[ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] [ midtempo music plays ] im jamie colby, and today im heading to the annual blueberry festival in plymouth, indiana. Its not exactly the kind of place youd expect to see a massive california redwood, but this tree rocks because it rolls. My name is jamie allen, and, in 1985, when i was 23, my father passed away, and he left me something that his father left him, and its kept me on the road all my life. Jamie . Jamie . [ chuckles ] how are you . Its really great to meet you. And how funny we have the same name. Lets get started, then. All right, here we go. This is one serious tree trunk. [ midtempo folk music plays ] and the root of the story, according to jamie, is in the late 1930s. When her grandfather, james allen, is a lumberjack in northern california. James, a widower with a son in the army, sees redwood trees so massive that several men can easily fit inside the hollowed trunks. One day, during a sudden rain squal
Jamie i am jamie colby, today i am off of beaten path away off. In swampy low lands of South Central florida. These dense marshes, they are home to an old time florida family, a very strange inheritance. Patty . Hello. Hello i am jamie. Nice to meet you. Jamie what is a nice girl like you doing in the middle of nowhere in Central Florida. How do you know im a nice girl . I am pat i register, my mom marietta passed away in 1996, she left me an inheritance with a lot of bite, and a lot of hooping to jump through. Jamie patty inherited alligators from her mother, it rarely is simple with family businesses. And gator ramma. Old fashion roadside attraction in florida 50 years ago is more complicated than most, patty runs gatorama with her husband alan. We met in high school when we were 14 years old. Jamie their son ben is the official crocodilian wrangler. Where are you from . Tennessee . Ill count slow for you. Jamie they cant resist bringing a reporter from new york into the show. Come h
Jamie i am jamie colby, today i am off of beaten path away off. In swampy low lands of South Central florida. These dense marshes, they are home to an old time florida family, a very strange inheritance. Patty . Hello. Hello i am jamie. Nice to meet you. Jamie what is a nice girl like you doing in the middle of nowhere in Central Florida. How do you know im a nice girl . I am pat i register, my mom marietta passed away in 1996, she left me an inheritance with a lot of bite, and a lot of hooping to jump through. Jamie patty inherited alligators from her mother, it rarely is simple with family businesses. And gator ramma. Old fashion roadside attraction in florida 50 years ago is more complicated than most, patty runs gatorama with her husband alan. We met in high school when we were 14 years old. Jamie their son ben is the official crocodilian wrangler. Where are you from . Tennessee . Ill count slow for you. Jamie they cant resist bringing a reporter from new york into the show. Come h
Im here to meet a family whos lived here for more than a 100 years. So when they unearthed their strange inheritance, they give it the code name the black swamp find. Im karl kissner. In 2011, my cousins and i inherited the family home from our aunt. She had left us a note we would find things in this home that we never knew existed. Karl, a 54yearold restaurant owner, has invited me to the family home in the small town of defiance, ohio. Karl . Hi. Im jamie. How are you . Very good. Pleasure to meet you. Nice to meet you, too. Thanks for having me. Is this the family home . This is grandmas home. Come on in. Ill show you around. The house first came into karls family in 1909. Neat old place, but needs a little tlc. Are you saying be careful . Yes. Okay. In 2012, karl and his cousins start the daunting task of cleaning out a home thats been lived in for more than a century. After several weeks of sorting through the house, only the attic remains. Karl and his cousin, karla, decide to t
Im here to meet a family whos lived here for more than a 100 years. So when they unearthed their strange inheritance, they give it the code name the black swamp find. Im karl kissner. In 2011, my cousins and i inherited the family home from our aunt. She had left us a note we would find things in this home that we never knew existed. Karl, a 54yearold restaurant owner, has invited me to the family home in the small town of defiance, ohio. Karl . Hi. Im jamie. How are you . Very good. Pleasure to meet you. Nice to meet you, too. Thanks for having me. Is this the family home . This is grandmas home. Come on in. Ill show you around. The house first came into karls family in 1909. Neat old place, but needs a little tlc. Are you saying be careful . Yes. Okay. In 2012, karl and his cousins start the daunting task of cleaning out a home thats been lived in for more than a century. After several weeks of sorting through the house, only the attic remains. Karl and his cousin, karla, decide to t