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  • Welcome to Gothic, Colorado-one of the coldest places in the United States. This ghost town has been abandoned since the 1920s, but there is at least one person who still calls it home. For more than 40 years, current resident billy barr has lived in a small cabin, recording data about the snowpack to pass the time. In this short film, Morgan Heim of Day’s Edge Productions profiles the legendary local who inadvertently provided scientists with a treasure trove of climate change data. Winner of the Film4Climate competition organized by the Connect4Climate Program of the World Bank (film4climate.net).
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  • @kranthimo1
    @kranthimo1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1987

    2:19 "I had nothing to prove, no goals no anything". So simple yet so deep.

    • @kevinyankee2
      @kevinyankee2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      That makes me reflect on my current stage in life. Goals give me a sense of purpose; something to pursue. Not having them or not being able to achieve them would be depressing.

    • @WritersMoment
      @WritersMoment 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@kevinyankee2 Him not having a goal, doesn't mean, that he had no purpose. Don't mis-reflect on your life, you still need those goals or at least any purpose to stay happy.

    • @kevinyankee2
      @kevinyankee2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@WritersMoment Yeah, don't get me wrong, I wasn't trying to imply anything about him. I was just using what he said to reflect about myself.

    • @WritersMoment
      @WritersMoment 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@kevinyankee2 I know, I just don't want you to misunderstand your goals because of that. ^^

    • @romelgonzales8444
      @romelgonzales8444 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I think some people are just happy even without goals, not for everyone.

  • @solodolotrevino
    @solodolotrevino 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1290

    "But I'll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you'll come to understand that you're connected with everything."
    Alan Watts
    So connected he can see our irreversible impending doom. Have a nice day

    • @rcchopperman
      @rcchopperman 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The meaning of the fact that everything is in a state of decay is your helper. -Alan Watts

    • @mikeknight42
      @mikeknight42 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      People have been foretelling our impending doom for thousands of years.

    • @parkerregan9231
      @parkerregan9231 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Trevor Estrada Alan Watts!!

    • @sahir313
      @sahir313 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      FLAT EARTH.

    • @ronindebeatrice
      @ronindebeatrice 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      LSD did the same thing to me, and it only took about 4 hours.

  • @Beastw1ck
    @Beastw1ck 6 ปีที่แล้ว +840

    Why is National Geographic's TH-cam channel 1000x better than its TV channel?

    • @briansandlin8194
      @briansandlin8194 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That's a good?

    • @ClassicCarCustodians
      @ClassicCarCustodians 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Beastw1ck because yourube doesn’t have the restrictions and limitations TV does. TV has to stick to a format.

    • @Be-wafa-
      @Be-wafa- 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Because u can chose what to watch

    • @Be-wafa-
      @Be-wafa- 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because u can chose what to watch

    • @gaboy30038
      @gaboy30038 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Short attention span, you can watch what you want to in 5-6min. and disregard the rest!

  • @lexgarcia2839
    @lexgarcia2839 4 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    I've heard this saying 'there's a difference between being alone and being lonely'. Billy, if you're seeing this you're awesome! And to all those on the NG team who filmed, edited and brought this to our attention, thank you

  • @suriik.d.s348
    @suriik.d.s348 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3808

    believe my this guy is more happier then the most people in this world

    • @XVir1000
      @XVir1000 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      surii K.D.S there were so many errors in what you just said first me* second use happier the more is redundant third u used the wrong than fourth that the shouldn’t be there

    • @noesnoes3969
      @noesnoes3969 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@XVir1000 Tell me, is your army planning to topple Justin Y's reign as living meme

    • @johnmcvey7014
      @johnmcvey7014 5 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      @@XVir1000 You used u instead of you. Start your sentence with with a capital letter. "what you just said first me*" doesn't make any sense. Full stop after said. Capital letter for for new sentence starting first me*. "second use happier the more is redundant" doesn't make sense. Use commas or semi-colons to make sense of what you write, particularly when listing bullet points. Finish your sentence with a full stop.

    • @1nxpired
      @1nxpired 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@johnmcvey7014 😂😂

    • @Thulgore
      @Thulgore 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Happy is wrong. Content isn't happy....it is happiness though.

  • @sreerajnr4810
    @sreerajnr4810 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1864

    Who else thought that scientists were studying him?

  • @AliMohammed-gm9fr
    @AliMohammed-gm9fr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3879

    Every introvert dream

    • @michelepiteo7179
      @michelepiteo7179 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      yes.

    • @jaimhaas5170
      @jaimhaas5170 5 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      And many of us who have grown tired of the BS and not introverted at all.

    • @jaimhaas5170
      @jaimhaas5170 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @BLAIR M Schirmer sometimes even in are own immediate family.

    • @V_For_Vigilante
      @V_For_Vigilante 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @BLAIR M Schirmer
      yep ur right humans are a bigger threat then every animal combined

    • @erzcav4793
      @erzcav4793 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hahaha. I know there will be a comment like this!! ❤❤❤

  • @GR-ji9fw
    @GR-ji9fw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Wow - what a story. What he has done for a project - to keep himself busy has proven to be so very valuable. Thank you, Mr. billy barr!

  • @sabfreesab7487
    @sabfreesab7487 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1302

    "I have nothing to prove no goals"what a life.

    • @johngreen4835
      @johngreen4835 6 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      Sounds like my life lol.

    • @GavinOCo
      @GavinOCo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      john green?

    • @danielvasquez9996
      @danielvasquez9996 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Thats why scientists love him

    • @LovingTinha
      @LovingTinha 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      the life of a true champion

    • @kevinparsley6806
      @kevinparsley6806 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      no one can say he's a loser.

  • @BrkmatrixNeo
    @BrkmatrixNeo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1002

    Lives in alone,loves cricket and bollywood,drinks tea,wears autralian test cricket sweater
    'b'illy you are awesome 🤘❤

    • @thefirstavenger2914
      @thefirstavenger2914 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      He mentioned that he watche just cricket, he didn't say that he watch Bollywood

    • @newfiefitz412
      @newfiefitz412 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      billy*

    • @August12350
      @August12350 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@thefirstavenger2914 watch care fully...again..he has dreams of Bollywood

    • @thefirstavenger2914
      @thefirstavenger2914 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Bunker Sieben Maybe he was an Indian in his previous life

    • @martinhowe3679
      @martinhowe3679 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@thefirstavenger2914 watch it again

  • @mrmisterman999
    @mrmisterman999 5 ปีที่แล้ว +556

    Some of these comments make me want to go live in the woods for years

    • @m.draven477
      @m.draven477 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jaimhaas5170 like poke bowl
      Or a poke 😎

    • @jaimhaas5170
      @jaimhaas5170 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@m.draven477 u have to ask or might never get.

    • @BloomingFields
      @BloomingFields 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do it

    • @Ridebmxindia
      @Ridebmxindia 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lets go

    • @tessalogan586
      @tessalogan586 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

  • @lazarusblackwell6988
    @lazarusblackwell6988 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1641

    Many years ago i went into the woods to get away from evil people
    It was the best time of my life
    I cleaned the rivers from garbage
    Made shelters for animals
    Learned how to survive
    I had the best sleep of my life
    You can't compare sleeping in the woods with sleeping in a bed
    When you live in so called "civilization" every day is filled with anxiety
    You may not notice that anxiety but its always there

    • @marvingordon7121
      @marvingordon7121 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      I will finally do that soon, turn my back on civilization / society and finally "live" unfortunately most people never know or will never know what real happiness and inner balance mean. Nobody sleeps really well anymore or knows what it's really like to be rested and satisfied.

    • @fritzfromswitzerland
      @fritzfromswitzerland 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      What did you eat in the woods ?

    • @lazarusblackwell6988
      @lazarusblackwell6988 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@fritzfromswitzerland Acorns,Strawberries,various other wild plants.I also had money so i sometimes visited the nearby village to buy some bread

    • @lashawnablanton4649
      @lashawnablanton4649 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Very true.

    • @WiliantoMulti
      @WiliantoMulti 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@lazarusblackwell6988 what if u ran out of money ?

  • @rabinohhrabin
    @rabinohhrabin 8 ปีที่แล้ว +779

    "look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better"
    ~Albert Einstein~
    god bless you mate!!

  • @mantrata4688
    @mantrata4688 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4776

    Who else thought that he was alone WITHOUT any human contact?

    • @XMrRex
      @XMrRex 7 ปีที่แล้ว +396

      Mantrata its been scientifically proven that if humans go without social contact for long periods of time they tend to go insane.

    • @THEFurfoot
      @THEFurfoot 7 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      seems like a good reason to do it

    • @mb23ism
      @mb23ism 7 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      Mantrata clickbait my friend.

    • @PaperiLiidokki
      @PaperiLiidokki 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Where, how and who has proven this, i'm curious since actually having a someone do it and go bonkers isn't really how i imagine they researched this?

    • @Karrdec.
      @Karrdec. 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Mantrata same

  • @GBHanny8
    @GBHanny8 5 ปีที่แล้ว +533

    For all my privileges, luxuries, and benefits, I'm jealous of his way of life and his resilience.

    • @raz.
      @raz. 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Looks like you are getting a calling!

    • @Southpaw128
      @Southpaw128 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      you're jealous of his contentedness. A happy life means different things for everyone and its up to all of us to find that for ourselves

    • @daisychain3007
      @daisychain3007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@raz. We all need an occasional escape from our hectic, fast-paced lives.

    • @HumblebeeRules
      @HumblebeeRules 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How he earns money???

  • @sooesera2195
    @sooesera2195 4 ปีที่แล้ว +342

    Billy, you haven't missed anything.

    • @EsmagaSapos
      @EsmagaSapos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      it's easy to say, but, for a guy like billy that all he wanted was to marry and have kids...

    • @adityakumarjena7858
      @adityakumarjena7858 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Bro he's not Billy it's billy

    • @Ghost-vg6iq
      @Ghost-vg6iq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@EsmagaSapos Ah like marriage fulfills your life but you forget a word divorce after that and then being kept away from kids

    • @automnejoy5308
      @automnejoy5308 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Why would he keep living there all this time if he wanted a wife and kids? Obviously he isn't interested.

  • @micpowers1136
    @micpowers1136 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2773

    Being alone makes you use your brain more.

    • @xk3260
      @xk3260 5 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      Hi bro, I'm from Italy 🇮🇹.
      One day Benito Mussolini said : - Lonlyness makes us understand our potentiality. -

    • @NomadicCelt
      @NomadicCelt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@xk3260 I hope that's the only quote from Mussolini, that you are using. Other quotes have a really bad potential.
      And this one says as much about potential as my dead Hamster. Absolutely nothing. You may realize it, while being alone, or while having friends around. Maybe even someone else will see it first.
      Potential can be found anywhere.
      Just please, don't quote anything from Mussolini or his followers... He was Hitler's inspiration and you know where this guy brought us...

    • @WritersMoment
      @WritersMoment 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Ffs you're not smart only because you're introverted. Nor are you blind and stupid for liking being around people.
      I need both.

    • @memento316
      @memento316 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Kody I hope a new Mussolini came in your country after that you can tell me how he's bad.. Ops you can't because you can say what you want....

    • @WritersMoment
      @WritersMoment 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@LandElevated Not "our", yours. Ever worked in a creative group project? I have times when I'm more creative alone and others where I'm getting inspired by working with other people.

  • @comicstwisted
    @comicstwisted 5 ปีที่แล้ว +242

    Takes a special kinda person to live like this. Most people romanticize this lifestyle but they’re not built for it, the adjustment from how their living to this would be too much

    • @jewelseasterman8328
      @jewelseasterman8328 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      True. People are freaking out over the isolation of covid, and they still can drive about, grocery shop, talk to neighbors and still freak out.

    • @betkay6684
      @betkay6684 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jewelseasterman8328 The fear is what is driving that mentality !! The fear of death is not the same as a chance of life !!

    • @cmendoza1094
      @cmendoza1094 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think we all have it inside, just needs to be unlocked. Otherwise self dialogue or inner dialogue would have never evolved methinks.....

    • @user-cv1jb9xv2p
      @user-cv1jb9xv2p 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      In India you ton of people who live like this, minding ones own life, living away from cities, some are alone some have a wife

    • @jordandesmet6593
      @jordandesmet6593 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He still has it pretty easy being close to civilization. Imagine only a few hundred years ago, everyone lived like this. I think we’re actually more built to live like this…

  • @GreyGhost-r4z
    @GreyGhost-r4z 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2611

    40 years in the woods is better than being married.

    • @Jindujun
      @Jindujun 8 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Better than "just" being married or being married 40 years? Either way, you're right, lmao!

    • @thevitruvianman9781
      @thevitruvianman9781 8 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Gregory Heath What we call marriage today isn't nothing more than a legal bond with a human.

    • @rickiex
      @rickiex 8 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      +Mr. A as a men, it's a legal way to get finically fucked lmao

    • @tomself6505
      @tomself6505 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Jindujun , who is Imiao?

    • @GreyGhost-r4z
      @GreyGhost-r4z 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      2001Horatio love is giving without getting anything back. That's what love is.

  • @ridhamoussa6782
    @ridhamoussa6782 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    " I had nothing to prove, no goals, no anything" .. the best quote to live by.

    • @pavel9652
      @pavel9652 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't think so. He was talking about the research he has started 40 years ago. He started it out of curiosity. He had no goal, no hypothesis to prove. This is what he meant ;)

  • @sergeykhristoforov3414
    @sergeykhristoforov3414 8 ปีที่แล้ว +371

    I could live that way for another 40 years with Internet, dota, csgo and overwatch

    • @creamsicleorange8266
      @creamsicleorange8266 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Sergey Khristoforov 40 years so many new games and expansions...

    • @GraysonMckernan
      @GraysonMckernan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ComicalOrange so many micro transactions and supply drops.

    • @uberhardt1562
      @uberhardt1562 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ComicalOrange Call of Duty: Really, really Advanced Warfare 2. Now with micro transactions for micro transactions.

    • @Insomnia4321
      @Insomnia4321 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Swung subatomic transactions

    • @uberhardt1562
      @uberhardt1562 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      insomniac games The micro transaction to surpass all other transactions.

  • @wildyoda2931
    @wildyoda2931 8 ปีที่แล้ว +558

    I would love to just have a peaceful life in the alaska wilderness.

    • @goodwillz1849
      @goodwillz1849 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Solitude will eat away at your soul

    • @ficheye00
      @ficheye00 8 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      No, it will not. Loneliness will eat away at you if you have decided that you are lonely. Solitude builds character. There is much to be learned from being alone. But Loneliness and solitude are two different things. A lot of people are not cut out to be alone for any period of time.

    • @wildyoda2931
      @wildyoda2931 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Dennis Hastings Im not a social person i been alone for a good part of my life. I can br myself alone and i also think way better alone.

    • @wildyoda2931
      @wildyoda2931 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ***** Well some people aren't ment to be alone for a period of time. They will eventually go insane.

    • @ficheye00
      @ficheye00 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      *****
      - That's pretty much what I'm saying. Solitude is a choice... unless you're in prison. But deciding to be by yourself is self enforced solitude. So, there are types of solitude, some not so nice, others an experience that you will never forget. Hiking and camping by yourself for a week or so is an awesome experience.

  • @godsownlunatics9650
    @godsownlunatics9650 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1245

    I've spent 47 years alone in pubic / society

    • @ichaffee1
      @ichaffee1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      ive been alone too

    • @teddymarian9416
      @teddymarian9416 6 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      What do you mean by pubic?

    • @AP-fe9hm
      @AP-fe9hm 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Teddy Marian I think he meant public

    • @rssamonte9067
      @rssamonte9067 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thats calles "your so emo"

    • @maxprophet2401
      @maxprophet2401 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Modern society isn't a genital one, most times I'd rather be alone

  • @amescott3603
    @amescott3603 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "Learning to fall is probably the most important thing."
    Truer words have never been spoken...

  • @tidiestflyer7570
    @tidiestflyer7570 7 ปีที่แล้ว +612

    Is this one of those adverts that say. "Ladies wanna meet him, men wanna be him. Enlarge your custard launcher today!"

  • @ashbro3214
    @ashbro3214 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1584

    His life is way better than any average humans life
    believe me

    • @perfildeLalo
      @perfildeLalo 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      that applies to most rich people - including that one

    • @Whiskey4myHoz
      @Whiskey4myHoz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Lustro Navarros dont be jealous liberal. Demonize the rich? Whys that? could it be because youre a fucking socialist and your future depends on other people's money?

    • @perfildeLalo
      @perfildeLalo 8 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Demonize? Liberal? Friend, you overthink things.
      I'm stating that to accomplish the "simple" life this man has, you need to start with at least I would say.. 200,000 euro which is an unfathomable quantity of money to most of even the most developed societies.
      The solar panels, the time to construct such a home without needing a second job to afford just food, let alone all the supplies et cetera.. Even if he has been what you consider poor the last 40 years, he did not start out poor for certain with all these accomodations like electricity and water.
      Also if you're calling me a socialist just because of where I am from, Cuba, you're being really rude. You should know that no one wishes to live under dictatorship.

    • @craigfoulds8657
      @craigfoulds8657 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And yet, most people would just cast him aside.

    • @PellitoMusic
      @PellitoMusic 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am the same opinion

  • @lawnfascist4890
    @lawnfascist4890 5 ปีที่แล้ว +579

    fellow tea drinker. If he's having tea and reading, he understands life.

    • @SaeleeSaan
      @SaeleeSaan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lawn Fascist 100

    • @alieldorado1438
      @alieldorado1438 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yessss 👌

    • @fatkiefbowls
      @fatkiefbowls 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      hahaha i don’t think any human can understand life

    • @LuminousSpace
      @LuminousSpace 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i love houji kuki genmaicha

    • @normanmazlin6741
      @normanmazlin6741 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm lying in bed on a winter morning, drinking tea and watching this.

  • @justanamerican9024
    @justanamerican9024 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    "There is more dust on the snow . . . . " That observation is way more important than you think.

    • @Abitibidoug
      @Abitibidoug 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agreed, it becomes a positive feedback loop causing more snow to melt. A similar thing is happening in the Arctic.

  • @Razielmn
    @Razielmn 7 ปีที่แล้ว +610

    I want to spend my rest of my life like him, isolated and peaceful yet in the beauty of nature...

    • @Kube_Dog
      @Kube_Dog 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      You'd make it about 3 weeks, douche-bag.

    • @Razielmn
      @Razielmn 7 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Kube Dog hey doggy I'm Mongolian that means we love being isolated :))

    • @Kube_Dog
      @Kube_Dog 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      You love isolation? Then get your ass off the YT comment section, Genghis.

    • @Razielmn
      @Razielmn 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Kube Dog Bad dog! i'm at my job right now, your silly comments disturbing my email :))

    • @Kube_Dog
      @Kube_Dog 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you. I want to spread laughter and joy.

  • @joseclementegonzales857
    @joseclementegonzales857 5 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    This Guy has a lot of wisdom compared to other people who lives in the suburbs...being alone will gain you more self awareness, responsibility & recognition of human nature.

  • @santoshkumar-lf5wv
    @santoshkumar-lf5wv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    he is so humble and charming,
    feltpeaceful to hear him.

    • @Vor_Tex_Sun
      @Vor_Tex_Sun 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah he's separated from the society that seems to flush all purism away

  • @Adhyapana_
    @Adhyapana_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    "And dreams of Bollywood" 😄
    Love from india

  • @oneilove
    @oneilove 7 ปีที่แล้ว +530

    better to be alone than to be with fools

    • @haroong.c8906
      @haroong.c8906 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      one i love true

    • @Natalie-xw1yn
      @Natalie-xw1yn 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      one i love your profile picture is a meme waiting to happen

    • @goodday4112
      @goodday4112 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      aint that the truth. been alone now for 20 years. it is peaceful finally.

    • @Solocat1
      @Solocat1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      GuinnessandPizza You sound like a clueless left wing snowflake.

    • @davidmarzolino7159
      @davidmarzolino7159 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      But, fools can be so entertaining.

  • @billyjosephcabayan3412
    @billyjosephcabayan3412 6 ปีที่แล้ว +459

    I think his life is wonderful..

    • @royaltyfreeccoptimystic3187
      @royaltyfreeccoptimystic3187 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Exactly he is someone who helped build a house and as a reward he got it, he's an amazing person who went through a lot to get to the stage he is at now, I am heavily inspired by him because a lot of the time I think about snow even at times other people normally wouldn't + there used to be more of it in here so that adds up to the effect even more.:-)
      Luckily nature gets more angry as scientists try to destroy it so it's gonna come back and everyone's gonna be happier, having that smile on they're faces back again.
      ^_^

    • @blacksta-r
      @blacksta-r 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not till now :)

    • @freshandzesty1111
      @freshandzesty1111 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I envy him. Nothing to prove and nobody to impress. He's just living his life.

    • @pavel9652
      @pavel9652 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@freshandzesty1111 He meant the research he has started 40 years ago. He started it out of curiosity and had no goals nor the hypothesis to prove.

  • @deathour9269
    @deathour9269 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1038

    Gandalf is that you

    • @davisx2002
      @davisx2002 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Tom Bombadillo and his boots are yellow...

    • @foresthaviland3612
      @foresthaviland3612 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Probably Dumbledore

    • @Rodsupremos
      @Rodsupremos 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      No. I've lived long enough to record it all going either way.

    • @harvindersingh7943
      @harvindersingh7943 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      😉

  • @CardinalEgan
    @CardinalEgan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    "Every couple of weeks he skis into town for supplies"... I love the fact that he doesn't trample the woods with a snowmobile!

  • @anon9245
    @anon9245 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Love that there is at least one person still out there who lives in harmony with nature.

    • @billdarby4949
      @billdarby4949 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @MISTER STRANG3R: So True!

  • @jamescunningham8092
    @jamescunningham8092 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1386

    This is totally unrelated to the point of the video, but I'm curious: how does he earn money or pay for supplies?

    • @suscrieforsubscribing1146
      @suscrieforsubscribing1146 8 ปีที่แล้ว +469

      From Russia by hacking banks.

    • @pastelab
      @pastelab 8 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      James Cunningham solar panel for electricity- he can sell extra electricity.
      Food from garden,
      Water from snow.
      Hearing from wood...
      Idk :P

    • @525Lines
      @525Lines 8 ปีที่แล้ว +179

      Good question. He might be on disability or getting an army pension. He could be using food stamps & getting help from family.

    • @manuellopez-qi2kr
      @manuellopez-qi2kr 8 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      James Cunningham Magic

    • @redefined8mind8state
      @redefined8mind8state 8 ปีที่แล้ว +257

      He did say a scientist looked at his data. Maybe they paid him for his records of the snow and currently contract him to continue recording it.

  • @nageshtagadur
    @nageshtagadur 7 ปีที่แล้ว +764

    god bless him,...even his stay in the wild, all alone has not diminished his purpose in life,. may I also get the strength to live that long and healthy,. will power to do something for others,.....

    • @markbravaco2912
      @markbravaco2912 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hi, there! He seems really kind, wise, and like an individual. I admire him a lot. How are you doing?

    • @truemamrdi4all
      @truemamrdi4all 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      There are scores of thousands of people all over the world who would like to live like him. I would, if I had the money.

    • @nageshtagadur
      @nageshtagadur 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I want too,... but my so called kith and kin have looted me, when I suffered an accident,..!!!

    • @markbravaco2912
      @markbravaco2912 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      How have they looted you?

    • @roninscorkiller9682
      @roninscorkiller9682 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      nagesh tagadur He might eventually live for 1M years in the snow

  • @kfcmalaysia5580
    @kfcmalaysia5580 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    An amazing human being we all should pay our utmost respect. Thank you.

  • @delarosa3318
    @delarosa3318 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1180

    His right hand grip strength must be off the charts

    • @Yumadlol
      @Yumadlol 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      delarosa masturbation is known to lessen your grip actually

    • @pattysekac
      @pattysekac 7 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      piss off gainz

    • @millenium2003
      @millenium2003 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hahahaaa

    • @ArtistFormerlyKnownAsShitlord
      @ArtistFormerlyKnownAsShitlord 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      delarosa: as must his poor eyesight.

    • @SaikaLiao
      @SaikaLiao 7 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      delarosa but he said he "interacted" with the nature and animals ^^

  • @marcuszinke2808
    @marcuszinke2808 7 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    A guy who just randomly lives in the woods all winter with no family or friends? yeah right! We know it's you Santa!

  • @yourface3154
    @yourface3154 8 ปีที่แล้ว +442

    If he lives out there basically doing nothing but recording the weather, how the fuck is he buying these solar panels and automatic window blinds and shit?

    • @wishmasterbrazen
      @wishmasterbrazen 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      welfare.,... heck im even on welfare and i have a full time job.. its just... life ya know

    • @yourface3154
      @yourface3154 8 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      I doubt its welfare.

    • @anafreitas1646
      @anafreitas1646 8 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Maybe he lived the first 40 years of his life in normal society, saved up money, helped build the house himself or something like that. You have DIY videos for almost everything on the internet and he has satellite, so he probably had 40 years to learn how to make solar panels and other stuff.

    • @yourface3154
      @yourface3154 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ana Freitas Then the title would prove to be false.

    • @bringittome919
      @bringittome919 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Triston Charge agreed

  • @fellipedasilva99
    @fellipedasilva99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    This guy is living the life I am meant to live. Also where I grew up Cape Cod, Massachusetts, we have gotten less snow over the years as well. It used to snow 4-5 feet when I was a kid. Now it barely snows 7 inches. It just rains and rains, then it freezes over causing annoying icy roads. It makes the winter quite ugly. Really unfortunate...

  • @JkrJolt
    @JkrJolt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +300

    Living alone there might have it's difficulties but I believe surviving in society is a hundred times more challenging.

    • @Mark-yb1sp
      @Mark-yb1sp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      bee bee I agree. Sometimes I just want it all to end.

    • @classicwhitebread
      @classicwhitebread 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yep that's true. Gotta find a balance

    • @baroneb5043
      @baroneb5043 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Jeff B dont give up Jeff... i been there.... as long as still a little glimmer of hope find strength keep goin... God Bless you

    • @Humanaut.
      @Humanaut. 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jeff B it's not easy to make a case that it is better to exist than not to exist.

    • @kenyatte1020
      @kenyatte1020 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jeff B I pray you find peace in Jesus

  • @vinayaksharma8464
    @vinayaksharma8464 7 ปีที่แล้ว +584

    I swear this is what I wanted to do since I was a kid.

  • @gw5033
    @gw5033 5 ปีที่แล้ว +599

    I would rather live alone with my insanity than life with 7.5 billion insane people.

    • @kimthor3903
      @kimthor3903 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lol 😂

    • @dakotahbrizzee3580
      @dakotahbrizzee3580 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      So deep....

    • @mdbritton9424
      @mdbritton9424 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      GW 💕

    • @tanveersingh5423
      @tanveersingh5423 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      U ain't alone even in your profile pic.

    • @gw5033
      @gw5033 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tanveersingh5423 Do note in my quote the word rather implies a desire and does not mean an action in progress. A free grammar lesson my friend.

  • @jigsaw9749
    @jigsaw9749 4 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    This guy is living alone in Heaven colorado, drinking tea, watching tv and reading books. I don't want money. I want this

    • @melcosnecc9627
      @melcosnecc9627 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      and he watches cricket it’s like heaven

    • @plederfagella9774
      @plederfagella9774 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You want the calm that this creates. Anything like that would suffice.

    • @kayoss11
      @kayoss11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Go buy books and tea, simple.

    • @chaleebangyang
      @chaleebangyang 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yooo you need money to do all these things.🤷‍♀️

    • @kayoss11
      @kayoss11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@chaleebangyang So you think the old guy made and wrote all the books he's got, along with growing tea on a mountain top.

  • @NarinderSinghHere
    @NarinderSinghHere 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1356

    Where do I apply to pursue what he's doing?

    • @brijeshchandrakar
      @brijeshchandrakar 8 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      You have to apply resignation to your current job, divorce to to your wife, get some warm clothes, go deep away from a remote Himalayan village (e.g. Kugti in HP), build a house and you're done. Do you have desire, guts, and ability to do so is the real question.

    • @NarinderSinghHere
      @NarinderSinghHere 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Chandrakar Brijesh no wife as of yet and I'm from HP myself, need to migrate a bit further is all. :)))) I keep trekking to find the right spot to station myself after quitting the job though.

    • @chowderstevens9375
      @chowderstevens9375 8 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      Narinder Singh you will never do this because you had to ask to apply, you sir are a sheep, now get back to work!

    • @NarinderSinghHere
      @NarinderSinghHere 8 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Chowder Stevens 😂 I'm a penguin! 🐧

    • @robertwilsoniii2048
      @robertwilsoniii2048 8 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Narinder Singh You contact Shia LaBeouf.

  • @VisualizeYourMusic
    @VisualizeYourMusic 6 ปีที่แล้ว +552

    when ur fed up with ppl...

    • @eoghandridl1007
      @eoghandridl1007 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I'm fed up with people since I'm born

    • @Orome96
      @Orome96 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      i was fed up with people ever since i was born*

    • @eoghandridl1007
      @eoghandridl1007 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Orome96" I am" fed up with people ever since i was born* if you want to be that way about it

    • @naywahn
      @naywahn 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@eoghandridl1007
      I've been fed up with people, every since I was born*

    • @Peppermint1
      @Peppermint1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Or with smelly noisy stressful cities and process food :D

  • @paulcorreia6742
    @paulcorreia6742 6 ปีที่แล้ว +433

    Isolation, it's not for everyone, but think about it, how much time would you put in ??? You have to love your surroundings and truly love life!!! HATS OFF!

    • @wiesbadengera1
      @wiesbadengera1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I could do it

    • @TheFlash-dr1kr
      @TheFlash-dr1kr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@wiesbadengera1 lol

    • @Cage711
      @Cage711 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Paul Correia STFU

    • @eusticom5821
      @eusticom5821 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Literally "hats off" too, because they described him as having many hats :)

    • @mikeyfiftythree6237
      @mikeyfiftythree6237 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Paul Correia ..I'd need a good woman and a dog, then I'd be fine.

  • @srigging
    @srigging 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Wow...impressive. Few people can live like this but so nice to know some can. Amazing in today's world.

  • @AndrejNikolov-xw2gi
    @AndrejNikolov-xw2gi 7 ปีที่แล้ว +653

    I want to drink tea with this guy next to a fire and talk about life. Such an awesome guy!

    • @rwbyang1584
      @rwbyang1584 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      but why? He doesn't know anything. He was alone for 40 years! What he knows about life if he didn't live it? You can only discuss with him about forest. I am not a hater. I love this guy but I would never ask him for advice about life.

    • @jorgetrelles7056
      @jorgetrelles7056 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      He did live it .

    • @Qstandsforred
      @Qstandsforred 7 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      RWB Yang - You're looking at this all wrong. For starters, 40 years alone gives him a lot of time to think. Secondly, the wise among us (at least, I'd argue they're wise) seek happiness in solitude and simplicity.
      Not that I'm saying that this guy in particular is wise, but if anyone is wise it is some people like him.

    • @summersmith4229
      @summersmith4229 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +RWB Yang maybe he spends his time learning and reading or writing. He lives in a very beautiful place.more than most of us can say living in these urban ugly poverty looking cities but even in the cities you have to find some beauty in it.Beauty is everywhere.you just have to look for it.I think it's great he can live like this.Most of us are to spoilt by modern living.I know I am.I have to give the guy. credit for going it alone.

    • @summersmith4229
      @summersmith4229 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Summer Smith Happy New year2018Melissa Arispe

  • @leVraiQuasar
    @leVraiQuasar 8 ปีที่แล้ว +432

    WHAT A SHITTY NAME FOR VIDEO !! "He Spent 40 Years Alone in the Woods" i was expecting that he never saw any humain for forty years and was living alone in auto-suffisance

    • @MotorGoblin
      @MotorGoblin 8 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I don't like to bitch too much and not that it's the worst clickbait ever but I agree. There are people who really live *alone* in the woods and I thought this would be about how scientists love him because of his 40 years of absolute solitude make him an interesting specimen.

    •  8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Le Quasar me too, totally click bait man

    • @zebbleganubi723
      @zebbleganubi723 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      "He Spent 40 Years Alone in the Woods.... you wont believe what happened next"

    • @stephenr80
      @stephenr80 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      wow hell yeah that was dissapointing right???!!! .... jesus ppl can only whine brah that was a nice video anyways dude

    • @AbB-nv2wk
      @AbB-nv2wk 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Guy probly has his old hippy girlfriends visit on the reg. Trust fund baby

  • @harrue
    @harrue 8 ปีที่แล้ว +385

    Who the fuck thumbs down this dude?

    • @sadseal8118
      @sadseal8118 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Dan Lee the climate change proaganda

    • @harrue
      @harrue 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Carl wrong

    • @harrue
      @harrue 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Carl Chinese hoax

    • @sadseal8118
      @sadseal8118 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dan Lee oh, thanks for clarifications

    • @outofname9604
      @outofname9604 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dan Lee some lazy much fuckers

  • @shanemacintyre3200
    @shanemacintyre3200 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I was a person who thought I couldn’t live with out another human being to the point of contemplating suicide . After My divorce I had to live by myself once I realized I really didn’t need anyone else to be happy I was free. When I get a chance I tell people the best thing you can do for yourself is to not need someone else in your life to make you happy . God had a lot to do with bringing me peace.

    • @dmo7815
      @dmo7815 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yea,, after the big D ,,, I learned to fly , flew my flying machine,, gyrocopter for 4 years . Took up sailing,, sailed a lot of lakes for years. Then a 4 year sailboat adventure,, blue water out of Ft. Lawderdale . So I’m not socally compatible ,,,, but life is fun !

    • @kikipaisley
      @kikipaisley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad you found peace

    • @lindseysturkie2205
      @lindseysturkie2205 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hmmmmm. There's an element of peace in aloneness. But self imposed aloneness is often interpreted as selfishness. Where selflessness is the joy in living.

  • @imms2010
    @imms2010 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    What a wonderful life he is living!
    Total respect

    • @roberthertz6634
      @roberthertz6634 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      After knowing that I'm POSITIVE he can die feeling complete with your approval.

    • @ember-brandt
      @ember-brandt 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@roberthertz6634 the aggression????

  • @TellMeSomethingorg
    @TellMeSomethingorg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Over a year later and this is still my favorite short on TH-cam.

  • @noahfin5919
    @noahfin5919 7 ปีที่แล้ว +244

    We need guys like this for the space program.

    • @frankenz66
      @frankenz66 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      What will happen with the other 98% of a light year(6 trillion miles) after he has spent 40 years going the 2% of a light year? Space is out of reach for man with modern technology.

    • @tagle2mec243
      @tagle2mec243 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What would you need it for a space program ?
      do you want to send him into space ?
      For the moment we KNOW that a human is taking irreversible and huge damage when going into space.
      Let's take one exemple, a human that stay 6 month in space and come back on earth have it's arteries aged for 10 years older.
      For your arteries 6 month into space = 10 Years on earth...That hurt, I mean a reasonable person would never go into space.

    • @Erowens98
      @Erowens98 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Franklin Taylor+ I'd say we are on the verge of breaking our way into interplanetary and even interstellar space. Many very interesting developments in those fields recently. It might be 50 years before we get out of our solar system, heck, it might even be 200. But none the less, we are getting close.

    • @buddydawson8875
      @buddydawson8875 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Space doesn't exist except in your dreams.

    • @mrsimpson2022
      @mrsimpson2022 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      we cant even go to moon ??? what r u talking about.

  • @henrimatisse7481
    @henrimatisse7481 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Amazing record keeper! When I lived in Sacramento and the scientists went to the Sierra Nevada to measure snow I paid attention because what they measured was the water the valley received the next spring. Water is crucial and the Sierras are the storage.

  • @ericallen1046
    @ericallen1046 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    How incredibly LUCKY can you get!!! GEEZ 40 years of Peace, Quiet and Solitude!!! WOW!!! WHERE DO I APPLY, SIGN ME UP!!!😀👍

    • @knokname6466
      @knokname6466 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Luck is 90% preparation and 10% location... thus the adage, 'luck is being prepared when opportunity arises.' To make this happen, you stop dreaming and start acting on those dreams. Now, go sign up.

    • @ericallen1046
      @ericallen1046 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@knokname6466 What an interesting point of view, didn't quite think about it from that perspective, Thank you

    • @nosky2142
      @nosky2142 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just run into the woods and good luck, you’re survival instincts will kick back in in about 5 hours and you’ll be good 👍

    • @ericallen1046
      @ericallen1046 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Brian Smith I Just Read Your Reply As I Was Am Listening To The Song "FOREVER YOUNG" 👍😎

  • @Majinjef2099
    @Majinjef2099 7 ปีที่แล้ว +785

    40 years and not 1 single snowman?
    Sounds flaky to me.

    • @idontknow-pb3rc
      @idontknow-pb3rc 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Majinjef2099 pffff:P

    • @gotech7991
      @gotech7991 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh wow BS this videos is the scare human from Pokémon that doesn't exist

    • @bluto212
      @bluto212 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      or Snowwoman!

    • @dank_smirk9971
      @dank_smirk9971 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Majinjef2099 or snow-flaky

    • @i6tir
      @i6tir 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cool pun.

  • @legendpandey4437
    @legendpandey4437 6 ปีที่แล้ว +232

    sometimes living alone is like a gift. you find away to meet real you.

    • @kountryedge
      @kountryedge 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Been alone now for 6 yrs and very happy. Just me and my three dogs.

    • @siph3437
      @siph3437 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      S. Garr. well you're not alone coz you have 3dogs

    • @MJLeger-yj1ww
      @MJLeger-yj1ww 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That can be true if you don't listen to everyone trying to sell you something -- the ads all say YOU need this, YOU need to do this or that, so that you are indoctrinated with their sales pitch until you really DO think you "need" what they're selling! Then they add "you need to call RIGHT NOW, don't' wait, do it NOW! It's an art that makes the Madison Avenue ad-men very wealthy! No one just describes what they're selling today and let you decide on the merits of whether or not you need it, they pound it in to you with personal remarks pertaining to YOU, telling you to buy something! The emphasis is no longer on how good the product is, it's on YOU NEED IT RIGHT NOW! That's why I mute all commercials on TV!

    • @alvaroakatico9188
      @alvaroakatico9188 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@YanksandBritsProductions What's stopping you? Finances? Family? Pets? What is it?

    • @kountryedge
      @kountryedge 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@siph3437 okay. True. As they are a lot smarter than 99.9999% of humans Ive met. 😄

  • @oasis-relaxationmeditation2077
    @oasis-relaxationmeditation2077 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Mr. Billy kept himself busy with his journal and measurements of snow. Just shows if a person is bored they can find something to do that they enjoy doing.

  • @robertmecalis7189
    @robertmecalis7189 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Been to Gothic many many times over the last 30+ years, love the area. Good for you Billy.

  • @scientist4975
    @scientist4975 7 ปีที่แล้ว +573

    wtf I love him now

  • @Asquared316
    @Asquared316 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1937

    walter white is alive

  • @joannabusinessaccount7293
    @joannabusinessaccount7293 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The joy and power and presence of an introvert!

  • @yvesprovencher9435
    @yvesprovencher9435 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I thought I was the only one who loved snow that much! Great life to live. It takes courage to live alone.

  • @NearTheLimits
    @NearTheLimits 8 ปีที่แล้ว +503

    He must be growing weed to pay for all those solar panels and his supplies.

    • @hoodiejack
      @hoodiejack 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      D M hahahah

    • @mickkwan4800
      @mickkwan4800 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Think again if u think weed is the only thing sells money.. :P

    • @NearTheLimits
      @NearTheLimits 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Michael Kwan "...sells money"? Sorry, can't follow u

    • @dsgx1353
      @dsgx1353 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Albert Zion the government probably supplies him with weed, along with other things. those solar panels for example. all in exchange of the data he collects

    • @NearTheLimits
      @NearTheLimits 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      DSG X good point

  • @TenThumbsProductions
    @TenThumbsProductions 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1405

    The only thing this video is missing Morgan Freeman narrating it.

    • @justgivemethetruth
      @justgivemethetruth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      That was Morgan Freeman

    • @philipwagner5711
      @philipwagner5711 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Or sir David attenborough

    • @jordanfajardo4463
      @jordanfajardo4463 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@philipwagner5711 he is the one who should narrate anything that has to do anything w being outdoors 😂

    • @malcolmhardwick4258
      @malcolmhardwick4258 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I can hear him now !

    • @ndotl
      @ndotl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And a thumbs up from Greta.

  • @billcaddell3848
    @billcaddell3848 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Those who live alone are the strongest people in the world . God bless him

  • @noletv2211
    @noletv2211 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1068

    I was at least expecting one Gandalf comment. Disappointed...

    • @sargoon1017
      @sargoon1017 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      NoleTV You shall not pass?

    • @austin5222
      @austin5222 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      NoleTV I found a Dumbledore comment

    • @ameteuraspirant
      @ameteuraspirant 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      you know the old saying. if you want something done right, bitch about it in the comment section like a productive member of society.
      sir you have been burnt, it's like roasted except instead of it being clever and funny it was mean spirited and probably done by a child.

    • @joeyspatulas5272
      @joeyspatulas5272 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      NoleTV he was clearly just joking, he literally called himself a child. Try not to be so sensitive we are all friends here.

    • @ameteuraspirant
      @ameteuraspirant 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      now hang on nicole has put forth a reasonably good troll as well, I don't have much material at the moment but I will at least try to respond in kind.
      excuse me sis do you kiss your pappy with that mouth? I know it must be hard to be jealous but I'm the cool kid cause I got to drive the bus one day cause she's cool like that. I don't roast anymore, I've moved on to burning, both in cooking and in life I burn like there's no tomorrow, and you got burnt. of course I got the brain today was my turn and I don't plan on sharing while I gots it so you can go to the jelly corner cause there ain't no peanuts in that butter. I'd trade in that thesaurus back to the voodoo doctor cause I'm certainly more facetious than factious or facstious and my emanations don't have no emnation. as worthless as my words I'll take as a compliment were my creepy elmo toy not saying it crawling out of my trash bin yesterday so I know you didn't come up with that on your own.
      tl:dr I don't plan on conquesting the roast any time soon but I'll at least burn it before I go.

  • @eksp.1
    @eksp.1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    "I had nothing to prove, no goals, no anything" The reason why I want to live away from people.

  • @TrephineArtist
    @TrephineArtist 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I'm always impressed with how some people can live alone like this without being lonely (for human contact, a partner). Or maybe they are sometimes. Then again some people can be surrounded by others yet deep down they feel kind of lonely.

    • @4philipp
      @4philipp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I’m sure every trip into town to get supplies he is being reminded why he prefers to live out in the woods.

  • @Supreme-Sharma
    @Supreme-Sharma 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    He's probably just chilling in his cabin while the world is terrified of covid

    • @trumplostlol3007
      @trumplostlol3007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Not only COVID but Trump and his far right terrorist followers.

    • @oliphauntsneverlie6227
      @oliphauntsneverlie6227 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I and many other are not terrified of Covid. Biden, yes. Covid, no.

    • @xploration1437
      @xploration1437 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@trumplostlol3007 The fascist leftists are the terrorists.

    • @charleslee1862
      @charleslee1862 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@trumplostlol3007 Either left or right, I bet you can agree we need to legalize freedom, liberty and the Constitution.

    • @davekal06
      @davekal06 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@xploration1437 Yeah, they want to terrorize you by enacting policies to improve your working conditions and wages. The thought of an educated and healthy populace thriving in a less polluted world is terrorizing.

  • @SiddharthSinghFiery69
    @SiddharthSinghFiery69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That's the kind of person I'd like to meet. I bet he has many good and interesting things to talk about than most people.

  • @no0channel0at0all
    @no0channel0at0all 6 ปีที่แล้ว +459

    I wonder what he grows in that garden they didn't show much of 👀.

    • @billdarby4949
      @billdarby4949 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Hey... Now there is the real question!!! LOL Good One!

    • @DrJohn493
      @DrJohn493 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Well, it is legal in Colorado

    • @jackmaster3134
      @jackmaster3134 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Drugs the answer is drugs

    • @sadigov
      @sadigov 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      They do... at 4:20

    • @jefferymiller9115
      @jefferymiller9115 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      That's why he had them come in the winter and not the spring lol

  • @evrythngfinance997
    @evrythngfinance997 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This is my uncle except he lives with around 20 dogs just goes down to the city for supplies and family reunions/parties

  • @guslevy3506
    @guslevy3506 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This is my plan, sort of…little beach house where few to no neighbors exist is my dream.
    As an INTJ and a natural recluse, I feel happiest and strongest when I am alone with no immediate obligations to deal with. Humans have survived and thrived as a communal species - I completely accept that - but I feel fortunate to not feel burdened by the desire to be communal. It’s not anti-social - I would help anyone who truly needs a hand - but it is nice to know that I feel best when alone with my thoughts and my life.

    • @ianchandley
      @ianchandley 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The older my wife and I get, the less we like humans! 🤣

    • @WildWestGal
      @WildWestGal 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      INFJ here. I can relate to your comment completely.

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage 8 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    I'd love to live like that. Only with a better razor.

    • @tiniestmang0
      @tiniestmang0 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And more books?

    • @mitchellmaytorena1137
      @mitchellmaytorena1137 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      It just wouldn't work without a cannabis garden as well. It's the only way to truly become one with nature.

    • @conroexlexx8267
      @conroexlexx8267 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      No razor needed. You need them beards to keep you warm lol

    • @PellitoMusic
      @PellitoMusic 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      best comment :D

    • @Shannmeister
      @Shannmeister 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      What's this thing called razor of which you speak?

  • @MissBrocanne
    @MissBrocanne 7 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Such a peacefull old man!!!

    • @D3V1LM0NK3Y
      @D3V1LM0NK3Y 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      MissBrocanne He's secretly a cannibal...

  • @Changizkhan
    @Changizkhan 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1227

    When I saw his sweater, I was like that is a cricket sweater.

    • @grimreaper3526
      @grimreaper3526 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      *_...just NEVER mention harry Potter or quiddage around this guy_*

    • @alfbittner6489
      @alfbittner6489 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      1973 Australian World Cricket Team jumper, won the world series, Lilly, Marsh, Chapel Bros, Thompson, all the greats.

    • @ZacLowing
      @ZacLowing 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Prolly had crickets living in it.

    • @JayseeYT
      @JayseeYT 7 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      When I saw him reading a book I was like that is a book.

    • @yummyjasmine7015
      @yummyjasmine7015 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      actually, crickets don't wear sweaters.

  • @wothappen82
    @wothappen82 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    OMG he made raw data 40 years alone. that was a gorgeous passion. 🔥

    • @runescape6221
      @runescape6221 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He went into town 4 times a month he had plenty of human contact the prize is his data not isolation

  • @feeberizer
    @feeberizer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Reminds me of wintertime at my family's log cabin in the mountains. At our house, we recorded temps, rainfall, and barometric pressure for decades until my dad passed....

  • @theusdollar9042
    @theusdollar9042 7 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    How does he get the money to get supplies?

    • @Aaannngggeeeelllll57
      @Aaannngggeeeelllll57 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      TheUSDollar thats what im saying

    • @SharkyMan59
      @SharkyMan59 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      pension

    • @Aaannngggeeeelllll57
      @Aaannngggeeeelllll57 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rudolf how do you know that

    • @SharkyMan59
      @SharkyMan59 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I'm pretty sure every person over the age of 60-70 gets a pension in western countires.

    • @Aaannngggeeeelllll57
      @Aaannngggeeeelllll57 7 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Nihil but he's been alone for over 40 years

  • @spiritzweispirit1st638
    @spiritzweispirit1st638 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The Intentional Purity of His Spirit and Words are Soul Soothing! 🌎

  • @therainmaker6921
    @therainmaker6921 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Imagine going to sleep every night knowing you have no stress that civilization provides. Priceless

  • @ride0RgetR0DE0n
    @ride0RgetR0DE0n 8 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Learn this one weird trick that will make you unresistible to scientist.

    • @dockoos
      @dockoos 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Based God lmao

  • @tesoridellasia
    @tesoridellasia 7 ปีที่แล้ว +456

    He is living real life..... Greeting from Pakistan

    • @matthewoppel9789
      @matthewoppel9789 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hey @tesoridellasia get back to me i have a business proposal for ya

    • @ryancnayr
      @ryancnayr 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      tesoridellasia sir, we have a business proposal for you

    • @tesoridellasia
      @tesoridellasia 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ryan C Ok

    • @Topangarosey
      @Topangarosey 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      so disrespectful to another human being. Shame on you.

    • @Topangarosey
      @Topangarosey 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You too. Bully.

  • @JCDenton42069
    @JCDenton42069 6 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    Scientists Love Him! See how you can spend 40 years in solitude with this one simple trick.

    • @x7video
      @x7video 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      kris loist What one simple trick?

  • @thesage90
    @thesage90 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The power introverts possess we can be alone for years and adapt to anything

  • @Varlwyll
    @Varlwyll 6 ปีที่แล้ว +518

    There was another guy who did this in Alaska for 30 years. There's a documentary about him called "alone in the wilderness"

    • @pookiecatblue
      @pookiecatblue 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      It's a great documentary. Loved it.

    • @seb7269
      @seb7269 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Strung Up ya that dude he live In the woods though, right? Like with no house just there in the woods. Right?

    • @reptilianoverlord418
      @reptilianoverlord418 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yeah theres another guy who did this on a mountain. Its called brokeback.

    • @voidremoved
      @voidremoved 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I am currently doing this from the starbuck cry closet. see u in 40 yrs.

    • @TheDomain16
      @TheDomain16 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Reptilian Overlord I'll have to look into that. Thanks!

  • @gouravdash
    @gouravdash 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1438

    Bollywood and Cricket! Sounds so Indian.

    • @silvo9460
      @silvo9460 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Gourav Das Ik is that a problem.

    • @weedlover9
      @weedlover9 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      or must be an Englishman

    • @navsingh1529
      @navsingh1529 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      vibratingstring they are not COSTUMES, they are clothes worn by billions around the world.

    • @pickletarts8196
      @pickletarts8196 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A Y U R V E D I C !

    • @beastmr919
      @beastmr919 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      he is american from accent and where he lives

  • @JoanDoris1
    @JoanDoris1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    I didn't hear about any source of income. Billy must have been a millionaire. Nice house (I wouldn't call that a cabin), beautiful picture windows with electric shades, solar panels, well-stocked supply of groceries, a library, good clothes . . . and he did go into town a few times a month for supplies.

    • @polishboy5
      @polishboy5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes he went into to town monthly..he is a civil scientist…

    • @pavel9652
      @pavel9652 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It is not that expensive. Food costs couple hundred euros for one person for several months. He is living there for 40 years now, so there is a little bit of infrastructure. If he was working earlier and now is retired or if he worked prior the relocation and saved money, it could have been invested into something. It looks doable, especially if he doesn't pay rent, does not have a serious medical condition, etc.

    • @graememorrison333
      @graememorrison333 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He must have had a substantial fund to invest in his thirties

    • @TigerLily61811
      @TigerLily61811 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      If you own a piece of property outright out in the boonies, we'd probably be amazed on how little you need to get by very comfortably. He's not spending money on rent, mortgage, car payments, car insurance, cable TV, restaurants, etc. all the things we think of as "necessities".

    • @Jo-vn7tg
      @Jo-vn7tg 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TigerLily61811 cable tv and going to a restaurant are not necessities lom but true ish

  • @taniasmith619
    @taniasmith619 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a beautiful life and amazing data collecting of most people. Such a kindness to the world as record keepers.

  • @remmer7010
    @remmer7010 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is literally what I fantasize about all the time. To just be alone and quiet.

  • @musyokadavid778
    @musyokadavid778 4 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    Imagine putting this guy on lockdown

    • @mdtoha62
      @mdtoha62 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Then he'll put lockdown on shame

    • @theotherside1999
      @theotherside1999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@mdtoha62 I'm crying🤣🤣🤣

  • @DarlikaDor
    @DarlikaDor 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Although an elder, he's presumably healthier - and happier - than many young people in "society"!
    Rewriting: There you have: the hoax of "society", the idea that you have be social ALL the time to live happily. And be healthy!
    Curious: where did he learn to take so precise measures? Does he have a degree in engineering or something like this?

    • @ojasoojaso9479
      @ojasoojaso9479 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The education we are getting in this world is not worth the TRUTH on the earth. There is many things around us which we don't need

  • @georgejetson1025
    @georgejetson1025 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My grandfather lived like this.
    Alone in a cabin for his last 25 years.
    Family members bringing him supplies every few weeks.
    No electricity , just batteries, 2 wood stoves , a hand pump water well, outhouse.
    A hand antique crank style phone which he lay the wires to his nearest neighbor a mile away in case of emergency .
    A Scientest before he retired, smart as a whip, a library in his cabin with 1000s of books .
    Grew his. Vegetables, expert cook, tapped his own trees for syrup
    Lived his way, his terms

    • @FestiFesti31
      @FestiFesti31 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@Eva Bernard absolutely Eva lets go