The Hermit of Big Bald Mountain Documentary
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- The Hermit of Big Bald Mountain Documentary by The Appalachian Storyteller.
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Great content my friend 👍 keep up the great work!
Shit in the back by a coward ,sad end for a solid man .
I grew up at the foot of that mountain. My brother and I hiked up Bald Mountain several times a year as kids. I have so many memories of standing at the top and looking down at our house. Thank you for sharing this story. My brother killed himself 12 years ago, so this is particularly poignant for me.
Thanks for sharing that ❤️
So sorry you lost your brother❤️
Really, so did I, we use to camp at the double springs, if you know where that is on the bald. That was before it became a gated community.
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Such a beautiful sad story. I feel so sad that he let this girl’s rejection ruin his life. He had the potential for a great life.
Yes, tragically beautiful
@@TheAppalachianStorytellertoo bad we don't have a story where a promising young man realizes that the spoiled mean girl's beauty was only skin deep...and then moved on to find a loving partner & enjoy a fulfilling life. Instead of becoming an emotionally stunted bitter man who plays King of my Mountain all the rest of his days.
His life wasn't ruined, have you ever been to the Appalachians, he spent the rest of his life in heaven, it is my favorite place. If he had the girl he would have had to work his entire life in a job he hates providing for her lifestyle.
@@miken7629 Yeah, the man she married probably wished he was dead.
@@brandyjean7015 Ikr?
There's so many comments I want to make . But instead I'll ask a question.. Tell me about the music and song in the video. Beautifully done.
I’ve used the song with the girl singing and two other videos before it was an exclusive for this channel as for the other two songs I purchased them from a composer that I know so they’re also exclusives for this channel as always thanks for noticing the music Rusty. Hope you’re having a great day.
I agree with you on the music 🎶 🎵
Whenever you're with me is a Beautiful song and my favorite.
I looked but can't find "Whenever you're with me" that can be purchased
@theswabbie30 No, it's exclusive to The Appalachian Storyteller.
I played the song in the video as I did a screen recording. This is for my own listening pleasure. I also saved the timestamp so I can go directly to the song. It's also in the video with the man with Dementia. I can't remember the title.
The thought of that promising young man becoming a crazed & violent old man, his senses & reason eaten out by bitterness, is just achingly tragic.
Great Story JD. Poor fella, that gal that he was madly in love with, she had it wrong. The Hermit “didn’t deserve her, HE was too good for her. She was absolutely mean and heartless to speak to someone like that. That’s sad that the blacksmith shot him in the back. You never know why people turn out the way they do. More please 🙏
Thanks Jd
For me, this was a study in human love and tragedy
Well I guess he expected the blacksmith to do the work for free. That don’t work for a lot of people.
JD thank you for keeping our Appalachian Heritage alive through these wonderful stories
Thank you Matthew
Well I’ve never wanted to cry for a poor man so much. I wish he’d realised he’d had a narrow escape with that big headed girl and found a woman to love who loved him back. Poor man ❤
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I'm 41 years old and I still haven't found a woman that will love me as deeply and affectionately as I love her. I'm a hopeless romantic I reckon.
@@Last_Chance. I loved a man deeply would have done anything for him. Sadly even married I wasn’t enough for him. Once divorced I have never trusted or loved again Choosing to be on my own bringing my children up I’d loved before him and tried again with him then thought I’m not meant to be loved.
@@theresaryan2280 we're all meant to love and be loved. Finding the one that is right for you can be absolutely exhausting and sometimes heartbreaking. I'll never give up my search though I want more than anything to have a queen to love and share my life with. My life just won't be complete without her.
When speaking about the Appalachian mountains it’s good to know how far they extend through many states. Bedides North Carolina the other states are Virginia, West Virginia, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts , Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. Such expansive and beautiful places. Thanks for your stories ❤
Thank you 😊
Thank you for sharing another true story of an individual's impact on our history. Plus I've known a few Marys🤣
Glad you enjoyed it brother! I’ll save my thoughts on Mary for now, until the video comes out
@@TheAppalachianStorytellerwhen is the video coming out brother?
Wow what a powerful story! Great storytelling. Sad but a life that needed to be remembered. That young woman should have been ashamed of herself. I think she was too harsh and mean spirited even if she didn’t love him. Good one JD.
Thank you much! Blessings from East Tennessee
Much appreciation for these stories that keep history alive. Thank you, JD. Stickers arrived & they're very cool ❤❤❤❤
Thank you Diane! I think we put an extra on in there for you! Thank you for your support!
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller yup, the extra 'special' sticker is my bookmark for your book👍 Have a Blessed day❤
Shattered souls n broken hearts make a hermit 💯😉
Sounds like the opening line to a country song
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller i was thinking that as I was typing it 💯😎...I'll work on it 👍
So true.
Hermit here don't know what actually caused it
Oh JD! What a great story but sad too. It’s a shame this girl’s conceit & high & mighty attitude ended up breaking David to his core. I’m wondering whatever happened to this selfish woman. I feel sorry for David. She not only rejected his love, but also stomped on his heart!
Hey everyone! I’m recommending you buy this book of JD’s!! I can guarantee you will not be disappointed!! Plus, it’s the right price to boot! Hurry now before they’re all gone! I bought one and it’s a treasure to me!
Blessings always JD! ❤️🙏✝️
Thank you as always Betty! Happy memorial day
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller You’re welcome! Happy Memorial Day also! It’s my birthday on Memorial Day this year. Blessings always! ❤️🙏😊
This young lady is an EXAMPLE of what we CALL a NARCISSIST, unfortunately to get what they want the will pretend to love you, but with their actions they will chew you up and SPIT YOU out to GET WHAT THEY WANT ...even their own Momma's 😢
I can't believe i never heard this story before but sure am pleased to hear your telling of it. Thank you very much you did an outstanding job.
Thank you so much. I really appreciate you have a blessed day
While felt some empathy for David's heartbreak, I don't like what he did with it. I've seen people carry a torch for someone their entire life w/o even making it known, due to extenuating circumstances - and that's a mark of true nobility. But then it didn't help that the girl waited so long to let him know he had no chance with her. 'Tween you and me and the gatepost, he was better off w/o her type.
thank you for your thoughts, well said
I'm willing to bet Mary made some man miserable... I can't help but hope that karma caught up with her...
Another wonderful story! Thanks JD, have a good Memorial Day weekend 🌞👍
I’d bet you were right
Aww, the music fits perfectly ❤
Thank you, for another banger!!
Thank you 😊
Thank you , love listening to your stories .
Thank you ❤️
Another great story of almost forgotten Appalachian History JD.
Yup, I do my best to bring em to life!
I've been on top of the Bald, isn't very far from me. We went at night and when you get there it's like another world. Big flat field, the sky looks so low you could grab a star. It's a feeling of being of amazement and a little scary.
I like that line- I might you it in a future video “the sky was so low, you could grab a star ⭐️ “
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller Thank you. I'm a writer and author of 2 books about growing up where I live. Sometimes it pops out lol
Enjoyed this appalachian story
Are you an Appalachian writer?
@@brendaleach-kv7if yee
Wow. Have been away from this channel for a bit. Yanked right back in! Excellent!!!!!!
Welcome back ❤️
Sorry to hear that David lived such a sad, lonely and rough life. Our winters can be tough. Glad there is a David living there now that found his perfect soul mate.
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I just love your channel brother. It reminds me of my grandparents telling stories. They were born and raised in the mountains of west Virginia and lived there and the mountains of NC before finally settling in the foothills of SC before they passed. They lived such an interesting life. The world was a different place then
Thank you brother
Thanks, JD that was an awesome story. Have a blessed weekend, brother.🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
You too brother!
My family home is in Asheville. However, I did live about two miles from the Zebulon Vance home place and down the hill from where Wade Mainer and Mainers Mountaineers’ farm was on Stony Knob. The Reems Creek valley is a special place and has a legendary history that helped shape the settling of Western NC. I have heard so many stories from many in the old time community. Also, having rented from Bruce Phillips back in the early 2000s and heard all his crazy civil war stories passed down from his great grandfather and further where that family settled in Beech Glen, I have a deep connection and respect for how folks lived up there back then, Thanks so much for this story. New to me but old as sour molasses. Thanks y’all. I wonder if his family is related to the great flat pickers Lamar Grier and David Grier. Do tell.
Wow, thanks for sharing this!
Such a sad story. When Mary rejected him, he should have realized at the time that he was too good for her. It's a shame instead that he became a mean old bully. 😢
Well said Laura
Thanks for sharing. Always enjoy your stories.
Thank you 😊
Your stories and narration are fantastic! The scenery is breathtaking! ✌️❤️
Thank you so much Tracy! I do my best to bring these stories to life
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller you certainly succeed. ✌️❤️
There are days that I just like Mr Grier.
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Beautiful music 🎵. Geez so cold in her words 😪 🤔great story , sad 😞 but he let one person changed his life 🤦♀️he became so bitter .
Thank you 😊
I grew up in a small college town within sight of this mountain. My grandpa was born in the late 1800s and my great grandmother was born around 1860 and both told a similar story about the hermit on Bald mountain.
❤️ thank you for sharing this
Hello from Detroit Michigan brother thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise and for taking us on your adventures through time and history GOD-BLESS brother
I spent the 16th summer of my youth in Detroit, still remember it well. I was in Dearborn heights at the time
Such beauty and wonder of GODS Mighty presence . Thank y'all for the gift GOD gave y'all for story telling.
Thank you so much, my friend. Have a blessed day
We must have more men like Mr Greer
Yes sir
Enjoyed again, JD
Thank you 😊 John!
Awesome video, thanks again JD! You channel and content keeps getting better all the time ! 🤩
Thank you Larry!
....he looked out the WINDOW of his hayloft! 🤣😅😂
Great story, so sad what rejection can do to a human.❤
This is the essence of the story- it isn’t about Mary being right or wrong in her decision- it’s the all too real hopelessness of rejection.
I’ve been to those parts, the land is so beautiful I can certainly understand why a man would do what he did, real American history is rife with an untamed spirit and I’m proud as hell that the Lord decided to make me one too! 😊
Well said
Nice song break after the heartbreak 💔 lol another nice video JD well done 👍🏾💯
Thanks for noticing the music ❤️
@@TheAppalachianStorytellerno problem. People don’t really know all the behind the scenes work put into these videos
Amazing story. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Cool story my Dads family is from Reems creek and we’re friends with the Vance family. I grew up on big laurel creek in Madison county which is just below the bald I’ve been there many times and have even been to the cave on the head of Higgins creek on the Tennessee side of the bald but I have never heard of David Greer in my lifetime and my grandma was born and raised right under the bald mountain on bee log which is located on the yancey county nc side of the mountain below the Buck House there are all kinds of great stories related to this area especially about bloody Madison county where I live and was born and raised
Thanks for sharing this
Another real fine story.
Thank you brother
I grew up in that area.brings tears to my eyes remembering when.
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This story brought back the memory of an old song from the 1950's. "If you want to be happy for the rest of your life, don't pick a pretty woman to be your wife." "From my personal point of view, get an ugly girl to marry you." Many beautiful women are rude, cruel, selfish, thoughtless, self centered, and just plain mean. They don't change their ways, even after they lose their good looks. However, (thank Goodness) not all beautiful women are that way. David should not have set his head on Mary. Without knowing what he was doing, David proved Mary to be correct (by making other people pay for Mary's cold, and cruel rejection and painful words said to him). "Two wrongs never make it right." It would be interesting to learn about what became of cruel, hardhearted Mary.
Lots of wisdom and what you wrote there thanks so much for sharing
People like Mary are everywhere their only Love is themselves. In all my years have seen this in many men and women. Sad is that this man became bitter from the rejection of this pathetic self centered woman. He would have been better off to have worked hard to find a truly beautiful woman who had a good hart, and made himself a happier life. So many fall for the appearance of beauty but don't take the time to truly look for real treasure.
Just wow, ❤👏🍁
Morning Marion!
Another awesome story sir. God bless you and your whole family 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you John, have a great weekend
He became bitter over someone who clearly never gave him reason to think she felt the same way. Don't get me wrong, not defending her uppity self. His love for her, if one can call it that was really unhealthy. Poor guy. Very sad. For anyone who is interested there is more info on him at the Find A Grave web site. Apparently his grave was lost. Thank you so much for this piece of history. You are an excellent story/history teller!
Thanks for your insight
So true his "love" or lust was unhealthy.
excellent. thank you.
Thank you Nora ❤️
This is a sad yet beautiful story somehow.
Thank you for watching ❤️
I grew up near bald mountain, both walked and rode horses across it many times. Another story about the big bald is that in the late 1800 hundreds and early 1900 hundreds each year on the 4th of July people from all around would go to an area near the summit called the big stomp and have a 3 day party with music, dancing, courting, eating, and drinking, ETC. but it came to an end with the advent of the radio and other forms of entertainment. TO BAD .
Wow, thanks for sharing that
Great story J.D.! Big Bald is like a Different world once on top...I live at the foothills of it on Tn. side about and Hour....Man would have to be tough to handle them winters and winds up there for sure. c ya Buddy.
I can’t imagine how brutal those winners were. That’s a good point.
Beautiful story
Thank you! 🙂
Great story.
Thank you 😊
Once again, another great story that I get to enjoy while setting on the deck with a cup of coffee! Since I live in the country "the sticks" it's even better because of the abundance of animals and the lack of cars and especially people! These stories hit just right on a morning like this with a steamy cup of joe! Great job brother!
Thank you so much, my friend. We are getting rained out here in East Tennessee, but we’re gonna head to the lake anyway happy memorial day
Enjoyed this piece very much. Thank you for sharing the story of David Greer and his life on Big Bald Mountain. It seems that this man was best suited to live the hermit lifestyle all alone, cause whenever he had run ins with other people things just didn’t go well. I’d be interested in learning more of his writings.
Glad you enjoyed this story, my friend. Hope you’re having a wonderful memorial day.
Thank you for sharing this story. I am late listening today. Been out most of the day
Thank you Bessie ❤️
Awesome story
Thank you 😀
A Brush Creek Williams here,love these stories
Thank you 😊
Great story, thank you.
-Strawberry Plains, TN
Glad you enjoyed it!
I wish David would have found true love in the mountains but sometimes it does make them bitter but l really enjoyed. This woundful story ❤❤
Thank you Terry
I love this…and in my way, I identify with him…🙏🏻
Thank you for sharing that ❤️
He really took that turn down hard from her for as intelligent as he was
That’s one of the tragic parts of this story
These mak great movies 🎬
Thank you !
Enjoyed very much
Glad you enjoyed it
I think my favorite parts were the drone shots over the mountains.
Thank you!
How sad and interesting all in one. I hope and am sure Mary was never a happy woman. Thanks
Thank you Melissa, it is a complex answer to who was right or wrong, and the story evolves many emotions. It's one of those nuggets from history that has nearly been lost to time, but brought back to life today.
Happy Saturday!
Morning Robbie
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller thank you for another great story!
Great story JD
Thank you brother!
❤❤❤love ur stories
Thank you Janice ❤️
Have read through these comments, and while I appreciate these opinions, I must say that I have a different opinion concerning the lady's response. On the basis of experience I will say that she did what she had to do. If attention is unwanted, the only reasonable response is to speak clearly and with brutal honesty. Nice words will be taken as encouragement. And in these cases false encouragement is unfair to the unwanted person. In my opinion she was the wiser person in this situation. To be "nice" in these situations keeps the unwanted person hanging on. She may even have had enough kindness to think that a brutally honest rejection would provide the other person with a basis for moving on quickly to a suitable relationship. Or she could have percieved that he was somewhat dangerous, and wanted to avoid an accusation related to 'stringing him along". Women can get themselves killed, in that situation. It is far better, to be absolutely clear, even if the words sound harsh. 0:00
Thank you for sharing your insight, well said
Thank you, great story. I'm impressed with the price, he paid for 50 acres. What a deal!😊
That’s what I thought too
Great Story as usual.
Greatings from Germany close to the Rhine River and Heidelberg.
Thank you 😊 greetings from the mountains of East Tennessee just off the Clinch River
A fascinating story , I believe this girl did indeed read the love letters and knew how ( and loved ) to break this young man . I love the term " he killed him dead" as to make sure everyone would clearly understand . Thanks and greetings from over the Atlantic .
Very insightful, thanks for sharing ❤️
Yea, I think she read them and was afraid of what her father would do to him if he asked for her hand in marriage.
@@stomper2582 Your opinion of her is kinder than mine .
Good morning JD
There is No Such Thing as
" unconditional Love " for Men, young or old.
It has to be Purchased.
Thuth
I used to climb Big Bald a lot when I lived at Wolf Laurel back in the 1980s and 1990s. Thought I had heard about the hermit but didn't know the details. So sad.
Thank you for sharing ❤️
What a sad story! He let a cruel selfish girl (who probably made whoever she married miserable) determine what kind of person he would become. She wasn't worth it.
Love can destroy some people
I hope that girl who broke his heart got back what she deserved or became a Christian and repented of her cruel ways. How sad😢his life became and his end! Your Stories are so real to life's events!! Thank you for sharing each one! ❤️🙏
Thank you ❤️
We don't know her side of the story. He seemed to have an unhealthy obsession with her. Maybe she had already tried to discourage him and he just wouldn't take a hint?
Beautiful vid, and you are a great storyteller 👍
Greetings from the Netherlands, TW.
Thank you! Greetings from the mountains of East Tennessee
I got my sticker!! Thanks JD.. so how much for one without your picture on it.. 😂😂😂😂
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thank you Carrie!
I love your channel and the rich history in each story. What is the name of the beautiful song within this video?
Without you
Bedankt
Thank you so much! My friend from across the ocean- you just made my day ❤️
Damn I've , wanted to go hermit my hole life , grew up on few isolated islands and places around NZ.....id love a small island just few ackers to grow vegetables and raise couple animals, a heap of native trees and being able to build my own little shack from recycled materials and things .....god thats the dream.😢 pity it will never happen,lol I got the plywood shack on a trailer but thats as close as I've gotten so far and i travel around different farms helping people out where i can grow vegetables and keep a couple of animal ( my latest pigs starting to look pretty good).lol and my name's David
Wow 😮
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller honestly man I had a pretty good child hood ,kinda like the isolation of the Appalachians . My grandmother used to bake us stuff and cook on this old fire stove,we spent all day when not at school hunting, fishing or working. One island we lived on had Kiwi's nesting under our house and penguins in the woolshed, I got to swim with what wild dolphins , went white water rafting , jumping off waterfalls. I used to walk for miles beach coming looking for cool stuff, Island hopping in helicopters and on boats ....all in remote places of NZ. Lol 🤣 the good old days,but even then all u wanted was some little shack on a little bit of land with ability to get some water and food,be awesome
If this is actually true dude is pretty pitiful to let the rejection of one woman change his whole life and cause him to be a hermit
It’s a true story, brother
True Freedom
Yup
Very sad that someone with so much positive potential could let a woman like her beat him. Theres a mtn in Allegany co md called Everetts mtn. In colonial times a woman nagged her husband he packed his horse rifle some food n utensils n his rocking chair n dog n rode up on the mtn built a cabin n lived the rest of his day n peace n quiet
Thanks for sharing this
David seemed educated for anytime from his yrs of reading as stated and listening every night to his hopeful father inlaw...!
He went around the bend to be an enemy to both God and man full of calloused self righteousness with blatant disregard of everyone else...!
Well said
@@TheAppalachianStoryteller
He could've healed maybe found a decent wife and come to realize the crush was on a shrew, and ended up having a far far better life-> but he turned against Christ & the Scriptures hating God & his neighbor figured the world owed him everything about like a Atheist MarXist Communist...!
Was a very sad tale tho not as bad as the tale of that poor murdered preacher in West Virginia...!
Mary was smart for rejecting him. She could have done it with heeps more grace and compassion, of course. She likely noticed what an obsessive, wild card he was and decided that wasn't the life she wanted.
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At first I was going to say that David dodged the bullet with that girl but he turned out to be a bigger jerk than she could have ever tried to be.
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Thank you Sharon!
You should do a video on Kan Foster.
Thanks for the suggestion, I'll look into it!
Would you tell me what the name of the song is and who sings it?? I love how you interspliced it into the video.
It’s a song that was made for this channel called without you !
I feel like Dave did sometimes. Especially when it came to love
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The song at the 5 minute mark, can someone tell me the name of that?
It’s an exclusive to this channel, most all music on this channel is original or was produced for these videos, I’m a life long musician. That song is called without you
Wondering if you could find any information of my great grandmother she was from Corbin ky. Her name was Sarah Jane Roaden, the story I heard as a child was her family originally came over with the group from the mayflower {Roaden or Roadan} she married PH Salmons whose family was Cherokee. I could never find any other information, my grandfather passed long before I became interested and with my limited resources I could not find out anything else. My mom would get invitations to the Roaden family reunion every summer but she was never interested and I never found out until she passed. If not thank you anyway.
Have u ever covered the rutherford county line. Sheriff Husky?
Mary,Mary quite contrary.
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Wow, I actually felt sorry for him.
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