Swamp Life
Early Tuesday morning I'll be embarking on a journey to the largest wetland on the continent. The black waters of the Okefenokee Swamps. It is a 700-sq mile area inaccessible by car, bike, air, or foot. One must row a canoe. It's filled with alligators. I said "filled" because I meant it.
There are an estimated 13,000 of them.
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That's over 30 per acre.
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That's 1 gator per area equal the size of the upstairs of my home.
There's also snakes. 24 species of mosquitos. Oh and bears.
I'm going to try to make it to a place that nobody ever travels to, talks about, or takes photos of. It's called Dinner Pond and there's nothing particularly special about it other than how utterly inaccessible it is.
And then I'm going to record the noise there in the heat of day, during the afternoon thunderstorms, and overnight. Well, hopefully. lol.
Since I likely won't be anywhere close to the internet, my weekly stream on Thursday will be postponed to Friday or Saturday.
I hope this pays off with some amazing sounds! <3
Comments (8)
good luck dude
How long do we have to wait before going to look for you?
Good luck mate, sounds like a really interesting adventure! Are you going alone?
Not saying I have any worries about safety or anything, but can I have first shout on your vst collection if your next broadcast is from inside Big Jack/Grungy George etc?
OK Benn, upon your return I demand a "That's not a knoife" sample.
You are of course crazy for doing this but .. heck it's a crazy I have quite literally subscribed to =). Good luck to you sir .... [edit] ... and of course you'll be needing to name each alligator you see .. "Big Jack, Grungy George, Sybill .etc, etc "
Good luck, sounds amazing!
Fantastic