A Hermits Hidden Oasis in the Nevada Desert

This site is where a desert hermit use to live. It is a nice little place and even in the height of summer, it is always a nice temperature. #ruins #abandoned #decay #desert #explore #travel #Nevada #deserttrails

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  • @MrJerryk55
    @MrJerryk553 жыл бұрын

    I use to live in Johnnie Nevada (ghost town) 3 miles from this cabin and met old man Diebert. He would drive his old pickup truck down to Johnnie, his gas tank was broken so he had a container of gas on the roof of his truck with a hose that ran to the engine and somehow it worked, he would have a list of goods and we would go to town (Pahrump) for his supplies.He rolled his own cigs and loved Lima beans which he ate every day. He would spent the night , he enjoyed talking and talking while having coffee and cigs he would go home the next morning. He was a very friendly man It was sad to hear of his passing.

  • @DesertTrailsExplored

    @DesertTrailsExplored

    3 жыл бұрын

    That is really neat. Near the end, none of his trucks worked. That is why he found on the old foot trail between Johnnie and the mine. Don't know if you have been back lately, many more people are now living at the old townsite and they are still getting the water from Grapevine Springs. The Bunkers also gave the mine to the Museum, but the museum doesn't have any plans to do anything with it. And the Warners still own the Labbie.

  • @danparish1344

    @danparish1344

    3 жыл бұрын

    I hope this thread stays around forever. Nice to see people actually knew this man.

  • @morbidmike3456

    @morbidmike3456

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@danparish1344 No Doubt.

  • @20alphabet

    @20alphabet

    3 жыл бұрын

    Someone hurt him.

  • @morbidmike3456

    @morbidmike3456

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@20alphabet How do you know this?

  • @willong1000
    @willong10003 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like Diebert lived the way he wanted and went out naturally. H didn't have to suffer the indignities of being a nursing home resident! RIP!

  • @markeverson5849

    @markeverson5849

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes true afema passport

  • @jcee2259

    @jcee2259

    Жыл бұрын

    I knew a veteran who choose indignities of being in a nursing home. To save his family and kin the pain of his passing. He'd gone to wars that way and told me it is what men do before dying. Grow a spine, ladies and gentlemen, before you die.

  • @surfdocer103

    @surfdocer103

    Жыл бұрын

    You don’t either.

  • @oscarrlee18

    @oscarrlee18

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jcee2259so he would be in a nursing to save his so called family pain? His so called family did not want to see him get old and that would not care for him? Sounds like boomer mentality.

  • @moverun1
    @moverun1 Жыл бұрын

    After a fire destroyed my house I decided to always be able to live off the grid , have my own water source, and grow and can food. One can only do this in rural areas. We are not meant to have a mortgage, electric bills, and sweat through life. Bravo tp him, he is an inspiration

  • @jayjones6904

    @jayjones6904

    Жыл бұрын

    God bless you

  • @andrewdunne1735

    @andrewdunne1735

    Жыл бұрын

    Go for it son!

  • @tomevans4402

    @tomevans4402

    Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful

  • @jcee2259

    @jcee2259

    Жыл бұрын

    Look into having Karst under a build site. Free basement space and closer to a water source. The Detroit Urban Grotto has key access to such housing. Who by cartography verified they now have +100 miles of free exercise options. Me? Yes, I'm a former DUG member.

  • @williammarkhart7047

    @williammarkhart7047

    Жыл бұрын

    Go for it I did it 4 years ago. Loving every min. Nearest neighbor 1 mile by road. I'm a Vietnam vet & love the solitude

  • @michesgqlledobbiln8928
    @michesgqlledobbiln89283 жыл бұрын

    As long as the man was happy, who is to say how he should have lived.

  • @DesertTrailsExplored

    @DesertTrailsExplored

    3 жыл бұрын

    exactly

  • @jamesdunn9714

    @jamesdunn9714

    3 жыл бұрын

    Even if he wasn't happy it is his business how he lived.

  • @thomasfletcher4765

    @thomasfletcher4765

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'd be happy with a place like that .

  • @jonothandoeser

    @jonothandoeser

    3 жыл бұрын

    The LAW

  • @RUBIZEN

    @RUBIZEN

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hell yeah. He lived his life the way HE wanted to.

  • @morecm3322
    @morecm33223 жыл бұрын

    I think so many homeless vets would love to live this way. So of the horrors they have seen haunt them as we know ptsd. I think the government should allow any vet to claim a homestead for free in these uninhabitable areas. Thank you for video.

  • @louiscopechal3895

    @louiscopechal3895

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was a homeless vet from 2006 to 2011. Lived along a local river. Family would let me come and go as I pleased but wasn't allowed to overstay. They couldn't deal with the night terrors/ptsd/flashbacks. My nieces and nephews asked questions about what they heard me talking about in my sleep. Thats why I couldn't stay with family. They were terrified of me going into a daytime/waking flashback. This is what causes the majority of homelessness amongst veterans. I still deal with it all including many physical ailments like cancer and diabetes directly related to burnpit exposure, broken vertebrae that haven't healed from 2003. A plethora of ailments. 2011 ended my homelessness when my x got a hold of me and we got back together. She has been my source of release knows my story and cries every time she has to watch me when the flashbacks happen. I know all too well about feeling tired. Not just physically but emotionally and mentally. Its exhausting only getting 3 to 4 hrs of sleep from all the b.s. and I'm 51 now. Anywho I'm rambling, sorry. But your right with your comment.

  • @goof260

    @goof260

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@louiscopechal3895 I'm glad you got back with your ex.

  • @neilreynolds3858

    @neilreynolds3858

    2 жыл бұрын

    I did it for 30 years but I bought the property. I saw what happened if you didn't.

  • @davidschmidt270

    @davidschmidt270

    2 жыл бұрын

    Agreed

  • @joeb3668

    @joeb3668

    2 жыл бұрын

    Be nice to escape society today along with the madness of politics The Amish have but when the shite hits the fan they are along for the ride also

  • @deaddocreallydeaddoc5244
    @deaddocreallydeaddoc52442 жыл бұрын

    There is a rare book titled "Ghosts of the Glory Trail." It was published in 1954 by Nell Murbarger. She traveled all over Nevada in a station wagon and inspected the ghost towns. She included all the information that was known about them, even doing the extra work to find people who did not live in the area anymore so that she had the full story. Her descriptions of these places is amazing because they were in much better shape than they were just a short time after.

  • @HarrisFS
    @HarrisFS3 жыл бұрын

    This was paradise for the man who lived there.

  • @raymondready7496

    @raymondready7496

    3 жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of the hippie houses in bisbee az in the 70s

  • @raymondready7496

    @raymondready7496

    3 жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of the hippie houses in bisbee az in the 70s

  • @ZK594.

    @ZK594.

    3 жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of the hippie houses in bisbee az in the 70s

  • @sweetwater2128

    @sweetwater2128

    2 жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of the hippie houses in bisbee az in the 70s

  • @behindyou666

    @behindyou666

    2 жыл бұрын

    Easy to say. Im sure he liked living there, but life in the middle of the desert is not exactly the easiest life.

  • @1975normal
    @1975normal3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for taking the time to show this to the world.

  • @sunnyd6019
    @sunnyd6019 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing how cool life can be, little house, grapes, land, and freedom. I bet he lived a great life free from stress and just enjoyed his time.

  • @angelamagruder5911
    @angelamagruder59113 жыл бұрын

    Iits a nice place to call home!!! How long did he live there??? Thank God for his miltary check to help with his survival and chosen way of living,he was covered and blessed,may he rest in peace,thank you for telling his story he will not be forgotten!!!!!

  • @DesertTrailsExplored

    @DesertTrailsExplored

    3 жыл бұрын

    He never told me how long. All he said was he came to Nevada in the early 1970s. I don't know if he was at this site or was at other sites before this one. He was not the type of person to press a matter.

  • @rocknroll6396

    @rocknroll6396

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@DesertTrailsExplored Prolly served in Nam'

  • @larryn1929

    @larryn1929

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@DesertTrailsExplored If he was Nam vet that could be a partial explanation of why he wanted to get away from things.

  • @mikemadden2870

    @mikemadden2870

    Жыл бұрын

    What did he do for water?

  • @audreyjohnson4599

    @audreyjohnson4599

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mikemadden2870 There's a spring. The narrator mentions one where the bees have a nest.

  • @myecolife4333
    @myecolife43333 жыл бұрын

    These days out exploring is much safer than being around people and in town and a city...

  • @johnod1955
    @johnod19553 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, nice to see you treat the place with respect.

  • @DesertTrailsExplored

    @DesertTrailsExplored

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @janicem4382
    @janicem43823 жыл бұрын

    When I was growing up we lived in a very small town in the East Kootenays in BC. There was a hermit who lived in the woods near us and sometimes in the summer he did some work for my father on our property. I regret that I never got to know him. My father had asked us to give him his space so we did.

  • @DesertTrailsExplored

    @DesertTrailsExplored

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bet he had some great stories.

  • @billl1127

    @billl1127

    3 жыл бұрын

    He sounds creepy.

  • @marchhare5360

    @marchhare5360

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@billl1127 So do you.

  • @billl1127

    @billl1127

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@marchhare5360 I am Rabbit. I am.

  • @CoIoneIPanic

    @CoIoneIPanic

    2 жыл бұрын

    You posted about him here. How is that giving him his space?

  • @pensive69
    @pensive693 жыл бұрын

    Although i wouldn't term the place ...beautiful... any spot in Nevada with a reliable spring is valuable.

  • @DesertTrailsExplored

    @DesertTrailsExplored

    3 жыл бұрын

    I just love deserts. They are all beautiful.

  • @bearchow1929

    @bearchow1929

    3 жыл бұрын

    There are plenty of us who see the beauty in the desert. You have to have a soul though.

  • @dannilaser16

    @dannilaser16

    3 жыл бұрын

    I see a lot of beauty there! You know they say beauty is in the eye of the “Bee Holder” lol.

  • @dannilaser16

    @dannilaser16

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@DesertTrailsExplored yep my favorite places, especially on a moonlit or starry night in the desert.

  • @safetyfirstintexas

    @safetyfirstintexas

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@dannilaser16 plenty of bees to hold in the spring!

  • @jacobdavis000
    @jacobdavis0003 жыл бұрын

    Great tribute to the man who lived here. This video gives his life a permanent spot, like a memorial to him. He and I had something in common: I would love to leave the city for a life in the country but can't afford to leave.

  • @Fat_Thor_Ate_Loki

    @Fat_Thor_Ate_Loki

    2 жыл бұрын

    What’s wrong with Dieberts old place? Just pack up a suitcase with a pillow, sleeping bag some clean underwear, a Bee Suit and perhaps a few books for the boredom then move in…Diebert certainly is in no condition to complain or start up a protest march.

  • @colehampton4579

    @colehampton4579

    Жыл бұрын

    And take some chickens with you. And a cast iron.

  • @sunnyskye213

    @sunnyskye213

    Жыл бұрын

    you can't afford NOT TO....😉

  • @mikenagy938

    @mikenagy938

    Жыл бұрын

    You have NOTHING in common with him. There are millions of people in this country with some dream or other and when you ask them what steps they have taken toward that goal you get crickets. Dreams are the lazy way out. Plan your work then work your plan it isn't easy and most fail.

  • @oscarrlee18

    @oscarrlee18

    Жыл бұрын

    If you can’t leave you have nothing in common with him plus you would not have his will to build and survive alone

  • @victorialynough8863
    @victorialynough88633 жыл бұрын

    Good for him..he chose the life he wanted and I hope he was happy. I wouldn't describe him as a squatter however but as a person who made a specific choice and should be respected for this.

  • @Wyonative08

    @Wyonative08

    3 жыл бұрын

    If he didn't own the land & set up a whole situation like that, he was a squatter!! Growing grapes, he had goats, that means he had every intention of living there long term and he did. It was probably Public Lands!!

  • @carlyandt6748

    @carlyandt6748

    3 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely, Thank you

  • @carlyandt6748

    @carlyandt6748

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Wyonative08 Plot twist nobody owns the land

  • @bobdole27

    @bobdole27

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Wyonative08 Who cares, also no one actually owns land its all the governments and they don't give 2 shits what you paid for it, if they want it its theirs.

  • @stephenlangsl67

    @stephenlangsl67

    3 жыл бұрын

    But there was a major downside to it Victoria Lynough . He ended up needlessly dying of a heart attack because He was so far away from People who could have resuscitated Him. If someone was there to resuscitate Him and call 911, He most likely would have been brought back to life and would have gotten a life saving operation and would most likely still be Alive today.

  • @intractablemaskvpmGy
    @intractablemaskvpmGy Жыл бұрын

    It always feels better outside the city. Temp difference can be surprising even in Nevada. I knew there had to be a spring of some sort after initially seeing the greenery. A source of water makes all this possible. Thanks

  • @risteardwest3384
    @risteardwest33843 жыл бұрын

    I give him a lot of credit for what he's done that was not an easy job living there by himself and building that little area up I guess his pickup truck was working at that time he was able to bring in supplies with his government check once a month and the truck probably just couldn't do anything anymore and he just bucks it up and let it sit there until someone took it away just goes to show you if you want to do something you just go ahead and do it and enjoy the rest of your life 😊❤️🇺🇸💯

  • @billm4330
    @billm43303 жыл бұрын

    He just wanted to social distance...long before it was the norm.

  • @omikredarhcs8221

    @omikredarhcs8221

    3 жыл бұрын

    I have a friend who has done this since 1972,

  • @LaughingblueSu

    @LaughingblueSu

    3 жыл бұрын

    Maybe he was hiding from law enforcement

  • @DG-sf9ei

    @DG-sf9ei

    3 жыл бұрын

    The most intelligent people on Earth don't conform and live by a status quo, therefore they'll separate from the circus, and only visit it when they want and retreat back to the good life. Time is the only thing which is invaluable, no matter how rich someone is.

  • @joelalm3645
    @joelalm36453 жыл бұрын

    Love this. Its truly being self suffence. With his goverment check he lived the way he wanted. The simple life. What more could you want. Not dependent on any one. Joel

  • @thebadguy4702

    @thebadguy4702

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, not dependent on any one, EXCEPT FOR THAT GOVERNMENT CHECK

  • @cliffa2901

    @cliffa2901

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@thebadguy4702 he was ex military he deserved his cheque Thank him for his service.

  • @eland65
    @eland653 жыл бұрын

    My secret dream, living by myself, long way away from ppl, no neighbors no nothing...

  • @DesertTrailsExplored

    @DesertTrailsExplored

    3 жыл бұрын

    That would be nice.

  • @iversonjcameron

    @iversonjcameron

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yep....hopefully no skinwalkers or squatch.....

  • @RedfishInc

    @RedfishInc

    3 жыл бұрын

    So do it.

  • @PARRISHMELLOTT

    @PARRISHMELLOTT

    3 жыл бұрын

    no secret here I HATE NEIGHBORS LOL

  • @bobdole27

    @bobdole27

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thats why im trying to get to, things are going to start getting crazy soon and i want to get away. I'd move to Alaska but im not a fan of the winters. As for the desert i'd like to live there but i'd need somewhere with low visibility

  • @stabbincabbincowbboy3770
    @stabbincabbincowbboy37703 жыл бұрын

    Cool Desert Area indeed.. I Bet that Cabbin was The Real Deal Back in the Day.. 👍🏻🤠 🍇

  • @DesertTrailsExplored

    @DesertTrailsExplored

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes it was!

  • @whitebuffalodesigns1963
    @whitebuffalodesigns19633 жыл бұрын

    Pretty small site and a throughly trashed sight. Never have understood why people feel they have the right to trash unattended places, no matter where they are located. I am sure, when that man died, he hadn't left the place wide open for critters and vandels. I also take exception to the term, squatter. The man that lived there, did what he needed to do to be able to live. He hurt no one by living there. Everyone needs a place to live and has the right to have such a place even if it's not main stream society's ideal . American society as a whole is far too full of themselves and what they consider acceptable isn't the only way of doing things.

  • @wetcanoedogs

    @wetcanoedogs

    6 ай бұрын

    same here.i often wonder who were the first people to show up and trash these places and what were they after.

  • @debbiesittard7979
    @debbiesittard79793 жыл бұрын

    I bet the little cabin was quiet nice when everything was new. If I were by myself I could sure live like that. I would love to get as far away from the masses as I could.

  • @Fat_Thor_Ate_Loki

    @Fat_Thor_Ate_Loki

    2 жыл бұрын

    Why is that Debbie?

  • @groofromtheup5719

    @groofromtheup5719

    Жыл бұрын

    you can if you want to. We place all sorts of artificial limitations on ourselves that really have no basis in reality. I let myself be anchored to a town I didn't like because a purchased a house for a job I no longer had. Letting it all go was by far the best move I ever made in my life.

  • @jcee2259

    @jcee2259

    Жыл бұрын

    I have such a location. State land that can be leased for recreation. Where I've been teaching survey work to part-time clients. Half- way up a mountain by trail from state road parking area. Grand view of an active volcano summit. Just five miles distant. Surprises include flooding the exit road under 100 feet of fast moving boiling mud . Decades of a quiet life otherwise.

  • @debbiesittard7979

    @debbiesittard7979

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jcee2259 your safer with a volcano at your door than living among the zombies in the city.

  • @gladysferrada1414
    @gladysferrada14143 жыл бұрын

    The war might have traumatized him so bad, that he chose to live a solitary life. A Vietnam Vet told me that when you go to war, you are not the same again -- at least from his perspective. Many Vietnam Vets, after returning from war, lived in the bush!

  • @mikejohn0088

    @mikejohn0088

    3 жыл бұрын

    You are correct. A good friend of mine was drafted in 1965 and went to Nam for 13 months. He came back a different guy = could not sleep, was a nervous wreck, could not hold a job, had no interest in the ladies anymore and lived in solitude. We got drunk one night and he told me what happened to him or should I say what happened to his comrades in arms by his hand. They all got stoned on something evil and he thought his friends were enemy soldiers and opened fire.....none survived including Gene (he lived but he dies everyday).

  • @gladysferrada1414

    @gladysferrada1414

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mikejohn0088 Sad! In Jesus, I believe, there is forgiveness, and healing: "Come unto me , all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28, KJV. Thank you for your comment.

  • @oscarrlee18

    @oscarrlee18

    Жыл бұрын

    First of all only 12% of Vietnam veterans served in combat. Second they were the most comfortable of all US troops overseas. Last war with China and or Russia would be a hundred times worse , not that you would ever know or go.

  • @gladysferrada1414

    @gladysferrada1414

    Жыл бұрын

    @@oscarrlee18 Did you learned this intelligence from the National Enquirer Magazine?

  • @theblueearthlingextraterre2921
    @theblueearthlingextraterre29213 жыл бұрын

    0NE MANS LONG LOST DREAM OUT IN THE DESERT......ALL DREAMS EVENTUALLY FADE JUST LIKE THE PEOPLE ......

  • @gaius_enceladus
    @gaius_enceladus3 жыл бұрын

    Good little spot! After building a new hut, get a few fruit trees to grow there for fruit and shade. Get the spring flowing again if possible. A solar panel for a fridge and solar water-heating. After those things are done you're pretty much set.

  • @emintey

    @emintey

    Жыл бұрын

    I cant imagine fruit trees growing in the desert.

  • @jm-bv1wh

    @jm-bv1wh

    Жыл бұрын

    @@emintey If there is a water source, they will grow.

  • @inthewoods6111
    @inthewoods61113 жыл бұрын

    Nice little video. I am an older guy and I love places like that. Thanks again.

  • @dabprod
    @dabprod3 жыл бұрын

    I doubt those bees have their hive in the spring. Their there to get water to take back to the hive somewhere near by. The green grape vines attest to the fact the spring is NOT dry. I was wondering how he made cement until you showed the spring. Nice video, thanks for sharing.

  • @DesertTrailsExplored

    @DesertTrailsExplored

    3 жыл бұрын

    There is water in the spring and what is nice is that there is water even later in the summer. The hive was in a makeshift root cellar on the backside of the cabin.

  • @dabprod

    @dabprod

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@DesertTrailsExplored I'm an old beekeeper, that makes perfect sense. Thanks for the follow up info. Just subbed.

  • @DesertTrailsExplored

    @DesertTrailsExplored

    3 жыл бұрын

    Your welcome and thank you for the sub.

  • @leonawilliams6599
    @leonawilliams65993 жыл бұрын

    Wow thanks for the tour love old places history

  • @DesertTrailsExplored

    @DesertTrailsExplored

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed

  • @joejordan1259
    @joejordan12593 жыл бұрын

    I'd live there myself just keep people away from me

  • @Fat_Thor_Ate_Loki

    @Fat_Thor_Ate_Loki

    2 жыл бұрын

    I’ll stop by to pay you a visit on occasion if you do, I live somewhere under 20 miles away from there. Just don’t forget to bring your Bee Suit.

  • @vanishingpoint5248
    @vanishingpoint52483 жыл бұрын

    Cool video Brother, I’ll tune in and see what else ya got!

  • @juliogaud7326
    @juliogaud73262 жыл бұрын

    IT DOESNT MATTER IF HE WAS A SQUATTER OR NOT. THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS THAT THIS ALSO TEACHES US THAT YOU CAN BE VERY HAPPY WITH VERY LITTLE. WHILE OTHERS HAVE ALOT OF THINGS AND ARE NOT HAPPY AT ALL.

  • @bengnani2398
    @bengnani23983 жыл бұрын

    Nice place with few trees around any body knows what is his full name and how long he lived there. He was very determined and a resourceful person, he had the will stamina and strength to set up a home in a very hostile environment, and survived so long, may be he learned from his military career, may the god lord will bless his soul and rest in peace, Its a very good video from the producer hope to hear more. 23 march 21

  • @almontepaolilli7531
    @almontepaolilli75313 жыл бұрын

    Looks as if he lived the life he wanted and was happy doing it to the end. What more could anyone want from life?

  • @DesertTrailsExplored

    @DesertTrailsExplored

    3 жыл бұрын

    True

  • @theowencookeshow146
    @theowencookeshow1463 жыл бұрын

    He was a lucky guy to find this place. And resourceful too, by the look of the civilizing elements - the bees and goats, and the grape arbour over the spring. It's situation, backed into the rise like that, probably provided good breezes too. I'm thinking when it was all in place, and that pine tree standing, and all the trees and fruit in leaf... that would be one beautiful spot. Good for him

  • @alphaone101
    @alphaone1013 жыл бұрын

    That spring is the most valuable part of that property (if it's not dry) since nothing lives for long without water!

  • @DesertTrailsExplored

    @DesertTrailsExplored

    3 жыл бұрын

    This spring is not dry and is protected by nice brick work. The water is sweet. Here is a link to 360 image inside the trellis and next to the rock wall surrounding the small seep. www.360cities.net/image/diebert-spring-1

  • @alphaone101

    @alphaone101

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@DesertTrailsExplored Great 360........thank you.

  • @bobbys4327

    @bobbys4327

    3 жыл бұрын

    So the spring is where the bees are?

  • @russcorbett3923
    @russcorbett39233 жыл бұрын

    There wasn't much but he called it home ,,,, I hope he found peace !!

  • @DesertTrailsExplored

    @DesertTrailsExplored

    3 жыл бұрын

    What more could one ask for.

  • @christhompson3750

    @christhompson3750

    3 жыл бұрын

    It was "home" to that old man.

  • @wallybraveheart6896

    @wallybraveheart6896

    3 жыл бұрын

    A little piece of heaven on earth to me. Shalom

  • @charleygraham5864

    @charleygraham5864

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nice video

  • @imzackson

    @imzackson

    3 жыл бұрын

    In his years that was about the most he could ask for, internet barley existed back then and there were no dam kids running across his lawn!

  • @yes0r787
    @yes0r7873 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful. Thank you for sharing this visit to a special hideaway.

  • @DesertTrailsExplored

    @DesertTrailsExplored

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @JimNichols
    @JimNichols3 жыл бұрын

    At around 3:40 see the thickness in the 'cabinet' door? I would imagine that was a cold storage of some description. The grapes made for some great shade, they ware encouraged to grow over the trellis of chicken wire where they trapped some of the coolness from the spring house as an oasis... This was a nice video, thank you for the ride along and the time and effort it takes to share these!

  • @DesertTrailsExplored

    @DesertTrailsExplored

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @stefanschleps8758
    @stefanschleps87583 жыл бұрын

    Very, very cool. I got nostalgic watching it. Thanks for sharing.

  • @thebatman911
    @thebatman9113 жыл бұрын

    Paradise!

  • @RUBIZEN
    @RUBIZEN3 жыл бұрын

    Think about all that time to think. About life. What you've done right and wrong. Did he isolate himself from society to protect OTHERS, or did he isolate himself to protect HIMSELF from society?

  • @waterfall57
    @waterfall57 Жыл бұрын

    God Bless Diebert, he was so happy living this way and I dont blame him, nice cozy little house just right for him, I bet it was cozy back in the day, all you would need!

  • @johnhornback7878
    @johnhornback78783 жыл бұрын

    That's awesome .. would love to live out in the middle of nowhere like that .. that spring 👍🏻

  • @larryn1929
    @larryn19293 жыл бұрын

    The life of a hermit.....I could like that very much.

  • @donraptor6156

    @donraptor6156

    3 жыл бұрын

    Take care what you wish! Go try it for a year then come back and brag about it!

  • @michaelrietz9220
    @michaelrietz92203 жыл бұрын

    That mam lives in beautiful place to live nice peaceful place and quiet no Wi-Fi internet no traffic no noisy not depressed no stressful good place to live with a good mind and clean mind there I rather live there than in the city or the town

  • @joaniepolitics2141
    @joaniepolitics21413 жыл бұрын

    How wonderful. He even had goats! That's more than a lot of people have today; if life today wasnt on creditcards. He had no bills & he had peace. God bless him & his serv

  • @katiedid1851
    @katiedid18513 жыл бұрын

    So interesting. Thank you for this video.

  • @DesertTrailsExplored

    @DesertTrailsExplored

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @covfefe4409
    @covfefe44093 жыл бұрын

    You and I have a totally different understanding of the word Oasis

  • @Op1zilla
    @Op1zilla3 жыл бұрын

    There's a mine or two near by, that u can bet on, that pile of old cans is a dead give away

  • @bobpace5464
    @bobpace54643 жыл бұрын

    A great video thank you for sharing keep up the good work.

  • @bobdaniels3961
    @bobdaniels39613 жыл бұрын

    It occurs to me that if this video had gone up while the hermit was still living there, a Go Fund Me could have easily raised the cash for a new pickup for the man. Interesting video, thank you.

  • @20alphabet

    @20alphabet

    3 жыл бұрын

    Guaranteed he wouldn't want a new one.

  • @cookiesspirit2329
    @cookiesspirit23293 жыл бұрын

    This is down the Highway 160 from my husband and me. In fact, the name of our street is Johnnie Mine. The little town of Johnnie Mine is inhabited and I believe privately owned now. We never knew anything about this, so thank you very much.

  • @danielking5670
    @danielking56703 жыл бұрын

    Looked like a sweet set up! Ppl live in crowded cities and are still alone!

  • @raymondparsley7442
    @raymondparsley74422 жыл бұрын

    A little bit of paradise on earth.... now he's home in the real thing... "In my father's house there are many mansions"... Appreciate the video... Thank you.

  • @FATHERSOFBASS
    @FATHERSOFBASS3 жыл бұрын

    When he was alive that place must have been beautiful

  • @austinl.2703
    @austinl.27033 жыл бұрын

    He built a very nice place for himself. RIP Mr. Hermit.

  • @Wiseguy1408
    @Wiseguy14083 жыл бұрын

    Because of the Yuccas, I would say it it somewhere in southern Nevada.

  • @robertshrewsbury4241
    @robertshrewsbury42412 жыл бұрын

    I am glad the man was able to create someplace he was comfortable and had goats for company.

  • @martinoneal316
    @martinoneal316 Жыл бұрын

    Went to town once a month to pick up his military retirement check... socialized as much as he wanted to...lived in a quiet place he liked... other than dying alone there is nothing wrong with this lifetime...he might have been happier when he died than you or I will be...

  • @dabprod

    @dabprod

    Жыл бұрын

    We all die alone.

  • @dewaynemiguel3349
    @dewaynemiguel33493 жыл бұрын

    Hes not a squatter if its government land the government is supposed to be for the people by the people,hes retired military he earned the right to live there.

  • @dewaynemiguel3349

    @dewaynemiguel3349

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@NoName-gz2kk yes you are

  • @indiglo1971

    @indiglo1971

    3 жыл бұрын

    Technically, it was not legal for him there. However, many people on Federal Bureau of Land Management in the Southwest and Northwest.

  • @maxsdad538

    @maxsdad538

    3 жыл бұрын

    Dwayne, don't let your alligator mouth overload your hummingbird brain. It's squatting, and it's illegal. When a squatter claims land like this,. he is denying "ALL the people" the use of it, and technically, stealing it. Retired military still have to obey the same laws that everyone else does.

  • @dewaynemiguel3349

    @dewaynemiguel3349

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@maxsdad538 oh shut up snowflake get back in your basement what others do is none of your buisness he wasnt hurting anyone problem is fools that think they should stick there noses where it dont belong

  • @ryanvargas4889
    @ryanvargas48893 жыл бұрын

    I’m interested to know more about this man Diebert.

  • @DesertTrailsExplored

    @DesertTrailsExplored

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking about doing just that in a future video of the area. He was an interesting character and eventually the BLM (Bureau of Land Management) left him alone and just let him live out his life.

  • @hanginlaundry360

    @hanginlaundry360

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@DesertTrailsExplored yes, please! When was he there, etc etc?

  • @gregh7457

    @gregh7457

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@DesertTrailsExplored maybe if you found out his whole name and post it here, some internet sleuths could find out more about him

  • @andrewrcmadwilkinson6999
    @andrewrcmadwilkinson69993 жыл бұрын

    IN THE ARMED FORCES JUST WANTED PEACE

  • @mazlosoutdooradventures8594

    @mazlosoutdooradventures8594

    3 жыл бұрын

    He was blessed then I'm sure he found plenty of it there

  • @user-tz2xk4cz5z
    @user-tz2xk4cz5z3 жыл бұрын

    There's a spring there? An Archeological dream!

  • @DesertTrailsExplored

    @DesertTrailsExplored

    3 жыл бұрын

    True.

  • @Goodoldm
    @Goodoldm3 жыл бұрын

    He had trouble getting groceries and he liked crowds of people as much as I do :|

  • @greg1030

    @greg1030

    3 жыл бұрын

    I hate crowds because I love "Big Sky Country" and want it to stay that way. But I don't want to be without a bunch of neighbors too, even if we didn't get always along perfectly. So hard to find balance in a world of growing extremes, not to mention deadly human driven climate change.

  • @lindahoskins1039
    @lindahoskins10392 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing! It was very interesting!

  • @eligebrown8998
    @eligebrown89983 жыл бұрын

    Army Core of engineers. You cant build there, its to steep to get material there. Retired Vet, ive been to Vietnam, HOLD MY BEER!

  • @DesertTrailsExplored

    @DesertTrailsExplored

    3 жыл бұрын

    True. In his case he was Korean War. That might explain why he ended up in the desert.

  • @annaleebliss4618

    @annaleebliss4618

    3 жыл бұрын

    YEP😜😝👍👍

  • @larryslemp9698

    @larryslemp9698

    3 жыл бұрын

    Awesome man!!

  • @herdfan697278
    @herdfan6972783 жыл бұрын

    The veteran may have been a tortured soul just looking for quiet and a place to get away from the horror of war. You did this vet a great deal of disrespect by referring to him as a “Squatter” with what I heard as disdain. Don’t make such judgements if you can’t understand! Just be thankful that vet was there when he was needed and you didn’t have to be.

  • @sportdriver

    @sportdriver

    3 жыл бұрын

    I don't think he means any disrespect and technically by definition he was a squatter /ˈskwädər/ noun HISTORICAL•NORTH AMERICAN a settler with no legal title to the land occupied, typically one on land not yet allocated by a government. Definitions from Oxford Languages

  • @hksjoshua

    @hksjoshua

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@sportdriver would you like like to be called a squatter?

  • @Fat_Thor_Ate_Loki

    @Fat_Thor_Ate_Loki

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@hksjoshua Squatter? I don’t begrudge the man a place to live. I just hate all the garbage and old tires he has strewn everywhere, what an eyesore. His crime in my mind was more of being a filthy, lazy slob than a squatter

  • @timjohnson3598
    @timjohnson35983 жыл бұрын

    I found Sears overalls in a washed out section of that road just before the cabin last year.

  • @DesertTrailsExplored

    @DesertTrailsExplored

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wouldn't doubt it. He wore a lot of overalls.

  • @iamlalapalooza
    @iamlalapalooza Жыл бұрын

    thanks! a real eye opener for me! So there are little springs out there huh? wow

  • @benbernal9268
    @benbernal92683 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your videos keep them coming very interesting explorer stuff thank you

  • @johncharney4613
    @johncharney46133 жыл бұрын

    I would fix it up and live in it

  • @tooge47
    @tooge473 жыл бұрын

    I'd be thinking "western diamondback"

  • @mazlosoutdooradventures8594

    @mazlosoutdooradventures8594

    3 жыл бұрын

    Naw we don't have them here we got the mohave greens, stay safe in the warm months by making lots of noise and don't walk into shaded or rocky areas all willy neely and pay attention for them that don't shake their rattlers

  • @tooge47

    @tooge47

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mazlosoutdooradventures8594 there are no western diamondbacks there? really ?

  • @mazlosoutdooradventures8594

    @mazlosoutdooradventures8594

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@tooge47 I've researched it and found that depending on who is answering the question the number and speices given seem to change o suppose there could be a few here or there but in this area I was told there are only panimint rattle snakes, great basin rattle snake and I've seen a baby Mohave green personally. Great basin rattler being the most common and least lethal

  • @maxsdad538

    @maxsdad538

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mazlosoutdooradventures8594 The Western diamondback is the largest of the Nevada rattlesnakes, and the Mojave Green is the deadliest of all rattlenakes, and (according to the Nevada Department of Wildlife) they are both found in the southernmost corner of Nevada (and further south). The green DOES use it's rattle, and it WILL chase you.

  • @thomasmccracken8819

    @thomasmccracken8819

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mazlosoutdooradventures8594 Mohave are nasty nasty snakes if you get bit you might die even if you get anti-venom.

  • @lionheartglass
    @lionheartglass Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing. I can't imagine what a peaceful and beautiful life he was having while it lasted.

  • @LassieFarm
    @LassieFarm Жыл бұрын

    Brings memories of hiking in Nevada when my dad was a geologist. Once there was a rattlesnake under a big rock I walked over.

  • @richardbeee
    @richardbeee3 жыл бұрын

    I want to buy it. Finally found home sweet home,

  • @DesertTrailsExplored

    @DesertTrailsExplored

    3 жыл бұрын

    It was a nice place.

  • @funkymojo111

    @funkymojo111

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@DesertTrailsExplored was? BLM reclaim it and demolished it??

  • @markgamble7699
    @markgamble76993 жыл бұрын

    A happy camper in a sick world right there… Nice getaway

  • @damonstevenson2620
    @damonstevenson26202 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing man. Really cool spot. I guess the spring becomes somewhat of a necessity for that type of living. I could see myself living out there.

  • @mikeohandley6765
    @mikeohandley67653 жыл бұрын

    Dude! You need to wear a P100 respirator when going into places like that. When breathed, the dust from degrading deer mice fecal matter can cause hanta virus.

  • @AStanton1966

    @AStanton1966

    3 жыл бұрын

    The safety police are always watching.

  • @cb7677

    @cb7677

    3 жыл бұрын

    In an enclosure hantavirus may be an issue, but walking in open air is unlikely to cause problems. Unless you're marching through pure fecal dust...😂

  • @mikeohandley6765

    @mikeohandley6765

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Willie Peter - Hanta kills one out of every four persons who catch it. There is no cure. Your immune system is either strong enough to beat it or it is not. Where are you in that spectrum? I know a woman whose teenage son, a champion athlete, caught it after sweeping out their garage. Four days after he swept out the garage, he was in the hospital in a coma. The doctors told her to have a priest give him last rights because he wouldn't make it the night. They had a priest come in to do so. Somehow, a few hours after that he began to improve and he awoke from the coma two days later. It's not something to be trifled with and wherever you encounter a lot of dry deer mice fecal matter you risk inhaling that dust and catching it.

  • @aspitofmud6257
    @aspitofmud62573 жыл бұрын

    The Nevada desert is littered with these cabins and old mining camps and equipment. Yep.

  • @annaleebliss4618
    @annaleebliss46183 жыл бұрын

    It's a beautiful little place. I also live in the Desert Southwest. How long ago did he pass looks abandoned for quit some time,just curious👍🌵🌵☺

  • @gregh7457

    @gregh7457

    3 жыл бұрын

    well he said the scrappers were in there in the early 2000's so its been over 20 years or more

  • @robertl.fallin7062
    @robertl.fallin70623 жыл бұрын

    Maybe a piece of the bee puzzle... clean chem free water near the hives.

  • @ArmyVeteran-
    @ArmyVeteran- Жыл бұрын

    Looks like the place was pretty cozy at one time. He is not forgotten, I do appreciate this Man's Military Service. RIP BRO🥾

  • @amdg2023
    @amdg20233 жыл бұрын

    I own land very close to this type and im going the same direction as Diebert, but will be using the trusty K5 Blazer instead of walking lol.

  • @davidlittle5485
    @davidlittle54853 жыл бұрын

    Get away from damn society

  • @swampthing4656

    @swampthing4656

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yup

  • @donraptor6156

    @donraptor6156

    3 жыл бұрын

    I have been there! Unless you have tried it don't think it is so great! No running water, no heat, no air conditioning on 110 degree days, a bucket for a toilet and wiping with your fingers, a diet of vienna sausage, rattle snakes crawling inside. 2 legged predictors stealing everything when you are gone, no way but walking to town. Yes it is so great!

  • @DBAllen

    @DBAllen

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@donraptor6156 Quite the optimist.

  • @antonioperalesdelhierro5188

    @antonioperalesdelhierro5188

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thats the "society" you palefaces brought with you in 1492, and it SUCKS doesn't it ? DOESNT IT❓

  • @shivanand6581
    @shivanand65812 жыл бұрын

    ಇದೊಂದು ಪ್ರಶಾಂತವಾದ ಮನೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಸುಂದರವಾದ ಸ್ಥಳ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ದಿನ ವಿಶ್ರಾಂತಿ ಪಡೆಯಬೇಕೆಂಬ ಆಸೆ ಹುಟ್ಟುತ್ತದೆ

  • @benjaminlujan3789
    @benjaminlujan37892 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Take care. Good luck!

  • @RiDankulous
    @RiDankulous3 жыл бұрын

    That's a nice story, thanks. If one has the means it seems like a splendid way to spend life imho. I'd need wifi though :) and associated power from the solar array. Well water would be nice. I heard people get water from water stations in some places, or have a truck but the truck is more expensive. He doesn't have a road going up so he'd have to go get it. I am right now at an 'off grid' location, but it does have cell and wifi. They have a deep well, over 600 feet deep, and the water's a tinge of red but completely healthy. They have filters. Also, they have lots of solar. If I could just stay here it would be the life. I am fine mostly solitary but I like to see other people every few weeks. :)

  • @DesertTrailsExplored

    @DesertTrailsExplored

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wow, 600 feet for a well. That is a really deep well. Were I live now I had to use StarLink to get access to the internet. You had to deal with a fair use policy and were very limited on what you can transmit or receive because of the size constraints. You always had to watch your bandwidth. If I needed to download anything big, which everything seems to be big, I had to go to a library and use their WiFi.

  • @ronaldlegree285
    @ronaldlegree2853 жыл бұрын

    looks like a peaceful place where your soul can rest in the moment ✨

  • @annohalloran6020
    @annohalloran60202 жыл бұрын

    The desert is a paradise for the introvert.

  • @imzackson
    @imzackson3 жыл бұрын

    Great video as usual!!!

  • @AngieFulfordWorld
    @AngieFulfordWorld Жыл бұрын

    How many folks here would love to have it and revive it!

  • @tttyuhbbb9823

    @tttyuhbbb9823

    Жыл бұрын

    Me, for sure! 😪🤧😪

  • @mikeh8228
    @mikeh82283 жыл бұрын

    Man, the way you are breathing hard, I hope no one finds you face down on the trail! Any idea how long he lived there?

  • @timcantrell9673
    @timcantrell96732 жыл бұрын

    No bee hive at the spring. That's just where the bees go to get water. Those bees are more interested in carrying water back to the hive where the honey drips day and night. Just follow the bees.

  • @janetwright7205
    @janetwright7205 Жыл бұрын

    Herman Deibert was my father’s uncle. He only saw him as a child but has some great memories. His brother, my Grandfather Howard, retired from the Narine Corps after serving in the Korean War and WWII.

  • @brianstelter7067
    @brianstelter70673 жыл бұрын

    Love it.

  • @johnkaper1129
    @johnkaper1129 Жыл бұрын

    What an interesting story and beautiful location for his homestead , goes without saying that he was a very resourceful individual.. It would be nice to know; which branch of our military he served. Your bee-hive video portion with the wild grapes overhang was probably his water source. Bees are attracted to water number one, the grapes were in good shape in a hot dry region more evidence of water. In Diebert's day, the way that he the bee-hive looks, it was bricked or rock off and goes downward to a water source and he had wood to cover it. If it was his water source and he used it daily the bees wouldn't have be so well established. There had to be a water source near by for him, the goats, trees, grapes and the bees. Just my thoughts, but good video! Thank you.

  • @shaunreed2884
    @shaunreed28843 жыл бұрын

    Very cool and intresting

  • @dethray1000
    @dethray10002 жыл бұрын

    there is at least 1000 places like this all over Nv--there are places where there were mining towns of 4000 people,nothing left except foundations,same in calif