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I actually live right by Picher. I can see the chat piles from my back deck. This is one of the best videos I’ve seen about picher! The abandoned gas station now has someone living there in a camper.

It is so sad to see the abandoned places like this. Some time ago people lived there, worked, raised up their kids… and now this 😢

My old hometown. We used to vacation there every other summer growing up to visit family and lived there from 1983-1984. As a matter of fact, I went 5th grade there in Picher and 40 years ago today was the last day of school that year. As it turned out, I was supposed to be in town the day of the tornado but extended my trip in Nashville a couple days. I ended up coming thru and helping out 2 days later and just couldn’t believe what I was seeing from all the damage. 😢

Hot dang. This is a kick a** video! Such a sad story but amazing to see in person! Great vid Nick

Im only 30min from there. We used along with hundreds other people, riding atv and dirt bikes on the chat piles. It was open to the public in the mid 90s. They also used the toxic chat in playgrounds and parking lots all over the area. My good friend rode his atv in a sink hole and broke his arm and shoulder

What a story. Wow! So sad, and kind of creepy to see. Never heard of this before. Very interesting to see. Thanks for taking us on this journey. Well done!!!

My paternal grandfather was born in Picher and his family was part of the great Okie migration to Central California around 1935ish. By 1940 they were in California. I've been wanting to go there and see the lot where they lived on Oneida St. Although, I didn't know him at all... he was a genetic grandfather. He abandoned my dad as a baby when his under-aged wife died of a diabetic coma. My dad was epileptic and he was adopted by some amazing people, my "real" grandparents. But the story they were often told was the my dad was "damaged" because his father was born in a "town with bad water" -- but that's all we really knew. It wasn't until after my Dad passed and we did some deep genealogy and DNA testing did we learn the whole story. My Mom always said it would be a great book.

The one building on the main drag was. It burned. It was up when I explored it. It was epic when it was around.

*This has to be one of my favorites. I had heard of Centralia, like everybody else, but I honestly had never heard of Picher!🤔 (You're right. I bet it's because Centralia's issue is still actively burning.)... What a fascinating place Picher is, with some of the town still standing. The tornado took its toll, obviously. It is great that the town is actively guarded. I am not sure that I would want that assignment... It must have really given you a feeling of sadness, as you explored what was not closed off. You did a phenomenal job of highlighting what remains, while wisely following the restrictions, as well as filling in the historical background, and using pics, Nick. Thank you, and your wife so much. excellent 🏚🙏🏻🏚👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I wondered about the missing windows, too. Could they have ALL been blown out so uniformly, during the tornado?🤔 At least all of the debris was removed.😊

Very interesting!

These kind of towns make me sad. I guess I've always have found abandoned places interesting, but I've always have wondered for the reason behind the abandonment. I guess there are many reasons, but I find most of them heartbreaking.

This is LEGIT! It would’ve been cool to get to talk to the police and get stories from them!

I live in Quapaw right next to Pitcher and commerce. Home of Mickey mantle lol. Place is closed and nothing but fbi hang around because people dump bodies in the chat piles

I was just there today and the high school has a ton of dump trucks and heavy equipment now using it as a staging spot. Looks like they are about to start something big in terms of moving dirt. There's also a few things that you missed. On The west side of town there is a single lot with what appears to be a dedication to two girls who were murdered and their bodies dumped in one of the picture areas, but their remains were not found. To the Northeast, there is a plot of land deemed private property with someone living in a tent on it and some goats in the yard. It appears that they have maintained a home there, even without electricity or other utilities. We also found a house on the east side of town which was still maintained very nicely with several newer vehicles in front of it. It was near the ball fields. I think overall we found six or seven houses in the picture area that were still in use. It's pretty amazing that people still stay there even though they know how toxic it is. As soon as you get outside of town, there's lots of farmland and ranches. I wonder what the effect of the dust from pitcher has on their livestock and on the foods they produce.

I knew a kid that grew up there, he died in his early 50s 2 months ago.

wow 😳🤔🤔

Believe it or not but the chats are still very popular for people to ride their dirt bikes on. Just don’t get caught lol

None of the houses have windows.....on purpose?

These houses were apart of Picher's Low Income Government Housing.

I'm just wondering why you didn't have some sort of mask on over your nose and mouth? Weren't you concerned about being contaminated? Like your clothes your shoes and then getting back into your vehicle. Even in your lungs? Cool vid.

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