I knew when i got up this morning that NY Scout had visited the jet in the woods because my site notifies me whenever someone else links to me. He was quite gracious enough to comment about my site a few times in his post (which I appreciate, as opposed to him just saying this [...]
Archive for the ‘In the Woods’ Category
7 Mar
excellent post about the ruins of Cliffdale Manor in the NJ Palisades
I’ve done a fair amount of research on the NJ palisades and I’ve visted all the ruins but I never knew much about the largest of the ruins in the park. This website not only runs down the history but has some awesome old pictures that show what it was like when it was in [...]
5 Mar
Someone has cut a hole in the fuselage of the jet in the woods
I have covered the jet in the woods several times here on my blog. It generated quite a debate over what kind of plane it was until a local geocacher located the model # on the wing. I visit periodically and the last time was about a year ago when I went showed it to [...]
15 Dec
Ford payouts don’t make up for the damage they inflicted
Anyone who lives in the Bergen County area knows that Ford motor company fucked the town of Ringwood and the indian tribe that lives there. Over a period of 3 decades they dumped paint and toxic sludge into old mines and sometimes along the sides of the roads in Ringwood. The materials came from a [...]
4 May
Bill Ervolino seeks the Iron Door
I’ve visited the Iron Door a few X’s. I actually suggested the idea to him but didn’t go with him because he’d already gone to the jet in the woods with me. His editors wouldn’t have gone for another trip with the same guide, so I suggested Brian Snat and voila. Another expedition for the [...]
2 Mar
me and the jet in the woods make the paper
A few weeks ago, a local bergen Record columnist asked me if I knew of anything abandoned and cool. Naww… don’t know nothing like that…. I immediately thought of the jet in the woods, and today the article came out No pics on the website though. Here’s a few posts on my blog about the [...]
1 Jun
me + survivor runner up + plane expert + mud + crashed military jet = tv show pilot
I was contacted several weeks ago by a man asking where the jet in the woods was. After a series of emails he explained that he was producing a pilot for a tv show called Abandoned America. Ian Rosenberger (3rd place finisher on Survivor Palua) was to be the host and they were looking for [...]
29 May
interesting info on the jet in the woods
I recently visited a resident who lives about 300 yards south of the jet in the woods. I had a long talk with him about the area and the jet crash. He’s an interesting fellow… his driveway is paved with blocks taken from the West Side Highway in NY, given away for 25 cents a [...]
18 Apr
$800k grant will help reforest South Mountain Reservation
“It looks like a healthy canopy, but it’s in fact a dying forest.” Sometimes nature needs a little help. Endowed with $800,000 in state and Essex County grants, the South Mountain Conservancy’s members, local residents and oth ers have embarked on a plan they hope will help reforest nearly all 2,000 acres of the South [...]
