Secret Town Deleted Scene
Added 2021-02-26 15:34:46 +0000 UTCIn doing the final edits for the Decade Q&A I happened to come across a deleted scene for the Tesla road trip video I totally forgot about. Enjoy!
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This explains that detour on the real time "cab ride" video. I was curious as to why Grey turned off the highway to follow this road that seemly led to nowhere. I assumed it was just to take a break or that he took a wrong turn.
Leon Mika
2021-03-01 09:35:37 +0000 UTCNot a paper town — Looks like it once was a gold mine. https://westernmininghistory.com/mine_detail/10189199/
Neil Neyman
2021-02-27 15:42:35 +0000 UTCMaybe it's a fake town? people who create maps put fake towns on the map so when people copy it they can prove they really did copy it because they copied a town the doesn't exist (Great Video on This - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeiATy-FfjI)
Ofek Kandel
2021-02-27 14:12:09 +0000 UTCLooks awesome!
Erik Bevins
2021-02-27 08:21:14 +0000 UTCSo it appears to be a placer mining operation; heavy elements like gold drop out where there is a decrease in a river's flow speed and energy, like just the down stream side of a waterfall or rapid. There are indications that flow speed was much higher in the past, so the Nevada side was higher or California was lower. Anyways here is the mine map: https://maps.conservation.ca.gov/mol/index.html It is estimated to be missing 40,000 mines in California (mostly small shafts). The abandoned mines are reclaimed either by filling or turning into bat habitats with entrances that keep out people.
Ben Gold
2021-02-26 19:01:51 +0000 UTCGoogle Maps does not show much more than what was on the video. Just a few houses in among the trees and some bare spots of land.
Michael Kenworthy
2021-02-26 18:30:21 +0000 UTCBut by looking for them you break the bound that make you a good Grey follower.
Vlycop
2021-02-26 18:07:48 +0000 UTCYou know, there are face pics of Grey out in the wild. Or so I’ve heard...
Kevin Konrad
2021-02-26 16:40:07 +0000 UTCSays on Wikipedia that it used to be a gold mining town which got its peculiar name because miners didn't want the location of the gold getting out. Interesting stuff.
Luke Frederick
2021-02-26 16:38:58 +0000 UTCI was concerned that this was going to turn into horror: "You are on the fastest available route:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh09uIN6tl0
Brian
2021-02-26 16:33:38 +0000 UTC"Listen...smell that?"
John West
2021-02-26 16:15:12 +0000 UTCHow I imagine this actually happened: Grey: *turns up at Secret Town with a camera* Secret Town residents: *get out their own camera, start filming Grey* Grey: … Secret Town residents, chanting: Run away, go far from here Say nothing of this place Or we will open up the web And show the world your face Grey: Deal. *dashes back to Bailey Blue*
alexwlchan
2021-02-26 16:12:46 +0000 UTC“I hear ...amphetamines”
WalkerTexasCoder
2021-02-26 16:11:47 +0000 UTCWhat is the California equivalent of "I hear banjo music:"?
John West
2021-02-26 16:09:12 +0000 UTCGreat to see Bailey Blue again. She's quite the car!
Lynx88
2021-02-26 16:05:00 +0000 UTCLooks like just another small mining "town" that probably wasn't much more than a few shacks near a claim. Lots of similar logging "towns" where I grew up which, if there's anything left, is an overgrown dirt road leading to an overgrown field and a pile of broken glass and rusted cans that used to be the dump.
J Passmore
2021-02-26 15:58:49 +0000 UTCThe signs for Secret Town remind me of the Signs in the UK for the Secret Nuclear Bunker.
Michael T
2021-02-26 15:48:55 +0000 UTCMountain bike into it?
DixonLu
2021-02-26 15:47:14 +0000 UTCIt's only an hour away from me... This is looking more and more plausible
Blanket Senpai
2021-02-26 15:44:59 +0000 UTCJohn Green's latest book "Secret Towns"
Lyra Large
2021-02-26 15:44:34 +0000 UTCYes.
T Vogel
2021-02-26 15:44:27 +0000 UTCIs that the plagiarism check?
Kieran Lynch
2021-02-26 15:43:56 +0000 UTCI live in sacramento, and now I'm super curious
Blanket Senpai
2021-02-26 15:42:40 +0000 UTCOh interesting. I didn't consider that.
CGP Grey
2021-02-26 15:41:37 +0000 UTCIt’s probably a paper town.
T Vogel
2021-02-26 15:40:15 +0000 UTC
