The park sure looks a lot nicer now in 2010 then in did 3 years ago when you posted this video. The park is reopening to the public Memorial Day 2010 as a passive recreational Park. (The shoe is being restored), the elephant barn is cleaned up and may become a museum and much more). Also the park is now under watch and when open to the public it will be patrolled by the police for safety and monitored by staff.
My grandfather and mother brought us here a few times back in the eighties. I totally forgot about the old woman in the shoe until I saw it again, total flashback.
Did anyone else notice the Tiger like growl at 8:04 ?
I grew up in Salem, and I guess we were just a Canobie family. We never really made it to Benson's that much. Looking at this makes me wish we had. Maybe someday, everyone will stop moping about all the dead amusement parks (Whalom, Pirate's Fun Park), shut off all the MP3 players and X Boxes, and open some new ones. :D
fuck those 2 items a good ol fashion amusement park with adrenlian rushing rides with some good food and other shit makes those 2 things lame any day of the week
yes I love music and video games don't get me wrong but a good ol fashion amusement park makes summer complete
I don't mind a new one as long as it's not some six flags clone shit I'd rather have a simple amusement park.
would be cool if someone would buy some of the old ones and restore them to origionality or build that same park somewhere else in or outside the origional town.
I don't see any new ones being built til 2016 - 2023 if some of these amusement parks still held on through out the late 80's to the 00's they would be having some good sales today being no one wants to travel too far from home for a six flags
true I sure as hell wouldn't leave something there like that the tilt a whirl being those things are 300k and the other rides being the same as that or more
your just lucky to find something used that costs as much as a new merdeces
did you ever find any of the rides? it only looked like you saw the cages. im hopefullying going there to to explor in a few days with my friends but i was wondering if the ferris wheel is still there...
I go walking in there every week, its sad that people litter and spray paint everything in there. I better never catch anyone doing that when im there!
Wow! There really was a Benson's Animal Farm! I thought Dane Cokk might have just made that up for effect. Very cool! I'm fascinated by abandoned places.
Nice video. So sad to see it this way now. I worked there from 1980-82. The first building you came across was indeed the gorilla cage. The barn you were in was the elephant barn. That kitchen inside the barn was a multi-purpose area used for things such as incubators for the jaguar cubs, tarantulas and snake photos in the winter season.
I barely remember going there, but my parents still have a bensons stein glass....and i bet my mom has a closet full of photos ! too bad some jackarse decided to to soil the earth w/ his asbestos! I hope they do turn it into a park, maybe something nice with "stations" that show what used to be there when Bensons was in existance....
Sadly some SOB coming did some ilegal dumping of that cancer causing fiber we all so love(not) and that is holding up the ownership being giving to Hudson, NH and them converting the property to a town/city park. The area really needs such a park to and why let the area continue to rot. Clean it out or make it into a park. The state has caused enough damage to the property along with the punk low life criminals. (P.s I think Shorty's Mexican roadhouse in Nashua NH has a sign from the park)
They are thinking of converting it into a park. I think that would be nice - it's a lovely piece of land. You probably drove the train when I rode it! (Mid to late 70s I was there a lot).
8:06 scarryy roar
motoracer328 2 weeks ago
i always wish this was still around so i could take my kids there today.
jmsteingrim 7 months ago
THIS IS WHERE BENSONS USED TO BE!
KICKNITentertainment 8 months ago
reminds me of Blair witch project
rednevog23 1 year ago
interesting video. i wish it didn't close so i could go there, but i was born to late! : (
kalinga01 1 year ago
Anyone else think that the new Bensons Park would be a good place for a haunted hayride type deal??
DevSodDribble 1 year ago
I work at benson's, I personally just tore down the gorilla cage to redisgn the ehtire structure due to rot and mold in the wood
gangstahero1770 1 year ago
the first cage was the gorrilla cage
bertcookieandelmo 1 year ago
The park sure looks a lot nicer now in 2010 then in did 3 years ago when you posted this video. The park is reopening to the public Memorial Day 2010 as a passive recreational Park. (The shoe is being restored), the elephant barn is cleaned up and may become a museum and much more). Also the park is now under watch and when open to the public it will be patrolled by the police for safety and monitored by staff.
michaelmlt 1 year ago
@michaelmlt
Really? Awesome!
BBonadea 1 year ago
My grandfather and mother brought us here a few times back in the eighties. I totally forgot about the old woman in the shoe until I saw it again, total flashback.
Did anyone else notice the Tiger like growl at 8:04 ?
SkywayTA 2 years ago
I grew up in Salem, and I guess we were just a Canobie family. We never really made it to Benson's that much. Looking at this makes me wish we had. Maybe someday, everyone will stop moping about all the dead amusement parks (Whalom, Pirate's Fun Park), shut off all the MP3 players and X Boxes, and open some new ones. :D
DevSodDribble 2 years ago
Devon?
BBonadea 2 years ago
Shhhhh.
DevSodDribble 2 years ago
fuck those 2 items a good ol fashion amusement park with adrenlian rushing rides with some good food and other shit makes those 2 things lame any day of the week
yes I love music and video games don't get me wrong but a good ol fashion amusement park makes summer complete
odog65 2 years ago
I don't mind a new one as long as it's not some six flags clone shit I'd rather have a simple amusement park.
would be cool if someone would buy some of the old ones and restore them to origionality or build that same park somewhere else in or outside the origional town.
odog65 2 years ago
I don't see any new ones being built til 2016 - 2023 if some of these amusement parks still held on through out the late 80's to the 00's they would be having some good sales today being no one wants to travel too far from home for a six flags
and instead stay close where it's cheap
odog65 2 years ago
rockpaperskizors - the rides are gone. they probably sold them when they closed the park.
Nypintha 2 years ago
true I sure as hell wouldn't leave something there like that the tilt a whirl being those things are 300k and the other rides being the same as that or more
your just lucky to find something used that costs as much as a new merdeces
odog65 2 years ago
did you ever find any of the rides? it only looked like you saw the cages. im hopefullying going there to to explor in a few days with my friends but i was wondering if the ferris wheel is still there...
rockpaperskizors 2 years ago
I Pass the place where the entrance was all the time sooo sad D:
livie1056 2 years ago
funny they havent taken the two story pile of espestos and dirt thats been there for years.
scullyxscully 2 years ago
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you and your friends are losers....
joshmatica 2 years ago
I go walking in there every week, its sad that people litter and spray paint everything in there. I better never catch anyone doing that when im there!
joshmatica 2 years ago
Wow! There really was a Benson's Animal Farm! I thought Dane Cokk might have just made that up for effect. Very cool! I'm fascinated by abandoned places.
BlueKyne 2 years ago
it would be cool if dane made bigger $ then what he does now and opened the place
odog65 2 years ago
see that mad smilie face that was mine lol
slayerrules86 2 years ago
esbestos isent pink, thats fiberglass
andrewfournier 2 years ago
Dane Cook!!!!
:D
gazzy11296 2 years ago
I bet Dane Cook saw this, and showed his dad...lmfao
MatthewHParker 2 years ago 7
Who is Dane Cook?
Nypintha 2 years ago 4
dane Cook is a famous comedian and told a joke about his dad never taking him to Bensons
DoomsdayDCW 2 years ago 6
@Nypintha Really? you dont know who Dane Cook is?
tom28753 1 year ago
@Nypintha !!!! YOU DONT KNOW WHO DANE COOK IS!? D:< OMG!
MotherAbby 10 months ago
@MatthewHParker
Hahahaha Yeah I know right?
lovesbatman 1 year ago
BENSON'S ANIMAL FARM!!!!
gdogg1234458 3 years ago
I have always wanted to explore the Benson's grounds... Is the red wood log house still there? If it is I'm totaly going to steal it.
tattootreat 3 years ago
Nice video. So sad to see it this way now. I worked there from 1980-82. The first building you came across was indeed the gorilla cage. The barn you were in was the elephant barn. That kitchen inside the barn was a multi-purpose area used for things such as incubators for the jaguar cubs, tarantulas and snake photos in the winter season.
milkat123 3 years ago
So many great memories here as a kid.....thanks for posting!
bugzymcnugzy 3 years ago
i was wondering when the asbestos would come in., Did u know they had an elephant for about 10 years later? then it either dies or moved to florida
floorpuddle 3 years ago
I barely remember going there, but my parents still have a bensons stein glass....and i bet my mom has a closet full of photos ! too bad some jackarse decided to to soil the earth w/ his asbestos! I hope they do turn it into a park, maybe something nice with "stations" that show what used to be there when Bensons was in existance....
ruiner79 4 years ago
Sadly some SOB coming did some ilegal dumping of that cancer causing fiber we all so love(not) and that is holding up the ownership being giving to Hudson, NH and them converting the property to a town/city park. The area really needs such a park to and why let the area continue to rot. Clean it out or make it into a park. The state has caused enough damage to the property along with the punk low life criminals. (P.s I think Shorty's Mexican roadhouse in Nashua NH has a sign from the park)
agentss 4 years ago
you can see a lot of old benson stuff at the grandview flea market.
applejaxs88 3 years ago 2
I used to work at Benson's during the mid to late 70s (I drove the train, LOL) thanks for the memories, kind of sad to see what has happened to it.
Thanks for posting the video.
nwolfe35 4 years ago 2
They are thinking of converting it into a park. I think that would be nice - it's a lovely piece of land. You probably drove the train when I rode it! (Mid to late 70s I was there a lot).
Nypintha 4 years ago
I loved the train i remmeber when it used to go through the woods and there were like carvings .
applejaxs88 3 years ago