The Story of Jacob's Well Natural Area

[@notacommie5415]

We have a house in the family 80 yards downstream from Jacobs Well. Spent many summers there in the 70’s. Nobody else was ever really there back then. When I was a kid I thought we owned it because it was In the back yard. Good times. How things have changed over the decades.

[@m_rcthememeboi4832]

Braxton Curry 🧢

[@djornramie9802]

😂

[@randomrazr]

how come it doesnt act like a fountain anymore?

[@squarecracker]

@@randomrazr probably from wells tapping into the aquifer

[@guacomanny]

here from that one tiktok dude

[@mikeg4070]

Indeed 👍

[@Zappyisyopappy]

big mama lmao same

[@Meglime]

Aye

[@harryboy8754]

The navy seal

[@yoongi1208]

Who cares

[@renebarker1582]

A very worthwhile account of a unique and precious (but relatively unknown) natural resource that deserves greater viewership. The producers and narrators of this video (some of whom I'm fortunate to know) are commended for this insightful and educational tribute to Jacob's Well

[@koreanature]

Wow... !!! My best friend, It's always great. I wish you every day of your development. Have a happy day!

[@COH2000]

What happened to the iron grate that covered the entrance to the well? My grandparents and later my father and uncle owned the same home just off the square in Wimberly, Texas beginning in the 1940s. I think grandfather paid about $6000 for the home in the 1940s which was covered with petrified rocks of various shapes and sizes. We went to the ‘Blue Hole’ near the town a few times during the summer months. Once my father took me to Jacob’s Well just to see it. We were the only ones there, and he said it was private property. As I remember, there was an iron bar grate that covered the mouth of the well. It did not impede the flow of water at all… just an iron bar grate. The bars were spaced 5" to 6" apart. He said it was to keep people out because of the danger and death of several divers. Does anyone remember a grate that may have been installed over the mouth of the well?

[@huntingwithachocolatelab2462]

Glenn Pitts Pretty sure someone destroyed it, and left a note that said "you can't keep us out"

[@EarthREALTOR]

Thanks for this great video! I have been swimming down stream in Blue Hole my whole life. I love Wimberley, our Texas rivers, springs and aquifers!

[@dalyadankha2848]

The place is so nice when I visited it the water was completely clear and nature was all around you

[@theresavaccaro9109]

Please take care of it. Do anything you can to save it. Mankind destroys many things.

[@lorenheard2561]

Pretty gorgeous! Lovely,and unusual.

[@denakaygallardo8270]

I just got back from texas to see jacobs well i waited a long time to see it wow it was everthing i dreamed of and more so neat meet alot of friendly people there

[@thomopolusrex8436]

The giant freshwater prawns are all gone. Once, lobster size prawns populated every crack and crevice of the spring. Why have they disappeared? They were delicious and nobody thought enough to protect their population. They were a beautiful emerald green that turned blue and red when cooked. Tender and succulent is how they are remembered. Gone too soon.

[@grandmacothomas6011]

Thomopolus Rex the answer, at least partially, resides @ 8:45 to 8:47 mark

[@thomopolusrex8436]

Grandma & Co Thomas It's too late to save that species of prawn. Once a species is gone, it ain't coming back.

[@mikemower1939]

@@thomopolusrex8436 If you believe in evolution it can just evolve back into existence from a similar species. I dont believe in evolution though.

[@thomopolusrex8436]

@@mikemower1939 You're an idiot. Evolution doesn't work that way. Nobody has ever even suggested such an absurd notion. You're an idiot. You know nothing. You are nothing because you know nothing. You're an idiot.

[@shadow58058]

@@zoidlrrr4633 you sound exactly like what your trying to describe, especially the last part

[@rebornmomma129]

I'm going here in a few weeks! I'm so excited!

[@dogboneandrabies3581]

Did u go

[@rebornmomma129]

I did. I’ve gone like 3 times since then? My reccomendation is so go in late afternoon bc it’s too cold before 1pm. But yeah this place is amazing.

[@DamagedF0X]

Oh no! People building houses and roads?! Swear to god, people from every corner of the USA are moving to the TX hillcountry. In 20 years, it'll be the "TX hillsubdivision"

[@shadow58058]

2 years later and everyone is moving out of TX, go figure

[@robk5437]

Mankind doesn't have a problem destroying things that's for sure

[@edybarker2213]

Great video. Thank you for sharing!

[@destry5250]

Hopefully, EPA won't dump toxic mine waste in there . . .

[@America-First2024]

First hand knowledge. Must have just finished with yours!

[@johnbivins]

Thank you for a very informative video!

[@jaredsaunders2505]

TikTok brought me here

[@mikeg4070]

Jared Saunders ofc 👍

[@taylorlloyd7804]

just shut up

[@yoongi1208]

Who cares

[@cusheenahumbert3717]

Lol snapchat brought me here

[@chaechuui1799]

Lil Meow Meow Yoongi some care, btw I love ur username

[@jimboslice9472]

the sign near that Jacobs well say ABSOLUTELY NO JUMPING OR DIVING..... that's all those people were doing there.???

[@xvs9000]

Jim Dickenson your safe as long as you don't go past the second layer. It collapses in on you from your body movement

[@xvs9000]

Third chamber don't enter

[@terrycrews1760]

Macanical Puppy Girl damn. What are the 2nd and 3rd layers? What does that mean? Definitely would like to know since I plan on visiting soon

[@Yays_A1]

Because many caves are unable to leave

[@shanemiller2046]

Jim Dickenson are you going to tell on them?

[@crucialfarmsurbanandfresh]

So that's a lava tube that filled with water. I just saved you all 11 minutes of your life it is beautiful though

[@trantes2946]

thank you so much

[@Shawnsrobloxworld]

@@trantes2946 How could we ever repay you?

[@someperson2500]

It’s still a p interesting video though lol but yep thanks bro 😂👌

[@storyboarddave5860]

thanks

[@squarecracker]

except it's not a lava tube retard

[@nudist0885]

I'm curious............ Why not hire some experienced divers to lay a series of ropes down into the well so that people can pull themselves through it with their arm muscles rather than having to rely on their lung capacity and leg power?

[@xottonee7363]

Or use scuba gear.

[@paolomancini9049]

seems safer would be sending the underwater drone

[@sickwitit1835]

Yeah or just say screw giving normal people access down there (influence more people to go down there and probably end up with more lives lost) And give pros some awesome gear to go down and explore!

[@ButtermilkL0veNugget]

nudist0885 eight experienced divers did go in and make a line. They went in on that line one time and didn't resurface alive. The farthest anyone has gone is where their rope ends and it's cut or ripped.

[@sickwitit1835]

ButtermilkL0veNugget I heard a lake monster swam by and ate them on one bite, severing the rope

[@ChrisHoover808]

Very well done. Can't wait to come back when it gets hot outside again!

[@jase123111]

Look really beautiful.

[@gardoolaguer3447]

bill johnson is my beloved grandfather

[@steadyc9277]

LOVED him! What a sweet and funny man, with all kinds of cool stories to tell! I wish I'd had a grandfather like that. God bless him.

[@jtjjbannie]

Facebook brought me here.

[@jtjjbannie]

@Harry Browneigh Your welcome.

[@gisellereyes6959]

The water is colder than a cooler water

[@janinenascimento1018]

Lugar lindo 😍💜 mais da um pouco de medo rs

[@thomascapitalmgt]

WOW

[@martin4834]

in the first frame, you spelt Jacob's Well wrong. Good start.

[@jillsmcfarland2001]

Utah had 2 that I know of .One was on the cover of National Geographic in the 1970s the state dynamited it because people would party and skinnydip.And the church didn't want outsiders coming into area.

[@SavMcIntyre]

Called?

[@aeirialechols3852]

Jehovah

[@kathalida]

Great video! Besides the history of this place (someone know if there is an indigenous name (pre-Jacob)?), the showing of the wildlife is important. There is a lot of it, people don't notice it all when they visit. Hint-find a quiet place and just sit for five minutes, ten is even better.

[@timcantrell9673]

Hopefully Nestle doesn't come and buy it, then pumps it out to bottle and sell back to the public.

[@shawnmurphy9667]

Tim Cantrell yes they are a bunch of scumbags pure greed

[@patrickmcleod111]

Don't you know that water isn't a natural right? Just ask the Nestlé CEO, he'll fill you in....

[@rachaelhartzo9958]

Does anyone know when the best time of year is to go? Obviously summer. But which month?

[@MEOWdice]

+Rachael Hartzo Never. There is to man people.

[@rachaelhartzo9958]

+Kenny Bachstein I mean that's not really helpful. I know it gets crowded. That's why this season you have to reserve your spot in advance. I meant in terms of the heat. It becomes way hot way fast in Texas and I'm new to the state. I want to know when it would be too late to go because it will be too hot to go and when it's just right.

[@masocapalot5624]

+Rachael Hartzo May or June. It was 93 degrees when I was diving there.

[@masocapalot5624]

+Baby FluffyPanda I went in June btw

[@eyaggelospouloulis1833]

late ik but i'm pretty sure july is the best time

[@johndory4331]

Why is it called Jacobs well when it belonged to the Indians for thousands of years...?

[@ernestodiaz9951]

Which native tribes were living in that area?

[@mikeisidro811]

THATS MY NAME!

[@dogbones4838]

Jacobs well is your name?

[@anggiofficial3640]

Lagi nyari yg ksni gara gara tiktok balik yuk

[@lowkey.vibezzz9900]

He sound like thanos

[@faruk2254]

Bizde olsa yüzmeye yasak koyarlar adamlar gayet te güzel kullanıyolar

[@NDHatley1]

Would have watched if it wasn't 360p... 2016 and you uploaded a 360p video? what a joke...

[@what-e-vervlogs289]

It's look volcano

[@omgits_tiffu4673]

1st comment 😉😉😉😉

[@dogbones4838]

OMGits_Tiff loser

[@ericr4764]

gov has gotten out of hand. We used to be free. Now it over-regulates everythring.

[@jarjargod5127]

Without government the Jacob’s Well area and many surrounding areas would be absolutely ravaged by people.

[@k1j2f30]

Another beautiful Eden destroyed by piggish greedy people! Few are left but they will be gone also as soon as a developer or greedy people devise a plan to profit from them. Either that or we love them to death, same outcome. People, the root of all evil!

[@saltyoutdoors534]

What????

[@xxnate29xx11]

Whos here from TikTok ?

[@serenagomes42]

Scary so scary! Hydrophobes avoid this video!

[@gilc.880]

TRUTH NO LIES take a shower pussy

[@jillsmcfarland2001]

I was in heaven until the Jacob dude ruined it.Ask a Native American to tell the story.

[@ernestodiaz9951]

Which native tribes lived in that area?

[@highguy2792]

😂

[@aeirialechols3852]

Jehovah