Paramount Movie Ranch - Western TV Town / Birthplace of 3D Films
A visit to the Paramount Ranch in Agoura Hills California . Home to a multitude of productions over the years such as Dr Quinn Medicine Woman , Westworld and many more . Also was what some consider to be the filming location of the birthplace of color 3D films . Best part about the property is that it's free and open to the public .
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today's adventure brings us to the
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Paramount ranch and the Santa Monica
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Mountains it is a National Park Service
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property which explains that it's kept
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up because this section is mode that is
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unmowed welcome everyone Adam do woo
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here the thing that fascinates me about
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this place it's a former movie ranch and
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they still use it occasionally for
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documenting and filming TV episodes and
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movies
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anyone can come out here and just wander
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around and see the sights experience
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television and movie history and that is
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what I'm going to do today I'm gonna and
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I'm joined by Jordan the lion this
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should be fun are you coming along dude
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join me shall you if you ever come out
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here in the future the gates are
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normally locked in the evening so plan
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your trip around the timeframe between
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sunset and 8:00 a.m. you just drive down
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this road take a left you can kind of
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see it there off in the distance few
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other rules to abide by all resources
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are protected no collecting which means
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you can't take any souvenirs fires
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camping and firearms are prohibited dogs
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must be on a leash and you know quite a
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few other ones that you can horses have
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the right away where's what is this
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right noise what is that I don't think I
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want it now there are public restrooms
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on site first thing we see is a bus only
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parking Lane and a bench where you can
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sit under the awning that states
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paramount to the right looks to be a
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board that would hold some sort of
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information but the information has been
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removed and behind it is something
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designating itself Fire Station engine
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73 from a distance at first glance
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after reading the beware of Rattlers I
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thought they were gonna be a joke and
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have the baby Rattlers ploy down inside
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that bucket but I think this is legit
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this is real rattlesnake territory so
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anywhere in here or down that way which
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is where I'm heading
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could be full of snakes so we got to
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keep our keep our eyes open looks like
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at some point there could have been a
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sign placed on the top of those those
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boards welcoming us in just to give you
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a general area of where we're located
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they've placed a you are here stamp and
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you can see all the different walking
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paths and driving you can drive on
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certain areas of these but some of these
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are specifically just for walking or for
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horseback riding ooh the witch's wood
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it's a very beautiful area and lots of
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hikers come out here and take advantage
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here's something I never do
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Bwana devil which bewitched audiences
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was one of the first 3d movies it
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ignited the 3d craze and was shot in
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this neck of the woods and they have
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provided they have provided 3d glasses
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that are very heavy they weigh about
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probably three or four pounds made of
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hard plastic see if you get the 3d
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effect I don't think it works when you
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look through either eye that's the red
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eye that's the blue eye you have to have
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both eyes connected to see see that lion
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jump out of you
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in 3d whoa it really does work I'm
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seeing I'm seeing his teeth attempt it's
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almost like they're right at my face
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pretty cool it works really well the
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gate is wide opened which is always a
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good sign across this metal bridge and
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if you peek over its a beautiful stream
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down there
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this is nice out here very nice first
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impression this is awesome it's like a
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time warp I've stepped through a time
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portal back to the Old West now there
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are certain sections I'm not allowed to
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go private property past that point
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that's for the employees and workers to
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go but we are allowed to walk anywhere
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through here and to go one step further
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they have provided this information dr.
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Quinn Medicine Woman was shot out here
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as well as Carnivale x-files something
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called family tree and dozens and dozens
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of more productions there is a train
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depot a stable barber shop a hotel
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something called Chin's in quotation
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marks this section I guess was given the
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slang term Chin's got some mining
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equipment of here a saloon a bank and
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even even a general store this church
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was recently used in the show West world
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it was using a lot of other things as
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well but most notably it had a large
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steeple where the cross on top of the
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structure now resides and to get to it
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you can cross one of two bridges that
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one and that one let's go take a look
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got to keep reminding myself to keep a
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keen eye out for slithering snakes when
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I'm peeking inside the window now of the
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church building it's a little stage they
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are probably where the podium was and
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the choir the church pews probably were
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right there in the middle pretty good
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shot of the layout of the land from
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behind the church good zoom in just a
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little you can see the ghost town over
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there it's a guy in a cowboy hat taking
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photos they used to bring a lot of the
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actors like Claudette Colbert and Gary
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Cooper Bob Hope and all those people out
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here to to learn how to ride the horses
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and work on their their scenes for films
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they were gonna do western scenes in so
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at one point Bob Hope if you had a time
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machine would come riding back past she
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right down this path think about that
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he was caught I think the movie he did I
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hear was called caught in the draft or
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something like that or caught in the
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breeze like that looks like we can get a
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little behind the magic moment let's
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let's get down here look under there
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turning you upside down now you're
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you're standing on your head see your
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you're standing on your head I'm gonna
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flip you back up on your the right side
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did you see anything down in there did
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you see anything
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definitely a dry spell you can see how
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this little ravine is sans water
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crossing over the bridge now heading
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into the section that the real the
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nitty-gritty can almost picture a
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stagecoach riding down this pathway to
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the right we got the general store hotel
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there on the left and I believe directly
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in front of us is the old saloon the
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majority of the doors to the facades are
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all locked for good reasons they don't
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want people roaming around inside
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ruining or destroying anything but we
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can peek through each of the windows
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look at the old piano there left over
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and there's a bar and even the wallpaper
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that vintage wallpaper still remains a
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more direct angle you just picture a
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cowboy walking right up there and
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ordering some tequila or whatever they
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they drink because it's definitely been
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fashioned to look like it's been
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whittled down yeah looks like a prop
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from from Buffy like Buffy the Vampire
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Slayer and to kill vampires you should
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probably put that back where it belongs
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you're gonna be haunted oh no no keep
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stay away from me
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no there's even bathrooms back here I'm
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not sure if these are specifically able
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to be used by the general public we got
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a water fountain this might have been
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for like cast and crew where did you
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find that thing
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kind of place you would film a scene
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because you've got a broken-down wagon
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heading over there so I found it
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actually right here where I'm gonna
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leave it you should stick you should
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stick it in the ground stick it in the
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ground but trim the ground is some sort
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of demonic there you go get it yes well
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hey the vampires of the earth win again
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you win again ground vampires who knew
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that behind the saloon was a full picnic
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area which could probably be rented out
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proper permits required there's a stage
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there if you wanted to have a musician
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act playing and a bunch of your friends
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like a birthday party or you know
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something of that nature you could do it
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right out here here this old ghost town
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you can definitely see why they chose
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certain spots to place some of the
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structures like this train station
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obviously the little hill the mountain
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behind it it gives uh gives it a little
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bit cool perspective the train tracks
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have been removed but the train station
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still left just picture someone waiting
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right there train tracks go in there the
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train pulling in saying goodbye or hello
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to their lover as they departed or
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waiting to leave town I can picture it
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can you and keeping up with the peeking
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in theme seems only natural to take a
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gander inside here as well
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one ticket please there's birds in there
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there's a little bird perched on that
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window so listen they're making their
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whistling and making noise there's more
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than one but that's the only one I say
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hello hello bird
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right there well he flew off got you
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close there's another one right there
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the way they get in there's like slats
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removed from the top near the roof see I
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couldn't crawl through there but if
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you're the size of a bird a tiny bird
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you can go inside and get yourself a a
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ticket for the next train this is an
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interesting way to create a sign it's
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whittled out of wood starting to
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decompose the weather has taken a
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foothold that says run trail 1.5 miles
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there's not just the movie and TV sets
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there's plenty of areas where you can
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just go for a nice jog there's one
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example past that cool-looking tree this
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one's called coyote trail no Motor
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Vehicles no motorcycles but you can't go
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for you can take your pet out for a walk
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during the day of course this place
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closes at nightfall for good reason
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because you do not want to be roaming
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out here after dark because the name of
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course they don't call it coyote trail
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for nothing there are no productions
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being shot out here at the moment but
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I've heard that even when they do have
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crews set up filming different scenes
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they will just use a specific section
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like one of these buildings so if
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they're if they're filming here they
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don't close the whole premise is down
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you can still roam around you just can't
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get in the shot or too close unlike some
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other places where they have an entire
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area shut down during filming here it's
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always accessible except for of course
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the part where you would be in the scene
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they don't want you wandering into the
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show
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but man how many things you think have
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been filmed from that angle probably a
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whole heck of a lot that's beautiful
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next to the trapper residence is a real
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residence private residence please do
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not disturb posts it across that chain
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and the sign next to the door there is a
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little peephole there the caretaker most
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likely of the property lives out here
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you know just to watch over the terrain
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and make sure people are up to you know
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keeping everything above the belt and
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make sure no one is up to no good
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just a little more behind the scenes you
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can see that they only decorate what the
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camera sees so this is all in the era of
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the Old West but once you look around
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the back the camera doesn't film from
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this angle so it's very bland and basic
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and up top that window yeah that windows
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wide open I bet some birds have flown in
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there as well there in the saloon yeah
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birds get thirsty too today you can do
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it with tennis shoes as well that's what
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that is it's shaped like two horseshoes
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with a chunk of metal you don't want to
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want to get that horse dong off the
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bottom of your feet I think you got it
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off I think he I think he might have got
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it off even though the saloon and a few
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other ones use shots in the interiors
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the hotel you cannot film indoors
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basically when you peek in the window
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it's just a narrow hallway as you can
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tell it be very difficult to put a large
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camera and actors and a crew down in
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there it's just basically a facade from
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the outside it's an illusion this one
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however an exception
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even though up top this window is
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exposed there is no second level the
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first level as we walk up these wooden
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stairs and peek and you can see is
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definitely wide enough to film some
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scenes that you get your actors in there
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now some dialogue shots are even walking
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up that staircase to the second level
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that in reality does not really exist my
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apologies for the dirt and grime on the
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glass but check it out second level is
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just open air and there's some more very
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cool wallpaper on either side of your
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screen now that I'm exploring a little
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more I have to check out the sheriff's
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office see what's going on in there just
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as I thought there is a jail cell right
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in there
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locked up those criminals there'll be no
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fighting in this town no gun slinging
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either around the back you can see that
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this is also decorated for the camera
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most likely because they did and they
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did probably film in here and you need
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to have this illusion the glass has been
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removed which means I can peek more in
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depth Lee inside the cell get me out of
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here
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well actually I'm not I'm not in sighs
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the backside of the hotel very very
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weather-worn see how it's like
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decomposing there but that's mentioned a
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few times the camera does not see this
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so there's really no reason to to keep
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it up this old wagon cart has seen
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better days the wheels are about falling
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off there's a little bird right there
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hey little birdie
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and as much old timey relics as exists
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out here you can see that there are new
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productions happening
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we got a electric cord running inside of
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the horse stalls you wouldn't know by
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looking at it but in the room to the far
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right is used for storage and it's a
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makeshift garage so even though you'd
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see a a cowboy walking with his boots
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all along here once you look inside
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there's a shed
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and garage door you can pull the vehicle
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inside it's like a metal shed inside
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this wooden building oh now we're going
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to have us hanging out here we're gonna
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have my say hey why is there like a
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metal wire as well it's that's weird
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there goes a modern-day wagon horse yeah
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that's got a lot of horsepower even
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though there's real no real equestrian
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power in that and place your bets
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inside here nope no interiors shot in
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there just just a wall with a lot of
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cobwebs from the outside you would never
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guess that because you would assume
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you'd walk in that door to an open room
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but in reality it's just a wall behind
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that window however this one yeah
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practical interiors right in there you
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can definitely see plenty of room inside
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this one notice the rocks here they're
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fake there's there's wood planks behind
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it but this it's just plastic we've been
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fooled
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we have been duped uh Hollywood he got
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me again now it might seem like I'm a
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little overly excited when I shouldn't
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be but when I was a child when I started
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to grow your teenage years and going to
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the former MGM Studios Disney's MGM
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Studios in Florida the backlot tour this
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is late 80s 89 1990 91 92 I was
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absolutely fascinated by the backlot
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tour they would show some of the houses
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and they would present and kind of
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explain how I have with that they only
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show what the camera sees now now that I
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live in California in Los Angeles I see
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a lot and know a little bit more about
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the filming process but it takes me back
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to the younger years the excitement of
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seeing things on television in movies
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and just being brought into that world
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it takes me back to the late 80s early
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90s
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it's cool this if this place is awesome
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the blog is over there is now a dog
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barking oh I hear a dog barking what are
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you barking at why are you barking it's
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alright buddy we're just looking around
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the general public is allowed out here
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just calm down
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didn't your owner alert you there are
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people wandering around out here just go
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lay down go lay down buddy go lay down