I went for a little hike above Bountiful and was surprised to see dozens of cars dumped off of hillsides. I don’t see the canyon named on any maps, it is just above the “B” on the mountainside.
I grew up in Bountiful and Car Dump Canyon was called “Dead Man’s” by those of who grew up in that area and are familiar with that location. Wow and I grew up there wasn’t a rail system installed to prevent cars from going off the edge of the road and plummeting in the canyon whether accidental or purposeful. We heard stories of accidental deaths from mostly high school students who had been partying up the mountain at Buckland Flats underestimating the grade of the curve. There was even one an attempted suicide by someone I went to high school with and thankfully he was unsuccessful.
This is not and has never been a car dump. It is Deadman’s, My dad was with search and rescue at the time all of these car ended up there. More than half of them are because of suicide, most were successful. The older cars the ones, the bike and the up the side are from accidents. They recovered as many vehicles as they could, these pictured they could not. I lost three friends in Deadman’s and my dad recovered over more 10 bodies there, it is disrespectful to poke fun at a place where so many people have lost their lives by accident or choice.
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I grew up in Bountiful and Car Dump Canyon was called “Dead Man’s” by those of who grew up in that area and are familiar with that location. Wow and I grew up there wasn’t a rail system installed to prevent cars from going off the edge of the road and plummeting in the canyon whether accidental or purposeful. We heard stories of accidental deaths from mostly high school students who had been partying up the mountain at Buckland Flats underestimating the grade of the curve. There was even one an attempted suicide by someone I went to high school with and thankfully he was unsuccessful.
Interesting, thanks for sharing.
Hi, I guess there are less dumped cars in this area, thanks to HeavyDSparkS…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXF1UkryBLw&ab_channel=HeavyDSparks
This is not and has never been a car dump. It is Deadman’s, My dad was with search and rescue at the time all of these car ended up there. More than half of them are because of suicide, most were successful. The older cars the ones, the bike and the up the side are from accidents. They recovered as many vehicles as they could, these pictured they could not. I lost three friends in Deadman’s and my dad recovered over more 10 bodies there, it is disrespectful to poke fun at a place where so many people have lost their lives by accident or choice.