Exploring An Abandoned Nuclear Power Plant

Go to buyraycon.com/wendigoon for 15% off sitewide! Act now to get your gifts before the holidays! 12/13 - 12/20 Express Shipping on orders over $85!
The boys:
Operator Drewski: / @operatordrewski
Chad: chaddphoto?igsh...
James Choi: jaerive?igshid=...
Charles Auberta: charlesauberta?...
My Links
Second channel/ Wendigang: / @wendigames
Twitter: / wendigoon8
Subreddit: / wendigoon
Business email: [e-mail]
Personal/Inquiries: [e-mail]

[@Wendigoon]

Go to buyraycon.com/wendigoon for 15% off sitewide! Act now to get your gifts before the holidays! 12/13 - 12/20 Express Shipping on orders over $85!

[@guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943]

I LOVE YOU

[@alejandro80021]

ayyyyyyyyyyy!

[@THE-RETURN-OF-THE-RAT]

@@guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943 🤨

[@dreamman5588]

Amazing video, absolutely love the content; please keep it up ❤️

[@guidedexplosiveprojectileg9943]

@@THE-RETURN-OF-THE-RAT i luv him🥰

[@aminimoose3971]

When you realize Wendigoon is that guy in horror movies. He will press the button. He WILL flip the switch. He will start something he shouldn't have.

[@somegoodsoup7008]

*Always Sunny Theme Starts Playing *WENDIGOON STARTS A NUCLEAR MELTDOWN*

[@xxcallmeniaxx3272]

And laugh whilst doing it lmao

[@unemployedphilosopher5072]

@@somegoodsoup7008 ty for this comment it made me laugh

[@beserkpotato2949]

I'm that guy as well, if I was ever in a nuclear power plant I would try my hardest to start it back up

[@RumiNyx]

I'm surprised they decided not to open the caution tape door

[@Matthewscrimbly]

This feels like a found footage horror film but it just doesn’t go wrong

[@yungjc2]

Thats almost worse🤣

[@Kinkylords]

My god this is accurate

[@Truly_Rudly]

I love this comment.

[@dubiouspissdrinker]

yeah they just dropped the camera after they stopped recording

[@the-engneer]

The first ever uplifting found footage film

[@Judgernaut]

It's insane to me that a facility with millions of dollars worth of material and tech just gets abandoned like that

[@bugzy_brain]

rich ppl are crazy man

[@MeanBeanComedy]

Probably a government contract.

[@helloneighbour2408]

@@bugzy_brain bro the gov owns these. not billionnaires

[@leonardonetagamer]

@@helloneighbour2408 this is a power plant, power is mostly a private industry

[@bugzy_brain]

@@helloneighbour2408 isnt the government made up of a bunch of billionaires??

[@SMEAUKE]

I think it’s so cool that Wendigoon was able to run the electricity in this old plant with the raw power of his existence.

[@dejangegic]

that's a pretty good observation

[@dillon.9190]

It feels odd seeing Wendigoon walk down the hall at the beginning. I’m so used to seeing him in a chair telling me of unspeakable horrors, that seeing him moving just came as a surprise.

[@bee.2392]

I KNOW!! HE HAS LEGS!!

[@14kiddd]

@@bee.2392 cgi. They aren’t real. Can’t believe y’all are buying it 😂

[@whisperr2522]

Still a pretty good render tho, the legs almost look real

[@jakobwhaley5641]

His movements too unnatural obviously cgi y'all would believe anything, we all know his legs are melded to his chair if not his lower half being the chair, open your eyes sheeple

[@kiryukazuma8089]

He is becoming the horror 😂

[@antonshoptaw8463]

It's so cool that wendigoon went all the way to Chernobyl just to take a bite of the elephant's foot.

[@user-xm8ut3dw3f]

I know I'd have to touch it being the most radioactive that'd be rad

[@pliskenx51mm83]

He dodged a savory number of bullets and surrendering Russian soldiers to get there!

[@ChadOfAllChads]

Supposedly it can kill within days

[@Heliogabalos]

That sponsor segway was really crazy, first time anyone’s compared the mind destroying taste of the elephants foot to the mindblowing taste of magic spoon cereal (tm)

[@ChadOfAllChads]

@@Heliogabalos Chernobylo's

[@craigape]

26:05 That room is called a hot cell. The glass is impregnated with lead, which gives it that distinctive yellow color. It uses several panes of this lead glass in series to block high levels of radiation from escaping. Interestingly, multiple panes of thick glass in series would be difficult to see through because of repeated distortion, so oil with the same optical properties is added to fill between the panes and make it appear as one. In an old, disrepaired condition like this the oil may be breaking down, exaggerating any visible distortion or parallaxing as they called it in this video.

[@bigdawg12z]

nobody asked

[@craigape]

@@bigdawg12z I *am* the one who asks.

[@daisyjoy242]

@@craigapeand thanks for giving us the knowledge

[@pointman2]

@craigape im 8 months late to seeing this but what do they do in that room exactly?

[@DonutOperator]

Hey I went to SWAT school at that power plant!

[@squishyhunter1744]

Hey Donut love your vids. Got any interesting stories about SWAT training there?

[@JeanTp333]

Not true, they would never put cops in training in a place with that much darkness.

[@cheemsecks-dee5134]

Tits or ass? If you say tits you're too afraid to get dirty FYI

[@Celtic1020]

@@JeanTp333you're joking right?

[@all4memes677]

@@Celtic1020 i reckon he's probably saying that they'd get afraid and start shooting

[@WinterSoldier7207]

Wendigoon: *Has tactical helmet with a flashlight equipped for illuminating dark areas* Also Wendigoon: *uses camera flashlight to see in the dark*

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

Could be an IR flashlight, I'm still at the start of the video so it's ambiguous.

[@recitationtohear]

Fr

[@EE-ie1bo]

he had night vision...

[@WinterSoldier7207]

@@EE-ie1bo Which he also doesn't seem to use

[@WinterSoldier7207]

@@ChucksSEADnDEAD It's possible, that might go with his night vision goggles. Either way it looks funny

[@Truly_Rudly]

KZbinrs who don’t normally walk around big abandoned places walking around big abandoned places is my new favorite genre.

[@potapotapotapotapotapota]

Logan Paul

[@Truly_Rudly]

@@potapotapotapotapotapota *KZbinrs who have a last name other than Paul.

[@potapotapotapotapotapota]

@@Truly_Rudly hehehe

[@Ittna]

@@potapotapotapotapotapota Hmmmmm, what did he do in a such a place🤔🪢🧍‍♂️

[@boneenthusiast8530]

Slimecicle!

[@DarkShadowz56]

i can’t believe wendigoon went to the backrooms just for a video what a dedicated youtuber

[@StationroadRatrods]

I came here to say this but I knew in my heart it was already said

[@crabappleshea1189]

25:39 His singing is genuinely gorgeous I rewatched this like 10 times omfg

[@dimitrimolotovvyacheslav4604]

I love how Wendigoon can fit Sunday morning lessons and Chernobyl exploration videos in the same channel, and it doesn't even feel out of place

[@juniperberryyyy]

this isn't Chernobyl though??

[@Mateus-xs6il]

@@juniperberryyyy It is clearly Chernobyl bro

[@dimitrimolotovvyacheslav4604]

@@juniperberryyyy its literally Chernobyl

[@judahgjudahg2095]

Facts

[@rustyeyeby]

@@dimitrimolotovvyacheslav4604 this isn't Chernobyl. All the alarm indicators were in English, the lockers had American names. Moreover, there's a bloody war in Ukraine.

[@maxr1104]

Okay really small detail, but I appreciate that he introduced everyone as his friends before anything else. Too often I feel bad for the cameramen in videos like this because they’re told to stay quiet and ‘not ruin the footage’. I much prefer this kind of set up where everyone’s contributions are accepted and even encouraged. Great people all around.

[@lubeniobenio7343]

He even thanked the cameraman, because he knows he's doing a lot of that work and I love that

[@maxr1104]

@Kehath definitely not common with big names, and def not on the side of KZbin that’s occupied by wendigoon and Markiplier, who are some of the nicer people on this site I would imagine. I’m more referring to small-scale variety creators, and tbh I was making a bit of a straw man as I can’t think of any off people off the top of my head. Also almost every video has a camera man, think of any vlog where you don’t hear the guy behind the camera talking.

[@jackryan4313]

Spot on. The cameramen are always in the background even tho their expertise on film is what majorly contributes to the production. Photography/film is NOT easy and NOT simple by any means. There's a reason you can find tons of videos of pros vs amateurs where the pro has a Walmart setup and the amateur has a Hollywood setup that's exponentially more expensive, and the pro far outclasses them with ease

[@Nahan_Boker94]

Other abandoned exploration channels : Make things horror, sad, terrifying, and nostalgia Wendigoon & Friends : Running, Screaming, Singing loudly, Dances, Make weird noises everywhere possible

[@normalv1nce]

I love that everybody’s wearing normal clothes and Wendigoon is wearing a US Military Special Ops helmet.

[@jonathanlazo682]

Wendigoon and his friends running around making noise, flipping switches, twisting knobs and stuff giddily while the eldritch horror that was sealed beneath the facility is wondering why it's lights are flipping on and off

[@katerrinah5442]

It's going drop a dead dwarf in the Balrog's mug of hot chocolate and awaken Durin's Bane to destroy the world

[@azzy5330]

ahahahahahah wendigoon a goon bro that's why it's in his name jonathan

[@SplendidCoffee0]

It’ll go downhill when Wendigoon finds a mason jar full of bottle caps.

[@legoholic516]

He’ll need some Bobby pins to fully explore the area

[@bornassassin9630]

Or WORSE!

[@stormhought]

he's got spurrrrrrs that jingle jangle jingle!

[@foolish.intellectual9967]

@@legoholic516 might need to have science 50 as well to learn the lore

[@EchoHD]

Yo a little off topic but nice profile pic great album

[@bluntkleaver8244]

In 30yrs this would be a classic found footage horror opening about nuclear fallout that got restarted by a group of adventure seeking friends

[@notNyxiann]

lol

[@damejanea.macdonald2371]

Imagine if, after Wendigoon pranked him by locking him in the glass cage at 21:40, Drew never appeared on camera for the rest of the video without comment. It’s like 2 minutes after Wendigoon said he’d never lie so openly to his audience, but it would have made the comments section an incredible place. (Loved the video!)

[@LupusPepe]

Imagine if Wendigoon made an urban exploration channel called Wendigoonin' or something. Or just anything with live-action Wendigoon. I would watch that like crazy.

[@mcchicken1849]

Would commit murder for even one video like that.

[@ConnieLingus-rq2op]

" Wendigoonin' "

[@SnrubSource]

Wendigoing

[@mr.plebington921]

Wendigone

[@bleaketh]

“Wendigoes to…”

[@wolfchanel2879]

9:00 hi chemical engineer here. Those are alarms that operators monitor while the plant runs. The ones that were focused on were for tank level and they indicated if the fluid level was too high or low. The top line was the number designated to that tank. There are likely also ones for temperature and pressure.

[@adioamigo22]

I think this is GTI in Barnwell, SC, and it was a reactor disassembly facility. They were going to build a plant nearby, and got 2 reactors in, but then aborted the plant, so GTI was built for the reactors, and is now a training facility for LEO/military.

[@zafaraa6410]

I was looking in the comments for someone’s explanation xD

[@duuuibeyyy]

Hi Walter white here

[@iamunamed5800]

@@adioamigo22 very likely GTI, just checked their website and they're scheduled for a "private facility rental" december 1st-17th. all the government bookings are listed by name.

[@engineeredobsolesce8407]

Automation engineer here: The panel is just discrete I/O indication “LAH-XXXX” is the device tag for a level high switch etc. These are not alarms and this panel would probably always be lit up like a Christmas tree. An operator might consult this panel before launching a procedure to ensure the necessary conditions are met, like a source vessel being full or destination vessel being empty etc.

[@darrelsam419]

The slight yellowish lighting in most of the corridors and rooms give this a Backrooms kind of feel, and it's only made more surreal by how the rooms go from large open halls with deep shafts to narrow, uncomfortable corridors. It's such a strange place. I would absolutely love to see Wendigoon and his friends visit more strange abandoned locations like this, it's fun to watch.

[@monroerobbins7551]

I’m just kind of in awe. This dude is working to make a goddamn movie and stuff, and his content is so eclectic yet fitting, and I love it!! It makes me so happy, and it’s so fascinating. Kudos to Wendigoon and everyone working on this movie, I’m super pumped.

[@idontknowwhatimdoing6319]

" TSA checking my coat for my stolen nuclear data drive, " is the best phrase dad has ever uttered.

[@lilylohmann614]

“I am NOT stealing the nuclear floppy disc” is also very good

[@tam11225]

What I love is that it’s just so real. No click bait thumbnail, no 3 am title, no “HAUNTED EXPERIENCE”. A couple of dudes walkin around an abandoned nuclear plant discovering things themselves and making jokes.

[@ryanparker4996]

Follow Hell On Earth, they make content like this

[@murilopereira7186]

His thumbnails have a very distinct style, I like them a lot

[@michelleobamafootcream9292]

@@murilopereira7186 for a second I thought this was another backrooms video by Kane pixels

[@nobodycarewho]

@@michelleobamafootcream9292 same

[@brown_gurl]

No fr, I haven't found content like this. It truly hits the spot

[@DarthSidian]

"I have access to an abandoned nuclear facility, so of course I'm gonna act a fool in it." Glad to know you're honest!

[@CrossbredManiac]

I love that for the most part they're respectful, but they can't help the human urge to touch things that they aren't supposed to

[@CrossbredManiac]

Also the part where they are talking about how smooth the buttons are,,,, god I understand that so much.

[@spacecowboy6108]

Did some research, this is an abandoned nuclear reprocessing site. It was supposed to be used to recycle spent fuel from nuclear reactors, but construction was unfortunately cancelled in the mid 70's. Genuinely an awesome video and a rare view of the interior of a little-known facility! You can find some really good photos from its construction showing these rooms as they were, its pretty fascinating! The people behind the STALKER film couldn't have chosen a better place to use, its got that perfect eerie atmosphere that meshes well with the games! also really happy they chose a whole bunch of awesome people to be in the project!

[@yeeyee5820]

What’s it’s name and where is it located? For research purposes obv.

[@AJRockets]

@@yeeyee5820 Barnwell Disposal Facility. It's ran by a training company called Government Training Institute

[@ThrowingTexas144]

Do you have a link to the photos?

[@kokonutkream9724]

So dumb that the government won't allow recycling of the fuel. We have the ability to reenrich 90% of waste. But the cold war politicians are so afraid of russia sneaking into the US to steal it...

[@emmerdoodle8517]

Damn it, now people are gonna destroy it

[@HIMMBelljuvo]

There's just something so wholesome about a bunch of guys having fun exploring just for the heck of it. We need more of this

[@EarlHollander]

Boys being boys

[@Kubarka]

Friendship simulator

[@velconx15]

Our homes are next

[@ryanparker4996]

Theres whole kot of Urbex content on youtube waiting for you

[@oceanman3804]

You might like proper people in that case

[@Owen.Leitch]

38:48 absolutely killed me for some reason hahaha😂 I think it was combination of the ‘hey’ and then sudden *SLAM* noise

[@striker_0]

If wendigoon had an urban exploration channel it’d prolly be the only thing I watch

[@trevorhaddox6884]

That machine with the tapes is a PDP11, that's pretty rare and valuable in the vintage computer community. To put it into perspective, just the panel with the switches itself is over $2000 on Ebay right now, let alone a whole system (even if it's beat up). I would contact the owners of the property and ask if it can be sent to a museum or something.

[@fafler]

Yeah, what an amazing thing to find in such a place, just being left there for 40+ years.

[@vaclavsteiger288]

...and those tape drives were probably DEC TE10W - storage capacity up to 46MB. Lovely :)

[@MrNicoPela]

An historical piece of computing too, UNIX was first developed on a PDP11 at the Bell labs.

[@exidy-yt]

@@vaclavsteiger288 Yeah, 50mb per tape was my guess when these kids were all 'naw, kilobytes per tape maybe!'

[@CodeeXD]

@@exidy-yt why the random disrespect? Calling the kids because they don't know something kinda obscure?

[@friendlyastronaut6462]

You know at this point, I wouldn't be surprised if Wendigoon started a video with "Hello everybody, Today were going to be creating a Nuclear Meltdown in order to access a pocket dimension to the Backrooms with this abandoned Powerplant I accidentally stumbled upon hiking in the wilderness at 2 a.m" And I'd still watch it

[@itsmike2942]

"And as always, thank you for watching!"

[@toxiccorgi2108]

Instead of a podcast analyzing the Bible its just brainwashed Wendigoon spreading the great word of the monolith.

[@sarahpuke5724]

Well of course i think any sane person would. Id watch his videos even if it meant everytime i clicked a small man emerged from the tv and bit the mosr sensitive of parts

[@danny047]

Need this video

[@DoobieKeebler]

"I was having a discussion the other day about which 'Fallout' game was the best, but we disagreed. Aaaand since we disagreed, we are going to create a nuclear meltdown because me & Drewski were curious if we could make 'Fallout' happen because we got off track and now we just want to see if we could".

[@abbyw.2503]

I got jumpscared as when Wendigoon pushed the button at 9:29 there was a garbage truck outside beeping, so I thought that the alarms in the facility had just gone off

[@CertifiedFresh7]

This is exactly like a horror movie, but nothing bad actually happens lol

[@atrk513]

Wendigoon: I'm scared of the ocean. Also Wendigoon: Abandoned Nuclear Power Plants are AOKAY.

[@gromblereal]

heres the thing you can see the end/the floor of the power plant oceans are just insanely deep where you can’t even see the bottom, it’s just a big dark blue void

[@youngroyalty7991]

Exploration videos that give off “10 year olds with a camcorder” energy. I love it

[@hernangarza419]

38:33 majestical

[@daisyjoy242]

Agreed

[@machinesnow]

the masculine urge to abandon your wifes at home and explore an abandoned nucellar plant with the boys

[@ciel1083]

Wifes?

[@halatiny6537]

@@ciel1083😭

[@ChickenPadThai]

​@@ciel1083praise Allah

[@toasterkolin9951]

@@ChickenPadThai Praise these nuts freak.

[@aarontimm]

my wife IS one of the boys in the same way that im one of the girls

[@celfhelp]

having explored plenty of abandoned buildings and facilities myself, i can confidently say that abandoned buildings with the power still on are far more unsettling than just fully dead buildings

[@EarthenCavy]

Yeah, that’s some backrooms kinda shit… 😳

[@noobpro9759]

Eh I’d be more scared of a fully dark building. Way easier to get turned around and disoriented. At least with the lights on they can keep a better mental image of where they are. But I get why it’d be creepy.

[@chaoz7370]

@@noobpro9759 Both are their own kinds of scary, imo. Fully dark buildings are obvious, dark and spooky, oooo whats hiding in that dark hallway? But with buildings like these, where there's still remnants of power, it kind of feels like it wasn't abandoned, but rather everyone vanished, and it overall gives a vibe that something is very wrong. People should be here, but it's only you...or is it?

[@Lozoot2]

@@chaoz7370 the best ones are the bandos so fresh that nobody's left yet!

[@bustavonnutz]

@@Lozoot2 I explored an abandoned, overgrown buiilding with some buddies out in a semi-rural, out of the way area & got jumpscared by a sleeping homeless man lmao

[@Tartarsauce.]

I commented a while ago that me and my sister yell across the house that you posted when we find out, which you saw and said was wholesome. I just wanna say, my sister moved to college 3 months ago, and we now spam text eachother when a new video drops. Old traditions never die, especially wendigoon traditions.

[@Joseph_yy]

25:39 This part remains me of the scene from full metal jacket where the soldier are singing Mickey Mouse song, but with a modern, post apocalyptic twist, absolutely love it and I wish someday we can see something like that in a movie.

[@notNyxiann]

nice

[@andyt7295]

Disappointed by the lack of mutants waiting for you guys in the shadows, but glad you've had a good time :)

[@kaiseremotion854]

not a single feral ghoul!

[@CarefreeMan]

@@kaiseremotion854 *No snorks, either. A bit disappointed.*

[@st.salmonella9827]

I could imagine how giddy wendi was to finally have a good reason to hear his helmet with the attachments 😂

[@sn1perdude7110]

Hes low key a boog boi 🌺 hes got all the kit

[@oban6051]

@@sn1perdude7110That Rifle he showed a little while back and his helmet and nods is like 10-15k. He’s definitely a prepper.

[@burgerman3500]

@@sn1perdude7110 He called him self one in an older vid I think it was ranking youtubers

[@purromemes7395]

@@sn1perdude7110 he actually started the boog boi trend. He was the originator of the term I believe

[@mememachinefixed5317]

@@purromemes7395 negative ghost rider

[@aaaaaaaaaaa9660]

6:32 this shot makes me so uneasy. It only lasted a second or two but seemed much longer the first time I saw it. Seeing no movement in a place that should be inhabited by people just tempts my brain to start to wander and create things that were never really there.

[@platypusnoise]

Exactly what I was thinking Felt perfectly like a backroom clip. A group walking and talking, then all of a sudden the camera turns and nothing

[@forrestthefreak7305]

Finally got to hear the guy that holds the camera while wendigoon talks about scary things for hours on end, keep it up

[@EpicCoolGuy21]

It’s so strange seeing Wendigoon interact with the real world, I’m so used to his disembodied head talking to me in the same setting he always does

[@whitestarlinegoodnight]

The odd looking window at 26:18 is a radiation-blocking viewing window. These types of windows are used in laboratories that specialize in nuclear chemistry, and the yellow discoloration comes from oil sealed within the different layers of the window. Usually rooms with such windows have no direct access, but the materials inside are manipulated by mechanical arms controlled from outside.

[@nacregem]

[@teaveins1466]

I sincerely hope this facility never actually handled radioactive isotopes considering the lack of knowledge/precaution displayed in this video.

[@NunyaBesnas]

Also known as “Hot cells”.

[@MrDocseidel7]

@@teaveins1466what do you mean?

[@teaveins1466]

@@MrDocseidel7 Assuming any hazardous compounds are in the environment, lead paint and asbestos notwithstanding, stuff like putting his helmet on the ground then picking it up and putting it back on is a tad risky to say the least

[@timothywilladsen1355]

Actually on the bit about an armory, that might actually make sense. I took a tour of an old nuclear reactor and there were concrete firing ports built in places. It’s in case someone gets the bright idea to steal some nuclear material/waste or decides to destroy a reactor etc.

[@almeron82]

I was wondering if that was actually likely to be an armory, I know that security at these places is absolutely not a joke, it wouldn't surprise me in the least.

[@brandonhookey7654]

Source: I work at Sequoyah Nuclear plant 9:00 those windows are “annunciators” they will light and alarm to give indication of the given circumstances 9:09 those are known as “recorders”. They give a scaled indication of a given signal picked up from instrumentation. (Pressure, level,flow and temp) I am an instrument mechanic. 18:41 those are radiation monitors. My dad specialized in those specifically. 28:00 that is the spent fuel pit where used fuel is stored for some time until it has decayed enough to be removed. It is normally flooded with borated water covering the spent fuel assemblies. I’m geekin with excitement, you have won me over. I wish I could be there with y’all. 40:00 that is a bus, I rode one to school about 15 years ago.

[@jrlin4180]

Cool stuff

[@brandoncullen4189]

You seem to be quite an expert on buses!

[@brandonhookey7654]

@@brandoncullen4189 yeah they call me the bus SME (Subject Matter Expert)

[@thesaviorofsouls5210]

Cant believe we got some information right from the source, can only imagine what it was like sitting in a bus.

[@christianhernandez3044]

Indeed, you are hilarious

[@arelavent3925]

I love how this feels like it's building up to a found footage horror movie

[@IncogN3gro907]

It feels like he's in the backrooms.

[@Flairis]

nah frrrr

[@Punchstop_jo]

Yeah haha

[@annacastro2855]

James has such little kid climbing/jumping on everything energy 😂

[@heyimserge]

37:40 When you turn off the downstairs light and run to bed before it catches you

[@lilduckyisopod9448]

Could absolutely film an SCP film here. The sound, oddly uniform yet entirely bizarre structure of the facility and how quickly it transitions from near suffocating visuals to vast expansive rooms. This is like the *perfect* set piece

[@LegioPanda]

Let them film the Stalker movie first and then we'll talk about SCP 😅

[@roccomorone653]

Yeah nuclear power plants have such bizarre layouts. I think it could work great with SCP

[@peanutgallery4]

@@LegioPanda No, we were robbed of SCP HERETIC!!!

[@MomDoer-qc7iw]

@@peanutgallery4 Stalker is infinitely cooler than scp

[@X-SPONGED]

Absolutely,man. So many cool concepts in The SCP Fandom. It would be a shame if none of them see the light of internet cinema.

[@thatoneloser210]

I can't believe Wendigoon became real, truly an ARG milestone

[@porkingporkpork]

19:10. I know what that is because I was the one who wrote it back in 2019 during the tactical games. We had a course of fire to shoot in that room. I had a smoke machine and strobe light going. They had to run in shoot and then run to the next objective. That is simply isnjust tracking misses and failures because we were running sim rounds. Sorry its not more cool than that. But it was a killer weekend event.

[@glitterglistenglossfloss2530]

The panel you’re looking at 9:04 is called a pan alarm. Gives you location of an alarm (valve/breaker/pump/motor) and name of equipment it would flash and make an audible noise if the operator needed informed of something going on with that piece of equipment

[@luksbitegamer]

25:50 Imagine you're exploring a power plant, and all of a sudden you spot three men slowly walking towards you singing country roads. I would shit myself

[@kalystagutierrez1607]

I love how they just stroll through a potentially dangerous place all while quoting memes and vines, truly an iconic moment

[@demi4156]

They wouldn't be allowed in, let alone allowed to film a movie there if it was potentially dangerous.

[@kalystagutierrez1607]

@@demi4156 you act like loose debris isn't a thing

[@fivebrosstopmos]

@@kalystagutierrez1607 Boy, you must be afraid to walk under cliffs.

[@kalystagutierrez1607]

@@fivebrosstopmos boy, you must love sticking your fingers into electric sockets

[@fivebrosstopmos]

@@kalystagutierrez1607 Big difference between certain death and a one-in-a-million chance of injury.

[@AMSPACECAT]

28:18 the pool thing was most likely used for the control rods They would put used control rods from the reactor in the pool that is filled with water bc they were still high radioactive

[@walter8025]

There is no reactor in the facility. Allegedly it’s purpose is to convert spent fuel into usable fuel

[@FluffyWaffle33]

I assure you, watching wholesome fun times in an abandoned nuclear power power with Wedigoon of all people is honestly one of the most entertaining things I have had the oportunity to watch

[@lordvess6214]

I'm gonna appreciate how good of a cameraman this guy is to make a completely mundane regular exploration video feel like an actual found footage movie with how it was shot in some areas.

[@operationjester3348]

He made one of the world's sturdiest buildings feel like a canoe in a typhoon. 10/10 motion sickness.

[@Josuh]

specially moments like 6:26 in which homie just focuses ominously into the background

[@stefanek8886]

Ahh God yes I agree

[@0gammag0]

@@Josuh I was half expecting something to move

[@WarfareRidge]

Wendigoon goes to the highest mountains of Tennessee and to the abandoned Nuclear power plants to keep us entertained; that kind of dedication is almost unreal.

[@A_Hylian_Not_An_Elf]

I wonder how long until he starts scuba diving?

[@SwiftVTing]

@@A_Hylian_Not_An_Elf now that is something I’d like to see from wendiboy

[@KAnim]

And it's also very informative for us

[@emmettbattle5728]

dont forget being in the cave

[@virikan3518]

@@A_Hylian_Not_An_Elf it won't happen, poor Wendi doesn't have any legs to swim with

[@SRNX1]

22:42 "Aww it's dripping!" "That's what she said..."

[@Styfalled]

I love how his video about exploring an abandoned nuclear power plant is shorter then some videos about ARGs and icebergs.

[@hurricanedude5090]

I love the fact that it's edited like a footage found video. Audio getting cut off, senes that could be longer interrupted with a different clip. It felt like a full on experience!

[@NorthernGreenEyes]

Well said! I flipping LOVE FF.

[@SerechII]

if the camera was less hell bent on illuminating every room it would've looked damn spooky too, some of those shots looked straight out of something like the backrooms

[@hurricanedude5090]

@@SerechII agreed

[@hurricanedude5090]

@@SerechII I mean look at that thumbnail it looks exactly like something Kane Pixels would make lol

[@EzioAuditoredaFirenze]

@@hurricanedude5090 I thought it was a new Kane Pixels video lol

[@aidynanderson1249]

25:40 Hold up full song covers in an abandoned nuclear power plant would actually be dope as hell. Like creepy / melancholic atmospheric songs? That'd be sick man

[@aidynanderson1249]

Also 38:02 goddamn

[@anon2234]

Idk, metal would play well here too, so would hardstyle/hardcore. Reverse bass echoing would sound beast.

[@yoMC18]

such an underrated moment in the video

[@aidynanderson1249]

@@anon2234 Aw yeah I didn't even think of that

[@jordanmehl6925]

That room around 12 minutes in where windigoon asked if that was an armory is in fact one. That is a prefab unit to meet naval standards for warships back in the day.

[@l.illine1784]

39:47 ,,,,,,, this shot goes hard as hell

[@daisyjoy242]

It looks like a start to a music video

[@toxiccorgi2108]

Shame that Wendigoon was zombified by the brain scorcher trying to reach the CNPP. Still wierd hearing that he planned on using the wish granter to allow him to lick the elephants foot without dying of radiation sickness.

[@rosiehawtrey]

How to really annoy make a wish foundation... "my wish is to die with dignity...". /sarcasm mode :on.

[@SomeElsenNerd420-J]

he must be insane at combat though, theres not a single monolith in sight

[@novarachnid]

Seeing Wendigoon’s legs is like when they cut to shots of the muppets with legs. That was shocking for a moment. Edit: In all seriousness, this was an amazing video. Thank you for taking us on this ride.

[@TheKenchanx]

I thought his legs were still trapped by all those rocks in the cave

[@nj0377]

You and Lemmino are some of the most insightful documentary makers on KZbin that show how far the website has come. Keep it up!

[@-insecure]

something about the low fov of the camera makes this beautifully claustrophobic and builds a base level of anxiety. I love it.

[@austinfrey8657]

Make sure to stay safe exploring abandoned places! Dust masks are very very handy and they give you peace of mind, love you boys, stay curious!

[@MiloMurphysLaw]

Nah, nobody wants to wear masks after 2020

[@juter1122]

especially the spicy dust

[@Stew_Pid]

That place is in use constantly. At least 4 airsoft events a year and weekly training for police and other groups as well.

[@DevLunar]

I'm scrolling in the middle of the night and I see that 16 minutes ago Wendigoon made a video about an abandoned nuclear power plan that he appears to be exploring. I love what this man does

[@dethkillerspiral]

Me too but 30 mins ago lol

[@foolfunk]

Me too about 20 months ago

[@toolazy4names302]

I remember exploring the savannah river nuclear site a while back and wanting to take that pdp-11 computer back with me so bad, it's nice to see it's still there and in good condition.

[@Benadryl.shawty]

Seeing how genuinely stoked you’re to be here on earth despite the weight of all you know makes me excited to stay here & embrace everything as it comes. I deeply appreciate you sharing yourself and love for humans.

[@00xero]

I used to design control panels like that. The ones with alarms is called an enunciator (i think). Those are alarms for critical sensors in the control system. Employees (operators) monitor those and they light up. LAH = level alarm high, LAL=level alarm low, etc... The number is for the sensor so you can find it on a P&ID diagram.

[@emerablade2021]

May I ask what a P&ID diagram is?

[@00xero]

@@emerablade2021 Piping & Instrumentation Diagram. Like an electrical schematic but for pipes, tanks, reactors, etc in a plant. "Instrumentation" = sensors & control systems.

[@1lovesoni]

I'm in no way challenging you, I've had more crazy/unique experiences than most in my lifetime (filled a RX a rockstar ODd on, survived a horrific car crash, was a hostage in a mass shooting, etc... ). I'm just curious if you can mention, or hint at, who you worked for? Or please just tell us your favorite story from that time.

[@doodlebees]

i love how wendigoon goes from covering conspiracy theories about like gnosticism and the lost stories of the bible to exploring nuclear facilities. there's a reason he's my favorite!

[@brandoncliburn767]

Hey Wendigoon. Been doing a double shift at my job all week when I saw you featured on Nick Crowley's channel. Took interest in your content and gotta say I love every video I've seen. The way you explain many situations or your iceburgs is calm and very detailed to give the viewer every insight. You've definitely earned yourself a subscriber. Wanted to ask if you would ever do a video on Marvin Heeymeyer & the Killdozer. I know it's been done into a docu-movie but maybe for those who hadn't heard of it before could hear it from your video, since I have no doubt you'd do a good job. Keep up the great content!

[@Gladys_C_Hugh]

Wendigoon looks and acts like a kid in a candy shop. This entire channel has been leading up to him larping as a tacticool operator in an abandoned nuclear plant. Love that for him

[@amandarhoads4640]

James' beautiful singing in that big, empty, eerie building was seriously so haunting!!!

[@lostpigeon5529]

It’s so crazy to think that he went from in his room talking about giants to this so fast😂 I’ve loved seeing the evolution tho🙏

[@A_Hylian_Not_An_Elf]

I wonder what the next stage will be?

[@Crustaceous]

@@A_Hylian_Not_An_Elf transcribing the ethereal plane?

[@A_Hylian_Not_An_Elf]

@@Crustaceous That’s his final form. We should still have a while before that happens.

[@dereenaldoambun9158]

Next stage is searching for the hollow earth, where the giants reside. 😳😳😳

[@TheBigGoon]

I need a full rendition of country roads from you all in that room. It was haunting and sounded so cool.

[@yungmilk8858]

bro was belting that shit at the beginning 😭

[@anonomooose]

Daisy bell

[@foamyadampower7105]

25:25 imagine exploring this alone and then you start to hear this

[@carlycaye90]

*watching old wendigoon video* *he uploads something new* the feeling of excitement and joy is unmatched.

[@kountstakula232]

Was legit doing the same thing lol, felt like the meme of leo from once upon a time in Hollywood ctfu.

[@cygnusx1_]

WAS ALSO DOING THE SAME THING BAHAHAHA

[@dangerxbadger2300]

Same

[@BigMuggs21]

Im gonna be honest, i can’t watch older KZbin videos 😂 I always gotta watch newer ones

[@tricctown9351]

I shoot rifles competitively and we did a zombie themed sniper match here! we shot from the roof, had to crawl through tubes, run through mud, shoot off a truck, etc. and at night me and a few of my friend would go and explore the facility. An absolutely amazing experience so seeing your video pop up and recognizing that control room was the coolest.

[@bigideasthescholar]

That is one of the coolest things I’ve ever heard

[@imi6588]

Half of the video was just three guys obsessively pressing buttons and turning dials. Best content on this website 🖤

[@blasphemyk2936]

u r fr my new favourite youtuber, like the way you tell stories is just *muah* *chef's kiss* perfect for the way my brain comprehends information it's wonderful, keep it up xx

[@Applesauzified]

Ah this brought back memories of working at the airport as an gis intern. Just seeing unused areas and getting to eat lunch in an old and unused air control tower that no one's probably seen the inside of decades was so much fun

[@sandpounder3443]

GIS like the mapping software?

[@Applesauzified]

@@sandpounder3443 Yep! Was mapping parts of the airport and collecting data

[@dexusmensch]

Wendigoon is dorky enough to go to one of those "haunted experiences," but is also genuine enough to insist that it be a physical location worthy of a horror film

[@-Absolute_Solver-]

I love this type of content, it gives me chills in a good way and it always makes me think of exploring like an abandoned secret military compound that has a creature and you would be the spec ops sent to deal with it.

[@smedgywedgy605]

Seeing Drewski and Wendigoon together is on another level of unreal

[@inkloverxxxtheartist1183]

37:20 I think the best way to make a shot/picture/drawing feel “empty” is by taking a picture from high up, and in the corner of the room. This way, when you see all of the room (or most all of it) your subject feels smaller: it feels like there’s a lot of nothingness, with a single, small focal point.

[@dilmain]

The irl exploration and on-location content is pure fire my guy, keep up the fantastic work

[@cjandty6679]

If you like this kind of content, check out shiey, won't dissapoint.

[@Seph491]

Looks like a fun time and glad to see you involved in something Stalker related. I've been a big fan of the series since the beginning. I'd love to get the chance to try out the ranges at that place.

[@MikeStrip]

19:09 love that PDP-11 16 bit minicomputer. The perfect holiday gift for that significant other that’s always bringing up old stuff. 😂

[@jdlasiter2353]

25:34 they just started an amazing brilliant performance