61 15 днів тому +2

    Jay, your love of History and the Past is always to be commended. Also, your Respect for those that have come before us and their experiences is so very rare these days. Your care and compassion for the tragedies they endured truly shows your Humanity-also something that can be very lacking in our society today.
    Thank you always for bringing us along on your travels.
    Stay safe, my friend, and best of luck and look forward to your further Adventures! 👋

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  15 днів тому +1

      thanks for the amazing comment appreciate you so much!!

    • @AncientWolfHowl61
      @AncientWolfHowl61 15 днів тому

      @@TampaJay
      You’re very welcome!

  • @Jason_Geddie
    @Jason_Geddie 15 днів тому +3

    I'm a huge fan of things like this. I live in San Antonio, TX, and love learning the history of buildings. Really makes you wish you could see these places in their heyday!!!!!

  • @roadstraveledphotography8440
    @roadstraveledphotography8440 14 днів тому +1

    Can’t get enough of these videos!!!
    I don’t know how you don’t have a MaZillion followers!
    You have become my absolute favorite UA-camr on remote places in Florida.

  • @JohnnyKennedy-sf4sf
    @JohnnyKennedy-sf4sf 15 днів тому +6

    Lake Okeechobee Florida 🇺🇸 and happy labor day lake Okeechobee Florida 🇺🇸

  • @leearmstrong2743
    @leearmstrong2743 15 днів тому +5

    Love it Jay. Cool stuff!!!

  • @thomasswenson5382
    @thomasswenson5382 15 днів тому +3

    Thanks Jay for a new and interesting "Roadside." Look forward to more soon!

  • @SanDiegoAnnie
    @SanDiegoAnnie 15 днів тому +2

    I dont know why but I love old theaters. Nice nostalgia of yesteryear, seeing what people did for fun. Kind of strange, how popular and populated Florida is that it has so many abandoned places. Where did everyone go? What happened to the town that it "dried" up? Great video, Jay!

  • @rogertemple7193
    @rogertemple7193 15 днів тому +3

    This is a great look at Lake Okeechobee and Pahokee with the old
    abandoned movie theater and haunted cemetery, this is a really nice
    area of Florida to explore especially in places that are both abandoned
    and haunted especially at night, have a great Labor Day and Thank You
    Tampa Jay.👻🏚🪦🇺🇲

  • @donnaharrington8472
    @donnaharrington8472 14 днів тому +1

    Tampa Jay, i love your videos!!!!! I get to explore my home state of Florida through your eyes, its really amazing!!!! Thank you!!!!

  • @justgetthere3595
    @justgetthere3595 15 днів тому +4

    Clewiston is the jewel of the lake. And it has a historic haunted inn, I stayed there, very nice. No ghosts seen. Clewiston Inn built in 1938.

  • @Shelly-in-Tampa
    @Shelly-in-Tampa 15 днів тому +4

    You should bring that reader to the Tampa theater and sit in that seat. You know the seat. I dare you! Lol!

    • @rhec_junior_9122
      @rhec_junior_9122 14 днів тому

      idk what your talking about but I wanna see it

  • @rainbowsandunicorns9196
    @rainbowsandunicorns9196 15 днів тому +6

    This looks very interesting

  • @rob_capturez
    @rob_capturez 15 днів тому +2

    I’m shocked no one bothered you while recording the sugar fields/plant. The sugar companies and Mosaic watch everything, usually 2-3 vehicles will pull up and start asking you questions.

    • @amyaaron7141
      @amyaaron7141 14 днів тому

      Maybe that was just a random strand of wild cane.

  • @keithspooner23
    @keithspooner23 14 днів тому +1

    Daddy was born n raised in Pahokee. Born in 1910 played for the Pahokee Blue Devils baseball and basketball team. He was there for the 1928 Hurricane , wiped out the town. Thx for sharing. Yes that was the old PHS.

  • @kimberlylyerly2207
    @kimberlylyerly2207 14 днів тому +1

    Love, Love these exploring videos with you, my friend!
    Thank you for taking us along.
    Okay, the Ghost meter going crazy freaked me out!! 👻
    Be safe, heading home, and dealing with the frog. 🐸 Poor Cris.
    Hugs 🤗 and God bless 🙏

  • @richardreadinger1724
    @richardreadinger1724 14 днів тому

    Will always love these episodes, much ahead, Tampa Jay, much ahead!😊

  • @Stephenloizos
    @Stephenloizos 15 днів тому +4

    Pronounced BOOGAN VEE YA=bougainvillea. ha ha great video

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  15 днів тому +3

      that’s what i thought i said haha i’ll never get it right. thanks for watching :)

    • @Stephenloizos
      @Stephenloizos 15 днів тому +1

      @@TampaJay boo
      ·
      guhn
      ·
      vi
      ·
      lee
      ·
      uh. i was wrong

  • @BeDeBrown1318
    @BeDeBrown1318 15 днів тому +1

    So beautiful. Thanks for taking us with you.

  • @savageoldman
    @savageoldman 13 днів тому

    I have driven that route every weekend for many years to visit my son and never stopped to see anything other than the public bathrooms at the park. fabulous video

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  13 днів тому

      thank you I’m so so happy I can get you out of the truck vicariously

  • @RobertoLopezstudyis
    @RobertoLopezstudyis 14 днів тому +1

    Love this video of the Lake Okeechobee area and there farming towns and main streets!

  • @JohnnyKennedy-sf4sf
    @JohnnyKennedy-sf4sf 15 днів тому +4

    Happy labor day lake Okeechobee Florida 🇺🇸

  • @janiebrossmann1178
    @janiebrossmann1178 14 днів тому

    Thanks for taking us on a peaceful journey and sharing the history along the way 😊
    I just watched Cris the Girl’s video and she was shaking bad 🐸 😢

  • @loriariss5528
    @loriariss5528 14 днів тому

    Always enjoy your roadside abandoned attractions Say hi to Christa !!

  • @kayleepeaden1995
    @kayleepeaden1995 11 днів тому

    You’d be amazed at the rich history of Canal Point and what all those abandon and no longer standing buildings entailed! This is my hometown and a vast majority of the building my family’s many many years ago. Once upon a time it was heaven on Earth for a lot of people.

  • @jetcom1121
    @jetcom1121 15 днів тому +2

    Hey Tampa Jay !! Thanks for another cool video !!! My Uncle Mac used to work for the state and managed Okee-Tanti Campground back in the early 80's. Not sure how close it is to where you were, I think it was on the north shore area if I remember correctly.

  • @MiamisburgJay
    @MiamisburgJay 13 днів тому

    Thanks, Jay :) I really appreciate the variety of vids that you share with us. It is also amazing just how many buildings and places are abandoned. Plus the super spike of the ghost meter was something to wonder about. Have a great one

  • @alamogirl2735
    @alamogirl2735 6 днів тому

    “… and maybe some whoppers”.
    You crack me up. 😂💜

  • @MikeRuh01
    @MikeRuh01 15 днів тому +1

    That's always been a pretty cool bit of history. Thanks TJ

  • @annanicole8580
    @annanicole8580 15 днів тому +1

    Hope you guys have a great labor day.. you made my day with a roadside oddities and history video. Too bad when don't know some of tye stories of why or what happened to have some of the stores closed. Sad to see homeless people even in a little old-time town. I had almost forgotten about Mel tiles. Thanks for the awesome video Jay. These are my favorite ones.. much love.

  • @Sam-02024
    @Sam-02024 14 днів тому

    The mysterious moment with the ghost meter!

  • @jeffreynagy5395
    @jeffreynagy5395 14 днів тому

    Afternoon Tampa Jay! Back in 1930-31 my father worked on the leaves around the lake .

  • @kaymad143
    @kaymad143 11 днів тому

    That was an amazing video/vlog, I love learning the history of places! I do believe someone was trying to contact you in that cemetery!

  • @alexmilian7258
    @alexmilian7258 15 днів тому

    Awesome work

  • @garyblackwater944
    @garyblackwater944 15 днів тому +1

    Florida is beautiful

  • @kayycee131
    @kayycee131 14 днів тому

    That's fire u really came thru Pahokee

  • @davidmartin3383
    @davidmartin3383 14 днів тому

    Just catching up with this being in England it makes my day

  • @user-cn6de7xe2o
    @user-cn6de7xe2o 15 днів тому

    I love these roadside videos. Living on the west coast, I've never been to Lake Okechobee, but have always been curious about it as it's such a large, natural lake. I didn't even know about the sugar cane. And that sad flood in the 1920s- wow. Thanks so much. 🥰

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  15 днів тому

      thank you happy to hear you enjoy them

  • @Mark-ur4ds
    @Mark-ur4ds 15 днів тому

    Great series! So cool every place has story

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  15 днів тому

      thank you !!

    • @Mark-ur4ds
      @Mark-ur4ds 15 днів тому

      @@TampaJay knocking it out if the park

  • @PCBill0622
    @PCBill0622 15 днів тому +1

    Just discovered your channel. Will be following. BTW that Brahma bull was actually a Hereford.

  • @joellepavolic1102
    @joellepavolic1102 14 днів тому

    Born and raised in the Sunshine State and have never visited half the places you visit/explore! Always enjoy your channel and want to hit some places you've visited. Maybe check out the historic Kapok Tree restaurant and gardens in Davie, Fl. Was a popular location be back in the day. Its been closed for years, but the original building, statues and probably overgrown gardens are supposedly still there. Have fun and stay safe out there!

  • @normanbarney1568
    @normanbarney1568 15 днів тому

    I worked at the Bryant Sugar House owned by US Sugar back in the 90’s. My Dad retired from there. It was the largest Sugar Mill on the east coast of the Lake. They also have their own railroad from those fields that now take the sugar cane all the way around to the Town of Clewiston for processing.
    Mel Tillis was raised in Pahokee for a period in his life.

  • @noellesimagination7813
    @noellesimagination7813 15 днів тому

    Wow! Maybe a malfunction on the machine, but that was a freaky spike.

  • @DanielleC7
    @DanielleC7 15 днів тому

    Love your work! Thanks for bringing us along. ❤

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  15 днів тому +1

      thank you appreciate you coming along

  • @paulrogers5639
    @paulrogers5639 15 днів тому

    I will.say you are works my your butt off trying to make a go of this. UA-cam career. Kudos young man. Keep going

  • @brianhumphrey6791
    @brianhumphrey6791 15 днів тому +1

    Great video TJ 👍

  • @squadman111
    @squadman111 15 днів тому

    Happy Labor Day
    Very nicely done. My dislike of Interstates had me roll through there yesterday, on my way back too the Bay returning from Miami. It certainly is beautiful country.

  • @thomaspeterson7338
    @thomaspeterson7338 15 днів тому

    Welcome back Jay !! Keep these going will check baçk after your haunts

  • @phillipcsandoval9094
    @phillipcsandoval9094 11 днів тому

    I landed from Cali to Lake Okeechobee and now I’m in Orange Park. Over two years in Florida It’s so beautiful!

  • @marcthorner8338
    @marcthorner8338 15 днів тому +1

    HLD Jay and Cris!!!! Hope the frog removal went okay?

  • @KenLStorey
    @KenLStorey 15 днів тому

    No, not an abandoned Taco Bell 😭 RIP. I love this series! Keep it up

  • @briangilliver2197
    @briangilliver2197 15 днів тому

    Cheers mate , nice and interesting. Keep em coming. Flamingooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooos

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  15 днів тому +1

      Cheers, Brian! i hope all is well with you !

  • @Jimmy-cs3zp
    @Jimmy-cs3zp 15 днів тому +2

    Jmmy you good 😅😅😅😅😅😅

  • @joangravel2436
    @joangravel2436 15 днів тому

    Thanks those places were awesome I enjoyed seeing other states

  • @ChristheShrinerdawg
    @ChristheShrinerdawg 15 днів тому

    Nice! Love Roadside Attractions videos. Gonna start doing some for Utah soon, but I'm currently working on a "Rest Stops of North America" series...already started filming some. Nothing in that series posted yet.

  • @virginiawestcot3111
    @virginiawestcot3111 15 днів тому

    Wow that is a HUGE LAKE I had no idea it was huge like that. Love your adventures ❤

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  15 днів тому

      gigantic, you can see it from Outer space my friend. Thank you for watching.

  • @jparker59able
    @jparker59able 15 днів тому +1

    I've seen one of those signs that lists the churches, but it was many years ago. Wish I could remember the town. I keep thinking Wauchula. Could be wrong. Hope all turned out well with the frog issue.

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  15 днів тому +1

      Wauchula would make plenty of sense to me. Thank you so much for watching.

  • @pinstrps
    @pinstrps 14 днів тому

    Hi Jay....hope to see you at Fan Boy Expo....take care bud

  • @keithspooner23
    @keithspooner23 14 днів тому

    The Prince Theatre was closed in the mid-1960’s and was taken over by the city in 1976. Following repairs it was reopened in 1980 and operated a few more years. The vacant building was damaged by a storm in 2008. The building remains vacant today. It was originally opened in 1941

  • @tomsimpson5317
    @tomsimpson5317 12 днів тому

    You're lucky to be able to travel wish I could

  • @batnerd937
    @batnerd937 6 днів тому

    dude you've got to be very careful in that area ,it's very dangerous in that little town

  • @elraykinder4947
    @elraykinder4947 15 днів тому +1

    I love your content,always fuN!!

  • @mikedoran4763
    @mikedoran4763 15 днів тому +1

    Not a Brahma cow. Nice swing Jay but a miss none the less.

  • @PalmBeachDog
    @PalmBeachDog 14 днів тому

    The pink theater is The Prince. Opened in 1931.

  • @Jason_Geddie
    @Jason_Geddie 15 днів тому +1

    Prince Theater was the name of the cinema. It's from the 1930s. Really interesting read

  • @Bicyclechris
    @Bicyclechris 15 днів тому +1

    13:50 This is Pahokee High School, built in 1928 and abandoned in 1998 after the new school building was completed directly behind it.

  • @jamesadams8848
    @jamesadams8848 15 днів тому +1

    My Grandparents buried in Port Mayaca

  • @garfixit
    @garfixit 14 днів тому

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @JuliaBailey1776
    @JuliaBailey1776 15 днів тому

    Thanks Jay. Hope Chris survived the frog attack!!

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  15 днів тому

      thank you ! there’s a full update in her next video. She caught it on camera.

  • @mikerocks56
    @mikerocks56 15 днів тому

    Prince theatre opened in1931 and closed in the 60s. It reopened in 1980 for a few years. Muck restaurant is shown as temporarily closed on Google maps. Last review was 9 months ago

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  15 днів тому

      thank you for watching and commenting and giving the history. I was wondering what the name of it was. Appreciate you.

  • @lastFLnative
    @lastFLnative 15 днів тому +1

    "My shoe done fell off Gilbert" 😂

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  15 днів тому +1

      you caught it. Classic.

    • @lastFLnative
      @lastFLnative 15 днів тому

      @@TampaJay .... absolutely! 👍

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  15 днів тому +1

      @@lastFLnative thanks for watching :-)

    • @lastFLnative
      @lastFLnative 15 днів тому

      @@TampaJay ... 👍

  • @elizabethgandy4923
    @elizabethgandy4923 14 днів тому

    mel tillis was born in Tampa, Raised in Pahookie, and died in Ocala.

  • @Virgolife44
    @Virgolife44 15 днів тому

    Go to Pensacola Beach and do the pelican hunt see if you can find them all

  • @Eaglecrew5
    @Eaglecrew5 15 днів тому

    You should visit downtown Cedar Key!

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  15 днів тому

      it’s been on my list thank you 😊

  • @AV-sw7bj
    @AV-sw7bj 14 днів тому

    That pink building is named the prince theater originally built in 1931 closed in the mid-1980s there are pictures and information available on the website Cinema Treasures

    • @AV-sw7bj
      @AV-sw7bj 14 днів тому

      Website Cinema Treasures is the most popular site for the history of movie theaters around the world.

  • @NoFace-ke9pc
    @NoFace-ke9pc 13 днів тому

    Man. You would love the midwest. The entire place is rotting to the core. St. Louis. Kansas city. Thats just missouri. Its everywhere out here

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  13 днів тому

      I noticed that the last few times I was in St. Louis pretty crazy lots of abandoned buildings

  • @maxsmith7820
    @maxsmith7820 14 днів тому

    Max said hi to you

  • @todayisanewday7
    @todayisanewday7 15 днів тому

    Remember living in the run down theater for awhile. The cockroaches are always great protein if you know what I mean.

  • @MrJestyler
    @MrJestyler 15 днів тому +1

    Pahokee is dirt poor. Nothing there job wise. Lot of little towns like this across country. This place is a developers dream.

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  15 днів тому

      i’ve seen poor places overseas. This is one of the poorest rural towns I’ve seen in America.

    • @kd6281
      @kd6281 14 днів тому

      Unfortunately the lake is HIGHLY polluted from the sugar industry & responsible for toxic releases into primarily the FT. Myers area. This area has a very dark history. 😢

  • @fernandosantos2627
    @fernandosantos2627 15 днів тому

    Pump house destroying the everglades

  • @Leon-to5zl
    @Leon-to5zl 15 днів тому

    Mel Tillis we born in Pahokee, FL.

  • @capicolaspicy
    @capicolaspicy 15 днів тому

    Bogavelia is actually Bougainvillea, pronounced boo·guhn·vi·lee·uh lol...not picking on you - you obviously enjoy learning stuff so just adding to your knowledge! Now try to say it 5 times fast lol...love your videos!

  • @jamesadams8848
    @jamesadams8848 15 днів тому

    My Grandparents buried Port Mayaca along with Jerry Pugh from Pahokee

  • @joelfeiock4718
    @joelfeiock4718 14 днів тому

    there is a weight limit at all the sky dive places because of the tandem rule having to go up with an instructor the first time

  • @WendyMurray-w7x
    @WendyMurray-w7x 15 днів тому +1

    Hey Tampa Jay

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  15 днів тому

      hey Wendy

    • @WendyMurray-w7x
      @WendyMurray-w7x 15 днів тому

      @@TampaJay happy Halloween can’t wait to see beetle juice beetle juice this coming weekend then back to work on Monday September 9th

  • @lisahunter8358
    @lisahunter8358 15 днів тому

    Pa-Ho-key is how to pronounce. Where the abandoned picnic tables were in Port Myakka there used to be an old general store on the corner across from the picnic tables. I believe they closed in early 90s or late 80s.
    I have a story about that bridge there’s an apparition that appears on it.
    That old ran down convenient store you saw Canal Point… I was always told Burt Reynolds stopped there in the movie cannonball run. I live in Belle Glade it’s sad we live in a beautiful place that could have so much potential. There abandoned Burger King in Pahokee was a Chinese place after BK closed in early 2000’s. I could go on & on but I will stop 😂 also Mel Tillis is from Pahokee…the gas station on the corner across from the grocery store is where he worked when he was a teenager.
    If you ever come back to this area message, we would be more than happy to tell you the history and take you to places that you haven’t seen .

  • @markgoodman4048
    @markgoodman4048 15 днів тому

    Website for Muck Tavern says temporarily closed

  • @RustyGo1d
    @RustyGo1d 14 днів тому

    Hey, I know Bobby Joe

  • @aaronritzenthaler
    @aaronritzenthaler 13 днів тому

    2008 was the the last time the theater was open. A storm did it in!

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  13 днів тому

      thank you a very, very long time ago. Thanks for watching.

  • @Dudemieser
    @Dudemieser 13 днів тому

    Payhooookeeee

  • @dean9498
    @dean9498 15 днів тому

    Have you done any videos on "The Compound" in Palm Bay,Florida?

  • @MichelleMartin-ld6zg
    @MichelleMartin-ld6zg 15 днів тому

    Happy Labor day to you Tampa Jay great video love you from Michelle 😊😅😂❤❤❤❤

    • @TampaJay
      @TampaJay  15 днів тому

      happy labor day thank you