In the late 1960's my friend Ed and I were newly licensed pilots. We got with our instructor, Bill, and rented a Cessna 172, and flew from El Monte to Giant Rock. Bill loved good food and he took us there. They had a little cafe out in the middle of nowhere. We landed on the big dirt strip and went to the cafe, run by flying saucer cult people. The place had a normal counter - looked like a typical 50's cafe. They had numerous framed, noterized space encounter testimonials fastened to the walls. They were also selling plastic flying saucer model airplane kits at the counter. "No funny remarks," Bill advised us. Ed and I sat down, and Bill went to the restroom. While he was gone a guy tapped me on the shoulder. I looked and saw a man in a green zoot suit. He was wearing a purple paddle tie with a flying saucer image on it, along with the words "I believe." The man looked at me and said "Do you believe?" I could only say, "We just flew in from El Monte." He looked at me again and said, "Oh, good!" and walked away. The hamburgers were delicious. Bill liked to fly over nudist colonies and wag his airplane wings, so I shouldn't have been surprised. The rock was not cracked back then. The saucer cult people also had a huge tower with weird reflectors and other stuff hung all over it. From the air you could see it for miles.
This story sounds like I wrote it. We would take the 172 out there and grab lunch once a month or so. The locals were quite a strange group. But always a good time.
Thanks for the trip down memory highway. I got my private pilot's license in the late 60s at Rose Aviation in Hawthorne. During the years following that, I would make many trips to camp under the wings of my aircraft and I've had many meals in the old cafe there. I remember some of the stories and saw VanTassel in the cafe a few times but never spoke with him. He sort of weirded me out at the time. Food was good there which seemed strange because I wondered where their customers came from. These are fond memories. I'm now 75 and don't fly anymore so these are now memories of my misspent youth.
I live about 8 miles south of Giant Rock. Back in the 2000s when a small part of it cleaved many years ago, as you can see in your video, it caused my house to shake like an earthquake with a giant thump. My friend Stoney would drive out there to the cafe to buy apple pies to jaw a spell with his friend, the owner, and his wife.
Robert, I listened with utter fascination to the Late Great Art Bell on Coast to CoastAM, for many years, but I cannot recall this particular Broadcast, guess I missed that one. BTW, George Noory , whom I detest, ruined the Coast to Coast broadcast, I haven’t listened in for an untold years, just do not like this dude, who dyes his hair and Mustache, he’s a buffoon! I am surprised He lasted this long! Good Day!
I had also heard that Critzer may have blown himself up, hard to say. When I was a teen in the late 60's, my dad lived in Morongo Valley, and he took me out to Giant Rock. The room under the rock was still intact and we ate at the cafe which had newspaper clippings of UFOs on the wall. I am so thankful that he helped me to experience this fascinating piece of history! I now live just down the highway from the rock.
Loved every minute of this one Steve. Where would we be without a few eccentrics in this world to cheer the place up, and those darned Venusians get everywhere don't they? Fascinating stuff as always, I do enjoy the offbeat history of the area. And that boulder - wow, enormous.
I've been out to Giant Rock multiple times when I was a teen. My dad's best friend, Bill, would take me flying anytime I wanted to go (I split the cost of the airplane rental with him). Giant Rock was one of my favorite places to go. I met George Van Tassel on one of our trips there. Bill warned me to not make light of flying saucers or extra terrestrials as George would take offense so I kept my mouth shut. I've been in the hermits house too. It's sad to see that the house and George's restaurant are no longer there. A lot of good memories there. Thanks for the tour.
My father has been a pilot since the early 60's, and he use to fly out to Giant Rock back in the 60's, and he told me that he would meet and talk to Mr. Van Tassel when he would go there, and he said that Van Tassel told him more than once, I saw them again last night! My dad said he loved listening to Mr. Van Tassel's stories. I sure wish I could have been there also, but my dad was a witness to Mr. Van Tassel's time there! Amazing place, with an even more amazing history!
Such an incredible piece of history! I’m sure millions in our country don’t know about this huge boulder in Giant Rock I never heard about it and the history of it makes it even more incredible and interesting. I love California and I love your videos they’re highly interesting and entertaining. Thanks for teaching me history 💯
Hey Steve, good morning! I lived in Long Beach in the late seventies and used to go out to Giant Rock often. Cool place! Weird stories. We always called it Giant Rock Airport… for obvious reasons. 👍🏼
Yet another WAY COOL video from you Steve . A little known fact about Van Tassel’s integratron is it’s built entirely without any nails or fasteners ( supposedly) and legend has it that if a person is so inclined to use or be able to use “ Dowsing Rods” like the kind people used to find water sources in arid lands , that if you held a pair in your hands and walked to the center of the building the rods would cross & uncross as you approached and then passed through the center of the room ! At least according to a book about it I have a copy of that describes that adventure. Interesting things lay all over our Deserts & mountains & all it takes is someone like you ( or I ) to go out with a sense of adventure to explore . Thanks again for sharing this one here Steve 😎👍
If I'm remembering correctly, we were told that it was built entirely of Doug fir in the shipping yards of Seattle, like a boat hull, with no metal as you mentioned.
That is true, just a metal cap ring holding the wood rafters in place. It is a phenomenal structure and the lower floors' ceiling is like a stringed instrument
That is true, just a metal cap ring holding the wood rafters in place. It is a phenomenal structure and the lower floors' ceiling is like a stringed instrument
I am proud to say I have now watched every video on your channel. You have a great deadpan sense of humor - keep up the amazing work. I really enjoy the quirky history you find, the real history you find, and how you can make the mundane just a little more interesting. Hoping you can find ways to explore and document the deserts on the other side of the Mexican border.
Cool! Speaking of giant rocks in the Mojave Desert with weird histories, you should cover Cap Rock in Joshua Tree National Park, which...well, I don't want to spoil it too much, but let's just say it involves former Byrds singer Gram Parsons. Seems like the CA desert is a general magnet for weirdness.
Flying burrito Band member Gram Parsons , his friends stole his body from the LA morgue and brought it out there to cremate him, because they said that's what he would have wanted. Needless to say it didn't go well.
Flying burrito Band member Gram Parsons , his friends stole his body from the LA morgue and brought it out there to cremate him, because they said that's what he would have wanted. Needless to say it didn't go well.
Flying burrito Band member Gram Parsons , his friends stole his body from the LA morgue and brought it out there to cremate him, because they said that's what he would have wanted. Needless to say it didn't go well.
I lived very near giant rock for a decade and in Joshua Tree for 30+ years, as a child I remember going to the van tassels giant Rock and the integration (time machine) while van tussle was alive and working on the structure, with my father, who talked at length with him about the structure and his alien encounter. I remember there was a piano under the rock and Mr. Van tassel gave me a coke. The rock actually broke during the 1992 Landers earthquake. Also when you fly over giant rock you notice something you can't see from the ground. That it is the hub of a giant wheel with spokes, or ancient trails leading from its center out, in every direction, giving credence to the story about it being a gathering place for early indigenous peoples. I love your videos and was thrilled to watch this one, filmed in my own backyard. Keep up the good work!
We Played The Piano Under The Rock 🪨 and We Lived In Long Beach ca and Went To Poly High School School and My Father Retired In Flamingo Heights Ca Off Old Women Spgs Rd and Brother Still Lives There A lot Of Memories 👍🙏
Grand Slam video! This one hit right out of the park. You had me at "Giant Rock", but you add UFO's, dynamite and government raid and man oh man Howard Hughes was just the cherry on the top.
You got this story about as accurate as anyone. Van Tassel was a genius of marketing and his crowds were huge for a time before social media. Another good story is that of Willy Boy. His grave is a few miles from Giant Rock on top of Ruby Mtn. Thank you!
My parents were of the group who flew into Giant Rock. They eventually lived there for 6 months. My older sister remembers George Van Tassel She said his wife made great pie that she sold at the cafe
This was absolutely a fun trip Steve. By the way, Very glad to see your original Padre's Hat back where in belongs! I have heard of the Giant Rock and pretty sad that Frank Critzer died while pretty much minding his own business. I have seen The Integratron on another YT channel shown by a Lady and her sister who went there for Physical and Spiritual Enlightenment. Not a whole was said about George Van Tassel but something about an Alien's visit was mentioned! I'm glad this Dome is protected as a Registered Historical Place! You are right about the need to see The Giant rock in person to get a sense of it's size! You always Deliver The Goods Steve and Family! Many Thanks! Cheers and MOO From COW-lumbus, Ohio 👋👽
@@ScratchGlass9 Cheers Bruddah! LQQKING forward to "The Game" on November 25th! Regardless of Rankings or Records...This Thunderdome Slobberknocker will STILL be a legit fight! But as I tell my sons...it's just a game! So losing sucks but it is not death!🤣 Hope The Tony Crew is doing as good as can be in this mucked up world! Salute
My dad brought me here a few times as a child in the 1960s. The room was there then, but you couldn't go inside. I believe the Cafe was in operation too as I recall alot of cars parked in that general area. The Integratron was the big attraction and it was just standing there with nothing else around it an it appeared to be like an abandoned structure. My dad related to me while we were there the exact same story as told in this video. I was surprised to see a big chunk broken off the rock, obviously in my memories the rock was still intact. Thank you very much for producing this video, it the first time I've seen the place since the 60's.
I actually had to cut a part out when I talked about Van Tassel's book because I just couldn't say it without laughing. He wrote a book called "I Rode a Flying Saucer". And for some reason just saying that I couldn't get through filming.
I noticed in the old picture. How they had a deck and steps up the side of the rock that has now broken off. Im sure when they drilled the holes into this rock for support. That is what caused the the peice to break off after time. I bet if you would have looked closer. You could have spotted the drill holes somewhere along the edge of the peice that had beoken off. Good job. Peace...
When I was at the Rock back in the 1970's we were able to go down into the room. The guy carved Shelfs into the rock for books and other things, Bummer you can't go into the room anymore. And the cafe had pictures of this space craft docked to the top of the rock, someone drew this, saying this is what they saw. And other cool stuff about ALEINS! Right on Steve cool story.
That's really cool. I'd have loved to have seen that. Its too bad they couldn't have preserved the room but I guess there would have been no way to protect it from vandals.
I use to party at Giant Rock with my best friend when I lived in Joshua Tree back the 90s before that piece fell off. It was a killer place to turn up the tunes and howl at the Moon. There may have been beer and some roll your owns involved lol!
The small roof going around the integretron are dowels with copper windings.they were supposed capture electricity from lightning storms .A person would walk in a certain direction in the building,and it would act as a fountain of youth. Hence time travel. There were no nails used in the construction of the integretron.
This is the most unexpected, most insane story I have heard in a long time. I had to check out the internet to be sure it wasn't an April Fool hoax! Just fantastic!
Howard Hughes financed the airstrip and there is proof on that. There were some disciples of Yogananda came to help George with the Integratron as Yogananda has a retreat center in Joshua tree. He apparently told them to help that man. They did and ended up marrying his daughters. I attended a seminar there with an amazing evening of sound.
When I met George Van Tassel a few years ago he said that you would be doing this video. He told me to tell you that you are doing a good job with this channel and to keep it up, :) you met George on one of your trips but did not realise it. . lol
George is always "around", for he lives in the spirit of thousands of people who had an open mind to the nature of cosmic life. In the 50s, this movement was deemed as weird. Today, many people are seeking answers about possible cosmic life. If they open wide they will obtain answers. During present times, many of us are using cosmic energy to evolve and continue transforming our nature to accompany planet Earth in its transformation into a higher vibrational home. Join the select crowd!
As someone who is obsessed with the Mojave desert, I'm really enjoying your videos! You're like a cross between Huell Howser and Patton Oswalt! (That's a good thing!)
A great place to have visited, I loved it, stationed at MCB 29 Palms 1974 - 1978. Great story, thanks a bunch, the integratron looks a lot different than when last i saw it.
It was camp fires under that part of the rock that finally broke that chunk off. I have been there many times, the first in 1948 when George Van Tassel had a snack shop by the rock where that concrete slab is there today.
Thanks Steve have a cabin in Landers been going out there since 1968 been under rock when it was a reading room and ate at cafe and do speed runs down the runway and they would case us but never catch us flying saucer conventions were a trip.
I visited giant rock many times before the rock broke thanks Steve for the info you provided watch many of your videos you got my subscription today keep it up for those no longer able to the explore
Wouldn't surprise me in the least to find out Howard Hughes occasionally flew out here. A former copilot claimed he flew Hughes out to the Cottontail Ranch on a regular basis and on one occasion, grew tired of waiting for him to finish up with ladies, so he flew back without Hughes. The story goes Hughes bought a motorcycle from another customer to ride back into Vegas where he was living at the Desert Inn. When he crashed on the way back, he was picked up by gas station owner Melvin Dummar. The story was later told in the Academy Award winning movie, "Melvin and Howard." I was lucky enough to visit Giant Rock before it split. It was nice and quiet and one could let their mind roam to another time when UFO junkies would hold conventions there. Back in Joshua Tree at one of the antique stores, I picked up a few copies of a UFO fanzine published by Van Tassel. Apparently a family member or friend recently found boxes of them. Sadly, the last time I was out there, the rock was covered in graffiti and the area was being torn up by Trump flag waving yahoos on ATVs. "Make America Great Again," indeed.
That place is very cool. George VanTassel's story is fascinating about the Integratron. A psychic predicted that the Giant Rock would split in 2000, and it did.
In the late 1960's my friend Ed and I were newly licensed pilots. We got with our instructor, Bill, and rented a Cessna 172, and flew from El Monte to Giant Rock. Bill loved good food and he took us there. They had a little cafe out in the middle of nowhere. We landed on the big dirt strip and went to the cafe, run by flying saucer cult people. The place had a normal counter - looked like a typical 50's cafe. They had numerous framed, noterized space encounter testimonials fastened to the walls. They were also selling plastic flying saucer model airplane kits at the counter. "No funny remarks," Bill advised us. Ed and I sat down, and Bill went to the restroom. While he was gone a guy tapped me on the shoulder. I looked and saw a man in a green zoot suit. He was wearing a purple paddle tie with a flying saucer image on it, along with the words "I believe." The man looked at me and said "Do you believe?" I could only say, "We just flew in from El Monte." He looked at me again and said, "Oh, good!" and walked away. The hamburgers were delicious. Bill liked to fly over nudist colonies and wag his airplane wings, so I shouldn't have been surprised. The rock was not cracked back then. The saucer cult people also had a huge tower with weird reflectors and other stuff hung all over it. From the air you could see it for miles.
Hmm, a personal story, and interesting addendum, thank you.
You're welcome!! Great memories!!!@@conniewojahn6445
They scared away the aliens with all that junk flying
We WERE the aliens....@@IEchuckie
This story sounds like I wrote it. We would take the 172 out there and grab lunch once a month or so. The locals were quite a strange group. But always a good time.
Thanks for the trip down memory highway. I got my private pilot's license in the late 60s at Rose Aviation in Hawthorne. During the years following that, I would make many trips to camp under the wings of my aircraft and I've had many meals in the old cafe there. I remember some of the stories and saw VanTassel in the cafe a few times but never spoke with him. He sort of weirded me out at the time. Food was good there which seemed strange because I wondered where their customers came from. These are fond memories. I'm now 75 and don't fly anymore so these are now memories of my misspent youth.
You're still making excellent videos in 2040 and beyond, the Integratron works! Great stuff Steve. 👍
Wow, that's great to hear lol.
Way to go Steve 2040 and kicking butty
Just don’t tell him what happens in 41…
In 41 the venusians take him to do videos about the solar system.
I live about 8 miles south of Giant Rock. Back in the 2000s when a small part of it cleaved many years ago, as you can see in your video, it caused my house to shake like an earthquake with a giant thump. My friend Stoney would drive out there to the cafe to buy apple pies to jaw a spell with his friend, the owner, and his wife.
Did Stoney bring bought apple pies and stories to share with you? Would've been nice. Sharing some of the craziness makes it more fun.
My friend "stoney". Fits perfect for out there. And that is how legends are made
Jaw a spell?
@@sentry2236yes , for a spell.
@@sentry2236Talk for a while.
This was a favorite subject covered by Art Bell’s Coast-to-Coast AM radio show. Van Tassel and the alien Val-Thor were also discussed.
Good discussion, I hope. Entertaining as well as enlightening. Maybe some day someone will make a movie about this?
Robert, I listened with utter fascination to the Late Great Art Bell on Coast to CoastAM, for many years, but I cannot recall this particular Broadcast, guess I missed that one. BTW, George Noory , whom I detest, ruined the Coast to Coast broadcast, I haven’t listened in for an untold years, just do not like this dude, who dyes his hair and Mustache, he’s a buffoon! I am surprised He lasted this long! Good Day!
@@apocyldoomerall you can say is that he dyes his hair and mustache , and this is enough to cause you to hate an individual? Get help…. need a hug?
Car was stolen , stripped and ditched
I used to listen to that show. It came in kind of weak, but was fun to hear every evening
I had also heard that Critzer may have blown himself up, hard to say. When I was a teen in the late 60's, my dad lived in Morongo Valley, and he took me out to Giant Rock. The room under the rock was still intact and we ate at the cafe which had newspaper clippings of UFOs on the wall. I am so thankful that he helped me to experience this fascinating piece of history! I now live just down the highway from the rock.
You lived In Morongo Valley My Father House Was In Flamingo Valley Ca and We We’re Out There All The Time 👍🙏
That's the FBI's story and they are sticking to it.
The Mojave is an endless treasure trove of wacky historical oddities. Keep 'em coming!
Seriously? This was in the Mojave? Never heard of it.
The Mojave has quite a buzz
Loved every minute of this one Steve. Where would we be without a few eccentrics in this world to cheer the place up, and those darned Venusians get everywhere don't they? Fascinating stuff as always, I do enjoy the offbeat history of the area. And that boulder - wow, enormous.
I've been out to Giant Rock multiple times when I was a teen. My dad's best friend, Bill, would take me flying anytime I wanted to go (I split the cost of the airplane rental with him). Giant Rock was one of my favorite places to go. I met George Van Tassel on one of our trips there. Bill warned me to not make light of flying saucers or extra terrestrials as George would take offense so I kept my mouth shut. I've been in the hermits house too. It's sad to see that the house and George's restaurant are no longer there. A lot of good memories there. Thanks for the tour.
Very interesting. I love finding strange & unique attractions like these off the main roads.
Although a pretty good description, "strange and unique" is an understatement.
Just ask Stoney
My father has been a pilot since the early 60's, and he use to fly out to Giant Rock back in the 60's, and he told me that he would meet and talk to Mr. Van Tassel when he would go there, and he said that Van Tassel told him more than once, I saw them again last night! My dad said he loved listening to Mr. Van Tassel's stories. I sure wish I could have been there also, but my dad was a witness to Mr. Van Tassel's time there! Amazing place, with an even more amazing history!
Such an incredible piece of history! I’m sure millions in our country don’t know about this huge boulder in Giant Rock I never heard about it and the history of it makes it even more incredible and interesting. I love California and I love your videos they’re highly interesting and entertaining. Thanks for teaching me history 💯
Thanks, I remember visiting that spot seven or eight years from now.
Good times.
The Burning Man of its day! Great stories!
Hey Steve, good morning! I lived in Long Beach in the late seventies and used to go out to Giant Rock often. Cool place! Weird stories. We always called it Giant Rock Airport… for obvious reasons. 👍🏼
I imagine it was pretty interesting back then.
Yet another WAY COOL video from you Steve . A little known fact about Van Tassel’s integratron is it’s built entirely without any nails or fasteners ( supposedly) and legend has it that if a person is so inclined to use or be able to use “ Dowsing Rods” like the kind people used to find water sources in arid lands , that if you held a pair in your hands and walked to the center of the building the rods would cross & uncross as you approached and then passed through the center of the room ! At least according to a book about it I have a copy of that describes that adventure. Interesting things lay all over our Deserts & mountains & all it takes is someone like you ( or I ) to go out with a sense of adventure to explore . Thanks again for sharing this one here Steve 😎👍
Seems there are a whole lot of "interesting things" in southern California deserts.
If I'm remembering correctly, we were told that it was built entirely of Doug fir in the shipping yards of Seattle, like a boat hull, with no metal as you mentioned.
Venus screws. Not of this world
That is true, just a metal cap ring holding the wood rafters in place. It is a phenomenal structure and the lower floors' ceiling is like a stringed instrument
That is true, just a metal cap ring holding the wood rafters in place. It is a phenomenal structure and the lower floors' ceiling is like a stringed instrument
I am proud to say I have now watched every video on your channel. You have a great deadpan sense of humor - keep up the amazing work. I really enjoy the quirky history you find, the real history you find, and how you can make the mundane just a little more interesting. Hoping you can find ways to explore and document the deserts on the other side of the Mexican border.
I have driven by this a bunch on the 247 and never stopped. I will next time. Thanks Steve.
Cool! Speaking of giant rocks in the Mojave Desert with weird histories, you should cover Cap Rock in Joshua Tree National Park, which...well, I don't want to spoil it too much, but let's just say it involves former Byrds singer Gram Parsons. Seems like the CA desert is a general magnet for weirdness.
Anyplace in southern California is a magnet for weirdness. Hot, dry desert terrain does that.
It's full of demon democrats
Flying burrito Band member Gram Parsons , his friends stole his body from the LA morgue and brought it out there to cremate him, because they said that's what he would have wanted. Needless to say it didn't go well.
Flying burrito Band member Gram Parsons , his friends stole his body from the LA morgue and brought it out there to cremate him, because they said that's what he would have wanted. Needless to say it didn't go well.
Flying burrito Band member Gram Parsons , his friends stole his body from the LA morgue and brought it out there to cremate him, because they said that's what he would have wanted. Needless to say it didn't go well.
I lived very near giant rock for a decade and in Joshua Tree for 30+ years, as a child I remember going to the van tassels giant Rock and the integration (time machine) while van tussle was alive and working on the structure, with my father, who talked at length with him about the structure and his alien encounter. I remember there was a piano under the rock and Mr. Van tassel gave me a coke. The rock actually broke during the 1992 Landers earthquake. Also when you fly over giant rock you notice something you can't see from the ground. That it is the hub of a giant wheel with spokes, or ancient trails leading from its center out, in every direction, giving credence to the story about it being a gathering place for early indigenous peoples. I love your videos and was thrilled to watch this one, filmed in my own backyard. Keep up the good work!
We Played The Piano Under The Rock 🪨 and We Lived In Long Beach ca and Went To Poly High School School and My Father Retired In Flamingo Heights Ca Off Old Women Spgs Rd and Brother Still Lives There A lot Of Memories 👍🙏
Grand Slam video! This one hit right out of the park. You had me at "Giant Rock", but you add UFO's, dynamite and government raid and man oh man Howard Hughes was just the cherry on the top.
Thanks!
You got this story about as accurate as anyone. Van Tassel was a genius of marketing and his crowds were huge for a time before social media. Another good story is that of Willy Boy. His grave is a few miles from Giant Rock on top of Ruby Mtn. Thank you!
"You must have been living under a rock all of these years!" Now I know where the saying came from. Thank you.,
Thanks Steve for all your great videos. The amount of research you put into your videos is amazing.
My parents were of the group who flew into Giant Rock. They eventually lived there for 6 months. My older sister remembers George Van Tassel She said his wife made great pie that she sold at the cafe
This was absolutely a fun trip Steve. By the way, Very glad to see your original Padre's Hat back where in belongs! I have heard of the Giant Rock and pretty sad that Frank Critzer died while pretty much minding his own business. I have seen The Integratron on another YT channel shown by a Lady and her sister who went there for Physical and Spiritual Enlightenment. Not a whole was said about George Van Tassel but something about an Alien's visit was mentioned! I'm glad this Dome is protected as a Registered Historical Place! You are right about the need to see The Giant rock in person to get a sense of it's size! You always Deliver The Goods Steve and Family! Many Thanks! Cheers and MOO From COW-lumbus, Ohio 👋👽
Hi Stuport.
Cheers from "THE" BIG house.! 🇺🇲✌🏼
@@ScratchGlass9 Cheers Bruddah! LQQKING forward to "The Game" on November 25th! Regardless of Rankings or Records...This Thunderdome Slobberknocker will STILL be a legit fight! But as I tell my sons...it's just a game! So losing sucks but it is not death!🤣 Hope The Tony Crew is doing as good as can be in this mucked up world! Salute
I really wanted to check out the inside, but as I didn't plan this trip far enough in advance everything was booked up for weeks.
My dad brought me here a few times as a child in the 1960s. The room was there then, but you couldn't go inside. I believe the Cafe was in operation too as I recall alot of cars parked in that general area. The Integratron was the big attraction and it was just standing there with nothing else around it an it appeared to be like an abandoned structure. My dad related to me while we were there the exact same story as told in this video. I was surprised to see a big chunk broken off the rock, obviously in my memories the rock was still intact. Thank you very much for producing this video, it the first time I've seen the place since the 60's.
Congratulations, Steve...you made it through without cracking up once!👍👍
I actually had to cut a part out when I talked about Van Tassel's book because I just couldn't say it without laughing. He wrote a book called "I Rode a Flying Saucer". And for some reason just saying that I couldn't get through filming.
@@SidetrackAdventures 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👍👍
Keep up the good content bro you got this
Appreciate it
I noticed in the old picture.
How they had a deck and steps up the side of the rock that has now broken off.
Im sure when they drilled the holes into this rock for support.
That is what caused the the peice to break off after time.
I bet if you would have looked closer.
You could have spotted the drill holes somewhere along the edge of the peice that had beoken off.
Good job.
Peace...
Thanks Steve for all your Time Traveling, 👍
Thank you Steve. We enjoyed it ,as always, and we are looking forward to the next one.
I AM LOVING YOUR ADVENTURE STEVE BECAUSE I USED TO RIDE MY LITTLE MOTORCYCLE AT BIG ROCK!
Thanks Steve, loved this one. Never heard of it before.
What a story! Thanks for putting this together.
Always fun to view your videos Steve! Thanks for your efforts.
Great story telling ..very interesting ..thank you ..
What a great video, thank you as always.
David
Man, this was a fun one, Steve. A great watch. Muchos thank you's/1
Very interesting, short and sweet and to the point. Well done, thank you. May the force be with you!
Awesome story, thanks for the vid Steve.
Glad you enjoyed it
Steve, this was a fun one! Love these quirky places you find. 👍
So many fascinating places in the Southwest, and you seem to find them all. Great video- awesome story. Thanks!
This was fascinating to learn of. Thank you.
Great Story Steve! Thanks Again!
I’m not from Venus, but I’m pretty sure that getting the Integratron to work requires ingesting LSD.
Maybe, unfortunately the only person who knows how the live forever machine works died.
YOUR TIME THAT YOU SPEND ON US IS VERY VALUABLE STEVE BECAUSE YOU ARE VERY VALUABLE MAN!
When I was at the Rock back in the 1970's we were able to go down into the room. The guy carved Shelfs into the rock for books and other things, Bummer you can't go into the room anymore. And the cafe had pictures of this space craft docked to the top of the rock, someone drew this, saying this is what they saw. And other cool stuff about ALEINS! Right on Steve cool story.
That's really cool. I'd have loved to have seen that. Its too bad they couldn't have preserved the room but I guess there would have been no way to protect it from vandals.
Definitely one of the wilder and more interesting of your adventures!
Not many opportunities to talk about aliens from Venus unfortunately.
I use to party at Giant Rock with my best friend when I lived in Joshua Tree back the 90s before that piece fell off. It was a killer place to turn up the tunes and howl at the Moon. There may have been beer and some roll your owns involved lol!
The small roof going around the integretron are dowels with copper windings.they were supposed capture electricity from lightning storms .A person would walk in a certain direction in the building,and it would act as a fountain of youth. Hence time travel. There were no nails used in the construction of the integretron.
Another crazy good video! Love your dry sense of humor. Audio / video mix is perfect. Well done.
One of your best. Very interesting and enjoyable.
Thanks Steve! Very interesting!
I love and appreciate your content! Please, keep it coming.
Absolutely fascinating video Steve! Humans are such a curiosity..
Interesting Steve. another good one ............... until next week ✌
Another interesting story! Thanks, Steve.
Have you done Hwy 6 between Tonopah and Ely ? Project Faultless would be great to see as well 👍🏻
So fascinating! I had no idea. Another great video.
Thank you,, I enjoyed your trip.
Very Cool Place, Love The Boulders.
What a cool story, thanks for sharing it with us.
Always enjoy! Thanks
Thank you Steve for an interesting video. The desert is full of interesting people. 😎👍
Great job. Awesome video!
I learn so much watching your channel. Thank you
These are so much fun to watch. Thank you for all the effort
Definitely a sidetrack attraction. Thanks for sharing
This is the most unexpected, most insane story I have heard in a long time. I had to check out the internet to be sure it wasn't an April Fool hoax! Just fantastic!
I friggin adore your channel 😂 thanks for never disappointing ❤
Wow this was very interesting! Never heard of anything in this video. Thanks for sharing.
Love your videos, Steve!
Howard Hughes financed the airstrip and there is proof on that. There were some disciples of Yogananda came to help George with the Integratron as Yogananda has a retreat center in Joshua tree. He apparently told them to help that man. They did and ended up marrying his daughters. I attended a seminar there with an amazing evening of sound.
When I met George Van Tassel a few years ago he said that you would be doing this video. He told me to tell you that you are doing a good job with this channel and to keep it up, :) you met George on one of your trips but did not realise it. . lol
The Integratron worked!
George is always "around", for he lives in the spirit of thousands of people who had an open mind to the nature of cosmic life. In the 50s, this movement was deemed as weird. Today, many people are seeking answers about possible cosmic life. If they open wide they will obtain answers. During present times, many of us are using cosmic energy to evolve and continue transforming our nature to accompany planet Earth in its transformation into a higher vibrational home. Join the select crowd!
Good drugs
nice Steve... well done
Congratulations on 100k!! 🎉😃
Thank you so much, now I've heard everything
As someone who is obsessed with the Mojave desert, I'm really enjoying your videos! You're like a cross between Huell Howser and Patton Oswalt! (That's a good thing!)
Imagine if you were the underwriter for the Insurance Company and you see this video
I had never heard of Giant Rock or the Integratron. I'm not a backroads explorer so I really enjoy your videos. Thanks!
Thanks again for another amazing adventure. I'm definitely going to be there Nov 1st before heading into Joshua Tree. Thanks again
Fantastic! What an amazing story!
A great place to have visited, I loved it, stationed at MCB 29 Palms 1974 - 1978.
Great story, thanks a bunch, the integratron looks a lot different than when last i saw it.
The integratron is pretty cool I went in once the acoustics were impressive.
I would have liked to have done it just to try it, but there were no spots available for a few weeks.
These videos are very well done! Very interesting.
It was camp fires under that part of the rock that finally broke that chunk off. I have been there many times, the first in 1948 when George Van Tassel had a snack shop by the rock where that concrete slab is there today.
Thanks Steve have a cabin in Landers been going out there since 1968 been under rock when it was a reading room and ate at cafe and do speed runs down the runway and they would case us but never catch us flying saucer conventions were a trip.
I saw some dirt bikes really flying on that runway. Must have been a fun time when everything was still there.
I never knew any if this. Thanks for the education. Blessings.
I visited giant rock many times before the rock broke thanks Steve for the info you provided watch many of your videos you got my subscription today keep it up for those no longer able to the explore
Wow. Interesting ❤️loved it
Cool. I've been to Palm Springs many times, never knew about Giant Rock, not too far away!! :)
Hey Steve, great channel.
Wouldn't surprise me in the least to find out Howard Hughes occasionally flew out here. A former copilot claimed he flew Hughes out to the Cottontail Ranch on a regular basis and on one occasion, grew tired of waiting for him to finish up with ladies, so he flew back without Hughes. The story goes Hughes bought a motorcycle from another customer to ride back into Vegas where he was living at the Desert Inn. When he crashed on the way back, he was picked up by gas station owner Melvin Dummar. The story was later told in the Academy Award winning movie, "Melvin and Howard."
I was lucky enough to visit Giant Rock before it split. It was nice and quiet and one could let their mind roam to another time when UFO junkies would hold conventions there. Back in Joshua Tree at one of the antique stores, I picked up a few copies of a UFO fanzine published by Van Tassel. Apparently a family member or friend recently found boxes of them.
Sadly, the last time I was out there, the rock was covered in graffiti and the area was being torn up by Trump flag waving yahoos on ATVs. "Make America Great Again," indeed.
Back in the late 70's/Early 80's we came out here to ride are dirt bikes when I was in my teens Good times. :)
That place is very cool. George VanTassel's story is fascinating about the Integratron. A psychic predicted that the Giant Rock would split in 2000, and it did.
Well done, thank you.
That was out of this world
Good one, Steve.
Graduated HS in 29 Palms in 88…..and never knew about the Giant Rock. Cool video.