The Eerie Vanishing Of The Flannan Isles Lighthouse Keepers
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And when the world needed them most, they returned.
They didn't really leave
@@PhantomStella I think they did at some point to do there own channel the watcher
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@@bluewolfe6048 yea so they didnt really leave
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HEARING THE *''THIS WEEK ON BUZZFEED UNSOLVED''* GIVES A FEELING LIKE NO OTHER
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Except for HELLLOO hennies, how we all diddly doin
@@charfree6888 Also "Welcome one and all, to Puppet History!" uhh I miss Puppet History and Watcher Weekly :(
So does “Suh tuhdey’s videuh...”
@@gluchie LMAOOOO YES I LOVE ELEANOR
Ryan's narration voice really makes Unsolved "Unsolved". It's kind of like a trademark.
Exactly why I don’t watch the other videos without them lol
Well they have a channel “watcher” they no longer work at buzzfeed which saddens me
@@kendallbrickssmith9945 they still work at buzzfeed lol
@@Fa1ry they technically have a contract for Buzzfeed Unsolved for 1 more season after this, but they work at watcher mainly
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I actually agree with ryan on this one, having a place with missing people look completely normal is way more creepy than full of blood and stuff. Bc upon seeing gory mess you'd just be like, "ok, there was a murder, yikes", but people just VANISHING without a trace spooks me
It’s insane. It’s eerie, and horrifying.
Ok, there was a murder, but people just Vanishing without a trace spooks me
Yeah, people vanishing like they fell into some random black hole on their way somewhere creeps me out. Same with bodies that have been around, sometimes hidden in plain sight, and not discovered for years. Even worse when we don't even know how they died let alone who they are. Also, murders/disappearances that happen in the middle of nowhere and are never solved.
A couple of examples: even though most have been identified and it's been partially solved (though it took over thirty years), The Bear Brook Murders still greatly disturb me. Same with the murders in and around Mineral, Washington.
@@tayloranderson7547 why you just repeating what he already said? Cant come up with any thoughts of your own?
@@CourierSiix and why are you mad? Go do something with your life
“alien juice”
shane’s soul literally left his body
...What soul?
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@@underatedmusic4574 no
The disappointment was palpable.
Shane, babe, you gotta just accept by now that its ALWAYS aliens. It's just a fact of life. You can't escape it 🤣
Shane’s utter disappointment when he said “is this where this is going?”
I love it, he sounds so tired.
I loved that part haha
U G H
In that one sound there is so much damn emotion
tbf that was my exact reaction too.
My reaction whenever Ryan mentions ghosts or aliens tbh
i don’t understand why ryan was so quick to dismiss the big wave cause it wasn’t in the logs... maybe they didn’t write it in the logs cause they were busy being hit by a giant wave
WAITTTJSHJDDHK AHAHHA YOURE RIGHT LMAOAOA
I mean, he didn’t really dismiss that theory because when Shane said it couldn’t have been waves because they reported everything was fine afterwards, Ryan explicitly stated that that isn’t necessarily true because of the reason you said.
Would the logs not have been wet and caused the writing to be hard to read? Cause if it was a wave I don’t think the logs or much in the lighthouse would have been found cause if it can take bodies, it can take a book.
I looked it up and they really should’ve emphasized more about how these logs were probably fake. They made it seem like they were likely legitimate, but it seems like this is just a rumour that spread.
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As someone who lives on an island and is very familiar with the ocean, I’m betting one got swept into the sea and the other two tried to save him only to end up the same. People constantly underestimate the sea and think they’re safe when in reality the ocean is unpredictable and dangerous.
Half of me wants to move to an idland..the other half says your a sitting duck lol. Which island do you live on and is it nice ?
@@stephentucker614 one that is a continent
Same. Very sad.
You sound like a bitter yet timid ocean spirit ushering a word of warning to your next potential victims lol
We where doing this is in class and I said the exact same LOL
Ryan: these three men mysteriously disappeared without a trace and possibly faced a horrible painful demise
Shane: they're boyfriends :) and they live in Jamaica :)
We love an ally
We ship
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@@andikaputri2625 Drop the account name Shane. Don't be shy ksksks
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*yes drop the @*
*talking about being outside*
Ryan: It’s open concept.
Shane: I can really slap my thighs without the desk!
@FIN GHOULIE becuase of COVID-19, their staying safe
I died 🤭 as someone who has been forced to watch too many HGTV shows, I can attest to this
@@izzycole2601 love ur pfp lmao
They’re going insane
I feel like theyre downplaying how terrifying the ocean can be. Rogue waves are no joke. Wanna talk spooky? Rogue waves man. Rogue waves. Why reach for aliens when the spookiness of the ocean is RIGHT THERE.
sure but rogue waves only really happen in the middle of the ocean, they need to draw energy from the surrounding waves and the closer you get to shore the less energy there is in the wave
@@dannytwomey9071 There are already records of 300ft waves hitting the island and the keepers said there was a storm (something supported by Mackenzie not being able to see the lighthouse for over a week), so I don't think lack of energy is really an issue here
wouldn't there be evidence of water in the lighthouse if this were the case?
@@fijiapples5122 if they were at the dock the wave would only be about 120ft not enough to reach the lighthouse. Plus water on the dock or water damage wouldn't be weird in that area.
i agree
What they don't mention in this video is that Ducat was fined roughly a week's wages earlier for not affixing the boxes to the moorings properly. My theory is that he didn't want to risk another fine so took Marshall down to do the repairs (the faults having been noted in the log) and left Marshall behind in the lighthouse (as per the rules). It was at that point that Marshall saw the huge wave coming and rushed out, not bothering to don his coat, to warn the other two. But he got there just as the wave struck and all 3 were washed out to sea. It was later noted that a large rock had been dislodged in that area by an "unknown force" and moved some 150 feet. Which gives you an idea of how powerful the wave was. So the tragedy happened primarily because the head keeper didn't want another fine - and he timed the visit to the cliff edge just as the freak wave came hurtling towards the island. (ps - I'm Scottish, from that area, and your impersonations were the worst I've ever heard! Worth watching just for that!).
This is a great theory!!!
Honestly This one makes more sense then the ones in the video💀
It's not your theory, but OK.
@@mini696 wdym its not their theory lmfao what]
This theory does fit pretty well, and it does explain why MacArthur would leave his jacket behind… When someone’s in danger you’re not gonna take time to grab your phone or make a sandwich
Shane: loses a rap battle
Shane, minutes earlier: “Moore went ashore to knock on the door”
He folds under pressure
Shane, trying to do a Scottish accent: does a Yorkshire accent
Ryan, trying to do a Scottish accent: does a Russian accent
so i wasn't wrong when I thought shane sounded like one of my friends with Russian accent 😂😂
No one in america knows the difference
@@wuzhappening eeehhhhh, ones a commie and ones a drunk lol. Pretty sure ‘merican’s can tell that difference
@@zacariasnelson5753 who's who
@@perishonimpact Russians are the commies and yorshirians are the drunks lol
Shane: If this is offensive, I apologize.
Ryan: If you're offended, you should be.
Shane’s wasn’t awful, but Ryan’s was borderline offensive.
I love how Ryan said 'life buoy'. It was very entertaining aha 🤣😂
@@TomCL-vb6xc yeah shane's was pretty good lmfao
I am not Scottish but I thought Ryan's accent was not good.
I'm Scottish, both terrible but extremely funny
Fun fact: lighthouse keepers were known to go insane due to the high exposure to mercury which may have had something to do with what happened at this lighthouse.
The isolation can be enough to drive men mad. Aye.
Where do they get the mercury from?
@@kyledelrosario8963 Mercury vapours in old lightbulbs.
@@kyledelrosario8963 frensel lights (the giant rotating lightbulb) would sit on a mercury bath in order to rotate
Based on Shane and Ryan's respective rhyming skills, Shane better hope he's with Ryan if they ever come across a clan of water sprites otherwise it's curtains for Shane.
I'm starting to think Shane had a ghostwriter helping him with the Hot Daga's music
I was shocked Shane wasn't better at this since he did not only the songs from the Hot Daga, but also all the songs in 2 seasons of Puppet History.
You could even say he'd be swimming with the fishes!
@@johanvajse8410 yeah but keep in mind that this is on the spot
There's a 50/50 chance that Ryan will win a rap battle
And he's gonna win all 50
The way the “alien juice” comment destroyed Shane’s joy in mere seconds
I feel like theyre downplaying how terrifying the ocean can be. Rogue waves are no joke. Wanna talk spooky? Rogue waves man. Rogue waves. Why reach for aliens when the spookiness of the ocean is RIGHT THERE.
@@joaniewalen7821 ikr, the ocean is a scary place man....it could kill even the strongest man
His disappointment was palpable
@@fawkespryde9183 And his day was ruined.
What? You knew this was coming
I lost it when the dusgust covered his face and hes just like
"Is that where this is fuckin going....? Is that where this is going?"
shane:
little women:
shane: *muffled crying*
*sNoRt*
I havent watched this video yet so this out of context is even more funny to me
i was like yeah i cried while watching Little Women too and then shane was like no they were just little and i was like okay shane....
love the profile pic haha
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Fun fact: The log books were actually made up much later as a dramatic retelling of a story in a magazine, so the men still being at the lighthouse after the storm occurred couldn’t have happened.
The most likely reason for their disappearance was because they were going after a toolbox that they accidentally left out, and would suffer a paycut as they were fined if anything was lost or damaged. And considering one of the lighthouse managers lost a piece of equipment in a storm before and was fined for it, it would make sense for them to go out so they wouldn’t get punished due to their meager salary of 42 shillings.
"couldn't have happened" or "could have not happened" ?
@@emackenzie could not have happened. meaning impossible cuz it's a story in a magazine, not reality.
@@emackenziewhen you try to correct someone else but you're wrong anyway lmao
WHAAAAAAAAT
Shane and Ryan: Let's get into some theories.
Me, without hesitation: THEY WERE EATEN BY THE SHEEP.
😭😭
Great theory, very possible
Lol.
this is even better: They turned into sheep.
I KNEW IT
Everyone: Death! Abduction! Murder! Madness!
Shane: polyamorous gay lovestory !
Instead of Tiger King Sheep King lol
He really did say poly rights.
we love a supportive king
shane continues to say gay rights
Shane be supporting gays all around the world.
I don't understand why the Gamekeeper isn't a key suspect here. He doesn't do his job properly for nearly two weeks and that just happens to coincide with the disappearance of the Keepers.
It was all part of his plan to convince the lighthouse association to pay him £10 a year instead
Lack of motive.
I mean £8 a year isn't a motivation to do your job
@@thoughtfulthoughts4645 i mean £8 in 1900 is about £1000 today
@@kktt725 and it went a lot farther too
I don't get why one of the theories isn't that there was an unknown boat that came in contact with the island, they asked the keepers for help, they rushed out (explaining missing coat) but it was actually a trap. The boat would have been a pirate boat looking to take 3, un-watched, strong, and good for manual labor men who they could sell in the labor market or just keep for themselves.
Surely if pirates kidnapped them there would be signs of violence or struggle
@@Aidan_7 not necessarily, If the men jumped on board to help or if they were in the water already. The waves could have also washed away any sign of struggle.
@@justaname4136 you're right!
But two of the light keepers are experienced and falling for pirates easily would be unreal, depends if they were really drunk or been hallucinating at that time. One of them should have given a sign like writing on the log or an emergency signal like the disc or smtng. Cause it came also to my mind that kind of theory but being an experienced lighthouse keeper can make you think all possible things that might happen in the lighthouse and later on think of ways to prevent it. They took the risk of the job which i guess should have made them at least prepared especially that they have family.
@@jessicastjames6202 dude, slavery and pirates still exist today
When Ryan said, “It’s a can of alien juice,” Shane’s face fell and I LOST it.
me too
"Oh, thats where this is F__king going?"
My favorite part 🤣
I've been watching these episodes quite a lot recently and what's just dawned on me is that while Shane doesn't believe in ghosts, he does seem to believe in happy endings. It's actually sweet how often in these disappearance episodes he brings up them disappearing on purpose to go live happy lives.
Maybe the real ghosts were the friends me made along the way....😌
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@@maddieclarke258 I hope you don't really think that way.
@@eddiesroom1868 but what if the real ghosts were the friends we made along the way? 😌 :p
@@sethescope that works too!
For the post mortem: As a person who lives on a coastal town in Scotland the fact that one of them went out without a jacket in December and how their logs said it was cold makes me confused because If you’ve lived on a coastal town in the winter the wind is freezing and you know better something else happened on that island
I agree!
I wear a jacket even in the summer time cause it’s still cold 😂
That is unusual. But if the situation was so dire and someone request his help, he might not have had time to retrieve it.
@Denix Vames But if there was a storm there wouldn’t have been silence? Although maybe if the silence did make them go mad they could have imagined the storm.
@Daniel it just doesn’t sit right with me and the fact that the fire wasn’t burned for a while none of it sits right with me
“Waves don’t get that big that’s like 100 feet”
“Though one time there was this 300 foot wave in that exact region.”
Yeah, that was a wierd statment to make. I was about to write a comment saying waves can easily reach WAAAY above 100 feet on open sea, but then he contradicted himself a minute later.
That sounds terrifying and also reinvigorates my fear of open seas.
Being Scottish, the accent is not offensive. I love when someone tries a Scottish accent to see how terrible it is, I’m not disappointed. 10/10 for effort, 4/10 for execution.
Alba gu brath
Scottish and Irish accents are gorgeous though let’s be real hahaha
Also Scottish, not offended but it made me cringe just a tiny bit
I know that they are not in the office, but every time the camera goes to Shane I get scared that the mannequin is gonna be there in the shadows.
EDIT: NEVERMIND I FOUND IT
There is something in the doorway behind them, looks like a mannequin 🙂
@@AxxLAfriku probably cause you self advertise and weird af
Haha silly woman
There was one episode where the mannequin's head turned towards Shane.
@@JerBuster77 lmao what one??
Imagine being the guy who was off duty when all this sh*t went down
its like missing a day of school and everybody plays kahoot
I bet it haunted him for the rest of his life, not knowing what happened to his co-workers. Unless he met them again in Heaven and they explained what happened. But still, it'd be pretty gut wrenching.
@@CRUSH40RULES Lol met in heaven.
@@VirtuaSavage that sounds so cheesy
@@CRUSH40RULES Aw... that was honestly cute lol
i don't know, i'm a sailor myself. i have over 5 years of sailing experience and any knowledge i have on how the ocean behaves is half estimation and half fact. is it unlikely for an extremely large wave to come up suddenly and wash away three fully grown men after a huge storm? yes, but it feasibly COULD happen. if they were outside checking to see if the storm was gone or working outside, the storm could've had one final fit and got them. i definitely believe that they were briefly checking outside on the status of the storm, hence the coat being left behind, and they were blindsided. the fact that there had been prior 300 ft waves and they were at 110 ft- it's possible.
The western landing showed signs of damage and areas above 200ft also showed damage from either a wave or the storm.
Near the west landing was a box in which gear was stored and one of the keepers had previously been fined for not securing properly in a previous storm.
They were almost definitely blown off or swept away.
It could’ve also been something as simple as all 3 of them falling from the iron railing. Iron is especially prone to rust from salt water, and maybe they all leaned on it to talk about whatever, and their combined weight made it give way. Falling 50 feet into water can potentially break bones, so 110 feet wouldn’t have made for a fun landing. Then, the current could’ve swept them further out to sea. Admittedly, it would be odd for all 3 of them to fall with it, but not impossible.
Yeah, I think to this day we don't actually know why Rogue waves happen.
Postmortem theory: they’re all mothman and that’s why they attracted to the alien light
I'm a shaniac, but I agree.
*[mothman noises]*
Solved
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Big Brain theory
Ryan: aliens
Shane: they were in love 🧡
BAHAHAHAHAHSVXJSV
Ryan: “...alien juice...”
Shane: **visible disappointment**
@niosonwii lool we wont
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which Shane the Shane in the video or Shane Dawson?
@@vp91049 rick roll i think
They probably just ate the magic grass and become sheep
Reject humanity
Become shep
Yea happened to me one time
it’s true, I was the grass
For post mortem: The reason that British Lighthouses had teams of three keepers was because of an incident called the Smalls Lighthouse Tragedy where one of the two keepers died in an accident. The other keeper was terrified of being accused of murder, since the two of them had been known to feud, and so tied the body in a makeshift coffin outside the lighthouse to try and preserve it, but the coffin broke and released an arm in such a way that in the wind it seemed to beckon to the remaining keeper, who had lost his mind by the time he was finally relieved. Could something similar have happened here, where two of the three keepers were accidentally killed, and the remaining one lost his mind out of the fear of being blamed?
That’s terrifying
@@Bananachan289 sounded like The Lighthouse movie
@@surinurkholifah2083 well, that’s because this story inspired the movie
thats alarmingly possible
BUMP. i like this one
Ryan: "It takes a lot to scare me."
Toothpaste: *falls
Also Ryan: "Ghost are real!"
Appreciate you guys for all the likes, love each other 😊
(Wind blows)
>Violently shits himself
💀💀💀
#roastmortem
Don't forget flashlights turning off and on.
Pigeon: exists
my grandfather was the last lighthouse keeper in Scotland before they went automated! really enjoyed this episode :)
omg thats actually so cool!!
woahh do u ever heard any other theories about him?
@@bvcxo well I don’t think this was the only light house maybe he works at a different light house
Now write a book about him and call it The Last Keeper or The Last Light.lol maaaaan
Wow that’s crazy 😂 he should write something about his time there
this background music that starts at like 4:02 is incredibly anxiety-inducing... props to whoever composed it
yeah definitely dont watch when you’re trying to go to sleep 🤣
Thanks!
It was clearly mothman who killed them. He was attracted to the light
👍😂 Brilliant
Big light for a big moth
Bro hilarious
Haha! Yes!
Giant predatory moth
Ryan: believes in everything
Also Ryan: them being drunk or high just isn’t plausible to me.
“Them being drunk just isn’t plausible to me” Ryan, have...have you been to Scotland?
And when he was talking about how it takes a lot more than blood to scare him,
Like lmao ok Ryan we're just supposed to eat some magic grass and forget about how you get scared by wind every time you go ghost hunting?
“Them being drunk just doesn’t seem plausible, so OBVIOUSLY it was aliens.”
aha sure...wind@@peridotasadeadbritishmonar7924
Shane giving off middle school "horse girl" vibes with the headband
it's true but you shouldn't say it
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I hope this makes it into postmortem 🤣
We love you, horse girl Shane! Let that mane flow!
we need this in the roast-mortem
Ryan: Takes a little more nuance to scare the Bergmeister. *cut to Ryan being startled by a disco ball* *cut to Ryan being scared by Shane's fart* *cut to Ryan screaming after feeling a breeze on his hand*
*Cut to Ryan screaming screaming at a pidgin*
@@yaboileon3758
You tried your best.
Honestly magic grass isn’t the weirdest thing in Gaelic/Scottish history. We were really superstitious back in the day 😂
Gae.lic.k.
@Malina Fogina bruh
Back in the day? We are still like that
I'm wondering if the minerals soaked up by the grass would have provided a nutritional boost
@@adderkay no its gaelic
Ryan: Eliean Mòr
Me, with my many months of Scots Gaelic on duolingo finally coming in handy: Big Island
Damn that’s one big island!
Wish my 5 years of latin in school would finally pay of...
Sin thu fhèin! Made me so happy that he actually pronounced it correctly!
The biggest island, big island, named bc it is, in fact, a big island
I'm Scottish and I'm not offended by those accents. Shane and Ryan however, should be very VERY embarrassed by them.
I just wish a real Scotsman had said the line so we could all practice. Lol. I’m pretty sure I spent 20 minutes doing a bad impression of Ryan’s bad impression. 🤣🤣
The way shane said Light Hoose, was kinda accurate
@Alex *Okay Mr.Kinky boots*
Ikr lmao, Shanes wasn't terrible but it also wasn't good
@Alex I've never been so offended by something I completely agree with.
I feel like some people might just really be overlooking the idea that the elements are brutal and nature can take a nasty turn out of nowhere
Yea it was most likely a wave.
As an animal science major-I laughed at the “magic grass makes sheep have twins” Sheep give birth to twins like 90% of the time magic grass or not
Yeah, I get the feeling the farmers were like, "Anybody using this grass? No? HAVE AT IT, SHEEP!"
And sometimes you wish they didn't...
You say that, but maybe all grass is magic.
Shhhhhh magic grass 😌
Do they really!? That's crazy, I didn't know that.
I feel like Shane truly unlocked a chaotic evil part of Ryan that can no longer be contained and Shane regrets it every day of his life.
Ricky Goldsworth grows more powerful by the day
For postmortem: It was also reported that the table inside the living quarters was set like the keepers were just about to sit down for dinner. The stopped clocks could have also meant they had no idea what day it was and that's why the logged storm was so out of place.
Yeah, I feel like not enough attention was paid to the stopped clocks. Were they all stopped at the same time, as if by some event, or had they each just slowly stopped working randomly? Etc.
@@JustWandering during that time clocks were still wound up manually, so someone had to do this every day or so around the same time, so the clocks may have been somewhat synchronized or enough time had passed so that every clock had "run out" - that's probably why the clocks weren't a major factor in this investigation
also why was the flag down
@@JustWandering Maybe even if all the clocks stopped at a similar time it could just be because a lot of old clocks had to be kept turning once a day or week. My grandmother has some clocks like that and if no one pulls some weights once every few days or turns a key some rounds they would just stop moving. She does that most times around the same time so she can restart in a way all at once. So it would make sense for me that if no one took care of that in the lighthouse the clocks would just stop at some point maybe around the same time if they had a similar system like my grandma
@@jackleface2903 The fact that the flag was down kinda fits into the theory about the storm for me. Like I am no expert for flags but then a heavy storm comes or takes place normally you want to get the vulnerable stuff inside or out of danger, like a flag so it doesn't gets ripped apart or something
I like the big wave theory. What do they mean there wasn’t evidence of such a wave? What evidence would you want, the wave to leave a note?
"The killer left a sign."
'SURFS UP MORTALS!'
"Damn wave! Killed 3 more people! GOD, DAMN IT!!! WAAAAAAAAAVVVVVEEEEE!!!!!"
I think such a wave should leave shattered glass, damaged structures in and around the lighthouse, maybe even water damage inside the tower
@@atlaspagura8838 if the men were outside or closer to the shore when it swept them away, there wouldn’t necessarily be any evidence of a wave
Not like that but if a wave 300 ft high hit the island and the lighthouse, there would be evidence like salty water on the woods or wet clothes, equipments inside the building having water in them, other items swept up etc.
Obviously the wave isn’t gonna leave a note but evidence exists in everything, it would be odd to anyone there was no sign of a giant wave
for post mortem: Hey ghouligans! I'm from the Isle of Lewis (mentioned in the video) and I studied this in school! One thing that wasn't mentioned was that when investigators came upon the scene inside the lighthouse, the dinner was ready and untouched at the table, and a chair was toppled over as if it was all left urgently. He also left his coat behind which adds to this theory. Great to have the boys back, Happy spooky season! x
That’s a really interesting detail. I hope they mention this in the pm. Did you leave this under there pinned comment to just to be safe?
I agree with the person above me! This comment is great and you should definitely put it under the pinned comment at the top. Hopefully the boys will see this because this is a great detail!!
They kinda proved that was probably false, though; someone made features like that up a few years after they disappeared.
#postmortem (to raise your chances of this being seen hopefully)
My teacher told us about this in primary school and scared the crap out of me lol 😆
Ok so, I'm just gonna pitch in here and say that as someone who's lived and spent most of my life on Scottish islands and has worked with Ships and lighthouses frequently, waves that height and that powerful are not uncommon, I've personally seen lighthouses higher than the Flannan Isles light get hit by a wave. Waves of such a size often come with very little warning and are usually mixed in with more moderate waves.
The idea of them being washed out to sea while working on the Jetty isn't too "out there" either, especially considering even in the Royal Navy most men couldn't swim in this time period and in more recent years people have been swept out to sea from far safer locations. The sea is dangerous and disappearances relating to it are not uncommon along the Scottish coasts.
Phantom waves are a documented oceanic phenomenon.
@@MiniM69 Correct.
Thanks for the input
Not to mention, wool clothes to keep the cold out are extremely heavy and will pull a person down even further, especially if they can't swim either. I think of the men had a nervous breakdown and tried to kill himself by jumping in the ocean. The guys ran out to go get him but we're all pulled out and drowned
@@valpardo6405 You have a point being isolated on a island is bad for anyone's sanity, add huge sweeping waves and a higher probability of death without out anyone knowing. That probably sent one or all of them over the edge, and no that's not a pun...
Missed this show. Glad to see a new video when i get home 🙂💀
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I'm only two minutes in, so maybe it's already been covered in the episode, but *as a farmer*, it is more common for sheep (and goats, for that matter) to give birth to twins than single babies. We have a fairly small flock, but it's generally expected that we'll get at least one set of triplets every couple years.
It's more likely that having sheep graze on the island benefited them because when you have a flock on the same pasture for a while, the nutrients in the grass decrease, and the parasites in it increase. You have to switch sheep to different pastures every few months to keep them on good grass and keep the parasites down.
I was thinking about this and was waiting for one damned comment to mention it!!
Shane’s expressions during his impeccable Scottish accent absolutely cement the headcanon that he is Ryan’s Guardian Demon™️
I feel like Steven knows and covers for Shane’s demon tendencies a lot
Yup But Shane is what Makes Demons at Bay
"If you're Scottish and offended at this point, you should be" -Ryan
Is he muzan kibutsuji or something?
I'm really living for this dynamic of Ryan gradually becoming more unhinged than Shane to the point of freaking him out
post mortem: shane, how is it that you can write entire songs about niche characters and events throughout history, but somehow can't rhyme two sentences on the spot
More like #roastmortem
@Sean A Silence BOT
Although I believe it was a case of freak weather, the mental image of lighthouse keepers being abducted by aliens because they were attracted to a big light like moths is so funny to me
Fun fact: ‘Eilean Mòr’ just means ‘big island’
Oh, I was thinking it sounded like Oileán Mór, which means the same but in Irish! 😊
Fun fact: this story inspired The Lighthouse
Wow these really are fun facts
Ichsuka really? Neat
@@catbeara I was thinking the exact same thing!
“Despite it’s positive affect on sheep” is a funny line for a ghost story
Goatman’s best friend, Sheepman
@@TripleA_Battery YES just yes
For the post mortem: What if we combine two theories,,, and the gay lighthouse tripod JOINED the water sprites and lived happily ever after as gay mermen in Atlantis? (With the lost colony of Roanoke, of course)
And the people lost in the Bermuda Triangle!
They're all just having gay times down there
@@hi_flops I should join them!!
This is now the only theory I will accept
Lmao I read this comment before listening to the theories
In terms of the banter between the two, this is one of the best episodes ever
i believe shane’s theory. they were a throuple, left the island and lived happily ever after
Well I guess the only unbelievable thing about this theory is that one of the guys didn't grab his coat although it was late December. Oh and also in the logs there was nothing saying anything about that. If they were contemplating leaving the island together they would have at least wrote where they were going, maybe not exactly why, but that they were going 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. But it still is a sweet theory. Sorry if I went to in-depth about this.
@@mortis.1618 it’s fine. i just made this comment as a joke. i don’t think that is a very plausible theory, since (like you said) there is no evidence in the logs about them contemplating leaving the island and that the one had forgotten his coat in december. i feel like maybe one had fallen in the water and got swept under a wave and when the other 2 tried to help him, they also got swept under
The lighthouse keepers: "There were terrible storms."
The board: "There were no storms."
The gamekeeper: "Dude I couldn't even see the lighthouse for 2 weeks."
I feel like this just confirms that there was localized weather and it didn't get reported by anyone because this gamekeeper didn't mention anything until after the fact.
"There were no storms in Ba Sing Se"
He was being paid £8 a year I mean fair enough he doesn't do his job well lol
Edit: This is a joke I know about the value of money changing over time chill
@@mazs199 That was in 1900, it's worth a lot more now, and that wasn't his primary job, it was a side thing.
@@mazs199 £8 in 1900 is equivalent to £991 in 2019, but back then, it was a fair amount of money to earn. For instance, servants could earn like £2 a year
The gamekeeper just said he couldn’t see the light, he never said it was because of storms.
Theory: Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson's ghosts drove them insane and the keepers were eaten by seagulls
I was waiting for someone to mention the lighthouse movie lmao
oh my god i literally thought about the Lighthouse as soon as i saw the title for this
@@chloeiversen3043 Ryan alluded to it in the episode
ayeeeeeeeee great reference
@@johanvajse8410 when?
I can totally see Shane as a cryptic old man who lives in a lighthouse and mysteriously disappears, sparking internet speculation, having in reality been taken by a rogue wave as he stood by the sea. He is eaten by sea creatures and his ghost haunts the lighthouse, content with his own death but eternally pissed at the idiots who replaced him.
"If you're offended by this and you're Scottish, you should be." - Ryan Bergara
I'm Scottish but I'm not offended, just concerned
The only thing I'm offended by is them pronouncing buoy like "boooey"
@@pipmuir5377 😂
your*
@@lott2793 no
I never realized this before but... Shane has such Fred and George Weasley energy
Omg yes
wait omg you're right-
Omg freaking accurate!
Gred and Forge*
That's so try lol 😂😂😂
I know no one really cares but the weather stuff sounds like they were experiencing what’s called a micro burst. Microbursts usually start with rain or similar conditions then abruptly change to very strong winds then get calm again then finally become even stronger winds often times bringing thunder or lightning. Micro bursts are also very small, less than 2 km, meaning that back then no one outside of the island would know about it because they lacked satellites and radar in 1900.
Source: I’m a meteorology student
Thanks for this information
This makes the most sense. They walked outside thinking it was over and it started again wind and waves washed them out to sea.
People who work outside care very much about weather just dont be wrong all the time 😉
@@kmack3120 but why would that man walk outside without his cot ???? and why the kitchen door is the only door open ?? it's just weird tbh
@@ax3772 Weather seemed calm and he thought he'd only be out there for a minute? Or the others might have been in trouble at the shore and he rushed out to help?
Me: But what if... they ran away togther
Shane: But what if they ran away together
Me: YES YOU'RE A GENIUS
Ryan and Shane: "We want a raise"
Buzzfeed Unsolved:
@Алина Глобина really?
@Алина Глобина are they creepy spoopy ghost holding pumpkins? No? I'll pass
for post mortem: my theory is they were just pulling a really elaborate publicity stunt for the lighthouse (2019)
😂👍
I was getting "The Lighthouse" vibes throughout the entire episode, just watched the movie a few nights ago
Wrong story though
As a Scottish person, that was the worst but most hilarious Scottish accent I've heard
@Dark Star who hurt you 😂😂😂
It offended me how bad it was haha
I so agree I am Scottish American and my cousin would come to the states and we would try and mimic each other it was hilarious 😆 I sounded like that too
@Dark Star yes. British food is the best cuisine in the world doubtlessly
@@mercury728 nothin better than mucky fat and bread or some mushy peas
An interesting thing to look into would be if this area, or the ocean area around this island is prone to seaquakes.
Especially since geographically it isn't that far off iceland, which is a volcanic region, maybe a sea quake occured that cause massive waves coupled with a storm. The men thought the storm had subsided, only to be surprised by a massive tsunami like wave. It would explain why they were outside despite there being stormy weather. Maybe they tried retrieving the swept away resources and they were surprised by that wave.
Finally a logical explanation!
Quakes in Scotland are rare most occur along the Great Glen and Highland boundary fault and rarely reach 5 on the Richter scale. I live in that area and have only felt one in my life that barely shook anything. Flannen Isles are only 18 miles off the Hebrides and I cannot find a single recorded earthquake there! Had seaquake caused a 100ft wave at Flannen its going to hit the Hebrides as well and be obvious what happened.
My thoery is something simple like one of them fell in for some reason and the other two were lost trying to rescue him
Plot twist: they ate the magic grass and just disappeared
Or they ate another kind of "magic grass" and stumbled off the island trying to look for the nearest Taco Bell
Aliens grow the magic grass and the keepers saw them and got snatched
I've smoked the magic grass and felt like I disappeared.
Plot twist the magic grass is weed and they got high and left the island.
They believed there was enchantment in the grass
*Went mad they did*
I'm Scottish and if like me you live in the Highlands, you know all those stories about sprites and faeries are all still widely believed today. The idea that the men may have offended a faerie or sprite which then turned them into the three birds sat atop the lighthouse would not be completely unreasonable... especially with the local farmers believing the islands had magical qualities anyway. The Scottish Highlands and Islands are filled with stories and places like that - it can be a very superstitious place, especially among older locals.
But i don't believe it was aliens lol.
Scotts are so much better than Brits.
@@Sergio-fu7mv Scots are brits hahaha
@@nathandavis6061 No they aren't. The British Isles has multiple national identities not everyone is British or would identify as such including the Scottish. Other national identities include Irish and Welsh, They all consider themselves different and have different language and dialects.
@@oldankh the British Isles isn't the same as Great Britain. Britain includes Scotland in it, so they are right in saying Scotland is a part of Britain - even if you identify as Scottish. Same goes for Welsh and English. If you're referring to the UK, Northern Ireland would also be included.
no, they took em to hogwarts.
12:16
“I cried at Little Women a year ago.”
“The film, right?”
“No I just saw some little women on the street and sobbed.”
😂 *deceased*
crie’d*
@@lott2793 What? HahhahhHH
ryan: murder
shane: .... they were in a poly relationship and ran away
Better one……Aliens
For post mortem: if Shane cries when seeing little women, and he's really tall, does that mean he cries when seeing any woman because they're all little compared to him?
Everytime he sees his beautiful girlfriend Sara (smol) he cries
😭😭😭
for post mortem, consider this: a big light and disappearances? mothman.
MOTHMAN
@@jannaojah THERE'S NO NEED TO FEEL DOWN
They did Mothman
Shane: “I could beat a Sprite in a rap battle”
Ryan: “ok start”
Shane: “years ago I tried to....”
Years ago they try to....
Years ago they try to... Put me in the...
.....IS IT LIEE?
@@sanjaysajan4780 LOLLL
This is still the best True Crime episode. The energy they have from finally being back together after the VID lockdown is shining.
Shane: I cried at *Little Women* a year ago.
Ryan: The film, right?
Shane: No, I just saw some little women on the street and sobbed.
Ryan: Why are they so little?
I laughed so hard at this part. 😭🤣
Edit: Thank you so much for all the likes.
i was 57 seconds into this video and shane’s already talking about slapping his thighs this is gonna be a fantastic season
Please stop messaging my son. Get over it. If you don’t stop, I’ll report your channel for harassment. Move on please.
@@LazyLizzy706 what do you guys mean
@@LazyLizzy706 wtf
@@LazyLizzy706 what?
I love how the sex with sheep joke went over Ryan's head lol
Time stamp?
@@actuallyatlas 2:35
@@joshuahadams thanks g
Ikr..?
Wait it went over my head as well 💀💀💀💀💀💀 thanks for pointing it out
Can’t believe aliens and old folklore creatures were part of the theories, but not pirates 😂😂
"This week on Buzzfeed Unsolved..."
And with those five words, life got 100x better.
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You can say that again!
my life got EVEN better when he mentioned a household case in Scotland! I live here so it's like wooh representation!
for post mortem: did no one have a further look into that guy who was in charge of looking after the three? like the lighthouse had not been visible for two weeks and he didn’t do anything? he could have been associated with their disappearance. like a low paying job etc would make everyone believe it was probably just mistake/incompetence but maybe thats why he got away
Nah I just think he was incompetent... He thought he was doing an easy job and when something actually happened, he just didn't care.
He was obviously jealous of the gay romance going on at the island
Ikr! Like he is a prime suspect!
tbh if i was only paid £8 a year i wouldnt do my job properly either
He really should have been charged [edit: with negligence]. I mean he agreed to be the only means of communication for those on the island. Sometimes, people's blind optimism can have grave conciquences.
Buzzfeed: now remeber ryan this is unsolved TRUE CRIME
Ryan: this week we will be talking about sheep magic, aliens, and rapping mermaid men
Underrated comment 100%
i mean,, you never know
Imagining this in Ryan's narrator voice was way too easy.
Ryan : “Looks like a can of alien juice!”
Shane : “Is that where this is f***ing going....”
Ofc it is 😂😭
the disappointment 😭
It always is..😂😂😂
I love the light disappearing in Shane's eyes as Ryan said that
Post Mortem: Wait, so Mackenzie didn’t see the light house light and instead of reporting it, he waited 2 weeks? Afterwards, he didn’t mention this to anyone until the light house board questioned him? Kinda sus
Kinda what?
@@royrodgersmcfreely2858 sus, like suspicious lol
"Among us" energy radiating from here
It’s hilarious how white people keep using “sus” wrong 😂
@@Sean-no3zv How are they using it wrong?
“Alien juice”
Shane.exe has stopped responding
🤣
shut up
@@babypluto1942 Thanks man very cool
Idk as someone whose lived on the coast all my life, I'm always ready to believe the ocean is capable of anything
"They're lighthouse keepers, they love light!"
I just imagined these guys like a trio of moths, drawn to an alien light.
*alien lamp
L A M P
The OG mothmen
Shane’s reaction though. He was so hyped and then he goes “is that where this is going?” And he just deflated instantly.
Shane is out here, writing homoerotic fanfiction.
Quarantine does strange things to a man..
If I wanted to read homoerotic fanfiction about Scottish people, I wanted it to be Merida and two other Disney Princesses (in which they are all age appropriate)
and we love him for it
@@carsfan1995 mood
Omg he would so do that
This is a fascinating story. What could possibly have happened to the three lighthouse keepers? I think the fact that one of them went out without his jacket could mean whatever happened was sudden. What makes the most sense is that they were somehow swept out to sea, but how? This is one of those mysteries I unfortunately don’t think we’ll ever have the answers for.
It is fascinating. Especially when you take into account; A) that's the North Sea they are in, and waves get HUGE, over 100ft. is not unusual, B) the lamp they were using was floated on a LOT of mercury so it moved without friction, and part of the duties would be to keep that pool of mercury clear of debris and refill it as needed.
Due to the amount of mercury vapors inhaled, many lighthouse keepers went mad...just like hat makers, and for the same reason, inhalation of poison gas. If you want to see what the North Sea can be like, check out a few videos from bigwavemaster. He is on a 110ft. rescue boat in the North Sea, and posts videos of storms, shipboard life and some of the drills and real rescues they do. That piece of water is known for its storms and waves. The fishing boat Andrea Gail, (Storm of the Century) was out there during a major hurricane and was lost with all hands. ✌😸
@@PhoenixLyon This is probably the most educational comment I've read all week. Cheers!
I think science kinda figured it out by now. we know now about rogue waves, which are way bigger than an average wave, which in the North Sea is already bigger than average. plus, if it happened at night, they probably wouldn't have seen it until it was pretty close and too late to hunker down. it sounds insane to think a 300ft wave could sneak up on anyone, but the ocean is a terrifying place with immense power we are barely beginning to understand. back then, I bet that would've sounded ludicrous, but today, we have footage of such waves.