Someone has probably posted this before, but..(E.T. related)

[NYLatenite]

Someone has probably posted this before, but I couldn't find any record of it with the forum search mode and figured that if it's not here, it really should be.

Just a music video someone made about that cart of carts E.T. and it's eventual fate. I wonder how many people actually have tried to find out where the final resting place of E.T. is. Too bad they steamrolled and cemented the real carts - it could have been one hell of a scavenger hunt! :)

http://www.keithschofield.com/et/[/url]

[Graham Mitchell]

It sort of pains me to see all those carts get tossed around in the sand. That's one hell of a lot of ET carts at the end, there.

[Pantechnicon]

Seeing as how Altairboy and I live closest to this legendary site, one of those days we've got to take a road trip down there and let you guys know what's the real deal.

Pretty funny video, btw.

[Push Upstairs]

I think i used to live near the supposed final resting place of those carts but i didnt know at the time they were possibly there so i never looked.

Anyone in El Paso is probably closer.

[rbudrick]

http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?s=b5e73729cc06c7bb202d71f7af603f79&showtopic=66637&hl=

I can't say it's ever been more fully investigated than this. It's an 18 page thread, but very interesting reading.

Please, discuss. Perhaps DP members could fund an expedition for Pantechnicon and Altair Boy? It would be cool to put this to rest. Maybe we could chip in to cover any permits required to start digging. There's probably records at the town hall of where it was buied.

-Rob

[Captain Wrong]

http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?s=b5e73729cc06c7bb202d71f7af603f79&showtopic=66637&hl=

I can't say it's ever been more fully investigated than this. It's an 18 page thread, but very interesting reading.

Can I get the Reader's Digest version? Looks interesting, but I'm at page 5 and feel I'm losing the thread already. :)

[rbudrick]

This ain't no stinking Reader's Digest! This is D goddamn P! :angry: :D

Kidding...

Well, it's been a long time since I read the whole thing...it only should take about 10 minutes to read, though..most posts are pretty short. There's a reporter that took original pics of the site and no one's been able to get a hold of him/her. There's an ok amount of leads to go on, it's just a matter of someone willing to do the investigative on-site work. But the whole thread is worth the read because there's some extremely good back and forth arguments for the valididty of the whole situation, so I highly encourage the full read.

-Rob

[Captain Wrong]

Yeah, I got bogged down in the tracking the reporter down part. Looks like a good read, I just don't have the time to go through it all now. I was just wondering if it all went anywhere. :)

[rbudrick]

Well, it went...somewhere. It just never came to any real conclusion, and no one has really been able to step up to the plate to do it. Whoever does should videotape and document everything. I guarantee they could sell a documentary of the quest to recoup their losses.

I think that's the best idea I've ever had in my entire life.

-Rob

[MrRoboto19XX]

That is a good idea, I agree.

If an "Expedition" does occur, I'll gladly help fund it.

[Dimitri]

Saw that video a couple days ago, pondered linking it here, figured someone already did. The director's done some interesting stuff...I'd recommend checking out some of his other videos (many of you have likely already seen the one for "Pi" with the kids show and the wizards..."Loud and Clear" is my fav, though).

Someone actually digging up the remains of those carts would be an interesting endeavour, to say the least. :)

[Ed Oscuro]

Judging from the news article, they were buried in a local landfill (and the local mayor said they had never anticipated being an industrial dump for Texas, sounds they weren't pleased with the idea). They gave the reasons for choosing the site - one of them was that they covered up the dump every evening.

Basically, those carts - along with unsold game units (!) - are sitting under over two decades' worth of garbage.

[Jorpho]

So they weren't crushed with a steamroller before being buried in cement?

[Pantechnicon]

So they weren't crushed with a steamroller before being buried in cement?

Probably the ones closest to the surface were in order to prevent wannabe liquidators, flea marketers, and - thinking in the long run here - 21st century amateur archaeologists from gaining access to the goods.

[Ed Oscuro]

So they weren't crushed with a steamroller before being buried in cement?
Crushed, yes, cement, not likely.

Again, the article linked to at the AA thread...

[Graham Mitchell]

From what I remembered, the only ones that were crushed and covered with cement were the ones buried outside the Atari warehouse in San Francisco (I think it was SF). All the rest were just buried in the landfill. No cement, no crushing. That's just my (highly fallable) memory, though.

[christhegamer]

@_@

I wish I could find that many carts in the ground (except they'd all be prototypes ;))

funny video, btw; never seen it, though...

[rbudrick]

Basically, those carts - along with unsold game units (!) - are sitting under over two decades' worth of garbage.

Well, from what I understand, that part of the landfill (I think there were even satellite pics of it) hadn't been used for years, iirc from the atariage thread.

-Rob