Top 3 SCARIEST stalkers in the wild | Missing 411 (Part 17)

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  • @Franckatana
    @Franckatana 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8316

    12:46 Pennywise under MrBallen at the beggining of second story.

    • @MrBallen
      @MrBallen  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1259

      well done!

    • @simpleqaseem1655
      @simpleqaseem1655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +266

      @@MrBallen ballen pls like me pls

    • @mhplayer1330
      @mhplayer1330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      epic

    • @Franckatana
      @Franckatana 3 ปีที่แล้ว +206

      @@MrBallen Thanks, spotted it in the Premiere, and made a mental memo of where it was.

    • @cajunasian165
      @cajunasian165 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Gg 😁

  • @Natalie-km3ew
    @Natalie-km3ew 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8823

    I’ve been telling myself “just one more video” for the last three hours. I can’t stop listening to this channel!

    • @EYE_GOTCHA
      @EYE_GOTCHA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +121

      I’ve been spacing out my watching of his videos so I don’t go through them too quickly. 😃

    • @johnbricker5308
      @johnbricker5308 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Same

    • @ajdare67
      @ajdare67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      I do the same thing!!

    • @everettsykes1774
      @everettsykes1774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Yes, I'm addicted too.
      Mr.Ballen would be perfect for hosting the twilight zone.
      He just may wish to write the stories too.

    • @louwilliams2667
      @louwilliams2667 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Same, who would have thought that the strange, dark and mysterious delivered in a story format could be so addicting!

  • @cannedbread6140
    @cannedbread6140 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11638

    This man has risen faster than any youtuber I've ever met. He deserves it.

    • @marlonsalvador5900
      @marlonsalvador5900 3 ปีที่แล้ว +375

      And he is still rising

    • @corylong4992
      @corylong4992 3 ปีที่แล้ว +216

      Legend in the making

    • @A_Black_Sheep94
      @A_Black_Sheep94 3 ปีที่แล้ว +267

      He's using Spec Ops Psyops techniques to keep people hooked.

    • @MrBallen
      @MrBallen  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2691

      Honestly I can’t believe how many people have watched these videos. It’s so cool!!

    • @yes0r787
      @yes0r787 3 ปีที่แล้ว +178

      Thank you for keeping indoor life interesting!
      You have a great voice and style.

  • @yogertslinger84
    @yogertslinger84 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3401

    Lessons learned from This channel:
    1: never camp in the woods without a gun
    2: never cave dive

    • @mithshude
      @mithshude 3 ปีที่แล้ว +141

      i would say that this channel teached me the following
      1: a gun won't help you
      2: NEVER go anywhere alone, not even 10 meters out of sight from your group
      also, this channel isn't helping, i was planning to go on my first proper hiking trip this summer ^^

    • @elavke5441
      @elavke5441 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@mithshude then go in s large group

    • @mithshude
      @mithshude 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@elavke5441 yeah we are 5-6 people planning a shorter hike and all of it pretty close to civilization just to be on the safe side, the walk itself will take roughly 8 hours one way (not counting stops) and will end up by a lake where we are planning to make camp for a night or two before going back. there aren't any big predators around the area other than occasional lynx or wolf sightings but they tend to stay far away from humans (extremely rare in general where we are going as well)

    • @drpoppyseed
      @drpoppyseed 3 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      @@mithshude the missing 411 project has explicitly stated that there have been no spooky incidents where the victim had both a gun and a satphone. They both absolutely help.

    • @mithshude
      @mithshude 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@drpoppyseed that doesn't make any sense when there have been multiple cases that i've heard just from ballen alone?

  • @cosycovevlog3260
    @cosycovevlog3260 ปีที่แล้ว +338

    As someone who regularly camps and hikes alone - always follow your instincts but stick to the trail!
    I’ve stopped before and turned back because I got a sudden feeling of dread and decided to go a different route. I’ll never know if it saved me, or was just paranoia. But it is important to remain calm, think strategically and ensure you have more than enough water for whatever route you are taking.
    Use gps to plan / share your route, tell someone where you are going and when you should be back. Just use common sense!

    • @Irish_Georgia_Girl
      @Irish_Georgia_Girl 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      And carry a personal locator beacon!

    • @longbow3082
      @longbow3082 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      Our instincts have evolved over hundreds of thousands of years to protect us from the wilderness. If you think something is wrong or feels weird its probably true.

    • @modestgrower2017
      @modestgrower2017 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      So true! I love hiking alone but if something feels off or im unsure about the weather, I turn back

    • @codygordon5202
      @codygordon5202 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      And for god sakes carry a gun

    • @michaeldoran4367
      @michaeldoran4367 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Rollercoaster Tycoon- Naked man runs across the screen wearing flip flops. Weener dangles side to side making slapping sounds as the tip slaps on the skin. Rollercoaster Tycoon makes a very interesting ride where naked men have lots of weeners are floating around called WEENER forest

  • @oliviakeyunderthemat5637
    @oliviakeyunderthemat5637 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5340

    When you realise 2 minutes into the video that you’ve already seen this episode, but you find yourself watching til the end anyway because Mr Ballen is the best story teller ever...

    • @emily-tg8wk
      @emily-tg8wk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      why did i literally just have this same experience

    • @blackmasculine1
      @blackmasculine1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      He's not good at storytelling, I'm just personally waiting to hear the end. The story itself carries the weight.

    • @chadmccarthy1898
      @chadmccarthy1898 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I've watched numerous videos of his multiple times lol. Now it's just a waiting game on him releasing a new one

    • @kaywee4200
      @kaywee4200 2 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      @@blackmasculine1 why you watching a non good story teller

    • @jammcguire1276
      @jammcguire1276 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Him a Lee Trevino could have a 'story off!'

  • @Kyanzes
    @Kyanzes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2161

    Imagine one day getting into trouble within some odd circumstances only to realize "I'm about to become MrBallen material..."

    • @MultiChrisjb
      @MultiChrisjb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Oh no! I going to become content!

    • @Maybe_Crazy_Courier
      @Maybe_Crazy_Courier 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Well boys we did it my boring life is no more

    • @faustlove
      @faustlove 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I think that everyday!!

    • @elliebatty6377
      @elliebatty6377 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      I've dreamed of this. Come at me ghosts, I wanna be noticed by MrBallen.

    • @seekndestroy6678
      @seekndestroy6678 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That would be awesome honestly

  • @stevestevens8749
    @stevestevens8749 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3849

    The one thing that I've learned from this channel -- is that a lot of people like to go out into the woods by themselves.

    • @mrsx7944
      @mrsx7944 3 ปีที่แล้ว +154

      Fools

    • @ak_downrange_threat7251
      @ak_downrange_threat7251 3 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      Yes we do!

    • @stevestevens8749
      @stevestevens8749 3 ปีที่แล้ว +254

      @@ak_downrange_threat7251, maybe I'll see you on a future episode.

    • @ak_downrange_threat7251
      @ak_downrange_threat7251 3 ปีที่แล้ว +164

      @@stevestevens8749 If you do it will be about a man fucking up what ever was trying to fuck with him!

    • @neilacrabtree8190
      @neilacrabtree8190 3 ปีที่แล้ว +240

      Never go camping alone without a gun. Never go camping with others without a gun. It' may be used to find food or keep you from being killed by the forest folk .

  • @nickzedlar2181
    @nickzedlar2181 ปีที่แล้ว +382

    Regarding the kids with the bear and "gorilla": it seems plausible to me that a bear could shadow them -- as opposed to being in active pursuit -- yet still drive the scared children up the mountain. Also, the silhouette of a bear on its hindlegs, especially in low light and under these terrifying circumstances, could very easily be reported as "gorilla" by youngsters with limited life experience and vocabulary.

    • @bongboner
      @bongboner ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Wendigo and Skinwalkers are known for making ape/gorilla type noices when communicating,,, and they love to stalk their pray esp when they excel fear like those kids likely felt

    • @parabolicpanorama
      @parabolicpanorama ปีที่แล้ว +90

      ​@@bongbonerthey're also not real

    • @destinyarpy3734
      @destinyarpy3734 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      ​@@parabolicpanoramadepending on who you ask. As a native American myself they very much are real. However again depending on who you ask, you'll get a different answer

    • @waner17
      @waner17 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@destinyarpy3734you’ve seen one? with your eyes? with another witness to corroborate? i’m all into mythology and lore and legend but we can’t make confident claims about the vastly unexplainable

    • @destinyarpy3734
      @destinyarpy3734 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@waner17 I'm not going to get into the mythology of my culture. It's the same ideology of God. However in my culture we have proof of skinwalkers. We have rituals to call them

  • @Aaronz504
    @Aaronz504 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1657

    Bigfoot just walking his pet bear, wanting to ask the kids about his missing tree doughnuts..

    • @Unfunnybozo10
      @Unfunnybozo10 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Lol big foot is just upset

    • @sodddit8360
      @sodddit8360 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Or how to get to bell canyon

    • @brookef6395
      @brookef6395 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So messed up lol

    • @crystalyana9533
      @crystalyana9533 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol

    • @johnr5847
      @johnr5847 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What's a tree donut?

  • @dismaldohrmousedigressions7484
    @dismaldohrmousedigressions7484 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1320

    I love how in the first story, the friend reports her missing within hours instead of waiting days like most of the other stories like that

    • @fisty539
      @fisty539 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I thought police couldn't file a missing persons report until after a certain time, something like 24-72 hours, not sure and could be wrong tho

    • @stovespiegel
      @stovespiegel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@fisty539 this isn't true, and the belief likely gets a lot of people killed

    • @Bruthah
      @Bruthah 2 ปีที่แล้ว +152

      @@fisty539 lawyer here. that’s actually a myth. You can file a missing person report at any time.

    • @fisty539
      @fisty539 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@Bruthah ah thank you! TIL

    • @coocoo3336
      @coocoo3336 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fisty539 please report someone missing if you think anything is wrong. Dont wait, 24 hours could be the difference between life or death

  • @nobodycares1134
    @nobodycares1134 3 ปีที่แล้ว +273

    I love that he doesn't put on some spooky slow voice or extremly over the top scary music. He is just chill and that's why I love listening to him while I do stuff within the day

    • @toadkiller4475
      @toadkiller4475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yeah I absolutely hate the way that youtuber “chills” talks. It is infuriating..

    • @thatoneguylol6694
      @thatoneguylol6694 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@toadkiller4475 IKR

    • @thatoneguylol6694
      @thatoneguylol6694 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's so annoying

    • @suviseshbharadwaj7206
      @suviseshbharadwaj7206 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It makes it even more spookier since it's so immersive

    • @toadkiller4475
      @toadkiller4475 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@suviseshbharadwaj7206 no it makes it incredibly irritating. He always jumps to the least likely possibilities too like it was the supernatural. I think being analytical about scary stories is a better approach. The story is scary enough it doesn't need the oration to be dictated like a dill bag. I literally can't stand how chills talks it makes me angry.

  • @kevinmalone3210
    @kevinmalone3210 ปีที่แล้ว +942

    A wise rule to follow when hiking out in the wilderness. Never hike alone.
    The story of Eloise is weird. It could've been some animal stalking her, or maybe it was some feral human creep stalking her for kicks, but it sounds as if the most likely reason was she was scaring herself into thinking she was being stalked due to random noises. Whatever the reason, she was extremely fortunate that hunter found her, otherwise she would've perished out there.

    • @Yumiko-je1to
      @Yumiko-je1to ปีที่แล้ว +125

      Also never go off of the trail. I’ve never seen it actually work out normally they just get lost and whatever is following them still finds them so if it’s going to find you anyways might as well not get lost. Also if you are reported missing they are going to search on the trail so if you’re miles from the trail they aren’t going to find you.

    • @kevinmalone3210
      @kevinmalone3210 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@Yumiko-je1to Agree 100%. I've been out in the wilderness in the Sierra Nevada mountains, miles away from any civilization. I almost got lost myself, because I accidentally went off trail. It's easy to do if you don't pay attention. Another good point you made is stay close to the trail if you get lost.

    • @pdxdude6428
      @pdxdude6428 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      I think Eloise was getting into her own head and scaring herself, if someone was really chasing her for 3 weeks then why not actually attack or grab her. Alos she just happens to find a cache of donuts and cake? Do people really leave these types of things in the forest for other people to find?? It just all seems weird, but so happy she was found alive.

    • @redz5523
      @redz5523 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I don't believe ghosts but i'm still gonna ask this question anyway
      Could the forest be haunted?

    • @animalswin2105
      @animalswin2105 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@pdxdude6428 unless the person stalking her was the one who left donughts. Who knows. Yes I wondered the same: why didn't the thing atrack her esp when she was camping ? Maybe it was some feral man wanting a wife so hé wanted her to want to ne with him. But yea, donughts ?!

  • @mukabout4243
    @mukabout4243 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1369

    Ditches her backpack, terrified and running for her life from an unseen force.. “Thank god I ran into this donut tree!”

    • @stephaniebaker6001
      @stephaniebaker6001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      WHAT LUCK! I ran into a pie tree once and was terribly disappointed because there was no apple pie. 😖😫

    • @unapranker
      @unapranker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +208

      Some hunters bait bears by stuffing junk foods into tree stumps. My old boss always talked about going to the hostess outlet for expired treats to use for bait.

    • @tracybrown2482
      @tracybrown2482 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@unapranker damn thats smart

    • @mukabout4243
      @mukabout4243 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@unapranker - makes sense 👍

    • @markhonea2461
      @markhonea2461 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I'm not buyin' it. I bet if you had asked around you would find some local campers that after a strange nighttime encounter were missing exactly those items. Donuts and pound cake. Brought to her.

  • @lyricg19336
    @lyricg19336 3 ปีที่แล้ว +519

    Ugh that “feeling of dread” is a feeling Ive felt before, and one you NEVER want to ignore. It’s not just a pit in your stomach...it’s your feet going numb, everything moves in slow motion, a tingle at the base of your spine, blood rushing to the back of your neck. You body is literally telling you it’s time to GO. I wouldn’t wish this feeling on anyone

    • @deeriggs3319
      @deeriggs3319 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Instinct.. We have it for a reason fr.. I trust it with people too.. We subconsciously recognize threats and predators.

    • @shawntowns8028
      @shawntowns8028 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I'd like to know more.....

    • @TammyLC
      @TammyLC 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Exactly! I’ve had it a few times. Flight or fight with a lot more to it. It can be considered a 6th sense, so to speak but much more intense. Weak knees, a feeling of hot washes over you, too. Such a weird thing.

    • @VanquishSoReal
      @VanquishSoReal 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Well I have anxiety and i cant just leave work when my feet go numb and heart speeds up. I gotta deal with it

    • @michaeltahaney9053
      @michaeltahaney9053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Had that same feeling in the Scottish Highlands, stopped off the path to take a leak and got a sense of horrible dread that made me look up into the sky in which I seen a large black triangle with 3 brights lights, observing and watching me, it vanished after a minute, a reckon if my ex girlfriend was not with me that day a was another missing person statistic. Many predators out there the human kind and the paranormal kind, you ever feel that feeling again girl you get the fuck out of dodge. That goes for everybody.

  • @dionst.michael5818
    @dionst.michael5818 3 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    I love this guys simple approach and humility. No flash or over the top stupidity. Just the facts. His channel deserves all the loyalty, love and respect it gets.

  • @alexandresofman3600
    @alexandresofman3600 ปีที่แล้ว +181

    There’s an old lady that I know. She asked me to help her out with hanging a couple of pictures in her apartment. She’s a very kind and harmless lady a little over 70 y o. I remember she always complained about her neighbors stalking her, or talk really loud. This is precisely why she wanted to hang some pictures on the wall to try to have at least some sound insulation from her neighbors. Of course it was not a very good plan, but she insisted.
    And just like the first hiker in this video she got intense feelings that something was off. At night she said she heard people arguing outside her apartment. One time she said there was a man out there that did time in prison and she was scared of him.
    I knew she was a bit strange but she was always so nice to me and I really wanted to help her. She told me a little of her story and I was surprised to find that she never dated anyone! Of course no kids but a little bit of family.
    Another thing I noticed that she didn’t have a TV or a computer. She had a phone but I never saw her doing anything on it. And she didn’t listen to news or music.
    I asked her several times did she try to raise her concerns with family or building management but I got a weird answer.
    About a year ago she bought a little house about 15 miles from where she lived. She was so relieved that she didn’t have to deal with neighbors, scary men or people arguing.
    About two months passed since she moved and I started getting calls from her in a middle of the night. Not too often but she sounded very scared and spooked. I tried to calm her and if she felt any danger to call the police. (By the way, when she lives in her previous place she said she called cops often and I started to suspect they just got tired of her stories, because as she said to me, they didn’t do anything.
    So I knew she had a bit of a problem. The last story I heard very recently from her that she was at her new home, when she heard birds like crows or ravens on her roof call out her last name. And then it finally clicked. Everything became crystal clear. Her family knew that she was a bit off. Her neighbors that I saw on few occasions looked very nice, well mannered and polite. They smiled when they saw me and I think all her stories about mean people were her imagination playing tricks on her. After being so relieved that she moved to her new home but same things started to happen at a new place. Because she couldn’t blame her neighbors she invented a birds story.
    I feel bad for her. She’s always in good spirits meaning she didn’t want to get anyone in trouble, but because she truly believed that she heard what she heard.

    • @hamedhosseini4938
      @hamedhosseini4938 ปีที่แล้ว

      Damn. Now you know why she is single. Unfortuantely mental illness is very fucking real. I really believe this lady has experienced something early on her life that didn't refer to actual specialist to get it checked. so as a result she is just now, in her 70s with the same mental problems.

    • @extreme-cm8hb
      @extreme-cm8hb ปีที่แล้ว

      Alex, have you ever heard of paranoia or paranoid schizophrenia? It's very easy, with either of these, to not know what's real and what's being imagined. Audio and visual hallucinations are hallmarks of both of those illnesses.
      Also, I've known some really nice seeming people at first. They come off so great in the beginning, like those neighbors. It takes a while for their mask to start slipping and their true selves to appear. So, it could appear that your friend was crazy while the neighbors seemed wonderful, when the neighbors could have been doing things to scare her.
      Frankly, although she probably has a mental illness, you don't seem like a good friend to me. You sound like a pr*ck of a friend, an enemy.

    • @Irish_Georgia_Girl
      @Irish_Georgia_Girl 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      That poor sweet dear. It sounds like she may be showing signs of dementia... paranoiavis a common early sign. Or she may have a mental illness. She needs someone to look out for her as in take her to a doctor and have her evaluated for dementia or mental illness and watch out for her because people in that situation are so vulnerable. You sound like you've been a good friend to her.

    • @M1A1Abrams-zv4vc
      @M1A1Abrams-zv4vc 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Schizophrenia? ​@@Irish_Georgia_Girl

    • @debrajones4010
      @debrajones4010 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      The older a person gets the more afraid they become especially when they are alone. They know they’re fragile and couldn’t fight anyone off if they had to. They also become more fearful of death than the average person because of their age and that fear can lead to panic which leads to paranoia. I’m not trying to say anything about her family, I just wish they could’ve taken her in. I pray God will surround her with His hedge of protection and keep her safe from any and all things.

  • @Sundog0811
    @Sundog0811 2 ปีที่แล้ว +599

    It doesn't happen often, but there's been a few times when I was walking in the woods and the hair on your neck stands up and you don't even think twice, you just turn around and get the hell out of there. Even though I never see what it was, the feeling is undeniable and I trust it 100%

    • @cynthiawheeler1907
      @cynthiawheeler1907 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Never discount your gut....💯

    • @kdavis4910
      @kdavis4910 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Yes. This.

    • @BettyG1369
      @BettyG1369 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      That is called instinct. It happens all the time, every day, but most people either don't realize it or dismiss it. Not everyone is used to feeling what it's like when their instincts are working. So in a secluded and/or quiet place, their senses can become overwhelmed and their mind starts making up answers for what's making the natural sounds of the wilderness.

    • @nilesredfern7989
      @nilesredfern7989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Yep, there's a trail 15-20 minutes away from my childhood home I frequented. There's usually at least a few people there, I've never had any problems and it's generally a very safe trail...I loved going. But from time to time, my gut would drop like a stone...And I knew it was time to vamoose. 😂😬

    • @FarCraftMania
      @FarCraftMania 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      You're probably detecting an animal you aren't visually aware of. Get it all the time around snake holes. Respect the feeling especially while alone.

  • @morallybankrupt1461
    @morallybankrupt1461 3 ปีที่แล้ว +549

    I used to go camping with my grandpa and uncles deep in the allegany forest in Kenner dale penn. Being from Seattle I was always terrified because I was a city kid who really didn’t want to be in wilderness. My grandpa would get angry every time I was scared and said more people die from fear out here than any bear. He said fear makes people turn their nightmares into reality and as soon as that happens your nightmares come true. The feeling of being watched can make your brain do crazy things. I’m not saying these people weren’t being watched, but your mind can go to some scary places when out in nature.

    • @amethyst1826
      @amethyst1826 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Not just out in nature!!

    • @ericakrepp9280
      @ericakrepp9280 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Dude! Small freaking world, I'm from like 20 min away from Kennerdale/Rockland area. And your grandpa was and is totally correct! Fear can make us humans do some insane things. I've had horses and trail ridden my entire life, and I will be the first to say that the woods are a beautiful, albeit terrifying at times, place!

    • @wrestlingfan4ever76
      @wrestlingfan4ever76 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I am from the Baltimore area of Maryland but have been on two backpacking trips in the Susquehannock State Forest of remote, northern Pennsylvania. One of them was a four day trip with my scout group. One of the coolest things that ever happened to me in my life was when I saw a mother black bear and a cub on the last day just before finishing the hike. But there really is spooky things to fear in those woods and they aren't bears. The third night we were there we were attacked by a family or clan of Sasquatch up the hill from our camping site. This was 31 years ago. They made the most horrible sounds, threw sticks and rocks at us and at the end they knocked down a humongous, live deciduous tree. I was actually almost killed by one when it threw a grapefruit-sized rock at me that whizzed right next to my face. I was only 14 at the time but I think I actually saw a baby one hide behind a tree stump or tree but it was late at night and completely dark outside. This little one was approximately 4 or 5 feet tall and kind of thick like an ewoke from Star Wars but not as round in the middle. I have also experience being followed at night on the Appalachian Trail by something walking on two feet and that was several yards off the trail in the trees. I was only a teenager backpacking by myself and I kept on shining my flashlight at it and yelling at it until it finally stopped following me. I live in Utah now and the last time I went backpacking was in 2008 when I went home to visit Maryland. I hiked a black bear hot spot in Garrett county and do not fear black bear. I never want to be anywhere near a Sasquatch again and definitely not seek them out. They are too freaky and little is known about them. Now I carry a 9mm Barretta pistol with me whenever I go into the woods as I have a permit to do so. The cartridge holds 15 rounds. If it actually came to it you could defend yourself from bear, mountain lions, wolves or other wildlife with it but many people say a gun will not protect you from Sasquatch. I will always carry it with me in the backwoods anyway.

    • @morallybankrupt1461
      @morallybankrupt1461 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ericakrepp9280 It is a small world!! Hope it’s still as beautiful as I remember, haven’t been back in years. Some of my best memories are from that area though, hope to get back there someday.

    • @thomasgilbreath1250
      @thomasgilbreath1250 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      The feeling of overwhelming dread and fear more than likely saved my life once before. I was walking a trail, a block away from my house, that lead to the river nearby. The trail was probably somewhere near a mile long. On the return trip, after relaxing by the water sometime, I get hit with a feeling of extreme panic that I had never felt before and I sprinted the last 1/2 mile home. A week later, while sitting on my porch looking into the woods I had been in, I watched a gigantic mountain lion slink from behind one house to the next. I am pretty certain it was planning on attacking me that day in the woods. I haven't went hiking alone since then and now that I am older I always carry a firearm with me.

  • @Smiley123ization
    @Smiley123ization 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1649

    One thing I've noticed in all of these missing children stories (and with my experience as a kindergarten teacher) is that people seem to underestimate the abilities of children and how far they can go on their own.

    • @jasongroff9980
      @jasongroff9980 3 ปีที่แล้ว +117

      Based off of what you've said here and what I've heard from other stories told by Mr. Ballen, it sounds like you should abandon searching for a lost child in the close proximity of where you last saw them and just run a few hundred meters away from that spot to start your search. If a child is capable of covering long distances in short amounts of time, then starting your search at the point where you last saw them is just giving them more time to get farther and farther away. Just a thought.

    • @reubenwills9757
      @reubenwills9757 3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      @@jasongroff9980 but these stories are the exceptions, 99% of the time they won't be able to go that far

    • @paulguthrie7516
      @paulguthrie7516 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@reubenwills9757 depends I mean I used to sneak out to the river behined our house when we lived out in the woods I think I was around 9 10 or so and I would get there and back while messing around before my mom would notice anything.

    • @paulguthrie7516
      @paulguthrie7516 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@jasongroff9980 not really because a child could find a hiding place any where, what they need to do is a grid lock search from the point of last seen out in all directions and the further you go out the more people that join in so there is less space in between and to cover to be able to spot a child quicker, and with todays technology search and rescue should always have a hello equipped with infrared , the same technology they use for finding criminals that run from the police and hide in bushes, because it registers body heat. Anyone can make a arrogant comment and not come up with a solution to improve the search and rescue.

    • @paulguthrie7516
      @paulguthrie7516 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@jasongroff9980 that's like saying it's pointless to try and track any missing person down, how much sense does that really make? We have drones that come cover 100x the distance than any human and to deploy uses min. To none resources..🤷‍♂️

  • @NoOneExists
    @NoOneExists 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    3 years later and I’m watching this video all over again. Great stuff, Mr.Ballen.

  • @dawnsully88
    @dawnsully88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5468

    I'll never understand why anyone would go hiking and camping alone.

    • @guessmyname6210
      @guessmyname6210 3 ปีที่แล้ว +525

      Stupid, isn't it? Even experienced people run into trouble when they're by themselves.

    • @dawnsully88
      @dawnsully88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +289

      @@guessmyname6210 especially when they don't have those beacon things and bear spray

    • @guessmyname6210
      @guessmyname6210 3 ปีที่แล้ว +165

      @@dawnsully88 Yes! You just never know what kind of trouble you'll run into.

    • @karolsmith6754
      @karolsmith6754 3 ปีที่แล้ว +340

      @@guessmyname6210 I'm 15 and was taking a stroll a couple miles behind my house just last week, and I was standing in a clearing chilling and checking my phone (keep in mind I'm alone and a few thousand feet up this trail) and out of absolutely nowhere, something started crashing through the brush maybe 20 feet in front of me. Crushing large branches. I hollered and the thing just went silent, but ill swear on all it was a sizable bear. Remember you have no recourse without a weapon in the woods. Needless to say, I immediately found a club and whooped like an ape the whole way back. Whats weird is the way that the sound just started randomly, as though it decided to show itself while very close to me. I've seen bears before, but this was the scariest experience of my life.

    • @guessmyname6210
      @guessmyname6210 3 ปีที่แล้ว +155

      @@karolsmith6754 I assume scariest because you couldn't see it. Not being able to see it would make my imagination run wild.

  • @ghostscript2044
    @ghostscript2044 3 ปีที่แล้ว +690

    I had that extreme dread once while walking my dog in West Virginia. Turns out I was being stalked by a cougar

    • @PeytonOver
      @PeytonOver 3 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      God placed something in our heads that warns us when we are being watched by a formidable predator.

    • @krtm7231
      @krtm7231 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Details? Did you notice right away? Did it follow u?

    • @keeganwilson9062
      @keeganwilson9062 3 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      @@PeytonOver it's called our brain, but seriously your brain is picking up more information subconsciously without you realizing which is how you can tell that you're being watched has nothing to do with a god

    • @jamesridoni
      @jamesridoni 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Love my state WV never had any fear in the woods I would ride my bike through the woods no trails just woods forest

    • @ghostscript2044
      @ghostscript2044 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jamesridoni fuck wv 😂😂😂😂 clearly you don't know what lives in the woods in all West Virginia if that's the way you treat it

  • @ArolzStreams
    @ArolzStreams 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1595

    I like that he doesn’t put on a fake scary voice.

    • @MultiChrisjb
      @MultiChrisjb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      That's what's wrong with most youtube channels that tells these stories.

    • @tracyvslife3124
      @tracyvslife3124 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Same his voice makes watching these easier

    • @tracyvslife3124
      @tracyvslife3124 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@MultiChrisjb they put scary voices on them selfs

    • @katekinder
      @katekinder 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Thats why I like MrBallen and Let’s Read its just normal chat

    • @KickMe1177
      @KickMe1177 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yeah, those youtubers are trash. Somehow they have a crazy amount of views/subscribers though.

  • @SFTHFandom
    @SFTHFandom 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    your stuff scares the living daylight out of me but i can't stop watching, they're so interesting , sad, creepy and intriguing

  • @courtneycox7252
    @courtneycox7252 3 ปีที่แล้ว +420

    There's just something about the way you narrate that's very comforting, even if it is about spooky things lol

    • @MrBallen
      @MrBallen  3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Thank you Courtney!

    • @hollie3242
      @hollie3242 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's why I love his channel!!

    • @MichaelGaryScott90
      @MichaelGaryScott90 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@MrBallen
      *th-cam.com/video/c2PFozoUXI0/w-d-xo.html*
      *John, the vindictive side of me wants you to suffer! But I also couldn't live with myself if I didn't tell you that another channel bu the name of MrSleepy uploaded a compilation of your videos and monetized it! There's around 30 ads in an hour and a half's worth of your videos put into one. Link up above.*
      *Make no mistake John - I WILL get you.*
      *But not like this, that's low even for me! I already reported the video, you should file a claim.*

    • @antonanon3622
      @antonanon3622 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@MichaelGaryScott90 I've been using it as bed time stories.

    • @hezekiahcoleman2548
      @hezekiahcoleman2548 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@antonanon3622 I did it = nightmares

  • @johntaggart91
    @johntaggart91 2 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    I met a Wildman 20 years ago in VA on the Appalachian. He was very nice and friendly. He left society (50 years ago now) my buddy and I were camping with my parents and their friends. He came out of nowhere, and left just as quick. But lived nearby and we referred to him still as tattooed sasquatch. Him and his wife left society and never looked back.

    • @dexterst.jacque4540
      @dexterst.jacque4540 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      you ever think he broke out of prison? my grandpa said 50 yrs ago it was prisoner and military with tattoos.

    • @sitcomchristian6886
      @sitcomchristian6886 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dexterst.jacque4540 You're probably right, my dad mentioned that too.

  • @axeljames1272
    @axeljames1272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +514

    Found this channel by accident but now can’t stop watching love his story telling it’s the best!

    • @Salah_Ogb
      @Salah_Ogb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Same😂

    • @james10890
      @james10890 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Same been watching tons of videos every day. I always enjoy finding random channels

    • @missdemeanor3494
      @missdemeanor3494 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too! I love it!

    • @boogiebear3095
      @boogiebear3095 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same here. I enjoy his was of storytelling

    • @h.j2141
      @h.j2141 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So did I! Like, three days ago, now I’m hooked. Told my husband, now he’s watching too.

  • @bailey377
    @bailey377 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    One thing I’ve learned from this channel is that police need to widen their search area. I feel like every story where they find someone who was lost they’re much farther away than anticipated

  • @madpatriot7464
    @madpatriot7464 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1588

    Anyone alone in the woods needs to carry a weapon. As soon as you pass into the Bush, you become part of the food chain.

    • @raymondjones8
      @raymondjones8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      We are certainly not the biggest, baddest, nor smartest thing out there🤭

    • @thebigguy7261
      @thebigguy7261 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      3 shots = sos.. some things can't be shot or need at least .50cal to damage

    • @morbidmax7064
      @morbidmax7064 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      In before you shoot a innocent hiker out of paranoia.

    • @tymetodothis8378
      @tymetodothis8378 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      Always do. And really, no, a .50 is not necessary -- for much of anything. Most people can't shoot handguns of any caliber worth a damn, anyway. Against a grizzly, in the dark, you better have a tank. Against an aggressive human a wide variety of things will do. But just like everyday life, if you're that terrified that you have to be heavily armed 24/7, stay home. It's frightened people who hurt other people.

    • @Kevin-ui8cz
      @Kevin-ui8cz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Seems reasonable for your average person to bring a handgun with them while spending significant time by themselves out deep into the forest. I hiked 80 miles of the Appalachian trail as a vacation, and brought my glock 23(40cal); I wasn’t irrationally scared of anything; just being cautious as there had recently been a black bear attack on the stretch of trail I was hiking. I don’t carry a sidearm with me everywhere in life, it’s more of a nuisance. I will agree with you that people who carry guns 24/7, often seem more anxious and worried while out in public. Had a peer in the national guard that did that, and we went to get sushi in a decent part of town one day, and he made a point of carrying; just seemed like the idea of a physical altercation, a fist fight, was not something that registered to him, his gun was his safety net and he used that confidence to often be confrontational with already aggressive people. Would be hard to decide to have a normal fight with someone if you have to worry about them grabbing the gun from your pant-line. Idk, I’m sure there are circumstances and areas that make carrying all the time a reasonable decision. Just not worth the trouble if you ask me.

  • @mollymcmahon3100
    @mollymcmahon3100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +325

    “For 7 days she will be all on her own…”
    -no no NOOOO!!!!
    She might as well have gone to Bell’s Canyon at this point. Smh 🤦‍♀️

    • @jamesfaust7434
      @jamesfaust7434 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      That story messed me up. Pretty sure I would have just accepted death in his situation.

    • @JustaSimplefact
      @JustaSimplefact 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The scariest part is that a 43 mile hike should take 5 days absolute max even at a very slow pace with plenty of R&R and sight seeing/photo ops.

    • @ryano.5149
      @ryano.5149 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's south-east of Salt Lake City, just in case you get asked! You're welcome! lol

    • @TheLaurkenGroup
      @TheLaurkenGroup 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      But does she know how to get to Bell’s Canyon? So few stalked campers do. Hhhhhhhmmmmmmmm………

    • @michelemoore8912
      @michelemoore8912 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@rhys4303 Bell’s Canyon is a reference to one of Mr. Ballen’s video’s in which a man goes hiking/camping in very remote wilderness and is followed by a man or entity that looks like a man and keep’s asking the hiker, in a very creepy voice, “Do you know how to get to Bell’s Canyon.” By the end of the story hearing that will give you chills. But that is what the running joke on here is about.

  • @Viral_Stream_Clips0
    @Viral_Stream_Clips0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2174

    Getting stalked in the forest when you cant see the stalker and youre alone is probably the scariest thing possible

    • @Josiah.435
      @Josiah.435 3 ปีที่แล้ว +99

      but you can feel them with your 6th sense

    • @Viral_Stream_Clips0
      @Viral_Stream_Clips0 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@Josiah.435 i mean if you can hear their footsteps

    • @julianeder3383
      @julianeder3383 3 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      watched the video where some cook was trapped underwater for a couple of days in total darkness with sharks bangin arround the hallway eating the dead members of his crew while he could only wait and hope that none of them would swim into the small room he was in that story was way worse in my opinion

    • @notthefather3919
      @notthefather3919 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      May have been all in her head.

    • @Whiskey5_
      @Whiskey5_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      That’s why I bring firearms and never go anywhere alone. Battle buddies are always a good idea

  • @allyburgess2738
    @allyburgess2738 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    The first story reminds me of this girl on TikTok that tells stories about what not to do living or hiking in the Appalachias. They’re really creepy folk tales but the story reminded me of them and how creepy hiking alone in the forest can be. I’m glad she was found.

    • @epic7224
      @epic7224 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Is she on YT as well?

    • @michaeldoran4367
      @michaeldoran4367 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Rollercoaster Tycoon- Naked man runs across the screen wearing flip flops. Weener dangles side to side making slapping sounds as the tip slaps on the skin. Rollercoaster Tycoon makes a very interesting ride where naked men have lots of weeners are floating around called WEENER forest

    • @michaeldoran4367
      @michaeldoran4367 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@epic7224Peenuses dangling down like a rain forest. Hundreds of dangling peenuses. Monkey runs and jumps off a cliff qand grabs a peenus! The monkey swings and jumps from peenus to peenus and goes across the whole forest off flaccid peenuses

  • @willdiebold3314
    @willdiebold3314 3 ปีที่แล้ว +735

    Three things I’ve learned from Mr. Ballen:
    1. Don’t go into the woods alone.
    2. Don’t go scuba diving.
    3. The best way to unwind after a long day amidst the Covid pandemic is to watch these amazing videos.
    He’s revolutionized scary stories. 🙏

    • @The_Time_Change
      @The_Time_Change 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Right. I fpund his channle by accident and I have been hooked ever since.

    • @harleyclaunch-clark8788
      @harleyclaunch-clark8788 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes

    • @meadowluvskurt
      @meadowluvskurt 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@The_Time_Change same! Also bud you should fix your spelling.

    • @jacobparker5042
      @jacobparker5042 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@The_Time_Change same

    • @jacobparker5042
      @jacobparker5042 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@meadowluvskurt its all g

  • @nakulkanchan7313
    @nakulkanchan7313 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2069

    Can someone tell me why a person in their sane mind would go camping alone? Like haven't you watched Mr Ballen? Jeez

    • @AlexAndra-iy5zu
      @AlexAndra-iy5zu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      No woods for me or my children.

    • @angelahutson6450
      @angelahutson6450 3 ปีที่แล้ว +145

      I love camping alone, it's truly a soul-soothing, magical experience. The gun I carry helps ensure I remain alone. Of course, where I live our "wildmen" are more of the meth-head variety, but the 'deterrent' still works all the same.

    • @WinterSoldier7207
      @WinterSoldier7207 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Depends on how 'alone' you are. I've done it so far because I don't really have any local outdoor-enthusiast friends, but I camp in what Stephen King would call the 'toy woods' so far. Just big enough to get accustomed to the wilderness and test out my gear, with some other frequent enthusiasts nearby.
      It does make it easier to sleep if you know someone trustworthy enough is nearby, and once you start to learn what are typical forest noises, even the ones at night.
      That said, I'd still prefer a reliable camping buddy, especially if I were to go into a real wilderness situation. I see a lot more of the safer wildlife when by myself on these trips, and I don't doubt it has something to do with the lack of conversation/human noises that could deter animals. That could also apply to predatory wildlife.

    • @wyatt_COTW
      @wyatt_COTW 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@angelahutson6450 it’s soooo boring though what do you do all alone??

    • @legndgrape5188
      @legndgrape5188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      @@wyatt_COTW not get annoyed by people like you

  • @saatwikkatiha
    @saatwikkatiha 3 ปีที่แล้ว +756

    Adults : "a little kid couldn't have gone that far"
    Kids - "hold my strawberry milkshake"

    • @MIXTAB1
      @MIXTAB1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lol very well executed joke with a fantastic twist ✌️
      Well done

    • @anderschristensen4072
      @anderschristensen4072 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      i like strawberry milkshake

    • @chocolateangel9092
      @chocolateangel9092 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣😂😂🤣

    • @69yearsago93
      @69yearsago93 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bot

    • @snippyJ
      @snippyJ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      .... or "hold my root beer!"😉

  • @bunkertons
    @bunkertons ปีที่แล้ว +217

    I think it's time to start expanding the "standard search parameters" in these cases. Too often the missing person is found way outside the search zone, so perhaps those parameters are wrong.

    • @leequinn2733
      @leequinn2733 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I agree. two women got lost in Craters of the Moon Park. They weren't reported missing for a week. Searches were looking in the wrong area and one of both were possibly were alive while SAR was out there. Their case is discussed in the Missing Enigma.

    • @funsterkeyven
      @funsterkeyven ปีที่แล้ว +16

      When you are sitting in a chair and think the government has unlimited resources, it's easy to tell others to just pour extra resources and effort. Because it requires absolutely nothing from you. Idiotic take.

    • @Yamyatos
      @Yamyatos ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I disagree. You dont have unlimited ressources. It's not like they just pick a small area to finish quickly and then run across it multiple times for the lolz. You can only cover so much area, depending on the terrain and the people and equipment available for the search. Not to mention, why would you look 50 kilometers away, if the person has been missing for only a day or so. You start with the most likely places. For the overwhelming majority of people, this is not only sufficient, but the best solution. If you altered the "standard search parameters" as you call it, you would look in the wrong places *most of the time* and thus actively kill people, by being unable to efficiently cover the locations where they would likely be.

    • @NuggetNapper
      @NuggetNapper ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ​@Yamyatos Also keep in mind, the sampling of stories we have are the unusual cases where people were found in unusual places. The many many other cases where people were found within the "standard search parameters" are generally unremarkable and thus wouldn't be told.

    • @Yamyatos
      @Yamyatos ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@NuggetNapper Exactly. People watch these and think "hmm that's a lot of strange cases", but the *millions* of successfull searches obviously dont make headlines. Quite frankly, for many of the 411 and other weird ones, the likelies explanation is not paranormal, but simply people not telling the truth, or some other foul play being involved. Considering the millions of people who go missing, it would be surprising if we had no weird ones, simply due to people misremembering, lying, or just being crazy.

  • @beautifuljulie4393
    @beautifuljulie4393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    Mr. Ballen tells the story like HE is telling a story. So many other story tellers clearly don't know the words they are reading or it must be automated because words are mispronounced... It takes away from the story because the other stories are read with inappropriate emphasis making the words not make sense. Some sentences are even repeated like somebody forgot to edit it out. This story feels real. I love it. Mr Ballen is really easy on the eyes as well.

    • @MrBallen
      @MrBallen  3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      thank you so much!

    • @the_ultimate_seel_person7362
      @the_ultimate_seel_person7362 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's like your in a conversation with him

    • @metalmaniac3434
      @metalmaniac3434 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MrBallen your awesome bro

    • @metalmaniac3434
      @metalmaniac3434 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MrBallen your a good dude

    • @mungox1
      @mungox1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      except he can't pronounce cache in the American English fashion

  • @notmyopinion4981
    @notmyopinion4981 3 ปีที่แล้ว +988

    first story: imagine being in this constant fear for 2-3 weeks. I can't even imagine. The stress she must have felt could easily have killed her, with dehydration and sleep deprivation kicking in. She sure is a survivor!

    • @Darmidion
      @Darmidion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @Clayton Catlin of course she made it out alive. Otherwise, who would of told the story? Lol

    • @RandomVO
      @RandomVO 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@Darmidion The monster of course.

    • @johnny10grasp3
      @johnny10grasp3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Clayton Catlin Don't worry.... Mr ballin always fills in the unknowns for us. Lol

    • @ghostofsparta2272
      @ghostofsparta2272 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@Darmidion missing 411 would have told the story

    • @AlexAndra-iy5zu
      @AlexAndra-iy5zu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ghostofsparta2272 He did. Mr Ballen is repeating and sharing.

  • @domilontano
    @domilontano 3 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    When I was 18, I was bitten by a mosquito and contracted a form of encephalitis. The lining of my brain swelled and I experienced psychosis. It was terrifying, painful, and I totally understand how people can do irrational things when their brain is compromised. I could have died, but I didn't, all thanks to a Haitian maid named Angela who saved my life. Some people are just awesome.

  • @norabatungbacal6636
    @norabatungbacal6636 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Eloise reaaaalllyyy need to stop eating wild mushrooms.

  • @gojewla
    @gojewla 3 ปีที่แล้ว +342

    Mr Ballen is probably one of the hardest working posters on TH-cam. He consistently finds quality material, and most of the time it is completely original. Plus, he does an engaging delivery, and most of these videos are quite lengthy.

    • @Alice_Typhon
      @Alice_Typhon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You can find these stories just browsing /x/

    • @maranatha9769
      @maranatha9769 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@Alice_Typhon how can I browse stories when I don't know 1 thing of any info? It is much easier to subscribe to Mr. Ballen and listen to his stories. I don't read because I can't pay attention because my mind wanders while I'm reading, leading me to reread multiple times. His flawless executions of the stories he tells keeps me captivated.

    • @ksagstertohi6156
      @ksagstertohi6156 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That Navy SEAL work ethic.

    • @TaeKat
      @TaeKat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      original? all these stories are from david polidis's channel missing 411.. he says it in every video..

    • @gojewla
      @gojewla 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TaeKat Perhaps original is an overstatement. However most other channels like this 10 to rehash the same stuff I’ve already seen or heard many times already.

  • @CourtLLRN
    @CourtLLRN 2 ปีที่แล้ว +287

    The most unbelievable part of that first story is the tree bearing donuts and pound cake. I actually laughed out loud at how unexpected that was.

    • @mr_snow_23
      @mr_snow_23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Well from what ive seen here the mountain men are actually nice so they must have stuffed her some food there when she dropped her stuff and they probably just got curious when they first saw her or it was bear bait

    • @ToastyDanzig
      @ToastyDanzig 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      i tend to think that she was being watched by sasquatch. i dont think theyre evil man eaters like the stories play them out as... i think they were just curious, saw her, watched her, maybe stalked her cuz why not, they seem curious. maybe they are some type of guardian of the forest. i dunno. they couldve seen she was a girl, alone. maybe they were just watching her back... but ended up scaring the shit out of her instead, perhaps not their intentions... they couldve been following her to steal her food while she slept! ....but i had a bigfoot encounter with 2 of them last year in oregon, i never saw them but they just walked around my camp wooping at eachother while i just sat there, my dog and i just frozen in terror. i think theyre just curious. i think that in the story when the girl found the food in the log, maybe these sasquatches put them there for her to find... cuz if they had been following her, they had to know she was scared, and when she went off the trail, and ditched her pack, and was starving and dying, maybe thats when they put them there. they couldve stolen that food from some random camp site and had it stored away somewhere and they decided to give it to her so she could survive... i dunno... just my thoughts. buuuuut then the other side of me is saying maybe she was so hungry and so worn out mentally and physically that she imagined finding that stuff in the tree. maybe it was the hunters food? i dunno. but i lean more towards the possiblity that the sasquatches placed that food there for her to find.

    • @walterbrunswick
      @walterbrunswick 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@ToastyDanzig maybe the sasquatches have learned how to bake
      just kidding but I do like your take on this

    • @ToastyDanzig
      @ToastyDanzig 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@walterbrunswick ^o^ they prolly do know how to cook. I wouldn’t be surprised. I mean, maybe not cuz I’d assume their scared of fire being so hairy & flammable. But I meant that they raided a camp and found those donuts and pound cake & took em. Then they gave em to her so she wouldn’t die.

    • @gusfalk
      @gusfalk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Toasty Danzig u r high

  • @johnhonker437
    @johnhonker437 3 ปีที่แล้ว +553

    It would be easy to say that the Gorilla was just one of the searchers, but records show that no Gorilla had taken part in the search.

    • @Jules.69
      @Jules.69 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Haha

    • @memama4389
      @memama4389 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      lmao

    • @gibberingmaw3211
      @gibberingmaw3211 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I think it was a sasquatch and a dogman.

    • @Auswurkung
      @Auswurkung 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I came across what I thought was an African Gorilla one day, when I suddenly realised that couldn't be right; he was speaking English.

    • @shithappens6887
      @shithappens6887 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Auswurkung American English or British english?

  • @dalonnhutchinson4936
    @dalonnhutchinson4936 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    i love this style of story telling like during these three i swear i could feel the visceral fear those people must have suffered through when those things happened

  • @curtisyue182
    @curtisyue182 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1014

    Ive always wondered how these stalkers deal with OTHER stalkers/weirdos in the wild. Like, who stalks who? Whose asking who how to get to bells canyon?

    • @esotericwrld
      @esotericwrld ปีที่แล้ว +116

      They take turns

    • @misplacedsouthern1236
      @misplacedsouthern1236 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Good question. I guess they steer clear of each other or perhaps kill the other? That would be great.

    • @misplacedsouthern1236
      @misplacedsouthern1236 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@esotericwrld Yes! Excellent. We can hope & pray. I’m with you. Let them take turns. Best answer I’ve heard my friend. 👍

    • @johancruyff9841
      @johancruyff9841 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@esotericwrld yep we take turns

    • @definitelynotkevin2213
      @definitelynotkevin2213 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      That would be an interesting movie idea. A person sets out to find a hiker to kill on a trail but they end up running into a killer.

  • @user-ps2mi9ze5v
    @user-ps2mi9ze5v 2 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    This is so familiar and terrifying. Years ago, before cell phone service, I was hiking alone when I had an intense sense that someone was watching me. I ran about 5 miles on and off the trail until I found a campground. That hike scared me enough that I never hiked alone again.

    • @tylerhardcastle4683
      @tylerhardcastle4683 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You should listen to some Sasquatch chronicles videos on TH-cam. You’re not crazy.

  • @luisegromann477
    @luisegromann477 3 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    Some day Mr Ballen was suddenly recommended to me by TH-cam. Haven’t missed a single video since that day. It’s just so good

    • @kate.s1267
      @kate.s1267 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same here! So glad I stumbled across Mr Ballen 🙌😊

    • @bardlover6
      @bardlover6 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

    • @kelleysullivan5336
      @kelleysullivan5336 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

    • @aye_im_j
      @aye_im_j 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same here. I had never even heard of him and got a recommended vid and been here ever since!

    • @cactihavefeelingstoo
      @cactihavefeelingstoo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same and I love it

  • @samantham8696
    @samantham8696 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My son fell in our stone driveway, before the cement was poured, and scraped his elbows and knees . When asked by anyone how he hurt himself, without fail, he told a story of a bear and a shark. He was so adamant about this that his daycare had to contact me for a statement of what really happened. Kids lie. When they are young it is actually a stage of development when they realize they can lie. They can also be truthful, however, if it is a fantastical story then that is most likely exactly what it is, a story.

    • @xtherealest
      @xtherealest 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, most definitely, there's no way a bear wouldn't catch a little kid. The gorilla is a bs too what would a gorilla be doing where bears are? Gorillas live somewhere in a jungle and bears in a forest that's like saying you saw an exotic parrot in a desert. And the hunter saw one of them and the kid ducked out of view? What kind of logic is that were they tryna get themselves killed? The oldest one was 7 like come on you can't be that dumb at 7 years old. And the family really didn't see that 3 of their kids are walking away somewhere? Wierd family

  • @maceface2892
    @maceface2892 2 ปีที่แล้ว +644

    It's absolutely insane how fast this channel shot up in popularity. I've never seen a channel grow so quickly. It's definitely well deserved. I love listening to his stories as I'm falling asleep. Keep up the great work, Mr. Ballen

    • @destinymurray875
      @destinymurray875 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Intruder: ima kill this chick while shes asleep
      U: zzzzzz zzzz zzz
      Intruder comes in sees mr. Ballen playing on tv sits down an watches for hrs untill u wake u which scares him off
      U: thinks holy fuck mr.ballen saved me bc hes the best story teller ;)
      Lol

    • @lisar.veneziano1517
      @lisar.veneziano1517 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Over 5.5 Million addicted subscribers and listeners

    • @korgan7779
      @korgan7779 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That is true and it's because he's a great story teller and the fact that it's in regards to true events just makes it better.

    • @lineakristensen1821
      @lineakristensen1821 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah me too. Except often it's too exiting/interesting so I can't fall asleep lol. But yeah his voice is so nice and relatively monotone and there are no loud sounds or sudden dramatic loud music.

    • @paul.a.witte-kerr2786
      @paul.a.witte-kerr2786 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @lalaland that’s so weird because the family thing I don’t like about Mr. Ballin is the constant constant constant constant ads

  • @gruumoon4777
    @gruumoon4777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3658

    if MrBallen ever ends up in the next missing 411 book, we can probably all agree that it was the like button lol

    • @charlestonw801st
      @charlestonw801st 3 ปีที่แล้ว +154

      mmm doubt that would happen i think he said in one video he was in the Navy Seals I think he'd uppercut the shit outta that like button take it's mom out to a nice sea food dinner and then never call her again because that's how he do 😝

    • @Tati_6
      @Tati_6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      😂😂😂

    • @connorhart6407
      @connorhart6407 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      The poor like button tho it's been through so much can u imagine howuch paint u would be in if u had so many people hitting that like button u know get them 100k+likes

    • @keykul
      @keykul 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@charlestonw801st 😄😄😄

    • @anniesdrawings6578
      @anniesdrawings6578 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      The like button is so abused, I want him to get a chocolate bar sometime

  • @leesawford
    @leesawford 3 ปีที่แล้ว +319

    I can’t stop watching this guy - he’s such a good storyteller …in ‘the oldendays’ he could have been one of those travelling storytellers ,travelling the country, going town to town gathering people around fires and holding them spellbound! I guess some people just ‘have it’ !

    • @cwaltderz6971
      @cwaltderz6971 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ah the bard! Exactly

    • @indicasmama
      @indicasmama 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He is particularly good at storytelling. And has a most pleasant voice

    • @susansantos1010
      @susansantos1010 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@indicasmama yes, I have listened to others and their speaking voice has been the reason I don't go back to listen to their storytelling.

    • @kevindean1327
      @kevindean1327 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@cwaltderz6971 Raconteur

    • @clamchowdah9140
      @clamchowdah9140 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Called writing a script

  • @scottboolman3332
    @scottboolman3332 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    In response to the first story concerning the hiker: Always have a PLB: Personal Locator Beacon. Also, be armed with, at least, one knife and a pistol. Foolish not to be armed when hiking and camping, especially if you're going it alone.

    • @Texan_Patriot
      @Texan_Patriot ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Especially since she's a woman. Traffickers would probably be watching these trails and parks for single women.....

    • @chyndb
      @chyndb ปีที่แล้ว

      Only thing about a pistol is that they are quite heavy and it’s a bit too much

    • @liquidrockaquatics3900
      @liquidrockaquatics3900 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      @@chyndbuntil it’s needed; then it weighs just enough

    • @codygordon5202
      @codygordon5202 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@chyndbjust depends on what you carry

    • @rylanyoung2018
      @rylanyoung2018 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@chyndb You can get pistols designed to be lightweight if needed. Or, you could just use one that is naturally less heavy. You don't need to carry a ton of ammo either

  • @maxpowers5310
    @maxpowers5310 2 ปีที่แล้ว +267

    I remember my son at age 4, running for his life, being "chased" by a pitbul... Only the dog was running beside him, wagging his tail, happy as could be, jogging with a boy he jist saw.
    To this day, my son remembers it as him out running a bloodthirsty pitbul!
    People, especially children, let emotions change the way they perceive reality.

    • @vanomzero
      @vanomzero 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      your son was right, there lots of videos of pitbulls mauling people where there tail is wagging like crazy, be careful

  • @badussywar8938
    @badussywar8938 3 ปีที่แล้ว +580

    This channel has taught me-
    Never camp without a group, and even if you do camp with a group all of you would have military grade assault rifles
    Never cave dive

    • @ChocolateMilk..
      @ChocolateMilk.. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Remove that picture, or that thing will start following you!

    • @939shanti
      @939shanti 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Yes, never cave dive. That seems like a no-brainer to me.

    • @kellyhorne4359
      @kellyhorne4359 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      MrBallen has taught me to stay the fuck home wrapped in bubble wrap. But wait we aren't really safe at home either😂

    • @stratis722
      @stratis722 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      mmm yes lets go camping with surplus M16s

    • @veronicacornavaca9613
      @veronicacornavaca9613 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Never deviate from the marked trail

  • @thecaptainsnark
    @thecaptainsnark 3 ปีที่แล้ว +243

    "I have a three year old" is translation for "listen, I've had to haul this kid around enough after a two minute walk cos they're 'too tired' unless they are *motivated* they aren't going anywhere"

    • @christel3742
      @christel3742 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      So much truth there. 😂

    • @jazzhart1327
      @jazzhart1327 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Took me an hr and a half yesterday to get 130 metres to the local shops coz of the stopping , carryin ,stopping climbing down , finding a stick on the floor and so on and on for a 2 litre of milk

    • @jazzhart1327
      @jazzhart1327 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Also 3 yrs old

    • @MultiChrisjb
      @MultiChrisjb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      So the key to get kids to exercise, is to pay someone dressed in a bear suit to stalk them through the woods.

    • @jazzhart1327
      @jazzhart1327 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@MultiChrisjb yes extalty otherwise they are struck with fatigue and sore knees apparently all of a sudden

  • @willowweber3520
    @willowweber3520 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Collin goes out on the water at night, falls in the water, gets back in the boat, begins to become hypothermic, is confused and either hallucinates other people in the treeline, or sees random people hiking and becomes paranoid that they are following him. He beaches the boat, takes his clothes off because he thinks he's too hot because of the hypothermia (as soon as someone who dies in the woods is reported as having taken their clothes off its almost definitely hypothermia), and runs through the woods/roads till he dies in the grass later having gone into hypothermia induced shock and aspirated his own vomit. He either badly put his clothes back on, or someone else did as they were trying to help him and then got scared and ran away realizing he was dead. The clothes being back on is the only mysterious part IMO.

    • @BeckGho
      @BeckGho 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Imagine hiking near him and seeing him freaking out so wanting to check on him so you follow him just to make him more paranoid

    • @tiffanymichaels2429
      @tiffanymichaels2429 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I was thinking if it's due to TBI he could have had a seizure. Inhaling your own vomit sucks. I have seizures and one time it happened to me. I was in the hospital thankfully. They were going to intubate me but finally got the seizures to stop with high doses of IV lorazepam.

    • @sezuin_6577
      @sezuin_6577 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I think he was being followed by 2 people, and then he was abducted and put into a vehicle, which would be why his phone pinged 4 locations near paved roads miles apart in a short time.

  • @ashleyb1556
    @ashleyb1556 3 ปีที่แล้ว +240

    He is the only person I can watch talk for more then 10 minutes at a time and actually finish every video I watch. My adhd is extreme so that's crazy for me.

    • @peternormand4094
      @peternormand4094 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ashley B YESS He grabs my adhd and holds my interest, he could keep me listening indefinitely.

    • @splint3048
      @splint3048 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Usually when I see a video which is 15 minutes long I don't even start watching it. Ballen is the best.

    • @ashleyb1556
      @ashleyb1556 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@splint3048 yep that's me too at first I was only watching videos under 15 20 too but then I just got addicted to his channel lol now I can watch him talk for hours and I dont think theres any other youtuber I watch that just talks

    • @nest_avadavat
      @nest_avadavat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Bro same, usually i struggle to watch the same person for long amounts of time but with him i can literally watch him for hours. Its like super easy to get swept up in these videos. I think its both that he’s great at telling stories and that he tells multiple stories in one video

    • @adrianpaeslack1644
      @adrianpaeslack1644 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I felt that. Big time.

  • @kamiliajohnson7430
    @kamiliajohnson7430 3 ปีที่แล้ว +456

    I think my husband is concerned about my dark story binging. He's started recommending other videos to get my attention.😅

    • @nancypalacios9840
      @nancypalacios9840 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      I’m watching this and my husbands watching “Most Amzing top 10” all the scary ones 💀 he’s more of a “list” guy, I’m more of a “in story format” lol

    • @brianew
      @brianew 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Leave him

    • @dulceamaya1492
      @dulceamaya1492 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol. To bad for him

    • @melissapalazzi3767
      @melissapalazzi3767 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's too funny!!

    • @heremaiaaperehama4022
      @heremaiaaperehama4022 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Better then being addicted to crack ha ha yeh

  • @randihutchison6727
    @randihutchison6727 3 ปีที่แล้ว +202

    The story of Eloise is just further reminder that you should always stay on the trail. Even if you think you know the woods - it’s never worth it!

    • @vholt1000
      @vholt1000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      And don’t go alone on the woods!! I will never do that!

    • @timeallen6900
      @timeallen6900 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Booooo!!

    • @JasonH17
      @JasonH17 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      She was panicked had serious stress issues. Definite mental break. I've felt panicked before and its feels like a sixth sense. Mountain men maybe but doubtful they just would have circled her tent. A cougar stalking her could aide in her panick for sure. Probably a mental break aided by real animals. Bears also investigate from a distance trying to stay down wind to catch a sent so they know if you are food or a threat.

    • @marvinfootpenis819
      @marvinfootpenis819 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Dont for get to carry a gun on you will plenty of ammo. International distress singal os to shoot three times, also for self defense

    • @peterdisbury6346
      @peterdisbury6346 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A compass helps

  • @trashcan_chase
    @trashcan_chase 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I've been rewatching the missing 411 and to 3 places videos throughout the day. Even though I've seen ssundee of them 3 or more times each. I just love the way he tells stories.... thanks Mr.Ballen 😊

  • @catheriney6209
    @catheriney6209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    If you’re already paranoid, your mind will create scenarios. I was once convinced someone was living in my attic for months. Of course, now I think it’s ghosts but I stopped minding it and it stopped. Paranoia is a hell of a drug and it can hit you out of nowhere and last huge amounts of time.

    • @BryonyLaura
      @BryonyLaura 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I'm gonna need some details on this.... what makes you think it's ghosts?

    • @mr16325
      @mr16325 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s way more explainable to be a person than a ghost

    • @catheriney6209
      @catheriney6209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      combination of knowing it’s not animal, knowing it’s not wind, knowing it’s not humans, believing in ghosts, and not being able to find any other things that could make noise like that. I’ve been up there. The man who lived here previously unfortunately shot himself and I’ve had things launched across the kitchen a few feet away from me with confirmation of another family member. I had someone stalking me for a while in my life and the reason the paranoia started is because the last few comments they made were very sketch. I think the ghost/s knew that and fed off of it until I was basically like “eh, just footsteps”. And alas, they ceased. I understand my first comment didn’t explain much and comes off kinda nutso 🤣
      Edit: spelling error

    • @catheriney6209
      @catheriney6209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Jaaz Vale Well, nobody can KNOW. But I can at very least be confident that nothing large enough to sound that heavy could stay in my attic for large stretches of time without leaving any droppings or torn insulation. I live in a hot climate and it can get up to 115 degrees in there due to low air flow. I’m pretty much 100 percent positive it wasn’t a person and until I can think of a large animal that wouldn’t leave any trace at all and would just chill out making footstep noises day and night and then up and leave I’m sticking with the ghost theory.

    • @catheriney6209
      @catheriney6209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Jaaz Vale when did I say I was trying to convince anyone? I stated why I believed that because I was asked. You are trying to convince me that ghosts don’t exist. Never did I try to make you seem silly for not believing in ghosts... if you thought I was trying to do that, you are the one jumping to illogical conclusions. I myself, believe in ghosts because of the conclusions I have come to based on my own experiences. This specific belief harms nobody. Everyone has beliefs that they didn’t research extensively and that they drew up from things that have happened to them. You may believe some things so fervently that you haven’t even thought to research them because to you they are fact. I’m not sure why you specifically went out of your way to try to change a belief I have that is spiritual. And I do hope you are saying all of these things, as an atheist.

  • @jasonhorton
    @jasonhorton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1620

    Mentally & emotionally preparing myself 😬

    • @primedaddyv3802
      @primedaddyv3802 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Seriously though

    • @thefettygz
      @thefettygz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ha

    • @cleoharper1842
      @cleoharper1842 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      MrBallen = the only man who can still get my heart pumping

    • @MrBallen
      @MrBallen  3 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      😂

    • @NorwayPlanes
      @NorwayPlanes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@MrBallen ÆØÅ, BRUNOST.

  • @erikhendrickson59
    @erikhendrickson59 2 ปีที่แล้ว +574

    NEVER hike alone, folks! Even something as simple as a sprained ankle can become significantly more problematic when you're a dozen miles out into the wilderness.

    • @ruthiekest3218
      @ruthiekest3218 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah people should think people go missing,how dump can they be

    • @Davidofthelost
      @Davidofthelost 2 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Never hike alone, never unarmed, and never without proper supplies and a book about local flora and fauna of where you are hiking or camping.

    • @Hotchocolatewithsugar
      @Hotchocolatewithsugar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Very true . I know not everyone has friends and some people like solitude but still like u said nature can be brutal and it’s just not worth it to risk going alone .

    • @PCLHH
      @PCLHH ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Same as never swim alone.

    • @ppsaha1994
      @ppsaha1994 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The panama girls were two people, look where it got them. This all hiking to find yourself is bs and very dangerous.

  • @cyka666
    @cyka666 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It’s terrifying to think that your gut instinct can either be life saving or life ending, and you’ll never know which is which.

  • @ShorelineHomeschool
    @ShorelineHomeschool 3 ปีที่แล้ว +407

    Growing up around the Appalachian mountains, you hear stories of “Hillside Gougers” meaning mountain men (like what you see in the hills have eyes) that will chase women and children just to gouge their eyes out. We used to laugh at these stories until one day when my dad had taken us to remote WV while he was working in the oilfield(I think the company was Sam Jack or North East) we came across a mountain man that was literally feral and had a knife. He tried to attack my dads company vehicle but dad took off down the lease road. We got to location and he didn’t work that night. He kept us all in the “dog house” (which is essentially a trailer that the guys would take turns sleeping/eating in) until the next day when he booked a hotel for us to stay in while he was working. To this day, I firmly believe that the hills have eyes.

    • @christopherwg4236
      @christopherwg4236 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      I grew up in the woods spending a lot of time outside of Oregon. Once I was outside in the woods I felt a presence I looked and my eyes caught in the middle of the woods a face staring back at me and it was a person clearly watching me perched in a thick bushy area. pretty weird I took off and nothing ever came of it. At the time I was around 17 6 ft 3.but if I was a young female I would never go into the woods without bear spray or a sidearm some form of protection.

    • @conniesch5250
      @conniesch5250 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      That is scary. I truly believe there are things in deep forest that we may never know about. And definitely feral people.. Because how many tribes live in the Amazon, it is not a far fetched idea that people choose to live isolated and live off the land.

    • @dynodish
      @dynodish 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Why do they gouge out eyes? There must be a story.

    • @sarahoshea9603
      @sarahoshea9603 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I live in the VT mountains, my mother's family are loggers/farmers and dad's family dug graves. It's nice to know another girl who has a similar lifestyle. I have a friend who is sort of..."Hill have eyes" his parents n grandparents were both 1st cousins so he is very tall, pale, can't grow hair or fingernails on his large hands n feet...but the sweetest mtn boy ever💜 I also know of the "Things" in the woods, and how the trees can shift n swallow ppl up, so I get why it can still b scary. No matter what tho, I'd rather live here than in the city where ppl will stand n watch folks get murdered. Steer clear of the gougers hun! Peace!

    • @davidhoward3499
      @davidhoward3499 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      That or a wendingo

  • @walksaselk40
    @walksaselk40 3 ปีที่แล้ว +836

    She found the donut tree, my whole life I thought it was just a legend...

    • @Africanhorror
      @Africanhorror 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      maybe the money tree is out there too

    • @jakphannak817
      @jakphannak817 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@Africanhorror isn't every tree technically a money tree?

    • @jackdurden466
      @jackdurden466 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@jakphannak817 not really, money isn’t made from paper. It’s a cotton type blend, but oddly enough it’s not paper. There may be some in the formula, but it’s not enough to really mean anything.

    • @annetteniebelski7513
      @annetteniebelski7513 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@jackdurden466 its a joke. "Money grows on trees"

    • @devonjackson4330
      @devonjackson4330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@annetteniebelski7513 thats not even the part he was replying to lol. He was replying to the dude that said every tree is a money tree 😂

  • @phantomsniper9736
    @phantomsniper9736 3 ปีที่แล้ว +274

    You’re so much better than the other people who do this as the others play overly scary music and have 12 stories but they don’t go into the detail you do

    • @KPark-hn8jf
      @KPark-hn8jf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      PHANTOMsniper97 Also they try to put on an eerie or scary voice and it fails every time. Less is always more other than time and money.... 😖✌

    • @milk-eg7xi
      @milk-eg7xi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@KPark-hn8jf Or they talk like Chillz.

    • @iulia.bianca.b
      @iulia.bianca.b 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I don't know about you, but the stories aren't that scary... But the music he uses always make me feel overly uneasy and creeped out, especially when I'm alone listening to him. Ugh... It gets me every time

    • @paul8392
      @paul8392 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mr.Nightmare is another good one

    • @randombaron6219
      @randombaron6219 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@iulia.bianca.b I find them interesting most of the time but it makes me feel off sometimes

  • @johndrocket
    @johndrocket ปีที่แล้ว +8

    You're the most engaging, best storyteller I've ever heard. More stuff on Bigfoot, por favor.^^

  • @Putrid_molotov
    @Putrid_molotov 3 ปีที่แล้ว +363

    He said she was a good back packer but she had no fire arm map or compass like wtf how do u not have a compass

    • @TrumpIsrael2024
      @TrumpIsrael2024 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Wannabes. We all ride bicycles for years, but we're NOT Lance Armstrong. We all drive cars, but we're NOT Schumacher.

    • @nomnomnommer123
      @nomnomnommer123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      I can understand no gun although on the Appalachian trail that's definitely risky, but no compass is fucking ridiculous

    • @goodnightmunchie
      @goodnightmunchie 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe she could use the compass as a weapon and still be alive 😳🚬

    • @iulia.bianca.b
      @iulia.bianca.b 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@goodnightmunchie She was found alive... You're talking about the woman in the first story, right? She was alive when the hunter found her

    • @shhshepherds6319
      @shhshepherds6319 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Or a map! So weird. Yea, a gun would be a top priority

  • @johnwhite-q7s
    @johnwhite-q7s 2 ปีที่แล้ว +704

    I’ve spent time in the wilderness alone before. It’s a weird and humbling experience and your mind can definitely play tricks on you especially if you are in a very unfamiliar terrain. Surviving in the wild alone goes against the way humans evolved and your brain will definitely let you know this

    • @pseudophp
      @pseudophp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Dont do it on acid kids

    • @erasedfromgenepool.4845
      @erasedfromgenepool.4845 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Olympic Peninsula is extremely rugged and massively thick forest. Ive been there on a camping trip in 95. Its a very humbling experience ....

    • @natiive1444
      @natiive1444 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      I cant imagine willingly being alone in the forest somewhere remote overnight unless i had a big dog lol. I would probably have a jammer from a deer walking by at night or something haha

    • @brownjatt21
      @brownjatt21 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@natiive1444 3-4 big dog's. From all accounts I've heard of. Dogs get messed up real quick by your average wild animal like a bear, wolf etc. I'm need me a pack of dogs to sleep soundly at night lol.

    • @isabellind1292
      @isabellind1292 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I got lost in the woods in black bear country for only 6 hrs but I've never been so afraid I wouldn't get out before dark. Not a soul to ask for help. No cell service. No sun as a directional guide because it was pouring rain.
      And worse, there were sign posts marking the trails which meant nothing unless you know where they lead. The only thing I had w/me to feel safe was my loyal Labradoodle who didn't leave my side the entire time. My hero!🐕💜 The only thing I should have packed was a compass!

  • @Bellsbellsbells906
    @Bellsbellsbells906 2 ปีที่แล้ว +563

    Me: *Biggest fear is getting stalked*
    Me: *Sitting alone at home*
    MrBallen: "Here's a video about the top three scariest stalkers!
    Me: *Clicks immediately* This is a good idea

    • @elolipopable
      @elolipopable 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol

    • @wmperkins25
      @wmperkins25 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      hahaha ! why do we do that ?

    • @Yeshualivess
      @Yeshualivess 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Me currently lol

    • @destinymurray875
      @destinymurray875 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same :p

    • @consciousobserver629
      @consciousobserver629 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Stalked in the middle of bumfuck nowhere no less. 😳 The stuff of nightmares. Honestly she was amazing for evading the guy and surviving for so long. I certainly don't have those skills. But I'd never camp or hike alone. Lol

  • @Desumi_desi
    @Desumi_desi 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Im obsessed with both the story telling and these 411 cases

  • @xenostim
    @xenostim 2 ปีที่แล้ว +322

    People who live near the Appalachian Trail leave snacks, water and first aid supplies on the trail for hikers. It's called "trail magic" and its really wholesome, there's a doc on here about it. I wonder if that was what the cache of pound cake was.

    • @mantis_mads
      @mantis_mads ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Whoa, that’s really cool! I was wondering why the heck there would be a random stash of cake in the woods 😂

    • @spankygfunk11
      @spankygfunk11 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yea not miles off the trail tho

    • @MegaZack61
      @MegaZack61 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@roscoehurley7386 Well pretty sure if youre starving and thirsty you would take anything at that point. Especially if someone is following you.

    • @GregoryMcStevens
      @GregoryMcStevens ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Time to do a little trolling on the appalachian trail😏

    • @MsLax45
      @MsLax45 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@spankygfunk11 why not? that would make more sense to me rather then just leaving things on the main trail. people on the trail most likely have their gear n if not, can find their way back through the trail. those who find themselves miles off the trail would most likely be lost, and maybe more than a day or two before getting that far n may have their pack dwindling or empty of food, so to place a cache of it in those types of places is prob so beneficial and appreciated to many lost hikers lol 😅

  • @Bethgael
    @Bethgael 2 ปีที่แล้ว +254

    There is one thing I've learned from all of these: rescuers need to stop underestimating how far a kid can run/travel, especially when pressed.

    • @Duke00x
      @Duke00x ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Oh yeah. Kids can do a lot more physically and mentally then people think. It is all about circumstances and motivation.

    • @Martyn_Wolf
      @Martyn_Wolf ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Search n rescue need to become better at finding people, these stories paint them an incompetent useless shits.
      Trained dogs, high tech gear, highly experienced people... Yet they can bearly find anyone. Random people find them without trying.
      Guess the saying is true "when you loose something it'll turn up in the most unlikeliest of places and sometimes it's hiding in plain sight"

  • @joshmakarenko5809
    @joshmakarenko5809 3 ปีที่แล้ว +295

    Baby Sasquatch: _"Hey guys I wanna play too!"_
    Kids: *"So anyway I started running"* 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃

    • @zukanye.s
      @zukanye.s 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😂😂😂

    • @pottah8049
      @pottah8049 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      NO THIS MAKES ME SAD AKDJJSNA

  • @k-poppy8482
    @k-poppy8482 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    In high school I had a stalker and it was the most spine chilling feeling seeing them randomly while outside at night (smoking in hs lmao) and even hearing them at my window at night or on the porch. I hope I never feel that type of fear again. A lot in between but thank the lord they’re gone

  • @Simply-Becca
    @Simply-Becca 3 ปีที่แล้ว +449

    Big foot was just wondering were his cakes and donuts went 😂

    • @nicholasangel3627
      @nicholasangel3627 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Imagine, he went to the cave to make coffee, came back and no donuts, he was probably pissed lol

    • @christianmarx3249
      @christianmarx3249 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      🥲

    • @RandomVO
      @RandomVO 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Bigfoot was taking some pound cake and donuts to his deep voiced friend who lives in Bell's Canyon.

    • @beatapaolicchi4049
      @beatapaolicchi4049 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      All of you are ignorants. Let exchange the shoes!!🤮

    • @Simply-Becca
      @Simply-Becca 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@RandomVO what if the man who was following the person asking directions to bells canyon was actually big foot disguised as a person just trying to get directions to deliver his treats to his friend 😂

  • @possumverde
    @possumverde 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1192

    The first case was probably a "wild man." Though they're not as feral as they're made out to be (and aren't all men.) There are families and even small communities isolated in the deep mountain forest who have been there for generations with no interest in joining society.
    What probably happened was one of them got curious about the lone hiker and was just observing when she freaked and ran off the trail. They know how to survive out there and how dangerous it is so they probably followed at a distance to keep an eye on her. Had they meant harm, they could have easily done something when she camped. Instead, it sounds like they were patrolling her camp at night while she slept possibly warding off predators (which would explain the low gutteral sounds she heard.) Even the weird cache she found sounds like assistance from "wild men." She came across it only after she had foolishly abandoned her own supplies and desperately needed food. What it consisted of couldn't have been there long without molding/spoiling. I wouldn't be surprised if they had been trying to herd her towards civilization for awhile and she just kept going the wrong way.

    • @khrisawniamcintosh2689
      @khrisawniamcintosh2689 3 ปีที่แล้ว +295

      This is an interesting point of view...I agree with you

    • @PILULE-ow9sk
      @PILULE-ow9sk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +300

      Nice theory... makes the whole story a whole lot less creepy if thats thats what happened

    • @brookef6395
      @brookef6395 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      I was thinking about those families too all inbred and stuff and all my family on my moms sides are Appalachian 😩

    • @brookef6395
      @brookef6395 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      So awesome

    • @sarahdunworth9989
      @sarahdunworth9989 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      How are they intelligent enough to leave her food, but not intelligent enough to realise that they are what is freaking her out? It's a nice idea that they tried to help, but surely they would have realised they were what she was running from?

  • @Nastyboi2012
    @Nastyboi2012 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Im glad i found this man. I swear i stay up for hours just listening to these stories. Best story teller on TH-cam. Keep doing ya thing man we love it💯💯💯

  • @ThePrachiti
    @ThePrachiti ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Your story telling skill is totally on point! Amazing ..

  • @murdock6143
    @murdock6143 3 ปีที่แล้ว +437

    Me 2 weeks ago: How can anybody be so dumb they believe in Bigfoot? 🤣
    Me today after a week of MrBallen content: We gotta stay outta the woods babe that's sasquatch territory....

    • @king_koby9591
      @king_koby9591 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I concur 👀

    • @XyThree
      @XyThree 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      🤣🤣🤣 RIGHT!!

    • @bruce5168
      @bruce5168 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lmao 🤣🤣

    • @leecourtney9968
      @leecourtney9968 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😅😅😅😅😅😅

    • @robertd9000
      @robertd9000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      10 months ago the Ohio State Department of Natural Resources confirmed Sasquatch(s) do indeed exist. WA State did as well years ago in an Army Corps of Engineers pamphlet on flora and fauna of WA State I believe it was.

  • @Maliceah
    @Maliceah 3 ปีที่แล้ว +661

    Moose will follow you in the woods. When you stop moving, they stop moving, and they can be pretty stealthy. They're just nearsighted and curious. Except during rutting season. Then you should climb a tree.

    • @izzojoseph2
      @izzojoseph2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Moose can climb trees

    • @ghostwalk2446
      @ghostwalk2446 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@izzojoseph2 Lmao right

    • @hopeisdope5618
      @hopeisdope5618 3 ปีที่แล้ว +137

      I was hiking once and thought something was following me but it turned out to be a small moose who seemingly hadn’t eaten enough (ribs showing and stuff) It wasn’t more than a day long hike so I left an apple on the ground and I like to think I made a friend that day.

    • @kwamemwangs2173
      @kwamemwangs2173 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@hopeisdope5618 heard its really bad to feed moose

    • @crocha1221
      @crocha1221 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@izzojoseph2 Moose are the same size as trees…..👀

  • @NickSibz
    @NickSibz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +434

    Yeah, uh, rule #1...don't go into the woods alone to "find yourself" lol...something is gonna find you.

    • @VaivaPaula95
      @VaivaPaula95 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      And somebody else will be better at finding you than you at finding yourself

    • @wval4379
      @wval4379 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @Nick Sibilla: Never understood people needing to go somewhere to find themselves. The you, that you are, is with you, no matter where you go. Just get introspective at home.

    • @TheBrushcutter
      @TheBrushcutter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      If you are going into the woods to "find yourself" aren't you basically already lost? 🤷‍♂️😂

    • @NickSibz
      @NickSibz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheBrushcutter that's fair hahha

    • @elephantsong7782
      @elephantsong7782 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Did it before and gained the insight that I couldnt find elsewhere..But in hindsight,I realise now that many bad things could have happened

  • @eallend
    @eallend ปีที่แล้ว +12

    What I learn from these stalking stories, and what I feel I would naturally do, is that if you think you’ve spotted a stalker, confront that person quickly. The way I see it, you’ll know if and who the stalker is, and like many animal situations, people who stalk are scared and don’t want to be seen, and will only act when they think they’re unseen. Once they’re found out, they will move to an easier target.

    • @470HELLEPHANT
      @470HELLEPHANT ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Confronting a demon entity is never good you’ll just disappear right their

    • @SillyStupidLilHoe
      @SillyStupidLilHoe ปีที่แล้ว

      🎉

    • @xtherealest
      @xtherealest 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Nobody is scared of a woman that's walking alone in the forest miles from civilization, confronting some psycho that might be trying to kill you is definitely not a good idea.

  • @KaeYoss
    @KaeYoss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    That first story is like the perfect template for most of the missing person stories! Someone's in the woods, gets this sort of dread and thinks they're being followed, so they leave the trail and flee. Except there's no one there, they managed to whip themselves into a nice little case of hysteria that makes them run of into complete wilderness and die of exposure.

    • @tidget7796
      @tidget7796 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exactly

    • @ryano.5149
      @ryano.5149 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      100%. Being in the woods will screw with your mind! Case and point, there are ATV trails near my home town. some challenging terrain, but you are never more than maybe a mile or two from either a busy main road, or a house or something. I've been out there on my dirt bike hundreds of times. I know almost every stone and tree root, and I know where every trail ends up. However, I'd be a liar if I said I've never spooked myself out there! It's not a huge patch of endless woods like these stories...but it's enough! Also, I don't think watching Mr. Ballen helps any! lol

    • @andreagriffiths3512
      @andreagriffiths3512 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah but you’re discounting the dread and suggesting that paranoia and fear whip up in people. I’ve been in this position, only not in the wilderness but four blocks from home. Twice! I swear on my grave that I heard someone call my name on empty streets. The first time there was no one around at all. The entire road was empty. No one in their yards and I don’t remember any birds either. The second time there was an older kid on a bike a few hundred metres away. I ran and asked if he’d called me and he looked as if I was completely crazy. He hadn’t and he’d never seen me before. The fear was very real and both times I ran all the way home without stopping. It was two of the scariest events in my life - far exceeding the time I was actually followed two blocks by a guy in a car until I ran into a shop, holding my dog. I don’t scare easily. I’ve even confronted a home intruder and sent him packing with a “oh hello”.

  • @fightswithspirits915
    @fightswithspirits915 3 ปีที่แล้ว +570

    The taxes keep chasing me no matter where I am. Please tell my story.

    • @jelissab
      @jelissab 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @jacobparker5042
      @jacobparker5042 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I like this one

    • @thefisherking78
      @thefisherking78 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      This is too scary for even me

    • @Dfountain96
      @Dfountain96 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      😂

    • @sirpluto9
      @sirpluto9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      That’s to terrifying to tell...

  • @darcylkc
    @darcylkc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1010

    When you have that feeling of being watched, 80% of the time it's because you are being watched. We have those instincts for a reason-listen to yourself when you get that feeling.

    • @erikaheitmann1083
      @erikaheitmann1083 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      100% right!!! people that say fear makes you think crazy things are so ignorant... no it's you literally feeling bad energy around you... it's our natural warning system

    • @erikaheitmann1083
      @erikaheitmann1083 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      lol I can't believe it's apparently a well accepted theory in this video that the girl was imagining being stalked 😂😂😂😂 seeing hearing and feeling a terrifying human like creature that made her feel a fear she didn't even know was physically possible.... yea probably all in her head😂😂😂 it legit makes me more and more embarrassed to even be the same being as all these people.... 1000s of people around the globe report similar stories describing clearly the same creature and many are absolutely traumatized from it yet society not only doesn't believe them, they won't even consider the facts and label them all as crazy, even if credible people claim seeing it, or multiple people see one. best yet quite often their own family won't believe them leaving some of these people with absolutely no one to talk to about it, even though they just want to vent about something traumatic not tell a crazy story in Hope's of attention...

    • @darcylkc
      @darcylkc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@erikaheitmann1083 It is our natural warning system. People need to follow what their instincts tell them. Thank you!

    • @jonsoler3648
      @jonsoler3648 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@erikaheitmann1083 yeah and finding donuts and pound cakes inside a tree trunk in the middle of nowhere is totally natural as well. Maybe she found a place where donuts and pound cakes grow out of nothing inside tree trunks LMAO

    • @mathiasb2616
      @mathiasb2616 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      @@erikaheitmann1083 She was definitely imagining it. She spent how long in the woods? 3 weeks? So someone just messed with her for 21 days straight? What's easier to believe? That she suffered from an acute paranoia attack due to being alone in the woods and getting in her own head? Or someone stalking and chasing her for 3 entire weeks without killing or touching her?
      I've watched movies before and afterwards worked myself up so bad that I was almost convinced something was in my house. That took place in the safety of my home. Now imagine working yourself up like that in the middle of the woods. Mental breaks are very real. I'm thinking if it was a person they would of eventually attacked her. Unless it was their idea of fun.

  • @kyross12
    @kyross12 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The Like Button is so abused.

  • @Casca52
    @Casca52 3 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    Wow, I would love a documentary about those park rangers experiences with the feral people they have spotted in the wild.

    • @thebrownunicorn
      @thebrownunicorn 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ferel people???

    • @WindTurbineSyndrome
      @WindTurbineSyndrome 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Usually men who abandon society and live off land often on national or state wildlife areas or national parks.

    • @pedropockets4344
      @pedropockets4344 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Casca52 are you native?

  • @JohnSmith-qj7hd
    @JohnSmith-qj7hd ปีที่แล้ว +404

    I always thought that it was freaky when being followed in the woods. But these people always seem to run for days on little sleep. I’m unsure how a stalker could sleep less, eat less than the person that’s literally running for their lives. Plus all that energy circling them at night..

    • @Hbizzjohnson
      @Hbizzjohnson ปีที่แล้ว +98

      Someone sick in the head could also get adrenaline from chasing someone tho so it could go both ways

    • @susiegreen4977
      @susiegreen4977 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Definitely addictive!! He's the most real real story teller ever. And he tells the story as if he were involved. The best ever!!

    • @ihateallyall
      @ihateallyall ปีที่แล้ว

      @@susiegreen4977 Mr Nightmare is awesome too check him out. also Corpse Husband when he used to make story videos.

    • @susiegreen4977
      @susiegreen4977 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank u I will def. I been also watching depths of despair which is pretty good. Different format but good.

    • @frankvandorp2059
      @frankvandorp2059 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      The chance that he was on her heels for fourteen days, yet somehow she never saw him, and he never actually did anything to her despite 'wandering her campsite' every night, makes it very unlikely that this person was real, and makes it sound more like this girl had a mental breakdown.
      As for park rangers blaming it on "wild men", I guess no park ranger actually said that, it's just something people on the internet made up. They love to invent imaginary park rangers who supposedly confirm all their spectacular theories about cryptids and other strange creatures, but for some reason these park rangers are never named, and they never go actually on the record. We're just supposed to believe they exist because someone on the internet says so.

  • @hrudayjadhav6057
    @hrudayjadhav6057 3 ปีที่แล้ว +746

    Hello fellow addicts, its day 3 of watching Mr Ballens videos
    Guess who's not gonna go hiking and camping alone into the woods

    • @LapisLunaxx
      @LapisLunaxx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      For me it's day..... 15? I think it's been about 2 weeks so far.
      I'm running out of videos

    • @marioreyes5816
      @marioreyes5816 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Who? I must know, tell me!!!!!

    • @melissawalther4155
      @melissawalther4155 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Awe!,,,,.I was going to invite you to the bayou!,😂

    • @grantlong6586
      @grantlong6586 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      After day 15 of listening to mr ballen guess whos getting their concealed carry license

    • @donaldmacdonald4901
      @donaldmacdonald4901 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Damn right, don’t wanna be on the bad side of a Wrong Turn story.

  • @tanya-xoxo
    @tanya-xoxo 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I love the rain effect on this video, it's awesome :)

  • @janicekniep5910
    @janicekniep5910 3 ปีที่แล้ว +630

    Prepare children before taking them into the wilds. I took my kids daily into the Cascades. Mt. Rainier, etc. No. 1 Rule, we stay together. I always carried protection and we had another rule, if Mom says, go to the car now, no questions, just do it. We usually went early Spring and Fall to avoid the crowds. One early November we were at Alder Lake Park, we were the only ones there. I was watching the kids play. All of a sudden the hairs on the back of my neck went up, I looked slightly to my left and in my peripheral vision saw a man watching us. The kids, 3 and 4 at the time, were playing on a big log jungle gym. I stood up and calmly said kids go to the car now. They calmly came to me, I put them to my left as my sidearm was in my right rancher's coat pocket. The predator was to my right. We had a bit of a walk to the parking lot, but walked calmly, without fear. Ours was the only car. I stared at that man with my right hand in my pocket the whole walk to the car, safety off and ready. I gave him the Mama Bear I will kill you stare the entire walk up to the car. He did not move, just watched us. We got to the car, the kids got in, I got in (all of us remaining calm). Hit the lock button. As I drove out, I continued to give him the Mama Bear I will kill you stare. I was so proud of my kids. By being prepared, we did not panic. We showed a predator who was boss, and it wasn't him. My gut alerted me to danger. He was not a good human. Listen to your gut instincts.

    • @pinkrose5796
      @pinkrose5796 3 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      You're a very smart lady to trust your instruct and 6 the sense! I like your idea of teaching the kids to listen to you if you told them to go to the car and wish more parents were like that. I firmly believe in trusting your instincts because there are bad people out there. Glad you and your kids are ok. Suggestion, each person should carry a whistle in case they get lost as it's easier to hear a whistle over a long distance.+ REI has them and a small flashlight. Stay safe:)

    • @finished6267
      @finished6267 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Spoiler. Dude was just some maga chud camping.

    • @jadezee6316
      @jadezee6316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      all you did was accuse some guy if he really existed,,,of being a stalker without any proof....hysterical lately??

    • @shirleythompson2068
      @shirleythompson2068 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@pinkrose5796 very good tip 👍

    • @lisamcbride8921
      @lisamcbride8921 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Bravo mama bear

  • @lilaotearoa5399
    @lilaotearoa5399 3 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    Feeling of dread is real. A friend and I when we were like 9 were trespassing in this huge garden full of streams and old stone bridges, it was amazing. We were standing on a bridge and we both got a sense of dread. We turn around and there was an old woman a few metres behind us with a spade raised above her head sneaking closer. Never run so fast in my life.

    • @jamssnana4084
      @jamssnana4084 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Old ladies don't play. She put a lot of work into that garden. Do not mess it up.

    • @chickenmccraft4554
      @chickenmccraft4554 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Lady probably wanted to give you some cookies, in her basement, whiles your chained, after bashing your head with that shovel.

    • @redtickhound
      @redtickhound 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@chickenmccraft4554 lol.yep.

    • @gloriasheppard7747
      @gloriasheppard7747 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sounds like a "Grimm" fairytale!

    • @DavidThomas-qq4hf
      @DavidThomas-qq4hf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You should have followed her back to her gingerbread house and saved Hansel and Gretel

  • @peggyhofmann9187
    @peggyhofmann9187 3 ปีที่แล้ว +534

    My first thought: what if the creature "stalking" Eloise for weeks was actually protecting her from something worse? If it had wanted, it could have caught her easily. That circling around her tent at night without attacking her seems like making sure that nothing (else) comes close to her. And the creature gave sounds, but a stalking animal is as silent as possible to not give itself away. And a hunting animal or thing doesn't wait weeks before killing someone, it attacks at the first opportunity.

    • @chloecubello6595
      @chloecubello6595 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      I thought the same thing! Plus if it was a wild man then maybe he took an interest as it was a woman alone?

    • @janbonte6422
      @janbonte6422 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Or maybe its just a story?

    • @daveed5149
      @daveed5149 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      @@janbonte6422 you can still theorize a story

    • @josephwilliams7995
      @josephwilliams7995 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      interesting theory. it's true a predator is sleathy and silent and wouldn't take weeks to attack unless it's a human predator and enjoying the build up of fear before they strike

    • @creativetamara1326
      @creativetamara1326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      And it doesn't leave donuts right ... lol

  • @Healinghikesaustralia
    @Healinghikesaustralia 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I got a awesome problem I'm addicted to your channel and watch like 3 or 4 videos a day ...and have watched like 100 so far..I also subbed on Spotify ❤

  • @marcque2
    @marcque2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +186

    I think this guy is putting us in a trance cause I can’t stop watching him lol

    • @guessmyname6210
      @guessmyname6210 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Maybe he'll do a video on himself and the strange effect he has on us. 😱

    • @igotit416
      @igotit416 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Righttt

    • @angelasepi657
      @angelasepi657 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      His voice is kind of soothing.

    • @justinbennett9998
      @justinbennett9998 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He does have spec ops training...

    • @laquithstapleton8837
      @laquithstapleton8837 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree I don’t know what it is but I love his channel.

  • @tommyh3383
    @tommyh3383 2 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    John is by far the best story teller on TH-cam IMO. I binged all of his videos in like 6 weeks. I work 60+ hours a week too so that’s saying something about how addicting this channel is!

  • @artisticwhistleblower1756
    @artisticwhistleblower1756 3 ปีที่แล้ว +564

    The doughnuts and poundcake cache is weirder than anything.

    • @Macsleuth
      @Macsleuth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +156

      Bait for bear hunting. Which is why the hunter found her. It was his bear bait site.

    • @helenhill2256
      @helenhill2256 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      🤣I agree wtf

    • @riotgrrrl5924
      @riotgrrrl5924 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Before reading the reply to this comment I (an inexperienced middle of the forest/non hunter person) thought that either the donuts and pound cake was either that of the one stalking her or some insanely weird geobox/cache. But yea that reply makes more sense i suppose.
      But I also had thought that, that experienced hunter who, "found" her was also the one stalking her.

    • @1112-m6p
      @1112-m6p 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@riotgrrrl5924 if the hunter was the one who stalked her wtf was the point? Did he just wanna fuck with some poor hiker and scare her for a bit?
      I guess there's sadistic people like that out there so who knows 🤷

    • @FadedThenaHo24
      @FadedThenaHo24 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@1112-m6p I was thinkin he could’ve been stalking her because he thought it was something he was hunting but then I realized he would’ve seen her camp and realized she was human