TDW 1659 - Remains Of Pirate Jean Laffite Home

0:04 The neverending fog.

0:04 Whoa.

0:07 The neverending fog. Look at this. I

0:10 honestly think that this is worse than

0:12 yesterday's.

0:14 This is pretty thick. Move along, folks.

0:17 Move along. Nothing to see here. Nothing

0:20 to see here. Galveastston, Texas.

0:25 Not very busy down here at the moment.

0:27 Welcome everyone. Adam the Woo here.

0:28 Walking down a long road that has no

0:31 sidewalks and those dogs over there are

0:33 barking very loudly. It's my second

0:36 channel, Daily Vlog channel. It's Pay no

0:38 attention to me, dogs. I'm just a

0:41 harmless vlogger. It's the daily woo.

0:48 And right next door

0:52 to those fellas just so happens to be

0:55 the old stomping grounds of the one and

0:59 only pirate Jean Leit. Starting in 1817,

1:05 he lived right there. And no matter how

1:09 many hurricanes pass through this area,

1:11 part of the structure still remains. And

1:14 even though it is fenced and barbwired

1:17 off, for some reason, the door

1:21 stands wide open and I am able to go

1:26 inside the perimeter. Now, he only lived

1:29 in Galveastston for 4 years, but just

1:33 imagine the tom foolery and the hullaloo

1:37 and the pirate goodness. Are pirates

1:41 full of goodness? Some of them are. that

1:43 happened right inside

1:48 this home. At the time it was a twostory

1:51 building and of course the top structure

1:54 has over time deteriorated or been

1:57 removed. But as the story goes he had a

2:01 collection of what they call his booty

2:04 inside stuff he had pilferred and

2:08 pillaged.

2:10 He kept right inside these doors. It's

2:12 pretty fascinating that this still

2:15 remains.

2:16 These stairs are pretty incredible. You

2:19 can see how the water over time has

2:22 started to corrode,

2:24 but they still exist.

2:27 One of the world's most famous pirates

2:30 walked right up these exact stairs. The

2:34 tree that has been removed right here

2:36 inside the stump

2:38 resembles a creepy owl, like an owl

2:41 face. Almost like it's speaking to me.

2:44 There's his mouth.

2:48 That's a little It's a little spooky.

2:50 And as it goes with any old place,

2:52 especially when it involves a historical

2:55 or popular figure, they say the ghost of

2:59 him can be seen walking these grounds on

3:04 certain evenings. And this was not

3:06 planned, but I have just stumbled upon

3:11 a spiderweb.

3:14 Look at that

3:16 ambiance overload. Oh, what's also very

3:19 interesting right here at the entryway

3:22 to the property, look at the emblems in

3:25 the side of the rocks.

3:28 It almost looks like a cannon

3:31 symbolizing

3:33 maybe a sideways cannon. Or maybe it's

3:36 just my imagination that's making me

3:38 think that. Either way, it's pretty

3:40 cool.

3:54 There's even chunks of the wood here

3:54 still remain nailed into the rock.

4:03 Very fascinating. Could you imagine

4:04 being the neighbor here? Wonder if they

4:06 have any interesting stories. Maybe

4:08 that's why they have those guard dogs.

4:15 The one room that remains that's

4:15 enclosed

4:17 from the ground level has had a hole

4:20 busted in the roof. And you can kind of

4:23 see down in there.

4:27 There's no telling what happened down

4:28 inside there.

4:31 The stories

4:33 might be true.

4:47 I should probably get out of here before

4:47 he comes home.

4:54 Lots of dogs around here.

4:54 Lots of dogs.

5:01 Really didn't need the jacket. Didn't

5:01 realize how far I was going to walk.

5:03 Should not have put the jacket on. Now

5:05 it's warm. The weather fooled me for

5:06 about five seconds this morning. I

5:09 always like stained glass windows. This

5:11 one especially.

5:13 There's Jesus over the shoulder of a

5:15 very young sea captain guiding the way.

5:19 When I think of an evil villain from the

5:22 movies, these are the switches that I

5:24 imagine them turning to make all their

5:27 evil deeds happen. What the heck is that

5:31 at the top of that alley? This area of

5:33 town and the road itself is called the

5:36 Strand has that New Orleans

5:39 architecture. Lot of very historical

5:42 buildings through here. This particular

5:44 building is called Hindley Row and it

5:47 was built in 1859.

5:49 That's what it looked like then. And

5:52 this is what it looks like now.

5:55 Pretty much the same. I really do love

5:57 old buildings and even more so when they

5:59 become way more than 100 years old. I

6:02 just think of the past generations that

6:05 walked around here just doing their

6:07 thing. If you drive through this

6:08 intersection and through that light, you

6:11 will be met with a big metal fish

6:15 just there to say hello. Some of the

6:17 buildings are under reconstruction

6:20 just to get them back to their past

6:22 glory. Man, this thing

6:26 this thing is awesome. Old style pillars

6:28 there.

6:30 That was probably a bank or something at

6:33 one point. It's very difficult for me to

6:34 walk past a cigar store Indian without

6:37 saying hi. This guy's a little bit

6:39 shorter than normal, though. In fact,

6:41 he's standing on top of a rock just so

6:44 he can be close to make eye contact with

6:46 me. The top part of this building

6:47 reminds me of something very Haunted

6:51 Mansionesque. They do love their pirates

6:54 and their haunted legends here in

6:57 Galveastston. Not only is he a skeleton,

7:00 but also his trusty companion, the

7:02 parrot,

7:05 is also one. And if you're so inclined,

7:08 you get a picture in front of that nice

7:10 little photo op. It's very difficult to

7:12 not stare at this architecture. Look how

7:14 amazing these buildings are. Just the

7:17 little details

7:19 put into all the little nooks and

7:21 crannies.

7:23 You really don't see stuff like this

7:26 in the current day. Wow. I think

7:28 directly before me is pretty much the

7:32 Daily Planet.

7:34 Clark Kent working in there. Superman.

7:36 This used to be the Merchants Mutual

7:38 Insurance Company building built in

7:40 1870.

7:42 And here were guys posing sitting in the

7:46 windows

7:47 that are right there. They were just

7:50 sitting up in there getting their

7:52 pictures taken for posterity. Two very

7:55 interesting structures here. This

7:57 massive trumpet which is about the size

8:01 of my RV. And then next to it, these

8:06 the top of this building. Kind of a cool

8:09 little atrium. Very interesting design.

8:11 These apartments called the lofts have a

8:14 very old school awesome sign. Look at

8:16 that thing. That's like something out of

8:18 like maybe like the 50s or maybe even

8:20 the late 40s. Fog still very prevalent

8:24 even as the day progresses. The old city

8:27 bank at first glance. You could compare

8:30 this to the clock tower from Back to the

8:31 Future. But this reminds me more of the

8:35 bank from Day of the Dead when the huge

8:39 alligator slithers down the stairs. If

8:43 you remember that from the George Romero

8:44 classic. That's what this looks almost

8:47 exactly like. But still can't disregard

8:50 imagining Doc Brown up there channeling,

8:52 harnessing the lightning. Check this

8:56 out. This is the Hurricane Ike high

8:59 water level on September 13th, 2008. And

9:04 right next door are some apartments. And

9:06 there's this guy in front of them

9:08 singing into a microphone.

9:15 Or is that a cowbell? It's like a

9:15 cowbell painted to look like a

9:17 microphone. This is inside the old bank.

9:19 Looks like they're renovating it. Doing

9:21 a little remodeling. Doesn't get much

9:23 more classic than this. The Star

9:26 Drugstore. Old Coca-Cola murals and an

9:30 old soda fountain. Even though I'm in

9:32 Texas,

9:33 there are parts of this area which have

9:36 a very strong old school Hollywood

9:39 Boulevard vibe. Like this place. Look at

9:42 that old neon sign there. Since 1935.

9:45 You can faintly see it. But right there

9:48 next to the Coca-Cola mural is an old

9:51 Wrigley's spearmint gum

9:54 painting on the side of those bricks.

9:56 Wonder how old that is. I'm a complete

9:58 sucker for old signage, especially neon

10:01 ones. Look at this. I'm guessing this

10:04 lights up. And the light bulb on top

10:06 does as well. the old electric service

10:11 division building. Oh wow. And there's

10:13 another one right there. You can faintly

10:15 see it on the side of the wall. Imagine

10:18 the memories inside that old theater

10:20 there. And see, I'm not going crazy.

10:22 Look at that. The Hollywood shop. Even

10:24 though it's closed, there is an air.

10:27 Southern California.

10:29 Even in this state, all this old neon.

10:32 It's incredible. Especially these

10:35 antique lights and the mural on the

10:38 ground.

10:40 That is awesome. And right here is where

10:44 they used to have the posters for the

10:45 upcoming movies.

10:48 Still have the little placard area where

10:51 it would have said now showing another

10:52 hurricane Ike water level marker. Just

10:56 imagine all of this up to about 6 ft

10:59 engulfed in water. This is the sort of

11:01 pub you could picture pirates hanging

11:04 out in. The old seller bar and proper

11:09 attire is required. Oh man, no miners.

11:13 If you've been working in the tunnels

11:15 looking for coal, you're not allowed in

11:16 there. And by the way, should those kids

11:20 be playing on that truck? Probably not.

11:22 The water tower looks like something out

11:24 of a horror film. You can barely even

11:26 see it or read what's on it.

11:29 the fog. That's the beach right there.

11:31 The water. I could basically throw a

11:34 rock very gently

11:37 and hit the waves, but you can't see it

11:42 unless you have eagle-like eyes.

12:18 In the year 1900, a huge hurricane came

12:18 through these parts and killed over

12:21 6,000 people. And in remembrance of

12:24 that, 100 years later, they built this

12:28 statue as a memorial to those people.

12:32 And in 2008, another hurricane swept

12:36 across this shoreline.

12:39 And this remained. That hurricane did

12:42 not destroy the memory of the first

12:45 hurricane. And at some point they built

12:48 this concrete embankment called the seaw

12:52 wall. It is decorated with artwork, but

12:55 it stretches pretty far down the

12:58 shoreline

13:00 to keep the water from going up over the

13:02 road and into homes and businesses.

13:27 I've been thinking about bringing back

13:27 the ask Adam the Woo segment that I used

13:29 to do four, five, six months ago.

13:32 Basically, anyone that watches the

13:34 videos that has a question that they

13:36 want to ask me that they want me to

13:38 answer, I will answer if you are willing

13:43 to put yourself or the question in some

13:45 sort of format on video. I used to use

13:48 Instagram and Twitter to do this, but I

13:51 no longer have those social media

13:52 platforms anymore. So, I'm thinking

13:54 about just using YouTube. If you are

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14:10 with your smartphone, with your laptop,

14:13 with your camera, whatever you want to

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14:19 something that will catch my eye,

14:20 something that is clever, or something

14:22 that is a really good question that you

14:24 want me to answer. And I will pepper

14:27 them in hopefully every day, at least a

14:29 few times a week. I will go through

14:31 YouTube and I will search for Ask Adam

14:34 the Woo. Just make sure when you title

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14:41 Adam the Woo. I will find your question.

14:44 And oh yes, you have a very good

14:47 percentage of a chance that I will

14:49 answer it in the vlog.

14:53 So if you're into that, then do it. Oh,

14:56 by the way,

15:03 vlog.

15:03 I didn't mean to hit you. Over.

TDW 1659 - Remains Of Pirate Jean Laffite Home

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