Exploring the Old Abandoned Los Angeles Zoo

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  • @thrummer1953
    @thrummer1953 7 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I actually visited the old L.A. zoo,several times as a Boy, when it was operational. It seems strange watching this now.

  • @hoomagannanagan7065
    @hoomagannanagan7065 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Did you guys know that the marygoroud still has sound and still moves

  • @BrianFolks
    @BrianFolks 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I just plowed through every one of your videos and am looking forward to more.
    A few suggestions:
    - The bunkers under Ft. MacArthur
    - One of the Nike missile sites
    - Remains of the old subway tunnels
    - One of the old basement speakeasies in downtown LA
    - The last original building at LAX, Hangar One
    - Maybe the Manson compound ranch
    I'll think of more....

    • @OddityOdysseys
      @OddityOdysseys  7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hi Brian, thank you so much! We don't want to give away TOO much of what's coming up this season, but there are a couple of your list that we're definitely familiar with ;).... Thanks for tuning in and looking forward to chatting more!

  • @martinishot
    @martinishot 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    If you are someone lucky enough to have explored almost all of Griffith Park including areas off-limits to the public as I have you can see why major Studios and production companies use it extensively for filming. It can be incredibly diverse. There is even a Section heavily wooded with a small paved Road in which you would swear you're in the heavily wooded section of a national park. If a studio was in New York it would probably take them 2 hours to get to something that looks the same. And it is just unbelievably big for being a park in the middle of a major u.s. city so you can film with very little chance of passers-by.And there is also the remaining part of that section of the San Gabriel mountains that Griffith Park is set in so your actual area to explore is even bigger.

  • @iowndvc
    @iowndvc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I'm so glad they turned it into a public area to explore. I was there with friends back in the mid 70s, when I was in High School. We were climbing around in some of the old animal areas. It was neat to explore. Police showed up and asked us to leave.

    • @happyfreeky
      @happyfreeky 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      iowndvc Why did they ask you to leave? Or was it not a public space then?

    • @Shadow91507
      @Shadow91507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, was it not?

    • @iowndvc
      @iowndvc 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@happyfreeky No, it was not a public space then, it was closed off for safety reasons, most likely.

  • @4g63attack
    @4g63attack 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Not sure about today’s alligators in the Los Angeles zoo... but they might be the descendent from the Eastlake zoo in Lincoln Heights

  • @benzlick
    @benzlick 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Also featured in the classic flick: Police Academy 2 - Bobcat Goldwaiths gang hideout

  • @juststeve7665
    @juststeve7665 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    LOL and yet another place that I've been in... when I was a kid in grade school in the 60's, we went on our yearly field trip to Griffith park and myself and a couple friends decided to explore the old zoo after the fire... I climbed down into one of the animal enclosures with one of my companions when suddenly a guy (a security guard!) starts yelling "GET OUT OF THERE" "THERE'S A BEAR IN THERE!".... we scrambled out of there as fast as we could... never saw the bear... we were escorted back to our teachers in the park with a stern reprimand! lol!

  • @bradjennings8714
    @bradjennings8714 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    In the early 70s when the whole place was fenced in, my friends and I snuck in, there was an old grizzly bear and an old lion still there. I personally found a old ostrich egg in an old cage.

    • @OddityOdysseys
      @OddityOdysseys  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you for sharing your experience!

    • @Ali-mj2gm
      @Ali-mj2gm 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Brad Jennings left behind or when it was still running?

  • @tsuemcmahon9118
    @tsuemcmahon9118 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow, can't believe they just left all the cages there! Another very interesting episode!

  • @mattnovotny6888
    @mattnovotny6888 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just found your channel and have been binge watching for a couple days now. Hopefully your number of subscribers starts to match the quality of your content soon. Ya’ll should have definitely have over 1M for the effort you guys put into it.

  • @henryathurmanjr
    @henryathurmanjr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They should clean up all the cages & stairwells and remove all the graffiti and have a tour guides walk people through the place giving all those historical facts. Good job guys! Thanks for the presentation. i will share it.

  • @Trump-The-GREATEST
    @Trump-The-GREATEST 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Should've parked half a mile before up the hill with more parking and a view of the mountains surrounding. Then as you walk down the green you will see the big history 1900's carousel, then upwards before you make a left to the Old Zoo trail you will find a small amphitheater and a cool hidden garden.
    There 2 to 3 more hidden gardens on top hidden hills on Griffith Park and lots of more hidden gems!

  • @jamieb.9958
    @jamieb.9958 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    im surprised you guys didnt talk about the fact the place is said to be haunted and there also have been rumors of animal cruelty and testing here but idk

  • @livelovelife8466
    @livelovelife8466 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I been to the old la zoo and look closely at a cage and heard lion roars so I said to my uncle,aunt,and cousin that I hear roaring

  • @CreateYourWorth
    @CreateYourWorth 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Very informative videos. Thanks!

  • @Tracks777
    @Tracks777 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Fantastic video! Keep it up!

  • @beentheredonethat7572
    @beentheredonethat7572 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hard to believe that has been abandoned for 50 years & hasn't been redeveloped. Kinda goes to show how poorly California takes care of it's park's....

  • @Shadow91507
    @Shadow91507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love this! Love all the effort and detail you put into this. Please keep it up for the next million years.🖼

  • @maximusilive4theking986
    @maximusilive4theking986 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There is an old ruin going towards the the art district on Santa fe ave, an old 1930s or 1940s gas station hidden between some buildings, you can't see it from the street but it's behind some old buildings.

    • @Vulturefist
      @Vulturefist 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      maximus Ilive4theking Awesome, I’d love to see these guys visit that!

    • @maximusilive4theking986
      @maximusilive4theking986 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Vulturefist yea I looked around it when I was there, the reason I ran into it was because I was doing some work on a old building Own by the gas company, ( that building itself is crazy, 1940's building) next to that building is the gas station, I'm guessing that station was to fill their vehicles back in the day for the company.

  • @californiamusicproduction6502
    @californiamusicproduction6502 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We wanted to encounter ghost, animals, not someone trynna hit us with the car

  • @peteterrill2329
    @peteterrill2329 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Fascinating. Good job you two, AGAIN!!

  • @surfk9836
    @surfk9836 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You had me for a second there in the intro.
    I worked on the golf course next to the zoo in the early-mid 70's.
    The greens keepers grew marijuana on the course and I bartered coffee and donuts from the snack stand for doobies.
    Ahhh, it was a grand time.

  • @BeyondTheCompass817
    @BeyondTheCompass817 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That was cool and kudos on the "Starsky & Hutch" reference. There was, however, a missed opportunity for Cage Dancing ;)

    • @OddityOdysseys
      @OddityOdysseys  7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Haha....dang! Another missed opportunity. There are actually many shows/films shot here, but of course with our time restraint we couldn't show clips for them ALL so choose what we thought were the two best.

  • @Tracks777
    @Tracks777 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lovely content! Keep it up!

  • @bullterriersmom4423
    @bullterriersmom4423 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good job guys!! But FR... that place WAS AWFUL!! Animal abuse at is finest. BOICOT THE ZOO AND THE CIRCUS!!

    • @Ali-mj2gm
      @Ali-mj2gm 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mrs Maddox zoos nowadays are nothing like zoos of the past. With less and less wild habitat, zoos are working with scientists and wildlife reserves to preserve important wildlife. Yes they need a profit to support themselves too, but they’re for a good cause. I agree however that the circus using animals solely for profit and no education or good conditions for animals subject is cruel.

  • @reinhardtnilsson7360
    @reinhardtnilsson7360 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Awesome video as always you two....Keep it up!!

  • @janetgasman3784
    @janetgasman3784 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Another good job you guys!!! It's eerie how they left all the cages. Looking forward to more episodes! :)

    • @OddityOdysseys
      @OddityOdysseys  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's definitely eerie, but now it's a great playground for kids :)

  • @SantosChronicles
    @SantosChronicles ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh man you guys have been at it for a bit. I’m a huge filming location fan so hearing about movies being is pretty cool. Glad they built a modern zoo for everyone. Cool you can walk there.

  • @W3GeekOfficial
    @W3GeekOfficial 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Looks like we were probably there around the same time! :-)

  • @tonymac4044
    @tonymac4044 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good episode!!!
    I never knew it was even there!!! Thanks,

  • @myraisshort7208
    @myraisshort7208 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Drew's jokes kill me Everytime , amazing video , looking forward to the next video

  • @Zebra_3
    @Zebra_3 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:01 you're sure that's mud?...I agree, she does look good in a cage...there's two _Starsky & Hutch_ episodes _Pariah_ (1975), and _Bloodbath_ (1977).

  • @doctorgarbonzo2525
    @doctorgarbonzo2525 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Magnate Griffith Griffith AKA Griffith Park, As a gesture of goodwill donated over 4000 acres to LA during the 1890's, He told city officials that this must be a relaxation & rest resort free of charge for the Public

  • @twalkerw.3317
    @twalkerw.3317 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    "However it became clear that the Zoo was outdated . . ." ( Shot of Derelict in DickTracyHat feeding cardboard to a giant Turtle . . .)

  • @songsan807
    @songsan807 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Used to live like 3 miles from the LA Zoo back in the 80s. Never knew there was an old LA Zoo. Prob go visit there one day. Thanks.

  • @andrewmurray9391
    @andrewmurray9391 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember when Barnum and Bailey let the kids show up early to the circus, and ride just about any animal. Got a few check marks on that taxonomy chart you see in school.

  • @ElmoUnk1953
    @ElmoUnk1953 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    “Why do I always hear that?” How often do you get placed in a cage, and is it by choice? 🤣😂😁

  • @markmore5906
    @markmore5906 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic!! From east fork bridge’s to south ward beaches!! Awesome team

  • @rockytop228
    @rockytop228 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another great episode Guys!!! 👍🏻 Always look forward to Saturday's New Oddity Odysseys!!

  • @mikefitchNYC1971
    @mikefitchNYC1971 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love this exploration! Awesome job!

  • @kevinwilt3918
    @kevinwilt3918 ปีที่แล้ว

    My wife's uncle grew up in East LA he told me when he was a kid he would take a bus to the zoo and a bike home.

  • @RebelTheUncanny1
    @RebelTheUncanny1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    She's wearing a fixed blade knife ......cool

  • @stantheman9072
    @stantheman9072 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Old zoos were not so much zoological gardens as they were prisons for animals.

  • @Nellllzz
    @Nellllzz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh cool! Me and my friend were wondering about exploring this place.
    Looks interesting, thanks for the video!

    • @OddityOdysseys
      @OddityOdysseys  7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks for watching :) Hopefully you guys get a chance to check it out soon!

  • @hectoryanez6449
    @hectoryanez6449 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love Love Love!!

  • @AllKidsOutNow
    @AllKidsOutNow 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That knife is well over 3" and is illegal to carry in LA county even in a sheath. Please be careful.

    • @franciscogil6798
      @franciscogil6798 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Funny a 4 inches knife is ilegal and an open carry AR-15 is fine

    • @AllKidsOutNow
      @AllKidsOutNow 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@franciscogil6798 It's actually against the law to openly carry any firearm in California

  • @ddiver7908
    @ddiver7908 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wait, you can open carry a knife, Bethany? but you cn't open carry a pistol?

    • @promontorium
      @promontorium 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can open carry any blades in California, except where local laws prohibit. Even swords are legal to carry.

  • @santana898989
    @santana898989 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As a teenager in the 80s, we would go there to smoke weed. I haven't been there since.

    • @jonmacdonald5345
      @jonmacdonald5345 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ulumalu Ahh classic 80s weed probably some Skunk bud no doubt maybe red hair!!

    • @santana898989
      @santana898989 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, Skunk or Thai Stick. @@jonmacdonald5345

    • @jonmacdonald5345
      @jonmacdonald5345 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ulumalu oooooooowe That Thai!!!!

  • @MegaBait1616
    @MegaBait1616 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your channel but it pisses me off everything i mean everything is " Tagged" in every video. My family moved years ago what the hell is happening to California ?????????????? thank you........

  • @ocrap10
    @ocrap10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Some of this video reminds me of the movie AS ABOVE SO BELOW

  • @pixelnightmare1185
    @pixelnightmare1185 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I thought it was haunted

  • @abcderghijk
    @abcderghijk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    So what are they going to do with it..It's setting there vacant..

  • @moskeeto9071
    @moskeeto9071 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pronounced "Loz Feeliz"

  • @RugbyFootballer
    @RugbyFootballer 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am kind of surprised they didn’t mention the ole Selig Zoo now known as Lincoln Park across the street from the USC Health Science Campus

  • @valeriegoode9762
    @valeriegoode9762 ปีที่แล้ว

    Never knew this. Thanks for sharing.

  • @YoSpiff
    @YoSpiff 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'll be out in LA for work again in a couple of weeks, so going through your channel looking for something interesting to photograph if I have the time. The SS Dominator and Vasquez Rocks were good ones. Thanks.

  • @robgardner1951
    @robgardner1951 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All zoos should close

    • @anjachan
      @anjachan ปีที่แล้ว

      depends on the animal and how they live there. many zoos are much better these days. And animals would be forever lost if they werent in the zoos.

  • @agonzalez8924
    @agonzalez8924 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love how Bethany always carries a knife on her belt. I've got one just like hers that usually have with me when im out hiking, camping, or fishing.

  • @TMcConnaughhay
    @TMcConnaughhay 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video! Why does every place that's abandoned have to be covered in Graffiti?!

  • @TheJoePerez
    @TheJoePerez 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just found this channel while I was researching creepy places in Los Angeles to explore for my channel! You guys seem really cool, and you even explained how to get to the zoo and where to park, tremendous!

    • @OddityOdysseys
      @OddityOdysseys  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you! We didn't feel it was fair to keep all the info we know about these places to ourselves :) We appreciate you!

  • @BongoX2x2
    @BongoX2x2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why doesn’t this video have more views? It is sooo good and informative. You guys are so funny and entertaining.

  • @Skelly5962
    @Skelly5962 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Damn, Bethany is cute and she even pronounced "Loz Feliz" correctly.

  • @kevinquinn1193
    @kevinquinn1193 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bethany, what is up with that knife? Do you ❤️ anything besides LA?

  • @briansmith8967
    @briansmith8967 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why are you holding your seatbelt like that? It doesn't work when it's like that :-(

  • @jamesmurray8558
    @jamesmurray8558 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    A lot of stuff was filmed there.

  • @cool_cat007smoove3
    @cool_cat007smoove3 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The zoo may have been the Selig zoo

  • @stevenbeasley3729
    @stevenbeasley3729 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You guys are good!

  • @Thesunburntcrack
    @Thesunburntcrack 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why the knife lol?

  • @garretvaughn7936
    @garretvaughn7936 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am loving all of your adventures! Thanks for the great quality work you do. After watching a bunch of your videos, I have just one question: is there ANY place in all of SoCal that has NOT been tagged by the slimeball graffitti jerks? Jeez, people, show a little respect for your environment! Thanks again for the wonderful work!

    • @OddityOdysseys
      @OddityOdysseys  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not many. It's weird. We don't even see it anymore. I guess we've just gotten used to taggers. In LA graffiti is everywhere.

  • @mccartneycharlesetta2518
    @mccartneycharlesetta2518 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi like your videos.

  • @dipachor
    @dipachor 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where is it brother?

  • @tonymac4044
    @tonymac4044 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Request !!!!!
    How about some more laguna beach videos!!!!
    Our family has been going there for years it's our favorite place!!!!
    Thank you

    • @OddityOdysseys
      @OddityOdysseys  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Laguna Beach Pirate Tower was one of our favorites to shoot! How could it not be with that beautiful scenery? Do you know of anymore odd/unusual places in LB we could check out? Thank you for all your support!

  • @jeffreyimagine7962
    @jeffreyimagine7962 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is it trespassing going here?

  • @dgmangold
    @dgmangold 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You guys do a great job. Thanks for the amazing tour of the old zoo.

  • @im0diumm
    @im0diumm 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing Video! How do you guys not have more subscribers!

  • @RyanisRude
    @RyanisRude 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I went there yesterday and it was crazy to see this place wasn’t torn down.

  • @dianamaldonado9250
    @dianamaldonado9250 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did anyone see an orb at 4:22

  • @sapper1-3g57
    @sapper1-3g57 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Big pines highway zoo

  • @drewdown1111
    @drewdown1111 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where is the location

  • @kimeddy4743
    @kimeddy4743 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's also haunted

  • @dipachor
    @dipachor 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks 🙏

  • @rbeast53
    @rbeast53 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That’s something

  • @johnmorgan1629
    @johnmorgan1629 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Looks like an interesting, yet at the same time depressing place.

  • @rjr1227
    @rjr1227 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    That abandonment list would be cool to check out

  • @RosaGonzalez-ss2br
    @RosaGonzalez-ss2br 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love that you give such detailed and visual directions for getting to location. Gracias.

  • @matthewowen1360
    @matthewowen1360 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    police academy 2

  • @alexd3436
    @alexd3436 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why don’t these guys have more subs, this is lit

  • @LitCentralMillennialXLIII
    @LitCentralMillennialXLIII 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just found y’alls channel and I’m not disappointed

    • @OddityOdysseys
      @OddityOdysseys  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Awesome! Thanks for watching :)

  • @andyboothe4377
    @andyboothe4377 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Was that a police academy reference?

  • @CYBERCATXO
    @CYBERCATXO 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    THEY REMOVED SOME CAGES.

  • @berenicemorales7389
    @berenicemorales7389 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    OMG

  • @dougrogan379
    @dougrogan379 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    She does look good in a cage..

  • @raymondgoff9983
    @raymondgoff9983 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Like your videos guys!

  • @areeli3216
    @areeli3216 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just subscribed

  • @maxiepattie85
    @maxiepattie85 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I dig how you always rock your Rambo knife

    • @AllKidsOutNow
      @AllKidsOutNow 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Super illegal in LA County

  • @joeford860
    @joeford860 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like the history lesson 👍

  • @sublimingpizza1188
    @sublimingpizza1188 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was just there today

    • @OddityOdysseys
      @OddityOdysseys  7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cool! What did you think?

    • @sublimingpizza1188
      @sublimingpizza1188 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oddity Odysseys it was great. on your picnic table video I heard a voice at the 6:24 mark. unless that was you guys ?

  • @Shawnkells
    @Shawnkells 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ah-Ha! Reseda!