Pictographs Of The Tubatulabal People, Kern County, California

[@littleonex378]

My tribe 🧡 I love this thank you so much for sharing. I feel a great pride to see whatever is left of my culture

[@storiesbyalex]

Margarita, thanks for watching and your kind words. It was a fascinating journey.........................alex

[@HarleyRunner]

Bill v chico is my 4th grandparent.. tubatulabal Ethnography.. last shawmen. Not rain maker. I have ancestry

[@anngonzales559]

My granmother (great great l ) Mercedez she was from that tribe. There had to help Al Kroeber interpret the language . Her grand daughter Inez started to document the Kern River Indians and what she remembered about tbeyre traditons . ihave the unfinished draft along with pictures of them some were named .....Yah Ya;h kha , Taicump, and Wanamut who was my great great grandmother. If you are interested I can show you the draft copy Inez wrote. Email me :) thanks for these videos . Its overwhelming for me to watch these ......absolutely amazing ! I want to be there too!!

[@storiesbyalex]

Hello Ann, thanks for watching the video and your comments. I would enjoy seeing your Grandmother's documentation. I could not locate your email, but mine is: [e-mail]

[@GreenJeepAdventures]

Ann, would you you be willing to share with others? I live in Bakersfield and do a bit of studying of the local tribes. Would love to see what you have.

[@giuliom8520]

You could probably publish it. Lots of people would be interested in it.

[@HarleyRunner]

My 4th great grandparent is in the Etnography done on the Tubatulabal tribe. BILL v chico. Im owens valley paiute (Mono) tribe. But i understand they are seeking fed Req.. i pray for my Relations down southern way.

[@addisontewharetoi6843]

What a privilege to share these experiences with you. Your bravery and curiosity are inspiring and I want to know much more....thank you

[@storiesbyalex]

Akee, thanks for watching and your kind words............................alex

[@shatterstar913]

Amazing finds. I really would love to do this one day. I am from the Central Valley (Porterville) and am 1/4 Yokut. I am very proud of my heritage and have a lot of Central Valley family roots. Seeing this warms my heart. I'm currently reading Frank F. Latta's Handbook of Yokuts Indians, and am thoroughly enjoying it, and want to visit all these wonderful sites he discusses. Seeing these pictographs and symbols left behind bring me so much joy. I'm related to the McDarment yokuts which descended from Peyron and the Manuel's

[@jimhamman2335]

That obsidian blade may have been used to dress out an antelope who came to the spring for a drink thousands of years ago... Love the "red wheel" (UFO) and being with a radiating helmet.

[@fisheyelens876]

Thinking about the 28 tics, they are also depicted in the pueblo peoples desert canyon pictographs and I had a thought come to me, and it's just a thought I had while looking at the pictographs on the canyon walls of the pueblo settlements, to me the pictographs you showed look older than the pueblo, that makes sense to me because the area you are in is the kern canyon which had a good amount of salmon that would likely run in March, what month comes before March? Ha ha sorry this thought was sort of a stretch of my imagination so I had to bait it, February is the worst month for hunter gather people's, they would have to hunker down and subsist on their stores during that month and it is the only month that has 28 days, idk, makes sense to me that the kern river people's depicted a net at the end of that 28 day tic and the pueblo people's had a different way to show what they did to gather food or something that was available to them at the same time of the year.

[@primalkirk8108]

I don't always comment, but i sure do enjoy watching your videos! thank you

[@storiesbyalex]

Thanks for watching and your kind words...............alex

[@anthonysanchez6895]

@@storiesbyalex I like your videos... is there a way I can explore this myself I have a location I can also share with you

[@michaelkaiser4674]

Thanks for sharing life with enthusiasm and passion for history

[@shanefogelsanger7542]

Pretty cool, I found some artifacts next to the hot springs on the Kern river next to a cold spring popping out of the ground... I left them right there

[@MerriBrownwing]

Thanks so very much Alex, you bring amazing discoveries in wonderful places. I appreciate your work!

[@storiesbyalex]

Merri, thanks for watching and your comments.............alex

[@nibiruresearch]

Dear Alex Kerekes, Thank you again for the efforts you make to discover traces of ancient civilizations. There are two kind of images that we find in many places. One is a figurine with spread arms. That indicates that a person is afraid. The second is a sign that we see at 20 min 33 sec. This is the symbol of Nibiru. Identifeid by a nucleus in the centre and 6 or mostly 8 rays around it. The outside circle has also a meaning but I can not explain that without other knowledge. There may be several variations of this symbol that indicate it is about a moving object in the sky that changes in form. It is an object with a spiraled tail. The places that you show are clearly shelters with a strong roof. That is necessary because that planet causes a bombardment of meteors. Many people and animals are killed by this rain of meteors. Because it is a recurring disaster we know a lot about it

[@chawnyray]

How exciting and beautiful, thank you for the inspiration to get back out and reconnect with our past!

[@storiesbyalex]

Thanks for watching............................alex

[@BobU2b1]

Image at 6:00 minutes is not concentric circles with radiating spokes as described but rather a spiral with tic marks.

[@jenshakti7230]

Thanks Alex!!A stand out episode with so many interesting finds. It’s cool how your videos are both relaxing and exciting!I’ve been passing through Walker Pass on my way to Lake Isabella/Kernville many years and only now through your videos is the first view of Tubatulabal pictographs! Thanks for the drone shout out sharing some of your specifics on filming tech.

[@trevortrent319]

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[@maximjamir9008]

@Trevor Trent Flixportal :)

[@trevortrent319]

@Maxim Jamir Thank you, I went there and it seems like a nice service :) I really appreciate it !

[@maximjamir9008]

@Trevor Trent you are welcome =)

[@muriel2267]

I’ve been learning about symbols, alchemy and so on and those symbols with the circle are most likely a zodiac circle. I’m enjoying your videos!

[@lanedavis9331]

The ‘enhancement’ of the video made it very enjoyable. Thank you, Alex.

[@storiesbyalex]

Lane, thanks for watching - it was a fun journey......................alex

[@richmondfamilyvideos]

Hi Alex, love your videos. I live in the KRV and have been exploring the first area you show in this video and have researching it and all the other known native sites in this valley. In the book Tubatulabal Ethnography published in 1932, it claims this is "Koso" (Coso) territory. Also, have you seen the tons of mortars and possible cemetery across the street? There is also a small pictograph over there. Please keep making these amazing videos, it has taught me so much!

[@storiesbyalex]

Erica, thanks for watching and your comments. I did not visit the site your mentioned - next time I visit I will explore that area.........alex

[@storiesbyalex]

@@richmondfamilyvideos Thanks, I recall that site and was going to trek there, but ran out of time........................alex

[@trevorbarthorpe3251]

Thanks again i enjoy the ancient sites of the UK mostly stone circles and standing stones your love for the world is amazing

[@storiesbyalex]

Trevor, thanks for watching..................alex

[@harirao12345]

Alex is back! Great site! Where you found that razor sharp obsidian, I thought I saw some pottery shards on the ground in your video. I have used Dstretch to enhance images. Do you use it to enhance video as well? Looks like you were enhancing the images as you were shooting the video continuously which is really cool. Thanks once again for a wonderful video!

[@storiesbyalex]

Hariroa, thanks for watching. I have used D-Stretch, but in this instance I simply manipulated the contrast and color saturation. I hope you make it out to these sites. Keep on trekking...............alex

[@christianziesmer5872]

Thank you for your videos I really really enjoy them!

[@storiesbyalex]

Christian, thanks for watching. It was a memorable journey......alex

[@storiesbyalex]

Christian, thanks for watching - it was a fun journey......alex

[@Dave49erman]

Enjoying your travels Alex! I love the pictographs!! Great locations and filming!

[@storiesbyalex]

David, thanks for following the series and your kind words.........................alex

[@cwb0051]

This is just so Fascinating..

[@SquatchZone]

Hi Alex!! I love the videos! We gound some like this on a hilltop over looking the valley floor. I always wondered why they would be so high up. Lots of art work, and grinding holes uo there.

[@anngonzales559]

Those are my ancestors

[@HarleyRunner]

Mine also.. Bill v chico is my 4th grandparent. Ethnography of tubatulabal says my family had Medicine said when he died he was going to turn in to a bear.

[@vilicus77]

I live in Glennville Ca, and have a cabin in Greenhorn; where is this site in relation to Lake Isabella?

[@nanallen1]

Absolutely magical. Thank you.

[@storiesbyalex]

Thanks for watching. It was an amazing journey...............alex

[@1914sweet]

Great enhanced images and use of the drone. Nice video.

[@danzbutrfly]

Alex is defenitevely living his best life ever....

[@storiesbyalex]

danzbutrfly, thanks for watch - it was definitely a fun and exciting trek with many more to come..........alex

[@salvadorsanchezhernandez1235]

Thank you for this great video.

[@storiesbyalex]

Thanks for taking the journey....................alex

[@bwfreel]

Many of these Pictographs are archetypes found all over the world. See YT for “symbols of an alien sky”. For a clear science based explanation

[@giuliom8520]

Alex isn't interested in anything other than what you'd learn about in a standard mainstream college class. 🙄

[@melanieanne2066]

The symbol at 6:45 reminds me of "Big Medicine Wheel" in Lovell, Wyoming.

[@runs_through_the_forest]

there are similar petro and pictographs all around the world, specifically these circles with spokes and squatterman figures and ladders (or mostly 9horizontal lines 1vertical with some curls top and bottom) the only hypothesis i've found to be plausible and able to explain why it's so very obviously similar is the work of Anthony L. Peratt. i'll try and post a link in the next comment but youtube tends to not post links in comments anymore.. ifso the title of the papers ""Characteristics for the Occurrence of a High-Current Z-Pinch Aurora as Recorded in Antiquity Part II: Directionality and Source Anthony L. Peratt, Fellow, IEEE, John McGovern, Alfred H. Qöyawayma, Life Member, IEEE, Marinus Anthony Van der Sluijs, and Mathias G. Peratt, Member, IEEE Abstract-The discovery that objects from the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age carry patterns associated with high-current Z-pinches provides a possible insight into the origin and meaning of these ancient symbols produced by humans. Part I deals with the comparison of graphical and radiation data from highcurrent Z-pinches to petroglyphs, geoglyphs, and megaliths. Part I focused primarily, but not exclusively, on petroglyphs of some 84 different morphologies: pictures found in laboratory experiments and carved on rock. These corresponded to mankind’s visual observations of ancient aurora as might be produced if the solar wind had increased (T. Gold) at times between one and two orders of magnitude, millennia ago. Part""

[@paulnicolosi4792]

Great job Alex.

[@konaken1035]

Awesome share!!!!!

[@1914sweet]

Was wondering if the obsidoan is local or did they trade for it from another area? And was the red, ochre or a local plant product, or some kind of iron? Well you answered my first question.

[@garyrmckenzie3719]

Hello Alex, I have enjoyed to watch a few of your videos now but on some of them I did not see an actual site location. Also could you please include a direct overhead photograph of any of the mortar stones you find as I find this subject very interesting to me. Thank you. Gazza.

[@bcbconklin]

beautiful area!

[@daieast6305]

thanks for video of my homeland of california... . i feel like some of the explanations of 'circles' are actually 'counting spirals'

[@michaelnewton2292]

Thanks Alex for a great video. I often wondered if the Tubatulabel made petroglyphs/pictographs. And now I know. I have found some Tubatulabel village sights (probably summer/fall camps) in the Kennedy Meadows area, just north of this site, but never have found any pictographs.

[@storiesbyalex]

Mike, thanks for watching and your comments. There are probably several there waiting to be discovered.......alex

[@Dusty357]

Amazing Alex, thank you

[@jamesgritz404]

amazing thank you for sharing great video

[@krucifyzorine4992]

My grandpas uncle is the chief there

[@storiesbyalex]

Thanks for watching - I hope you enjoyed the journey to the site.........................alex

[@runs_through_the_forest]

at 10min mark the only really similar scene i've come across is in australia, it's a lesser known site and depicts the lightning brothers and what seems to be a landscape with pillars coming from behind the horizon, the biggest difference is in that one every vertical line has a head with some "rays" lines going from them.. it's a bit creepy, i tend to think they where afraid of what they saw in the sky and with good reason as it where high current auroras, the interaction of solarwind with magnetosphere causes deadly radiation due to the plasma instabilities..

[@davislong9476]

Thanks Alex for a new video any Ideas about what the pictographs are ? The circles

[@storiesbyalex]

Hello davis long, the Tubatulabal people of the Kern river valley have survived historical trauma. Of the three bands of the Tubatulabal, the Pahkanapul were the only ones to survive the Whiskey flats Massacre of 1863 when 35-40 Tubatulabal people were lined up and shot dead by the U.S. Cavalry. In that massacre much of the oral history was lost. Also, the tribe was almost wiped out because most were adult men who died in the massacre. I can't say for sure what the symbols mean as much of the knowledge of the ancient past has been lost in time. Nevertheless, I believe some of the symbols represent lunar and celestial cycles.............alex

[@davislong9476]

Thanks Alex

[@ancient_connection.]

Amazing messages from the ancient they are relevant for 2024 that seems

[@seanmiller9304]

Very good.

[@cesarcastillo7929]

Thank you thank you thank you🧘‍♂️

[@royramey5659]

I believe the smaller grinding holes are just younger motar holes,because of growing population,or territorial.I,ve been around these all my life,but it,s just my thought. I know our indians also made arrow heads out of quarts

[@jesseruiz708]

love you work,,, thank you,,, I am going to one of the sites you showed in Yuma az ,,,quail point,,, I must seem to have a x- ray vision or some other spectrum for I can always see more,,,like at 7:28 in clip ,I see a huge human like hippo with a crown or something on head,,,but eyes and nose holes seen first then shape of face and standing the hole face of rock,,,i am starting to do my work of looking closer to the work of you guys and doing my own on site work,,,,the last place I was at clear plasma bolts came from sky into the outcrops and cave cutouts ,,, from 6-8'' round on top penetration down to a point and the boulders split with burn blackish blue colors … I seen a few years ago a channel like yours but these guys could see like me and were showing the megalithic ruins of the U.S. that looks like mars rubble ,,,but its all their just for us to see again and understand this place a bit more,,,thats when I seen your page to,,,but at the time I was still working on finishing some other points of this data,,,,,blessings and love to you for all your GREAT work,,,, "JES - SE - OUT - & - INTO - THE - REAL" "JES- SE - R - U - I - Z " Jesse Ruiz

[@storiesbyalex]

Jesse, thanks for watching and your comments....................alex

[@jrg863]

Star people were coming to earth. That’s what those paints symbolize

[@chasleask8533]

A wheel or a saucer ?

[@troy19100]

Hey thanks

[@gratefuldoge8598]

That Bedrock Mortar has got a case of bullthistle. Is it possible they were grinding bull thistle seeds‽

[@storiesbyalex]

G, Native Americans have long treasured bull thistle as a food source. The Nlaka’pamux (Thompson) Indians, as one example, cooked and ate the fresh, peeled roots and also dried and stored them for later use. When needed, these were rehydrated, scraped, chopped, and cooked into stews. Native Americans also used bull thistle to treat hemorrhoids, which they presumably learned from French fur trappers. The petals were also used as chewing gum or tobacco by Native Americans.........alex

[@DaveKentLive]

Excellent video.

[@storiesbyalex]

Dave, thanks for watching and your kind words.......alex

[@jazzdeeva6615]

Amazing videos. Could those lines have counted days or years of someone. Like another bday for each line? To tell how the person aged? Just a thought.

[@storiesbyalex]

Thanks for watching and your kind words. If I remember correctly the theory regarding that pictograph is that it had somethine to do with the Solstice - as a calendar - to mark the seasons of the year................................alex

[@jimhoward300]

Alex, why are these sites always "ancient" sites? The Tubatulabal had villages in recent times, when they came into contact with the Europeans, and the Tubatulabal and remnants of the language are still around today. Was that not a recent village site? After all, the obsidian flakes were in plain site on the ground. If not, then where are the location of the recent Tubatulabal villages (the ones during European contact)? Thanks.

[@anthonysanchez6895]

They been living in kern river valley for 6000 years... way before the white man came.. they are located is south fork now is a lot of them living there like 1000 left In the area... I know places myself and are older than this one

[@farandwide7176]

Wow at 11:11 it sure looks like a depiction of a tall and small Grey. Ancient Aliens type of stuff lol.

[@Vss7788]

I had the same thought

[@Vss7788]

This is so cool

[@AngelCityExplorer]

Probably cant see most petroglyphs now days because of weathering. I been combing through Santa Monica mountains trying to find somthing Alex but no cigar...

[@storiesbyalex]

Mitchel, thanks for watching and your comment. Remember, the quest itself is half the fun. Conduct research and don't be discouraged. Here is what I found on the internet, "The Santa Monica Mountains have more than 1,000 archaeology sites of significance, primarily from the Californian Native American cultures of the Tongva and Chumash people.[3] The mountains were part of their regional homelands for over eight thousand years before the arrival of the Spanish.[4] The Spanish mission system had a dramatic impact on their culture and by 1831, their population had dropped from over 22,000 to under 3,000".

[@Cryptid559]

Great Video 👍 Sir. We just found some Pictographs recently on our Investigation of an area of Thunderbird and UFO sightings!! Made a video of it if you would like to view! Keep up the great work 👍!

[@storiesbyalex]

Thanks for watching and the kind words.............................alex

[@ledauphindebourbon6956]

10:39 - The First Vehicle in the World ? ... And another on 20:14

[@svsproductions1]

Always wondered how would ancient people knew to go looking for obsidian. If no one told me about it I wouldnt even know it existed. Its not something that you'd randomly come across is it?

[@tikilee7172]

Perfect reprieve from construction. Maybe someday they will find evidence of my site.

[@storiesbyalex]

Tiki, thanks for watching and keep on trekking.....................................alex

[@garyrmckenzie3719]

Hello again Alex. Are you interested to know what the pictographs mean. I CAN show you. If you ARE INTERESTED, I stopped the video at 7min 16sec. 1. 35°36'19.22"N, 118°37'6.37"W 2. 35°35'58.17"N, 118°40'21.49"W 3. (The Shooting Star) 35°38'5.47"N, 118°38'37.88"W. It is wonderful to find that all the markings on this stone are there. Look very closely at this frame at the very fine detail. It is all there and it is in fact all still on satellite view in Google Earth. This would be a better way to find your way around ancient America do you think. I found your site also even though I was disappointed that you gave very cryptic clues as to where it was. I still like your videos. I am enjoying to reference these to Google maps.Thank you for making them and please make more. mcinzie.

[@storiesbyalex]

Gary, thanks for watching and your observations. My sensing is that often times there is a celestial connection to the pictographs or petroglyphs left behind by the ancients. I will check out your coordinates.....................alex

[@garyrmckenzie3719]

@@storiesbyalex Hello again Alex. Thank you for your reply. My experience with these maps is that they are not celestial but just very good maps. If you have your Google eye level at 6km you will be able to see the shape of each pictograph. Go higher and you can see the big picture. mcinzie.

[@garyrmckenzie3719]

I forgot to mention that the detail is on the stone not just what has been highlighted. Look very closely at your video. It all transposes to Google Maps.

[@garyrmckenzie3719]

Stop Video at 6min 45sec. 35°34'35.98"N, 118°48'24.91"W (This is the foot glyph that looks like a mistake), and the pictograph on the line west. 35°35'54.14"N, 118°51'22.64"W. I know that when you learn to read and decipher these maps your hunt for lost civilizations will be a lot more fun. Thank you and your helpers for making such great clear and concise videos. Have fun with the hunt. mcinzie

[@frankrice5364]

Thank you.......A'HO...

[@royramey5659]

THANKS

[@storiesbyalex]

Roy, thanks for watching. It was a fun journey. My feeling is that the small cup next to the mortars were used to break open the seeds which was then placed into the larger mortar for pounding............alex

[@zeynelocak9557]

Thanks a lot.Your surname ''kere'' and ''kes'' have meaning in Turkish and ''kere'' mean ''times'' like 3 times 3 equals.. ''kes'' mean cut.

[@ryancresawn4726]

Alex this looks a little like a map

[@storiesbyalex]

Ryan, thanks for watching and your comment. My sensing is that the pictographs have some sort of calendar associated astrological events such as the Solstice, but that is only speculative on my part................................alex

[@shockwave326]

that wheel is Saturn Venus and Mars

[@jakesarms8996]

Unbelievable!

[@WhiteNacho]

Pine nut eaters? I bet they made a mean pesto sauce! BTW look out for rattle snakes!

[@scottoller9319]

I just visited these two sites recently myself! I thought it was so incredible that the last site, the alcove in the alpine meadow, was so inaccessible. I spent nearly half an hour trying to climb up there to no avail (and I'm a rock climber). Check out my photos from the trip (as well as visits to Fossil Falls & Little Petroglyph Canyon): scottoller.exposure.co/coso

[@storiesbyalex]

Scott, just viewed your website - great photos and story. Keep on trekking.........alex

[@amen8926]

Great to watch on shrooms 🍄🍄

[@kevinhoward7194]

Sub New Zealand Maori