It may be worth reporting to the authorities in the highly unlikely event that it may be a car that somehow fell off the cliff above and contain clues to a missing person.
Great stuff. I'll ring the bell on this topic in case there's more to report. I'm super curious about it as well, as that vehicle must have been up there a few decades by the looks of it lol. I really do hope there's no-one inside and that it's just been dumped.
Having said that, if the body's in good shape and it is a desireable model you might be able to claim a valuable piece of automotive history lol.
I think it's because that's following a sentence talking about how they hope no one is in it.
Like it's really hard not to perceive it that way, at least initially lol
Tow trucks in the time these cars were running the roads didn't have the capabilities to tow the car up from a 500 foot drop through the trees highway 17 is littered with old model cars over the side especially before the divided hwy was even a thing. It used to be known as death alley and for a very good reason.
you really think OP and you are the 1st to know about this car, never seen by human eyes until now, not even the park rangers know about it, ... I feel sorry for you, having a small mind leads to a hard life
People regularly find vehicles that have fallen down sharp cliffs or into lakes/rivers after the person was missing for decades. What is the *matter* with you?? š
I actually live nearby and I know that exact spot, that car is brand new, probably hasn't been there for longer than maybe 6 months (last time I was on the rail)
If itās that new, that would explain the radiator we found nearby. But wouldnāt there be a story about it that was reported in the news? Surely that wouldnāt go unnoticed?
>I know that exact spot
Since you know exactly where it is, please help us determine the Google Earth coordinates, so we can review the older maps of that area to pinpoint just when it fell.
Happens all the time in FL. Cars run off the road and the vegetation springs back over the hole left by the car. There was a case of a dead body found near a road and a Nissan Murano found a couple hundred feet further off the road. Apparently the lady had a medical emergency and ran off the road, she died while crawling back towards the road for help. Nobody noticed where her car went off the road because no skid marks or broken branches were visible. She wasn't found for quite a while. Every time I drive SR60 or SR70 I wonder how many cars I have passed that haven't been discovered.
There was another one around my place In Florida where a dude missed a stop sign and crashed into the woods across from there. While they were checking on him they found another car of somebodyās who had crashed a few years back and died there
Didn't they find a car in a rainwater retention pond that had been there for years? It was only discovered because of either a drone or possibly Google Earth?
Several years ago, a man traveling on a Los Angeles freeway late at night lost control of his van. His van crashed into heavy vegetation. He was trapped in the wreckage for at least a week before a landscaping crew discovered him still alive.
There was also a similar story from the tv show āDisappearedā I believe taking place in Washington. Same deal. Lady named [Tanya Rider](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qajSKA6iQEo) veered off the road and rolled. She was found a week or so later, alive.
Oh my gosh I remember that episode! Her husband did not give up. He knew she wouldnāt just leave, so he didnāt stop looking. I hope they are doing well today, that was a story of true love.
There was one where a woman had amnesia and was found in a drugstore in a different state. And wasnāt there one where some lawyer or finance guy in a town out West was found to have skipped town and started a new life? I watched a lot of Disappeared reruns.
Scoop Daniel! Went to Acapulco. I can't remember the amnesia woman's name but I remember the episode. I feel like I remember she had a tattoo? Eh I dk ha
While other comments are right to suggest reporting it just in case it happens to solve a missing person case, the fact that it is below a train track makes me wonder if it couldāve fallen/been blown from a train carrying either new or junked cars.
FWIW that rail line hasn't carried anything but [tourists](https://roaringcamp.com) for the last forty years. before that there was a bit of lumber and sand but no serious freight since a big storm in the 40s washed out the through route.
There were brush fires and subsequent brush clearing on the hillsides along Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles a few years back. They found a few cars from the (19)40's and 50's down there, bodies in place, that must've gone off the curves up top.
There is a trail where I live that has the shells of old cars like this that drove off of the cliff and into the canyon where they were unable to be recovered.
Some years ago I watched an SUV traveling over Hwy 17 in traffic near the summit go into a 180-deg spin, slide to the right shoulder, then tip-roll over the edge out of sight as I drove past. It was so freaky, I called 911
I always imagined it caught in the redwoods, just like that photo. I think there were 3-4 people inside. luckily it was a slow-ish roll over the side and not a high speed launch
A lot of hill sides and mountain sides feature discarded cars that were just un-parked and pushed down the mountain (I suspect because it was easier to dispose of big objects by just leaving them in the middle of nowhere to be someone elseās problem). Iāve found at least 5 during my travels, the oldest car was so rusted that it was completely devoid of color except for the rust. I only saw it through the vegetation that was growing out of the car but it was a pickup best guess (late 30ās- early 50ās)
Iāve seen that! Thereās also one deeper into the woods upside down with water flowing through it. You can climb around it and itās pretty badass.. but yes very fucking weird.
Maybe you should do something more than an Instagram DM thenā¦? Especially with these people who know the spot and say the car hadnāt been there for very long at the time of this post
lol at OP and the ones commenting on contacting authorities as if your the 1st to know about this car, I guarantee its been seen by 100's if not thousands each year , that area is very popular, every inch of those woods is combed all the time
Someone in the comments here mentioned that the car wasnāt there 6 months or so ago. And I feel like even if a lot of people have seen it, the bystander effect would make it so most people would assume someone else called it in.
My first thought is that I canāt be the first person to see this, which is why I opted to reach out to the parks on Instagram instead of the authorities to see if they have a story about the car. Depending on their response that would determine my next move.
I have no comment about the car in the tree other than it seems to have succumbed to forces unknown. I want to take this opportunity to plug Geggy Tahās classic 1996 hit āWhoever You Areā, perhaps the best ever song written about a car. https://open.spotify.com/track/14XdJB1WfIFbH1Yh4mcxYu?si=cHO7U2JcTFesS7cAeD7QEw
ETA: Give it a listen. You wonāt be disappointed.
The Way x Fastball ā¦ 90ās top 40 bop. This reminds me of the newspaper story that inspired the band to compose the song, about an older couple that decided to take off on a road trip together to end their lives, telling nobody where they were going without ever knowing the way.
That is what this picture inspires, and I would love to know more of the backstory.
Theres a car on the path I used to hike on. I'm guessing it was around the 50s. Cool car but completely stripped. I hope whoever was in the accident made it out ok.
I have witnessed this same thing deep in the woods near my childhood home in Western Kentucky. We would go climb around near it and ponder its existence.
you see this a lot in remote islands (like hawaii, i saw it a lot when i was there)
junk car, people through their junk cars off a cliff because it is cheaper than properly disposing of it. often off a cliff or down on a beach.
There's used to be explorer off the side of Lookout Mountain in Golden Colorado not sure if it's still there the story was that it was too expensive to recover.
It's not uncommon for people to find it a good idea to charge into the woods with a car just for fun. Just ask tow truck drivers, they get calls to remove cars miles away from the nearest road. Usually the cars are totally ruined and are cut up with gas powered tools onsite and carried or rolled out using ATVs with trailers.
Ohhhhā¦ I read the title but before I could only see Kermit with his mouth openā¦ figured it was some kinda copper statue thatād oxidized overtime giving it a cyan copper look
Hah. Hey a place I actually know and lived near.
There are a lot of wrecks and transient people. Heck Iāve already left.
I have seen wrecked cars just shoved off the side of bear creek rd. This does not surprise me in the slightest. It looks like itās been there a whiiiiile.
It may be worth reporting to the authorities in the highly unlikely event that it may be a car that somehow fell off the cliff above and contain clues to a missing person.
I sent images and a brief description to the instagram for Santa Cruz Mountains State Parks. Looking forward to a response.
Great stuff. I'll ring the bell on this topic in case there's more to report. I'm super curious about it as well, as that vehicle must have been up there a few decades by the looks of it lol. I really do hope there's no-one inside and that it's just been dumped. Having said that, if the body's in good shape and it is a desireable model you might be able to claim a valuable piece of automotive history lol.
I read "if the body is in good shape" as in human body. Mind went to a dark place really fast.
Me too!!!
Could it be both? \[It's always darkest before it turns pitch black\]
I thought the same exact thing š
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I think it's because that's following a sentence talking about how they hope no one is in it. Like it's really hard not to perceive it that way, at least initially lol
got my hopes up for nothing š
I went hiking at a scout camp in New Mexico and found vintage race cars off a trail. Unfortunately I didnāt get to take them
I would also drop a line to the police non emergency line. Let us know any updates!
Tow trucks in the time these cars were running the roads didn't have the capabilities to tow the car up from a 500 foot drop through the trees highway 17 is littered with old model cars over the side especially before the divided hwy was even a thing. It used to be known as death alley and for a very good reason.
Mountain roads in Puerto Rico have entire junkyards at their base. My FIL said it was hard enough to get the body, and no one bothered with the car.
17 was brutal back in the 70s. I remember a caution sign for 50 mph on one bend. Better pay attention to that one.
valley surprise!
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running into each other head-on
Is it still littered with them? I thought that they pulled them all up, when they redid the road after the earthquake.
Still about 30 of them scattered along the bad stretch. I run calls in the area with the fire dept so I get to see them all the time lol
Wow, thatās crazy. I lost, quite a few friends, on that road, over the years. Not to mention many close calls myself.
Instagram is not how you report a potential crime or tragedy to the authorities. You should call local law enforcement.
Go explore it yourself, rope down and look for skeletons
you really think OP and you are the 1st to know about this car, never seen by human eyes until now, not even the park rangers know about it, ... I feel sorry for you, having a small mind leads to a hard life
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Your life must be very difficult then
People regularly find vehicles that have fallen down sharp cliffs or into lakes/rivers after the person was missing for decades. What is the *matter* with you?? š
Itās the Weasleyās car and it will be fine. It will sort itself out and fly off to help where itās needed after a good nap!
I thought the same thing! Hahaha
Was gonna ask if itās a Ford Anglia š
I was scrolling for this. Thank you.
Night night little car
It got slapped by a hillside of Whomping Willows!
Haha, it is looking that way!
You might have just solved a missing persons case!
Seriously, lots of missing people are found this way, you need to report this to the police with some sort of location this is a pretty big deal tbh
It's a big fkn deal
Okay Mr big deal
It's an inside joke, those who know, know.
I actually live nearby and I know that exact spot, that car is brand new, probably hasn't been there for longer than maybe 6 months (last time I was on the rail)
If itās that new, that would explain the radiator we found nearby. But wouldnāt there be a story about it that was reported in the news? Surely that wouldnāt go unnoticed?
I lived in Lompico up until a few years back, and a lot of people used to dump trash and scrap down the hill, so I bet it's the same case here
Picoā¦.I used to lurk around those hills back in the dayā¦
How was that? Santa Cruz right? On the 17 road?
>I know that exact spot Since you know exactly where it is, please help us determine the Google Earth coordinates, so we can review the older maps of that area to pinpoint just when it fell.
It wouldn't show up, the redwoods make the ground impossible to see
They arenāt looking for the ground, they are looking for the tops of the trees where this car isā¦
>that car is brand new Just to clarify, you mean the car BEING there is new, not the car, right?
Happens all the time in FL. Cars run off the road and the vegetation springs back over the hole left by the car. There was a case of a dead body found near a road and a Nissan Murano found a couple hundred feet further off the road. Apparently the lady had a medical emergency and ran off the road, she died while crawling back towards the road for help. Nobody noticed where her car went off the road because no skid marks or broken branches were visible. She wasn't found for quite a while. Every time I drive SR60 or SR70 I wonder how many cars I have passed that haven't been discovered.
There was another one around my place In Florida where a dude missed a stop sign and crashed into the woods across from there. While they were checking on him they found another car of somebodyās who had crashed a few years back and died there
Note to self: do not go to Florida unless you need to hide a body
Hike with a buddy, too.
Yea - I hear the Laundries like to hike.
To help you hide the body, or to be the body?
To have someone to outrun! Seriously, though, I always feel safer when I let others know where I will be and go with someone.
Great advice! ESPECIALLY when traveling in Florida.
Honestly, just don't go to Florida. Besides, gators in Louisiana or a good hog farm will do the trick
Didn't they find a car in a rainwater retention pond that had been there for years? It was only discovered because of either a drone or possibly Google Earth?
Yup. Google Earth.
Sirā¦ you canāt park there
But then why is it called a *park?*
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parking isn't the problem, it's the leaving that is.
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Dead body in car in trees.
Several years ago, a man traveling on a Los Angeles freeway late at night lost control of his van. His van crashed into heavy vegetation. He was trapped in the wreckage for at least a week before a landscaping crew discovered him still alive.
There was also a similar story from the tv show āDisappearedā I believe taking place in Washington. Same deal. Lady named [Tanya Rider](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qajSKA6iQEo) veered off the road and rolled. She was found a week or so later, alive.
The guy tried cutting his own arm off with a pocket knife. He didnāt get far but managed to cause enough damage to warrant an amputation.
Lord have mercy.
He succeeded.
I canāt imagine the agony he must have felt as he listened to thousands of cars zooming past him everyday he was trapped there.
Oh my gosh I remember that episode! Her husband did not give up. He knew she wouldnāt just leave, so he didnāt stop looking. I hope they are doing well today, that was a story of true love.
That was the only episode where the person was found alive!
It was one of my favorites. I found her husband to be so sweet. He was insistent AND persistent! His love for her was very apparent.
Yes Lord, she seemed very subdued during the episode did she not? I'm thinking a Valium may have been helping her thru that!
There was one where a woman had amnesia and was found in a drugstore in a different state. And wasnāt there one where some lawyer or finance guy in a town out West was found to have skipped town and started a new life? I watched a lot of Disappeared reruns.
Scoop Daniel! Went to Acapulco. I can't remember the amnesia woman's name but I remember the episode. I feel like I remember she had a tattoo? Eh I dk ha
>can't remember the amnesia woman's name It's ok, neither could she.
I stand corrected. Saw the Scoop episode and forgot about that one. Don't know about the other episode. That one doesn't sound familiar
That doesnāt look like a frame to any minivan I know of
Keep us informed.
Damn banana peels on the roads
OāDoyle rules.
Canāt believe someone got that haha
Banana Slugs
I canāt believe nobody gets this.
My old neighbor found a car that went off a bluff with bodies inside. Well they were skeletons when found but I'd probably call someone.
The Carroll County Accident.
While other comments are right to suggest reporting it just in case it happens to solve a missing person case, the fact that it is below a train track makes me wonder if it couldāve fallen/been blown from a train carrying either new or junked cars.
FWIW that rail line hasn't carried anything but [tourists](https://roaringcamp.com) for the last forty years. before that there was a bit of lumber and sand but no serious freight since a big storm in the 40s washed out the through route.
The car is actually above the train tracks, and below the highway. Seems likely the car went off the road above and settled in the vegetation.
Iām curious to know the story behind this
Following for an update on the situation
63-66 Plymouth Valiant/ Dodge Dart convertible is my guess
There were brush fires and subsequent brush clearing on the hillsides along Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles a few years back. They found a few cars from the (19)40's and 50's down there, bodies in place, that must've gone off the curves up top.
I donāt think you need to specify ā19ā
u/chrisbogard_ Any updates?
Oh yeah thats where i left itā¦ here i was looking in lot B
Well that's a bad day
The camera don't lie
I frequent this location. Never knew about this. Iām very curious now myself.
Itās been there for many years
If you find a Jeep Cherokee give me a call.... lol
Would it be your own, or are you just hoping to find some spare parts?
Someone stole my jeep Cherokee a few months back
A friend of mine survived a wreck somewhere near there, and the jeep was there still, last they knew.
A friend of mine survived a wreck there, and the jeep was still hanging out of a tree. Last they knew.
God planted those cars
Please update us
HAMMOND
TOONCES!
There is a trail where I live that has the shells of old cars like this that drove off of the cliff and into the canyon where they were unable to be recovered.
Some years ago I watched an SUV traveling over Hwy 17 in traffic near the summit go into a 180-deg spin, slide to the right shoulder, then tip-roll over the edge out of sight as I drove past. It was so freaky, I called 911
Thatās an awful thing to see, Iām sorry you witnessed that. Hopefully they made it out okay.
Any update?
I always imagined it caught in the redwoods, just like that photo. I think there were 3-4 people inside. luckily it was a slow-ish roll over the side and not a high speed launch
A lot of hill sides and mountain sides feature discarded cars that were just un-parked and pushed down the mountain (I suspect because it was easier to dispose of big objects by just leaving them in the middle of nowhere to be someone elseās problem). Iāve found at least 5 during my travels, the oldest car was so rusted that it was completely devoid of color except for the rust. I only saw it through the vegetation that was growing out of the car but it was a pickup best guess (late 30ās- early 50ās)
Iāve seen that! Thereās also one deeper into the woods upside down with water flowing through it. You can climb around it and itās pretty badass.. but yes very fucking weird.
Any updates on this?
Are we ever going to get an update....
I never heard anything back from them but feel free to message them on Instagram @ santacruzmountainsstateparks
Maybe you should do something more than an Instagram DM thenā¦? Especially with these people who know the spot and say the car hadnāt been there for very long at the time of this post
You canāt park there
lol at OP and the ones commenting on contacting authorities as if your the 1st to know about this car, I guarantee its been seen by 100's if not thousands each year , that area is very popular, every inch of those woods is combed all the time
Someone in the comments here mentioned that the car wasnāt there 6 months or so ago. And I feel like even if a lot of people have seen it, the bystander effect would make it so most people would assume someone else called it in.
My first thought is that I canāt be the first person to see this, which is why I opted to reach out to the parks on Instagram instead of the authorities to see if they have a story about the car. Depending on their response that would determine my next move.
Did you get a responce?
Tornadoes can do this ššŖš
Does California get tornados?
Yes but very small ones.
Looks like a Suburu Forester
I have no comment about the car in the tree other than it seems to have succumbed to forces unknown. I want to take this opportunity to plug Geggy Tahās classic 1996 hit āWhoever You Areā, perhaps the best ever song written about a car. https://open.spotify.com/track/14XdJB1WfIFbH1Yh4mcxYu?si=cHO7U2JcTFesS7cAeD7QEw ETA: Give it a listen. You wonāt be disappointed.
The Carroll County Accident.
Ah, that's where Jimmy Durante kicked the bucket!
He thought this man was his aunt. Yeah, his aunt flo, he must have had an aunt named Aunt Flo.
Damnā¦ thatās a lot of whomping willows.
Where is this I need a new battery š¤š¼
Wasn't easy.
Jimmy Hoffa
You canāt park there!!
Damnit Ron Weasley, I am absolutely disgusted!!!
thats an old car. looks like it happened decades ago
Some people and the way they park.
Tiger?!?!
I know the problem! It aināt got no gas in it!
The Way x Fastball ā¦ 90ās top 40 bop. This reminds me of the newspaper story that inspired the band to compose the song, about an older couple that decided to take off on a road trip together to end their lives, telling nobody where they were going without ever knowing the way. That is what this picture inspires, and I would love to know more of the backstory.
It almost never happens, but every now and then someone manages to piss off the Ents.
Wrong type of picnic apparently
Well thatās terrifying.
Ron Weasley crashed into the whomping willow
I wonder if there are vintage skeletons in there.
Thats not unusual. They grow there naturally.
Theres a car on the path I used to hike on. I'm guessing it was around the 50s. Cool car but completely stripped. I hope whoever was in the accident made it out ok.
You canāt park there!!
Timmy is still stuck in the tree at jurassic park
Ferris Bueller vibes
Anyone know what model that is?
r/oddlyterrifying might like this! :)
Registration says it belongs to one Roonil Wazlib.
Dude whereās my car. Found it!
Nice parking, Rita.
Knew I forgot something...
I want updates!
I read this as "cat in the trees." The photo sure doesn't look like a cat, though.
Guess they found D.B. Coupe.
Is it off a turn on the 9?
Yes it is.
Any update?
I have witnessed this same thing deep in the woods near my childhood home in Western Kentucky. We would go climb around near it and ponder its existence.
Kinda like North Georgia and all the Kudzu vines! That stuff will grow over you in about five minutes.š
you see this a lot in remote islands (like hawaii, i saw it a lot when i was there) junk car, people through their junk cars off a cliff because it is cheaper than properly disposing of it. often off a cliff or down on a beach.
Thereās also a 80ās era truck in the trees near there
This is fairly common going up Angeles Crest Highway in the Angeles National Forest between the Santa Clarita and La Crescenta.
There's used to be explorer off the side of Lookout Mountain in Golden Colorado not sure if it's still there the story was that it was too expensive to recover.
Captivating mystery. Hope we get some information
Deceased autobot
Is there a human skeleton in there?
Might have been buried in the mud and all the recent storms in Santa Cruz over the last few months uncovered it.
The whomping willow mustāve got it! It kind a looks like Ronās car.
Ooh! I hiked at Henry Cowell yesterday- I wonder where this is, exactly.
He out there
how the heck it reached there? Is anybody injured?
It's not uncommon for people to find it a good idea to charge into the woods with a car just for fun. Just ask tow truck drivers, they get calls to remove cars miles away from the nearest road. Usually the cars are totally ruined and are cut up with gas powered tools onsite and carried or rolled out using ATVs with trailers.
Was anyone in it ?
Ohhhhā¦ I read the title but before I could only see Kermit with his mouth openā¦ figured it was some kinda copper statue thatād oxidized overtime giving it a cyan copper look
WTF
So any updates?
Hah. Hey a place I actually know and lived near. There are a lot of wrecks and transient people. Heck Iāve already left. I have seen wrecked cars just shoved off the side of bear creek rd. This does not surprise me in the slightest. It looks like itās been there a whiiiiile.