The dynamite may appear to us to be detonated, but it identifies as undetonated, so we should respect that and not speculate about how it was detonated since it wasn't?
It is sad for him and people like him. As he was different and smarter than average, he had many reasons to feel alone. I hope people like him reach out and find others who share the interests but are not dangerous and continue to fix, build and help others who could use their help and abilities.
Im from the same town and my dad knew him. He actually was quite popular and well respected in the community for the things he built. He taught teenage boys mechanics. He wasn’t just some lonely guy living in the woods as it seems.
I think he may have had undiagnosed ASD. It falls in line with social situations being awkward, and fixed interest and possibly even the ability to do the restoration and technical details with things he did and could do. Suicide is also high in the community. Regardless, this is a really sad case.
Man.. What I wouldn't give for a great mechanic friend like him. So sad. I really believe we don't know our worth. Just being there for someone, lending a hand, listening with full compassion... Your priceless. Maybe those around you don't see, but someone somewhere would give anything for your companionship. God bless and keep you ❤
I was 15 years old in 1979 while riding through Duncan BC Canada from Victoria when I saw a parked P-40 Kittyhawk, complete with shark face paint job on the side of the highway. I was totally blown away. Back then I was completely unaware of the what would become of the plane builders fate until just a few years ago when watching TH-cam videos on him. I do remember well experiencing that same awful storm in my hometown of Port Alberni the night that Granger Taylor disappeared.
Dammit doc!!! I was reaching for my keyboard to type out.. "They wanted him to fix the landing on the ground issue!" Right when ya said it lol You cheeky Doc you lol
A wood burning stove in an alien spacecraft-themed clubhouse sounds like a fantastic idea! Gets cold in outer space. Hope he added some lava lamps and fluffy rugs for his acid trips there haha :D
It's sad to hear he didn't really have friends, and it's unlikely he ever had a romantic relationship. It's so important to be loved and accepted in general by your peers. It's not uncommon for lonely people to kill themselves from being socially rejected. He sounds like he was a nice person but just shy and awkward. I bet he would have been a very smart and interesting person to hang out with.
Wherever Granger is right now I wish him well. I’m sure Dr Grande’s opinion is the most likely and appreciate his points about social interaction, they’re so true, still…the thunderstorm part is uncanny. I am going to go with Granger being out amongst the stars, in spirit at least.
I consume a lot of True Crime content and there are certain cases that I've heard so many times that they become "classics" in my mind. Some I am tired of hearing about, some are favorites. This is one of my favorites. But of course - we are only talking about a situation *like* this.
I tell you what, there was a lot of pop in that truck if it left a crater, craters are not easy to make without a lot of power if the explosive is not buried.
Rest in Pieces my dude 💔🙏🏼 What a fucking Champ. If i were so inclined to visit another planet, This is how i'd wanna go. The backstory is a very gentleman yet very sad way to say goodbye. He's now in the filing cabinet within my brain, chillin with Christopher McCandless and Marvin Heemeyer.
Dr Grande, please look into the Rudy Farias affair in Houston - somethin awfully screwy is goin on around there - neither media nor law enforcement seems to be doing a good job figuring out what happened
our band teacher had everyone that needed a loner instrument play a drum roll if they chose percussion. almost everyone did and most could not do a drum roll. he eliminated almost all and nobody got blown up. the eliminated went on to play the most undesirable instruments
That is a very, very said tale of a brilliant and industrious gentleman that simply could not relate to others. I feel that it was extreme loneliness that drove his hand to taking his own life. Nonetheless, he knew suicide would not be acceptable to his family, so he did it in the most secretive way that he could. Again, this was heartbreaking.
I know we live in a very dark world. But who would want to risk having a violent Fourth Kind experience in exchange for leaving this world? I think Granger may have had a schizophrenic disorder that was causing those illusions of aliens. Plus, being probably under the influence of LSD. Probably led him to drive into the forest that night to detonate himself Just such a sad testament of what loneliness and isolation can do to the human heart and mind. Granger seemed like a really nice and gentle fellow. I hope he somehow/someway found his happiness post-death.
This reminds me of a Philip K. Dick short story, The Variable Man. A future Earth government finds that it needs the mechanical talents of a man from the early 20th century; one Thomas Cole, to be plucked from his place in the past, and put into service to make a highly sophisticated weapon, to be used against Alpha Centauri, work. The research team knew, conceptually, how to go about it, but they were having difficulties calibrating the weapon to actually go off in precisely the right place at precisely the right time. If it doesn't, the weapon becomes useless. Of course, Cole wasn't having any of that, which makes for a good story. In that sense, he and Mr. Taylor differed.
He would have been 74 this year if he had chosen to remain on Earth. For a 42-month voyage traveling at 99.9% the speed of light, it's probable that he would return approximately in the year 2060. This is assuming a nearly constant rate of travel. If any pauses were taken for sightseeing, he would be returning sooner.
Story told with respectful serious tone. My father always held a serious straight face all the time he was in company off another human being. Only record of him smiling was when he took a selfie. ALL ALONE!!! Did you edit a smirk at pink pick-up truck.
Sad story. RIP Granger. I think recognition is highly over-rated. Tik tok, TH-cam, etc. gave me a glimpse of thousands of people who do amazing things, have incredible talents, accomplishments, etc. In a few generations, these fantastic people will become like wisps of cobwebs blowing in a breeze in mankind's memory. I work hard to stay ordinary and unnoticed in the golden age of Privacy Invasion.
Late for the viewing party had to finish up a couple things - I won't say anything about a messiah/alien complex - I've known some intelligent people who have lived with fantasies one person in particular was from the lost continent of Atlantis - but, of course, there's really no way to prove or disprove - just smile and say, "that's nice dear."
ALIEN SPACESHIP: It requires no lights, blinking or otherwise. It requires no fuel because it operates via gravitational and magnetic fields of planetary adjustments. ALIEN PINK SPACESHIP: It requires LSD, a little cocaine, freaky inspiration and a several hundred pounds of TNT and a simple ignitor to send it into oblivion.
I've heard so many negative things about the RCMP, I'm not surprised they lost the bone fragments. I mean no disrespect to Canada or Canadians, me being a citizen of Bad Policing and Gun Violence Central. Maybe the RCMP is amongst the best in the West, & I've just happened to only hear negative stories.
No, you are right, they have a terrible reputation. They drop the ball on most cases. Just look at how they handled the Pickton case. Screwed up big time! Then there is the highway of tears, and all the missing indigenous women’s cases, and Clifford Olsen case….then there is the Ken and Barbie killers. They fudged that one too! Actually I don’t know of a case they didn’t fudge up…..
Alt version of theory 1: To mitigate the pain his loved ones would experience, he created a way for them to believe he was still alive and having a space adventure, rather than them having to cope with his suicide.
I thought when I was kid me & my friends worst project was trying to build a tree house in my yard....but this story a guy tried to build a makeshift space shuttle which looks to be made from a form of steal.....that's nuts ! 🌛⭐🌟🌛⭐🌟
Nonsense, we all do what we have to do, your in no position to have an opinion on what he should have done. Live and let live and mind your own business and allow other to pursue their own expressions and ambitions. All you can accurately say is this is not for you. 😂you likely as an individual have no idea where you come from or where your going, let alone the nature of reality 😂
He actually was really popular and well known in the community. He taught local kids how to build things and such and has machines he built on display at our local museum.
While I understand that Dr. Grande is only speculating about what could be happening in a situation like this, I think this is a pretty unique situation.
I'm Canadian, & had never heard this story before. I feel so badly for Granger & his family & friends. Wherever he is now, I hope he's found some measure of peace. Thanks Dr Grande for this interesting Story & analysis.
@@troy3456789 Yup, I live in Victoria which is only about 60 miles from where this happened. It sounds like he was desperately lonely but he didn't want people to know he committed suicide so he made up the alien story
It was a translation error on his part. They wrote “beam yourself up” and he translated to “blow yourself up”. Beam and blow are interchangeable in Alien.
I have no intention of blowing myself up or killing self in any way, but this story does show just how devastating loneliness can become. It is a reminder to keep working on my struggles with social anxiety.
>Used lots of drugs, including LSD >Frequently used dynamite >Lived in a spaceship >visions of aliens coming to get him I think we're just lucky he didn't take anyone with him.
Im from the same town as Granger. When I was a kid my dad told me this story. He knew the guy and his family. His sister was my brother’s school teacher, and she was also eccentric. He actually was very well known and popular in the community and taught teen age boys mechanics at his home. He was also well known at Bob’s Grill and there are machines he built in our local museum. Everyone that I’ve talked to that knew him believes he really believed he was going to be with aliens, and blew himself up. This is a Mystery I don’t know will ever be solved, but it’s sure interesting. Thanks for making a video about it!
There's nothing like getting a good cup of coffee and sitting down and speculating with the best! And the Best part about it is never have to worry about him diagnosing!
"Authorities determined the dynamite was intentionally or accidentally detonated". Is there a third option?
Spontaneously????
Conspiratorially?
Schrödinger explosion?
The dynamite may appear to us to be detonated, but it identifies as undetonated, so we should respect that and not speculate about how it was detonated since it wasn't?
The gas tank could have exploded and ripped the dynamite apart without detonating it.
St Peter: "Welcome to the Pearly Gates, Mr. Taylor, but I have to ask- what was the last thing that went through your head?"
Granger: "My ass."
It is sad for him and people like him. As he was different and smarter than average, he had many reasons to feel alone. I hope people like him reach out and find others who share the interests but are not dangerous and continue to fix, build and help others who could use their help and abilities.
Im from the same town and my dad knew him. He actually was quite popular and well respected in the community for the things he built. He taught teenage boys mechanics. He wasn’t just some lonely guy living in the woods as it seems.
I knew Granger and the picture painted here is not even close...
You never know what the topic is going to be with Doctor Grande. I love it.❤ So incredibly engaging Dr. Thanks
I googled Dr.Thanks. NO results. Are you sure of your information? :)
I too have noticed that the title is of absolutely no use for determining the context of the video.
Why would he mess with us like that? 🤔
I just have to say that Granger sounds like a cool person to hang out with, when he wasnt blowing things up.
Yeah, really.
I think he may have had undiagnosed ASD. It falls in line with social situations being awkward, and fixed interest and possibly even the ability to do the restoration and technical details with things he did and could do.
Suicide is also high in the community. Regardless, this is a really sad case.
Please don't diagnose him, we are only speculating on a case like this one.
This is a top channel on youtube, you are so professional when doing these
I feel bad for Granger. Wouldn’t it be nice if he did start a new life somewhere else for his own sake.
I feel bad for his family and friends. What a crazy story. I like the way you lay it out.
Man.. What I wouldn't give for a great mechanic friend like him. So sad. I really believe we don't know our worth. Just being there for someone, lending a hand, listening with full compassion... Your priceless. Maybe those around you don't see, but someone somewhere would give anything for your companionship.
God bless and keep you ❤
I was 15 years old in 1979 while riding through Duncan BC Canada from Victoria when I saw a parked P-40 Kittyhawk, complete with shark face paint job on the side of the highway. I was totally blown away. Back then I was completely unaware of the what would become of the plane builders fate until just a few years ago when watching TH-cam videos on him. I do remember well experiencing that same awful storm in my hometown of Port Alberni the night that Granger Taylor disappeared.
Intelligence is a powerful drug.
So are drugs, though.
Dammit doc!!! I was reaching for my keyboard to type out.. "They wanted him to fix the landing on the ground issue!" Right when ya said it lol You cheeky Doc you lol
In a situation like this, you might say danger was not a stranger to granger
A wood burning stove in an alien spacecraft-themed clubhouse sounds like a fantastic idea! Gets cold in outer space. Hope he added some lava lamps and fluffy rugs for his acid trips there haha :D
4:45 I almost, ALMOST thought the RCMPigs got something right! Thanks for slapping me back to reality, Doctor!
LOVE the background colors. BEAUTIFUL!!
Your analysis is always appreciated
Yeah, it's weird. Sad mystery. Heartbreaking for his folks. Mocked for eternity.
My favorite video of yours I’ve seen, yet :) thank you as always Dr. Grande
Saturday banger from Dr. Grande :p
It's sad to hear he didn't really have friends, and it's unlikely he ever had a romantic relationship. It's so important to be loved and accepted in general by your peers. It's not uncommon for lonely people to kill themselves from being socially rejected. He sounds like he was a nice person but just shy and awkward. I bet he would have been a very smart and interesting person to hang out with.
We never know the effect of loneliness.
Loneliness to the point of madness.
Dr Grande points us in the right direction…
It's pretty obvious what happened here... He went to space with Aliens. I hope he's at peace.
Dear Dr. Grande- Please consider this humble request. 1 video a day isn’t cutting it anymore. Maybe 2 occasionally? Thank you!
I'm sorry but Dr. Grande's delivery for this is absolutely hilarious. That storm bit is a rather interesting coincidence, though. 🤔
Wherever Granger is right now I wish him well. I’m sure Dr Grande’s opinion is the most likely and appreciate his points about social interaction, they’re so true, still…the thunderstorm part is uncanny. I am going to go with Granger being out amongst the stars, in spirit at least.
This is the craziest story I’ve ever heard 😮
I consume a lot of True Crime content and there are certain cases that I've heard so many times that they become "classics" in my mind. Some I am tired of hearing about, some are favorites. This is one of my favorites. But of course - we are only talking about a situation *like* this.
You should cover the Dupont de Ligonnes murders.
"just like a real spacecraft" this guy is a comedian 😂😂😂
I know, those 5 words did me in!
Good evening Dr Grande, excellent analysis. Love your brilliant dry humor. As always I learn something new from your videos.
Have a great Sunday.
I tell you what, there was a lot of pop in that truck if it left a crater, craters are not easy to make without a lot of power if the explosive is not buried.
That’s because the story of the truck on the mountain is a fabricated lie even the police can’t provide evidence of even having an investigation done
Did this guy keep such a detailed journal?
Wow, what a great insight about loneliness. Kind of makes me want to talk to that weird neighbor everyone around here ignores.
Very well said.
Greetings, Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the Frontier against Xur and the Ko-dan Armada.
I heard this story years ago. On the channel Beyond Creepy (excellent). Now the Dr has shattered a great mystery on me 😭
Did this guy think he was the REAL Buzz Light Year?????
I like the dark background better. This one is nice.
Rest in Pieces my dude 💔🙏🏼 What a fucking Champ. If i were so inclined to visit another planet, This is how i'd wanna go.
The backstory is a very gentleman yet very sad way to say goodbye.
He's now in the filing cabinet within my brain, chillin with Christopher McCandless and
Marvin Heemeyer.
Love when I get a notification just before bed great night time listening.
Please do not make light of this man. However he disappeared it is not funny. It breaks my heart. Rest in power,Grainger.
Dr Grande, please look into the Rudy Farias affair in Houston - somethin awfully screwy is goin on around there
- neither media nor law enforcement seems to be doing a good job figuring out what happened
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police. They always get their man. They just lose the bone fragments instead.
Granger sounds like an NPC from Fallout or GTA that has a whacky side quest for you.
our band teacher had everyone that needed a loner instrument play a drum roll if they chose percussion. almost everyone did and most could not do a drum roll. he eliminated almost all and nobody got blown up. the eliminated went on to play the most undesirable instruments
1:50 now imagine he tried to build the death star.
That is a very, very said tale of a brilliant and industrious gentleman that simply could not relate to others. I feel that it was extreme loneliness that drove his hand to taking his own life. Nonetheless, he knew suicide would not be acceptable to his family, so he did it in the most secretive way that he could. Again, this was heartbreaking.
Hugs, all.
I love you.
🎉❤
I know we live in a very dark world. But who would want to risk having a violent Fourth Kind experience in exchange for leaving this world? I think Granger may have had a schizophrenic disorder that was causing those illusions of aliens. Plus, being probably under the influence of LSD. Probably led him to drive into the forest that night to detonate himself
Just such a sad testament of what loneliness and isolation can do to the human heart and mind. Granger seemed like a really nice and gentle fellow. I hope he somehow/someway found his happiness post-death.
This reminds me of a Philip K. Dick short story, The Variable Man. A future Earth government finds that it needs the mechanical talents of a man from the early 20th century; one Thomas Cole, to be plucked from his place in the past, and put into service to make a highly sophisticated weapon, to be used against Alpha Centauri, work. The research team knew, conceptually, how to go about it, but they were having difficulties calibrating the weapon to actually go off in precisely the right place at precisely the right time. If it doesn't, the weapon becomes useless. Of course, Cole wasn't having any of that, which makes for a good story. In that sense, he and Mr. Taylor differed.
Such a sad story. 😢
He would have been 74 this year if he had chosen to remain on Earth. For a 42-month voyage traveling at 99.9% the speed of light, it's probable that he would return approximately in the year 2060. This is assuming a nearly constant rate of travel. If any pauses were taken for sightseeing, he would be returning sooner.
Dr Grande,,,, remember Balloon Boy 2009 Fort Collins Colorado? Have you done that already?
May Granger rest in peace 👽
I need snacks ready before these.
This man definitely got to go on a trip that was out of this world.. leaving the earth plane is definitely going out of this world.
Lol😂
I think the aliens were just pranking him.
Story told with respectful serious tone. My father always held a serious straight face all the time he was in company off another human being. Only record of him smiling was when he took a selfie. ALL ALONE!!! Did you edit a smirk at pink pick-up truck.
Isolation and LSD with a busy mind may work fine for a weekend, but as a way of life? Nah you're just marching your dumb rump straight to crazy town.
If he blew himself up in his spaceship people might think he took off, but his truck?
He felt like an alien.
Sad story. RIP Granger. I think recognition is highly over-rated. Tik tok, TH-cam, etc. gave me a glimpse of thousands of people
who do amazing things, have incredible talents, accomplishments, etc. In a few generations, these fantastic people will become like wisps of cobwebs blowing in a breeze in mankind's memory. I work hard to stay ordinary and unnoticed in the golden age of Privacy Invasion.
That boy accidentally blew himself up. 😢 He's not a mastermind... he only went to the 8th grade. 😒
Good Times with Dynamite
That's an oldie and goldie mystery.
Goodie
Late for the viewing party had to finish up a couple things - I won't say anything about a messiah/alien complex - I've known some intelligent people who have lived with fantasies one person in particular was from the lost continent of Atlantis - but, of course, there's really no way to prove or disprove - just smile and say, "that's nice dear."
The Wood Stove 😂
He did leave a suicide note, it sounds like he was selected.
The aliens only had a road runner cartoon on which to base their acme suborbital dynamite booster
I like this vid. Good insight.
If aliens can contact you they do not need your mechanical talents.
Would have been great on air b and b
..how was he ever to get his hands on a WWll P-40?🤷
Yeah... having an
A&P license doesn't make you a Rocket 🚀 Scientist ...
I know first hand 😅
When i 1st heard what this was about i bust out laughing. I really didn't mean to. 😒
This should be good!
I've always believed Granger blew himself up accidentally 😢
6:52 How do you account for that prescience, Dr. Grande?
10:40 "supposedly" ah, so you just dismissed it… At least you didn't dismiss that the wood-burning stove was a good idea
12:55 so you're saying there's a chance?
Dr Grande, I Want to Believe 👽🇮🇪
Are we classifying the ability to establish contact with aliens as auditory hallucinations? (Oddly enough NOT a(n) hallucinatory trait of LSD)
ALIEN SPACESHIP:
It requires no lights, blinking or otherwise. It requires no fuel because it operates via gravitational and magnetic fields of planetary adjustments.
ALIEN PINK SPACESHIP:
It requires LSD, a little cocaine, freaky inspiration and a several hundred pounds of TNT and a simple ignitor to send it into oblivion.
Lol id wager not a soul asked for an analysis and Dr. Large just wanted to do this one.
I've heard so many negative things about the RCMP, I'm not surprised they lost the bone fragments. I mean no disrespect to Canada or Canadians, me being a citizen of Bad Policing and Gun Violence Central. Maybe the RCMP is amongst the best in the West, & I've just happened to only hear negative stories.
No, you are right, they have a terrible reputation. They drop the ball on most cases. Just look at how they handled the Pickton case. Screwed up big time! Then there is the highway of tears, and all the missing indigenous women’s cases, and Clifford Olsen case….then there is the Ken and Barbie killers. They fudged that one too! Actually I don’t know of a case they didn’t fudge up…..
we need dr grande to talk about lolcows like Chance Wilkins or Phil Burnell
Theory #6: The LSD blew his head off and his head blew his body off.
Interesting
Thank you, Dr. Grande.
Could you analyze [ Mizzy ] he is an out of control TH-camr influencer who lives in Britain.
The constant failure of police in Canada is embarrassing. How did they “lose” bone fragments?
Hearing about police losing evidence always bothers me a lot.
“Losing items” means it’s still around i hope
ok
Sadly, its one of the things they're most proficient at
@@Adam2-2 Groan...🤣
u waking up sheeple
Alt version of theory 1: To mitigate the pain his loved ones would experience, he created a way for them to believe he was still alive and having a space adventure, rather than them having to cope with his suicide.
I think you nailed it.
I thought when I was kid me & my friends worst project was trying to build a tree house in my yard....but this story a guy tried to build a makeshift space shuttle which looks to be made from a form of steal.....that's nuts !
🌛⭐🌟🌛⭐🌟
Sad that such a bright young man couldn't find a connection here on Earth. Thanks for the dynamite content, Dr. Grande!
You deserve that smirk
Love it! 😂😂
Ba dum bum
Nonsense, we all do what we have to do, your in no position to have an opinion on what he should have done. Live and let live and mind your own business and allow other to pursue their own expressions and ambitions. All you can accurately say is this is not for you. 😂you likely as an individual have no idea where you come from or where your going, let alone the nature of reality 😂
He actually was really popular and well known in the community. He taught local kids how to build things and such and has machines he built on display at our local museum.
While I understand that Dr. Grande is only speculating about what could be happening in a situation like this, I think this is a pretty unique situation.
oh come on, everybody's got that one friend that blows themselves to smithereens trying to board a spaceship
@@carewser - Well, we've all been there..
Not diagnosing ❤❤❤😂😂😂
Can't have been too many situations "like this".
Nonsense, happens every day 🤣
I'm Canadian, & had never heard this story before. I feel so badly for Granger & his family & friends. Wherever he is now, I hope he's found some measure of peace. Thanks Dr Grande for this interesting Story & analysis.
Pretty much impossible for him to find peace. His death was painless, and he hurt his family and friends. They mourn his loss.
@@troy3456789 Yup, I live in Victoria which is only about 60 miles from where this happened. It sounds like he was desperately lonely but he didn't want people to know he committed suicide so he made up the alien story
DR Grande.always right on. Although it's probably the TNT explosion, in my heart i really want it to be he is working on Mars
He didn’t find peace but he found himself in pieces.
@@richardvinsen2385 Oh boy, someone's got jokes. We are all laughing.
It was a translation error on his part. They wrote “beam yourself up” and he translated to “blow yourself up”. Beam and blow are interchangeable in Alien.
As an autistic person, I really relate to him rather wanting to be with aliens. I also feel like I can’t connect with people the way I want
TTnTT
I have no intention of blowing myself up or killing self in any way, but this story does show just how devastating loneliness can become. It is a reminder to keep working on my struggles with social anxiety.
Yea i have bad social anxiety also and OCD and depression and this story hits hard and is so sad. Exercise helps me
>Used lots of drugs, including LSD
>Frequently used dynamite
>Lived in a spaceship
>visions of aliens coming to get him
I think we're just lucky he didn't take anyone with him.
Great point
Glass half full kinda person.
There's no way to know for sure that he didn't.
this sound like some goofy NPC you can find in a video game and go on some interesting quest with lol
If anyone else came up missing, it was not laid out in this video. It doesn't imply anyone else came up missing either.
Im from the same town as Granger. When I was a kid my dad told me this story. He knew the guy and his family. His sister was my brother’s school teacher, and she was also eccentric. He actually was very well known and popular in the community and taught teen age boys mechanics at his home. He was also well known at Bob’s Grill and there are machines he built in our local museum. Everyone that I’ve talked to that knew him believes he really believed he was going to be with aliens, and blew himself up. This is a Mystery I don’t know will ever be solved, but it’s sure interesting. Thanks for making a video about it!
I probably went to school with your dad,, i also knew Granger..Small world
@@dredubz5825 I did indeed.
There's nothing like getting a good cup of coffee and sitting down and speculating with the best! And the Best part about it is never have to worry about him diagnosing!
Although I be the is actually good at it.
Merely speculating about a case like this...