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You are at the end. Nothing more exists beyond this. Promise.
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OK, we lied, there's more....
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☠︎ Found the secret easter egg in today's video? Be the 1st to comment what it is and where it occurs in the video, and you will get pinned!! ☠︎
7:52 ... I think the like button is headed to the far away dock!
@@timthemusician87 yeah I can’t see it either
Way to go
right top corner
*left
it is mr. ballen's right so got confused there 😅😅
It really bugs me when adults choose to not tell kids things because “We don’t want to scare them.” It always comes back to bite
Lol
Lol...i see what you did there.
oh geez
You just had to say BUGS
No it LITERALLY come back to bite😂😂😂😂
This is precisely why you don't just tell kids to not do something. You explain *WHY* it's dangerous. If you just leave it a mystery they're inevitably going to go and do it just to find out why they shouldn't.
Exactly what me and my wife said
Do people do that in real life? I always thought it was just something parents told their kids in horror stories.
@@Here_is_Waldo You mean do people just tell their kids to not do something but not why? Unfortunately it happens, yeah.
It’s most odd because these spiders aren’t even dangerous. I think they just didn’t want them swimming out there.
@@calliopec544 Aside from the mental trauma of being covered in huge spiders, sure. : P
this could have easily been avoided
“don’t go to the faraway dock”
“why?”
“it’s infested with huge fucking spiders, like the size of your fucking hand”
“oh”
EXACTLY 😂
Just goes to show, if you tell people the truth without making it seem like you're hiding something, they usually listen. All they had to do was say "the dock's infested with dock spiders, we can't get rid of them, so we've made it off limits. They're pretty dangerous spiders, too."
Right like why the fuck don't people want their kids to be afraid of things they SHOULD be afraid of fear is not bad it keeps you alive in alot of situations
@@toddrisinger3623 They could have been a couple of inches across and I wouldn't have gone,i can't stand spiders i'm a big girls blouse.
“Also the spiders can swim, SCUBA dive, and theyre highly venomous! Anyone else still feel like swimming to the far-away dock?”
Here in Australia we call it the spider dance, when your walking outside at night and you walk face first into a massive spider web.. most of the time the spider drops to the ground immediately but you do the dance for at least a minute anyway to make sure its not on you 😂 Everyone who lives here knows this unique dance move.
Probably a reasonable reaction considering some of the spiders you guys have down there. I live in the NE United States and people here are afraid of spiders, despite the fact that we don't actually have any dangerous spiders in our region. We also don't have any dangerous snakes and people here are mortified of them.
Meanwhile, you maniacs take baths in the Northern Territory and snag Brown Snakes so they can be used to hunt rodents.
@@RustCole01 Haha, yea when we were kids we used to bodyboard down the creek whenever it would flood, but you had to try your best to not touch the tall grass on the edges because there were thousands of spiders clinging to it... some as big as your hand! 😂
Why anybody would still live in Australia is beyond me 😂
yup done that dance many times before. one time I tried to get my rugby ball out of the bush and walked straight in to a web. which led to having two spiders on my back and I freaked the f out.
@@stantom8316 This technique also works for bees, wasps and other flying insects. However, the most effective way to execute this maneuver, is to also scream "Get em off me. Get em off me!", in a high pitched voice, while simultaneously running in a circular pattern.
Works every time! 😉
I literally screamed with terror at the thought of innocent children being in New Jersey
😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄
Lmao
😂😂😂
Good one. It's rare that I laugh out loud while youtubing....so thanx
everyone in Jersey is in danger....no thanks to Cory booker
"No one is going near that dock. . . .unless you're Kyle."
And Kyle wonders why we can't have nice things.
A dock infested with fish eating Jesus spiders counts as nice things?
@@siresorb1419 Yes. They keep away all those pesky mer-folk who keep trying to sell me boat insurance.
I'm sorry but I can't agree with you more this is hilarious
Fuckin Kyle, man..
Lollll
The whole time the camp staff sat back and watched. “ that’ll teach em”
🤣🤣🤣🤣
AHAHAHAH this is what I needed to see before sleep.
Cheers.
@@GoznerPeter it’s 4 am for me, i need to stop watching tjese
it’s true i was the camp staff
@@jagermain8875 yeah its true I was the tree
Too bad none of his cabin mates told Kyle, "Yeah, and if this were a horror movie, you'd be the idiot first victim."
Kyle even looks like stranger things
This comment now has 328 likes, which is how far away the faraway dock was from the main dock....
MrBallen: "Cave diving accidents!"
Me: "Yep."
MB: "Headless corpses in the wilderness!"
Me: "Sure."
MB: "Chance encounters with serial killers!"
Me: "Tell me more."
MB: "Giant spiders than can swi--"
Me: "NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE"
NO LITERALLY WTF WAS THIS I SWORE I FELT THEM😖😖😖😖😖 he said “felt a spider cling to his head” and i about ripped my hair off thinking it was a spider😭😭
I agree!
DEFINITELY!!!😂
Lol yes for sure
😫😫😫😫😫😫
"Should we tell the kids about the endless horde of aquatic spiders?"
"Oh no no, I'm sure their boundless curiosity about something mysterious will keep them away"
True. Kids just disobey rules with no apparent reason for existing cause ok then. Glad I'm avoiding water spiders by listening
I was just thinking that yeah you should tell those little bastards about the beasts living in the dock. Strike fear in dem kids.
Why have I never heard of aquatic spiders?
NOPE! Won't be going on any docks ever in life. Never have, never will.
Plus: I know being on one, surrounded by deep water, will make my anxiety go through the roof. 😰
Comment of the year.
"Why does it have to be dock spiders? Why can't it be dock butterflies?"
--Ron Weasly
Reminded me of professor Dumbledore telling students to stay away from the forest and the 2nd floor lol
Students may not go into the forbidden forest
For sneaking out at night, you shall spend the rest of the night in the forbidden forest as detention.
@@craftedhenry7241 That's pretty messed up.
It’s Weasley you mong
@@ronweasley5445 The whole planet is a got-damned dumpster fire and you're pissy about a slight mi-spelling of your last name??
Who are you really? Donald Trump??
As a Canadian, dock spiders are a part of all our summers. Truthfully you don't see them to often but when you do, they are HUGE.
Thank you for that fun lil Canadian survival tip which I obviously don’t need because I’m never going to CANADA!
This story is proof that you should tell children why they shouldn't do something.
Agreed! This is what I did with my boys. I used to think my parents were idiots because they never told my why. All I got when asking was, " Because I told you so." My sons have never done anything that I explicitly told them not to.
@@barbaravance6774 Thank you! I’m sure you’ll raise them well!
Yes omg
Absolutely! Make something "taboo" and they're guaranteed to do it. Facts.
@@barbaravance6774 Additionally, I think its possible that even if they're too stubborn to obey, the trauma of the consequences wont be as bad as when they didnt know whats gonna happen. Its only my guess.
SPOILER BELOW... watch the video first
You just tell the kids the dock is covered in GIANT SPIDERS. Problem solved.
Then they gonna be scared just to be in the water
@@spazzout2339 better than them swimming to the spider dock
They probably kept it secret for business purposes or some shit better to keep a secret than to fuck up your business by scaring away your patrons
Works for me not going anywhere
Nah I really love spiders, so as a child, i probably would have swam out there to get me one as a pet.
I mean i have a very friendly Petspider now...soo jeah😅
"No one would go near it, except for Kyle" I'm just imagining a monster energy drink in his hand.
You already know it
And a Fox cap on his head
Vans shoes
This comment had me in stitches 😭😂
*punches a hole in some drywall while holding a monster*
"Were going to this dock"
But also, as a former rebellious child, hearing "dont go here just because we say so" is an invitation To go there and find out why its forbidden
I’m amazed that none of the boys had drowned from panicking from the spiders
Adrenaline. In that moment they would have beaten Michael Phelps back to camp.
Camp Councilor: that dock is dangerous, stay away
Child: Oh, now I have to go
VS
Camp Councilor: that dock is infested with fish eating spiders
Child: where is the crafts room?
If it was me it would be “okay and the nearest bus stop is where?” 😂😂
Bro facts id never go if he told what it was
I'd be that kid that still feels the need to verify what the coordinator has told you
Exactly!!
giant spiders that can run and jump on water! even can breath under water for 30 mins!!!
hell naw im not going near the first doc!! hahaha
“They don’t tell them because don’t want to scare them”
Well turns out scaring someone is the best way to make them stay away from something, isn’t it?
The spiders can walk, jump, even survive under water for 30min.
Huge Nope.
And they wont get stuck in underwater caves
And they wont get stuck in underwater caves
So can scorpions. Living here in AZ we’ll find scorpions at the bottom of the pool, and they’re just chillin. One year a news guy was showing viewers the scorpion he found at the bottom of his pool and he had it in his hand showing the camera. He was saying oh yeah he’s dead he drowned. He set it down and talked to the camera for a minute and later when he went back to it, it was gone. That was a huge nope moment for me.
Yup
Bet they aren’t fire proof. 😂
Moral of the story:
Don’t go in a lake with someone called Kyle
🤣
Why always Kyle
Kyles on that bullshit again. Karen’s and kyles man lol
@MEMER Erik Knight -_- well tell your brother he’s gotta take it back for kyles across the world.
Hey. I think I’m pretty trustworthy.
This literally happened to me before. Not hundreds, but a good twenty hairy dock spiders. Friends and I sunk a corner just like these kids and yeah, worst experience of my life. Luckily we got away without touching any spiders but when we saw spiders run on water we were done with swimming at my camp…
This but with water snakes when my sister went to camp. All the kids were instant experts at canoeing. NO ONE tipped.
Yup!! Happened exactly this way to a gang of us our senior year at Wolf Lake in New Hampshire in 91. Always thought they were Wolf Spiders to this day. Now I know they were dock spiders. There were hundreds of them. I'm an old man now and it still terrifies me. 😅
@@goldensuzaku That!! Is terrifying.
@@goldensuzaku same happened with my friends. we were swimming under an old concrete dock that has stony pillars. we were chilling down there for quite a while until one friend pointed out there were sea snakes sticking on the walls above us, they were hard to notice because there were lots of crabs and barnacles sticking on the pillars too. it didnt bother us, but we swam out of there real fast, and never went back
Anyone who has ever been a child knows that when you don’t tell the why. THEY GO TO FIND OUT THE WHY.
Dam... I skipped child and was born a boy so never had the chance to be a child 😎🤣
@@Yurabobr are you trying to be edgy
Fr if they just said "there's a shit ton of massive spiders up there" no one would've gone to check it out
As a child I can confirm:)
@@thomascarey6344 if they acted like it was no big deal most kids wouldn't even be interested
Kids: "I wonder what's out at that dock..."
Swimming swarming spiders: "We've been trying to contact you about your pool noodle's extended warranty!"
😅😅😅
UNDERRATED AF
i laughed so fkn hard at this comment it woke all my dogs up 🤣🤣🤣🤣 pmsl 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Great comment!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
MrBallen: *anxiety warning*
Me with anxiety: *click*
Sameeee
💯
Same tho-
I’m a pussy so I’m watching this in the day with headphones on around my family lol
ME 😂
Of all of your stories , this one made my skin crawl the most. 🤢😵. Also. When I’m doing random daily things , I literally think to myself “I hope I don’t end up as a Mr.Ballen story. I can hear you narrating in my head sometimes “while she was chopping wood for the fire , the axe slipped suddenly and narrowly missed her knee!”
OMG me too!! 😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 BEST comment ever 😆😆😆😆😆
Bro I thought this was just me. I sit outside and I’m like “ and she thought she was safe. However, she would soon find out how wrong she was . 🤣
Was half expecting the spider to ask the kids "You know how to get to bells canyon?"
Dead 😂😂😂only Real MrBalleners will understand this
lolol
😂Now that funny cause I’ve seen that vid.
Video link to video about bells canyon plz 😢
hahahhahaha love the bells canyon comments
"That dock... is *_dangerous!_* "
vs
"That dock is full of spiders. Spiders big enough to eat fish."
Which is the more effective deterrent
I’m going to be honest, we all know that asshole that would hear that and go to it anyway.
Spiders!!
In North Western Ontario, Canada - there were dock spiders. They could skim over the water and were predators of minnows. But I never knew they could swim under water. Always was scared of those spiders. Spiders are my one phobia.
the only reason to lie would be if the truth were actually enticing enough to get kids to ignore the danger. Some kids might be like 'yea that sounds fun lets go look at horrible spiders' but if they did they would NOT have gotten onto the dock like they did they'd just go look.
Also, that genuinely seems like an interesting camp excursion to bring campers to learn about the spiders.
Frfr
Torch the dock, drain the lake, and burn everything
O hell no
You see I haven’t even watched 1 minute in now I’m scared
Wow 😓
First Last the words you typed make your profile pic even more attractive
@@Scrappy3372 idk but it needs to be done. Build a dam? lol
I’m an entomologist and lover of spiders and I felt so sad for them lol. Imagine you have this kick ass home and then these kids just try and flood you out. Would have been much cooler for the camp to tell the kids about the spiders and then turn it into a nature lesson!
You laughed at the karma of it all too admit it 🤣🤣🤣🤣
ikrr!!
lol like the spiders are thinking like a human "oh shucks these darn kids are flooding MY HOME!" animal people always personify them which is weird
@@sumtingwong8768 They would be though? Animals have a concept of "This is my place. Mess with it and I mess with you." It's like one of the most natural instincts.
Lol I envy that you love them. I was actually thinking the same thing at first. "Oh the poor spiders. They were only coming out because they were scared or holding onto the boys because they didn't want to drown." And then we get reminded of their anatomy that they can swim and survive under water for a bit because of the bubbles on their legs. Most spiders that get caught on an animal bigger than then will immediately drop off. Don't worry these critters weren't in any danger. They probably had a good laugh once they swam back and scared the kids.
“No one is going near that dock... well unless you’re Kyle”
Oh God damnit Kyle
My son's name is Kyle.🤔And he would really want to do this! 😳 But Thank God my Kyle listens. 💕
It's always fucking Kyle!
Goddammit Kyle
lol same
I totally read that in Cartman voice 🤣
Serial killers, disappearances, unsolved cases, etc... yep, I'm here for it. You started talking about spiders and I'm freaking out and worried about nightmares
😆 🤣
Same!
I absolutely agree
I am lying in my bed in the darkness now and dont feel save. I am about to jump from my bed at any moment right now 😂
No same! I had to pause the video and cringe cause everything in me just feels so disgusted and uncomfortable from the spiders
Nobody knew they were a fan of the strange dark and mysterious delivered in story format until the started watching MrBallen 💅
Edit: holy shit I haven’t been on this account in so long. Just logged in to see 4.1k people liked my comment 😭✋🏻
What does that flag mean?
@@patrickwilsonfan4397 I'm pretty sure it's the A-sexual flag but let me check...
Edit: Yup it is, I was right ✨
Meaning of da flag: Not interested in intercourse ✨
@@sunshinepop5906 hmm no those people are just kinky for people dressed in the letter A
@@paling1872 bruh 😂
100% agree
As someone with arachnophobia , this is my nightmare!!
After I saw that movie in my childhood, I checked under the toilet seat for YEARS before sitting down. YEARS
I’m sure it WAY worse for you, but trust me….this is everybody’s nightmare 😅😂
The dock is where they kept all their monster energy drinks. That’s why Kyle was so drawn to it.
"C'mon dude. Itll be hella littie, ahaha"
Yes it is thats why my friend did the same because we threw his in a pool so he jumped in to go get it
Na there limited edition monsters
@@halalchilly6066 bru I saw the notification and though it was a scrubby video
Joelsefur oh my god yes that is the best idea yet!
This would have never happened to me. After seeing the first spider on the ladder I would swam to shore as fast as possible.
I would’ve had a heart attack if I saw a spider running on water I don’t care the size of it
wonder how far you will make it when chaos rises in the world
@rayhinto wtf??? humans are wired to be wary of spiders and snakes because there are species that can very quickly deliver fatal bites. your weird attempt at a flex is not inspiring lol
@rayhinto pretty far If there is a giant spider I'm running away from!😂
Spiders: And we would've gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for those meddling kids.
And their dumb dog!!!! Rooby-rooby-roooooo
😂😂😂
I'm crying 😂
Scooby Doo!
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I have both anxiety AND arachnophobia, and I still listened to this anyway....If I have nightmares tonight, well, it was still worth the chill. 🕷🕷😱😱🌊🌊
Wassup baby girl
@@Rizz_guytf
@@Rizz_guycreepy 😳 😬
After I saw that movie Arachnophobia in my childhood, I checked under the toilet seat for YEARS before sitting down. YEARS
Point of the story. Never go anywhere with a guy named Kyle, unless you’re up for an adventure.
Or cracking coke bottles and riding broken dirt bikes over a cliff
My bf name is Kyle lol
My brothers name is Kyle. We talk maybe once a year because I never know what he is going to come at me with. So you're correct Kyle's=????
@@skiedoll5485 Its a joke
@@emmathorne8251 I can assure u all Kyles r the same lmao 😂
him: “all of a sudden HUNDREDS of those huge-“
me: *nope*
I'm not prone to putting my hands over my mouth in fear, but at that moment I, a grown fucking man, turned into a middle school school girl, and put my hands over my mouth and nose in that slanted triangle way with my mouth agape. Damn near about to shit myself the whole time, because I fucking HATE spiders with a burning passion.
LITERALLY OMFG
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 that's what I did! I had to put my phone down!
@@QixTheDS ME TOO!!!!! 🥴🥴🥴
Bugs Bunny: *N O*
MrBallen should make his own podcast, like if you agree.
That would be awesome
Very awesome
He had one for a minute I think he stopped but it’s where he explained what B.U.Ds is I’m not sure if it’s still going
That would be insane
YES
I had the most horrifying experience of my own with dock/fishing spiders. My first job was for this river recreation company. It required taking kayakers and canoers out on one dock and picking them up at another dock miles down the river. One of my jobs was also to bail water out of the bateau that we had tied up to the main dock. I remember having to walk out about ten feet out into the river on top of the bateau and being SURROUNDED by those horrible things. I remember crying while forcing myself to pump out as much water as i could before i finally couldn't take it anymore. Just for the record i dont hate spiders nor like killing them but they still make my skin crawl, especially with how big they get.
It's no big deal, they can only lay about 1,000 eggs at one time😬🤣
They're pretty harmless, fishing spiders especially, but a dock spider bite feels only like a light bee sting
As a rule of thumb, the larger the spider, the less likely they are to be venomous. The big ones evolved to chase down and overpower their prey, whereas the smaller ones rely on potent venom (and webs, usually) to immobilise their food.
Of course, many species break this rule: Sydney funnel-webs, Brazilian wandering spiders, white-tail spiders, etc.
You have a whole bunch of adolescents, who already think they're invincible, and you dangle the "far away dock" in their faces. Of course they are going to try
I know when I was a juvenile delinquent my punk ass would've done exactly what Kenny did, but only if I couldn't find a boat to steal firstl. Just for the fact that im being told I can't go to the dock, MY ass would not rest until I prove to myself I can and would.. Especially if I wasn't given a reason why it's off limits, that would just make it seem more mysterious and motivate me even more so, to conquer it..
Honestly the way most of his stories end I actually expected the spiders to eat the boy. 😂
@The13thRonin but they didn't though
@The13thRonin duh
or at least he would have got bit and died trying to swim back while the spiders' neurotoxin paralyzed his lungs and/or heart!! I am glad no children died in the making of this story.
Haha me too 😂
I am disappointed none died.
Veteran to veteran im proud of how you adjusted to the civilian life and did something vets rarely do. You give me hope watching your videos that more vets don’t have to be cops, work security or become mercs or live inside a bottle. I appreciate you brother. 🙌
I'm a vet, PTSD from the Persian Gulf War, and I have an office job. I am fairly well adjusted. I am thinking your view of your fellow vets may be skewed by whatever circumstances you have witnessed. I have held this job since 1999 and so, I think more of us can adjust than you think. But yes, it's nice to find fellow vets thriving. :-) All the warm wishes and good feelings towards my fellows. (Former Navy hospital corpsman)
Thank you for your services I can't even begin to express my respect and gratitude for veterans and those who are still fighting
(my great grandpa fought in WWII and he's still my hero)
@@your_dad_on_vacation Tell your grandpa I am eternally grateful for his and so many others' services.
With the respect that vets deserve I would like to ask: Is rarely the proper word here? I have heard many stories of military vets having trouble adjusting, esp. when they are actual combat veterans, but given the sheer number of vets out there it has always seemed to me to be a small but not insignificant number that have this problem.
Perhaps I only ask this due to my personal experience with my father, who served 2 tours in Vietnam and spent just shy of 7 years in the army, getting up to E-6 before a medical retirement. I was born several years after he retired from the army and never saw him really have any difficulty in his life from as far back as I can remember. He has owned several small businesses over the years, some fairing better than others and generally speaking seems to have lived a decent civilian life in his now 75 years on this planet (he was a V-E day present to my grandmother and grandfather). Sure this is just one person, the only vet I know extremely well as he is my dad, but far from the only combat vet I know as well, all of whom have to the best of my knowledge assimilated back into society without issue.
BY NO MEANS do I intend for this to demean vets who have trouble getting back into the civilian way of things, esp. combat vets. The military is a different world and combat, well combat is combat. But that said I cannot help but think the use of the term 'rarely' ignores all the people who serve and do not have much if any issue returning to the civilian world. Also by no means do I mean this as any form of personal attack. "rarely" to me implies say a 1 in 1,000 or 1 in 10,000 chance while common would be say, 1 in 5 and uncommon would be something like 1 in 50 or 1 in 100. Of course 1 in 1,000 would still mean a metric f**kton of people with the issue of readjusting to civilian life due to the sheer number of people who have served.
What I have heard from my father and others, is the lack of support given to vets coming home by the govt that shipped them off in the first place (all vets I know are volunteers), seemingly leaving it up to the vets themselves to readjust for the most part (not to say there is no support out there, just far far far less than should be given to people who choose to serve the country I am very proud to call home and therefore by that virtue, serve me, for which I will always say thank you).
I would love some more detailed info on this subject because I cannot for certain remember any hard statistics from a reliable source talking about the numbers involved here. Everything I know on this subject is anecdotal and therefore carries no weight when talking about vets as a whole in any given time period, obviously a vet returning from Vietnam had a very different experience than a vet returning from WW2, so as the history nerd in me is apt to do, I treat each era as related but ultimately different things, since you cannot use the optics of today to learn about say, the war of 1812.
caveat: everything here is meant within the context of the US, I am sure other nations suffer similar problems but my knowledge on this subject outside of the US is sparse to say the least.
And again, thank you to all who have served.
Bright insight is another great TH-cam page ran by a veteran his channel is on ancient civilizations and Egypt and the history they don’t teach you in schools if you’re into historical stuff as well highly recommend supporting his page. Thank you for your services and fighting for our freedom hope the new year brings you all better days 🙏🏻
I would have been long gone after the first spider was spotted
Same
*sees spider on dock*
Me: aight, ima head out
Bruh I would've called a B2 Bomber right then in there
Spider.....water...yea no thank you
@izuwold 88 Gone? I would have been out of the damn country
"No one was going near it (the dock), well, except for Kyle."
What a Kyle thing to do.
Lol very appropriate
I thought of this video as SOON as he said kyle 😂 th-cam.com/video/8DcsCZ-iyo8/w-d-xo.html
@@ueltrades9479 LMFAOOOOO noo need for two Kyles!! Video funny af
He's such a Kyle
Freaking Kyle, man.
That was great. A much needed rest from freak accidents and death.
Anyone else get mad itches and a creepy feeling of things crawling on you after listening about the far away dock?? Only MrBallen can explain something so well you can feel like you actually there
I get random itches and the feeling of something crawling on me often, creeps me out every time 😐
Yes i did. Like soon as he mentioned it. The pics didn't help either. Yes he's an awesome story teller. It's actually quite amazing.
It made my balls crawl
@@michaeldelano3645 omfg hahahaha
God I thought I was the only one
They don’t tell the campers about the dock so they don’t scare them. Scaring them would be an effective method of ensuring they don’t swim out.
Its like Hogwarts and the forbidden forest.
"Everything there will kill you so stay the fuck away" and it worked
After reading the official brother's Grimm book of fairytales and what in the fucks, can confirm.
Its so you can scare the one's who don't listen.
Or so that the kids are not worried about water spiders while swimming in the usual area.
You go be a camp counselor there since you would obviously be the best at anything you ever attempt.
Some would see it as an adventure and will get the others to go by calling them a scaredy cat or a chicken. Some boys still have their egos.
This has thoroughly strengthened my fear of spiders.
Same 😬😬
Me, with very much anxiety and has a fear or everything I swear: ima watch this
This made me think of Ron Weasley 😂😂 poor kid
I am officially never going on a dock again
Can you imagine being chase by one of these spiders that is big enough to eat a fish? It’s like penny wise in spider form. Ewwww.
Out of the dozens and dozens of MrBallen videos I still have to catch up on, two nights in a row I randomly choose a video that has spiders in it, my worst fear. The other story I didn't even finish, but this one - despite the fact I could guess exactly where it was going after they found the first spider - I just had to finish. I did, however, hide the tab so I didn't have to look at any images of spiders while I listened, which made it *slightly* more bearable, since I can get a panic attack just looking at them. 😫
Here I'm thinking "this cant be too bad, its probably about stalkers, serial killers, or something paranormal. I can handle that..."
And then it's about spiders...
Safe to say, I couldnt handle it.
Not just spiders. SWIMMING SPIDERS. Creepy crawlers that can scuba dive for 30 minutes! 😫😱🤮
That's just wrong on another level, almost paranormal.
I'm having trouble processing that.
@@suonatar1 Normal spiders are nasty enough 😣 Goodbye sleep.
Me too spiders are a no no no
i was okay until he said they got into his hair; i was like i m outta here
@@suonatar1 yeah totally what type of creature is that monster! 😳🙅😣😱
I almost thought the spiders were going to be venomous and either kill or severely mangle the kids. Glad to hear that besides being emotionally scarred, the kids were okay.
Almost all spiders are non harmful to humans beside a sting and itch for a bit. That being said ill still kill every single one i see.
Yeah I was positive they were going to get bit a hundred times each and not be able to swim back and/or drown trying.
I'm not. I wanted a good old fashioned real life horror 🤣🤣
@@davidkuzur5186 Spiders usually don't bite. They use their venom to hunt prey, so they're reluctant to use it to defend themselves. Most spider bites happen when the spider is pressed in a small space and can't just run away.
Hey a s s h o l e, nice spoiler alert, just started watching and I bet I know how it ends now!
That is surprisingly wholesome. Nice that nobody died, I really thought they'd drown while trying to combat the spiders.
Right? I was expecting Mark to be the only survivor from a mysterious swamp monster or once everyone got to shore Kyle would be missing
I thought for sure one of them was gonna hit their head and drown or panic and drown or get bitten hundreds of times and die of spider venom. Such a relief that they're just traumatized lmao
Those spiders would have me leaving camp”
Even the pictures freaked me out
MrBallen: they can run on water, they can…..
Me: No more camping, swimming near docks, no more fishing in docks, no more nothing with docks
I’ll never look at a dock the same again.
Same. I absolutely hate spiders.
Agreed
@@daxlowe4829 most of us do!
god i hate phobias! but's its part of life.
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kyle and his friends: mess around in the dock
spiders: YOU MESSED WITH THE WRONG HOUSE FOOL!!
At least Kyle got the worst of it. He deserved that for pressuring the others to go.
San andres for life.
As someone with severe arachnophobia I was about to faint during this video 🫣 phenomenal story telling abilities tho! I’ve watch a ton of your videos and adore every one of them
I love how a lot of us Mr. Ballen fans can handle the “Strange, Dark & Mysterious “, but we’re scared to death of Spiders 🕷
I'm half way through and I start reading the comments and I see this. Thanks for the heads up! I love Mr Ballen... But I ain't sticking around for this. I'm out!!!!
I certainly am, they are just creepy as hell! A creature with many eyes, heck no!!! Not going to that place EVER. If they are out there, they certainly are on land as well. Imo
@@licir272 Lol! I hear ya. That’s my only fear. I freeze in fear when I see tiny spiders. I don’t know why I’m worse with tiny spiders then big ones. I think it’s because they can crawl in my ears, nose, etc…& lay eggs 😧 Oh hell nah!!
I'm not (Australian, you can't be), but even I noped out when i realised what was happening next....
About 10 years ago up in Longview, Texas, my brother and I were fishing on the Sabine River one night in his flat bottom boat. We were pretty close to the edge and I kept hearing a bunch of clicking noises and said, "what the hell is that noise." I grabbed the flashlight and shined it towards the bank and we saw a bunch of eyes everywhere. As we got closer, I was shining it on a limb overhanging the river and it dawned on us that it was a swarm of giant ass fishing spiders crawling over each other trying to get into the boat. They were making the clicking noise, either by walking or with their mandibles. These were the biggest spiders I've ever seen in my life, I freaked out. There were thousands of them. My brother hit one with a paddle and put it in a Whataburger cup to take it home. I ended up catching the tree on fire for whatever reason, I was in terror mode because I hate spiders. We high tailed it back to the boat ramp and called the fire department and they just let it burn, I got a pretty big fine once they figured out why I did it lol. The one my brother had taken home in the Whataburger cup ended up waking up from its paddle induced coma. He came to his senses and killed it. He measured it and the legs spread from tip to tip was a little over 6 inches long. Just a big nasty ass looking hairy spider. Never went to that river again.
Spiders are like "We just wanted to talk to you about your extended warranty!!" 😂😂😂
😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
🤣😅😂
Do you know how to get to bells canyon
@@bridgettemorrison3455 lmaooooo. Dude idk why but that voice scared the shit outta me when I first listened to it
As a Kyle I can confirm that being mobbed by insects is all too common. In my Kyle brain I though jumping on the forbidden rock at a camp ground in Vermont would be a great idea, lo and behold the forbidden rock was actually the forbidden giant wasp nest that had been knocked to the forest floor by a storm, luckily I was about 20 yards from a fetid groundwater pool and managed to lose them in it but still felt like they were crawling all over me for the next two days.
why is it always the kyles
Omg !! What a nightmare !! My sister and I once stepped on a hornets' nest while picking blackberries....I will never forget running for my life, screaming in pain, and seeing a swarm chasing my sister. Aiieeee
Yep. And for some reason as soon as people become adults, we think that NOT telling kids the reasons we forbid things is a good idea.
As a child, I, too, stepped on a wasp's nest due to some adults suddenly making the raspberry patch off-limits because kids would "fall into the thorns," which was stupid, because we had been in the patch for weeks without any problem. So, of course we ignored the warning and then unfortunately discovered the real reason for the ban.
*cracks open a monster energy drink*
G Damnit Kyle.
OMG!!! After hundreds of hours of John's stories of brutal murder and horrifying encounters with Yeti-like creatures, this is the story that made me freak out!! and no one even got hurt...
I think this actually would've killed me. Like, the fear would've actually killed me.
Same...
Lol
On I hate this story.
Go to the far away dock, they said. It will be fun, they said.
I would have snapped my own neck
I lived in a small fishing community when I was younger. We had a huge fishing Warf with little boat docks all around. We used to crawl under the dock, almost like a Camp. One day we were clearing rocks from our little Dock Fort and we found a nest of these Spiders. They were HUGE and nasty. I don't even mind spiders, but these things were like Werewolf Spiders lol and like in the story they poured out of the nest when we disturbed it. We barely had standing room so we were crouched down and sometimes crawling in the wave of spiders.They were Crawling on us and attaching themselves to us. We all got out and Striped down to our underwear lol no bites at all though. The worst part was when I had to grab one off me, the thickness of it's body and strength in it's legs was horrifying. I couldn't imagine being in the water when that happened, complete panic mode lol.
Ugh terrifying.
Yeah i know these spiders too
TLDR pls
Hell no
@@memesugarz2808 just read it, jesus
"Well, unless you're Kyle."
_Gosh dang it, Kyle_
Wtf is up Kyle
Lol yes
😏⬅️Kyle be like.
😅😅Hey look at me I'm doing something I'm not supposed to, I hope I don't get caught!!!!😆😆 I love you Mr.Ballen
Step the fuck up Kyle
😆
You should have stated “spider warning” this is beyond anxiety inducing lol
Indiana Jones-level spiders 🤣🤣🤣
But that would spoil the ending
Most scary story ever from mr ballen
As someone with an extreme fear of spiders...nah. I am however looking around me as we speak and feel itches everywhere.
Eheemmmmm “sitting on the dock is a Thick bodied long legged spider” how did you know see the plot when he said this
"We didn't want to scare anyone" Yeah, right. You can't tell me the counselors don't have a good laugh every time some brats swim out there and have themselves a little learning experience.
😁😂😂😂they where probably makeing a day of it and watching ...there is always a kyle in the bunch one of the council says as they all start laughing
Not likely. Panic can be deadly.
Yep. Totally agree!
@@johncox2865 especially in the middle of a lake, minus a boat....
I hope not. This could've just as easily ended with someone falling and hitting their head, or panicking and drowning in the lake.
As someone who’s afraid of spiders this is the scariest story you’ve told yet.
Yeah lol im scared off spiders i would swim back by the first one 🤣🤣 let stand the noise you here after you saw the first one 😵😵
😨😰😜😱😬😬😬
As someone who is not afraid of spiders but find them quite disgusting close up, this story terrified me.
I would scream and swim back when I saw the first one on the ladder. I hate spiders
This whole story sounds like these camp counselors were just waiting for someone to be dumb enough to go out there. How do you work with kids for a living and not know you can’t make something mysterious like that? They will eventually go investigate.
AN ELEPHANT GRAVEYARD?!?!
I don't know maybe because they think that the crotch goblins parents discipline them and taught them to listen but that's just a theory
@@aquatarot4694 have you ever met a kid?
@@razzberry4756 I have I'm 25 and my youngest sibling is 7 my niece is 2 years old and I was a Nanny so yes ... There parents knows what disaplin is and the kids are so well behaved
@@aquatarot4694 yeah while you’re watching them they are behaved
of all the horror stories i thought i came to this channel for, this was the one i didn’t ask for and horrified my inner arachnophobe the most 😂
“They eat small fish, can run on water, and hold their breath for 30 minutes”
NOPE
Same here... once I found out they hunt kill and eat fish..i was done
Its official they're Jesus spiders
least they can't fly
@@djmre well f***
@@djmre but they can only float going vertical not horizontal
Am I the ONLY one who literally squirmed around, squinted my eyes & FELT that skittering noise in my bones?!?! Ahhhhh! Worst insect ever! Loll
i pulled my shirt up to my ears while listening
No, no you're not. I'm still squirming...
they theu arent insects what bug are you thinking of dont scare me
@@thecaptainsnark I did that too hahah
So me I am trying not to hyperventilate an feel all over me.
Child: "I think as long as we don't jump on it, we'll be fine. Trust me and my extensive knowledge of docks. I'm a 12 year old dockologist"
He's a certified Docktor
@@BooDan74 W comment
Haha this made me giggle!! Underrated comment!!
Lol
👍
This may be the most wholesome Mr. Ballen video ever
This is how many people are a fan of the stange dark and mysterious delivered in story format
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me am.
Chance Carter stop begging for likes
David Zhu learn how to spell
Weak sauce kid. Try being original and creative and stop being a beggar for likes with the weak sauce comment
this is how you troll for likes
As SOON as they saw that one spider on that ladder my butt would've been GONEEEEE, my fear of spiders would've just made me YEET the first instance
I would've syeet myself.. 🤭🤭
I agree eff that
A good natural instinct to have....
Not me tho I would have become god himself and abliterate the dock and the lake serrounding it
Gay
The level of “hell to the no” is off the charts
As soon as he said, “They saw a small spider perched on the ladder…,” my heart sank. I knew exactly where this story was going to go. Lol
"We don't want to scare the kids. Let's just vaguely tell them to avoid the distant horizon and let their imaginations run wild."
Except for that dark place over there Simba. You must never go there.
Yeah, not the best plan.
"There's not much going on out here except maybe that weird spider"
Everyone: 😨
My therapist saying underwater spider attacks don't exist.
Doc spider: hello !
At the first spider, I knew where this was going. Yet, I kept watching. I can't wait for the nightmares this causes to start. 😳
Another quite horrifying spider fact - they can breathe underwater. About two years ago I left a bucket outside to dry off and then it started to rain quite a bit. After it had stopped and everything was somewhat dry I decided to retrieve said bucket which was filled with rain water and there just happened to be a somewhat big spider in there.
So, when I dumpfed it into the toilet said arachnid tried to jump out before being sucked down. That was quite scary.
I told my coworker this story because she's terrified of spiders. Her reaction when I got to the spiders swarming the dock was awesome. After that, she had to listen for herself, and she and her husband are now hooked on Mr Ballen.
I love that “well, unless your Kyle” 😂
🤣🤣
Och
Oh ⁹
Reminds you of Southpark 😆
@@judyayson yeees!!!🤣🤣🤣
The spider story is my worst nightmare, I’d rather see a ghost than have to fight spiders ughhhsgavgdgshh
Same 😭
Saaame!!!
At least with ghosts you *already know* who you’re gonna call.
Id rather get stuck in an elevetor than fight spiders
@@ItsYaBoi418 🤣🤣🤣
This would be one of the closest living nightmares I would have ever experienced. I used to love docks and the water - no more 😆
Life-long arachnophobe here…
This is the scariest fricken story you have ever posted.
Im shuddering x
I don’t think i would’ve been able to swim to shore before drowning from a panic attack induced exhaustion & inability to focus on trying to swim while fighting off the spiders on me all at the same time! M😱😬
I’m just horrified I’m surprised they made it to shore. Dear god.
Definitely the scariest 😢
fr didnt even let me sleep from the paranoia of a spider crawlin up on me when i lay down lmfao i was just standing up in my room doin smth on my phone (yeah wasnt even sitting lmaoo)
MrBallen your born for this and I thank you...I listen to you most of the day I drive a redi-mix truck I actually bought a bluetooth radio just so I can connect my phone and listen to all day at work and it makes my work day way better!! Thank you!!
Moral of the story? TELL KIDS WHY YOU DONT WANT THEM TO DO SOMETHING! Don’t just tell them « don’t do it ». TELL THEM WHY. lol
False
How is this false? Children are not stupid, and telling them not to do something without reason only leads to them being frustrated and taking risks. If there is a reason, tell them. Don’t just say “because I said so” etc. Give them reasons, like “because there are spiders there”, “because we can’t afford this right now” or “you can’t walk to school alone because I won’t know if you got there safely”, for example. Treat children with respect and they will learn to respect and trust you back.
@@piperjaycie Exactly! "Mysterious forbidden dock" sounds attractive to kids. "Dock full of gigantic spiders" not so much.
@@piperjaycie you ever been a teenager? Took a health class? They told you the dangers of drinking and smoking, drugs, etc? So you’re aware of why not to do those things, but kids do them anyway right? Everyone knows the risks of having unprotected sex but people still do it right? High school KIDS do these things all the time. Knowing damn well why they shouldn’t, but they do it anyway. And I can go on and on with examples but I think I made my point. Enjoy your day dickhead
Same with rules- let them know why rules are in place! Works even for adults (ahem me)
I thought to myself “how bad could it be?” Now I’m laying in bed, in the dark all itchy
Look out! There’s a spider under your blanket!
@@JixDoesGaming go to hell
@@JixDoesGaming That’s messed up
@@JixDoesGaming STOP
@@JixDoesGaming stfu
I'm actually surprised after seeing the spider and hearing that scratching noise they didn't automatically put 2 & 2 together.
As soon as he said there was a spider on the ladder I knew that the raft was a spider nest.
the story on reddit is like a 2 minute read but you managed to keep me interested for like 15 minutes, good narration brother!
Mr. Ballen: elite story teller
😂 thanks!!
@@MrBallen I've been to invested in the stories I've never seen this hidden stuff lol I don't get what to look 4
"And there's this rustling sound coming from under the dock."
Me [remembering the spider from earlier]: (pauses video)
I SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT.
I AM NOT SMART.
I knew that as well I paused the video
the minute he said, and mark saw this spider, I was like, hmmm i think this video may be dead to me now.
Growing up in NW New Jersey, those spiders were the bane of my child hood. Every dock, rock wall or similar shelter had these spiders. Despite living several homes away from the lake, found one in the shower. 45 years later I still open showers cautiously.
There's a certain size for insects were my brain just stops registering them as bugs and starts seeing them in the same light as like a small mammal
which is firmly in the vermin category rather than normal sized bugs which dwell in the eldritch horror category
Totally agree, we had huntsman appear at my Grandmothers and aside from being the size of a dinner plate and faster than greased lightining, it only took me a wiffel bat after 6 grown adults ran away with each failure lol.
yep. Dolomedes spiders definitely cross into "furry animal"-territory. They are not even vermin, they are more like true predators, wolverines or so.
@@animalyze7120 Couldn't agree more. Biggens are full fledge furry creatures.
Dock/Fishing spiders are probably the one of the largest spiders we get in the US, but they tend to only get big and numerous deep in swamp land so the average American has no idea they exist or how fucking large they can get (they top out at about 5" leg span?) I know they exist and the thought crossed my mind during the story, but the heebie jeebie of a dock full of the damn things is haunting.
Ps: Look up Sam Floyd's Fishing Spider video to see how big they can get and how numerous they are in uncharted territory.
I appreciate that you always provide measurements in the metric system and the imperial system. It's a thoughtful gesture on your part and is not taken for granted by those of us who struggle with math! My favorite t-shirt says, "I'm a writer. You do the math!"
Seriously. And I know it's my American ignorance getting in the way but no matter how many times you tell me that a meter is this many feet i will never instinctively be able to visualize it. 'Oh the man was 6 meters tall you say?' 'Sure sounds fine to me' even though 6 meters is over 19 feet tall.
Keep your metric system in the UK
@Jack Jones only car enthusiasts lmao.. the same way we also know how to drive manual 😂. Perhaps some middle ground is found.
It's be because he was in the army. It's habit for him
@@romandegaglia6866 No, he was a Navy Seal.
I’m not even kidding the sound effects for the spiders is when I lost it.
Yep, I even had to pull out my earphones 😭😭
As soon as he said there was a spider on the ladder, I knew what was coming. I did NOT however predict that sound effect!!! EESH! And then wait- they can survive underwater???!!! No no no no no.
i was cleaning out my grandmas old vacation house and it had a gigantic oriental cockroach infestation
You could hear them running..
and when you killed them.. they made a mess.
but that sound.. my lord i’ll never forget it
but that sound effects still got me
It was satisfying to listen to. Like the sound of kernels poured onto a hot kettle and popping into popcorn upon contact. :3
Same 😬
as a person with a fear of spiders this made my skin crawl.😅