Massive Homeless Camp In Cocoa, Florida

This homeless camp is an ecological nightmare in Cocoa, Florida.

[@Steven_Falcon]

No love loss for people who view the earth as their personal trash can.

[@Thedude897]

Sign them up for republic services

[@Wanderersea]

If someone who is nature-savy becomes homeless, he will never allow his campsite to look like this. And, he will live off the land because he knows how to survive. He will hunt for food. Forage for berries. Know the weather. A man about nature. Give a drug addict a fishing pole and he'll try to pawn it off to get money for booze and drugs. And, you end up with filthy campsite like this. The addicts will never survive. The survivalist will live off the land and strive.

[@asielmilian38]

@@Wanderersea homelessness is all about survival.

[@tomcatt998]

100% agree

[@nola504creole5]

​@@asielmilian38it's not about being trashy/messy

[@815eastsideJtown420]

Jose out here literally risking his life to provide us content, thank you

[@GwenWittig]

I was wondering when you would profile Cocoa. I wonder if that camp is the giant one off King Street heading west to I-95? Used to ride horses all back in the woods, always homeless camps. They're moving people out like crazy due to the builders gobbling up every piece of land.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

That area yeah. So many homeless camps its insane

[@GwenWittig]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS addicts are a large portion of the homeless, but now it's families and locals priced out of the new housing and rents are unaffordable. I live out of my trailer camper. I'm on private property but it's been sold. I'm having a tough time even finding an affordable RV park and I have to stay here for my elderly father. It's ridiculous.

[@carolm4545]

Jeannie called, and she wants to go back into her bottle and have it thrown back to the deserted island. It’s sad to see the increasing deterioration. 😮 Stay safe.

[@kevincarlson668]

So much so called "growth" in Melbourne,too.Apartment blocks where none can afford the rent,hence more homeless..I moved here from Los Angeles and it's becoming a pint sized version.Fee avenue looks like a mini L.A. skid row.I don't know who I feel worse for,the locals,displaced wildlife,or homeless.

[@handsonhomestead8461]

@@GwenWittigUS Veterans are the bulk of that camp. When the EMP happens and the grid goes down…these people will be on easy street.

[@Snarf-ds7lh]

Jose, you're dead right I lived in Palm Bay a nd the 90s and knew about the homelessness back then. You're on point be safe bro

[@majekgyrl348]

I live in Palm bay now, it has grown so much since the 90s traffic is getting pretty bad and yes alot of homelessness 😢

[@-ius-6502]

Also live in Palm Bay and the homeless has swarmed this city. It’s normal to see them at corners with signs

[@majekgyrl348]

@-ius-6502 at EVERY intersection now I haven't seen that many lately come to think of it, I think they started a law I'm really not sure but Brevard county has several homeless camps and downtown areas, beaches as well

[@tammylloyd8637]

When I lived in Palm Bay they had an old barge on the water for the homeless to live in and a food n bath shelter in town

[@insanesavagetv]

Have you ever brought home bed bugs or got stuck with a needle on your adventures? Has anything negative happened as a out come of going to these kind of places?

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

plenty. a homeless guy headbutted me in Fort Myers Beach and i got an infection on my head. Poison ivy almost every time and fevers the next day., yeah. that cut on the VERO video was pretty bad too.

[@insanesavagetv]

@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS stay safe out there bro hope you keep a bang bang with you just in case. I'm from Springfield mass and it's the same along the river here where I love to spend my time fishing. The crazy encounters I run into I wish I had the extra money for a go pro

[@hideoussails1783]

​@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGSand that was creepy that homeless guy trying to hug you

[@lukecat3825]

I live nearby and own land. On a few occasions over the last 10 years I found some “ things” on my property. Depending on the items and location, I dumped stuff into a commercial dumpster, set fire to things too big to move (0n wet, rainy days) and sprayed 10% pepper bear repellent on all mattresses. Only things on my property were touched. I only had to do one place twice. On property with actual commercial locations, I had all outside outlets turned off to eliminate charging cell phones. Anyone found would be trespassed by a very efficient sheriffs dept. We have a great Sheriff that gets things done. It’s easy to blame others, but owners need to care about their own property. As noted in the video, when they believe they are being watched, they move. I would also like to say, I have been here since 1968 and never considered the entire city of Cocoa as dangerous. There are a few neighborhoods that I avoid but they are fairly well defined and the rest of Cocoa is pretty normal. Cocoa got stuck with the majority of low cost or free housing which caused most of their issues. Their police try hard and are not lazy. It’s just part of todays social issues.

[@johndoe-ek6vl]

I got stuck with a neighbor who I think used to be homeless and somehow got a bleeding heart slumlord Canadian to rent to him. The yard has become a dump and the entire neighborhood is pissed, but there's not much that can be done. Code enforcement fines but the slumlord just pays it.

[@takahashisensei2688]

I stay here in Melbourne just south of Cocoa. There is a pretty big one here as well

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

that video you will see this weekend. and yes it was massive. looks like they are trying to run them out too

[@Patricia-qy5kb]

This all looks like an all out den for snake's and rats. Id rather go live in a homeless shelter if there was one nearby if I were any of those people living in these conditions.

[@pennythomas9305]

As a person who works for Titusville Housing and who lives there, I have to wonder. I almost think Titusville is as bad as Cocoa. We do not have enough space to be able to house all our homeless. It's really a very sad heartbreaking situation.

[@Msdhdjmz]

I feel so bad for the wildlife 😕,its not fair to them,its bad enough theyre over developing the land taking more and more natural habitats away from wildlife,and now homeless camps EVERYWHERE destroying whats left 😞,its so sad,,

[@bogardus11]

Wow

[@josequintero4770]

Why don't they keep the camps clean at least.they don't want to live like a normal human beings.

[@Wanderersea]

Because they are whacked out of their mind. I've encountered plenty in the city alone. They usually beg and beg. On the way in and on the way out. Some are nice. Some will curse at you for not giving them spare change. Had a lady arguing with herself while I was doing laundry. She kept opening the door and turning around to yelll at someone who wasn't there. Goes into the laundromat and peers inside the dryer. I don't know what she expect to find in an empty dryer. She does this repeateldly. And then she goes out and yells at the unseen person again. Cursing at this non-entity. It was until she laid her hand on some lady that the cop was called. They came. Sat her down She kept pointing at something and telling the police to go arrest that unseen person instead. What a strange day that was.

[@medicmomma1603]

This makes me sad since I am from Cocoa Originally. But honestly there have always been homeless camps. It’s just a bigger issue now. Not sure exactly where in Cocoa you are and dumping has always been a problem.

[@ervinraddatz3117]

I don't know how you do it? Thanks for the tour.

[@MikeBurney9282]

Dude there are homeless camps all over this country in States that are in the south where it isn't brutally cold in the winter.

[@justinangelo1150]

Exactly obviously this guy has never been to cali

[@Jonb173]

Brevard County is getting out of hand.

[@vaporition]

yes, there's homeless camps... bc there are homeless people... doesn't mean they're criminals, genius

[@MG2000MDPHD]

It wasn't because of rims, Jose please. They thought a drug deal may have been going down. SMH

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Exactly.. They taught that, because the of the CARS looks. = profiling. Its a huge problem on the east coast

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Katie fended them off by flashing a starbucks cup.

[@MG2000MDPHD]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS Well a nice looking car in a bad area sticks out my friend. Just like a crappy car sticks out in a rich area. If I sat there for a while in my 2000 Tacoma they would wonder what I was doing too.

[@MG2000MDPHD]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS OMG she got your back dude! You go Katie!!! Made me LOL for real. So funny! I liked the chickens joke in the other video. Chicken Patrol is on the job! :)

[@asielmilian38]

@@MG2000MDPHD a nice car in a bad area is complete bougie.

[@DCo923]

America is so screwed up.

[@lostvlog6857]

and the borders are wide open, 10 million plus have walked right in, maybe more. My point is in 10 years this will be like nothing to what's coming.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

@@lostvlog6857 I don't see migrants in homeless camps, i see them on roofs and ladders WORKING

[@DCo923]

@@lostvlog6857 Well did you see NYC gave them 60 days either to find a place to live or move where they can afford. America is NOT affordable, what they get healthcare they can sit and wait 10 hrs to see a Dr.? They left Venzuela for the same place and it gets cold.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

@@DCo923 as long as latin america is in turmoil expect them to show up here.

[@joinjen3854]

The world is messed up. Spiritually especially.

[@genievemcdonald9744]

i work in cocoa. yes, thats a homeless camp(s). i am a social worker. merritt island is worse. it is next to cocoa. go to house of hope for leads. yes, we have repeatedly responded to dead bodies. god bless you. stay safe.

[@davidmajer3652]

It appears these homeless people have a death wish, which is sad. Solving the problem by locking them all up, or creating housing for all of them, costs money that society does not want to spend. The result is these places will exist.

[@RhinoXpress]

Creating housing for drug addict homeless people which the majority of them are will not fix the problem. Getting them off drugs will but it takes an effort on their part to try and that's the problem. Many homeless drug addicts just want to stay on drugs.

[@asielmilian38]

@@RhinoXpress there's a different between being down on your luck and being a drug addict.

[@RhinoXpress]

@@asielmilian38 and how many homeless are down on their luck vs how many homeless are drug addicts? I used to work with an outreach program and based on all my experience, the ones that were down on their luck accepted help, because they weren't drug addicts. Why is that important? Because if you want help, then you have to commit to stopping your drug addiction by going into a drug rehab program first. This is where 99% of homeless drug addicts, that I have ever encountered refused help, because they knew they would have to be enrolled into a drug rehab program as part of the help they were going to get. The people I came across that refused help would rather remain homeless and stay on drugs, then to get help and become apart of society. That's the sad reality.

[@susansharp112]

DeSantis says only California has homeless Apparently he has not seen the tents in the woods in Florida towns

[@Bouldefeu2]

I don’t think your statement is true , please use quotes. Ty

[@williammoore2982]

As a young'n growing up in Flagler Co. I stayed in the woods and never worried about snakes, gators, skeeters, and other critters, but now I couldn't do it with homeless people. Never know what you might encounter, it's a different era.

[@alanzamora6504]

Astonished to see what no one else shows of the true reality in plain sight * if this is a city to the stature of Cocoa Beach _ what about the rest of small towns ......💔

[@hideoussails1783]

A lot of homeless on C B , and Brevard in general

[@zachmeeks6517]

Cocoa isn’t cocoa beach!

[@BroianNord]

Its not just florida sadly its starting to become the whole usa in general I'm in central texas and in the cities its getting pretty bad, here its mainly because of drugs

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

what i saw in Adeline Texas was shocking

[@johndoe-ek6vl]

No, it's because of economic conditions which lead to drugs. But just keep sending money over to foreign countries and voting against your own interests. America deserves what it votes for.

[@brandonlynch9259]

We should try to get those people services they need like healthcare, and mental health services.

[@bogardus11]

I'm up the street a ways....we have 100s of homeless camps.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Its unreal all the woods

[@Cthulhu013]

Florida should like, put them in homes or something. They can 3D print tiny houses fairly cheaply these days and setup a tiny house village just for the houseless. Oh wait, I forgot Florida doesn't value human life ...

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Specially poor people

[@joinjen3854]

I was in Cocoa Beach a few months ago and saw none of this. I was near highway 1 and not 95.

[@justinangelo1150]

This guy seeks out homeless camps

[@joinjen3854]

@@justinangelo1150 true. I was not looking for the homeless.

[@zachmeeks6517]

Cocoa isn’t cocoa beach

[@Atheist66644]

thats nothing my city is just over whelmed with homeless doing drugs on the street in front of the court house

[@AndJusticeForMe]

I live near Cocoa. No need to go there. Rockledge is also pretty bad. Then there’s Titusville.

[@joyce-cn8mr]

Wow...where were you at in Cocoa?? Off of US1?

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

we didnt even get too far off the 95 exits.. sad right? just get off the highway

[@fransayer3125]

I am a vegetarian so i would pick the mangoes from the trees rather than eat the alligator if i was stuck out there. But it makes sense they would eat it.

[@wayneanderson8034]

They can carry a full bottle in, but can't carry an empty bottle out. There was a camp in Jensen where they would gather to drink. It was about 200 feet from an open dumpster where they could put their empties. But no, there was a mountainous pile of empty bottles they kept behind a wall. There was some sort of pride going on with the amount of pollution & the fact that they could dispose of it but chose not to.

[@JakeTHASnake01]

jose your the man keep doing what you love to do stay safe though

[@Shawn_RHVAC]

If they only took care of the area they occupied then the issue may not be so drastic. But wha do they care.

[@lindahelmbrecht1248]

I bet The Villages don’t have homeless.

[@Thedude897]

You finding all these camps on the sex offender site or you got another site? I know you said in the video on the sex offender site. I also dont know how those people are putting up with the skeeters.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Thats one of the tools.

[@williamoxendine6121]

I would hate to have a nice home next to that mess most likely not American citizens

[@Poordirtfarmer]

👀👀👀👍🏼

[@andreal3640]

What does the neighborhood look like? Are they looking to build or revamp the area

[@markwilliams6378]

I thought only California and Oregon had this problem

[@rosyp4389]

OMG 😮 Be careful. This stuff is risky Jose.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

☺️

[@andreal3640]

Question I see folks fishing on the roadside in what look like ditches. What are they catching?

[@dicktoller4987]

Most Likely Çrab'$

[@andreal3640]

Really?😲

[@andreal3640]

What about the bugs and insects? How do people avoid bites and or getting sick from these conditions!😟

[@RetiredLovingIt]

Be careful! We wouldn’t feel safe walking through those camps

[@elipin4128]

If you are still On the east coast see if time if can find time to find homeless camps in port St Lucie

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

You guys got camps there? What intersections???

[@nastynockinsonofficial9023]

I live in palmbay. Walk into the woods literally anywhere and it looks like this 😢😅😅

[@lorisimon2338]

Aren't there alligators near all the lakes?

[@WeggieQueen2005]

Aren't they at danger of being attacked by wild pigs, alligators, panters, and every bug you can imagine?

[@DCo923]

Do you have boots on today Jose??!!! Un Botas Jose!

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Boots too heavy to walk just large distances

[@DCo923]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS ?? NYers wear them all winter and we Walk, a lot far distances everyday . Wear boots.

[@williammoore2982]

I remember Slurpee drinks back in the 60's at 7 11 convenient stores . "Oh Thank Heaven for Seven Eleven".

[@andreal3640]

Dude! You need protective gear. Get yourself at least some rubber boots! 😮

[@strongandco]

Yeah, the debris definitely suggests those places are or were homeless camps. At least that land is going to get cleaned up if it has been ear marked for development.

[@STARFLEETC0MMAND]

Being next to lake isn't a good idea, wouldn't a Gator have lunch on a regular basis.

[@josephaugello1527]

Horrible

[@lindahelmbrecht1248]

I don’t know how they don’t get snake bites, gator attackcs

[@greeneyes2797]

I don't see how there could be a homeless there, because alligators and snakes are everywhere

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Free meals for the homeless

[@lostvlog6857]

Where do they go during the day?

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

gas stations, stores, parks, some work too.

[@asielmilian38]

@@marknewton6984 it does has something to do with weather.

[@lostvlog6857]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS that's encouraging some actually work.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

@@lostvlog6857 crack aint free. even being homeless has a pricetag

[@lostvlog6857]

@@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS serious question, how much worse will this get? When I was in Miami in March, I was bike riding in a nice area near Biscayne Blvd, tents were all over near the shoreline and under a viaduct. I was stepping on bums trying to get to a Subway shop downtown. Plus they're on every Interstate exit.

[@joyce-cn8mr]

Which is worse...Kensington Philadelphia or Cocoa, Fl???

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

If Cocoa was the size of Philly… which would be worst? The overdose rate in philly is only 10/100k higher than in Brevard County. So we could assume its about the same.

[@mcamman6193]

Another great job. Cocoa is one of the crapiest cities in the entire state of Florida. The whole entire city is run down and unattractive, it's really the heart of the drug problem in Brevard county. The only nice area in the entire city is downtown. I sometimes go to Merritt Island and the beaches over there and I often have to drive 520 into Cocoa, and the vibe is just economically sad driving into what was once a thriving town. With Brevard being the 10th most populated county in Florida, there's so many run down areas throughout the county.

[@helenwalker716]

Boy are you out to hate. Buildings going up everywhere. Do you have suggestion to help or you just here to gripe?

[@karennadeau8251]

Circle K is a drug store.

[@msclark38]

It's also a gas station 😒

[@zachmeeks6517]

You should see the one by the Walmart in cocoa where all the child molesters get to use as an address! Thanks to Brevard county sheriff’s and pos Wayne Ivy!

[@themikemaynard123]

It’s not littering??? 🤣🤣🤣 yea, because having 53 big gulp cups in a 10ft area is normal…..

[@khaosnitro]

🏃💨BRB! gotha go poop

[@fuuuuu666]

Right down the block was shooting rockets off into space sometimes you're just at a loss for words !!!!

[@jonhammer7109]

Always been that way..cops very human. Go after what they presume..easy pickins.

[@FLORIDAHOODVLOGS]

Meanwhile the real criminals are free to go