From million-dollar cars left behind, to the car graveyards that someone put a lot of effort
into, join me as I reveal to you 9 crazy abandoned vehicles.
9.
Carhenge There are many major monuments in the world,
and then, there's the one and only Stonehenge.
This monument is a wonder in and of itself, but if you are in the United States and can’t
make it to the real Stonehenge, I have an alternative for you!
Carhenge!
Yes, this is a real thing, and it's made up of abandoned cars.
It was built in the 1980's by Jim Reinders as a memorial to his father who had owned
land in Alliance, Nebraska.
Every car you see in the monument is pretty much from the 1950's and 1960's, so in a way,
it's also a tribute to classic cars.
Reinders wanted carhenge to replicate Stonehenge so it has a circle of cars, 3 standing trilithons,
and includes a “Car Art Preserve” with sculptures made from car parts.
They are also all painted gray to honor the original monument.
It was dedicated at the June 1987 solstice so if you get a mystical feeling by looking
at it, you should!
So what do you think?
Is it art?
Is it junk?
Do you like it?
Let me know in the comments below!!
8.
The Case Of Gregory Keith Mann Jr.
Sometimes, it's not the abandoned vehicle itself that's crazy, but rather, what happened
to the person who used to own it.
Gregory Keith Mann Jr. lived in Wichita Falls, Texas and worked as a salesman of cars there.
One day, he was having a good set of sales, and even did delivery of one of the cars he
sold.
Later that day, he went and signed out a car at the dealership to let them know he was
taking it.
It was one of their demonstration vehicles, and he needed it for weekend plans.
The car itself was a 1996 Ford Mustang, nothing particularly special about it.
The night he signed it out he hung out with friends, and then left them to go to a "meeting"
that happened to be at 12:15 am.
The next morning, Keith's parents were driving through town and noticed that the red mustang
he signed out was in a parking lot of a church nearby.
The trunk of the car was wide open, and a panel was intentionally lowered down.
Just as odd, though the car was locked, when they got inside, it was evident that the car's
interior had been heavily cleaned.
Gregory was gone.
What happened to Gregory was never discovered, but all signs point to the "midnight meeting"
being the cause of his disappearance.
7.
A Perfectly Placed Graveyard Where do cars go to die?
That depends.
Many times it'll go to a junkyard, and other times, they'll be put into an open area called
a "car graveyard".
Where the vehicles will be allowed to rot and decay on their own, and should someone
want to take one of them, they technically can.
And sometimes, like one in Crawfordville, Florida, they can get creative with the placement
of their cars in said graveyard.
Because, you know, why not??
Or in this case, the placement of their trucks.
Because just about every single vehicle in this place is a truck, and they're aligned
in a way that makes the graveyard look more like art than anything else.
Many who go there note that it's very "peaceful' because of the layout and how it accentuates
nature around it.
There it is quite odd how many of the trucks appear to be the same type and from the same
era.
That's very rare, but clearly not unheard of.
6.
Abandoned Lamborghini Miura S If you're a fan of car shows, then you know
that the thing they love the most is a car that has been undisturbed for years for one
reason or another.
They call them "barn finds" because usually they're shacked up in a barn and left untouched.
In the case of a Lamborghini Miura S, it wasn't a barn it was found in, but an underground
parking lot.
The car once belonged to Aristotle Onassis in 1969.
If you know the name, you'll recall he was a mogul in the ship industry.
As well as a husband to Jacqueline Kennedy.
Anyway, he bought this rare car not for himself, but for a rally car driver that he sponsored
named Stamatis Kokotas, who at the time was known as "Greek Elvis".
Before fully giving the car to him though, Onassis went and broke it in with a few thousand
miles of driving, then sent it to Lamborghini itself so that the engine could be outfitted
and made better.
After giving it to them, they put it in the Hilton Hotel in Athens, France via their underground
parking lot.
It remained there for 30 years before being found again.
It was put up to auction and it sold for $483,000 dollars.
5.
The Case Of Jeramy Burt Another missing persons case involving a car
happened in 2007.
Jeramy Burt was living a regular life in Boise, Idaho.
His lived with his father, daughter, and his ex-wife Kim.
While that may sound odd, their divorce was amicable, and they even felt that they could
get back together eventually.
So they were fine living under the same roof.
One night, Jeramy borrowed Kim's Mercury Cougar to go and see a friend.
But that same night, a series of texts were sent "from Jeramy", stating that he was going
to "run away" and start a new life.
Sure enough, he vanished and didn't come back.
The family weren't buying what the texts said, and after some investigating, it was found
out that Kim's car, the one that Jeramy took, was in the desert.
Yet for some reason, it had been burned heavily.
Just as odd, no sign of Jeramy was in it.
Sources close to the investigation feel that it was Jeramy's lawyer, or former lawyer I
should say, Jeannie Braun who took him.
Or made him “disappear”.
Mainly because they were romantically involved after the divorce (which she handled for Jeramy)
and then he broke it off when he found out she was doing illegal activities.
He even testified against her later on.
Yet despite being convicted of many crimes, she never confessed to taking or harming Jeramy,
and he was never found.
4.
Abandoned Car Lot While it's true that there are many places
where a car graveyard may be put, one place you honestly wouldn't expect is at a private
car dealership.
Collier Motors is located in Pikeville, North Carolina and has primarily AMC cars back stock.
The former dealership is now a graveyard, and the cars are getting slowly reclaimed
by overgrown vegetation.
Everything is actually for sale but make sure you make an appointment first!
This place was featured on American Pickers and Lost in Transmission, both on the History
Channel.
Have you guys ever seen these?
Let me know in the comments!
3.
Abandoned Aston Martin DB4 When it comes to luxury brands, there's no
doubt that Aston Martin is near the top of that list, mainly because of its prominence
in culture via things like James Bond.
But even the non-Bond cars are worth a pretty penny.
Such as the Aston Martin DB4, which was once bought by a rich man in Massachusetts in 1970.
What's crazy here is that after the man bought the car, which at the time was $400,000 in
price, he only drove it for about 2-3 years.
After which he left the car at one of his homes until it was eventually rediscovered.
Even though it wasn't fully driven over the years, it started up immediately upon being
found again.
There were even parts of the car like a Super Engine that hadn't even been tested yet since
it was bought in 1970.
However, because it was left in one place and not properly maintained, there was much
dust and rust on the car.
Meaning that while it was still valuable, it wasn't even close to its former value.
Which means that this owner literally wasted a $400,000 car.
2.
Abandoned In-Debt-Ed Ferrari One of the most important rules of life is
to follow the rules of the land you are in.
And when it comes to the United Arab Emirates, one of the most important rules is to not
get into debt.
Because if you get high enough into debt, you won't have to worry about the banks or
authorities coming after your stuff to get their money back.
You'll just find yourself going to jail.
Which brings us to a Ferrari Enzo, a car so fast and sleek that it cost $1.1 million dollars
to get.
Which is part of the problem.
Because in the UAE, you can get a credit line that goes into the millions, and one British
man found himself severely overdrawn and unable to pay back his debts even if he sold everything.
So, he took his Ferrari Enzo to the airport, got out of the country...and left the car
behind.
Abandoned!
1.
The Case Of Don Kemp There are times where you just wonder if you're
doing the right thing in your life.
For Don Kemp, an advertising executive from New York, this happened after he was in a
horrific car accident.
He had a "moment of clarity", sold everything he had and moved to Wyoming to try and live
a new life there.
On November 16th of 1982, a Chevy Blazer that belonged to Kemp was found on the side of
a prairie road in Wyoming.
Don was not there, but a large variety of his clothes were, and they were thrown all
over the road for some unknown reason.
A set of footprints led police to the prairie itself, and it was there they found a duffel
bag that had even more of Don's stuff.
A blizzard came in soon after though and the search was called off.
Don's body was found months later, a couple miles from his vehicle.
It's believed he died because of the blizzard.
Yet the mystery does not end there.
There's no clear indication why Don got out of his car at that spot.
Why his clothes were everywhere, why his duffle bag was in a barn, and more.
Plus, there were sightings of Don from both before and after he was presumed to have died.
So what did they all see?
And what was the trigger for these strange events?
Thanks for watching!
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