"It will be fine they said."

@Mud_Kipz

4 жыл бұрын

"It will be educational for the kids they said"

@blazingking7608

4 жыл бұрын

“It will be fast they said”

@punchyghost3149

4 жыл бұрын

"It will be sunny they said"

@John_Sloppenheimer

4 жыл бұрын

“Your mother will not die” they said

@cryofever

4 жыл бұрын

"Human flesh tastes like Beaf yerky they said"

I was a truck driver for a long time so I’ve been over Donner Pass many times. I always wondered how shocked the Donner party would be to know that there is now a Starbucks, campgrounds, business’ and people living up there.

@derrickchilders9670

Жыл бұрын

Right, and a Taco Bell right beside the historical park 😒

@BrassBashers

Жыл бұрын

Not shocked, that was his vision: to OWN the places along that trail, give people a safe road to travel on and provide them with stores/food/shelter along the way.

"so, Sarah died. Anyway, things were going as planned."

@Nobody7720

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't like Sarah much either..

@DChappelle27

4 жыл бұрын

Being 70 years old in those days would have been a super long life lol

@FistyClown

4 жыл бұрын

@@DChappelle27 yes, in that culture at that time. Other cultures around the world had people that aged that old pretty frequently but that all has to do with the way they lived.

Kid: mom I don't like my brother Mom: it's ok push him to the side and finish eating your vegetables

@dub2536

4 жыл бұрын

It took me a couple of seconds because I imagined them seated at a table, then I realized the brother was on her plate. Nice 1.

@BerryBlack9300

4 жыл бұрын

Lloyd

@BerryBlack9300

4 жыл бұрын

lol lol okk looks OK lol l lol lol lol

@BerryBlack9300

4 жыл бұрын

Mom oo l polo I’ll mom look lllo I’ll loop o l pool loo lol o lol llloo lol l l I’ll

@BerryBlack9300

4 жыл бұрын

lol lol lol

Mad respect to the men who gave their clothes, food, lives and unintentionally their bodies to better help the women and kids make it.

@TheBrisa99

4 жыл бұрын

I dont understand why they didnt take the clothes off the dead bodies like they dumb

@bishiebishy4535

4 жыл бұрын

@Jane Doh They were different times completely. The women and children had systematically less power. Don't be dense. Men aren't meat and muscle for women and women aren't helpless subordinates without the ability to lead or think.

@Blake1720

3 жыл бұрын

brisaespi99 I’m sure they did take their clothes. Just because the video didn’t specifically say they didn’t doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. They obviously had to undress the people to eat them.

@blandcranston5439

2 жыл бұрын

@@bishiebishy4535 you speak with a modern day feminist viewpoint, upon history.... Hindsight is always 20/20. But you should not gage history, on the privileged position and time you possess/are a part of. Plus, what a strange thing to think about. You're getting a bit too abstract, aren't you? Aren't there more important things?

@loucipher7782

Жыл бұрын

chances are the man are already dead before the woman and children took the clothes lol

I’m honestly surprised there’s no historic psychological horror/thriller based on these events. Lol Edit: Woah 1K likes. Thanks. I found the movie everyone was talking about by accident. Thanks guys. 💖

@anone.mousericer5401

4 жыл бұрын

Like a movie or something. It's been long overdue for a movie or a thriller or anything.

@orcatwar9810

4 жыл бұрын

i can't remember the name of the movie but based on the donner party and another story similer to the donner party but with solders

@qaket2413

4 жыл бұрын

The Oregon trail is a game that is nearly impossible

@gulanakrawi60

4 жыл бұрын

The Simpson’s made one episode about it

@tonifamil

4 жыл бұрын

There is a book called,, The hunger" based on this

I’m of the opinion that you should always have steak sauce in your carry on...just in case.

@reneroux2391

4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant idea i hate meat without seasoning

@G.I.Jojo707

4 жыл бұрын

🦵 thigh or 🦶?

@gweeno3780

4 жыл бұрын

You forgot the lamb sauce!!😂

@emancoy

4 жыл бұрын

Salt, pepper and MSG are lighter

@kg_bee3937

4 жыл бұрын

Always pack the A1 sauce

reed being exiled is what led to him being saved by the horrid conditions the others had to endure, he cheated death and im impressed

@sh11txr_r65

4 жыл бұрын

Im not gonna like this comment because it has 69 likes

@jimmygrant424

3 жыл бұрын

@@sh11txr_r65 I don't get it??

@FellowThespianKayCay

3 жыл бұрын

Huh

@FellowThespianKayCay

3 жыл бұрын

Did anyone else learn about this stuff in history class or is it because I live in California?

@megank3358

2 жыл бұрын

@@FellowThespianKayCay I literally just learned about this last year. I'm 29 years old!!

"I know a shortcut". It seems horror movie tropes inspired from this story 😐

@faizalf119

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the "let's split up guys!"

@taufanadikurniawan7170

4 жыл бұрын

@@faizalf119 True... just curious, do all horror movie cliche are actually inspired from true event?? Or may be it actually reminder to us all.

@faizalf119

4 жыл бұрын

@@taufanadikurniawan7170 you will be surprised how some real life events can be much more ridiculous than movies

"Hey, Mom, who's for dinner?"

@D10RFITZ

4 жыл бұрын

“your brother.”

@goosetheduck6610

3 жыл бұрын

Cousin jacob!

@nostalgiacorner1999

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@raychang8648

3 жыл бұрын

@Ann Bertrand Cut me up raw and make "sashi--ME"!!!!

@BloodRoseKitten

2 жыл бұрын

@@goosetheduck6610 Oof! Don't know if thus was intentional, but there was a Donner named Jacob!

😂 I LOVED Jennifer Coolidge's great joke on TV's '2 Broke Girls' when her character was attending a lousy birthday celebration: 'There was only one party worse than this: the Donner party-and they had better food!'

One of the survivors opened a restaurant later on in life. True fact

@lem2004

4 жыл бұрын

And do they serve human meat?

@rabbxt6015

4 жыл бұрын

Uhhhh and I would stay away from them they might eat me

@rabbxt6015

4 жыл бұрын

@@lem2004 I think they do

@Lana-ne8bd

4 жыл бұрын

What’s the name of the restaurant

@ratintimbs4553

4 жыл бұрын

@@Lana-ne8bd "long pig bar & grill"

The Donner Party teaches a very important lesson:NEVER take shortcuts!

@elernation5519

4 жыл бұрын

Elizabeththegreatest except they’re intended to be short. like if I’m about to miss a train I’m not going to take the long way through town when there’s a shortcut that gets you there in half the time in front of me

@paradoxal4

4 жыл бұрын

Elernation Except that short cut was never tried or tested and is known to be dangerous and harsh, even the Hastings guy that made up that shortcut in his book never ever took that route before.. and when you’re responsible for the safety and the lives of your family and many other families then it’s better to take the longer, safer, tried and tested route than to risk everyone’s lives just so you can try to get somewhere quicker.

@fallendust3279

4 жыл бұрын

He was told not to

@fireblaststar9287

4 жыл бұрын

@@elernation5519 What if people tried and never made it alive ik its a bit far fetched but..

@lilith_ro5379

3 жыл бұрын

Even Virginia (the daughter of James reed) said in a letter to her cousin ‘don’t take no cut offs and get to where you’re going as fast as you can

Human flesh: *exists* The Donner party: It's free real estate

@AlyxTheFluffy

4 жыл бұрын

The three horsemen of being everywhere: Just some bigfoot with internet access, Justin Y, and Cookie Woke.

@mariadasilva7072

4 жыл бұрын

Just Some Bigfoot With Internet Access this comment is pure gold lol

@mended8774

4 жыл бұрын

Maria Da Silva dont reproduce for the sake of humanity

@readjackson2813

4 жыл бұрын

Fre Shova Cado I don’t see Justin y as much anymore

@FREAKout59

4 жыл бұрын

terrible use of the meme and format 2/10

I find these so interesting, I am hooked haha

@Hooby.

4 жыл бұрын

mason bold simple history is 100x better than this

@pessi2384

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@Cherokee93

4 жыл бұрын

Watch kurzgesagt in a nutshell I love their channel and this channel kurzgesagt is more space focused tho

@phantomps1715

4 жыл бұрын

@@Hooby. I hate history I hate it so much but you're not lying

@masonbold2798

4 жыл бұрын

@@Cherokee93 I do all the time

So everyone tells you that a trip is a bad idea yet you risk your family's life anyway?

@elernation5519

4 жыл бұрын

Tomika Kelly lots of them were fleeing horrible conditions and possibly persecution in the east I think while the west was a free land of opportunity and they were told they could get a large plot of land and build a farm. unlike the east, both women and men could own it so many widows made these types of journeys

@paradoxal4

4 жыл бұрын

Elernation Yeah but no one is arguing them fleeing for better living conditions.. It’s just they were constantly warned about not taking the short cut route which hadn’t even been tried before and about how dangerous it was, yet they stubbornly risked their family and friends lives even though they could have taken the safer route.

@danadunn3913

4 жыл бұрын

it was greed that did them in. he figured that if the new trail worked out, he could charge people and establish settlements in between for supplies. the love of money makes people do crazy thinks

@cindys9491

Жыл бұрын

​@@danadunn3913 but that was Hastings' motivation, not Reed's

I watched a documentary that stated that when you get hungry enough parts of your brain sort of shut down and things like cannibalism become more acceptable. So, It may not be a matter of "thinking" cannibalism is OK as much as being impaired enough by hunger to resort to it.

@megank3358

2 жыл бұрын

Makes sense!!

0:28 when a man migrates just to relief his wife migraine y know *YER BUDDY WONT CAME BACK*

@UmatsuObossa

2 жыл бұрын

That guy and his whole family survived though.

These people just should of taken the known route, especially because they where traveling with their families

@elernation5519

4 жыл бұрын

raptorms773 they. wanted. to. get. there. faster. and. believed. it. was. faster. and. trusted. the. man

@thereverseeffect7269

4 жыл бұрын

@@elernation5519 and.then.they.were.told.by.the.man.not.to.go.that.route.but.they.still.did.anyways.

@Galiant2010

3 жыл бұрын

@@thereverseeffect7269 Hastings never told them to take a different route. He gave them a detour, but never told them to take the regular path. It was some other guy at the fort that said to not take that path.

No way I live right next to donner lake about 20 minutes away at Lake Tahoe

@G.I.Jojo707

4 жыл бұрын

If that lake could talk?

@MsEliteForever

4 жыл бұрын

@@G.I.Jojo707 would it even remember?

@FREAKout59

4 жыл бұрын

haunted!

@mobsnitchanonymous213

4 жыл бұрын

F

@faizalf119

4 жыл бұрын

So human meat tastes like?

Who played Oregon trail in school. ? Do they still have a version these days ?

@BillyEilish

4 жыл бұрын

yeah they made some tiny arcade machine

When you think about it, this could make for a great psychological horror film or limited series, something similar to like _The Terror_ or _Chernobyl,_ but the best thing is that it doesn't need anything supernatural added into it, it just needs to be exactly like the real events which is horrifying enough on its own.

@sonicinfinity1871

3 ай бұрын

Someone wrote a book called the Hunger if you’re interested. Basically, it retells this story with a disease spreading that basically turning the infected into wendigos.

It’s brave to take a road no one has gone, but with a group that big, I’d say it’s better safe than sorry. I think that route should have been tested first at least.

When you're dying, right and wrong along with social stigmas go out the window I would think.

i LOVE it when you guys use this music. One of the first videos I've watched from you guys and has inspired me to push to new heights in my career as a motion graphics/animator. Everytime I hear this track now, it pumps me up. I love what you all do! im still hooked on all of your videos

Lansfield Hastings later became a Major for the Confederate Army. kinda shows how much of a windbag he was.

@pollypockets508

4 жыл бұрын

Grrrrr

@UmatsuObossa

2 жыл бұрын

He wrote a second immigrant guide too.

Cannibalism is ok if its in order to survive. But killing someone to cannibalize them is something different

*When the oregon trail game happens in real life*

I learned this in my history class years ago. Never thought it would come back.

Thank you so much🙏🏽💯 i remember suggesting this in the comment section

"That's when the cannibalism started"

I read a book on this. I remember that they ate the leather from The books they had brought with them. They boiled the leather from the roof of their shelters into a jelly, when they brought supplies in the 7 mules they ate all the food and then ate the mules when they ran out of food. The book described their cries of anguish like wolves howling cause they realized they had to eat their own dead. Knives were drawn and they ended up cutting strips of meat from the bodies and cooking it over fires to stay alive. At one point one of them set fire to a tree cause they couldn't make a fire or find any wood fast enough. One of the Indians was killed cause they blamed him for not helping them find the trail fast enough. The other kept running and presumably died in the snowstorm. When they found water from a pond the horses were so thirsty they drank until their stomachs burst. This is from a book I found in my middle school library.

@UmatsuObossa

2 жыл бұрын

Radically different story from what documentaries say happened. Sounds like fiction.

@cindys9491

Жыл бұрын

They killed both of the Native American workers for food (!)

love how they are all smiling

Just did a super long essay on this. It was very interesting and sad how one bad mistake caused fatal deaths for many

@Ccyawn123

9 ай бұрын

Are non-fatal deaths a thing?

“You mean they ate each other up?” “They had to, in order to survive”

Imagine someones like “What does eagle taste like?” Donner Party Survivor: “A bit like, hmm, human.”

It's not usually mentioned, but the music this channel uses (especially the dramatic pieces) is really on point.

I can’t imagine the panic that would ensue within yourself after realizing you have basically no food and such a long way to go. I feel like all I would be able to think to myself is how and when I’m going to die.

I didn't even learn this much about the Donner party in school. This was amazing

Cannibalism is okay in extreme survival situations, but that's it Edit: left a typo there for months lol

@hihai_TV

4 жыл бұрын

I hope that would be it lol

@Utonian21

4 жыл бұрын

Nah. I disagree, cannibalism is never okay.

@hihai_TV

4 жыл бұрын

@@Utonian21 make that statement when your life depends on it. Until then dont judge.

@Utonian21

4 жыл бұрын

@@hihai_TV No. I'll still make that statement and I'll still judge. It's NEVER OKAY. No matter your environment, there are always other options, survive off of treebark if you have to. I'm not someone who believes survival is everything.

@TheChrisLeone

4 жыл бұрын

@@Utonian21 "there are always other options" that's entirely false. Sometimes the only other option is to starve. Just cuz you wanna act like you have the moral high ground doesn't mean "there's always another way".... If I'm going to starve to death unless I eat a person that I was with that died, I'm not going to starve. What's the point of all of us dying while there's perfectly edible protein right there? Wouldn't feel great about it, but it's better than death. As I said, what is the point of dying when you really don't have to? Should I just starve to death cuz morals say I shouldn't eat a dead human? I think not. But for real, there's not always another way. Sometimes all you're left with is literally just snow and bodies, nothing else, not even tree bark. I'm perfectly okay with being eaten after I die if that's the only option, cuz to me survival IS everything. I don't have anything if I'm dead, survival really is all I have and I value it more than anything else.

" so why are you carrying steak sauce in your carry on??" Stares air Port security guy dead in the eyes.......

@anone.mousericer5401

4 жыл бұрын

For emergencies when I don't have any.......seasoning.

These videos are so cool always a different topic I'm so glad I found this channel

@TheInfographicsShow

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! ♥️

I love infographic!

All I know is that the Doner Party were snow bound somewhere near the Overlook Hotel

@UmatsuObossa

2 жыл бұрын

Those two places are nowhere near eachother

And I complain about a long red light 😂

@kimberleysmith818

4 жыл бұрын

Same

my old teacher, mr Van Nuys, told us that his family back then went with the donner party but split up in wyoming w the majority of the other families and they went on to found the town Van Nuys

i will never be able to play the game Oregon Trail the same ever again....

Got to love the variety of this channel.

@jessebaum3963

Жыл бұрын

So amazing, isn't it?

When they started the cannibalism I subway ad started playing 🤮🤮😂

@leedleleedle234

4 жыл бұрын

eat fresh

@theoneblock7107

4 жыл бұрын

eat flesh

@andreafabe-heywood8184

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support! 😂🤣😂🤣😂

@elernation5519

4 жыл бұрын

Andrea Fabe-Heywood pardon?

I wanted a video on the donner party ever since i first heard about it

The Donner Party is one that I'm glad that I didn't get an invite! Sausage party

Currently camping near the Little Sandy area in Wyoming. Beautiful area, love my state!!

They were warned several times over that the path was a bad idea. They didn’t listen.

This gave me so much anxiety while watching

Nice Video. The Inforgraphics Show

@TheInfographicsShow

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! ♥️

@lean3072

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome😉

I’m hooked also I love the infografic show

@apollo1694

4 жыл бұрын

if you really loved it you would be able to spell it

This happened on what's now Donner Pass. A snow storm in 1953 stranded a passenger train on Donner Pass.

I drove to the location where they died at around 1 in the morning. There’s no gate or anything, you can just go there anytime. Very creepy being the only one there at such a late hour.

8:17 awesome art, as always

I work about 25 miles away from Donner Lake. Just gotta say Donner Lake Kitchen Is Lit AF !

If I die and my family and friends are starving, I sure hope that they would eat me and live on!

I live in Springfield IL and i didn’t know they started here

This is the oldest example of cutting corners being bad news. Just go the long proven route to guarantee your safe arrival

flesh: ARE YOU SERIOUS them: oh, its nothing.

I’ve stayed at Donner Lake before since my Aunt and Uncle had a cabin up there. It’s nice but I can’t imagine having to go through such an ordeal.

Came acroos this video at the perfect time...im sitting at Donner summit

@abhishekrao1710

4 жыл бұрын

How was it like?

Last podcast on the left did a great episode on the Donner party

For anyone wanting The Donner Party story with a supernatural twist may I recommend The Hunger by Alma Katsu!

I needed this video in middle school

I just learned this in history and it was a live re-enactment 😦

The moment I saw the title I knew it is about the Donner Party, They should remake the tvmovie And I cant stop singin Independence from TTO

Where they camped for the winter is now a ski resort that is known for lots of snow funny enough.

Wow I'm early the comments dont even load

Here before this video becomes popular

Donnee party? More like Dinner party with human as a main course

@bb1lal

4 жыл бұрын

AnyDangThing Kinda corny ngl

@ksubswithnovideoschallenge-

4 жыл бұрын

blueberry_ very*

@gumballking5479

4 жыл бұрын

donnee

Do a video on the grim sleeper serial killer, Lonnie franklin jr.

You uploaded a lot of videos today

i would have just listened to my well meaning and informed friend and stayed n the track. clymen should go down in history as the guy who almost saved the donner party

I actually got to see the Donner family's wagon. It was crazy. (well not the wagon it's self)

i do know this i lived in utah my entire life (and still am) and know this story well ..........more like bits and pieces over the years and visited many pioneer sites and during seminary class in highschool we did a pioneer march survival thing my group well want all donner party and died but i left before that happened because i got picked up from school

Is cannibalism ever okay? Well, depends. How is the meat prepared?

Every year they recreate the Donner pass where I live. But I live in the Sierra nevadas in Tahoe

anyone know the name of this soundtrack/background music?

Donner Party: we have a shortcut, what could possibly go wrong Also Donner Party:

This was like a real-life version of The Oregon Trail from third-grade computer class! ...only Luke died of consumption instead of malaria, and they opted not to talk about Sarah's snake bite. If my memory serves correct, they definitely should've "chucked the wagon" at the Humboldt River Crossing. They would've lost a mere 2 oxen, 4 boxes of bullets, and 7 rations. Those rations could easily be replaced by selecting "Hunt" and simply double-clicking on the bison.

I could totally see this happening in a read dead mission

Does it truly matter if something is ok if it's the only means of survival?

Public library, floppy disc, Oregon Trail

@BillyEilish

4 жыл бұрын

ah yessss!!

1 hour ago? HMMM.. NOT BAD! nice video anyways!

I was literally reading about this the other day

I understand eating those who have already passed and there’s no judgement there, but when they started killing others? No.

Wow Hastings sounds like a real piece of work.

mother:dies* them: AwW MaN

A video on Montauk project.... plz ....

how were things going as planned if they were a week behind schedule?

Ah, yes! I read about the Donner party!

By today's standards (or even back then) Hastings would easily be charged with manslaughter and neglect of human lives. He would been bound to be in prison for many, many years.

I am from County Armagh which is the same as James Reed, one of the leaders who ended up surviving

Can you do the savant syndrome

When the shortcut becomes longer than the original it's time to reevaluate the situation