Exploring Nome Alaska: Chased Off By A Drunk Eskimo

[@rileyyolo8527]

"Get off my island" "It's not an island" 😂😂

[@scottlund4562]

She perhaps and likely means "Turtle Island" which refers to the North American continent.

[@redbackrecordings]

Never take an idiot with you, you can always pick one up when you get there!

[@docholliday5439]

"Get off my island." She must be on Gilligan's Island! 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵with the castaways her on Gilligan's Island...

[@olefella7561]

Speaking of which, remember the fact that mega genocide of indigenous natives population in continents of America five hundred years ago was around fifteen millions, while European population in Europe was around twenty millions. Today, Native population at around fifteen million, while European population (in continents of America + Europe) at a staggering ONE BILLION! As a matter of fact, China has made no secret that it would one day help liberate continents of America which it sees as rightfully belonging to Indigenous Native people. Google 'Continents of America is Not a New World/China Watch/ China Daily Forum' for simple truth. blog.chinadaily.com.cn/forum.php? mod=viewthread&tid=820652

[@sharonsmith9810]

U SOUND LIKE THE GOVERNMENT...

[@Follower_of_The_Word]

I lived in Nome while I worked at NGAC. You ought to detect those beaches. I found a gold-embellished Russian bayonet on the city beach after a winter storm.

[@waynepeterson5337]

I worked for nagc in 2009

[@greenandgold2185]

Hay I lost a golden Russian bayonet. Can you send it to me?

[@Follower_of_The_Word]

@@greenandgold2185 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@aceboogisback9946]

@@Follower_of_The_Word Did you send it?

[@Brilembi]

That's funny. I lived in Vladivostok for a while and we went found an abandoned row boat from Alaska washed up on the beach

[@kosmickorrin]

Makes me so distraught seeing how badly alcohol has affected the native communities here in Alaska;( I’m native myself and it just breaks my heart, I hope the issue will be resolved in time. Alcohol is poisoning our communities, we never had it historically, so we have no tolerance against it. I just hope it’ll get better.

[@peytonalbert5891]

You don't look like any of the native groups

[@pearl0705]

Sadly, alcohol is cheaper than water in nome.

[@EnglishSaxons]

@@pearl0705 huh thats crazy im from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 there's so many people on drugs the cops let them just deal and people die we have open borders so immigration is destroying it as they shut the people off they pity the dinghie jumpers

[@Follower_of_The_Word]

I developed a fondness for Nome and was saddened by the destruction of family groups by the effects of alcohol. I’ve seen the same effect in other parts of Alaska. There is no such thing as tolerance to alcohol, it destroys people everywhere it is abused. I pray that it gets better. Through faith in Jesus Christ and the grace of God, your people can be delivered!

[@brainzgotnobrianz3340]

Its not so bad especially if you know some of those drunks like me:D

[@jenpw1525]

I dated a native. The sad thing was that he was embarrassed by it. We was always going back to school for higher education to prove himself.

[@Aminuts2009]

I live in Fairbanks. Its the same here. The issue of drunk natives is not exclusive to Nome. Several die here each year from being drunk and passing out in the parking lot.

[@sharonsmith9810]

No skin off the white man s teeth.

[@Bill-cv1xu]

Waska Waska didn't...

[@lil_debbie]

1 result of colonization

[@robertk9043]

I lived in Bethel when I was in high school and it was worse there. A lot of people, when they get drunk, regardless of race, will be impossible to deal with when they are drunk. I learned to ignore it. The Eskimo people are awesome , I have relatives who are Eskimo, but they lose control much easier due to the lack of thousands of years of adaptation to alcohol it like some other races have.

[@deana8202]

They don't have the enzymes to break down the alcohol.

[@AutodidactEngineer]

They seem to be unevolved!

[@jimbobtheimpaler8403]

Bet you'd never in a million years think you would utter the words "Chased out by a Drunk Eskimo Woman". lol

[@rustyaxelrod]

I played guitar in a bar band for 10years, I’ve seen my share of drunks (and been one a few times too), not exclusive to Alaska by any means. I learned that too much of anything is bad for ya no matter who you are.

[@timthompson8297]

Then you spent enough time there that you should realize that Alaskan natives are more likely to become raging alcoholics by a factor of 10.

[@CurtisD1986]

It's bad in Alaska for these small communities because most of them are very isolated. There's nothing to do for recreational fun. So many turn to alcohol and drugs which in turns leads to domestic violence and crime. Not to mention Alaska has the highest or very near the top suicide rate per capita. For many years they have led that statistic.

[@bessieofnome]

I was born and raised in Nome.A person can go into any town or city and make a negative report of a place. Depends on what your mind concentrated on. Also not being from the place for any length of time can give a lot of first impressions giving false ideals. Single people for most part if they do not have family do not qualify for a lot of help . Most of the natives are very talented artists and carvers and native artwork is the most under valued compared to so many artwork from other countries.Lot of these natives may not even qualify for any government money but make carvings just enough to go on a drunk for a while as a lot of natives are occasional binge drinkers and may stay sober for a long while. Some of course are addicted to it and usually don't live very long. Some of the older natives did work and do have social security benefits and or retirement.Some of the native men are veterans that never had mental help. I am a native and married and have lost the taste for alcohol the last forty some years.I did at one time abuse alcohol after being raped and left for dead on a street in Nome as a young teen.Never saw the person as he came from behind me and lifted me off my feet in a choke hold . I came to laying in an old abandoned car located on Steadman Street between the Old Catholic church and Bronsons house. I do know who the person was but was tall enough to lift my five ft. two inch. body off my feet to choke me. He also had on a ball player letter jacket that high school students use. I went to the Luthern Church and the pastors were not in but the daughter was and I asked to use their bathroom to clean myself up. Went home and took twenty one aspirin and ended up so sick for two days. Never told anyone about the rape. One winter I saw a seven foot man who looked exactly like father time with a sickel , had his arms crossed and heard him say " I am so proud of you, you belong to me. That scared me so much, that winter I prayed in my own home asking God if he was real , I am asking you to help me fix up my messed up life. What peace, joy, and love came into my being as a warm liquid love instantly.I was 26 yr. old . I use to wake up about four in the morning making a glass of slo gin and orange juice and smoke a cigarette or two , and then go back to sleep. That day I had that peace, I never drank again. I did not have to have any counseling or treatment to quit the habit. Whom the Son (Jesus) sets free is free indeed. The native drunk lady may have her story, maybe you reminded her of someone who violated her in some way. Maybe a caucasian man raped her and she now hates looking at men like you as it gives her bad memories.

[@cdd4248]

I am reading this 3 years after it was written and hoping you are safe, warm and loved.

[@bessieofnome]

@@cdd4248Thanks for wondering if I am safe , warm and loved. I actually feel blessed beyond what I ever imagined. I always presented to the Spirit that came and helped me back then and throughout the years. " Why have you "living Spirit " come into my home as I was alone with no person present and I never went back into abusing alcohol like so many others have that seemed to experience what I had experienced back in "78"? I recently in 2019 Sept. suffered head trauma from a freak accident in public. Been a slow recovery and still in recovery. Medical bills unpaid due to insurance companies along with medical personal that hold tight to the money they take in.Like a rape victim who have to prove she was raped without her own cause. A freak accident victim have to go through similar scrutiny in the courts to prove medical issues are and have aggravated and contributed to other head trauma to become worse to the point that my life was interrupted for almost four yrs. now. I asked the Spirit of the living God " Why was I the only one hurt in such a freak accident in a crowd of people attending a state fair.?" Going into the fourth year since the accident I ended up attending a large gathering of what is called a friday fling of venders selling good at a railroad depot. As I approached the railroad depot yard with all the vendors with some under a similar tent as the one that flew up in the air with a gust of wind , flipped over and the tight cloth part came down on my right front of my head, knocked me off my feet and landing on cement pavement injuring not only my head, but my right shoulder and right knee and diagnosed with whiplash. For a week after seeing the white tents I had memory of replay of the accident and the many times I put my family through trauma as I was medivaced to ER rooms in a hospital with severe alternating horizontal/vertical nystagmus that made me convulse its vomiting and completely paralyzed with losing any control of muscles to make any movement as I am stabilized at home and then medicated to er only to be released with in a day after being medicated. I fought off to remember due to what I and my family had to suffer since 2019 sept.. After a week of remembering the accident , it set of the remembrance of when I was raped and left for dead ,many years ago in 1960's as a young teen in Nome, Ak. Memory came in bits and pieces throughout the days and gave me much trauma with the memories. Also made my husband and I finally understand an incident on our wedding night. He told me this years later .When we were about to get intimate with both of us with no clothes on, I got up suddenly and ran out of the hotel room we were at on our honeymoon night.WE were never intimate in that way throughout our engagement . I have no memory of that night that happened and did not know for years about it. The spirit healed me about having sex in my marriage only after His love /spirit came to me in 1978. Never drank alcohol or desire it since that day in 1978, Feb.. Then this summer I realized that was the cause of taking alcohol and drinking in order for me to have sex in our marriage. Trauma of rape is very complex. Our mind blocks out trauma to protect us to some degree so we can continue to live life. Now I also understand what veterans go through with PTSD. John 3:16 is so true in my life. For God so loved the world , that He gave His only begottenSon became such a revelation in my live and continue to be. Sorry long story and shortened with a lot left out.

[@Super-ew1ty]

​@@bessieofnomeGod bless you!

[@CurtisD1986]

Lived in Nome for two years for my 3rd and 4th grade back in 96' and 97' I believe. It was a lot simpler times back then. We were outside every single day finding something to keep ourselves occupied. My aunt whom I lived with was a nurse at the hospital and worked almost everyday very long hours. So I had free reign almost daily. There was really anything to worry about at the time as everyone knew everyone there so most looked out after each other. My aunt knew we kept out of trouble for the most part. Her only rule was we couldn't go to one store which was a bar. I dont remember the name but it was close to the end of Main street on the opposite side of the street that the ocean is on. Same end of the road where the Iditarod ends. There was a couple arcade games in there we'd sneak into there sometimes to play. Of course we'd sneak into the REC center almost everyday without paying to get in. But the workers for the most part didn't mind as they knew we were just kids and wanted to play some basketball or something inside. One of my favorite memories was spring time as the ice starts to break up. We'd go ice jumping in the ocean. Kinda play chicken and see who would go the furthest out or jump on the smallest piece of ice. So many great childhood memories from my time in Nome.

[@frankamaktoolik6272]

“Glue pot” sounds like.

[@CurtisD1986]

@@frankamaktoolik6272 my old buddy Thomas Pennatack (spelling) had one of his legs fall in the water, while ice jumping. I remember to this day him freeking out over that. Thinking he was gonna die.

[@frankamaktoolik6272]

Idk why I never got a notification but forgot about this comment and reminded when I came back to this video! I know that same guy!

[@fireman89406]

Back in my days as a firefighter we were at a brush fire on the reservation. I saw an old drunk staggering towards me. I'm thinking oh oh. He come up to me and says" I just wanted to thank you and the other warriors for coming out to help us.". It was kind of funny.

[@alicedouglas4107]

This is not funny you dumb***🤬

[@valiantredneck]

@@alicedouglas4107 Yes. It is.

[@deliaoozevaseuk4885]

U must think so liw of ur self then

[@Bodycountunknown]

That was an honor

[@jamespeters4547]

Unfortunating this is true. A few years back I went to a lake in Minnesota for a fishing trip. The lake was situated on an Indian Reservation. On the first of the month when the government checks come in, the men from the reservation were lined up in front of the liquor store waiting for it to open. The line was at least 100yards long. Really sad.

[@sharonsmith9810]

The line started long ago with the man made reservations....sad

[@randallfrank5682]

I was born and raise in Fairbanks, AK and still live here. I spent the summers of 1968 & 1969 working in Nome. I was 21 and 22 those years. We were building a new Nome-Council Road and a concrete bridge across the Nome River. In 1968 another construction company was digging up the main roads in "downtown" Nome, installing water and sewer lines and replacing the wooden board sidewalks. Lots of gold and money was found in the dirt under those old board sidewalks. The construction company and police had to stop the kids and people from tearing up the board walks because they were creating havoc. I had a lot of fun in Nome and in 1969 I bought a car from a friend for $200.00 and drove it everywhere that the roads would take me on my days off. I don't know if it is still there, but there was a settlement of native people from King Island which was sort of abandoned by the villagers just on the outskirts of Nome along the Nome-Council Road. These people were very good walrus ivory carvers and would bring their carvings into Nome to sell for food and alcohol. Maybe that is what the drunk native woman was referring to when she said "get off my island." The Board of Trade Bar (known as the BOT) was a place where the carvers would sell their works of art. The back bar at the BOT was full of carvings and tourists would often go home with a piece of carved walrus art as I did. I became friends with many of the locals in Nome and I thought for awhile that I would buy a house and live there. I talked myself out of it though with a little help from my parents.

[@stephinewest2267]

I've lived in Nome my whole life. That black water was just the city moving sand out of the boat port lol

[@wrnchhead76]

"It's not an island." *confused look* lmao

[@jimmyfiggs6293]

If the bears don't get ya, The drunk locals will.

[@brainzgotnobrianz3340]

Not if you personally know them,my dad introduced me to a lot of nice people in Nome,and I'm used to living around drunks so I manage

[@thajman]

Hahaha! "Get off my island". "It's not an island". Thanks for the laugh!

[@sharonsmith9810]

its always been our island...

[@dreadd90]

@@sharonsmith9810 not since you lost

[@larryehrlich8702]

Alaska has three different alcohol laws known in Alaska as Wet, Dry, & Damp. Wet means you can buy, drink, and posess alchohol...Nome has bars and liquor stores for example and is considered Wet. Dry means it is illegal for any alchohol to be in that town or village. Damp means it is legal to posess alchol...but you can not buy it there...it must be shipped or carried in.

[@Forkemdvls]

Drunk: "Get off my island!" Beaux: "This isn't an island." LOL

[@uhfnutbar1]

Your racist goof fk off loser

[@Forkemdvls]

Are you drunk too? What did I say that was racist?

[@brainzgotnobrianz3340]

@@uhfnutbar1 you clearly don't know anything about us Alaskan natives,this man said nothing racist

[@Shinuchiha_99]

This happened to me, my dad and mother when we were fishing in the wind river reserve about 3 years ago up in Wyoming.. three drunk local men in their Toyota Tacoma came down to the spillway while we were fishing and started harassing me and my dad and telling us to get tf off their land.. we told them we had every right to be on that land because it wasn’t their tribal land and they had no right to tell other people what to do in a public setting.. all three were drunk and eventually the county sheriff pulled up and arrested all 3 for public intoxication.. they were all from the wind river tribe native Cheyenne technically.. the alcoholism in the native communities across the country is horrible 😢🥃🍸🙈☹️

[@aquachigger]

Mean drunks are mean drunks the world around. It's sad.

[@alcamerc9970]

Had a job offer here once. I was a subcontractor. I backed out of the contract when I learned there were some customs about the town I didn’t like. Several decades later, I realized that my decision had been the correct one. I think now it’s ok to visit, but not ok to live there as in permanently. Nice video. Thanks

[@patrickpatrick9132]

The drunk reminded me of the drunks in Gallup NM.

[@gluehead4687]

Chigg, i love your videos and i love alaska and the American Wildlife. As someone who lives in Sweden, i dream to visit Alaska or any northern states. I'd also love to visit a few southern states aswell. These videos keep my thirst down for Alaska and what not. Thank you! I am so very grateful for these videos.

[@thajman]

Snod - GN'R How are things in Sweden these days? Sounds like mass migration has changed some areas.

[@gluehead4687]

thajman Since i live in the really northern part of Sweden, i can't notice any change (i live in a small village, we're about 50people) so nothing is really happening around the area where i live. But in the larger cities down the south is where all the immigrants stay. Lately i've been reading alot about people getting mugged, raped, shot (More than usual) in alot of the troubled areas. Don't get me wrong, all this happened before all the mass migration but at a much lower scale. So since i don't really live in the south of Sweden i can't really say that much about it. However i do think that Sweden shouldn't take in as many immigrants as we currently do. Its getting to a point where its just damaging our country. Hope that answers your question:)

[@IratePuffin]

I was in Fairbanks, Alaska for 3 weeks for a military exercise back in the early to mid 2000’s. It was during their worst forest fires in like 50 years. Most of our daily missions were canceled due to low visibility so every day we got to explore. My friends and I would drive about an hour north to a natural hot springs resort just to get above the smoke layer so we could breathe fresh air. Anyway, one day we couldn’t buy alcohol on base for some reason so we stopped at a bar in the middle of nowhere. It was like a scene from a movie. We walked in and all the locals stopped what they were doing and stared us down. Felt like one of those scenes from Dusk to Dawn Beau is always mentioning. Lol

[@aquachigger]

lol... sounds like a good time.

[@IratePuffin]

@@aquachigger it was! Even worth the letter we all received from the military afterwards telling us we’d breathed in toxic levels of smoke for 3 weeks. But I agree with you that there is so much to see and do up there. I’d love to visit again someday.

[@silverwheelspatriot1764]

Enjoyed all your Alaska videos, but glad to have you back here for adventures at home

[@garymaris9417]

I really enjoy your nome adventures, you've got 1 of the best shows on the Internet , bar none!!!

[@zach1998100]

Coming from a Canadian reservation it's all over When people get their money they party and drink every weekend and this is coming from a Cree native

[@shawnreed7876]

That is sad. Alcoholism is a big problem, not just in Canada or Alaska but the whole world. -From someone who hates alcohol and travels a lot.

[@lil_debbie]

Alcoholism is a symptom of a much bigger problem. And this is coming from a Coast Salish scholar.

[@mrhangfire1]

Locals can be aggressive in Hawaii too. Not necessarily drunks, but they get territorial and seem to have a particular disdain for the military on Oahu. Oh, and that pipe you saw with the black water was most likely a dredge in a canal somewhere pumping to the beach.

[@shorttime1351]

lol that's a relief I thought it was poo poo

[@DSToNe19and83]

Yup, my brother got beat pretty bad while drinking while off duty with his wife. A group of locals didn’t like his military attitude and beat him pretty good, had to have plastic surgery in his face all said and done. He told him when he came home, they hate us there..

[@frankamaktoolik6272]

Yeah that is from the causeway or port that they pump out there mud and all as it’s a river that drains into the small boat harbor or by it

[@larissajohnson8643]

Not all natives are drunks, my dad only has a beer once or twice a year. And i choose not to drink because i dont want too. And Nome is not as bad as he makes it look.... lol. 😂 also...we like to plant flowers in those buckets, we have a Nome garden tour every year. (My mom is a master gardener and so is her friend). Nome is a wonderful place to be, its small, friendly and you get to go berry picking, hunting (moose, birds, bears, caribou, rabbits etc..., hiking, four- wheeling, snowmachining (snowmobiling), sledding, fishing in the summer, fall or winter, bowling, basketball, baseball, the gym, ZUMBA, theres always something fun to do here. He didn't show you much either, if he actually experienced what other people here experience then you guys wouldn't think its a horrible town.

[@mikemaki7192]

Larissa Chepurko you make it sound wonderful, and I believe you are probably right.

[@larissajohnson8643]

Look up The Nome Nugget Newspaper on the internet and it shows allot of what happens here.

[@colleenposadas8415]

Larissa Chepurko Thank you Larissa for your nice comment. It sounds like a nice town. I think AC just was taken by this woman following him and saying such rude things.

[@EvilEye45s]

He didn't say everybody was bad. He just said that some people have problems with drinking there

[@FlakesandFlour]

Larissa Johnson LMAO Nome is a sh*thole when the natives get paid, every one I saw when I was there was drunk, passed out or puking and most of the wasted, nasty, rotten toothed women were hardcore sluts trying to sell themselves for another drink or a warm place to sleep. The facts may suck but they are 100% true. Been there and it was a waste of time.

[@status974]

thanks dude! it was very interesting to watch it from Russia! We live in almost the same city in Russia, it is called Surgut. This is in western Siberia. Little by little I am learning English by following you. all is clear, thank you!

[@md-ln4fp]

Won't get much done today because instead of working, I'm watching your video's.. The hurricane Harvey state. Don't stop the adventures, pure fun.

[@ruthwalton3457]

We have a small amount of drunks here. I find drunks so scary and glad you coped, my dad was a drunk at times 😘 I will take a stoner over a drunk any day😢 thanks for the tour 😆 i might have to be a metal detecting bird watcher and get there someday

[@DiggerDawn]

Really enjoyed looking at Alaska with you!! Yeah you do always get a couple of drunks or weirdos everywhere you go. Thanks for sharing the adventure :-) DD

[@cholt1985]

He’s Dion I grew up in Alaska moved there at the age of two in 1969. My parents were both high school teachers at No One belts high school. I was amazed to see 30 years later and nothing has changed. The board of trade bar is still on front Street I have memories growing up, going down to the AC store the Alaska commercial, one of the only or a few stores in town, and there were several known town drunks that just wondered around constantly. It is a sad truth that’s dead on. I remember as a kid we used to run on those big rocks. It’s called the jetty there on the bearing sea, and you’d always see the same town drunk as name as Charlie. It’s really a sad problem there and people do go missing often and it’s always due to alcohol.

[@hooper4581]

Ehhh. You can find half dozen drunks like that here on every block in NYC :)

[@timthompson8297]

Gees, do you suppose theres a difference between small town Alaska and NYC? Idiot.

[@alcamerc9970]

Hooper45 That’s not totally true. There are drunks in every city, granted, but the amount of drunks chasing you in Nome cannot be compared with to any other part of the USA.

[@timthompson8297]

@@alcamerc9970 I used to sail on a coastal freighter in Alaska and I was saddened to see all the chronic drunk Alaskan natives up there. They made up a disproportionate percent of the total population.

[@Paulsmuse]

You can find them everywhere as it is a disease. They need help, not being made fun of. :-( Until it touches your own life and leaves you with scares, no one will ever ever ever understand. It is everywhere, as is the collateral damage.

[@Paulsmuse]

@No Name I really do not care if you do not consider it a disease. It is. Your opinion means nothing to me. You are a judgmental troll. My Mom was an alcoholic so if anyone should 'not consider it a disease' it is me. Did you go to medical school? Did you specialize in substance abuse? NO... because if you had 1st, you would not be trolling on You tube and 2nd you would know it is a disease. Diseases come by many names, sizes and shapes. Don't like it? Not my problem. Grow up! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease_theory_of_alcoholism

[@grovertn867]

Thank you for your videos. I have thoroughly enjoyed the ones from Alaska. That said...this one is kind of sad...not the least because of the woman who followed you. I only wish there was an easy solution to really help these folks. Alcoholism is a sad fact of life. And it happens everywhere. Unfortunately, in some places more than others. As I'm sure you do, I wish her well.

[@korppionoikeus5857]

Sign: Welcome to Nome! *Gets chasen off by a drunk eskimo*

[@oledahl.]

hmm hmm I think it's pretty racist to call someone an Eskimo!

[@alicedouglas4107]

It is racist to call me and other natives Eskimos because we don’t like being called that🤬

[@oledahl.]

No Name it's probably the same phenomenon as a black person using the n-word about himself but he won't be happy if you call him that.

[@oledahl.]

No Name yes who knows. Not me for sure. Seems like you at least have some personal experience on the matter. So when you find out, pls let me know. I'm curious about it on a human-cultural-social level. I've had this same talk with many black people too and I get just as many reasons as the number of people I speak with. So, difficult to understand, absolutely! Take care, stay healthy and have a nice evening. Kindest reg. Ole M. Oslo/Norway. 🙏👍

[@dorothydickson4050]

Shit it aint racist we r what we r

[@Ozcreepycrawly]

If the Inuit had native title over traditional lands and got royalties from the mineral mining they would not need your "government money" mate..

[@stevephillips0404]

CJ Mckee actually the US government gave 34 million acres to the 12 Eskimo corporations for the Eskimos but the corporations did not give the land to the Eskimos. The corporations ack like plantations and treat the Eskimos like share croppers. They should have passed the land to the Eskimo people instead they are the masters. I've been coming to Nome for 25 years and like the Eskimo people but I have no use for the Eskimo corporations. They act like a government within our government.

[@colleenposadas8415]

Steve Phillips thank you for the info

[@brainzgotnobrianz3340]

@@stevephillips0404 a lot of us Alaskan natives prefer to be called that,not Eskimos

[@ScottsOnTheRottenCotton]

I went on google maps and mindlessly looked around the world, homed in on nome and thought it looked interesting from satellite. Hoped on KZbin typed in Nome Alaska and found this video. Drunk angry Eskimo ahaha

[@maryhelen1011]

Awesome video! I would never have known about Nome and how it actually looks, the videos are very cool! Thanks for sharing and safe travels to my favorite treasure hunter and youtuber!

[@bryan5549]

I HAD left a comment about thinking that the title of this video was absurdly funny. I was amused. After hearing about the locals...I'm sorry to hear about...their troubles. Thank you for explaining, Beau.

[@karablevins8302]

Nice video :) I saw myself at the bank robbery. I used to work in Nome.

[@KyleTaylor01]

Gotta love drunks!!! Lol. Love the video, Chig!!! Keep up the great work!

[@brainzgotnobrianz3340]

Its a better experience when you personally know them,my dad lived on the streets when he was my age,he group up to be a great cook and knew half of the people who lived on the streets. Every time we went walking I would always meet someone new

[@brainzgotnobrianz3340]

They're nice when theyre at least a tiny bit sober,but that was mostly during the day when bar break wasn't happening

[@moneybeatz1494]

imagine years ago i would have to find an encyclopedia to look up info about nome alaska. what a time to be alive

[@brainzgotnobrianz3340]

You could also ask someone who actually lived there like me,tho all I can say is what it was like to live there as a kid to a teenager

[@Mikey7211]

Thank you very much for the clip. It really felt like I’m walking with you 🤓👍

[@QFSAviation]

The same things happened to me when I visited Nome! The same people got mad at me

[@DaliwolfBacon]

Wow...I love beer...but if I had to choose between sleeping in a bed or drinking myself into oblivion and sleeping on the beach, the bed would win. Thanks for sharing this.

[@brainzgotnobrianz3340]

I stayed out past curfew in Nome a few times when I was a kid,I got to experience what it was like to sleep on the streets just cuz me and my friends wanted to have more fun outside

[@lesahanners5057]

Some tour of Nome, truth be told it didn't seem to amount to much. Never pleasant to deal with drunks no matter the time or place. Glad the women wasn't packing a gun. It doesn't look like a town I would want to visit anytime soon. I am glad you came through the whole Alaska experience unscathed.

[@brainzgotnobrianz3340]

Sure its not too great but its not so bad as you expect,if you know them like I do you get to know some nice people,but I mostly say that cuz I grew up around a lot of alcoholics,hell a certain amount of my family are alcoholics

[@40belowful]

wow! that green ford fire truck was vintage 1968-70's. You where right when you started to say Alaska has a problem:) Highest rate of drugs and alcohol use per capita out of 50 states.

[@krixig]

We made it up to Talkeetna and Denali roughly the same time of year (July-ish) and it was nuts how the sun touched the horizon, hung out, and then trekked back up. That and we saw a dozen or so moose in Anchorage, then left the city. Boom. No more moose haha. Theres so much weird stuff up there thats really a privilege to experience!

[@RyeOnHam]

Had a very sweet conversation with the granddaughter of a drunk lady in Kotzebue one time. I was there on business. Beautiful country around Kotzebue, but the village was quite depressing. Worse than Nome by far.

[@stanmiller9672]

The pipe spewing the black liquid I'd actually a dredge in the harbor pumping black sand from the harbor out onto the beach.... keeping the harbor deep enough for the freight and oil barges along with cruise ships. If he'd have followed the pipe he'd have seen the dredge. Plus.... that black sand is where there's gold!

[@SewEasyCreations]

Thanks, I never knew any of that about Nome, good video.

[@breahna7924]

I love your videos they always cheer me up and make my day keep it up you are doing a great job. Also i like when you say hold your breath

[@QuestForDetails]

priorities man. Funniest vid ive seen in a while.Thank You. Needed the grin.

[@OldButStillKicking]

Alaska is a beautiful state. It's heartbreaking to see what alcohol has done. You never shy away from difficult subjects so wasn't surprised when you included this in the video. And it's not just alcohol. It's reported that the most commonly abused substances in Alaska also includes heroin, methamphetamine, prescription drugs, cocaine, and marijuana. We have to remember that was just a small part of your Alaska adventure. Thanks for the tour and the bad pun re: the birdwatchers flocking! Too much but not unexpected! LOL

[@EricJayyyy]

Thank you for sharing this video! I’ve always been curious about the way of life in Nome, Alaska.

[@brainzgotnobrianz3340]

As a kid its awesome, you can go walking,or go to the park with friends. Sometimes we went to the abandoned gold dredges outside of town. If it was really hot we'd go swimming or stay inside at a friend's place. School there sucked😂 of course a lot of kids or teens would say that regardless. There was also boys and girls club and checkpoint,checkpoint was a small little building where we would do bible study,eat dinner,play games and hang out,it was also a little place for the mushers too. There was so much there,its very nostalgic seeing 2017 footage

[@brainzgotnobrianz3340]

Sometimes we'd stay out past curfew just for the thrill

[@SmallWonda]

Always something to learn when we share your adventures... Thanks for sharing :)

[@50waystoeatcock79]

I’m native and I can tell you most of them are always drunk unless they have a job

[@clay1671]

Get off my island the look on her face when you said it's not an island lol

[@jaycordwell7926]

Enjoyed this clip, sad to hear about the issues with the natives, our natives here in Australia suffer the same problems :(

[@anasevi9456]

bored with F all to do in a regional area, doesn't matter how much the nanny state jacks up the cost and restricts piss; they will get their hands on it.

[@gimmethepinkelephant3685]

It's because they seclude themselves.

[@goodgodgobblers72]

is it necessary to add a persons nationality to describe her. you couldnt just say a drunk woman.. ?.. this is a huge part of why our nation is divided. .

[@sumhavefun]

Bobozo did the dividing. And you are a racist.....

[@fastsetinthewest]

Your video is like my time in Hawaii. Natives chased me off the beach. A real bigoted hoot.Tells one how they really feel. Regards...

[@nevindoll7825]

The chigg tells like it is . It's not degrading .Its the truth. I am Cherokee and it holds truth with our people..You have to reach out to one another. Come on get in.

[@moorlandwandering3367]

Cowbway Oh shut up, you cynnical assclown.

[@moorlandwandering3367]

Nevin Doll lol deep digger dan reference.

[@colleenposadas8415]

Nevin Doll Bevin at least you are honest. Alcoholism can be a serious problem in many communities. It doesn't mean all native people have the problem.

[@ciao614]

Cowbway How is the Chigg exploiting them? It's their own town Town Council that allows it to go on! Losing a lot of Tourism dollars by allowing these drunks to walk around. Eskimo or not...nobody loves a drunk. Chiggs just showing us what it's really like things you won't see in those brochures. BTW if you don't care for Chigg why are you here? Just another troll?

[@shawnreed7876]

And that my friend is why you are probably doing very well in life. You don't get offended, call something what it is and move on with your life.

[@rochelleknotts2462]

I used yo live in Nome a long time ago. I graduated High School in 1971 and left in 1990. The lady that ran you off, likes you. That is why she ran you off. Nome was a lot pleasanter when I was up there.

[@deland003]

Rochelle Knotts lmfao

[@kassieedwards9678]

I can empathize with the native woman. Her people’s land was stolen and then given squalor land to live on, your children kidnapped and assimilated and here is a parade commemorating the pale faced ppl’s arrival/takeover. While not appropriate actions on her behalf. I’d be just as pissed off. Instead why not offer empathy for generations of oppression and a brief history of Inuit/European relations.

[@dreadd90]

European as ? And pale faced people as? Im pretty sure you think Africa is a country

[@brainzgotnobrianz3340]

A lot of us enjoyed it in Nome regardless of what happened in the past

[@TennesseeCheeZe]

"Its not an island" Lmfao

[@maysonwhite5415]

Thanks for the upload Chigg, keep em up👌👌

[@Bob-fz7pd]

If you buy a supply of liquior before the the stores close you can trade it for cool native items on the main drag at night. The Eskimos are pretty nice and harmless.

[@brainzgotnobrianz3340]

Yea they are,I grew up around drunks so I'm used to something like this,I miss nome

[@kayakkid7]

Sadly it's not just Nome alcoholism is a major problem all across Alaska!

[@bindardundat454]

Pretty much all america

[@Paulsmuse]

@@bindardundat454 Yes it is! They need help, not exploitation :(

[@brainzgotnobrianz3340]

Its not so bad when you were born and raised around drunks,you soon get used to it

[@brainzgotnobrianz3340]

Especially if you knew most of the drunks

[@riverrat1149]

Whats the difference between a drunk "native" and a drunk person?Nothing!The mistake is inferring that there is a difference.A drunk is a drunk.

[@BrokenRRT]

River rat - bullshit! Go work among them or live with them and your toon will change! When you work in a trauma room for 10 years as I have taking care of drunk natives you'll soon learn the difference! It's common for them to come in with a ETOH level >400 after they haven drank in hours! They're destructive, angry, and selfish people!

[@riverrat1149]

You assume too much.All alcoholics are destructive angry and selfish.

[@freethinkink13]

Then people like you should not work with native people of any culture you ignorant naive bloody fool..."They're destructive, angry, and selfish people!" look in the mirror!!!

[@riverrat1149]

Amen!

[@KB4QAA]

"Drunk native" is a descriptive term that differentiates from "Drunk tourist" and "Drunk non-natives who moved here for work".

[@joshuataft5541]

Look study in this vid chigg lol..I'm exited to see what this one holds in store for me

[@rocketpoolpki]

Anther brilliant video, the master of disguise ...

[@cornishrob123]

Glad I'm not the only one who calls em a paddy wagon.

[@leelunk8235]

THIS GUY SHOOTING THE VIDEO IS SARCASTIC WITHOUT EVEN TRYING, LMAO

[@brainzgotnobrianz3340]

...

[@scottkelly6949]

Yes!....And much more like them on reserves and bigger cities.

[@frankhazard9654]

All the years I've watched your videos. That's the first time I've heard your phone ring.

[@wizardmallard5465]

I know the lady who was yelling at you. She's nice when she's sober. Everyone makes their own choices in life and some people just can't cope or something awful happens. Or they make shit choices. Alcohol is a really hard thing to fight if you aren't taught how to drink or around it in a bad manner your whole life. I feel bad seeing people I know drunk and stammering and face planting but I can only help so much before it's on whoever won't stop being wasted.

[@StonewallSowash]

wish i could go places like that. but its still fun to see them in your videos.

[@andyrobinson4036]

yet another great video. thanks again .

[@ericchristian6710]

You were scared of that drunk Eskimo lady! I wish she would've talked to me like that! Hahaha jk

[@michaelfike7542]

Always one in every town

[@VAHOSS]

Michael Fike you're right about that

[@susanolson3611]

A fascinating place! Thanks for sharing

[@DCLightning]

How am I just finding this now I live in Nome and the drunks are an impossible to handle

[@brainzgotnobrianz3340]

Not if you know them like me

[@briangarrow448]

Just like my hometown during our annual Loggers Playday Celebration. Every logger within one hundred miles shows up to get rip roaring drunk, watch the parade, truck rodeo and the watch the logging skills competition. And us white boys can hold our own when it comes to drinking to excess!!

[@fluffybunnylyrics]

Chig down here in Wyoming we call Indians like that park rangers, they're typically always drunk and sleep in the parks. If anyone wants to say that's wrong toward the natives I have my status card show me your "I'm 5% Cherokee and my grandpa married an Indian princess" card

[@stanbarrett67]

My Uncle just moved down here to Oklahoma after living in Anchorage for the last 40 years. He said the police really don't look for missing natives in the smaller towns during the winter. Reason being they find them in the spring when the snow melts. Poor folks get all liquored up and wonder off and freeze to death.... It's a sad way of life for sure!

[@jimv.661]

I think it is the same with most reservations. I hunted up in the NW corner of NE. Next to the Pine Ridge Reservation (Oglala Souix) for about 25 years. There border of the ranch was SD and the reservation. Whenever I went into the little town of Whiteclay, it was a roll of the dice if I would get hassled or not. I had a friend that had a parts store there. He got tired of them always yelling across the street, and having just bought a paintball gun, stepped out, and shot one of them between the eyes. The yelling slowed down for awhile.

[@cornspace]

Wish a helicopter would deliver me a doughnut that big :(

[@samvittoria9692]

I think that was Muck-a-luck Marry.

[@markdenison9568]

The Danes have problems with drunk Swedes, there's a saying if theirs a drunk in the gutter it's a Swede. Bbg.

[@thomasnewton6897]

I love how he gets verbally attacked by a drunk Eskimo and uses it to educate his audience

[@alicedouglas4107]

Thomas Newton RACIST!!🤬

[@TheSarahSwartz]

There was no “education” involved. He hyper focused on an a non-consenting and intoxicated person to be the focal point of the vision he wanted to play out. He exploited this woman for views. You can’t just go filming someone without permission and y’all shit about them on camera I’m front of them and expect not to get attacked. He’s lucky he didn’t get jumped for that shit.

[@brainzgotnobrianz3340]

@@TheSarahSwartz yea but you're missing the point,some of the drunks in Nome are nice if you actually know them,you're just not used to living around drunks

[@sachmocornhowserjr]

It's not an Island..... Love it!

[@brainzgotnobrianz3340]

It really isn't but sometimes it gives off those vibes depending on the seasons

[@jthreeb]

well, if you need to leave the island, hold your breath! lol

[@392_Tish]

8:43 someone had Taco Bell

[@anonymousmc7727]

this is the Real Alaska ....

[@shanecody1737]

That black water shooting out of the pipe is the raw sewage from the main street bars. If you set up a Long Tom downstream, I heard that on a good night you can do over 2 ounces!

[@lm2017]

1:32 Where are all the fellow birders at? "They're funny to watch" XD

[@lm2017]

lol, why do so many people find birding funny?

[@joshuanieuwenhuis2073]

Mocking birders.... pfft.

[@lesHanalala]

TheBirdNerd : Fellow BirdNerd, here!!! I don't get it, either. If you ask me, they are all sorely missing out. Too bad, so sad!!

[@lm2017]

Yeah, more people should try it :)

[@paullarzazs9601]

Birding is great! Baked chicken, roasted turkey, pheasant, duck, etc. LOL!

[@kypo2674]

Chiga you might have just saved her life by posting your vid.Cheers mate