Inside Slab City, the Lawless City in the Desert

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 พ.ค. 2012
  • This bizarre, lawless land in the California desert is inhabited by drug addicts, eccentrics, army vets, hippies and just plain old weirdos. Slab City is referred to by its residents as "the last free place in America."
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  • @casey4619
    @casey4619 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Snake dude went from eccentric to cooky to batshit insane cannibal in like 2 minutes. I like that, I respect that.

  • @PWNSdaily
    @PWNSdaily 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    it's like actually watching an episode of trailer park boys with different characters

  • @FrankBenlin
    @FrankBenlin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +616

    Love it or hate it, this is a necessary part of society. There needs to be places like this for the people that need places like this. Everybody has to be somewhere.

  • @ArizonaAkinTv
    @ArizonaAkinTv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +509

    "I hope my mom doesn't see this"

  • @TurnOntheBrightLights.
    @TurnOntheBrightLights. 7 ปีที่แล้ว +377

    1:29

  • @aaronkrupp6420
    @aaronkrupp6420 9 ปีที่แล้ว +409

    This is what every foreigner thinks Americans are like.

  • @corydrummond67
    @corydrummond67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Man that really escalated quickly, when it went from drinking beers in a hot spring to, “Hey take a ride with me”, to score meth.

  • @ZenoKillerYT
    @ZenoKillerYT 5 ปีที่แล้ว +284

    This is where you get abducted by aliens

  • @nickyoung5309
    @nickyoung5309 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “It’s called a cruisin cooler” has 3 warm looking beers in it

  • @GuerreroMisterioso95
    @GuerreroMisterioso95 9 ปีที่แล้ว +464

    The irony is that these people rely on government support.

  • @mickeyamf
    @mickeyamf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +840

    why was snake dudes first example "whered you hide the children"

  • @andrewfpv4226
    @andrewfpv4226 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    this is a perfect mix of california culture. homelessness, drug addiction, transients living on the fringe of society. slab city has everything california is native to.

  • @DeathLeftHid
    @DeathLeftHid 8 ปีที่แล้ว +659

    all i can say is... borderlands

  • @SeeBrake
    @SeeBrake 8 ปีที่แล้ว +390

    The snake guy was Mr. Tuttle, my 7th grade Biology teacher. He was always a little off but a few years after I graduated we heard that he had a total meltdown and had moved out to the desert.

  • @treybrandenburg904
    @treybrandenburg904 3 ปีที่แล้ว +311

    Pulled into Slab City when I was 19 years old after being on the road for about 2 1/2 weeks. Met some really cool folks, some interesting folks, and some folks that gave me a bad feeling in my stomach. Left that night on account of the folks that gave me a bad feeling in my stomach and drove to Phoenix. Great experience, I’ll never forget it.

  • @BonnieCgaming
    @BonnieCgaming 5 ปีที่แล้ว +891

    Watch out for 3 knife man

  • @DSFARGEG00
    @DSFARGEG00 7 ปีที่แล้ว +408

    That first dude is pretty damn charismatic.

  • @lillemand5
    @lillemand5 7 ปีที่แล้ว +866

    1:29

  • @ulymireles9324
    @ulymireles9324 5 ปีที่แล้ว +341

    Who else is here from MrBeast video??

  • @ehak1907
    @ehak1907 5 ปีที่แล้ว +438

    That crusin cooler guy is so cool