I Explore the Deadliest Wild West Hideout Alone

[@Desert.Drifter]

Hey everyone, thanks for watching. If you're interested in trying MyHeritage for free, check out this link bit.ly/DesertDrifter. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to each of you!

[@amandasanchez6064]

❤❤❤❤

[@ram1brn]

border patrol Blimp is the thing hovering in the air it is actually anchored

[@AliciaTankersley-x5i]

I think you picked up a horseshoe nail.

[@erberIsSillyhawk]

water retentions

[@johnmurphy7443]

There is a wolf statue at 27:55 above that canine/wolf foot print!!!!! Did you see that?!?!

[@kentlenz2882]

I'm 71 years old now. A couple of years ago, my wife and I visited Arizona (and the southwest) for the first time. What an amazing, tortured landscape it is! The coyote and roadrunner don't do it justice. You sir, are giving me what I can't give myself... you are allowing me to walk by your side and see more of this amazing place. Your respect for the history you discover is as it should be. God bless you. May you and yours be safe.

[@TheOneHundredPercent]

I'm much the same. I'm not able to get out much at all now, I'm in a wheelchair. I love this sort of content. Especially when I can comment on the video and not have some troll picking everything I say to pieces and trying to make some abusive, comedic attempt at mockery. This channel seems to attract the more intelligent and decent type of person. It's refreshing. All the best from Edinburgh, Scotland.

[@joshrawlings2621]

Well said Sir....🇦🇺

[@WristwatchMedic1953]

You have a gift of putting thoughts and words together , making the story interesting. Thank you very much

[@benreed4349]

The object in the sky is a Border Patrol Blimp. They have several, and they are spaced so that they can monitor a very wide area of the landscape.

[@1320Cooper]

I was going to say either this or it’s a chinook

[@kefitz]

Yup. An Aerostat. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerostat

[@kermitgrenoille6331]

Not border patrol, but FAA, I think.

[@bob0s062]

It's a border blimp. There's one like that between Deming and Columbus, NM.

[@kermitgrenoille6331]

That IS the one between Deming and Columbus. I see it every day.

[@Gail-ux2ly]

I cannot imagine how resourceful the native people had to be to survive in that extremely harsh environment.

[@teradrew7555]

This is top notch content. The ads with Mrs. Desert Drifter are so funny

[@prophez23]

It's not just the amazing places that you show but it's your eloquent well spokeness and historical information you tell that draws me in so much. You should also consider having a channel that's just you recounting historical events and things of that nature and I would happily listen to you all day. You have a true gift for this very thing you do and it baffles me that your channel doesn't have millions of subscribers but I am willing to bet that is going to change before too long. There's a lot of content on KZbin but there's not a lot that delivers this level of perfection and quality like you do and I'm very happy to have found you. Keep up the great work and always be safe.

[@jordanheimer774]

This video was one of the coolest I've seen. All that rock art was amazing. Thank you so much for showing us that

[@bizkitellison2183]

My wife and I have watched every one of the videos you have put out. This is by far the coolest place yet as far as artwork

[@JuliaDavis-k2i]

I agree so interesting

[@TW-nz7cx]

Yes. And the depictions are much different. The Ancestral Puebloan had many humanoid depictions.

[@swassociates]

Your production quality is outstanding!

[@Reid_One]

In the last year, your channel has become one of my favorites. I'm an East coast kid to the core (CT, western Mass, upstate NY & NYC), but I spent a few very memorable years working in the red rock canyons and high deserts of Southern UT.. Some of the most amazingly beautiful, peaceful and spiritual places I've ever experienced. I yearn to return.. In the meantime, I can live vicariously through your videos. Much respect to you and your sense of adventure, desire to explore, learn and educate. Thank you ☮️❤️🙏🏼

[@Shalompaz-m7w]

When a person visits and explores UTAH, is almost a Spiritual experience because one would come to realize that Only God could of create something so absolutely beautiful, I myself would get tears in my eye's when I with my husband and children visited many places in our beloved UTAH ❤❤❤

[@djkeltn]

You have grown into a great storyteller! Thank you

[@pinepaul9920]

“Born a 100 years too late” is a KZbinr who rides his mule and takes his hounds and has been through this area several times. He lives fairly close by. He has a great channel and talks about the history of the area.

[@AtelierMinuette]

I love his channel! I feel like they'd get along really well!

[@dr.brandileebunge]

Thank you, Desert Drifter, for your amazing travels and wisdom shared. These videos are a labor of love for those of us who can no longer get out there and explore. 🙏💯❤️✨️

[@LOSERLUCAS]

Just wanted to say you inspired me to go to college and study Anthropology. Thank you.

[@tylerstock6781]

Glad you're getting good quality advertisers to support the channel!

[@billseggie4578]

hi, thanks so much for your content. I am an avid explorer and conservationist. I'm glad you don't pinpoint your locations, it keeps out the riff raff. Love your expeditions.

[@EL-ru8nl]

I spoke with a native fella that was a surveyor. He told me of a BLM boundry he was surveying in utah. He was using the original hand written survey book from when it was originally done for the feds in the 1800s. He said he turned the page of the book and the handwriting changed. Thought maybe he was missing some pages. The paragraph written by the new surveyor introduced himself and told the fate of the previous surveyor. Turns out they were attacked by natives and some of the party were killed. He said he started looking around and found shell casing and arrowheads. True or not, it was an interesting story, especially as a surveyor in my past life. Your video brought back fond memories of that fella. Ran into him a few times for about a year or two. That's been probably 10-15 yrs ago now. He was an interesting fella

[@jerilyncibulka6162]

I crawl in bed turn out the lights.. listen to this man’s amazingly soothing voice .relax and off to zzzz-land.

[@jamesandreadventures2284]

Just starting a 17 day vacation! Flying my Arizona house tomorrow. Love exploring the Bradshaw mountains and everywhere else in there. Just started the video and am gonna take a shot every time you say “huh”! Make me proud!

[@KisheaCrowl]

I really like how you made the video look like the cover of a book. Already tells a story. Definitely growing into your own style. Keep growing. Love every moment in that growth.

[@Carolinapeach22]

You are sooo brave! I would never have gone in there alone. However, without adventurous folks like yourself; people like me would never know this stuff exists. It's magical! Thank you ❤

[@skipperclinton1087]

@Caroliapeach22: Without people like him, everyone would still be curled up on the East Coast!

[@prophez23]

I'm so proud to live in New Mexico with all it's historical significance and enchanting beauty and wildness. I live in the northern mountains and it's so magical here.

[@RobinHood-bn6yg]

The pits in the rocks are for a crude way of cooking. The pits would have been filled with whatever ingredients that they had and water would be added along with hot rocks from a fire...

[@jordanheimer774]

I live in Phoenix, Arizona and I want to explore the desert more often than I am able to. I really enjoy your videos. The way the natives lived interests me very much.

[@skipperclinton1087]

@jordanheimer774: If you're in Phnx, then get out of your safe space, grow a set, and do the exploring yourself. The time will come when you're truly physically unable to do it yourself, and by then, all you'll have is regrets, and there's nothing you can do about it.

[@MozeePhoto]

Every video gets 2 views minimum from me! Usually watching as I fall asleep, and then rewatching in its entirety. -- I would also like to say to anyone here who don’t make any type of content AS A PRESENTATION to/for the world. Knowledge of subject(s) he talks about alone is one thing. Knowing camera gear / equipment & droning (when legal to) & then to present it all… cohesively, and what seems effortless.. is a gem 💎 of quality creator & story teller that we get to watch. Thank you for these journeys you take us on ! Thank you for having deadcats & quality audio in high winds !

[@BillKempton-v1p]

Interesting hike and history. My grandmother's uncle Lorenzo Wright and his brother Seth were killed by Apache Indians in 1885 in a ambush near Safford, Arizona which is about 100 miles west of Massacre Canyon.

[@daveheady8214]

Never before have I felt moved enough to leave a comment on anything I've seen on Utube. What you're doing is a phenomenal service, literally a gift to anyone and everyone who comprehends the importance of learning about and preserving our quickly vanishing history. The respect you have for all concerned makes all the difference. And that is beyond commendable. I look forward to seeing each new adventure. I've been a fan and have told countless friends about you since I found your show months ago. You have true character. And that is pretty rare nowadays. Just wanted to say a huge thank you for the incredible places you take us Andrew. Happy holidays.

[@mudzou812]

That was an awesome rock art gallery between those boulders

[@silverrain48]

The highest peak in the background is Cook's Peak and cane be seen as far east as I 25. I thought I recognized it before I heard where he was going. Ft Cummins is very interesting. I live near Silver City and it is so cool he is in this part of the SW. When I last visited Ft. Cummins, we actually were in 4WD vehicles and came in from the west on the Old Butterfield Trail I would not recommend doing that to anyone, it was the worst I have ever been in a vehicle going over. I wouldn't even want to be on a horse on it. Foot is best.

[@bethannyallain5395]

Thank you for taking us along. The old ones had so much knowledge and close to the land.

[@ramonarichardson7904]

The Jicarilla Apache & Apache Nations are tribes several hours from where I live. You’re in my state and I recognize where you’re going and what you’re looking for. My mom was an archeologist here in the Southwest. Know many stories about this area. Even the oil & gas industry respects the land and its history…we all drive tredipaciouqsly when on their tribal land! Andrew, you’re a brave man and I just gained an added respect for you on this journey! ❤🙏

[@MaryDiaz-q1j]

Andrew if you see this before Christmas wishing you and your wife a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

[@SargesCustoms]

The object hanging in the sky is a surveillance blimp along the lines of the Tethered Aerostat Radar System. I worked with the group in Baltimore that used to have one of those floating (tethered) above some National security concerns. This one is probably used for border security based on where you are located.

[@wunder_Jam]

I thought Australia was a vast desolate landscape, and while it is, your videos have opened my eyes to the extensive landscapes of the US. I had always assumed having a population 13x larger than ours would mean not many places wouldn't have people around, but from your videos I see now how wrong this is. Amazes me how many fascinating landscapes are scattered throughout the US that are so isolated (Yet native Americans still somehow found their way out here long before us). While we have some incredible stuff here in Australia most of the inland country is just flat, barren red dirt, but US seems to have these awesome landscapes all throughout. The actual size of the canyon system is one thing in particular that blows my mind, we have nothing like that here. Would love to see some Australia desert drifting one day!!

[@michelleharrell8452]

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to you Andrew & your wife Evelyn.

[@jeank8061]

I love the way the viewer feels like they're right there with you! Excellent video!

[@TheOneHundredPercent]

The work u put into the discoveries u make is commendable. Hiking and climbing to uncover and peel back the pages of the past for us. U have a great attitude and its cool that u show total respect for any sites u discover. This has quickly became one of my favourite channels.

[@CWS-h5z]

Historically interesting places, but that canyon's rock symbols were fantastic - so much and so varied. At 30:35 it looks like some kind of plant petroglyph on the suspended rock in the upper right corner....hmmm...and another mid-screen at 30:53 )(could it be corn?) and below it - that very interesting glyph - like abstract art! What a neat adventure - thanks so much!

[@bleepinjeep]

What the History channel should have been…. Instead, we got “Aliens” guy 😂. Love your storytelling! Edit- maybe you did see aliens too with that weird thing floating in the sky, must have come over from Jersey.

[@michaelhancock9636]

Maybe you should capture that thing in the sky and use it for the next Bleepin build. Cheers from Michigan!

[@bleepinjeep]

​@@michaelhancock9636 lol, is it car shaped? We needed a better view of that thing!

[@leighsayers2628]

Fabulous video ..loved it . From Australia 🦘🦘🦘

[@jacklisiecki2389]

Wow! A super interesting sojurn that potentially covers hundreds if not thousands of years. Who knows? The Mimbres culture certainly has left its mark. Thank you for another cool adventure with great commentary.

[@ROHDEOOO]

Very interesting stuff! I’m an old farmer; that looks like part of a cow’s tail to me.. Probably blew there, or brought by a pack rat. Happy Holidays!

[@lancewildwood2277]

I partly grew up in AZ, but I'm Canadian and live in the rainforest of the PNW, love watching your show, an unknown, and unknowable to me, landscape. Merry Christmas!

[@CENCAL491]

One of your best on all levels . Thanks

[@J4nkyFPV]

I believe what you saw floating in the sky was a tethered Aerostat balloon. They can be used as sensor platforms for various purposes (camera platforms, radar stations, RF detection capabilities).

[@ardean]

Some of those glyphs were surely related to seeing spaniards with the crosses. Also, the glyph of the man with glasses and a beard would have been influenced by 1800's settlers but more likely, I imagine either a white man the apache respected enough to portray or maybe someone that left his image in their minds they killed. Your videos spark the imagination of those times for sure. Some of those glyphs are much older, no doubt. I think the apache added some newer artwork, though. Your videos are excellent and really take us out there with you. Thank you for sharing!

[@dorothylewis1207]

Wait!!! Glasses, Beard? SANTA CLAUS:----Everyone! 🎄Merry Christmas🎄

[@calvinallen9508]

Thank you Mr Andrew! Your content is always very interesting and well presented. I greatly appreciate you educating your viewers and sharing your perspective on what you discover. Keep up the good work, and please always stay safe.

[@XsumerianX]

You've quickly became my favorite channel. Thank you for all that you do!

[@minimaker5600]

This program in particular set me to thinking what it must have been like for the natives to watch their land being invaded, taken over by hoards of people so different from themselves. When you look at it from their point of view . . .

[@adrianturner6133]

Some serious treasure symbols and possible maps right there. Dang. Love these videos BTW. Thanks for the amazing content!

[@NCLong]

Wow!! I can't believe that I know where you are in this video!! There is a whole lot that went on in that area aside from what you posted.

[@Linsuesaz]

Massacre Canyon/Fort Cummings in NM, but there is also an infamous Massacre Canyon in NE where a battle was fought where I am from.

[@I_am_Junebug]

Wow. This was like 2 different videos - from the bleak to the beautiful. That rock was incredible! But the energy around those graves was intense. Time to do the Ghost Dance...

[@jasondunlap9823]

Awesome, we live Silver City, been about 10 years since we last visited the ruins, that Canyon and petroglyphs . Safe travels. 😊🙏💕

[@rickdraeger4321]

That's likely just a Border Patrol observation (tethered) dirigible. They have lots of sensors and cameras on them and spot/track movements of people (smugglers, etc) with them.

[@debraruffindesign]

Just amazing, as always. Thank you for sharing your quests. Please stay safe and well and keep them coming.

[@alienallen2983]

THANK YOU ANDREW 👍🙏>>>💚

[@davidlancaster8152]

The pot holes could have been mortars and rain catchers simultaneously. Thanks for all your hard work and skills. You are a raisin among the flakes.

[@kermitgrenoille6331]

I know exactly where you were; it's practically my backyard. There's a petroglyph collection other side of the mountain range you were on. Look up the county name and petroglyphs, and you'll find it. That "weird thing in the sky" is a tethered aerostat blimp, and a daily feature out here.

[@johnnydoe66]

It's rather sad when you think about people who died and were buried in random places w/o any documentation or proper headstone. The possibility of their families left behind that never knew what happened to them or heard from them ever again. I was backpacking once on a three day loop and came across 12 evenly spaced piles of rocks that definitely were graves and one smaller one, none with any headstone in the middle of nowhere. If it hadn't been winter time and all the vegetation dried out and no leaves, I probably wouldn't have even noticed them. They were literally over 75 yds away from the trail I was on and had only stopped to take a "nature" break.

[@ScottConner-uq2ip]

It is amazing how important that canyon was to a lot of people for a very, very long time even before the Apache were there. Great history the amount ot petroglyph is amazing

[@johnhart125]

This was a cool video, in 70s we rode small dirt bikes through the canyon and looking around the area. Hasn't chgd much and I'm glad the vandals haven't been there much. The stories of the Apache wars and life here are many and really make you think.. waiting for where next, I'll be watching

[@jasonallen169]

You're the best Andrew. Happy Holidays!

[@beepseatsfindingfoodtreasu8756]

One can imagine that during those times, that place was seen on both sides as hell on earth. For the Apachies their last chance to stop the whites and for the traveler's, the valley of death. Neither of which were happy to be there. I paused during your drone shot and looked at the holes for a moment. Something said it is a burial site. The poles extended from the rocks and sky burials were done there. Notice the direction of the feet in the artwork. And no hunting pictographs either. As you know, the game near a burial site is for the dead so its something to investigate. You may find crevasses that have rocks cemented in them. The bones would have been sealed inside. If i were a warrior facing the future of my family and community, that would have been the place I would have spent prior to battle. One thing about your video's is, there's no absence of questions you provoke. I would love to ponder every aspect of these places. It would take several days to really immerse yourself with all the minute details to be discovered. Unfortunately souvenir hunters have stolen history that has no pages or photographs. They were the story. I can't express how grateful I am that you replace everything in situe. Thats honorable and worth commendations.

[@carontheroad]

I remember reading the story of a trapper who was a sheep farmer in Sante Fe area, tell the story of his travel on foot from St Louis to Sante Fe. He ran from natives for days. Made the trip more than once.

[@rd4660]

Awesome, Ft. Cummings. The wife and I camped at Cooke's Spring earlier this spring. I read the book, Annals of Old Fort Cummings by William Parker MD as we sat there in the very place that the book is written about. It was very very cool.

[@r3beatty]

Visiting my neck of the woods! i live against the mountains to the south. I am blessed to have an Apache embrasure 0.6mi away.

[@AintNoFool]

I had a dream to live in southwest. But I cannot tolerate summer temps. I will enjoy your adventures remotely. ❤

[@laurene5806]

The view from the drone of the "water holes" I believe were post holes. They are a perfect semi-circle. Just what jumped out at me. I'm not an expert, just an old archaeology fanatic.

[@e.k.4508]

You mean potholes?

[@kennethclaar922]

Wow these are getting better and better . Way to go

[@TW-nz7cx]

My understanding was that Apaches resistance in modern day Northern Mexico and Arizona made the path of least resistance through New Mexico. Hence Coronado and other Spanish explorers traveled through New Mexico as opposed to Arizona, planting Churches along the way. Dialects of Old Spanish is spoken in parts of Northern New Mexico, like Espanola. The Spanish traversing through New Mexico more than AZ also created the groundwork for modern demographic makeup of Az and NM. Until recently, New Mexico was vastly more diverse than AZ. And NM has always had much more Old Spanish influence relative to AZ. Of course demographics shape politics as well. Only within the past decade has AZ become less Red and more Blue, while NM being more diverse , has to my knowledge always been a Blue state (please correct me if wrong, which I could be on this). All of that is to say that Apache resistance was brutal with more Apache strongholds in Arizona. This resistance played a huge role in shaping the political and demographic makeup of each state. Please read Dispatches From The Fort Apache Scout. It’s a succinct Apache history given from the perspective of the White Mountain Apache Tribe, one of 9 federally recognized Apache tribes in the U.S. Also, the Arizona State University has a litany of newspapers and microfiche books printed during the Apache Wars (1800’s). The atrocities makes me wonder why the Apache Wars isn’t common knowledge within the discussion of American History and American conflicts

[@NewMexico1912]

I know where you’re at, I’ve been there. There’s a couple ghost towns and the old butterfield coach line runs through there. Cookes peak is a good area to explore as well

[@az_chuckwalla]

I'm glad one of your mysteries was solved... that of the tethered Border Patrol blimp. I hike near the border in Arizona and see them there as well.

[@MichaelLeBlanc-p4f]

Gravity never ever forgives and fickled fate has a sense of humour. Don't play with it. Prefer you alive. Extra likes on any channel mean much but are soon forgotten like almost all folks. Trying to say, No risks please, unless 'visual set-ups' A TRUE FAN

[@SUPERJKJEEP]

Wow that’s Crazy how you found all the rock carvings

[@markchick1663]

One of your finest videos very educational thank you for this venture...

[@honeybeebeekeeper4999]

Watching from New Mexico and that looks like my backyard! What a love about the Southwest you can see from miles and miles! Beautiful country! Love your videos!

[@ram1brn]

it is overe by Deming

[@TimMedlin]

I wonder if the mortars were dual purpose. IE> Collecting water and maybe for grinding down a lot of corn? The glyphs you found were spectacular. Great video!

[@jonirosesandflowers4650]

The graves were vary interesting. I've seen similar on the.edge of New Mexico and Texas. Virtually no head stones but some were surrounded by big and little.rocks. Its located by the old bar in Summer on so maybe old gun fighters live there now. Fascinating video. I could.watch these for.hours! Thanks Andrew

[@joehollingshead7302]

Your most fascinating hike yet, well done.

[@martyjosephson4937]

Amazing Trip, love the video and all that history, thanks for sharing this journey thru time. You go where we only dream of going.

[@jimkennedy9242]

Great stuff, Andrew. Thanks so much for sharing your great adventures!

[@user-Kulcz]

Wife and I love your channel, you get to places I can only dream of. Thank you and Merry Christmas to you and your family! *J&S*

[@sandrakisch3600]

I use Family Search, my heritage and Ancestry. I have gone back to 1610 in Virginia. 1066 and farther in England and France. I love researching. I feel connected to the good, bad, and ugly. Love your searches. Merry Christmas to you and loved ones. Hope you find a turkey dinner in your fridge.😂 ❤🎄🎅

[@RandyH-qf3dc]

Love your content. Look forward to each adventure. Thanks for taking me along

[@ShonjiPowerOf2]

My 1yo Great Dane likes your videos, I put them on the TV and she watches intently. I wonder if it's because of the terrain and walking. You have an avid fan 😂

[@Mr05Chuck]

Becareful out there. Eyes open. I started a sobriety channel and am so happy for you getting so many views so fast. Mine is more modest lol. It was a space drone they are everywhere. Project blue beam. lol

[@UnStrungHero]

that hair you found looks like the tassle part from a cows tail, sometimes they get caught in brush and will pull loose.

[@tonydowd8566]

You are a master of intrigue and suspense. I get so caught up in your stories of possibilities, it's like I'm standing right beside you. Thank you for your interest in our great southwest history, from a friend in the Shawnee Hill's and Trail of Tears area's of Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois.

[@MegaCharger9]

Excellent Video; The way some of those holes were arranged/lined up you would think that they were possibly used for building blinds.

[@JustinHawkes]

Andrew I absolutely LOVE what you do. Thank you so much for all your work. I have just one question for you: are rattlesnakes as common to run into as I've been led to believe? One of the things I've been most curious about with backcountry desert hiking.

[@KyleFromThe575]

Right in my back yard quite literally thank you for covering this grim beauty

[@KenAustin-i4x]

I wonder if the artwork may have been done by bored guys waiting for the ambush to commence ? I learned something from the fireplace in a house I rented. the fireplace projected heat into the room amazingly well. all my camping trips after, I would take apart rock rings or use new rocks, and build a parabola, with the opening facing downwind, and use the short rock wall to reflect heat at me, instead of all the heat going to Mars.

[@HeisenbergBlueJuJu]

Great footage today, the holes in the stone were interesting to think what they could have been used for and the UFO thing was cool to see!

[@cheryl_the_horsechick]

I'm back after a few months and your videos are even better!!! Good hob

[@patriciamuskevitsch8359]

What an awesome place.

[@paulm749]

Indeed, it is.

[@petermathews2915]

Have you ever been to Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada? Lots of petroglyphs and interesting history and geology. "Mouse's Tank" is an interesting story.

[@Trent12888]

Imagine a Desert drifter and outdoor boys collab

[@R-Hoffy]

15:20 I think it’s just a bird stationary flying against the winds, you did mention it being really windy as well!