There were probably 75 houses here that
have - 50 of them which are in the ocean
and gone. The seven that were here that
we're owned by an outside developer said
screw you I'm not taking this house down
the lands gonna come back. With every storm
the whole decking would get torn up
there were walls and sandbags all the
way up to the top floor
there - walls and they rebuild them
that's a sandbag cemetery out there. You can't even get in the water
you wouldn't put a kid in the water
there
When they were built they weren't built
to be this close to the ocean. That
ocean here has receded over a 1,000-
1,500 feet. They had a legitimate piece
of land but it's changing and the land
laws don't work out.
The mean high water out the three miles
belongs to the people of North Carolina
and so he has a deed that goes out there
and crosses on a land and he's bound and
determined to wait for it to come back
(Reporter) What's the chance of the land coming back?
- Zero. Zero.
