Hiking Thru Winter Snow & Ice To Find Cabin Fever (2002) Horror Filming Locations - INSIDE The Cabin
Cabin Fever (2002) Filming Locations
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welcome everyone
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adam the
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woo here standing along the dan river in
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north carolina
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a film
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took place they used the locations
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around this neck of the woods back in
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2001 production took place movie came
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out in 2002 in the us 2003 an homage
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inspired
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by some of the classic
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of the horror genre evil dead texas
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chainsaw things like that
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eli roth directed it it involved a cabin
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which i am hoping
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i can get access to i might have to hike
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a little bit and find and see
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with my
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own eyes cabin fever
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can you feel it i'm inviting you to join
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me
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not going to hit each and every spot but
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i want to hit some of the key ones and
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some that really have not been shown in
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great detail
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that's my goal today join me
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i'm wearing an appropriate t-shirt of
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the genre yes
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it's different film
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but it gets the vibe
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of the horror genre shall you feels good
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out 34 degrees i love it also as a
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recording of this tuesday february 1st
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2022
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this genre of films never starts off
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well
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when you're driving down a desolate road
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with woods on either side of you
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i'll take my chances though
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i'm gonna take my chances
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maybe i'll be okay
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i think i will located on the corner oh
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there's a dog coming
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of shepard mill road
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hello
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oh goodness and pleasantville
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shepherd mill and pleasant view i should
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say
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here in danbury
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is the historic
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pretties
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general store p-r-i-d-d-y-s
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pretty's general store
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this could be seen in quite a few scenes
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one at the beginning one at the middle
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and during the end credits
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i want to get out of the road
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get out of the room may traffic might be
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coming through here
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here's an assortment of dogs all in this
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neighborhood this dog isn't even paying
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attention to me anymore
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they go inside here to get some supplies
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and meet the
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guy running the place very unique
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individual behind the counter
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also this is where
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the other guy comes out and says why do
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you take that candy bar
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so why would you why would you steal a
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candy bar
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from right here
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yeah definitely still has that old timey
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vibe
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oh this dog is right beside me establish
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1888
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have hardware groceries antiques arts
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and crafts
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and up top
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see if i can get a screen grab
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just to kind of show
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what it looked like
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this this this pooches
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eyeballing me and then turns his
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attention elsewhere okay
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i'll see you later getting camera shy
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huh
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fair enough notice where they're sitting
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on the porch swing
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the country ham sign there's also the
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the pretties sign up here
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in that corner as well you can also see
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that country ham sign there 20 years 20
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years ago
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still on the side
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and the truck i just showed that old
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ford
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it's that's the same truck that's over
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there in the bat in the distance the
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same truck that i was focusing on when
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the dog walked up the dog has gone back
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to its home also noticing up here is a
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coca-cola and pepsi signage that was
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completely covered up
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in the movie
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you know obviously probably didn't want
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to
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give them their share of the
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the profits and the money but the
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country ham sign take a look at this
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i wonder if they have coffee in here i
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could definitely use a coffee so that
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could be seen
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very
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distinctly as well
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as this
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this red sign right there
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now the porch swing was like kind of
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dangling right here
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oh look up here there are
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there are some hooks there
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could have been
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where it was
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was placed at least a couple of the
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brackets
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there is an open side let's see if i can
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go see if anyone's in here and inside
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the store looks almost exactly like it
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did 20 years ago for the filming in fact
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the lady who runs the place was telling
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me some stories
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and said that the production brought a
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bunch of set dressing along to fix the
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place up and make it look old-timey and
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they didn't even need it
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all the bottles that are through here
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the pickle jars all the bottles that the
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cashier is talking about in the film and
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also in the very back didn't even
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realize this was back here once i told
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her what i was doing i was showing some
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interest in the film she said oh there's
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some promotional photos and some behind
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the scenes stuff all the way in the back
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so i came all the way back here to the
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back and there are some props
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from the film
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as well as some behind the scenes photos
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newspaper clippings articles all about
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what took place here
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in front of the general store
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this is like a variable treasure trove
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of goodness just tucked away back here
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not even near the front counter at all
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the counter is the same counter from the
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film as well with the cigarette cartons
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and packs
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and the very unique u-style a couple
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items have been moved around when he's
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looking over here at the urine that's on
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the shelf this is the same
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counter or the same shelf it's like a an
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old cabinet and she was saying this used
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to be in her barn and termites were
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getting to it so she brought it in the
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store
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it was here 20 years ago and it's still
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here today back around front is where
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the lemonade stand was over there near
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that picnic table and she was confirming
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that they did take down
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all the coca-cola and pepsi
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and anything that had a brand on it
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that they want to pay royalties on or
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promote
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they they took them down
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and stored them
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and after production was over put them
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back up
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pretty awesome place pretty general
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store and
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the lady that runs the place very kind
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and
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gave me a lot of good info
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glad i stopped here
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oh that dogs are back over next to where
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that dog was
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she was also saying they made them cover
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up the ford emblem on the back of this
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so if you watch that scene they have
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something covering up the back tail but
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this truck was here
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okay see you later dog nice to meet you
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there was no coffee at brewin but i did
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purchase this
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prettiest general store established 1888
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danbury north carolina sticker i am now
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going to take a 47 mile commute
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over to a place called ravens
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knob
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leaving the general store
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and about 47 48 miles to raven's knob
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hopefully find the cabin traversing some
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very windy roads
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on this commute the roads are paved very
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well the roads are in great condition
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but they're very windy 25 35 miles per
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hour
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posted speed limit signs very windy and
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turny but look at the snow over here
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thankfully it's 34 degrees
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2 degrees above the freezing
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temperatures and the roads have thawed a
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little bit
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if these were a lot slicker this would
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be
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a little on the dangerous side but the
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roads look pretty good they look wet but
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not not iced over for example if it was
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a few degrees colder and a little more
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moisture on these streets through here
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this would not be the funnest
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intersection at this incline
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going down through here
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at all
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almost there
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very beautiful scenery out here
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also side note i have no cell phone
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connection at all
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so i'm just going off of
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my guesstimation now the gate is open
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camp raven knob
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all right i'm going in see what happens
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this is not the time of the year that
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any activities will be going on but this
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gate is open
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yeah these hills are something else
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just going down
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following this path just looking for
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anything that might look familiar
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i'll see anyone on property
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not yet anyway you could even see some
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ice there on the water part of the lake
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is frozen
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that is all ice right there on the water
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probably can't walk out on that probably
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very thin
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i am just amazed that i am able to drive
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back in here didn't really feel
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comfortable driving any further
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so what i'm going to do is traverse
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this way i'm going to walk
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just see what i can see
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didn't want to get stuck over there that
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ice
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i don't know if there's bears out here
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or not
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i'm hoping
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if there are there
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just leave me alone i'm able to walk
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here on the little dry patch
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but even my shoes are kind of slipping
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on this
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yeah you know just better safe than
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sorry
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last thing i want to do is hit a little
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patch of ice and go into the little
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ravine over there
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in my car especially right up here
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also i did find a store before pulling
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in here
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i had a coffee yeah look at this
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oh goodness this is
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maybe it'll pay off
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i'll find what i'm looking for
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just no bears please now i do
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remember in the film that there was a
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bridge going over a little waterway like
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that
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close to the cabin
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and there is a little waterway there
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so possibly around this bend
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it's a few flagpoles there
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hmm
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not looking familiar oh you know a path
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through the oh wait there's a bridge
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no
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could this be the bridge
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oh i think i found it i think i freaking
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found it
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oh yeah this is so slick
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oh
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ice all over this oh
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this is i'm almost confident this is the
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bridge from the film
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could be wrong
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let's see what's up here
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there's a cabin is that the cabin i
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found it oh my gosh we found it
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this is it
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cabin fever cabin
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yes
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an unplanned unprepared adventure
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holy
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crud
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right here amongst the ice
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and the snow
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is the cabin
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from the eli roth film cabin fever
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film 20 years plus ago out here
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on the side of this little berm
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i am alone out here now because i like i
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said do not have any internet signal i
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can't watch any clips on my phone
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or show anything like that because i
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didn't print anything out
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just a very impulsive adventure today
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going off of memory the campfire right
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down here
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where they had the place the bodies at
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the very end you just have to watch the
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film take my word for it spoiler alert
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campfire over here
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the bridge at the beginning
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you can see that wooden bridge that i
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walked across right in the center of the
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screen where he is going off looking for
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the squirrels
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he's like he's gonna go out it ends
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badly
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you know what he thought was a squirrel
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was a human
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and that was the bridge right over there
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that i just walked across right in the
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center of the screen
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and through here also was the you know
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the officer who was all about partying
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he loved to party he wanted everyone to
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party probably the best character
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arguably the best character
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in the whole movie
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and here's the little shed over here
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where they kept her
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towards the end i could it could have
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been rebuilt a little more but there is
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a little shed off to the side
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of the cabin and i'm just going to go
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out on a
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go out on a limb because there's a limb
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right here
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and say they did not use the interiors
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you'll notice once again going off of
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memory this these rocks right here
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are the same rocks of stair stepping up
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and at the end when
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one guy thought he had made it i made it
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i freaking made it
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walks out
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right down there amongst the trees were
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those making sure he did not make it
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this is so freaking cool
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do not want to slip
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yeah that is probably very oh this this
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is very slick too let me go this way but
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those are the rocks
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see if i can get in here peek in here
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oh no way no no no no no is this all
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this is
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is this all
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okay
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definitely
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no interiors were filmed in here this is
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way smaller
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than you would think it would be there's
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a loft up here
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there's an old rusted out bed
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another bed down here with a mattress
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the only time that i can recall that you
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see
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the interiors of this
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is when the door is open and you could
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see out
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like that
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and then they go from a set
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and then they cut to this angle
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and then there's another one when you
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can kind of see in
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like this
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but that's about all you can see very
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quickly
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as he walks out
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talks to the guy about
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you know who's just obsessed with
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partying
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and then she's standing up here go back
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inside drink that 40.
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just get ready to party
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gotta party
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i am walking along
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the cabin fever cabin floor
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why am i so excited about this
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i didn't think i was gonna find this
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i had a glimmer of hope in my mind but
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i wasn't 100 sure
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until i turned that corner
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saw that bridge
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epic
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so freaking cool
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i don't know if i'll ever get this
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chance again so let me go up here
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wow
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all right
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yes sir
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just going to state that
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no interiors filmed
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inside here
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that was on a set
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and also a pleasant surprise
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all that was holding the door open
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was this got to put it back the way i
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got the windows here
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some furniture
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the dripping of the water or from the
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melting snow
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on the roof line
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i should walk over there and take a look
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at that you know sometimes things just
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work out you don't have a game plan
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you assume you're not going to be able
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to get down a road that's filled with
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ice so you walk it and you see a piece
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of horror history
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relatively new 20-year horror history
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wouldn't be considered a classic
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by my standards but enjoyable film
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kind of quirky kind of weird
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i believe eli ross first
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major motion picture even before he did
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hostile
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pretty cool all right here
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in the backwoods of north carolina
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in the ice and snow
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i'm all alone
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campfire there
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where they stored her over there
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the final climax right here
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the party guy the officer he just loves
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to party
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you can throw one heck of a party out
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here i am so happy about this for some
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odd reason
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this is fulfilling getting a look around
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the backside
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of the cabin
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still standing
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i could see why they chose this spot for
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production
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because it's way out here on the
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property
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very quiet and peaceful and away from
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the rest
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of the facilities quite a ways tucked
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away in the back
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most likely still used during
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spring and summer months but right now
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in the middle of winter
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not the case probably why i was able to
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get back here
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because there's nothing no activities
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going on nothing's booked
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if i recall there was a fence
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along here made of wood
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that could have been set dressing or
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maybe this is part of that wooden fence
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they kind of went right along here
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they parked the automobiles and the
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the truck that they beat up was like
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right over here somewhere
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what really gave it away was right there
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in the center of the screen going over
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that little river
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once i started walking over that i knew
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i was in the right spot
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and her friends betrayed her
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put her in this little shack here
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the shack was a little bit more
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elaborate
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but this is the same spot
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as it was because there is one angle
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where the camera is over there
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and you can see it from a distance i'll
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walk over there
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and you can see both
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at one point near the end of the film
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you could see both the cabin
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and this little shack off to the side
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i think it was more like this
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of course there's a little more
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overgrowth than there was
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20 years ago
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this is where they laid them right here
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it's the same fight and obviously look
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here's a charred piece of wood so this
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has been used you know recently probably
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in the last year or less
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it says something about them one being
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in the basement or being back in the
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house maybe not the basement back in the
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house
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and then they ignited the flame here
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and they walked back up into the cabin
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like about like that angle
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okay i still gotta walk over here
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just to give the view of kind of where
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she was
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down here on the ground
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you know with the camera angle like this
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there's the cabin off in the distance
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this close proximity
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they didn't really need a lot of set
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dressing because this was already here
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if this is the one
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it does look like it has 20 years of
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decay on it so this has probably been
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here for a while or some little machine
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parts
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yeah definitely the same cabin however
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jury's still out on this you know i'm
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not confident 100
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going off of memory but
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pretty neat to think about
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one last little peaceful peak here
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i got one other spot
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it's actually the
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beginning opening scene
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it's a ways from here but that's the way
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i'm heading
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so i'm filming this out of sequence as
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far as continuity goes
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but i want to go to where the opening
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town square was
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that's probably another hour
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south of here i believe
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but this is the layout of the land here
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from the cabin fever property
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still looks exactly the same
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you have to wonder if anyone ever
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utilizes that cabin
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and not knows the history or
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maybe has never been told the history or
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maybe even
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doesn't want to know the history
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definitely could throw one heck of a
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party out here
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at least that's what i'm told from
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watching watching the movie
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it's even more eerie that i am out here
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completely alone if that gate was open
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i just drove in parked and then walked
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the rest of the way
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kind of bizarre
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watch my footing again
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watch my footing
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sometimes ice builds up on these
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right here in the clearing of the woods
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at the bottom of this hill
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that was awesome
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so
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awesome
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see what the sign says for coordinates
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catawba
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so there's a little hint
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there's a little hint for anyone else
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who wants to make the pilgrimage
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to where it's located
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right past these flag poles
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and this little circular
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leaf cul-de-sac
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commuted 54 miles away over to
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mocksville
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and truthfully this area is a lot more
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built up than i thought it would be this
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is a called court square
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and they have a
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major intersection here now compared to
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what it looked like back 20 years ago in
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fact there used to be a big tree over
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there in that little
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of that little grassy hill
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tree is gone
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looks like a seedling has taken root and
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there's a small tree here now where the
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big tree
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used to be
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and right at the very beginning of the
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movie the truck pulls up
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right along here and you can see
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this little section
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but they really only show this so you
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just kind of assume it's a definitely a
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tinier community or at least the road
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that passes by than it is modern day
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still is a small town
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but a kind of a busy intersection here
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and also shown is the courthouse over
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there as well in that opening scene just
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after the opening credits and it was
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about from this angle where the truck
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was parked and she yells out the window
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no more finals
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don't do it
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don't go to college it's a scam
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looks a lot different without this that
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big tree there
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i was saying that really loud people
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probably thinking
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what are you saying over there
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okay now it's not that busy now that
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i've stood here for a moment there's a
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little bit of a lull in traffic waiting
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for that car to pull out but their truck
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pulls off and goes the same way
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as that vehicle does
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it's like recreating the scene almost
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and that's gonna do it for today
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pretty dang excited that i got to the
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cabin from cabin fever i'm feeling the
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fever
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if you will
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of a horror film that was filmed
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kind of spread out
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hour from one spot to an hour to the
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next an hour to this one and it seems as
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if most people when they are doing the
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locations of cabin fever usually just go
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to the store
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and that's about it also there were a
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couple of spots that were filmed in
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out in griffith park the batman cave and
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all that was utilized the other side of
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that but obviously i'm not going to go
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all the way out to la to just get that
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one
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that one moment
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but what i really wanted to see i got to
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see trudging through the ice and stone
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you can see right here an hour away from
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that park i was just at kind of tucked
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away on the back of the property there
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is no snow here where the tree used to
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thanks for watching i'll see you in the
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