Exploring Vasquez Rocks

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Come with us as we investigate this geologic oddity north of Santa Clarita.
Written and Produced by: Bethany Guerrero
Cinematography and Visual Effects by: C. Drew Unser
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[@patrickc3769]

very good transition from geologic map to actual rocks

[@andyoncam1]

Another lovely video from the great guiding duo of lesser-known LA. From the large, the Bridge to Nowhere, through the mysterious, the Canned Heat Mystery House, to the tiny, the Music Box Stairs, your obvious enthusiasm and on-screen chemistry gives we viewers, esp non LA residents, a fascinating and highly watchable look beyond the well trodden tourist spots. Its amazing how much LA has changed in the 40 years since my first visit. I've been to LA from the UK half a dozen times, either filming or on holiday, and would explore whenever I could, often for locations used in movies I've seen. I wish your videos had been around then. It was quite some years ago, whilst driving to Acton in the Santa Clara Valley/ Soledad Canyon, looking for locations used in Spielberg's Duel that I came across Vasquez Rocks. I had the place almost to myself. I'm slowly working my way through your back catalogue, which should keep me entertained for another week or two, at least, of lockdown. Long may you both continue to entertain and educate. My only question is how come your channel isnt huge? It should be.

[@richardhoover4471]

Great video! We native Angelinos are proud of our Rocks! And Señor Vasquez has long enjoyed a heroic status much like Robin Hood. Thanks for the video!!

[@simply_emma883]

You guys are the best! Keep up your awsome work!!! I love exploring but now I can just do it from my phone!

[@sweesuri7760]

Both my husband and I really love you guys and your Channel. He is a longtime film editor that worked in Hollywood for years and years. We love the way you guys do your homework and really love your presentation style. He wanted me to pass on that your open is really above par. He says that's what stopped him to even look at your channel in the beginning. He says obviously somebody knows how to edit. Keep it up.

[@OddityOdysseys]

Hey there! Your kind words means a lot and thank you for taking the time to comment. It's just the two of us that work on these videos, so we appreciate that your husband's keen eye has taken notice. Thank you again and hope you two have a safe, fun weekend ahead!

[@caivsivlivs]

major props on the visuals in this series, drew! it's really well done. i really hope you guys continue to make episodes.

[@malanis]

Really loving this channel. I've been to a few of these places, but not all! Thanks for sharing your adventures!

[@johnbockelie3899]

Star Trek pilots 1&2 were filmed there. So was the famous Gorn episode, with the " Kirk cliff" as I call it.

[@SereniaSaissa]

I love star trek as well, and I knew that the famous Kirk v Gorn scene had been shot here. But I had NO IDEA that they were so big!! I mean the huge SCALE of their size can be seen when Drew and Bethany CLIMBED these rocks - at 5:15 and also the drone shots at 6:12

[@vinceg4532]

This location was also used in the television show ROSWELL.

[@nhcharmedone]

Another fabulous video! Loved this, so much beautiful art.

[@tonymac4044]

ANOTHER WINNER!!! I never knew about this and would love to visit!!! You guys are both really awesome together!!!! Really good team!!!! But please stay away from those ledges, we all want a season 3!!! Tony Ps, yes Beth is a total FOX!!!!!

[@davidpburns3806]

There's also another movie Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure that was filmed there too

[@ChingerBurger]

^^

[@brandonmckissic8816]

Great episode! Graphic at the beginning is awesome! Loved Pronunciation Dave! Great story about Vasquez and how he successfully eluded authorities here. I can see how! Enjoyed the "Hollywood" pieces and can sure see why that rugged terrain made a great location. You guys are a riot also, by the way. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!! Loved it.

[@elizabethhair9017]

yesterday I watched an episode of NCIS Los Angeles and it looked like they filmed at the base of this rock, so cool !!

[@PresidentialOGkush]

Most underrated channel on KZbin.

[@briangroh444]

Another GREAT episode. These are so GD impressive!

[@ejones610]

Thanks for taking us on another adventure.

[@bongox2777]

This is one of you best videos. It needs to be seen more.

[@hillrunner2]

That was a fun video to watch, great info. Looks like a lot a fun to explore and take pictures. Thanks for sharing a enjoyable video.

[@wjgraham63]

Climb it 2 years ago!! Loved it!!! STAR TREK!!!! KIRK!!🚀🔭🔭🪐

[@naomidavis3665]

Great Odyssey today, but pretty scary! You guys are fearless!!!! What an amazing place. Hard to believe that Mother Nature was responsible. Thanks for the fun adventure!

[@matthewbutlerfam3960]

Great video guys, can't wait for new ones. 🗻

[@BeeWhistler]

I love your channel! I'm finding so many places around here that we haven't seen yet.

[@pete4563]

Fascinating!

[@ScottFrein]

Vasquez Rocks is so iconic. I'm loving the new videos out in the outskirts of the city. Lots of good stuff here in Santa Clarita.

[@OddityOdysseys]

We thought it would be a good idea to branch out for this season. We're finding all sorts of great things! Thanks for watching.

[@grant2584]

I love this episode, I think I've seen it 5 times, Not sure if that helps with the algorithm though. I wish you two would come back and make some new episodes.

[@mikieson]

AWESOME !!

[@wallywalnuts12345]

your videos are great, keep up the awesome work!!

[@OddityOdysseys]

Thank you!

[@fernandojvalencia8151]

I was there visiting the set of THE Flintstones. Real neat experience.

[@Ripplesinthewaters]

When I was 5 years old, in 1978, my family went to Vasquez Rocks. My father used to work in the industry and loved visiting old movie sets.

[@rockytop228]

Another great episode!!! I admire your climbing skills! 😉

[@OddityOdysseys]

Thank you, friend! :)

[@MartyInLa]

I really wanted to see Drew reenact the Gorn battle from Star Trek!

[@tonymac4044]

I looked it up!!! Hey everyone make sure you watch the entire ad this way Oddity gets credit for it!!!!!!

[@OddityOdysseys]

You're the best, thank you! Yes, it is helpful for viewers to watch the duration of an ad before our video, but we certainly know those can be tedious and are grateful to anyone just checking out our episode! But it does help ;)

[@slufoot77]

Every Saturday I look forward to waking up to your videos, it makes for a great day :) love and hugs you crazy kids ❤❤ Have a great weekend and week :)

[@OddityOdysseys]

Thank you so much Kendra!.... We have one left for this season. Can't wait to hear your thoughts on it. :)

[@joehnunya]

Wore out several pairs of shoes hiking there in the 70s. Nice presentation.

[@StevePicaGCT]

Have to make a pilgrimage there some day AND Bronson Cave.Thanks for another fun informative vid!

[@t.r.1708]

Thx! I really enjoy your vids! The only suggestion I’d give is that appropriate attire for the outdoors may not be fashionable, but it’s wise!

[@myraisshort7208]

always love the videos

[@OddityOdysseys]

Thank you, our friend!

[@sethk1698]

I drive by this everytime I go from home in lancaster to Los Angeles but have never visited.

[@Arthur.H.Studio]

cool!

[@rogergaines6678]

you guys rock

[@maxiepattie85]

1:54 and 5:28 are known as frog's mouth and 4:50 is known as bong water rock Pacific Crest Trail run's through the park as well

[@gordybishop2375]

You guys Rock

[@bongbongtravels6108]

Have you guys been to Red Rocks at Whitings Ranch Preserve in OC?

[@jimmiller2270]

Excellent work!

[@OddityOdysseys]

Thank you!

[@coltsuperocean10]

...more good work fellas! Great vid

[@OddityOdysseys]

Thank you!

[@luisv7736]

I live just down the fwy from there.....fun place to walk around couple times a year. great video! Have you guys made any videos at Echo Mountain, Inspiration Point or The Dawn Mine?

[@OddityOdysseys]

Thank you! We have been to Echo Mountain, but haven't shot an episode about it and we were debating Dawn Mine but ended up doing the Big Horn Mine instead. We do still want to do an episode on Dawn Mine at some point. Thanks for watching :)

[@phillipjansen1222]

Nice video

[@saragorn5033]

thats awesome i totally forgot about this place,my parents took me there as a child I had a great time

[@OddityOdysseys]

Cool! Hopefully you had a chance to see it again soon :)

[@michaelkelly4294]

Parts of Roswell was also filmed here as well..

[@santana898989]

Ms. Bethany, what kind of knife do you carry? I'm a Motion Picture Grip and rather fancy some knives. I'm a new subscriber and enjoy the efforts the both of you make. Thanks for your efforts. Cheers.

[@BeyondTheCompass817]

There's always time for a Gorn battle!

[@OddityOdysseys]

Always.

[@michaelracobs1956]

Great job guys. Do you plan to go other place other than LA like the Inland Empire?

[@OddityOdysseys]

Thanks! I (Bethany) am from the IE, so it's a possibility. But we both have full time jobs in L.A., so right now it's easier to shoot things in our neighborhood. Maybe we'll branch out more for season three.

[@BackcountryPilgrim]

When you showed the 2009 movie and didn't mention the Gorn I almost clicked off, glad i stayed and subbed haha!

[@seachris]

airwolf was filmed here to ! the tv show !

[@aydenguerrero1787]

That’s my aunt you guys!! Love you guys 💕

[@OddityOdysseys]

Love you back!

[@richardbinder9662]

I lived in Newhall in the mid to late 1980's right off 14 Sierra Hwy. My friends and I would go up on the rocks and smoke weed. Add the tv show FRIENDS to the film locations. Joey shows up to a movie set only to be told the film is shutting down.

[@ivantruckman1]

5:12 Yes She does

[@nicholaswong1142]

3:43 I am going to reenact the scene on my trip to Vasquez Rocks tomorrow.

[@seachris]

im making plans to go at some point when i go to los LA next week since i wont have a car i hope lyft or uber will pick me up :) i have been wanting to go here ! for a long time !

[@blinkitphotography]

I enjoy watching your series, great production. If you every come by the Temecula area for some odysseys, hit us up would love to join you. - thanks for letting us want to explore.

[@OddityOdysseys]

Thank you! I (Bethany) am from Hemet, so a trip to Temecula is definitely a possibility :)

[@blinkitphotography]

Thanks Bethany, we love hanging out with other talents locally. Congrats again on your great channel and inspiration. We should have coffee sometime or lunch. For sure you know of some great hidden gems in our area. We love looking for them for our editorials.

[@MikeHunt90731]

We're you able to see the Tatavium petroglyph s in the rocks there? The creepiest Outer Linits episode: the Zanti Misfits also was filmed there.

[@alabi2k542]

You have to be very carefull when cimbing those rocks, easy to slip and fall/slide , and dont be surprised to find a rattle-fregin-snake waiting for you at the bottom ( or in one if those caves)

[@stevenbeasley3729]

The opening Carriage scene from 1931’s Dracula starring Bela Lugosi was filmed there. So I guess that makes it the first?

[@alphaphotoandvideo]

Kirk!!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🔭

[@tonymac4044]

Hey, I heard that next week is your last video for awhile!!! I'm bummed!!!! When will you guys be back??? Tony

[@progKansas]

I think Vasquez Rocks was used in Gunsmoke a couple times.

[@tonymac4044]

You had an aerial shot in this video, do you use a drone?

[@OddityOdysseys]

Yep :) We also used a drone in Bridge to Nowhere, Musical Road, St. Francis Dam.....it's definitely our new favorite toy!

[@peery_continental]

You guys forgot to mention ROSWELL....the Vasquez Rocks were the physical location of the long sought after "Granalith" which the royal four aliens "found" which happened to be their crash site and well, I can't give everything away if you've never seen the series but, please do watch it if you haven't.

[@robertcummings3066]

you didnt finish the story of what he hid in them rocks GOLD!!!!!

[@jonahvasquez6210]

I highly recommend Six Gun Sound by Sven Congeyer

[@Dropsy517]

Vasquez Rocks shows up on a lot of western TV series of the sixties, including my favorite Bonanza episode of all time, "Between heaven and Earth."

[@maxiepattie85]

Fun Fact: Locals hated the idea of naming the new school after a murderous rapist too

[@jspurgeon80]

I'm with Drew on this one... I'd have to reenact Star Trek if there. LOL

[@inkydoug]

Hey Sheriff, do you think Vasquez might be hiding out at Vasquez rocks?

[@MarvelousMusic1]

Correction: Take the 5 North to the 14 NORTH, not the 14 East. :)

[@FuckPunkers]

you guys should visit Pasadena suicide bridge, that thing is depression old and has over 100 suicides.

[@viiktorshandor4155]

2009 star trek ? yeah its been used soooooo many times in that series before that

[@PenfookioGaming]

forgot to mention that the reason is was used so much is it is just in the unions "pay zone" so it was cheaper for Hollywood to film their.

[@jonmacdonald5345]

Greta van fleet when the curtain falls was filmed there!

[@johnbockelie3899]

"The Cage" Talos 4, "Where no man has gone before" Delta Vega. Star Trek pilots 1&2. 1964,1965.

[@easysteezy58]

My advice as a local: this is a farming/ranch community... expect slow drivers guys relax it's only a couple miles off the 14...

[@RustyX2010]

I thought this was a show from the History Channel!

[@shadowjack8]

And there were all the TV westerns from the '50s and '60s, that most people have never seen, except for us old farts.

[@ericp1139]

Once they start naming a hideout after you…it’s time to find another hideout.

[@OddityOdysseys]

Haha, yep!

[@historyhunting_usa4665]

0:01 Drew literally almost died and Bethany is all chill.

[@dansherbon2482]

Looks pretty scary from below

[@armyman144]

14N not east

[@john-paulnagel2732]

My Mom was a Television Writer Rawhide Wild Wild 😜 Wild West and Star ⭐️ Trek Kirk Kicks Ailien Also The Bandits use to Hide There

[@jamesmurray8558]

Kirk and the Gorn fought here.

[@tonymac4044]

I really don't know how this works, Is it better for you guys if we watch the entire advertisement before your video??? I've been shutting the ad off after 5 seconds but if it in any way helps you, I'll watch the entire ad!! Tony

[@OddityOdysseys]

Under KZbin's rules, all we can say is this... If you're interested in what the ad is for, go ahead and watch it, if not, then skip it. Thank you for asking though!

[@maxiepattie85]

WILMA!

[@VVV953]

Didn't power rangers film there command center out there ?

[@njaneardude]

Get to the Choppa!

[@dougrogan379]

Of this was Australia you wouldn't be permitted to climb the rocks

[@rickpedia6724]

Its California, they dont give a shit about anything that isnt plastic or metal.

[@tonymac4044]

Okay who is Pronounciation Dave??? I say it's Bethany's dad!!!!

[@BeyondTheCompass817]

Good question....

[@wolfsmith2865]

I love the travels, too bad the idiots with spray cans have always been there first.

[@Chucktinez]

18 million year and it takes one dude to mess it up by spraying paint. Like really

[@trwent]

When he said “by the way”, what did that have to do with what she had just said? The answer is … NOTHING!! Then why say “by the way”? The phrase “by the way” is meant to bring up a new topic that has at least SOME relation to what the other person had just been speaking about. (That is “the way”.) If it does NOT have any relation at all to what the other person was mentioning, then “by the way” should NOT BE USED, because there is no “way” that it is “by”!!

[@deanangel757]

That is where the evil Bill and Ted killed Bill and Ted in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey.

[@JohnSmith-kz8yo]

4:49 looks like a huge nostril. lol

[@c.e.4138]

You only showed one rock piece, there is so much more to the to park!! 👎🏼

[@jctoad]

Turnip rock is meh. Pictured rocks is much more impressive.