Thank you for covering this Brother, your description of Devin was as close as I could have said myself. I was 2 years older than him but I grew up with Devin in Tonganoxie Ks and played football with him every year. He was a straight-up good guy, no drugs or anything stupid and always had a smile on his face. Whatever happened to cause this was no fault of his own, no way no how. I'm not sure why he was called home so early, and I never will. I wanted to Thank You for presenting his story in a positive disposition because that's how he was, a good hard working American Man!
Hi Jeffery, thanks for adding your comment. In a lot of these kind of stories you hear, it’s easy to ‘forget’ these are real people and real families that have been affected. I usually scour the comments to see if someone who actually knew the individual writes something about them, because then it feels like less of a story and more reality. I’m sorry for the loss of a fellow peer, and thanks again for bringing your own memory of him for all of us to read.
@@deborahbarry9421 just because he knew him, doesn't mean he knows why he did or said the things he said, like Mr.Ballen said there are alot of theories, but no one knows what really happened.
thanks for sharing! Do truck drivers from America have this device measuring their stops and how many km did they drive and so on? -it's called tachometer I think?- I am from Europe and here it is prohibited to drive more hours than the officially stablished time.
Me and a few of my buddies ran into a trucker at a bar a few years back. Poor guy looked so lost and was just sitting alone. So we went over and sat with him. Turns out his truck had broken down (something with the transmission) and he was stuck in our town for a few days and had never been here, and didn't know anyone. He told us the only thing he had was money. We told him not to announce that, then we took turns buying rounds, playing pool and darts, just generally giving the guy a good night. He was super grateful and a really awesome dude. He looked pretty intimidating, like the dude in the story, but he was a great person. We got him a cab to his hotel and at some point I must have given him my number. Cause I didn't think I'd ever hear from him again, but about a week later I got a call and it was the trucker. He just wanted me to know his truck got fixed, he had finished his run and was finally back home. He thanked me for giving him a fun night out and for just hanging out with him. I never heard from him again, but I will say, the stories he told us and the places he had seen were crazy. Mad respect to all the truck drivers out there. Never heard from that guy again, but wherever you are my man, stay safe.
I listen to MrBallen during my graveyard shifts at work and I always fear I’m gonna become one of these strange, dark and mysterious stories delivered in story format.
someone made the product, someone boxed it, someone loaded it, someone unloaded it, someone sorted the load and someone delivered it to store or home..don't forget them people to because without them we wouldn't need truck drivers
I went out with a buddy of mine who drove for JB Hunt for a week and we went all over Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana. From experience I can tell you its much more than a job. You live and sleep in the truck, driving 14 hours a day maybe talk to someone on the phone or at the loading dock and wash, rinse and repeat. It gave me a lot of respect for truckers, who are really the backbone of this country. True professionals.
I know exactly what happened to Devin. I've been a tucker for 20yrs. He had what we call the Million mile stare. You drive so much, for long, that you lose your mind. It's part of the reason why we have required breaks now. But even still, some drivers come to the brink. There has been a few times that I had to tell Dispatchers & Brokers...Fuck you, I'm taking a break, I'm done.
This was in the early 90s, so they probably didn't have break requirements back then, right? When somebody loses their mind like this, do they not come back from it? I'd be curious to know that. Cuz he had to have been wandering around for a long time before he died.
My father drove semi for 50 yrs before he retired a few yrs ago. He would tell us stories about going to different states, Canada and Mexico. Made it sound so romantic. He was also gone for weeks at a time and drank heavily when he was home. His trucker buddies would tell stories about " the stare" and what it can do. I've got much respect for truckers and the shit they are put thru to get our produce and other goods to us.
White line fever can fuck you up too. It's the Aussie version of million mile stare. You drive for so long, following those lines becomes hypnotising and you can doze off or you can get tunnel vision. Either way, sleep deprivation mixed with driving is dangerous as fuck.
We kept track of our drive time on paper back then so it could be very easily falsified. Now we're all on a computer that cant be fudged per federal law and companies can't threaten drivers to keep going past their 11 hour limit.
@Logicalsane are you really saying all this because of the picture of the family? This was back in the 90s where things were alot different then now.. chill out snowflake.
As a trucker myself, thank you everyone for the kind words towards us. Feels good to be appreciated and honestly it rarely happens. God bless you all. ❤
I think some people are all about the end product so to speak (food on shop floor shelves, gas in the pumps, etc, etc) that they don't really appreciate how it all arrived there. You guys do an amazing job. One that serves everyone, every single day!! Also, refuse collection ❤road builders, ❤ grid workers❤. God bless you, happy trucking, keep safe.
As a kid I'd often travel to ski areas with my dad where he'd work on grooming equipment. Along the way I looked forward to the conversations with truckers through lights. Flashes back and forth, 'I'd like to pass' "Go ahead" 'Thank you' "You're welcome". 70s and 80s, maps and memory. Man, it was awesome. And the TRUCKS! Glorious beasts. Dad gave me a deep respect for truckers. The things you do and put up with to bring us stuff... and stuff comes in pretty handy. Thank you.
I’ve been a Driver for 12 years and still going. The hardest part is staying awake while your life is passing you by. Trucking makes your life go by very very fast
Yep exactly, I was an otr trucker for 11 years and I just quit my job a little over a month ago and I don't think I'll ever do it again. I'll do trucking again I mean, but not otr. I'm almost 35 now, and the past 11 yrs flew by, and 70% of that time was spent just sitting in a semi truck. Finally started getting really tired of it a few months ago and then quit the job in September. Have not looked for a new job yet, decided I'm gonna take the whole fall/winter off and live off of some of my savings, and then probably start a local driving job in spring, but a job where I come home every day, not an otr gig. Are you otr or local? Owner-op or company? Stay safe out there driver.
As a trucker for 12 years so far, I can say that going mad is a reality. We live in this roaming bed in a box, being this alone can definitely get to you. sometimes you just got to put your foot down and say "I'm stopping here. I'm sleeping and I dont care what you think" I do strive to be professional, to be reliable but yeah you gotta look out for your self in the end, take a break. go home. get out of the truck. go do vacationy things. dont let your mind get the better of you. Love you all, fellow 18 wheelers, and make sure you all keep the greasy side down and the shiny side up.
My dad was a trucker. We live in Ohio and a manager of a restaurant noticed him slumped over his wheel in New York. He passed of a massive heart attack. He use to tell me stories of other truckers going mad. It's rough being a trucker, it's stressful, strainful, ur lonely, my dad was always gone, to always make sure we was stable and it took his life in the end. He died 2 months after his 42 birthday, 24 years ago.
Wow that was one hell of a sacrifice your dad made for his family. My heart goes out to you and your family. Just please know that it really and truly loved you all.
My sincere condolences. Thank you for sharing. It must be a very hard job and your father must have loved and does you very much. May your happy memories of him sustain you when you are missing him.
I was going to say the same.. definitely sounds like sleep deprivation. It probably snuck up on him. Couldn’t sleep figured he’d just keep driving.. eventually the hallucinations begin. Sleep is as important as oxygen. Poor guy.
I agree I have occasional bouts of insomnia and at one time in my life, it was really bad and I’d go days without sleep and the psychosis set in. At a certain point, you stop feeling tired and just go full mania and psychosis and that sounds like that’s what happened to him.
16 year trucker here , saw many horrific things out there from another driver getting stabbed at truck stop in AL to stopping at a rest area in WY and hearing a chain saw at 2 am . Since only a small black car and another truck there I knew something wasn’t right and quietly got back to my truck and called 911 next day the trucker and his wife were found cut up but officers got there to late and black car was gone. Way to much goes on out there and people are just weird. Truckers are targeted a lot and after a look into how many are killed every year a law was passed that we can carry with a license. Many companies don’t allow it but I carried anyway ,rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6
I stopped at a rest area back in the early 90's when a man standing near the ladies bathroom asked me to grab some toilet paper for him. So I ran in but then thought to myself, oh my god, how stupid, this guy might kill me. So I headed back toward the entrance door just as he was about to walk in when he said, "I musn't go much longer without seeing." I said, "Excuse me?". He repeated himself then took a step closer to me. He was now in the light and had semen all over his face! I ran back to my car and was later told that rest areas were a haven for...well, I'm sure you can guess. I was really young and naive. Things could have turned out really bad for me.
@@imnotgonnasay3612 wow!! That’s crazy!! I’m glad you were safe!! My dad used to be a trucker (he’s an absolute nice guy NOT a weirdo!!) but I was always worried about who we might run into to as he’s not a fighter!! He does only day trips now.
That's true. There can be no doubt a good man driving for a living doesn't get out and shoot people because he can. The drivers I know, have too much to lose for them ever to be inspired to such stupidity . Aside from the fact that having a job to do makes you focus on the right thing and getting home is the greatest place to get to in the whole country. Hours off are never really long enough however. The million mile stare not withstanding.
As a Trucker myself, I have a theory from experience. When working long hours, mixed with stress and anxiety over delivering on time. Its hard to shake of, and find peace of mind to be able to sleep. When you continue ignoring the signs of fatigue, and cut down on your sleep. After five days, you start seeing things and even hallucinations. This is why no trucker I know of, would press on. Some do ignore the dangers of being so exhausted and driving. But this never ends wel. I think he went over the edge and started hallucinating even without doing drugs. 😮
Maybe so, but the irratic jaw movements and grinding teeth, coupled with the fact that he couldn't sleep are all indicative of being spun out. The drug only stays in your system for three days so he could have been a part time user just to push through on some runs.If he scored a little at the truck stop and used on top of already being sleep deprived, well there ya go. Just my theory.
@@jesseerickson662 My thoughts exactly. When my brother was a truck driver he knew of other drivers who used meth to finish their routes. When MrB mentioned the mouth movements that's exactly what I thought and on top of the sleep deprivation caused psychosis of some sort.
@@jesseerickson662i do weird jaw movements and grind my teeth/clench my jaw when i’m dealing with extreme anxiety and being tired. and i have never done any hard drugs in my life.
Sleep deprivation is incredibly dangerous for your physical and mental health, and can cause hallucinations and psychosis. Not saying that is actually what caused this bizarre situation with Devin, but it isn't impossible as far as theories about the case go. Really scary stuff, regardless of what you believe actually happened.
@@brendanward2991 Well, for starters, he died. Scavengers did what scavengers do, and his skull was found while the rest of his remains were not. It's not unheard of for only small remnants of missing persons to be discovered after years of exposure to wildlife the elements. I'm not saying that IS what happened, merely the possibility.
The amount of physical stress sleep deprivation causes on your body and mind is insane. I am a long haul driver and have had my share of times that I drove on little to no sleep for days. I can absolutely attest to the fact that you will begin hallucinating. You will absolutely be seeing things that are not there and not seeing things that are in fact there. There is absolutely no way to know what happened to this young man and we can only hope that he is at peace. My guess is that depending just how long he was without sleep, the stress of everything in his life may have just become so much that he snapped mentally and was no longer in touch with reality. Just because you are making it financially doesn't mean you are ok. Society has pushed us to think we must have large amounts of excess in order to be considered successful and some people truly commit to the attempt to achieve success that normal stresses in life are simply too much. Truly sad to think this man died all alone out in nature with most likely no real idea where he was, why he was there or potentially who he was.
Extreme stress and sleep deprivation in and of themselves can absolutely wreak havoc. Add the possibility that he may have ingested an unusually high amount of caffeine to meet his deadline, and it's easy to imagine he suffered grave psychological symptoms.
To all the truckers out there watching this episode and reading the comments, I just wanted to let you know how thankful I am to have you guys do what you do, we would not survive without you, everything that are in our houses came because of you guys, respect for all truckers out there, love you guys
My dad was a trucker for a while, and still kind of is (CDL driver for a construction company now). People say you sit on your ass all day, but you’re also in charge of a potentially giant metal death machine. It’s hard work and truckers are the back bone of this country. Thank you all truckers!
People underestimate truck and busdrivers. I'm a busdriver myself, it annoys the crap out of me when people say "All you do is sitting around all day, it's not hard work". O right..cause you at the office are having to pay full attention your whole shift long right? What happens when you lose focus behind a computer? O no you made a typing error, o noes end of the world. You know what happens when a truck/busdriver losses focus for a moment? They can kill someone. Next to that, I have to deal with a lot of bikers (I'm from the Netherlands) and cars who just don't care about the traffic rules, getting cut off by cars and bikes all the time. Per shift I save a dozen lives each time by me paying attention and knowing how to look further then my windshield. Ontop of that there is a whole lot more aggression in traffic were people freak out and pull the most insane shit cause they get angry at you (even though they broke the rules themselves). It also happens in the bus that we are dealing with more and more aggression. But sure, I have a easy job sitting around all day mhm. As a truckdriver you also have to do unloading and all that crap, those guys have it much tougher then I do, I just have to bring people from busstop to busstop. They are dealing with unloading if they have to drive between stores to supply them and generally make way more hours then I do, at least I get to be home every day.
This is so sad. Imagine losing someone you love under those circumstances. And the poor kids growing up and not ever really knowing what happened to their dad. Heartbreaking.
@@Bobbymaccys how about working to afford a family and THEN being a trucker? i don't get how you feel sympathy for people making a family before they can actually afford time to be with them.
I remember seeing this on unsolved mysteries back in the day when I was a kid. I always wondered what happened to this guy. I forgot about this story. Thank you for posting!
Psychosis was my immediate thought when I heard “he couldn’t sleep”. Whether the sleep deprivation is initially caused by drug or not, it’s what causes psychosis and it’s very scary! I’ve seen it happen. I feel so sorry for Devin’s family 😢
I'm glad you mention sleep deprivation. I was an OTR driver from '92 to '17 and have been thru sleep deprivation instances several times. The things that you see, smell and feel are totally real and yet not there at all. To think that it would be something that could break your mind isn't out of the realm of possibility. I drove for thirty years, 3.5 million miles and saw extraordinary things. Both real and imagined
My dad is a long haul trucker, he works a lot still and is gone for weeks at a time. I never understood when I was a kid, but I do now and appreciate his hard work even more. God bless truckers.
2:25 that poor man was doing that tough job away from family but his wife was enjoying an easy comfortable life in home with her children........ Why do women not speak against this gender discrimination against men?? Why can't it be the other way around like women work hard all the time, earn money and also fulfill all other responsibilities and men just enjoy their lives with children at women's cost???
I have to say-- The amount of good will and empathy for truck drivers in this comment section/community genuinely warms my heart to an extent I can't find words for. I'm not a truck driver, my Dad is-- He's 64 years old and the sh!t he deals with on a daily basis scares the living hell out of me. Thank you all for being kind to the truckers you interact with. ❤
I actually still don't quite know how to take all the people being supportive of us drivers. I'm so used to being cussed out, flipped off, cut off, brake checked, verbally abused and just in general treated like the world's biggest piece of garbage because God forbid the truck doesn't operate like a sports car. It's nice to see some appreciation and respect. There are also times where this is truly a great career.
@@2amotothank you for what you do!!! I wish there was more education to car drivers on how trucks actually drive because people take for granted that a truck cannot just stop immediately when pressing the breaks, for example. They have blind spots that drivers forget about or don’t even realize. So many basic things that should be common sense that a lot of car drivers don’t appreciate it or understand!
Same here ❤ my dad passed away in 2018 and he was a truck driver as well. He was 57. He was awarded driver of the year at his company he worked for for his excellent safety and reliability
My uncle was a truck driver and I understand how hard it can be. The worst thing he experienced (that I know of) was when a teenage boy committed “self deletion” by jumping in front of his rig. It really messed him up and he had mental health and addiction issues for the rest of his life. I don’t doubt that they were there even before that event, but I imagine that it, combined with the rough work life, exacerbated them.
one of the things that stop me from self deletion as you say is that is will ruin someone else's life that has to find me or the police has to use resources to try find me that it will take away time from missing ppl that need, your comment reminded me of the times I deeply wanted un alive, anyway Im fine now so don't worry, I wanna live, I hope your uncle is getting better, my uncle was a truck driver too for many years, its one of the hardest jobs
I worked with Devin at Iowa Beef Processing down in Emporia back in the early eighties on the Round line and he quit to become a truck driver he was a really nice guy and a hard worker.
Back when teenagers worked real jobs. It's crazy how most kids today don't have the work ethic that our generation had. Your old friend left this world too soon. May he RIP.
@brandonsmith2115 Yeah I'm not lying or anything I worked right next to him at the tables. He was a round trimmer and I was a knuckle trimmer which was taking the knee bone out of a roast. He actually accidentally cut me with his 8 inch knife when he pushed a round out onto the line after trimming it. Actually it was my fault I was not being safe and I pulled my knuckle off the line to trim it and I put my arm into his knife I got a scar and 8 stitches from that mistake lol.
I knew 5 different jobs on the round line it was the longest line in the plant he was a really nice guy and funny always had a smile on his face and very friendly I was freaked out when I seen the story on America's Unsolved Mysteries.
@@carolinematusevich889 Yeah it was the hardest job I ever had and I loved every bit of it I was in the best shape of my life plus I worked with people from all over the world I worked with boat people that came from Vietnam in 70's you want to know about hard workers they are some of the most hardest working people I ever met. I was young and it was the fourth most dangerous job at the time and I worked at the number 1 beef Processing plant in the entire United States and I was very proud of the work I did there.
@@carolinematusevich889you're not wrong, but many parents confuse good parenting with a "hard work ethic". Your generation spent too much time at work and not enough time parenting their kids. You have nobody to blame but your own generation. How can you not see that? Parents are EXACTLY the reason kids are the way they are, unless they're just deviant outliers. You still see it in new parents. They're in the office 50 hours a week, drink on their off-time, and let their expensive, "hard-earned" iPads raise their kids.
Well technically we could survive without them (and actually probably be better off without them) but peoples processed food addictions and lazy lifestyles wouldn't be able to survive without truckers!
@@jennak.8541 ... and the clothes you wear, and the furniture in your house, and the car you drive and probably the majority of your possessions get to you in a semi truck. Our lives are all objectively better because of trucks and drivers. You’re living in a fantasy if you can’t recognize that.
@@jennak.8541yknow they transport other things than food right? In addition to many types of food, there’s gas, building materials, electronics, and quite literally anything else that needs to be transported. Get out of your wee bubble more
Possibly sleep deprivation, can cause hallucinations, mental instability. His jaw movements sound like amphetamine symptoms. Not saying illegal drugs, they have caffeine pills , or another trucker could have given him something he thought was perfectly legal. This is such a heartbreaking story. My heart goes out to the family !
Yeah sounds like he did meth for the first time trying to stay awake and started hallucinating bad. I had smoked a bong looking thing one time when I was hammered drunk, it ended up being meth and I had absolutely no ability to control my decision but was wide awake and constantly was doing something. Terrible and scary but I know that’s what he took
@@travislebron It's a possibility but isn't it a bit presumptuous to say you know? Even coroners and detectives cannot make definitive conclusions without an autopsy. Sometimes there is more than one or even two variables. But interesting theory nonetheless.
@@earthling148 I know for certain. I’ve hallucinated from extreme sleep deprivation in the Marines and have observed many other people that were suffering from the same condition, and you can watch videos and read about it, it won’t make you lose your mind like this guy did or I did when we took meth.
I remember this airing on Unsolved Mysteries around 1998. I am wondering did they ever found him. I guess the story of him is close to home a lot because my father has been driving trucks since 1992 and he stopped in December of 2020 or 2021 due to a bad wreck in his truck. He wasn’t at fault but the people hit was that ultimately took their life. My father hasn’t been right since and gave up completely driving at that point. Shout out to all truck drivers because without you guys and women, we would not have what we need to survive and for that, thank you so much.
As a former truck driver, sleep deprivation can do some crazy things, combined with stress levels being high, he very well could have had a psychotic break. Unfortunately, back in the days before new laws and elogs came in to affect, sleep deprivation was all too common. The poor man must have been in a horrible place. I hope his family is alright. Very sad story, thank you for covering it.
this is my theory as well. not a trucker but former military and sleep dep can make your brain do some weird shit. i've had moments where i was on 12-hour fireguard at 3AM, holding a pen, writing notes, and my brain blipped out for a second and when i looked down there was a full paragraph of perfectly grammatical and legibly written text that was just complete nonsense. i literally thought my fireguard partner had stolen my pen and written it down as a prank until i realized it was my own handwriting. if you're tired enough your brain will just microsleep on you with your eyes open and put your body on autopilot until you regain consciousness. even without the microsleeps it can narrow your focus down so far that you simply do not realize what you are looking at until long after the reaction window has closed - like staring down a car directly in front of you and not registering it as something you need to react to because the only thing there's room for in your brain is "i need to keep going" i've also road-tripped through that route before and it's just miles and miles and miles of nothing. it all looks the same and if you miss a turn it might be another 15 miles to the next exit where you can turn around. so my guess is, his brain went on autopilot and took a turn he wasn't supposed to take, he was out of it enough that he didn't realize he was on the wrong road until it actually started looking different, and either he didn't have the maps he needed to get himself back on the right route or he couldn't figure out where he was to start trying. he was exhausted but couldn't afford the time to sleep because he'd already lost god knows how much time on this side-route and would lose god knows how much more trying to get back, and no matter what he tried to do to get out of his situation it was constantly running the clock against that time pressure. there's a specific combination of deep frustration and helplessness that can send you right off the deep end on its own - combined with sleep deprivation, it could absolutely cause a full-on psychotic break.
I could believe in sleep deprivation. When I was at university I went for a week with only one hours sleep a night. By the time I’d finished I thought someone was trying to kill me. So it could’ve been that.
@@TheGuindoabout 2 years ago I hit a patch where o just couldn’t sleep. I was at work and they said I looked horrible and to head home. Next thing I know im in my driveway. Car still in drive with my foot on the break. I quick threw it in park and just sat there trying to think what happened. I worked a half hour away and had to take the highway to and from. I remember walking out of work but that’s it. Don’t remember walking to my car driving or pulling up to my house. Still one of the scariest moments I’ve experienced just coming to in my driveway
Severe sleep deprivation can make you completely delirious, pair that with high stress and anxiety and it may turn into a full on Psychosis, i hope Devin's family is ok, rest in peace Devin.
@@carolinematusevich889 Agreed. He talks to his boss, tells him, "I can't sleep...I'll just keep going...", and then proceeds to drive around crazy, acts agitated, moves his jaw all over the place, and takes off his shoes and wanders off into the woods...all of it just screams meth. Sure, maybe he wasn't known to be a druggy guy. But all he needed was to pick up some uppers from another trucker ("I'll just pop these to get me through the route"), take too many pills, drive, get sleep deprived and next thing you know, he's in drug-induced psychosis. I mean, meth is a seriously evil drug and a scenario like this one seems like the most likely explanation for this crazy Ballen story.
Respect for the truck drivers. I witnessed a man die in front of me. A semi driving the opposite direction fell asleep, went off the road, and turned the truck back onto the road. The bed flipped and the poor man that died crashed into it. I can still smell the oil, garlic, and other smells. I asked him a few questions, his face showed pain and then went limp. Took a while for emt to show up. But i managed to get his name, find a friend of his on fb and told her to let his wife know he didnt die alone..hope it brought some comfort.
There’s zero justification for driving drowsy. It’s worse than being drunk for most people. But unlike when drinking, driving is a conscious decision in such a situation. It should be voluntary manslaughter to drive drowsy and kill someone. Only a piece of shit would knowingly risk thousands of lives on the road just to make up some time for their job. Lots of people face pressures to take risks for their jobs, but they all face liability. I hope the driver is in prison. There’s no excuse for such a despicable decision as to purposely risk thousands of lives for self-serving purposes.
I just want to thank you for telling these people's stories in a way that humanizes them. It would be too easy for someone like Devin to become the subject of mockery or judgment because of his bizarre actions, but you remind us that he was a real human being with a family, ambitions, and hopes. Besides that, you're a downright fantastic storyteller!
This story hit hard!! I was raised in a family of truckers and a truck stop that was family owned and very successful...however, I've seen drivers over the years who come in to clean up and rest, with deep sunken eyes, dark circles around their eyes, hair is messy, they could barely hold their heads up to eat and ik how completely exhausted the career truckers get and it's so heartbreaking 😪God bless you, Devin, and your beautiful family 🙏
I live in what used to be called a “truck stop town” gas stations, bars and ff restaurants. We have grown from 2k people to 4200 and I want it to stop growing!
2:25 that poor man was doing that tough job away from family but his wife was enjoying an easy comfortable life in home with her children........ Why do women not speak against this gender discrimination against men?? Why can't it be the other way around like women work hard all the time, earn money and also fulfill all other responsibilities and men just enjoy their lives with children at women's cost???
My dad is still a interstate truck driver, he started driving when he was 23 years old and he is now 70. Back in the late eighties and early to mid nineties the company he worked for did Adelaide to Perth which is : 1,677 miles or 2,699 km, so 5,400 km round trip. During the school holidays I would go with him and he would only take one sleep break for literally one or two hours on the way there and the same on the way back. I remember hearing All the drivers saying the phrase “I’m going to have an hour up the road” meaning have a sleep. The whole time there and back took three and a half days, he would be home for no more than 24 hours and do it all again. I soon realised most of them if not all of the drivers were on speed. I remember the stories about some of them through lack of sleep and the drugs becoming mentally unstable dew too paranoia and hallucinating so they either took time off or quit. I remember four of them drove off the road and died in accidents over the 12 years he did this run. I have nothing but the utmost respect for all long haul / interstate drivers, if it wasn’t for them our countries would come to a standstill🙏🏼🙏🏼 solute to you all🙏🏼
My dad is also an interstate truck driver he did Adelaide to Melbourne or Adelaide to Sydney. He was always away working and tired all the time he does local work now but your right mate without them our countrys would stop. Huge respect for truck drivers.
My husband has been a truck driver for 15 years. Thank you to all the hard working truck drivers. Remember if you buy it from a store...a trucker delivered it. Rest in peace to Devin and Prayers to his family 💔
I wish there was an option of Late delivery while buying products so that people delivering it would get sufficient Rest and relaxation. I am in No hurry to get those comfortable cotton towels or mobile holder or such silly things. I can get them a week later as well. But sadly the world wants to Run fast always
The way you tell stories sends chills throughout my body. You are such an amazing storyteller and this is such a cool pastime that you have decided to take up and share with the world. God bless you.
This is truly a heartbreaking story. It sounds like this man was exhausted, missing his family, and probably stressing a lot about something (maybe the reason he coudn't sleep), and just snapped. And he went through this all alone. My heart breaks for him and his family...
2:25 that poor man was doing that tough job away from family but his wife was enjoying an easy comfortable life in home with her children........ Why do women not speak against this gender discrimination against men?? Why can't it be the other way around like women work hard all the time, earn money and also fulfill all other responsibilities and men just enjoy their lives with children at women's cost???
My dad was a trucker and man is it hard, 🥺he did it for us, well about 3-4 years ago he snapped and said I’m done that’s it. The traffic, the stopping and going it’s just too much. Much much much respect to all of our truckers!
It can be a very stressful job no doubt. Which is exactly why some of them turn to amphetamines (usually meth) to make it easier. Not only does it keep them alert and awake but I mean it's meth it's highly addictive for a reason. That's almost certainly what happened to Devin. The whole "opening and swinging his lower jaw" thing is the most amphetamine sounding thing ever. Your father is a smart man just choosing to walk away rather than resorting to drugs to keep it bearable, otherwise he might've ended up like this.
@@bestieswithtestiesI absolutely agree. But, remember that back then you could buy ephedra, and many other stimulants, including amphetamines and analogs over the counter. Many of those trucker pills didn't even list their actual ingredients. Basically I'm saying that he may not have even known that he was taking dangerous drugs, and therefore the stimulant induced psychosis would have been much more profound. I obviously have no idea if it was intentional ingestion or not. But yeah....poor fella was tweaking out. He probably wondered around until he was injured or exhausted.
@@bestieswithtestiesNot all truckers have to do drugs to stay awake. I've been driving for 27 years and the majority of us do not do drugs. Back in the 90s you could buy junk at truckstops that had junk in it that would keep you awake. There are ones that take drugs but they are few and far between. God Bless
My dad was a trucker for many years, but he NEVER left the state.....he refused to do cross country...he was home every day by 4:30p. RIP Papi, we miss you so much. 😞💔
My dad after us kids were born did the same thing. Every once in a while he'd take a long haul but we usually went with him. that was usually our vacation haha
This one really got to me. Mainly because out of all the mysteries, with this one i can see how this may have happened. In his desperation and anger to finish his route he went into the diner for some food, some fellow truck driver gave him "something" to help him make his route. Instead of sleeping after his meal he knew he was going to be awake because of the drug and didnt even attempt to sleep after his meal. He checked in with his boss before the drugs took hold to cover his back. The fact that he was 100% clean means the reaction would be that much stronger. The fact that he was a big dude means the other trucker gave him a large dose based on body size, but he had no tolerance. The fact that he was sleep deprived and exhausted when he took it means he would be locked out of sleep for days on end. Psychotic break induced by sleep deprivation and overdose. Poor guy got pushed too hard. I feel so bad for the trucker in this story.
That's exactly what happened, I don't know why people try to imply anything else. He knew he couldn't sleep, drugs among truckers are commonplace and he wanted to keep going and get home quicker without sleep. There is hardly a worse place to take a new drug than behind a steering wheel of a 10 ton truck except maybe an aircraft. There is a reason you (ideally) have a sober person with you when you take a new drug, someone who know the dosage and has experience. Some drugs who are perfectly safe for you can be a nightmare for someone else due to genetics. This guy took something in a too high dose, possibly contaminated, exhausted, with zero experience of drugs AND had a bad trip. I don't want to speak ill about the dead but that is not a recipe to get home to your family quicker. It's only luck he just took himself out.
I live in Arizona, I have camped at this forest it’s beautiful. I have never heard of this tragic story, poor Devin. What a wild story had me at the edge of my seat!!! Like always Mr. Ballen’s story telling skills made me feel like I was right there! 👏
My dad, grandpa, and two uncles were truck drivers. Now I'm married to a truck driver. I worry so much when he is gone. Truck drivers really don't get the recognition they deserve bc they really are the people who keep things going in our country! I feel so bad for this man's wife and kids! It's heartbreaking 💔
If it makes you feel any better, I’m one person who holds truck drivers in great esteem. This country wouldn’t function without them. I’m so grateful they chose such a tough job and that they sacrifice time away from family so we can get our food delivered. Thank your husband from me.
@@coryb8432 Lmao 🤣 apparently you have never driven a truck before! Have you heard of heavy haul sweetheart? Probably not or done any research on any kind of truck driving? If you had you would know you statement is ignorant!! Plus you just offended half my family! Which includes my dad and husband who are more than steering wheel holders. Do your research and come back. I usually don't respond to dumbass comments, but you got me on a good day!!
That sleep deprivation ain’t no joke. I had an episode on a cross country trip with my best friend. Scariest thing to ever happen. Blessed to have had loved ones around. Never happened before, hasn’t happened since. Scary stuff.
@@chimiganja4209 lol, I mean it got crazy. I thought every plane that flew over head were spies. I thought my friends were part of some conspiracy against me. I even thought they had me on closed circuit tv. And the whole time I was weirdly aware of how crazy I was and sounded, but couldn’t stop it. My friends watched over me for the night, and took me to hospital for a check but it had passed.
2:25 that poor man was doing that tough job away from family but his wife was enjoying an easy comfortable life in home with her children........ Why do women not speak against this gender discrimination against men?? Why can't it be the other way around like women work hard all the time, earn money and also fulfill all other responsibilities and men just enjoy their lives with children at women's cost???
I’m sorry for Devins family’s loss. This is an all around crazy event. My dad was a trucker and I seen how hard it was on him, Thank You to all the truckers out there!
America is what it is bc of men like your dad. Not only bread on your table but bread on America's table. Everyone out there that has a long haul trucker in your life, hug them and always pray for their well being and safe return home.
Sadly Trucking is in absolute shambles and companies are closing down left and right. I say this as somebody in Trucking. It's not a good situation right now.
I remember when unsolved mysteries covered this back in the 90s. I always wondered if he took some sort of stimulant to stay awake that caused psychosis. It’s very sad for Devon and his family, and I’m glad at least he didn’t hurt anyone.
Ok, I knew I had watched something about this. I thought the same thing, I know a lot of truckers a really into meth or other narcotics to keep them going.
Mr.Ballen, it’s this channel that kept me awake behind the wheels when I was a trucker. I binged your channel the first year you had it going, I had to wait for you to upload more the following week. Big fan, LOL!
My father was a long haul trucker in the 80s and 90s and has a lot of stories of strange and unnatural late night occurrences in the Arizona/Nevada desert area
@@lurklingX One I can think of off hand is when he was driving on a desert highway around 1am when suddenly there was a flash in the sky so bright that the whole surrounding environment and the night sky lit up and looked as if it was daytime. Like it suddenly became day time bright for a solid 5 seconds before it just as quickly disappeared. My dad said he pulled over because he thought he might be over tired or something in his truck blew up because there was no logical explanation to what he just saw, but then he started hearing chatter about it on the CB radio from other truckers in the area who all saw the same exact sudden brightness.
Out of all of your stories, this one breaks my heart. An all around “good guy, family man” shouldn’t have had to pass on so young and leave his wife and children. Absolutely heartbreaking.
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Thank you for your delivery of this story Mr Ballen. You are a story teller born and bred. Your attitude and empathy/ sympathy for the victims and their families goes the extra mile. I could listen to you all night and often do.❤
I'm so sad for Devon's family. Not only did they lose their much loved husband and father but they are left with this mystery and they'll likely never have answers. Wondering, imagining and not knowing what happened in a situation like this becomes a lifelong wound. Prayers for all of them. I know it's been many years but that kind of wound never completely goes away 😥🙏🏼💔
There is a group of people who attended to the homeless people. They get them treatment and hygiene. One day they had a doctor treat a man. Turns out he had sepsis and was delusional. Within 30 minutes of antibiotics they were able to establish is identity and reunite him with his family. He was missing for several months. No links this was from the people who treated him.
@@wannabecarguysaved his life! He'd have died from sepsis & been a John Doe in a morgue somewhere. Chilling story, you never know who your act of kindness may help.
2:25 that poor man was doing that tough job away from family but his wife was enjoying an easy comfortable life in home with her children........ Why do women not speak against this gender discrimination against men?? Why can't it be the other way around like women work hard all the time, earn money and also fulfill all other responsibilities and men just enjoy their lives with children at women's cost???
My first husband was a longhaul trucker. He worked for a broker that would push his drivers to the extreme bcs he'd overcommit to various customers. Hubs had just got home, showered, ate and laid down for some sleep when the broker forced him out on another load just 5 hours after. I had to go with him on this run just to keep him awake. On our way back home he snapped during rush hour traffic on the G. W. Bridge leaving New York. Started screaming at other drivers that he was gonna kill them, would crush them inside their cars, etc. It was horrific watching this big-hearted guy I loved devolve into a madman. I was saying anything I could think of to bring him back and it wasn't until I started crying and crawled into his lap that he finally came back to himself. We were in a traffic jam at the time. As soon as we got far enough out of town and found a safe truck stop, he first called in to let them know the stop had been made on time, we crawled into the sleeper and crashed for 12 hours straight. So yeah, sleep deprivation plus being constantly threatened to lose your job will do a real number on your mental health! Oh, and to Steve the broker, if you ever read this, I hope your floozy wife took you for everything you had and you get cancer of the anus!!
@@extrememiami Try reading. That was her first husband and he had a legitimate reason for freaking out. It wasn't a typical mantrum that you're referring to, which is your responsibility to control. Quit expecting women to do the work for you! All women are real women.
She is talking about how. She saved her husband from the black dog. You simp. Not a 'mantrum'. I know the black dog. I pray you never do because God that saved me that night. When the black dog nearly caused me to take the life of my friend and collegue. The other guy is right. Read with understanding. That poor woman and her husband were in danger. The black dog could have cost them everything or tainted their hands with blood.
@@extrememiamionly real women? So you didn't think for a second that maybe it's cuz they're scared of a big burly man intimidating them? No, you wouldn't care to understand a woman cuz you thrive on your own internal misogyny. You don't think there's a problem. Women don't have to solve lunatic men's problems. They don't have to stay if they feel unsafe. Domestic abuse happens so often just from a man getting worked up and action his angry emotions.
Stories like this always creep me out. It's the odd unsettling behavior the trucker displayed from a man that was not known to have any current or prior health issues that gives me goosebumps.
Human unpredictability will always be one of the scariest things because we feel we should understand our own kind. When people break for seemingly no reason it raises questions such as "what about the people around me I think I know", or even "could I be susceptible to such a breakdown".
I'm in this group, & yesterday a lady shared a story of their relative, a truck driver, who's been disturbed by sth lately. Apparently, the guy saw a coyote crossing the road, & by the end of the road it turns into a creepy old woman staring at him, multiple times
@@MrEsphoenixyes its scarey cause even if you are the nicest person in the world you domt control your brain and if youre brain has a serious malfunction the nicest person can do some horrific stuff cause they are juat disconnected from reality and have zero control
I got to thinking maybe someone spiked his coffee with LSD. That's the only explanation to his behaviour. He was hallucinating like mad. Cause I remember around 1994/95 had some rank stuff floating around . I bought some "acid" off a well known dealer. I had done acid in the 80s, but this "acid" made me hallucinate for the first time in my life. And we just happen to be camping when we took it. I'm telling you, I seen things. Like the leaves on the trees were changing colors of yellow green red. I seen little pitchfork holding flame devils in the fire we had going. Oh man when I walked the rocks rolled along side me. I had to go lay down cause I was tripping bad. I looked up at the walls of the cabin we rented and I saw cracks mend themselves. Thank god I was still self aware of the fact I took a drug and this was the side effects. But imagine if you were not aware of that fact. Seriously a person could go mad on LSD if they're not aware of the fact someone spiked their coffee. So yeah, years later I now realize I was given LSD.
I remember this on Unsolved Mysteries. Its a crazy story for sure. Sleep deprivation can truly mess us up. It seems like he just had a mental break. It is sad that his family has no closure.
As a long haul driver that stays on the road for 3 to 6 months at a time this story was way too relatable to me. Alot of us get seduced by the amount of money we can make if we run hard and non stop without considering what we're truly risking. You're risking your sanity.
May God protect you always and get you back home safe and sound, stories like this break my heart and creep me out, who knows what he really encountered out on those roads🙏🏽
@@love4mykids03 it really creeped me out how much I related to the guy in the video. Having my family home and always being on the road and how he got the tunnel vision and how the inside of his cab was clean and neat and a couple of things he said. I guess he did some research on life as a trucker
You have a great point, I’ve come to realize that most times in life we could be our own worst enemy. Thats why it’s so important to really think through any important decisions, and sleep deprivation is likely just as strong as alcohol when it comes to being able to think straight and make smart decisions that you won’t kick yourself in the rear over later. I know that I’ve made all too many of those and at 44, I wish that I could share said knowledge with my 20 year old self. It would have saved me A LOT of headache. It sounds like you’re reasonable though and have your head together, plus as long as you don’t burn yourself out it’s a pretty solid job. The only other job that takes you on the road that pays crazy good, but is incredibly backbreaking labor, are the UPS “brown shirts.” I read recently that they average north of $90K with O/T and full benefits! 😮 Anywho, be well, and don’t burn yourself out in the meantime. One thing I would have told myself 20 years ago is to invest - wisely - as it accumulates fast once it’s a habit and you won’t need the O/T, and the best investment today that’s literally guaranteed NOT to lose value are High Yield Savings Accounts (HYSAs). I’m doing about 5% APY on one, which is pretty good when considering that I lost my ass on stocks post-COVID (and bonds too!) Be well!
@@andybatista412 I always thought truckers were just being aholes tbh because some are reckless on the road but now I understand why, I'm sorry you ever had to experience anything like that, this story changed my perception of truck drivers.
I do Security for a warehouse and I check-in trucks at the gate. Far too many stories of getting to know the truck drivers and so forth. I really grew fond of them and I appreciate you guys. May the roads be clear and May you arrive safe to every destination!
I remember seeing this story on the original Unsolved Mysteries (RIP Robert Stack). It's so heartbreaking to know those kids will never see or know what happened to their dad. I hope the family has been doing ok despite everything. RIP Devin.💔😔
@@ninja100 three children lost their father. how is that NOT heartbreaking? sure they dont know HOW he died but they do know he is deceased. horrible for anyone let alone children as young as they were.
@@ellzedd41132:25 that poor man was doing that tough job away from family but his wife was enjoying an easy comfortable life in home with her children........ Why do women not speak against this gender discrimination against men?? Why can't it be the other way around like women work hard all the time, earn money and also fulfill all other responsibilities and men just enjoy their lives with children at women's cost???
I have so much respect for truck drivers. You guys looked out for me and my newborn from Gboro to Charlotte the first time I had to go to the VA, and drive the 90 miles by myself. They saw the antennae, spotted me out and rolled with me the whole way. That was 32 years ago and it still makes me smile. I've been known to defensive drive to let a trucker in when a car driver was being an asshat. You truckers keep the world turning!
The 20 something year olds in here have no idea what you're talking about with the antenna. We had a antenna too. Used to be a thing to sit in the driveway and talk to the local ppl on the CB.. lol I actually met the boy I lost my virginity to on the CB. Anyway... you are 100% right. If you have a antenna they will try to call you.. Hey pretty lady in the red car you copy? Lol and they do look out for each other and anyone they are talking to. My husband has his CDLs but he doesn't really drive a lot. He works on service rigs so sometimes he drives the rig to locations.. but I wouldn't call him a truck driver.
Lately I’ve been spending alot of time alone and it’s comforting to have mr ballen to keep me company on these lonely nights. I love his story telling so much. So thank you John for taking my mind off the heartache I’ve been going through ❤
st. john wort has helped me for many years now, does'nt work for everyone, sold every where . also reach out to people i believe even Mr. Ballen has recomemed a service on his channel, your not alone, we all have gone though things, painful, aweful things, you have to find good people to help, they are out there. ❤
Been with MrBallen since the beginning. Been able to watch him grow from nothing to millions. The quality in story telling has stayed constantly high throughout. Great to see a guy who deserves success manifest before your very eyes. 🏆🏆🏆
@MrBallen would love to see some of the old 3 top places to never go or 3 pictures/ videos that you won't believe. Just the 3 story format was awesome well all your stuff is awesome I just want to hear more then 1 story from u at a time lol once i start for the day i know ill be here a wile just thank you for all the videos and effort im sure go into them we dont see but definitely appreciate thanks for being so awesome!!!!!
We are older now in 2005 me and another lady drove from mo. To idaho we just traveled the day and slept in the car at night. Every car problem we had we were helped by truckers. They were life savers. Thanks guys.!!!❤
2:25 that poor man was doing that tough job away from family but his wife was enjoying an easy comfortable life in home with her children........ Why do women not speak against this gender discrimination against men?? Why can't it be the other way around like women work hard all the time, earn money and also fulfill all other responsibilities and men just enjoy their lives with children at women's cost????
Road hypnosis, happened to me after I worked a late shift, a 16 hour at a call center. Drove home when we closed at 2, and I lost a good bit of time. My brain shut down, like I fell asleep, and I woke up just after the route 70 bridge across the Monongahela River, which is right near my house. I called my wife and talked to her the rest of the way home. Scared the hell out of me, and to this day, I have no idea how I got home intact and still on the same route home, or how I woke up just before I got home, other than somebody was looking out for me that night. My only question is, cell phones were around, not everyone had them, but most truckers had the computers for load data and dispatch, they could page the truckers, and track them. My dad and wife's dad were truckers around this time, I'm surprised the guy in this story didn't have that. Maybe not all companies and trucks had them?
When I worked at Taco Bell I had a trucker customer who would come in once a month. He was awesome told great stories about where he’d been and even tipped the staff. We used to give him extra bags for garbage in his truck, free food and drinks. Guy was scary looking but had the softest voice and was super nice to us all.
That call to his boss was a cry for help. He might've not communicated it exactly as such but it seemed to be the beginning of something really horrible for this poor guy after too long without enough sleep and having a stressful isolating job. Graveyard Security officers and truckers. Hats off to them!
Yeah. I mean he really wanted to meet his family so maybe he finally cracked and decided to take drugs one time. But it went wrong and apparently the jaw movements are amphetamine symptoms. Combine drugs with sleep deprivation...yeah. Plus for the body, it's notoriously difficult to find a body in a forest and things are constantly moved around by scavenging animals. Overall sad situation. Don't thinka any foul play involved.
I'm in the same boat as him and I feel it's more than being sleep deprived, I was able to relate to a few feelings because if he was angry that he couldn't sleep then I fully understand, dude had a mental anger break, there are times I feel the same way and if it gets to bad I'll start speeding in my car on my way to work while gripping the wheel hard with the thought that dying is better than working... (I'm the graveyard security guard) The part I can't relate too however is he has a family waiting for him, he has a buffer and while his job may keep him away from them he still sees them whereas in my situation my job keeps me from my family as well and I only have 1 family member left (my sister) with the rest of my family dying from cancer I spend everyday alone with no buffer and a job that holds me hostage away from what's left of my family. I've been told by supervisors that I'm lucky that my family is dead and that my loss doesn't compare to them choosing to do overtime (which keeps them away from their family despite it really not doing that 🙄) I get angry and pissed off at this place and get insanely violent thoughts of wanting to get revenge off the stupid things they've said and done to me. I fully understand the pain this guy went through, while I feel his buffer should have brought him out of it, it didn't and that's unfortunately on his head.
@@tylerskywalker5862 That's one heck of an assumption. First of all, being a truck driver means you have no circadian rhythm. You don't get to have a normal sleep pattern, so sleeplessness is very common. Second, there was nothing paranoid about his call to his boss. Drivers have to keep their dispatchers/boss' informed, and that is exactly what he did. @thorchard - That was not a cry for help. It was a typical call. Making things seems odd is part of story telling, and that is all that was done here.
After this story made me realize my product from Walmart is delayed again for 8 days. I take in consideration that these truckers have a very hard life. They have to deal with so much and the public people has no idea, so while I wait for this order to arrive at my home, I just go on waiting and praying everything is okay, with the drivers who are long hauling products across the USA. This guy sounds like he snapped from lack of sleep and wanting to get home. Prayers to all truck drivers regardless, what their hauling of product. Prayers to this guy's family for Devon is now at peace. Stay safe, cool/warm. and blessings.
Reality is your Walmart delay most likely has little to do with the truck driver, especially after 8 days. Barring an accident that caused the shipment to need to be reshipped from the original shipper, your delay is most likely caused by the shipper not shipping because it was forgotten, mishipped, or not in stock. Or was lost at the store level or transfer point when received. We truck drivers go from point A to point B. The rest is none of our business so far as everything's labeled correctly. So just know outside of "the truck is a couple hours late", if they tell you the driver "blah blah blah", they're just covering their own asses.
I stopped driving OTR in 2003. And I don't miss it. You're a driver, mechanic, navigator, Secretary. It's more work than most people understand, very stressful.
This case aired on The beloved "unsolved mysteries" long ago and I couldn't get it out of my mind for many years and about three days ago I finally forgot about it. Thanks John! So glad ya did this one
My grandfather was a trucker for 60 years. 60 years! Some of the stories he had were absolutely mind blowing. He was also one of those guys that you did not want to mess with. Wouldn't walk away from a fight from anybody. The guy was hardcore, rip Gramps.
I just want to express how happy and grateful I am that you, Mr. B, are continuing to create your content. I've been a dedicated consumer of your stories for quite a while now, every week I eagerly await the next set of outlandish and or creepy true stories and am never disappointed. Thank you!! Stay classy Mr. Ballen . All the best to you and your family.
Okay. This is one of the most terrifying story's I've heard! Your telling of this story was exceptional! I could actually see and hear that truck barreling back and forth! That is why we all look forward to Sunday. Thank you, Mr. Ballen. I'm quite positive that because of you, thousands of us are staying far away from forests & anything with the word "Canyon" in it. 👍🏻
@@SeriousSchitt Oh no! That would really suck. I wonder if New Zealand's Labor Department has figured out why so many employees, all across the Country of New Zealand, call in sick on Monday's yet? 😂 I just happened upon a small channel last night called Curls. It's a man from the UK who _loves_ New Zealand! He was showing some of the different things and the really good food in New Zealand. Just thought I would let you know in case you'd like to see it. On one of his shorts he speaks the language (of the Maori, I'm assuming) like an expert! I found it quite interesting.
The jaw movements that were described definitely fits speed or amphetamine use. He could have taken it for the first time just before calling his boss, or at some point earlier and then when he couldn’t sleep he doubled down. Too much amphetamines would cause psychosis. He then could have gotten lost in the woods and died of exposure. Time and scavenger animals could have done the rest.
It can fit that though so can sleep deprivation, tmj, etc... many different medical conditions. Whether in his medical file or not can exist to cause the jaw movement.
@@cardinaloflannagancr8929 Also i think people who are basicly having manic or psychotic episode might make strange movements with their mouth, and grind their teeth. I think its like stress reaction, and sounds like he just snapped. He might have had some mental health issues even without others knowing since he might have just bottled it all up untill he reached his breaking point or it was just caused by sleep deprivation for example
Unsolved mysteries has the episode. Check it out. They found skeleton 2 years later.. died of exposure they said. Still a mystery why he did what he did..
What if it was like rabies? Like he got out to pee and got bit by some animal? I don't know much about rabies symptoms but I know it makes animals act very aggressive and strange.
You know what I love so much about mr. Ballen's community? Here you can say that since nobody knows what really happened, aliens are just as good of an explanation as any, and nobody argues with it.
Thank you to all the truckers out there. You sacrifice alot to provide for your families. I truly appreciate your profession!! (I'm the daughter of retired trucker fathers.)
It really sounds like a psychological break. My son had on 3 years ago. He was in a different world. He is just now completely back after much treatment.
Been driving professionally for 2 years, it's a tough life. I run about 3k a week regionally and it's taught me a major lesson, the road isn't your friend... it's a thing of beauty, and terror. The money is great yeah, but seeing morbid accidents, close calls, being helpless and alone, it'll put you to the absolute test when times get tough. Thank y'all for the love in these comments. I think I speak for all the truckers when I say that we appreciate the support. Keep the rubber side down, see ya on the back-haul🙂
Bruh lay off the cutesy “trucker” lingo and sayings (greasy side down, etc). It makes you sound like a rookie who is trying really hard to talk the way you think veteran truckers speak.
I came across mr ballen 2 months ago on a different channel who cover these kind of story and i was astonished seeing his content and his skill i have binged watched mr ballen and i have almost watched everything this guy has covered he is crazy good
Just the imagine of someone opening their mouth as wide as they can and then moving it back and forth as fast as possible and then the clicking off the teeth just gives me chills!
I experienced severe sleep deprivation when my (medically fragile and very high needs) son was born. I went so long without sleep that I heard voices and saw people staring in my windows. I heard menacing laughter booming through my house, felt people grabbing me from behind, believed that everyone (including my spouse) was out to get me and that cameras were hidden all throughout my home. I didn’t believe anything anyone said, couldn’t understand directions, was lost everywhere I went and couldn’t do basic self care. Problem solving was gone, my whole mind was fixated on my hallucinations, confusion and fear. I can only imagine what would’ve happened to me if I had driven somewhere alone during that time. Please, PLEASE do not drive while experiencing sleep deprivation. Don’t even leave your own home. Nothing is worth your safety. Absolutely nothing. Do not underestimate the power of sleep/sleep-loss.
@@freespirit5105 Yes ❤ I got through it! My son is 15 months now, healthy and well ❤ We’re getting much more sleep these days and I even have another baby on the way! I’m well supported and the happiest I’ve ever been. It means a lot to me that you checked in 🥺 Thank you so much.
I hope you're getting plenty of rest now, so sorry you suffered. God bless you and son and family! Love and best wishes from Australia 🇦🇺 btw, congratulations on your new baby!😊😊😊
Extreme sleep deprivation could explain Devin's strange actions. (I took many drugs in my youth, but sleep deprivation is the ONLY thing that ever caused me to hallucinate.)
very likely meth use... sleep deprivation causes weird behaviors but not like this. 15:18 where he mentions the jaw, thats a very common side-effect of over-amping... definitely methamphetamine... I've been around enough junkies to know. thats literally textbook definetion
I own land in central Texas. It is remote, mostly covered in forest with the occasional clearing. I loved to go solo camp out there. It was about 6:00 pm. It was early spring and would drop down to about 40 degrees that night. I was gathering wood for my fire. I was also going to lash a reflecting wall and put pine needles and dead leaves on the ground under where I would sleep. Well, as I’m building my camp - it was a spot I used a couple times a year - i began to hear movement to my left. It wasn’t an animal. The movement was bipedal. If you’re trained / experienced, you’ll know what I’m talking about. Then, I start to hear this tittering, followed by whistling. Pop Goes the Weasel, in fact. By now, I’m just standing there, completely alert, like “WTF?” About 75’ and definitely no more than 100’, away, this clown head slowly starts to peer out from behind a tree. I was just standing there looking at this shit. Well, the clown steps out from behind the tree. The outfit was ragged and dirty. In his right hand was a machete. The dude slowly started walking towards me. Remember, this is central Texas. It’s the middle of nowhere. This is a very large piece of land that *I* own. There’s a lot of wildlife. Snakes. Coyotes. Hogs. Even cougars. But no, I got this idiot on my land in a clown outfit brandishing a machete walking at me. I mentioned the wildlife, right? Well, I pulled the Ruger GP100 .357 I carried for the hogs, yelled “Let’s do this,” and began power-walking straight at the clown. My God did the dude’s eyes go wide. He threw the machete aside, turned and booked the way he came, all while screaming “It’s just a joke! It’s just a joke!” I didn’t chase him, but I did track him for about 1/4 of a mile before turning back. I was still on high alert and didn’t know who else was out there. I didn’t hear anyone, but still, better safe than sorry… I decided not to camp that night and packed up. Still, before I left, I found the machete. I drove it into the tree he’d been behind, bent it, and left it. It’s still there, years later. Nothing has happened since. When I searched the property later, I found no signs of squatters or anyone else. Dumb clown, I’m ex-law enforcement / corrections / military with extensive training. I could have taken that blade away from you bare-handed and shoved it up your clown ass, you moron. Only an idiot does something like that in Texas.
I used to date a guy who was a truck driver sometimes he'd have gone for a week and he would tell me stories about his route journey to work back and forth. Honestly I didn't exactly know what he must have gone through being alone on your own on a lonely road, through unknown routes mountains/hills day or night, scary jungles, vicious animals especially strangers around. I salute to all brave track drivers mans out there still to be safe and sound .I pray they reach back to their loved ones after each and every journey. Stay bless and R.I.P to Devon.
Not to mention the bad weather that can hit while driving snow, oh even drive into a blizzard would be scary. Yeah or tornadoes. Oh in the winter when it gets icy. Would be stressful. Though I sure a lot of experience truck drivers have plenty of experience driving in poor weather conditions.
2:25 that poor man was doing that tough job away from family but his wife was enjoying an easy comfortable life in home with her children........ Why do women not speak against this gender discrimination against men?? Why can't it be the other way around like women work hard all the time, earn money and also fulfill all other responsibilities and men just enjoy their lives with children at women's cost???
I remember watching this on Unsolved Mysteries back in the 90s. MrBallen retelling this classic story brings back so many memories of watching Unsolved Mysteries as a kid
I was a semi truck driver for 24 years. I had a dedicated run out to Sullivan and Washington Missouri. Hauling Tittanium. Unfortunately my carreir came to a end one day, I had a heartache, and they had to do a single bypass and while I was on the table for that, I had a stroke. I am now have left side perilisis and in a electric wheelchair. I understand how the hallucinations and the sleep deprivation very well, unfortunately. Yes I do miss driving semi, but it was hard to make money back then, and I have a few friends that are still driving and they are telling me that it is harder now and the DOT is always changing the rules and regulations. So, GOD Bless all the drivers out there and please be safe . May GOD Bless All of you. And have a Wonderful and Merry Christmas.
Road psychosis… I experienced it after driving 36 hours straight with no sleep… I hallucinated things that weren’t there, like little green men running across the road in front of me while I was driving… when I stopped to sleep, I couldn’t sleep. It was scary. I’m willing to gamble that’s what happened to this guy… my heart goes out to his family😢
Who is to say that when people hallucinate from lack of sleep or even from people who are on drugs, that they are not seeing something REAL, that is meant to be invisible..but maybe lack of sleep or drugs can THIN THE VEIL, just enough to see a different side of reality..?
@@mikeydeloa7348@CraigTom-so2vt same. I just went another 3 days without sleep and saw them walking around everywhere. Even fully physical apparitions (sp?). And it's because you are half conscious and half not and so you are literally awake or walking between both worlds. Exactly like the twilight zone. So the veil is thin so to speak. I think it was Edward Cayse or Nikola Tesla who would purposely achieve this by leaning a chair against a door or wall and then sleeping in it. And he would wear a hat on his head and put a penny or quarter or some other coin on top of that hat and when he'd fall asleep the coin would fall off that hat and hit the floor and when it did it would make just the loud enough noise to sorta of wake him up but not fully....so that way he'd be in between both worlds to experience with the astral plane or whatever.
Obviously I don’t know what exactly happened, but my theory is hallucinations from severe sleep deprivation. I once went 56 hours without sleep on a trip (can’t sleep in moving vehicles, sadly) and by the end of it, I was hallucinating very vividly and realistically. It was truly scary. Mr Ballen said that Devon had been going pretty much 4 days nonstop and then couldn’t sleep and went on. I could imagine something weird happened in his mind that made him behave irrationally. „I didn’t do it, *they* did it“ seems to be an indicator. Going this long without sleep can be brutal.
Probably had a stroke. With the electronic logbooks nowadays, this doesn't happen anymore with being forced to drive illegally over the 11 hour limit. Back in 1995, truck drivers would "fix" their paper logbooks in order to appear that they were running legal. They can't do that anymore
Dangerous, they say that’s the point you might go insane as you suffer a form of brain damage. Stay safe out there, my days of long hours without sleep are over.
@@kennethflores-hv7uf2:25 that poor man was doing that tough job away from family but his wife was enjoying an easy comfortable life in home with her children........ Why do women not speak against this gender discrimination against men?? Why can't it be the other way around like women work hard all the time, earn money and also fulfill all other responsibilities and men just enjoy their lives with children at women's cost???
@@Logicalsane maybe she wanted to but you know us guys we’ll eat crow if it means taking care of our families. He may have told her to stay quiet so as not to make waves. Either way this was a tragic story
I have mad love for truckers. When i was on tour with my music and the bus shower or something would mess up. We would stop at truck stops since theyre more low key. Truckers always look out for you. Whether the showers on them or whatever. Mad appreciation for everyone doing it
yup unless you have not slept for more than 3 or 4 days you really don’t know , it wasn’t aliens he was sleep deprived and panicked and died out in the high desert , or the mountains .
Thank you for covering this Brother, your description of Devin was as close as I could have said myself. I was 2 years older than him but I grew up with Devin in Tonganoxie Ks and played football with him every year. He was a straight-up good guy, no drugs or anything stupid and always had a smile on his face. Whatever happened to cause this was no fault of his own, no way no how. I'm not sure why he was called home so early, and I never will. I wanted to Thank You for presenting his story in a positive disposition because that's how he was, a good hard working American Man!
So what do you think happened since you knew him?? Its crazy!
😢 what do you think Devin meant when he said, "I didn't do it, they did"?
Who were "they"?
Hi Jeffery, thanks for adding your comment. In a lot of these kind of stories you hear, it’s easy to ‘forget’ these are real people and real families that have been affected. I usually scour the comments to see if someone who actually knew the individual writes something about them, because then it feels like less of a story and more reality. I’m sorry for the loss of a fellow peer, and thanks again for bringing your own memory of him for all of us to read.
@@deborahbarry9421 just because he knew him, doesn't mean he knows why he did or said the things he said, like Mr.Ballen said there are alot of theories, but no one knows what really happened.
thanks for sharing! Do truck drivers from America have this device measuring their stops and how many km did they drive and so on? -it's called tachometer I think?- I am from Europe and here it is prohibited to drive more hours than the officially stablished time.
Me and a few of my buddies ran into a trucker at a bar a few years back. Poor guy looked so lost and was just sitting alone. So we went over and sat with him. Turns out his truck had broken down (something with the transmission) and he was stuck in our town for a few days and had never been here, and didn't know anyone. He told us the only thing he had was money. We told him not to announce that, then we took turns buying rounds, playing pool and darts, just generally giving the guy a good night. He was super grateful and a really awesome dude. He looked pretty intimidating, like the dude in the story, but he was a great person. We got him a cab to his hotel and at some point I must have given him my number. Cause I didn't think I'd ever hear from him again, but about a week later I got a call and it was the trucker. He just wanted me to know his truck got fixed, he had finished his run and was finally back home. He thanked me for giving him a fun night out and for just hanging out with him. I never heard from him again, but I will say, the stories he told us and the places he had seen were crazy. Mad respect to all the truck drivers out there. Never heard from that guy again, but wherever you are my man, stay safe.
YOU are a good person
This is so sweet. I love people like you.
Sometimes a thoughtful spontaneous act is good medicine.
Well done Man!
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I listen to MrBallen during my graveyard shifts at work and I always fear I’m gonna become one of these strange, dark and mysterious stories delivered in story format.
I ❤ this comment! 😂
Press X: Doubt
Hahah love it! 😂❤️👏🏻
Well I hope you make it out alive markuss
Nah buddy. Ye be aware of your surroundings, think critically and look before you leap. Got faith in you brotha
My Grandmother always told me to be thankful for the farmer who grows your food and the trucker who brings it to you.
Never thought it like that but is true
Like Jimmy Hoffa said,” If you bought it, a trucker brought it”.
someone made the product, someone boxed it, someone loaded it, someone unloaded it, someone sorted the load and someone delivered it to store or home..don't forget them people to because without them we wouldn't need truck drivers
Smart gramma
@@traceyreed4885 She was the best! 😁
Turning a corner and seeing a huge truck hurling towards you has got to be one of the most heart stopping moments ever.
I went out with a buddy of mine who drove for JB Hunt for a week and we went all over Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana. From experience I can tell you its much more than a job. You live and sleep in the truck, driving 14 hours a day maybe talk to someone on the phone or at the loading dock and wash, rinse and repeat. It gave me a lot of respect for truckers, who are really the backbone of this country. True professionals.
If you get caught driving 14 hours in a day today you will get a hefty fine to be sure
It’s a Lifestyle…. 11 years I’m still going ….
I second everything you said exvept how many kidnappings and serial killings are done by long haul truck drivers? Ill wait.....
My husband is a driver of over 30 years.
I appreciate your comment. They are the backbone of this country, and don’t get the credit they deserve.
OTR truck driver here. I can honestly say it’s the toughest job I’ve ever had. Much respect for all my fellow drivers.
I know exactly what happened to Devin. I've been a tucker for 20yrs. He had what we call the Million mile stare. You drive so much, for long, that you lose your mind. It's part of the reason why we have required breaks now. But even still, some drivers come to the brink. There has been a few times that I had to tell Dispatchers & Brokers...Fuck you, I'm taking a break, I'm done.
This was in the early 90s, so they probably didn't have break requirements back then, right? When somebody loses their mind like this, do they not come back from it? I'd be curious to know that. Cuz he had to have been wandering around for a long time before he died.
My father drove semi for 50 yrs before he retired a few yrs ago. He would tell us stories about going to different states, Canada and Mexico. Made it sound so romantic. He was also gone for weeks at a time and drank heavily when he was home. His trucker buddies would tell stories about " the stare" and what it can do. I've got much respect for truckers and the shit they are put thru to get our produce and other goods to us.
White line fever can fuck you up too. It's the Aussie version of million mile stare. You drive for so long, following those lines becomes hypnotising and you can doze off or you can get tunnel vision. Either way, sleep deprivation mixed with driving is dangerous as fuck.
We kept track of our drive time on paper back then so it could be very easily falsified. Now we're all on a computer that cant be fudged per federal law and companies can't threaten drivers to keep going past their 11 hour limit.
@Logicalsane are you really saying all this because of the picture of the family? This was back in the 90s where things were alot different then now.. chill out snowflake.
As a trucker myself, thank you everyone for the kind words towards us. Feels good to be appreciated and honestly it rarely happens. God bless you all. ❤
Thank YOU, sir 👏 have a great day and take care of yourself!
I think some people are all about the end product so to speak (food on shop floor shelves, gas in the pumps, etc, etc) that they don't really appreciate how it all arrived there. You guys do an amazing job. One that serves everyone, every single day!! Also, refuse collection ❤road builders, ❤ grid workers❤. God bless you, happy trucking, keep safe.
I know that if I got it, a truck brought it! Much respect & appreciation. 💞
As a kid I'd often travel to ski areas with my dad where he'd work on grooming equipment. Along the way I looked forward to the conversations with truckers through lights. Flashes back and forth, 'I'd like to pass' "Go ahead" 'Thank you' "You're welcome". 70s and 80s, maps and memory. Man, it was awesome. And the TRUCKS! Glorious beasts. Dad gave me a deep respect for truckers. The things you do and put up with to bring us stuff... and stuff comes in pretty handy. Thank you.
I love my truck drivers so much that I’m that one person that pisses everybody off behind me by letting a big truck over!😂😂
I’ve been a Driver for 12 years and still going. The hardest part is staying awake while your life is passing you by. Trucking makes your life go by very very fast
Yep exactly, I was an otr trucker for 11 years and I just quit my job a little over a month ago and I don't think I'll ever do it again. I'll do trucking again I mean, but not otr. I'm almost 35 now, and the past 11 yrs flew by, and 70% of that time was spent just sitting in a semi truck. Finally started getting really tired of it a few months ago and then quit the job in September. Have not looked for a new job yet, decided I'm gonna take the whole fall/winter off and live off of some of my savings, and then probably start a local driving job in spring, but a job where I come home every day, not an otr gig. Are you otr or local? Owner-op or company? Stay safe out there driver.
Yeah my dad did it for 50yrs. Awesome guy. Never saw much of him.
Hats off to you truckers and may God bless each of you and keep you safe as you travel. ❤💪🙏☦️🙋♀️😊
Definitely do not get paid enough to watch your life leave you
As a trucker for 12 years so far, I can say that going mad is a reality. We live in this roaming bed in a box, being this alone can definitely get to you. sometimes you just got to put your foot down and say "I'm stopping here. I'm sleeping and I dont care what you think" I do strive to be professional, to be reliable but yeah you gotta look out for your self in the end, take a break. go home. get out of the truck. go do vacationy things. dont let your mind get the better of you. Love you all, fellow 18 wheelers, and make sure you all keep the greasy side down and the shiny side up.
Not to mention the bed in box driver also driving it in inhospitable conditions. I mean it's not a drive in the park or anything
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Ain't nobody gonna take care of you but yourself, so yeah, sometimes you need to tell your bosses to phuck off.
Thank you and be safe my friend.
@RomanisRandom In a few weeks you will become a follower of Jesus Christ...
My dad was a trucker. We live in Ohio and a manager of a restaurant noticed him slumped over his wheel in New York. He passed of a massive heart attack. He use to tell me stories of other truckers going mad. It's rough being a trucker, it's stressful, strainful, ur lonely, my dad was always gone, to always make sure we was stable and it took his life in the end. He died 2 months after his 42 birthday, 24 years ago.
Sorry for your loss Sarah
Only 42? That is young! I’m so sorry. I know what it’s like to lose your dad.
I'm so sorry for your loss. That's awful.
Wow that was one hell of a sacrifice your dad made for his family. My heart goes out to you and your family. Just please know that it really and truly loved you all.
My sincere condolences. Thank you for sharing. It must be a very hard job and your father must have loved and does you very much. May your happy memories of him sustain you when you are missing him.
Extreme sleep deprivation. I’m a owner operator trucker and ex army veteran. I learned from both careers how serious sleep deprivation can be.
I doubt it was sleep deprivation. The skull just APPEARING out of nowhere clearly indicates something else.
Meth psychosis.
I was going to say the same.. definitely sounds like sleep deprivation. It probably snuck up on him. Couldn’t sleep figured he’d just keep driving.. eventually the hallucinations begin. Sleep is as important as oxygen. Poor guy.
That doesn't explain his skull being found on a trail without the rest of his body though
I agree
I have occasional bouts of insomnia and at one time in my life, it was really bad and I’d go days without sleep and the psychosis set in.
At a certain point, you stop feeling tired and just go full mania and psychosis and that sounds like that’s what happened to him.
16 year trucker here , saw many horrific things out there from another driver getting stabbed at truck stop in AL to stopping at a rest area in WY and hearing a chain saw at 2 am . Since only a small black car and another truck there I knew something wasn’t right and quietly got back to my truck and called 911 next day the trucker and his wife were found cut up but officers got there to late and black car was gone. Way to much goes on out there and people are just weird. Truckers are targeted a lot and after a look into how many are killed every year a law was passed that we can carry with a license. Many companies don’t allow it but I carried anyway ,rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6
how is it as a female?? id think worse :(
I stopped at a rest area back in the early 90's when a man standing near the ladies bathroom asked me to grab some toilet paper for him. So I ran in but then thought to myself, oh my god, how stupid, this guy might kill me. So I headed back toward the entrance door just as he was about to walk in when he said, "I musn't go much longer without seeing." I said, "Excuse me?". He repeated himself then took a step closer to me. He was now in the light and had semen all over his face! I ran back to my car and was later told that rest areas were a haven for...well, I'm sure you can guess. I was really young and naive. Things could have turned out really bad for me.
@@imnotgonnasay3612 wow!! That’s crazy!! I’m glad you were safe!! My dad used to be a trucker (he’s an absolute nice guy NOT a weirdo!!) but I was always worried about who we might run into to as he’s not a fighter!!
He does only day trips now.
what did you mean by "he has semen all over his face" ?? @@imnotgonnasay3612
That's true. There can be no doubt a good man driving for a living doesn't get out and shoot people because he can. The drivers I know, have too much to lose for them ever to be inspired to such stupidity . Aside from the fact that having a job to do makes you focus on the right thing and getting home is the greatest place to get to in the whole country. Hours off are never really long enough however. The million mile stare not withstanding.
As a Trucker myself, I have a theory from experience. When working long hours, mixed with stress and anxiety over delivering on time. Its hard to shake of, and find peace of mind to be able to sleep. When you continue ignoring the signs of fatigue, and cut down on your sleep. After five days, you start seeing things and even hallucinations. This is why no trucker I know of, would press on. Some do ignore the dangers of being so exhausted and driving. But this never ends wel. I think he went over the edge and started hallucinating even without doing drugs. 😮
Maybe so, but the irratic jaw movements and grinding teeth, coupled with the fact that he couldn't sleep are all indicative of being spun out. The drug only stays in your system for three days so he could have been a part time user just to push through on some runs.If he scored a little at the truck stop and used on top of already being sleep deprived, well there ya go. Just my theory.
It sounds like he was definitely on drugs
He may in fact have been 'sleepwalking' in some sense
@@jesseerickson662 My thoughts exactly. When my brother was a truck driver he knew of other drivers who used meth to finish their routes. When MrB mentioned the mouth movements that's exactly what I thought and on top of the sleep deprivation caused psychosis of some sort.
@@jesseerickson662i do weird jaw movements and grind my teeth/clench my jaw when i’m dealing with extreme anxiety and being tired. and i have never done any hard drugs in my life.
Sleep deprivation is incredibly dangerous for your physical and mental health, and can cause hallucinations and psychosis. Not saying that is actually what caused this bizarre situation with Devin, but it isn't impossible as far as theories about the case go. Really scary stuff, regardless of what you believe actually happened.
How did his skull end up on the trail?
@@brendanward2991 an animal could have brought it there
Yea meth is pretty bad for your health too
@@brendanward2991 Well, for starters, he died. Scavengers did what scavengers do, and his skull was found while the rest of his remains were not. It's not unheard of for only small remnants of missing persons to be discovered after years of exposure to wildlife the elements. I'm not saying that IS what happened, merely the possibility.
The amount of physical stress sleep deprivation causes on your body and mind is insane. I am a long haul driver and have had my share of times that I drove on little to no sleep for days. I can absolutely attest to the fact that you will begin hallucinating. You will absolutely be seeing things that are not there and not seeing things that are in fact there. There is absolutely no way to know what happened to this young man and we can only hope that he is at peace. My guess is that depending just how long he was without sleep, the stress of everything in his life may have just become so much that he snapped mentally and was no longer in touch with reality. Just because you are making it financially doesn't mean you are ok. Society has pushed us to think we must have large amounts of excess in order to be considered successful and some people truly commit to the attempt to achieve success that normal stresses in life are simply too much. Truly sad to think this man died all alone out in nature with most likely no real idea where he was, why he was there or potentially who he was.
Extreme stress and sleep deprivation in and of themselves can absolutely wreak havoc. Add the possibility that he may have ingested an unusually high amount of caffeine to meet his deadline, and it's easy to imagine he suffered grave psychological symptoms.
To all the truckers out there watching this episode and reading the comments, I just wanted to let you know how thankful I am to have you guys do what you do, we would not survive without you, everything that are in our houses came because of you guys, respect for all truckers out there, love you guys
THANK YOU.. VERY MUCH !!!!
Your kind words and recognition means A LOT ❤
Agreed.
P pop
Agree. I love truckers. They bring us our stuff.
Well stated!
My dad was a trucker for a while, and still kind of is (CDL driver for a construction company now). People say you sit on your ass all day, but you’re also in charge of a potentially giant metal death machine. It’s hard work and truckers are the back bone of this country. Thank you all truckers!
Yeah but....they still just sit on their ass all day
People underestimate truck and busdrivers. I'm a busdriver myself, it annoys the crap out of me when people say "All you do is sitting around all day, it's not hard work". O right..cause you at the office are having to pay full attention your whole shift long right? What happens when you lose focus behind a computer? O no you made a typing error, o noes end of the world. You know what happens when a truck/busdriver losses focus for a moment? They can kill someone. Next to that, I have to deal with a lot of bikers (I'm from the Netherlands) and cars who just don't care about the traffic rules, getting cut off by cars and bikes all the time. Per shift I save a dozen lives each time by me paying attention and knowing how to look further then my windshield. Ontop of that there is a whole lot more aggression in traffic were people freak out and pull the most insane shit cause they get angry at you (even though they broke the rules themselves). It also happens in the bus that we are dealing with more and more aggression. But sure, I have a easy job sitting around all day mhm.
As a truckdriver you also have to do unloading and all that crap, those guys have it much tougher then I do, I just have to bring people from busstop to busstop. They are dealing with unloading if they have to drive between stores to supply them and generally make way more hours then I do, at least I get to be home every day.
@Jorendo i build houses everyday, been doin it for 19 years....youre job is not hard
@@chadlayman2799 true. But so do people who work a 9 to 5 🙂
@@chadlayman2799 I’d say they’re both difficult. lol trailers are not easy to drive with.
This is so sad. Imagine losing someone you love under those circumstances. And the poor kids growing up and not ever really knowing what happened to their dad. Heartbreaking.
Hit the nail on the head. Especially when he just wanted to get back to his family.
I don't know why. Women are literally incapable of loving men. I would just taken my sweet time like I always do
My man is a truck driver, even today, with phones , it's scary. I pray this family has peace.
@@Bobbymaccys how about working to afford a family and THEN being a trucker? i don't get how you feel sympathy for people making a family before they can actually afford time to be with them.
@@Bobbymaccys oh yeah i'm gonna get my girl pregnant and then spend 24 hours a day 7 days a week on the road...really bright
I remember seeing this on unsolved mysteries back in the day when I was a kid. I always wondered what happened to this guy. I forgot about this story. Thank you for posting!
Psychosis was my immediate thought when I heard “he couldn’t sleep”. Whether the sleep deprivation is initially caused by drug or not, it’s what causes psychosis and it’s very scary! I’ve seen it happen. I feel so sorry for Devin’s family 😢
I'm glad you mention sleep deprivation. I was an OTR driver from '92 to '17 and have been thru sleep deprivation instances several times. The things that you see, smell and feel are totally real and yet not there at all. To think that it would be something that could break your mind isn't out of the realm of possibility.
I drove for thirty years, 3.5 million miles and saw extraordinary things. Both real and imagined
Immediately thought this too. He was totally in psychosis.
I was married to a truck driver and it sounds like maybe he got some meth to stay awake and had a psychotic break .
@@maxinemcclurd1288 Your theory gets my vote .
Meth is awesome
My dad is a long haul trucker, he works a lot still and is gone for weeks at a time. I never understood when I was a kid, but I do now and appreciate his hard work even more. God bless truckers.
2:25 that poor man was doing that tough job away from family but his wife was enjoying an easy comfortable life in home with her children........ Why do women not speak against this gender discrimination against men?? Why can't it be the other way around like women work hard all the time, earn money and also fulfill all other responsibilities and men just enjoy their lives with children at women's cost???
@@Logicalsane Because if women went loopy-tunes behind the wheel of a truck there would be no survivors. Not worth the risk.
I know where you are coming from. My dad's been driving for about thirty years now.
Its meth use
Awwwwww...God bless you father deeply. So touching to read how people work hard for their families. ❤❤❤❤❤
I have to say-- The amount of good will and empathy for truck drivers in this comment section/community genuinely warms my heart to an extent I can't find words for. I'm not a truck driver, my Dad is-- He's 64 years old and the sh!t he deals with on a daily basis scares the living hell out of me. Thank you all for being kind to the truckers you interact with. ❤
I actually still don't quite know how to take all the people being supportive of us drivers. I'm so used to being cussed out, flipped off, cut off, brake checked, verbally abused and just in general treated like the world's biggest piece of garbage because God forbid the truck doesn't operate like a sports car. It's nice to see some appreciation and respect. There are also times where this is truly a great career.
@@2amotothank you for what you do!!! I wish there was more education to car drivers on how trucks actually drive because people take for granted that a truck cannot just stop immediately when pressing the breaks, for example. They have blind spots that drivers forget about or don’t even realize. So many basic things that should be common sense that a lot of car drivers don’t appreciate it or understand!
Same here ❤ my dad passed away in 2018 and he was a truck driver as well. He was 57. He was awarded driver of the year at his company he worked for for his excellent safety and reliability
Please thank your dad for me 🙏
God bless you and your old man!
My uncle was a truck driver and I understand how hard it can be. The worst thing he experienced (that I know of) was when a teenage boy committed “self deletion” by jumping in front of his rig. It really messed him up and he had mental health and addiction issues for the rest of his life. I don’t doubt that they were there even before that event, but I imagine that it, combined with the rough work life, exacerbated them.
one of the things that stop me from self deletion as you say is that is will ruin someone else's life that has to find me or the police has to use resources to try find me that it will take away time from missing ppl that need, your comment reminded me of the times I deeply wanted un alive, anyway Im fine now so don't worry, I wanna live, I hope your uncle is getting better, my uncle was a truck driver too for many years, its one of the hardest jobs
I worked with Devin at Iowa Beef Processing down in Emporia back in the early eighties on the Round line and he quit to become a truck driver he was a really nice guy and a hard worker.
Back when teenagers worked real jobs. It's crazy how most kids
today don't have the work ethic that our generation had.
Your old friend left this world too soon. May he RIP.
@brandonsmith2115 Yeah I'm not lying or anything I worked right next to him at the tables. He was a round trimmer and I was a knuckle trimmer which was taking the knee bone out of a roast. He actually accidentally cut me with his 8 inch knife when he pushed a round out onto the line after trimming it. Actually it was my fault I was not being safe and I pulled my knuckle off the line to trim it and I put my arm into his knife I got a scar and 8 stitches from that mistake lol.
I knew 5 different jobs on the round line it was the longest line in the plant he was a really nice guy and funny always had a smile on his face and very friendly I was freaked out when I seen the story on America's Unsolved Mysteries.
@@carolinematusevich889 Yeah it was the hardest job I ever had and I loved every bit of it I was in the best shape of my life plus I worked with people from all over the world I worked with boat people that came from Vietnam in 70's you want to know about hard workers they are some of the most hardest working people I ever met. I was young and it was the fourth most dangerous job at the time and I worked at the number 1 beef Processing plant in the entire United States and I was very proud of the work I did there.
@@carolinematusevich889you're not wrong, but many parents confuse good parenting with a "hard work ethic".
Your generation spent too much time at work and not enough time parenting their kids. You have nobody to blame but your own generation. How can you not see that?
Parents are EXACTLY the reason kids are the way they are, unless they're just deviant outliers.
You still see it in new parents. They're in the office 50 hours a week, drink on their off-time, and let their expensive, "hard-earned" iPads raise their kids.
A heartfelt thank you to all the truckers out there. ♥ We couldn't survive without you.
Well technically we could survive without them (and actually probably be better off without them) but peoples processed food addictions and lazy lifestyles wouldn't be able to survive without truckers!
@@jennak.8541 ... and the clothes you wear, and the furniture in your house, and the car you drive and probably the majority of your possessions get to you in a semi truck. Our lives are all objectively better because of trucks and drivers. You’re living in a fantasy if you can’t recognize that.
@@jennak.8541yknow they transport other things than food right? In addition to many types of food, there’s gas, building materials, electronics, and quite literally anything else that needs to be transported. Get out of your wee bubble more
@@jennak.8541 I bet you smell like bacon grease
Yes we appreciate you. But stay the hell in the slow lane.
Possibly sleep deprivation, can cause hallucinations, mental instability. His jaw movements sound like amphetamine symptoms. Not saying illegal drugs, they have caffeine pills , or another trucker could have given him something he thought was perfectly legal. This is such a heartbreaking story. My heart goes out to the family !
Yeah sounds like he did meth for the first time trying to stay awake and started hallucinating bad. I had smoked a bong looking thing one time when I was hammered drunk, it ended up being meth and I had absolutely no ability to control my decision but was wide awake and constantly was doing something. Terrible and scary but I know that’s what he took
@@travislebron It's a possibility but isn't it a bit presumptuous to say you know? Even coroners and detectives cannot make definitive conclusions without an autopsy. Sometimes there is more than one or even two variables. But interesting theory nonetheless.
I was thinking the same thing, that it had to do with lack of sleep and caffeine pills or what he thought were caffeine pills.
@@earthling148 I know for certain. I’ve hallucinated from extreme sleep deprivation in the Marines and have observed many other people that were suffering from the same condition, and you can watch videos and read about it, it won’t make you lose your mind like this guy did or I did when we took meth.
@@earthling148 I feel bad for the guy
I remember this airing on Unsolved Mysteries around 1998. I am wondering did they ever found him. I guess the story of him is close to home a lot because my father has been driving trucks since 1992 and he stopped in December of 2020 or 2021 due to a bad wreck in his truck. He wasn’t at fault but the people hit was that ultimately took their life. My father hasn’t been right since and gave up completely driving at that point. Shout out to all truck drivers because without you guys and women, we would not have what we need to survive and for that, thank you so much.
Sadly his skull showed up...
As a former truck driver, sleep deprivation can do some crazy things, combined with stress levels being high, he very well could have had a psychotic break. Unfortunately, back in the days before new laws and elogs came in to affect, sleep deprivation was all too common. The poor man must have been in a horrible place. I hope his family is alright. Very sad story, thank you for covering it.
this is my theory as well. not a trucker but former military and sleep dep can make your brain do some weird shit. i've had moments where i was on 12-hour fireguard at 3AM, holding a pen, writing notes, and my brain blipped out for a second and when i looked down there was a full paragraph of perfectly grammatical and legibly written text that was just complete nonsense. i literally thought my fireguard partner had stolen my pen and written it down as a prank until i realized it was my own handwriting. if you're tired enough your brain will just microsleep on you with your eyes open and put your body on autopilot until you regain consciousness. even without the microsleeps it can narrow your focus down so far that you simply do not realize what you are looking at until long after the reaction window has closed - like staring down a car directly in front of you and not registering it as something you need to react to because the only thing there's room for in your brain is "i need to keep going"
i've also road-tripped through that route before and it's just miles and miles and miles of nothing. it all looks the same and if you miss a turn it might be another 15 miles to the next exit where you can turn around. so my guess is, his brain went on autopilot and took a turn he wasn't supposed to take, he was out of it enough that he didn't realize he was on the wrong road until it actually started looking different, and either he didn't have the maps he needed to get himself back on the right route or he couldn't figure out where he was to start trying. he was exhausted but couldn't afford the time to sleep because he'd already lost god knows how much time on this side-route and would lose god knows how much more trying to get back, and no matter what he tried to do to get out of his situation it was constantly running the clock against that time pressure. there's a specific combination of deep frustration and helplessness that can send you right off the deep end on its own - combined with sleep deprivation, it could absolutely cause a full-on psychotic break.
Absolutely! @@TheGuindo
I could believe in sleep deprivation. When I was at university I went for a week with only one hours sleep a night. By the time I’d finished I thought someone was trying to kill me. So it could’ve been that.
@@TheGuindoabout 2 years ago I hit a patch where o just couldn’t sleep. I was at work and they said I looked horrible and to head home. Next thing I know im in my driveway. Car still in drive with my foot on the break. I quick threw it in park and just sat there trying to think what happened. I worked a half hour away and had to take the highway to and from. I remember walking out of work but that’s it. Don’t remember walking to my car driving or pulling up to my house. Still one of the scariest moments I’ve experienced just coming to in my driveway
@@TheGuindo I have to agree
Severe sleep deprivation can make you completely delirious, pair that with high stress and anxiety and it may turn into a full on Psychosis, i hope Devin's family is ok, rest in peace Devin.
Yea also meth
True, but it doesn't make you contort your face. That's a meth/speed thing.
@@carolinematusevich889 Agreed. He talks to his boss, tells him, "I can't sleep...I'll just keep going...", and then proceeds to drive around crazy, acts agitated, moves his jaw all over the place, and takes off his shoes and wanders off into the woods...all of it just screams meth. Sure, maybe he wasn't known to be a druggy guy. But all he needed was to pick up some uppers from another trucker ("I'll just pop these to get me through the route"), take too many pills, drive, get sleep deprived and next thing you know, he's in drug-induced psychosis. I mean, meth is a seriously evil drug and a scenario like this one seems like the most likely explanation for this crazy Ballen story.
@@carolinematusevich889 Psychosis can make you do crazy stuff, but i agree, he may have taken substances to " help " himself.
Thats why we in europe have Limits they can drive per day.
Respect for the truck drivers. I witnessed a man die in front of me. A semi driving the opposite direction fell asleep, went off the road, and turned the truck back onto the road. The bed flipped and the poor man that died crashed into it. I can still smell the oil, garlic, and other smells. I asked him a few questions, his face showed pain and then went limp. Took a while for emt to show up. But i managed to get his name, find a friend of his on fb and told her to let his wife know he didnt die alone..hope it brought some comfort.
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SO much Grace to you for doing that. ❤
Thank you!
Thank you for doing that. My dad is a trucker and one of my biggest fears is that he'll be hurt or worse in an accident.
There’s zero justification for driving drowsy. It’s worse than being drunk for most people. But unlike when drinking, driving is a conscious decision in such a situation. It should be voluntary manslaughter to drive drowsy and kill someone. Only a piece of shit would knowingly risk thousands of lives on the road just to make up some time for their job. Lots of people face pressures to take risks for their jobs, but they all face liability. I hope the driver is in prison. There’s no excuse for such a despicable decision as to purposely risk thousands of lives for self-serving purposes.
I just want to thank you for telling these people's stories in a way that humanizes them. It would be too easy for someone like Devin to become the subject of mockery or judgment because of his bizarre actions, but you remind us that he was a real human being with a family, ambitions, and hopes. Besides that, you're a downright fantastic storyteller!
This story hit hard!! I was raised in a family of truckers and a truck stop that was family owned and very successful...however, I've seen drivers over the years who come in to clean up and rest, with deep sunken eyes, dark circles around their eyes, hair is messy, they could barely hold their heads up to eat and ik how completely exhausted the career truckers get and it's so heartbreaking 😪God bless you, Devin, and your beautiful family 🙏
I live in what used to be called a “truck stop town” gas stations, bars and ff restaurants. We have grown from 2k people to 4200 and I want it to stop growing!
2:25 that poor man was doing that tough job away from family but his wife was enjoying an easy comfortable life in home with her children........ Why do women not speak against this gender discrimination against men?? Why can't it be the other way around like women work hard all the time, earn money and also fulfill all other responsibilities and men just enjoy their lives with children at women's cost???
@@Logicalsanethis is not the video for that discussion 🙄
My dad is still a interstate truck driver, he started driving when he was 23 years old and he is now 70. Back in the late eighties and early to mid nineties the company he worked for did Adelaide to Perth which is : 1,677 miles or 2,699 km, so 5,400 km round trip. During the school holidays I would go with him and he would only take one sleep break for literally one or two hours on the way there and the same on the way back. I remember hearing All the drivers saying the phrase “I’m going to have an hour up the road” meaning have a sleep. The whole time there and back took three and a half days, he would be home for no more than 24 hours and do it all again. I soon realised most of them if not all of the drivers were on speed. I remember the stories about some of them through lack of sleep and the drugs becoming mentally unstable dew too paranoia and hallucinating so they either took time off or quit. I remember four of them drove off the road and died in accidents over the 12 years he did this run. I have nothing but the utmost respect for all long haul / interstate drivers, if it wasn’t for them our countries would come to a standstill🙏🏼🙏🏼 solute to you all🙏🏼
I was going to say drugs this sound like drugs
My dad is also an interstate truck driver he did Adelaide to Melbourne or Adelaide to Sydney. He was always away working and tired all the time he does local work now but your right mate without them our countrys would stop. Huge respect for truck drivers.
@@wtfisthis2316 It's great to drive behind them at night. They get the kangaroos for me! 😊
@@Lisa-x3n5x hahaha
My husband has been a truck driver for 15 years. Thank you to all the hard working truck drivers. Remember if you buy it from a store...a trucker delivered it. Rest in peace to Devin and Prayers to his family 💔
Thank and hug your husband. I just offered a prayer for his safety and quick return to you.
@@cynthiakeller5954 who did you pray to for his safe return?
@@cynthiakeller5954put the pipe down
I wish there was an option of Late delivery while buying products so that people delivering it would get sufficient Rest and relaxation. I am in No hurry to get those comfortable cotton towels or mobile holder or such silly things. I can get them a week later as well. But sadly the world wants to Run fast always
The way you tell stories sends chills throughout my body. You are such an amazing storyteller and this is such a cool pastime that you have decided to take up and share with the world. God bless you.
This is truly a heartbreaking story. It sounds like this man was exhausted, missing his family, and probably stressing a lot about something (maybe the reason he coudn't sleep), and just snapped. And he went through this all alone. My heart breaks for him and his family...
2:25 that poor man was doing that tough job away from family but his wife was enjoying an easy comfortable life in home with her children........ Why do women not speak against this gender discrimination against men?? Why can't it be the other way around like women work hard all the time, earn money and also fulfill all other responsibilities and men just enjoy their lives with children at women's cost???
I was thinking the same thing
My dad was a trucker and man is it hard, 🥺he did it for us, well about 3-4 years ago he snapped and said I’m done that’s it. The traffic, the stopping and going it’s just too much. Much much much respect to all of our truckers!
It can be a very stressful job no doubt. Which is exactly why some of them turn to amphetamines (usually meth) to make it easier. Not only does it keep them alert and awake but I mean it's meth it's highly addictive for a reason. That's almost certainly what happened to Devin. The whole "opening and swinging his lower jaw" thing is the most amphetamine sounding thing ever. Your father is a smart man just choosing to walk away rather than resorting to drugs to keep it bearable, otherwise he might've ended up like this.
It's getting even harder for truckers now. The business has made it not worth what you make.
@@bestieswithtestiesI absolutely agree. But, remember that back then you could buy ephedra, and many other stimulants, including amphetamines and analogs over the counter.
Many of those trucker pills didn't even list their actual ingredients.
Basically I'm saying that he may not have even known that he was taking dangerous drugs, and therefore the stimulant induced psychosis would have been much more profound.
I obviously have no idea if it was intentional ingestion or not.
But yeah....poor fella was tweaking out. He probably wondered around until he was injured or exhausted.
@@bestieswithtestiesNot all truckers have to do drugs to stay awake. I've been driving for 27 years and the majority of us do not do drugs. Back in the 90s you could buy junk at truckstops that had junk in it that would keep you awake. There are ones that take drugs but they are few and far between. God Bless
Much respect to you also, thanks. God Bless
My dad was a trucker for many years, but he NEVER left the state.....he refused to do cross country...he was home every day by 4:30p. RIP Papi, we miss you so much. 😞💔
My dad after us kids were born did the same thing. Every once in a while he'd take a long haul but we usually went with him. that was usually our vacation haha
@@Mistress244 I respect that
This one really got to me. Mainly because out of all the mysteries, with this one i can see how this may have happened. In his desperation and anger to finish his route he went into the diner for some food, some fellow truck driver gave him "something" to help him make his route. Instead of sleeping after his meal he knew he was going to be awake because of the drug and didnt even attempt to sleep after his meal. He checked in with his boss before the drugs took hold to cover his back. The fact that he was 100% clean means the reaction would be that much stronger. The fact that he was a big dude means the other trucker gave him a large dose based on body size, but he had no tolerance. The fact that he was sleep deprived and exhausted when he took it means he would be locked out of sleep for days on end. Psychotic break induced by sleep deprivation and overdose. Poor guy got pushed too hard. I feel so bad for the trucker in this story.
That's exactly what happened, I don't know why people try to imply anything else. He knew he couldn't sleep, drugs among truckers are commonplace and he wanted to keep going and get home quicker without sleep. There is hardly a worse place to take a new drug than behind a steering wheel of a 10 ton truck except maybe an aircraft. There is a reason you (ideally) have a sober person with you when you take a new drug, someone who know the dosage and has experience.
Some drugs who are perfectly safe for you can be a nightmare for someone else due to genetics.
This guy took something in a too high dose, possibly contaminated, exhausted, with zero experience of drugs AND had a bad trip.
I don't want to speak ill about the dead but that is not a recipe to get home to your family quicker. It's only luck he just took himself out.
As a trucker myself, I think you’ve got the most likely theory as to what could have happened here.
Explains the weird jaw movements too
@@informitas0117 That sounds like the most logical explanation.
I’ve never been disappointed by anything he’s posted. By far my favorite storyteller so far
Thank you!! 🙏❤
Amen!
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@@MrBallenMr ballen I wanna tell you something YOUR FUCKING AMAZING!
@@MrBallencan you do the story of Marc Dutroux from Belgium - there is alot of material online about his crimes. It would be a great story!
I live in Arizona, I have camped at this forest it’s beautiful. I have never heard of this tragic story, poor Devin. What a wild story had me at the edge of my seat!!! Like always Mr. Ballen’s story telling skills made me feel like I was right there! 👏
Look up David Paulides BEFORE you go camping there again!
? Um okay
I've camped there as well, outside of Payson. The alleged alien abduction that was the inspiration for Fire in the Sky happened nearby
hi how are you
@@alexandrabyrd3875 people vanish out of nowhere and they NEVER find them. That’s why- I can’t believe you’ve never heard of Dave Paulides.
My dad, grandpa, and two uncles were truck drivers. Now I'm married to a truck driver. I worry so much when he is gone. Truck drivers really don't get the recognition they deserve bc they really are the people who keep things going in our country!
I feel so bad for this man's wife and kids! It's heartbreaking 💔
john oliver did a segment on truckers. it was so eye opening. truly the backbone of the country. and poor working conditions for many.
If it makes you feel any better, I’m one person who holds truck drivers in great esteem. This country wouldn’t function without them. I’m so grateful they chose such a tough job and that they sacrifice time away from family so we can get our food delivered. Thank your husband from me.
When driving, I try to do everything I can to aid semi drivers on the road. They keep our nation running!! Thank you drivers!!!
I don't know for a bunch of dudes that just sit on their ass all day I feel like they get plenty of recognition
@@coryb8432 Lmao 🤣 apparently you have never driven a truck before! Have you heard of heavy haul sweetheart? Probably not or done any research on any kind of truck driving? If you had you would know you statement is ignorant!! Plus you just offended half my family! Which includes my dad and husband who are more than steering wheel holders. Do your research and come back. I usually don't respond to dumbass comments, but you got me on a good day!!
What a sad story. I feel so bad for Devon, his family, friends, and all who loved him.
That sleep deprivation ain’t no joke. I had an episode on a cross country trip with my best friend. Scariest thing to ever happen. Blessed to have had loved ones around. Never happened before, hasn’t happened since. Scary stuff.
How you gonna blue ball us like that? What happened? :(
"Blue Ball"? What's that? 😮
@@chimiganja4209 lol, I mean it got crazy. I thought every plane that flew over head were spies. I thought my friends were part of some conspiracy against me. I even thought they had me on closed circuit tv. And the whole time I was weirdly aware of how crazy I was and sounded, but couldn’t stop it. My friends watched over me for the night, and took me to hospital for a check but it had passed.
2:25 that poor man was doing that tough job away from family but his wife was enjoying an easy comfortable life in home with her children........ Why do women not speak against this gender discrimination against men?? Why can't it be the other way around like women work hard all the time, earn money and also fulfill all other responsibilities and men just enjoy their lives with children at women's cost???
I’m sorry for Devins family’s loss. This is an all around crazy event. My dad was a trucker and I seen how hard it was on him, Thank You to all the truckers out there!
America is what it is bc of men like your dad. Not only bread on your table but bread on America's table. Everyone out there that has a long haul trucker in your life, hug them and always pray for their well being and safe return home.
Sadly Trucking is in absolute shambles and companies are closing down left and right. I say this as somebody in Trucking. It's not a good situation right now.
I remember when unsolved mysteries covered this back in the 90s. I always wondered if he took some sort of stimulant to stay awake that caused psychosis. It’s very sad for Devon and his family, and I’m glad at least he didn’t hurt anyone.
It sounds like speed, the jaw wiggling and teeth chomping.
I was checking the comments to see if anyone else thought that too..
Ok, I knew I had watched something about this. I thought the same thing, I know a lot of truckers a really into meth or other narcotics to keep them going.
Yes, I’m married to a trucker and while he never did drugs I have a daughter who has and the effects are exactly like that.
I wonder if he took something legitimate that was laced with something else he didn't know about.
Mr.Ballen, it’s this channel that kept me awake behind the wheels when I was a trucker. I binged your channel the first year you had it going, I had to wait for you to upload more the following week. Big fan, LOL!
When he used to upload 3, 4, or even sometimes 5 days a week? Hahahaa! I remember those days!
My father was a long haul trucker in the 80s and 90s and has a lot of stories of strange and unnatural late night occurrences in the Arizona/Nevada desert area
bingo...show him what he's won Bob!
@@LarsonFamilyFarm-LLC, the hell you talking about?
@@LarsonFamilyFarm-LLCwhat???
i'd like to hear what kind of occurrences. people? animal? supernatural? share with us a story, my friend!
@@lurklingX One I can think of off hand is when he was driving on a desert highway around 1am when suddenly there was a flash in the sky so bright that the whole surrounding environment and the night sky lit up and looked as if it was daytime. Like it suddenly became day time bright for a solid 5 seconds before it just as quickly disappeared. My dad said he pulled over because he thought he might be over tired or something in his truck blew up because there was no logical explanation to what he just saw, but then he started hearing chatter about it on the CB radio from other truckers in the area who all saw the same exact sudden brightness.
Out of all of your stories, this one breaks my heart. An all around “good guy, family man” shouldn’t have had to pass on so young and leave his wife and children. Absolutely heartbreaking.
Sleep deprivation can cause psychosis. This good man lost his life over it! 😢
Love being part of MrBallen’s Family!!! Hope you all have a great time listening and a wonderful week! See you all next Sunday! 🤗💕
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@@DustinCraig-fh8ygI like blue beans.
what member of his family are you?
You too lovey,see ya next week
Damn this video had me trippin
Thank you for your delivery of this story Mr Ballen. You are a story teller born and bred. Your attitude and empathy/ sympathy for the victims and their families goes the extra mile. I could listen to you all night and often do.❤
I'm so sad for Devon's family. Not only did they lose their much loved husband and father but they are left with this mystery and they'll likely never have answers. Wondering, imagining and not knowing what happened in a situation like this becomes a lifelong wound. Prayers for all of them. I know it's been many years but that kind of wound never completely goes away 😥🙏🏼💔
So true😢
There is a group of people who attended to the homeless people. They get them treatment and hygiene. One day they had a doctor treat a man. Turns out he had sepsis and was delusional. Within 30 minutes of antibiotics they were able to establish is identity and reunite him with his family. He was missing for several months. No links this was from the people who treated him.
@@wannabecarguysaved his life! He'd have died from sepsis & been a John Doe in a morgue somewhere. Chilling story, you never know who your act of kindness may help.
2:25 that poor man was doing that tough job away from family but his wife was enjoying an easy comfortable life in home with her children........ Why do women not speak against this gender discrimination against men?? Why can't it be the other way around like women work hard all the time, earn money and also fulfill all other responsibilities and men just enjoy their lives with children at women's cost???
My first husband was a longhaul trucker. He worked for a broker that would push his drivers to the extreme bcs he'd overcommit to various customers. Hubs had just got home, showered, ate and laid down for some sleep when the broker forced him out on another load just 5 hours after. I had to go with him on this run just to keep him awake. On our way back home he snapped during rush hour traffic on the G. W. Bridge leaving New York. Started screaming at other drivers that he was gonna kill them, would crush them inside their cars, etc. It was horrific watching this big-hearted guy I loved devolve into a madman. I was saying anything I could think of to bring him back and it wasn't until I started crying and crawled into his lap that he finally came back to himself. We were in a traffic jam at the time. As soon as we got far enough out of town and found a safe truck stop, he first called in to let them know the stop had been made on time, we crawled into the sleeper and crashed for 12 hours straight. So yeah, sleep deprivation plus being constantly threatened to lose your job will do a real number on your mental health! Oh, and to Steve the broker, if you ever read this, I hope your floozy wife took you for everything you had and you get cancer of the anus!!
Damn, ass cancer? You must really hate that guy.
Wow what an amazing woman you are. All men flip out sometimes but only real women bring us back to where we belong. Keep loving that husband of yours!
@@extrememiami
Try reading. That was her first husband and he had a legitimate reason for freaking out. It wasn't a typical mantrum that you're referring to, which is your responsibility to control. Quit expecting women to do the work for you! All women are real women.
She is talking about how. She saved her husband from the black dog. You simp. Not a 'mantrum'. I know the black dog. I pray you never do because God that saved me that night. When the black dog nearly caused me to take the life of my friend and collegue.
The other guy is right. Read with understanding. That poor woman and her husband were in danger. The black dog could have cost them everything or tainted their hands with blood.
@@extrememiamionly real women? So you didn't think for a second that maybe it's cuz they're scared of a big burly man intimidating them? No, you wouldn't care to understand a woman cuz you thrive on your own internal misogyny. You don't think there's a problem. Women don't have to solve lunatic men's problems. They don't have to stay if they feel unsafe. Domestic abuse happens so often just from a man getting worked up and action his angry emotions.
Stories like this always creep me out. It's the odd unsettling behavior the trucker displayed from a man that was not known to have any current or prior health issues that gives me goosebumps.
Human unpredictability will always be one of the scariest things because we feel we should understand our own kind. When people break for seemingly no reason it raises questions such as "what about the people around me I think I know", or even "could I be susceptible to such a breakdown".
I'm in this group, & yesterday a lady shared a story of their relative, a truck driver, who's been disturbed by sth lately. Apparently, the guy saw a coyote crossing the road, & by the end of the road it turns into a creepy old woman staring at him, multiple times
@@MrEsphoenixyes its scarey cause even if you are the nicest person in the world you domt control your brain and if youre brain has a serious malfunction the nicest person can do some horrific stuff cause they are juat disconnected from reality and have zero control
I got to thinking maybe someone spiked his coffee with LSD. That's the only explanation to his behaviour. He was hallucinating like mad.
Cause I remember around 1994/95 had some rank stuff floating around . I bought some "acid" off a well known dealer. I had done acid in the 80s, but this "acid" made me hallucinate for the first time in my life. And we just happen to be camping when we took it. I'm telling you, I seen things. Like the leaves on the trees were changing colors of yellow green red. I seen little pitchfork holding flame devils in the fire we had going. Oh man when I walked the rocks rolled along side me. I had to go lay down cause I was tripping bad. I looked up at the walls of the cabin we rented and I saw cracks mend themselves. Thank god I was still self aware of the fact I took a drug and this was the side effects. But imagine if you were not aware of that fact. Seriously a person could go mad on LSD if they're not aware of the fact someone spiked their coffee. So yeah, years later I now realize I was given LSD.
@@landofthelivingskies3318 It's far from the only explaination. Stimulants and even sleep deprivation can cause similar behaviour.
I remember this on Unsolved Mysteries. Its a crazy story for sure. Sleep deprivation can truly mess us up. It seems like he just had a mental break. It is sad that his family has no closure.
As a long haul driver that stays on the road for 3 to 6 months at a time this story was way too relatable to me. Alot of us get seduced by the amount of money we can make if we run hard and non stop without considering what we're truly risking. You're risking your sanity.
May God protect you always and get you back home safe and sound, stories like this break my heart and creep me out, who knows what he really encountered out on those roads🙏🏽
@@love4mykids03 it really creeped me out how much I related to the guy in the video. Having my family home and always being on the road and how he got the tunnel vision and how the inside of his cab was clean and neat and a couple of things he said. I guess he did some research on life as a trucker
You have a great point, I’ve come to realize that most times in life we could be our own worst enemy. Thats why it’s so important to really think through any important decisions, and sleep deprivation is likely just as strong as alcohol when it comes to being able to think straight and make smart decisions that you won’t kick yourself in the rear over later. I know that I’ve made all too many of those and at 44, I wish that I could share said knowledge with my 20 year old self. It would have saved me A LOT of headache. It sounds like you’re reasonable though and have your head together, plus as long as you don’t burn yourself out it’s a pretty solid job. The only other job that takes you on the road that pays crazy good, but is incredibly backbreaking labor, are the UPS “brown shirts.” I read recently that they average north of $90K with O/T and full benefits! 😮 Anywho, be well, and don’t burn yourself out in the meantime. One thing I would have told myself 20 years ago is to invest - wisely - as it accumulates fast once it’s a habit and you won’t need the O/T, and the best investment today that’s literally guaranteed NOT to lose value are High Yield Savings Accounts (HYSAs). I’m doing about 5% APY on one, which is pretty good when considering that I lost my ass on stocks post-COVID (and bonds too!) Be well!
@@andybatista412 I always thought truckers were just being aholes tbh because some are reckless on the road but now I understand why, I'm sorry you ever had to experience anything like that, this story changed my perception of truck drivers.
I do Security for a warehouse and I check-in trucks at the gate. Far too many stories of getting to know the truck drivers and so forth. I really grew fond of them and I appreciate you guys.
May the roads be clear and May you arrive safe to every destination!
I remember seeing this story on the original Unsolved Mysteries (RIP Robert Stack). It's so heartbreaking to know those kids will never see or know what happened to their dad. I hope the family has been doing ok despite everything. RIP Devin.💔😔
Y is it heartbreaking, ? Probably better they dont know
@@ninja100 three children lost their father. how is that NOT heartbreaking? sure they dont know HOW he died but they do know he is deceased. horrible for anyone let alone children as young as they were.
@@ninja100that have no idea what happened to him.
@@ninja100 No matter how messed up what happened was, the mind needs closure. Not knowing will eventually bother you.
@@ellzedd41132:25 that poor man was doing that tough job away from family but his wife was enjoying an easy comfortable life in home with her children........ Why do women not speak against this gender discrimination against men?? Why can't it be the other way around like women work hard all the time, earn money and also fulfill all other responsibilities and men just enjoy their lives with children at women's cost???
I have so much respect for truck drivers. You guys looked out for me and my newborn from Gboro to Charlotte the first time I had to go to the VA, and drive the 90 miles by myself. They saw the antennae, spotted me out and rolled with me the whole way. That was 32 years ago and it still makes me smile. I've been known to defensive drive to let a trucker in when a car driver was being an asshat. You truckers keep the world turning!
The 20 something year olds in here have no idea what you're talking about with the antenna. We had a antenna too. Used to be a thing to sit in the driveway and talk to the local ppl on the CB.. lol I actually met the boy I lost my virginity to on the CB. Anyway... you are 100% right. If you have a antenna they will try to call you.. Hey pretty lady in the red car you copy? Lol and they do look out for each other and anyone they are talking to. My husband has his CDLs but he doesn't really drive a lot. He works on service rigs so sometimes he drives the rig to locations.. but I wouldn't call him a truck driver.
The CB was chat rooms b4 the internet..
God Bless you sweetheart
@@QueenSloanyou lost your virginity to a guy on a CB radio and you tell TH-cam? Class
@@QueenSloani bet you remember evel kneivel & charlies original angels
I've come back to watch this video for a second time just now... because I just love the whole story and especially your Story Telling. Well Done!
Lately I’ve been spending alot of time alone and it’s comforting to have mr ballen to keep me company on these lonely nights. I love his story telling so much. So thank you John for taking my mind off the heartache I’ve been going through ❤
I hope you feel better soon ❤
st. john wort has helped me for many years now, does'nt work for everyone, sold every where . also reach out to people i believe even Mr. Ballen has recomemed a service on his channel, your not alone, we all have gone though things, painful, aweful things, you have to find good people to help, they are out there. ❤
I will comfort you Tara 😏
Remember, love is as love does . Your soul mate is going through the same .
@Nick-Emery good luck with your life rn, glad you enjoy his content!
Been with MrBallen since the beginning. Been able to watch him grow from nothing to millions.
The quality in story telling has stayed constantly high throughout.
Great to see a guy who deserves success manifest before your very eyes.
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thank you for the support! 🙏❤
@MrBallen would love to see some of the old 3 top places to never go or 3 pictures/ videos that you won't believe. Just the 3 story format was awesome well all your stuff is awesome I just want to hear more then 1 story from u at a time lol once i start for the day i know ill be here a wile just thank you for all the videos and effort im sure go into them we dont see but definitely appreciate thanks for being so awesome!!!!!
@@MrBallen please bring back 3 places you can’t go & people who went anyways.
We are older now in 2005 me and another lady drove from mo. To idaho we just traveled the day and slept in the car at night. Every car problem we had we were helped by truckers. They were life savers. Thanks guys.!!!❤
2:25 that poor man was doing that tough job away from family but his wife was enjoying an easy comfortable life in home with her children........ Why do women not speak against this gender discrimination against men?? Why can't it be the other way around like women work hard all the time, earn money and also fulfill all other responsibilities and men just enjoy their lives with children at women's cost????
Road hypnosis, happened to me after I worked a late shift, a 16 hour at a call center. Drove home when we closed at 2, and I lost a good bit of time. My brain shut down, like I fell asleep, and I woke up just after the route 70 bridge across the Monongahela River, which is right near my house. I called my wife and talked to her the rest of the way home. Scared the hell out of me, and to this day, I have no idea how I got home intact and still on the same route home, or how I woke up just before I got home, other than somebody was looking out for me that night. My only question is, cell phones were around, not everyone had them, but most truckers had the computers for load data and dispatch, they could page the truckers, and track them. My dad and wife's dad were truckers around this time, I'm surprised the guy in this story didn't have that. Maybe not all companies and trucks had them?
When I worked at Taco Bell I had a trucker customer who would come in once a month. He was awesome told great stories about where he’d been and even tipped the staff. We used to give him extra bags for garbage in his truck, free food and drinks. Guy was scary looking but had the softest voice and was super nice to us all.
My son worked at Pilot/Subway and waited on Rob Zombie. Not as cool as your story but I had to tell it somewhere!
@@cynthiakeller5954DIG THROUGH THE DITCHES BURN THROUGH THE WITCHES
I would report you to corporate for that
@@IhateAlot718of course you would. bitter kid
@@IhateAlot718
Your name says it ALL.
Maybe you should try hating less.
That call to his boss was a cry for help. He might've not communicated it exactly as such but it seemed to be the beginning of something really horrible for this poor guy after too long without enough sleep and having a stressful isolating job. Graveyard Security officers and truckers. Hats off to them!
Yeah. I mean he really wanted to meet his family so maybe he finally cracked and decided to take drugs one time. But it went wrong and apparently the jaw movements are amphetamine symptoms. Combine drugs with sleep deprivation...yeah.
Plus for the body, it's notoriously difficult to find a body in a forest and things are constantly moved around by scavenging animals.
Overall sad situation. Don't thinka any foul play involved.
I'm in the same boat as him and I feel it's more than being sleep deprived, I was able to relate to a few feelings because if he was angry that he couldn't sleep then I fully understand, dude had a mental anger break, there are times I feel the same way and if it gets to bad I'll start speeding in my car on my way to work while gripping the wheel hard with the thought that dying is better than working... (I'm the graveyard security guard) The part I can't relate too however is he has a family waiting for him, he has a buffer and while his job may keep him away from them he still sees them whereas in my situation my job keeps me from my family as well and I only have 1 family member left (my sister) with the rest of my family dying from cancer I spend everyday alone with no buffer and a job that holds me hostage away from what's left of my family. I've been told by supervisors that I'm lucky that my family is dead and that my loss doesn't compare to them choosing to do overtime (which keeps them away from their family despite it really not doing that 🙄) I get angry and pissed off at this place and get insanely violent thoughts of wanting to get revenge off the stupid things they've said and done to me. I fully understand the pain this guy went through, while I feel his buffer should have brought him out of it, it didn't and that's unfortunately on his head.
When he called his boss he had probably already taken some kind of drug, hence the inabilityto sleep and the odd somewhat paranoid phone call.
@@tylerskywalker5862 That's one heck of an assumption. First of all, being a truck driver means you have no circadian rhythm. You don't get to have a normal sleep pattern, so sleeplessness is very common. Second, there was nothing paranoid about his call to his boss. Drivers have to keep their dispatchers/boss' informed, and that is exactly what he did.
@thorchard - That was not a cry for help. It was a typical call. Making things seems odd is part of story telling, and that is all that was done here.
@@ItsMeRockyT not really. Based on all the facts that followed its not much of an assumption at all.
After this story made me realize my product from Walmart is delayed again for 8 days. I take in consideration that these truckers have a very hard life. They have to deal with so much and the public people has no idea, so while I wait for this order to arrive at my home, I just go on waiting and praying everything is okay, with the drivers who are long hauling products across the USA. This guy sounds like he snapped from lack of sleep and wanting to get home. Prayers to all truck drivers regardless, what their hauling of product. Prayers to this guy's family for Devon is now at peace. Stay safe, cool/warm. and blessings.
Reality is your Walmart delay most likely has little to do with the truck driver, especially after 8 days. Barring an accident that caused the shipment to need to be reshipped from the original shipper, your delay is most likely caused by the shipper not shipping because it was forgotten, mishipped, or not in stock. Or was lost at the store level or transfer point when received. We truck drivers go from point A to point B. The rest is none of our business so far as everything's labeled correctly. So just know outside of "the truck is a couple hours late", if they tell you the driver "blah blah blah", they're just covering their own asses.
I stopped driving OTR in 2003. And I don't miss it. You're a driver, mechanic, navigator, Secretary. It's more work than most people understand, very stressful.
This case aired on The beloved "unsolved mysteries" long ago and I couldn't get it out of my mind for many years and about three days ago I finally forgot about it. Thanks John!
So glad ya did this one
My grandfather was a trucker for 60 years. 60 years! Some of the stories he had were absolutely mind blowing. He was also one of those guys that you did not want to mess with. Wouldn't walk away from a fight from anybody. The guy was hardcore, rip Gramps.
My grandfather was like that 2 miss him
do you think he could beat up mike tyson in his prime?
Awh mine too! Grandpa truckers ftw 🥰🥳
@@johndolph131 yep street fighting is a whole different animal, broken glass tire irons and pure basic animal killer instinct , Tyson would lose.
@@johndolph131 street fight has no rules, no ref to save your life.
I just want to express how happy and grateful I am that you, Mr. B, are continuing to create your content. I've been a dedicated consumer of your stories for quite a while now, every week I eagerly await the next set of outlandish and or creepy true stories and am never disappointed. Thank you!! Stay classy Mr. Ballen . All the best to you and your family.
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I remember this story from when it happened. Hello from Coconino County, Arizona. Love your stories ❤
Im from Northern Ireland, I’m glad Mr ballens channel has such an amazingly long reach across the world
Hello from the US
Brilliant!
Well I'm so disappointed because I came to see some good Ole Wyte on Wyte and Gay on Gay Crime I didn't come to hear about some trucker😭 😂😂
Greetings from a Czech guy living in Germany.
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Okay. This is one of the most terrifying story's I've heard! Your telling of this story was exceptional!
I could actually see and hear that truck barreling back and forth!
That is why we all look forward to Sunday. Thank you, Mr. Ballen.
I'm quite positive that because of you, thousands of us are staying far away from forests & anything with the word "Canyon" in it.
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Sunday? You’re so lucky, here in New Zealand it’s on a Monday, so I had to take the morning off work to watch it!
Do you know how to get Bell's Canyon?
@@GingerBreadMan144 😂
@@SeriousSchitt Oh no! That would really suck. I wonder if New Zealand's Labor Department has figured out why so many employees, all across the Country of New Zealand, call in sick on Monday's yet? 😂
I just happened upon a small channel last night called Curls. It's a man from the UK who _loves_ New Zealand! He was showing some of the different things and the really good food in New Zealand. Just thought I would let you know in case you'd like to see it.
On one of his shorts he speaks the language (of the Maori, I'm assuming) like an expert! I found it quite interesting.
The jaw movements that were described definitely fits speed or amphetamine use.
He could have taken it for the first time just before calling his boss, or at some point earlier and then when he couldn’t sleep he doubled down. Too much amphetamines would cause psychosis. He then could have gotten lost in the woods and died of exposure. Time and scavenger animals could have done the rest.
It can fit that though so can sleep deprivation, tmj, etc... many different medical conditions. Whether in his medical file or not can exist to cause the jaw movement.
Gullible
@@cardinaloflannagancr8929 Also i think people who are basicly having manic or psychotic episode might make strange movements with their mouth, and grind their teeth. I think its like stress reaction, and sounds like he just snapped. He might have had some mental health issues even without others knowing since he might have just bottled it all up untill he reached his breaking point or it was just caused by sleep deprivation for example
Unsolved mysteries has the episode. Check it out. They found skeleton 2 years later.. died of exposure they said. Still a mystery why he did what he did..
What if it was like rabies? Like he got out to pee and got bit by some animal? I don't know much about rabies symptoms but I know it makes animals act very aggressive and strange.
You know what I love so much about mr. Ballen's community? Here you can say that since nobody knows what really happened, aliens are just as good of an explanation as any, and nobody argues with it.
Thank you to all the truckers out there. You sacrifice alot to provide for your families. I truly appreciate your profession!! (I'm the daughter of retired trucker fathers.)
Many fathers you got Like?
It definitely sounds to me like Devin had a psychotic break induced by lack of sleep and lack of contact with others. Really unfortunate.
Disagree.
It really sounds like a psychological break. My son had on 3 years ago. He was in a different world. He is just now completely back after much treatment.
I don't know, to me it sounds like he got drugged at the stop, this totally sounds like meth.
I thought so too but it doesn't explain the skull.
Sounds like meth lol truckers drug. This definitely sounds like a meth binge
I love that Mr. Ballen is becoming huge. Shot out to those who have been following since the beginning!
It's great he got popular but I do miss the "upload 4 sometimes even 5 times a week" days.
Yeah hes doing great just a shame for us cause we dont get to listen to him but once a week now but thats the you tube cycle usually
@@munkustrap2 There are only so many stories. He has to pace himself or risk running out of content.
My heart goes out to his family. I hope they are healing and doing well ♥️
Mrballen really does narrate stories in a way that we all can relate to in a sense
Been driving professionally for 2 years, it's a tough life. I run about 3k a week regionally and it's taught me a major lesson, the road isn't your friend... it's a thing of beauty, and terror. The money is great yeah, but seeing morbid accidents, close calls, being helpless and alone, it'll put you to the absolute test when times get tough. Thank y'all for the love in these comments. I think I speak for all the truckers when I say that we appreciate the support. Keep the rubber side down, see ya on the back-haul🙂
Thank you so much for your hard work!
Be safe. I hope you are doing well.
Alone sounds great
We appreciate what you do for us. Sent you a prayer for your safety and quick return home.
Bruh lay off the cutesy “trucker” lingo and sayings (greasy side down, etc). It makes you sound like a rookie who is trying really hard to talk the way you think veteran truckers speak.
RIP Devin 💙
I'm sorry his wife and kids had to go thru this. ❤️
Had his wife been good and caring, she wouldn't have let him do that tough job...she would've done that job herself instead...
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@@Logicalsanewtf r u even talking about lol
I came across mr ballen 2 months ago on a different channel who cover these kind of story and i was astonished seeing his content and his skill i have binged watched mr ballen and i have almost watched everything this guy has covered he is crazy good
Just the imagine of someone opening their mouth as wide as they can and then moving it back and forth as fast as possible and then the clicking off the teeth just gives me chills!
Omg, me too! Creeped me right out!
Amphetamines.
1st time.
@@c.thompson9771isn't that like meth?
Probably coked out his mind or meth then got paranoid. Probably why he couldn't sleep
Ummm.. Yes, Methamphetamines.
I experienced severe sleep deprivation when my (medically fragile and very high needs) son was born. I went so long without sleep that I heard voices and saw people staring in my windows. I heard menacing laughter booming through my house, felt people grabbing me from behind, believed that everyone (including my spouse) was out to get me and that cameras were hidden all throughout my home. I didn’t believe anything anyone said, couldn’t understand directions, was lost everywhere I went and couldn’t do basic self care. Problem solving was gone, my whole mind was fixated on my hallucinations, confusion and fear.
I can only imagine what would’ve happened to me if I had driven somewhere alone during that time. Please, PLEASE do not drive while experiencing sleep deprivation. Don’t even leave your own home.
Nothing is worth your safety. Absolutely nothing. Do not underestimate the power of sleep/sleep-loss.
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Yes ❤ I got through it! My son is 15 months now, healthy and well ❤ We’re getting much more sleep these days and I even have another baby on the way! I’m well supported and the happiest I’ve ever been.
It means a lot to me that you checked in 🥺 Thank you so much.
I hope you're getting plenty of rest now, so sorry you suffered. God bless you and son and family! Love and best wishes from Australia 🇦🇺 btw, congratulations on your new baby!😊😊😊
Extreme sleep deprivation could explain Devin's strange actions. (I took many drugs in my youth, but sleep deprivation is the ONLY thing that ever caused me to hallucinate.)
The auditory hallucinations also kick in with sleep deprivation. Its weird.
Yup. I once worked a 14 hour shift over night on barely any sleep. I was hallucinating and hearing weird sounds.
very likely meth use... sleep deprivation causes weird behaviors but not like this. 15:18 where he mentions the jaw, thats a very common side-effect of over-amping... definitely methamphetamine... I've been around enough junkies to know. thats literally textbook definetion
Same here. Lack of sleep made me hallucinate more than and hallucinogenic!!!
Same!
For how sad the story is.... "Coconino County" is just a delightful to hear
I own land in central Texas. It is remote, mostly covered in forest with the occasional clearing. I loved to go solo camp out there. It was about 6:00 pm. It was early spring and would drop down to about 40 degrees that night. I was gathering wood for my fire. I was also going to lash a reflecting wall and put pine needles and dead leaves on the ground under where I would sleep.
Well, as I’m building my camp - it was a spot I used a couple times a year - i began to hear movement to my left. It wasn’t an animal. The movement was bipedal. If you’re trained / experienced, you’ll know what I’m talking about. Then, I start to hear this tittering, followed by whistling. Pop Goes the Weasel, in fact. By now, I’m just standing there, completely alert, like “WTF?”
About 75’ and definitely no more than 100’, away, this clown head slowly starts to peer out from behind a tree. I was just standing there looking at this shit. Well, the clown steps out from behind the tree. The outfit was ragged and dirty. In his right hand was a machete. The dude slowly started walking towards me.
Remember, this is central Texas. It’s the middle of nowhere. This is a very large piece of land that *I* own. There’s a lot of wildlife. Snakes. Coyotes. Hogs. Even cougars. But no, I got this idiot on my land in a clown outfit brandishing a machete walking at me. I mentioned the wildlife, right? Well, I pulled the Ruger GP100 .357 I carried for the hogs, yelled “Let’s do this,” and began power-walking straight at the clown.
My God did the dude’s eyes go wide. He threw the machete aside, turned and booked the way he came, all while screaming “It’s just a joke! It’s just a joke!”
I didn’t chase him, but I did track him for about 1/4 of a mile before turning back. I was still on high alert and didn’t know who else was out there. I didn’t hear anyone, but still, better safe than sorry…
I decided not to camp that night and packed up. Still, before I left,
I found the machete. I drove it into the tree he’d been behind, bent it, and left it. It’s still there, years later. Nothing has happened since. When I searched the property later, I found no signs of squatters or anyone else.
Dumb clown, I’m ex-law enforcement / corrections / military with extensive training. I could have taken that blade away from you bare-handed and shoved it up your clown ass, you moron. Only an idiot does something like that in Texas.
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Your story sounds like that clown saw too many scare movies
Crazy
Yeah right!
What an idiot playing games on someones property IN TEXAS! Was he a teenger or a dude in his 20s?
I used to date a guy who was a truck driver sometimes he'd have gone for a week and he would tell me stories about his route journey to work back and forth. Honestly I didn't exactly know what he must have gone through being alone on your own on a lonely road, through unknown routes mountains/hills day or night, scary jungles, vicious animals especially strangers around. I salute to all brave track drivers mans out there still to be safe and sound .I pray they reach back to their loved ones after each and every journey. Stay bless and R.I.P to Devon.
Not to mention the bad weather that can hit while driving snow, oh even drive into a blizzard would be scary. Yeah or tornadoes. Oh in the winter when it gets icy. Would be stressful. Though I sure a lot of experience truck drivers have plenty of experience driving in poor weather conditions.
Gotta watch out for those scary jungles in North America.....
Where was he driving that you makes you mention *jungles* ?
2:25 that poor man was doing that tough job away from family but his wife was enjoying an easy comfortable life in home with her children........ Why do women not speak against this gender discrimination against men?? Why can't it be the other way around like women work hard all the time, earn money and also fulfill all other responsibilities and men just enjoy their lives with children at women's cost???
@@TCraig00 He would drive from Toronto to BC sometimes even ...
I remember watching this on Unsolved Mysteries back in the 90s. MrBallen retelling this classic story brings back so many memories of watching Unsolved Mysteries as a kid
I was a semi truck driver for 24 years. I had a dedicated run out to Sullivan and Washington Missouri. Hauling Tittanium. Unfortunately my carreir came to a end one day, I had a heartache, and they had to do a single bypass and while I was on the table for that, I had a stroke. I am now have left side perilisis and in a electric wheelchair. I understand how the hallucinations and the sleep deprivation very well, unfortunately. Yes I do miss driving semi, but it was hard to make money back then, and I have a few friends that are still driving and they are telling me that it is harder now and the DOT is always changing the rules and regulations. So, GOD Bless all the drivers out there and please be safe . May GOD Bless All of you. And have a Wonderful and Merry Christmas.
Road psychosis… I experienced it after driving 36 hours straight with no sleep… I hallucinated things that weren’t there, like little green men running across the road in front of me while I was driving… when I stopped to sleep, I couldn’t sleep. It was scary. I’m willing to gamble that’s what happened to this guy… my heart goes out to his family😢
I just wonder why he didn't come back from it? Because he had to have been walking around the woods for a long time before he died. I mean right?
@@jennak.8541 yeah, this is sure mind bending…
Who is to say that when people hallucinate from lack of sleep or even from people who are on drugs, that they are not seeing something REAL, that is meant to be invisible..but maybe lack of sleep or drugs can THIN THE VEIL, just enough to see a different side of reality..?
@@mikeydeloa7348@CraigTom-so2vt same. I just went another 3 days without sleep and saw them walking around everywhere. Even fully physical apparitions (sp?). And it's because you are half conscious and half not and so you are literally awake or walking between both worlds. Exactly like the twilight zone. So the veil is thin so to speak. I think it was Edward Cayse or Nikola Tesla who would purposely achieve this by leaning a chair against a door or wall and then sleeping in it. And he would wear a hat on his head and put a penny or quarter or some other coin on top of that hat and when he'd fall asleep the coin would fall off that hat and hit the floor and when it did it would make just the loud enough noise to sorta of wake him up but not fully....so that way he'd be in between both worlds to experience with the astral plane or whatever.
new truck driver here & yesterday i went 24 hours without sleeping and started hallucinating patterns on the road , pulled over a few minutes later
Obviously I don’t know what exactly happened, but my theory is hallucinations from severe sleep deprivation. I once went 56 hours without sleep on a trip (can’t sleep in moving vehicles, sadly) and by the end of it, I was hallucinating very vividly and realistically. It was truly scary. Mr Ballen said that Devon had been going pretty much 4 days nonstop and then couldn’t sleep and went on. I could imagine something weird happened in his mind that made him behave irrationally. „I didn’t do it, *they* did it“ seems to be an indicator. Going this long without sleep can be brutal.
Probably had a stroke. With the electronic logbooks nowadays, this doesn't happen anymore with being forced to drive illegally over the 11 hour limit. Back in 1995, truck drivers would "fix" their paper logbooks in order to appear that they were running legal. They can't do that anymore
Dangerous, they say that’s the point you might go insane as you suffer a form of brain damage. Stay safe out there, my days of long hours without sleep are over.
@@kennethflores-hv7uf2:25 that poor man was doing that tough job away from family but his wife was enjoying an easy comfortable life in home with her children........ Why do women not speak against this gender discrimination against men?? Why can't it be the other way around like women work hard all the time, earn money and also fulfill all other responsibilities and men just enjoy their lives with children at women's cost???
@@Logicalsane maybe she wanted to but you know us guys we’ll eat crow if it means taking care of our families. He may have told her to stay quiet so as not to make waves. Either way this was a tragic story
@@kennethflores-hv7ufthis guy has commented this exact phrase about a dozen times on this thread. Dude needs to get a life 😂
This man is a legend he never disappoints with good and thrilling storys
I have mad love for truckers. When i was on tour with my music and the bus shower or something would mess up. We would stop at truck stops since theyre more low key. Truckers always look out for you. Whether the showers on them or whatever. Mad appreciation for everyone doing it
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STANDING OUT IN A SPOOKY PETROL STATION TO TELL US THIS!!!
Honestly, wanna write that,then I saw your comment. 😅
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My favorite storyteller, never disappoints his fans and he always delivers. Thank you Mr Ballen.
This was a perfect example of what sleep deprivation can do to the mind. Another awesome story mr.b
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@@acewest1794the man's character says otherwise
yup unless you have not slept for more than 3 or 4 days you really don’t know , it wasn’t aliens he was sleep deprived and panicked and died out in the high desert , or the mountains .
This is a great story about truck driving and it can be used to warn drivers to be careful about driving in certain areas ❤