- That looks super creepy.
Looks like piece of the foundation have collapsed.
(tense music)
(perky music)
(birds chirping)
(haunting music)
The Erie islands are a world unlike
anything you have ever imagined.
Separated from the mainland of Ohio by the aquamarine
brilliance of Lake Erie, some are bustling with
human activity, while others are cloaked with
the allure of adventure.
Today we are kayaking toward the shore of North Bass Island,
the smallest and northernmost of the three Bass Islands,
this land mass is nearly uninhabited by humans.
Our primary goal is to explore the island's interior,
as we search for native animal species.
And in the process, we happened upon the haunting remains
of an abandoned farmstead.
This crumbling structure had nearly been
swallowed back into the island's underbelly.
Forgotten by time, and those who must have once lived here.
The dense overgrowth of vegetation made it
nearly impenetrable, yet in my mind,
it was a lost piece of history that I simply had to explore.
When you come this direction you can see the front porch,
right there, and that, is the entryway.
So what I'm gonna do now is explore the interior
of this abandoned house.
Hopefully it's not haunted.
Let's go guys.
Going up the stairs.
Looks like a pretty solid structure.
This house is likely over 100 years old.
Look at all this debris, and this, is the front door.
(tense music)
(mumbles), carpet, wow look at that.
Looks like a cellar down there.
That looks super creepy, gonna try
to not fall through the floor.
And Mario's on the outside, scouting for pieces of wood
that we can flip that might have snakes under them.
Actually here's a piece of wood right here.
Wonder if there's anything under it.
There's a lot of bird nests in here.
(suspenseful music)
Nothing.
This used to be the fireplace right here.
Check that out.
All falling apart.
You go this way, into the mean, what is likely
a dining room with another fireplace.
Off to the side here looks like this was a washroom.
Look at that, an old tub, and you can see that
this structure's so solidly built that it's still standing.
Look at the paint, chipping off the walls.
(knocking)
That is solid.
Oh...
Don't trip Coyote.
And you go this direction, and it's actually a
great place to look for snakes because
they could be hiding up in the rafters.
There is the basement, look at that.
That looks way too dangerous to go down into.
There's an old refrigerator, it looks like pieces of
the foundation have collapsed.
Those are the stairs right there.
That looks like a good place for a horror movie to begin,
so I'm gonna just avoid that.
Going back this direction you've got, wow,
this must have been a back family room maybe or,
maybe also a kitchen, look at the linoleum floor.
It's all breaking apart. (rustling)
This looks like perhaps it was a walk out to something.
It's filled with scrap trash.
Scrap trash, if that's a real word.
This is a side deck, look at this.
You come out onto the
back porch. (insects chirping)
This direction, down there into the woods.
You can see pieces of the chimney actually
that have collapsed off, right there, in the underbrush.
Now guys it's important to note that
a location like this is very dangerous,
you should never enter an abandoned structure
without a safety team.
Of course I have Mario waiting on the outside
just in case something were to happen.
But definitely a dangerous thing you wouldn't
want to do by yourself.
I'm going upstairs now, ooh,
I tell you what, during the daylight it's not that scary,
but at night, this would definitely feel
like a horror movie for sure, look at this!
There's an old mattress, all falling apart,
you've got wasps flying around in here,
mud wasps that have built their homes,
their little nests up in the corners,
check this out, this must have been a bedroom.
Look at that up there, those are all mud wasp nests,
and there you've got a swallow nest.
(tense music) They're crazy.
You can see where the ceiling's
beginning to collapse in right there.
We're gonna just avoid that.
This is actually the roof,
(eerie tense music) out above the back porch.
And you can see how, all of the forest has just grown,
onto the structure.
All right let's go this way.
This is a no-cut take, this is like
a howl with the pack, haunted house exploration.
Ooh, going this direction, this was probably a back bedroom.
Wow, look at this.
The forest, and all this debris.
Maybe that was a garage structure at some point in time?
And look at this view out the back!
Get the exposure there.
That is the vast expansive nature of
North Bass Island right there.
Pretty cool looking.
Wow.
I would guess that this structure is
well over 100 years old, it's clearly been abandoned
for a long time, there's a bathroom back there,
and I'm (mumbles) very careful going down these stairs.
I'm sure this is dark.
Oh, very narrow stairwell.
It'd be tough to squeeze furniture up that thing.
I'm back to the downstairs level now.
And what I do not see are any snakes,
or any animals for that matter at the moment,
just an abandoned structure, taken over by wasps and birds.
Well, let's go meet up with Mario.
He is on the outside, looking for snakes,
he hasn't called me yet so I'm thinking
he has not found anything.
And we will continue our search
for the snake species here on North Bass Island.
That was pretty cool.
Exploring an abandoned house.
I'm Coyote Peterson, be brave, stay wild!
We'll see you on the next location.
Mario!
Where'd you go buddy?
I made it out alive!
Oh there he is.
I made it!
Exploring an abandoned structure that appears to be lost
in time certainly brings with it
a sense of daring adventure.
Yet at the same time, it also carries
a heightened chance of perilous danger.
Never explore an environment like this alone.
And always make sure to have the proper permissions
before breaking trail into an area,
or a structure, that may be considered private property.
If you thought exploring an abandoned farmstead
was thrilling, make sure to go back and watch
the episode where we explored the ruins
of the historic Fort Gorges.
And don't forget, subscribe, so you can join me
and the crew on our next location.
Where's Mario at, where'd he go?
Hey Coyote!
I don't know where Kennedy is at,
I don't know where Mark is at, I'm lost.
And I think the tide came in and
our kayaks got swept away.
(rumbling)
(birds chirping) (animal howling)