I think I heard one of the caterpillars say, "Fee, fi, fo, fum...I smell the blood of a Pennsylvanian"...

@dscobellusa

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha 😂

@karendworschack756

2 жыл бұрын

😂🤣😂

Omg, Cliff , I’m watching video and I’m hollering at the TV for you too get OUT OF HERE !!!

The critters know rain is coming so looking for shelter then along comes Cliff with a tent and food lol

Its one of the great conundrums of the eastern forest landscape, in my opinion. Who would think, or believe, that some of the truly deepest wildest forest in the mid - Atlantic is located within the most densely populated state in America. From my perspective, the abundance of insects, critters, and overall life, is indicative of the health of the forest- but I suppose there is a reason why this land has been cursed, forgotten, and avoided, by man over the centuries... A truly fascinating place, thanks for showcasing this amazing region. 👍

@brookeshaffer4377

2 жыл бұрын

Truly a place critters want to be👍

@mentallyilldarkjeroid5378

2 жыл бұрын

He's got a bag of pistachios on him because he is paying homage to Repairman Jack Secret Histories, Secret Circles, and Secret Vengeance books. He'll meet a q'qr and encounter pine lights.

Yyyyyyaaaaaahhhh!! You went to the NJ pine barrens. It's a different world from your part of PA.

We usually burn those suckers in a campfire because they defoliate the trees. The creek you referred to is Wading River…a popular waterway for kayaking.

Cliff, you are much braver than we are, Leanne was all squeamish telling the screen for you to move, but my hat is off to you. The personalized journal was a top shelf gift from a regular viewer. I really enjoyed that trek down to your prehistoric lake/creek....cheers for sharing a great video.

"I'm getting pooped on". Sorry but LOL. I've never seen those caterpillars in such a large group like that ever. Love the whipper will, hardly hear them anymore in MI.

Wow, that was an interesting place. A bit spooky looking . I’d be glad to trade the caterpillars for the Jersey Devil . He’d probably make better company. You’re braver than me. I would’ve been a bit afraid to stay there without any other campers. Thank you for the experience. We always learn something new by your videos.

@linh8997

2 жыл бұрын

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pine_Barrens#:~:text=The%20Pine%20Barrens%20is%20a,acclaimed%20creative%20nonfiction%20literary%20style. I read this book back when people still had time to read. LOVED John McPhee. The place looks a lot less scary now

I had to pause your video, when you identified those catapillers as gypsy moths. To my understanding, they are very invasive and destroy native trees and native plants in So. New Jersey. I had family in Cumberland Co., and one summer their trees were hanging with gypsy moth lanterns to rid them. Check out Fortescue Beach on the Delaware River, So. Jersey. I hope it's still there! Thanks for the video! I'm going to carry on now 👍😉

@pastorlorimitchell4646

2 жыл бұрын

Fortescue beach is still there ❤️

Our favorite local picnic area is being decimated by gypsy moths. No leaves on the trees, hundreds in the covered picnic table areas. They can be toxic or cause a nasty rash so you don’t want to get their hairy bodies on you! Sullivan’s Monument or Newtown Battlefield is the location that I’m referencing. It a real shame. Such a beautiful, peaceful place to spend the day or camp.

We call them army worms, I've seen a few of them this year so far. Not to many years ago the trees in this area were stripped of their leaves.

@danpatch4751

2 жыл бұрын

@@housemousell that's bad news

All those bugs is why I camp when it's cold. 😂

@karendworschack756

2 жыл бұрын

That's why I camp indoors! 😂🤣😂

I came across a homeless guy in the woods and I asked him what he needed, he said a can of corn beef hash.. If I asked my kids what they needed, they's say a new car..

I think I'd prefer the Jersey Devil to those caterpillers.

Love them lonely beach sand and pine trees areas.Check out Basto area by Hammanton.

Fantastic video thanks Cliff. Rather caterpillars pooping on you could be a pelican then you would be in strife. The birdsong was beautiful. Thanks for taking me along. Please stay safe and take care

Ticks, caterpillars and giant horse flies, I guess that’s why there are no other campers!

Amazed you had the entire camp yo yourself! Could it be the ticks, caterpillars and horseflies. yikes.

@ruthgoebel723

2 жыл бұрын

I’m getting itchy already……!

@superditdit48

2 жыл бұрын

@@ruthgoebel723 Cliff lasted 8 hours longer than I would- I would have slept in the Jeep!

@ruthgoebel723

2 жыл бұрын

@@superditdit48 Me too!! I can stand the flies, but ticks and caterpillars….no way!

@superditdit48

2 жыл бұрын

@@ruthgoebel723 green head flies are up there with ticks fleas and caterpillars. Give me spiders and snakes any day

@CheapestGamer

2 жыл бұрын

No sightings of the Mighty Monarch? He's in the right spot (NJ Pine Barrens) for it.

That water is ceader water, it's actually really clean just that color from cedar trees 🌳 😍

Im surprised you didn't see bears. New Jersey has more bears than penna

Love the sense of humor with the bugs. That fly was huge! Looks like a great trip

You were at the junction of f Tulpehocken creek and Wading Rivers . Tulpe is gorgeous upstream from bridge

Cliff, RIP... Bitten by pine barren flies and Mosquitos and devoured by caterpillars :)P.S. and ticks!!!!! Those are "tent" caterpillars. and they do invade a lot of deciduous trees in New Jersey and have to be spray controlled. They form "tents" in the trees . I see you commented on that, I comment as I watch by pausing, so sometimes I am redundant:( I spent all day driving Pine Barrens roads and almost never saw any cars , it was great! Wild Turkeys are a whole different breed, Ben Franklin wanted to make them our National bird, thank goodness he didn't, but they are Wiley creatures, not like the bred ones. Whippoorwills and Chuck Wills widows are Nightjars, I remember them from my farm days .... lots of legends about them calling for peoples souls if they heard them...yikes! I loved the calls of the Eastern at Towhees, "Drink your Tea", at 38:50 , what a great start to the day after the invasion...so devastating. The Carranza Memorial isn't too far from the Apple Pie Hill Fire tower. I knew Mr. Parker from Parkerstown who manned it. I used to visit him in the tower and we talked about the old days and how fires devastated the pines. I believe his father had died in one of those fires. If anyone reads this, don't miss the next episode:) Cheers, Rik Spector

Hawkins Bridge is a pickup point for canoes and kayaks. Take the trip at micks canoe rental and check out long Beach Island beaches

What a video ! 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

My family on my dad's side were pine barren residents since early 1700s .Catapillers don't eat pine needles lol so they chose a unlucky place. Moscitoes on the other hand love new flesh and often wait til evening to feast. Have fun and thanks for the memories. Ps I can take you to every ghost town south of Trenton. Have fun

Invasion of the catapillars, blood sucking ticks and giant horse flies...Lol! Now that's ruffin it Dude.

That place looks like a great place to camp, I love how it looks like hardly anyone goes there. Cliff remember, when you stay in a tent, never leave any tarp stick out from underneath your tent, it will funnel the rain right under your tent floor and can make for a wet tent.

@thewanderingwoodsman7227

2 жыл бұрын

The bottom of my tent is waterproof, so not a problem.

Whew! All those BUGS! I like to sometimes think of myself as someone who enjoys "the Great Outdoors" but MAN, ALL THOSE BUGS! I'da been OUTTA THERE, POST HASTE! Now we know why nobody else was out there camping and you had the whole place to yourself! THANK YOU, Cliff, for suffering for us so we don't have to go out there and camp in Caterpillar City. It is much appreciated. P.S. - I'd like to go see / explore those Pine Barrens myself, but I think I may just do a 'rolling tour' from the comfort of my air conditioned car!

Great to see you in my neck of the woods. I’ve lived in the pinelands of New Jersey all my life. I live not far from the Carranza Memorial now. I was wondering when you were there. On Sunday June 19th 13,500 acres of the Pine Barrens were lost by fire in the Wharton State Forest, which is close to Batsto and Atsion areas

@jayforkner2692

2 жыл бұрын

24:32 Shows phone. Looks like Thursday, June 2

@karenvalerio8986

2 жыл бұрын

@@jayforkner2692 I figured it had to be prior to the fire. They are saying it was caused by an illegal camp fire. So devastating but the forest will live on.

@karenvalerio8986

2 жыл бұрын

@@housemousell luckily I was on vacation in Nova Scotia at the time because I work in Hammonton and I would have had to go out of my way to Atco to get to work with 206 being closed. I drove down it Friday morning so sad but I’ve seen many fires in the pines in my life. It will bounce back.

I backpacked back when It was Congeree Swamp National Monument. You could only use a stove to cook on back then. No fires were allowed unless you stayed in their primitive camp ground. It's know for having some of the oldest trees. I live about half hour away from it. That was a long time ago when I backpacked there. Those catapillows remind me of the love bugs in Florida. Great video 👍👍

Too many caterpillars for me but always love your videos thanks again

We had them in our Walnut tree, it was so hard to get rid of them. My sister was sitting on the porch, and a sack broken and a bunch fell on her. My parents ended up cutting the tree down.

About four or five years ago, before I retired, a friend and I both took a couple of days off work to make a long weekend of fly fishing down along the Trask river in Oregon. We each took our camp trailers and when we arrived at our campground it was overrun with gypsy moth caterpillars, far worse than your video. Within minutes of setting up camp they were crawling up our chair legs and onto our trousers. It was pretty disgusting. It got so bad we backed our pickup trucks up to the campfire and dropped our tailgates and set our camp chairs up in the beds of our trucks. It really only bought us a few minutes of relief. They were crawling up the wheel wells and dropping out of the trees. The next day my wife got off work and drove down to join us. She could only stand it for a couple of hours, and she's not at all squeamish, it was just overwhelming, being crawled on en masse. She headed home and about half way there she felt one crawl out of her hair and onto her neck. To her credit she managed to keep the car on the road. To add insult to injury there were huge mats of these creepy crawlies floating on the river and the fish wouldn't touch them, and they seemed to put them off their feed completely. One of those weekends where the main benefit was in the stories you get to tell about it afterwards. The moths seemed to move on though, and the campground was fine in subsequent years and most of the trees survived.

The Whip-poor-will are cool! I heard them in the Weiser State Forest close to home. I live only about 15 miles from a tract and there were two going at it after my hike last week. It was nice listening to them while sitting there having a cold drink before heading home. For all the times I’ve been there that was the first time I’ve heard them.

keep an eye out for that Jersey Devil!

Don’t let the Jersey Devil getcha! while you’re camping!

First time ive seen, heard rain on tent on utube gee ur up early

I lived in Bass River Pineland area for many years until I retired and moved out west. The black water you see is cedar water which is very cold and super refreshing to swim in. It stains your clothes but washes out when you wash your clothes. I love the whipple wills they would put me to sleep at night, miss them very much. The gypsie moths haven't decreased at all I see. Hope you enjoyed your stay.

Our version of whippoorwills in Oklahoma is the chuck-will’s-widow. Both are nightjars. I enjoyed the campfire.

Thank you.

Those are " tent " caterpillars !!

Brings back good memories I grow up In pemberton. Keep up the good work !!!

I recall Gypsy moths while hiking/camping on the AT in Pine Grove/Micheaux. They pooped so much it accumulated on the folds of the tent. That was 40 years ago. Still a problem I guess...

And this is why I don’t go camping lol

That’s creepy if rain they will be gone

You're in my neck of the woods now. Grew up on LBI and ran around the pine Barrens a lot. Be sure to check out Batsto. Lisa~ Huntingdon Co., PA

The swamp trees were Atlantic White Cedar actually a juniper

Next time bring your kayak! That would be fun! We just hiked around the Maurice River Bluffs Preserve and visited the East Point Lighthouse. Watch out for those flies though I got attacked as soon as I got out of my car lol.

I remember camping with gypsy moths, many years ago. Individually they aren't too bad. Enmass they are creepy. I enjoyed hearing the whipoorwills. I haven't heard one since I was a kid.

that should be a lesson to you for future camping is to view the area, trees, foliage etc. before setting up tent.

Too many caterpillars to enjoy sitting around outside, which I like to do. That was the biggest fly I've ever seen. Wow! Sad to see the trees stripped. I'm surprised birds weren't feasting. I have seen caterpillar poop before and didn't know it. Thanks for the education! It looked like you had both gypsy and tent caterpillars.

Great Video, the night that WW was attacked by caterpillars. They look like gypsy moth, is there's enough of them you can hear them deforesting the tree canopy. Jersey has the highest bear population in the USA because they will not use hunting seasons to control the population. Great new opportunities in another state.👍

they are gypsy moths they have everything devastated here in clearfield county pa😮

always great to have the whole woods to yourself!

The smoke from the fire gets rid of the bugs .

Hi Cliff, I quite like caterpillars but not that much, I would have been out of there for 3 reasons, the caterpillars, the ticks and the thunderstorm. Each to their own though and like you said, it's an experience you won't forget. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx 💖

try carrying a spray bottle of white vinegar for those insects. I bet your home town will love some of those gypsy moths LOL

That forest will soon be barren to match its name with all those Gypsy moths.

Jake and Jenny w/ a little Poult or Chick. I take a 20x30 tarp when camping, so we can still sit by the fire in a rain storm..

I’ve been seeing a ton of Spongy Moth caterpillars this year, deer flies and both deer and lonestar ticks. Good luck!

I keep beating you to the punch, i should wait for the end of the Video be4 icomment, Awesome video

New Mexico and Colorado get the Bag Worms really bad toor😎

My grandfather always said that when the whip a whells start harling that it was time to harvest your crops

The stuff falling cliff, is Caterpillar crap honestly that's what it is.

I am so glad that you are apparently not sensitive to those caterpillars. Around here in maine, some people suffer horribly. They are allergic to the hairs. We get them pretty bad sometimes. But I've never seen them anything like that !

@linh8997

2 жыл бұрын

Oooops!!!. I was thinking of brown Tail Moths...not gypsy moths. LOL.....So you're OK. Carry on!!!

Love the video, but I think I'll pass on camping there. I would be afraid I'd wake up and those caterpillars would be all over me. 😫😟. Nope they can have that campsite.😁. Love, respect and positivity always. Neita.✌🖖🕯🦋🌠🌻✨🏕♨️🚶‍♀️🙂👋👣.

Their had been a forest fire at Worthington forest not long ago

Our area had a go round with those nasty Gypsy Moth caterpillars this year too. Whole mountainsides bare of any leaves on the trees. Even contributed to a fairly large brush fire a week or so ago. I'm glad they decided to spray for them or it could've been much worse.

All those bugs would creep me out. Your fire smoke most likely helped those bugs to leave.Bugs don't like smoke. I read that forest is pretty haunted. Thanks for the video! Belle in AZ.

Did you see the Jersey Devil??

@thewanderingwoodsman7227

2 жыл бұрын

Nope

wait for the night time in the middle of it you're going to hear thousands of Little Feet all over your tent they're going to make a giant nest and you can't get out that's what gypsy moths do

you know that movie squirm, that,s pretty crazy!

They're called fish bait!

My family always called them web worms and they will sting you like crazy. I have been stung by them many times.

My only experience with the pine barrens is driving though. When I was a kid we rode through them over many summers on the way to Long Beach Island. Always fascinating to me. I do know the gypsy moth caterpillars very well, unfortunately. They are invasive. And by the way, the oversensitive woke zombies of course don't like that name and have tried to change it.

Well they are azalea caterpillars! That’s what it’s called!!

keep the creepy crawlies offen ya

Way too rustic for my liking, wow.

Those caterpillars are gross. You have more gutts than I staying there.

I wouldn’t want to put a tent up by the water. The bugs would be terrible.

Great video

Very X-Files

Now you know why the locals aren't camping there. They know what is going on there. Unfortunate. Did you bring any home with you?

@thewanderingwoodsman7227

2 жыл бұрын

There were several in the jeep when I got home.

So what was the reason why the caterpillar orgy happened was it because they sensed the storm coming thy were treading to higher ground

Have you camped out in high point NJ or Stokes state forest? They are nice places to go camping and kayaking .

@thewanderingwoodsman7227

2 жыл бұрын

Haven't camped there.

@acerkrt

2 жыл бұрын

@@thewanderingwoodsman7227 it's beautiful there and the high point monument view is awesome. You can look off and see Jersey one way . NewYork the other and PA the other way.

no sighting of the new jersey devil or another paranormal activity?

@thewanderingwoodsman7227

2 жыл бұрын

Nope

Segund!

hornings beef barley

and you're lucky they are not mayflies

such weird behavior from those caterpillars

i hope those catapillers don.t eat your food!

This is caterpillar county!

**shudder** caterpillars and ticks. Pass for me ....ewwww!!!

Holy crap dude! What's up with the bugs!??

So what would these caterpillars be doing if they didn't have you to bother?

All the bugs explains why you had the place to yourself.

Those gypsy moth caterpillars have been devastating forests over the last few years. There's been a lot of forest die off. If they hit a tree three years in a row, that will kill it. Hopefully you didn't bring stowaways back home in your camping gear. When they are invading, they are everywhere, just like on your tent. And when they become moths, they actually fly during the day and the air can be filled with them. It's actually beautiful when they become moths. But, they kill trees, so...BTK (Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki) to the rescue! That's what kills them.

Did you rescue the caterpillar from the fire?!