My daughter is 21 and she recently lost her sight due to a medical condition. She loves murder, mystery and all things dark and twisted. Lol. We just found your channel about a month ago. And you are now her favorite story teller. She says the way you explain it, she can actually picture it in her head. She and I are huge fans. Thank you. Diane Cooper
One thing I've learned from Mr Ballen's stories is that, when a kid disappears in nature, you need to search in a radius of at least 40 miles to find them.
I spent a decade as a deputy sheriff in rural Texas. The cases that haunt me are the unsolved child disappearances. It's crazy how quickly a child can vanish.
@sandra caraveo I never realized people would find my life interesting, to be honest. The last year or so with covid keeping everyone home more than usual eventually led to me breaking out a few of my favorites They were very well received, so I'm leaning towards writing a book, to see if their are enough lunatics out there to support it :) I grew up on our large Texas ranch, dad was a fighter pilot (WWII, Korea, Vietnam) 3 out of 4 brothers were military pilots and later airlines. I was a fighter pilot, bush pilot, corporate pilot, research pilot, airshow pilot...loved any job the second word of which was "pilot". I also spent over a decade in law enforcement, of course. Lots of weird stories there. I even have one err...ufo?...story. I hope it all comes together. It would be interesting hearing (positive) reactions to my life experience.
@@hydrogen1635 I actually wrote it out somewhere here a few months back. Be warned...its weird, but no little green men. I don't know your background, but I did my best to simplify the aviation dialogue and the tac-air atc coms. In fact I left out much of the radio chatter altogether, if you come from an aviation and/or military background you could probably guess at everything said and have 90% of it. I included anything germane. I'll find it and link or paste it here. It's pretty boring for a ufo tale. Sorry. 🙃
You're feet warm up quicker by a campfire then you take your boots off, anyones guess why they never put them back on after, maybe frostbite makes it too painful/clumsy (and actually thawing out your feet like this after frostbite is probably excruciating) so realising their feet are too far gone anyway they give up and go barefoot. Another thing that often gets forgotten is snow blindness, altitude sickness and the neurological effects of stress and shock.
Also there always something going on with their feet. Either missing feet or only foot bones found in socks. Just weird to me. I get taking ur boots off what I don't understand is not putting them back on.
Sometimes, in cases of late-stage hypothermia, you undergo "paradoxical undressing" where you're body is so cold, it perceives it as incredibly warm.You then undress to feel cool, even though you're freezing to death.
My fave. Me: performs ritual in woods covered in blood Them: woah that's crazy! Me: Oh no I'm just looking for something Them: oh okay nvm all good then
@Stac Master Hmmmm, then why exactly are you here? Nobody forced you to watch. So, I guess don't let the door hit you where the Good Lord split you! Pretty simple fix my friend. Ok, good day then. 😇🙊🙈🙉😇
@Stac Master I'm confused...you agree with the positive things said about Mr. Ballen or you are saying he is a schmuck and shouldn't get near a mic? Right after you agreed about Mr. Ballen, you said some people are very bad and and then started talking about "this schmuck". "This schmuck" meaning the video we just watched, or "this schmuck" meaning a specific example you are giving about another TH-camr you happened to come across?
nooow i know what i like more about this. every ''spooky'' story teller has no facecam, while this absolute bloody legend is standing here talking to us with his face on blast like we in a convo, telling me to hit the like button with absolute love then breaking up the day after. love it
Why is it that every time someone goes missing the weather just changes for the worst. It makes you wonder, whats the weather got to do with all of this.
@@kitfisto1827 Actually, in the documentary that outlines these cases, it mentions that many of the 411 cases have this type of occurrence happen often right before the search party goes looking: A snow storm, a thunder storm, always some form of weather that hinders the searching or makes it difficult to find the missing persons tracks. It's not exaggerated. Its documented.
I appreciate that you always let us know what happened to the animals in the stories. A lot of people don't include what happened to the animals unless the animal was a direct part of the story. You're a kind soul, @MrBallen.
The thing that always strikes me about these stories is that people say they looked away for only a minute. People suck at telling time. I've been in my apartment, with clocks in every room and thought I'd been doing something for a minute or two, only to realize it was more like 5. Whenever I hear these stories I double or triple how long people say they looked away for, and suddenly a disappearance becomes far more plausible.
You're right. The police do that too, at least estimating a range of time. "A minute" can be up to 5 or 10 depending on what the witness says they were doing during that "minute."
Fine & all but that's head canon. I understand your point but that's you inserting a time frame which you yourself are most likely completely unaware of. A lot of people happen to have good time management skills, not the majority of peps but a significant portion. We all know even a fraction of a second can completely impact an event dramatically so I would be wary of that.
I've noticed a common theme. Someone is missing and friends' and family's first response isn't concern, but always, "oh I'm sure they're fine, it's nothing....it's probably just a deer and they're at Bell's Canyon." Why don't these people ever take missing individuals seriously.
@@Nil_Sama usually , in the human nature , we ALL jump to the worst conclusion when someone leaves our sight , but americans should be another breed who dont give a fuck
@@jennycasakadosh Say, what you will, but I think most of them are pretty rational. Like, it'd be a different story if it were a child, but a lot of these disappearances involve experienced individuals. In a way, knowing that these individuals are experienced, gives people comfort that they know what they are doing, hence people fall into a false sense of security. And you have to understand, things don't always go as planned, especially while being outdoors, and things like travel can get delayed for hours or even a day or so, and that's completely normal. I would never say they don't give a f*ck, because to me (I'm not American btw), as someone who lives far from cities, and is used to schedules changing and people getting where they need to go later than expected; it seems like a pretty normal response. And a lot of these people report the incident like a few hours to a day after it happened, so again, it's pretty rational.
I think people rule out the possibility of mental illness too easily in some of these stories. Depression can be pretty much invisible to onlookers, and when someone wants to die but knows how it could hurt their family, going "missing" can seem like an easier option. I can see how Aaron Hedges could have been silently struggling, he knew the mountains like the back of his hand and he would know exactly where to go to not be found. I've suffered from major depressive disorder for years and I know how the lows can just hit you sometimes. Putting myself in Aaron's shoes, I can see him going back to get his gear and then making a split-second decision when the depressive episode hit. The way his bag and shoes were found in clear view of safety, I can vividly imagine what it would have been like. Sitting quietly under a tree, looking out at the lights of the ranch and taking in the view of civilization for the last time. Taking off your shoes is a symbolic gesture of suicide in Japanese culture, or he could have been trying to make it harder for himself to backtrack if he decided not to go through with it. So he'd leave his stuff behind and then curl up in some nook or cranny, and his remains wouldn't be discovered until an animal drags them out, which is why it took so much longer to find him. I do think something odd could be going on in the mountains (they're a weird place, I've seen some shit in the Adirondacks) but I also think a good chunk of the disappearances can be attributed to some poor soul who just didn't want to be found. Even when their family and friends assures that the person was 100% happy and loved life, you can never really know what goes on in someone's head.
My guess would be that there was something or someone else there waiting, because at the beginning of the vid, he said that his horse just spun around and was going the opposite direction, maybe because it saw someone or something which wasn't visible to the human eye... Idk I'm just giving out my opinion.. And srry for my grammar, no hate 😂🤦♂️✌️❤️
Yup. It's that over confidence that gets you killed. First rule of enjoying certain riskier sports and hobbies is always keep that little bit of fear because it keeps you sharp and attentive.
My buddy who was in the army in Vietnam in a ground infantry combat role told me a portion of his training centered on drilling it into your head to look up and check the trees etc. when walking through the jungle on patrol. Also he was trained to hide up high if possible precisely because most people would not ever look there.
I have a theory about Terrance. I grew up near those mines, there is still a very high level of toxicity in the dozens of old slag piles, right there. I think he went crazy from chemical poisoning left in the environment. Not to mention the natural sulfur and other chemicals near the geothermal pools in the area. One giant toxic sulfur deposit exactly near where he was..... also at least 5 big old mines on crooked river. The most logical environmental causation position is the amount of chemical left in the area. I used to fish near there, but there was a part of that river that my family forbid my sister and I to play near. Guess where.....
Interesting theory! Do you know of any kind of incident there before? Personaly i lean to some kind of mental health issue because of the text he sent to his dad before going there. Maybe a combination of those two...
Makes sense. I was thinking some kind of mental illness or brain damage (possibly from some kind of stroke.) The effect of toxins on humans isn't studied via experimentation (for obvious reasons), so who knows, it could be you expose 1000 people to the same toxins and most of them develop expected things like cancer or what have you, but for some of them their brain gets damaged in such a way that their mind just snaps.
@@uranusismightybig5111 Yes, absolutely mental health plays a huge factor. And he did have a history battling depression and other mental health barriers. Time of year, location, and mental stability all play a factor. This is the most rugged and difficult backcountry in Idaho. When there you either find yourself or lose yourself.
@@paulh2981 You're right, we don't experiment with them for a good reason. He already had a history of mental health barriers, and I believe he just got too deep in the arsenic.
@@christinajustchristina that last comment "when there you either find yourselfe or you loose yourselfe" is so true. I'm from Sweden but i spent four of my teen years in Wisconsin during the early mid 80's, and we (family) traveled around the states a lot. We traveled around Europe and other countrys also before and after, but the thing is there is something special with certain places in the US that i never felt anywhere else, the nature is so very grand, vast open spaces that can make you feel exactly what you said, either you find yourselfe or you loose yourselfe....its very strange... Anyhoo thanx for the feedback, and sorry if there is any miss spelling😁😜✌
Just reminds me of the serial killer that got one of his victims back from two police officers saying they had a fight during sex and he will just take him back home.. when he had drilled a hole in his head and was putting acid in to try and control him. Man could speak because of the hole and acid but police were like guess this other guys right..
@@Danielle-pt7we that was one of Dahmer's victims. The police actually escorted the victim back into Dahmer's apartment because he didn't want to move. Also he was 14 (I think) years old and Dahmer was at least in his mid 20s. I don't even know how that happened. 😳
@@Danielle-pt7we Dahmer. KId is naked and confused on the street with a hole in his head and Dahmer convinced the police officers he was his adult lover who occasionally drank too much and ran outside naked. Police apparently never blinked and left Dahmer to not only kill the boy but go on to kill at least four more people before being caught.
I've watched almost all of your videos and I have to say my jaw DROPPED when you mentioned Tofino. Haven't yet heard a story about where I live. And you're absolutely right about it being one of the smallest towns on Vancouver Island! Nowadays there is a lot more tourism and a rise in population but still a secluded area, hard to go missing. The only thing I can think of is there are many hidden caves along the beaches and sometimes even in the forests (which are extremely dense.) Despite it being a small area, there are many nooks and crannies that a person can hide in. Also, unfortunately around the judding rocky islands along the main beaches of Tofino, there are extreme currents that can sweep you out to the ocean in an instant. Unfortunately, there are many who have drowned and bodies that have never been recovered because of the riptides. And mind you, they are not too far from the shore. One slip off the edge and you can be swept away all the way out to sea. What a tragedy, my heart goes out to these missing individuals. Thank you for doing your part in bringing awareness to these cases and also reminding people to be extremely careful, wherever you go no matter how skilled you are. Anything can happen.
Thank you for the description of the area! There was a dude elsewhere in the comments defending how good ppl were at time management. But the "1 min" dad wasn't looking I'm sure was 5-10+ just because he was occupied with the other child. And knowing there are caves on the beach and forest nearby, kid def wandered off and got himself lost/stuck. Dad was just panicked and felt like he "only looked away for a min", while it was def longer
As a former 0311, I had some disturbing incidents at Camp Lemonnier that were silenced. I have photos(digital and disposable camera) and tried to file reports that were ignored and I was summarily punished for. This ended in a ton of issues with members of my platoon, but my fire team always believed my claims. I have pictures taken through the FLIR on our 240G that cannot be disputed. I appreciate your open mindedness to things that cannot be explained and what needs further explanation. Keep in mind, this was around 2004-5 and minds were more significantly closed than they are now. You have encouraged me to revisit the “environmental interactions” that took place during this particular deployment. Thanks for helping me put the shame aside and look from a different perspective. If you are interested in telling my story(other men from my fire team can attest to these strange occurrences), please let me know. The stories about OP ROCK and the SF group have given me a bit more courage. I have been discounted for over a decade by friends, family, and other men that I served with.
I have a story I've been trying to relay to mr Ballen that I've considered writing a book about JUST to get my story out there and to possibly get some answers to my insane experiences me and my friends have had. I believe you. Whatever it is, I believe you. Please share your story. The more we have, the more other people will want to share theirs.
That’s one of the factors that make a 411 case just like missing clothes, dogs losing scent and impossible locations. That’s what they all have in common is these reoccurring factors in each one.
@@dutch_steel8923 The missing clothes and weather - points to them getting hypothermia from the bad weather and then feeling hot so they remove their clothes. That part makes sense to me... but then do they suffer delusion and body numbness to walk, run, climb impossible conditions to end up in these strange places? I wonder what makes them go off on their own in the first place. If I'm ever in a strange situation I'm pulling out my phones recorder. And documenting either what may be the delusions I'm having or what's actually happening around me. Never know what I'll forget later apparently.
@@sportler777 That's assuming you're panicking though. If you're in a delusional state and feeling really hot you may not realize danger you're in and fold your clothes or put them neatly to put them back on later.
In the first story, I suspect that it wasn't Aaron that responded on the radio. It was his killer. It's unlikely that he would have wound up so far away from his intended destination, given his familiarity with the area. The only reason he might do so is because either he is somehow inebriated or because he was withholding something from his friends (such as having a secret cache with drugs or something he really wanted to get without being judged). I think that while Aaron as away, someone attacked him and then pretended to be him on the radio to throw them off and possibly buy time to escape or hide the evidence.
Could've been a stroke, or some other kind of health event. Just something to make him lose cognition a bit, but still be able to speak. I doubt it was someone impersonating him. Someone who had just killed him wouldn't know his voice or cadence of speech. If it was a killing, much more likely that either they kept him as a hostage briefly, thus allowing him to use the radio to reassure his friends, or that he wasn't attacked until after the first radio transmission.
The Lore Lodge has a video on him that has the probably cause. If I remember correctly he had consumed a good amount of alcohol along with some anti depressants
I've listened to so many of these missing 411 cases that when me my wife and daughter go hiking I make my daughter walk in-between me and my wife. I also walk behind them so I can keep a eye on both.
I’ve noticed a similarity about children in a variety of types of cases. Here are some of the situations: A girl is abducted on a route between her home and another house or place she has gone many times. This one time it was dark, or this one time she was alone. In those cases there were abductions and murders. In other cases, parents tell their kids to go, right over there. But the parents turn their back assuming the kid can of course walk over to grandpa, or down a path back to the bathroom. Then there’s one of a handoff between parents, where a girl walks away from one parent toward the other, and a woman grabs the girl as she passes by in view of the parents. In all these situations, there’s an assumption that the kid is going to follow the simple path, immediately, and that the area along the path is safe.. None of the accounts were written to blame the parents. It’s just my observation that sending a child somewhere could be done more safely if an adult is with them. For example, drive them to the friends house; walk the toddler over to Grandpa.
There are several things David Paulides recommends when going camping/hiking/hunting/fishing : 1) never go alone. BUT if you do always have a personal locator beacon. ALWAYS; 2) tell people where you're going, when you'll be back; 3) if someone is with you and they say they're tired or feeling sick, DO NOT LEAVE THEM ALONE (point of separation); 4) if on a hike, don't be the last in line; 5) don't run ahead of the group even if the topography is flat (point of separation). You can read all of these things in David's books but he has a TH-cam channel. Usually on Wednesday's and Sunday's he talks about specific cases of the missing. He also recommends you share his info on Facebook, with friends and family. We all need to be aware of what is happening. Oh and just a FYI - the Federal Forest Service claims they don't keep records of people who go missing in their forests. David tried to get a list thru the FOIA and was told they don't keep that info. BUT if they did it would cost thousands of dollars to get it.
Yeah, I simply stay away from the woods, camping, solo hiking trips and all the other creepy stuff. Thanks for sharing stories that keep the rest of us safe!
Notice this guy went missing in the crazy mountains. David Paulides points out that alot of times people go missing in places with strange names like this. Often called Devil's this, or Devil's that. Reason being is that Native Americans named these places things like this for a reason. Because they knew something wasn't right with these places, and that was their way of ward people off. It's not a coincidence that strange things happen at these places with weird and sinister names.
I dunno i believe in supernatural stuff like idk ghosts or lucid dreaming ( yes i know lucid dreaming isnt paranormal but still) and i do agree some places really do have a weird vibe... but yeah no trolls or elves or half horse half men... but i do wish cat noir was real hes hawt...
The natives know what's going on. Especially the more culturally traditional native people. You will probably have to befriend them before they trust any people not their own...... maybe then they may share their insights.
@@IanP1963 😆 🤣 how do you know? Cherokees say "sgili", "adando", and "asgina"...all describe different spirit types. Asgina is our word for devil or bad spirit. Unluloj...
I vaguely remember the story of a child on Cannock Chase in England (an area of woodlands and heaths) where a family were walking their dog. They were wandering along and just suddenly 'lost' their child in the bracken. The dog eventually indicated where the child was- a hole had collapsed and formed in the bushes and the child simply dropped into the hole and became wedged in the cracks of the rocks. The fire brigade, got help from the local mining company who dug a tunnel alongside to get the wedged child out. This is a copy of a programme showing the incident th-cam.com/video/TFSYyG3Kz1s/w-d-xo.html perhaps some of the missing people have had something similar happen to them but never found
All I gotta say is Mr. Ballin has made me watch on one of his videos over the past couple days, peaking my interest. He’s such a good storyteller, and I don’t watch my main video very much anymore because I’m watching his videos. Keep on telling a great story man we all love it.
Ya know, it’s horrible to have someone you love die. Having them simply disappear would have to be devastating. Thanks for sharing these stories and for listing the book.
MASSIVELY GIRTHY KOK SEEN POKING THROUGH A TOWEL AT THE COMMUNITY POOL. THE KOK LOOKS LIKE AN ENORMOUS SNAKE WRIGGLING AROUND IN THE AMAZON JUNGLE. SPECTACULARLY HUGE GIRTHY VEINY ERECT KOK
Was he running away from something or towards something? surely the others would have noticed if there'd been anything behind him - at the beginning it would have been behind them, too.
Being an Avid outdoorsman or avid Hunter never seems to ends well. Maybe as an avid Indoorswoman I actually stand a very good chance of surviving in the wilderness 🤔
@@michaelstephens9852 oooohhhh I hope Mr B is reading this: here me out… a series about avid indoorswomen/men and the strange ways they die in their own home… as someone who genuinely could have been killed by a mug and a cat once… I believe so many must have stories.
From Australia, after watching Mr Ballen, I have learnt hiking in the U.S. or Russia is very dangerous and likely to end you up as a Mr Ballen story. The first story about Aaron Hedges, I thought maybe he spotted a predator and had to go the wrong way to avoid this predator? But then why is his stuff near those people's property. It's soo weird and creepy why do these things have no explanation, it's freaking me out!
I live in Oregon and we hike a lot around including Washington. It is just beautiful. I also have been in several state parks around the US. But we share the same feeling when I heard the Australian creepy stories, makes me feel I don't want to go there lol
@@tacyhardy845 currently enjoying all my Mr. Ballen videos at the public library's computer room for special needs. They have a mouse here you control with your teeth!
The weirdest part of these 411 cases is the searchers finding the persons boots / shoes... but the person is nowhere near them, sometimes even miles away without any cuts or bruises on their bare feet...
The story where Aaron deviated from his cache is why all friend groups should have a panic word 😳 Sounds like someone got the drop on him, took the pack, and made him speak into the radio :/ If he could have said a panic phrase it could have been different
Yeah... but my immediate response (to mind) was, "Oh... maybe the gun to the back of my head and this ugly dude who told me to keep going... I don't know." ;o)
The filmmaker in Idaho may have caught militia activities on camera. Idaho is a hotbed for that kind of tging, and many are violently opposed to having people film them.
Bigfoot. There was a land bridge between north America and Russia. Theres thousands of native tribes all over the world literally. Asia. India. Canada. Australia. United States with drawings, hieroglyphs, paintings in caves about sasquatch, or yeti, or skunk ape, or yeren , or tower. Their in poems and songs from thousands of years ago. Add that to the fact tons of video evidence and stories and pictures all over the world. Next look at the fact their a primate. Large. Intelligent..strong. fast. And smarter than you in the wild. Their an apex predator. Add that to the fact they use INFRASOUND like grizzly bears or lions or tigers would to paralyze and confuse and dissorient their pray. Add that to the fact there's photo and video evidence of them with what looks like children.so they probably have been reproducing and it's estimated theres anywhere from 30 thousand to 60 thousand sasquatch just in Canada and north America alone if not more in our casts forests parks etc.....and the rest writes itself. Add that to there's beats found huge nests that a primate would live in out in the middle of nowhere and this shit just makes so much sense you'd have to be crazy to think it was anythi g else. Add that to the sounds they make the gutteral whoops and screams and apelike sounds that have been recorded in Canada and the United States by towners and natives on the Rez. Add that to the amount of footprints and casts and unidentified hair that doesn't match any animals found in North America..... I mean I could go on and on but that's what your missing 411 is.
This is so, so sweet you always mention animals names, count them as important in your stories, always say did they find them at the end, did they survived. Many overlook animals except if they are crucial in a story. That is so refreshing and nice of you.
The Terence Woods story is full of holes, his parents were never allowed to talk to the crew and I'm finding nothing in the news regarding their testimonies. What about his cell phone, nobody mentions it? He obviously wanted to leave, I think someone was harassing him. This whole story smells. (Looking at the terrain here, I can't imagine him running, seriously!)Thanks for sharing.
Terrence was one of my high school friends. We would hang out and play in a jam band together. One of my TH-cam videos from 2007 or 2008 has Terrence playing guitar in it. He was always very grounded and according to people who kept up with him was completely mentally stable. Him running into the woods was uncharacteristic. His father, and I as well, believe there may be foul play involved, possibly from the people he worked with. All we have was their bizarre report. The police gave up on the search way too quickly as well. I and a lot of folks that went to school with Terrence donated to his father's Go Fund Me to pay for a P.I. but I don't know what came of that. We're all still hoping for the best.
In a lot of these cases, ruling out strange inexplicable causes, it seems that unfortunately that only leaves the people who were with the persons that went missing and maybe even were supposed to be their friends as the most likely cause. Although to be fair, there are some cases where even that doesn't seem possible...
The man running into the woods for no reason is chillingly close to that of the woman in his previous stories in headless canyon running around at night
Exactly. He was close to the Frank Church Wilderness. Idaho is so mountainous, that if you ironed it out, we'd be bigger than Texas. The only place that isn't mountainous is the Snake river plain, where Yellowstone came through.
@@pgabrielfreak Exactly what I thought, when her radio message was described as her speaking in a slow almost mumbling. And they thought it was garbled it could have been her speech was actually slurring instead of the radio garbling. Well, slow, almost mumbling, sometimes slurring speech is exactly what someone having a stroke supposedly sounds like.
Exactly. It's so obvious. In a 76 year-old woman, any person in fact, slurring or confused speech is a sign of neurological/cognitive distress or disease. Strokes often destroy your ability to speak or greatly lessen it. FFS! Should have sent someone out immediately! She likely suffered a stroke and wandered, cognitively impaired and confused until she died of exposure somewhere in the wilderness. There are forms or dementia caused by vascular strokes too. Horrifically ignorant or stupid people trying to make this into some grand mystery instead of an obvious case of an elderly person suffering a common medical issue.
I believe there is such a thing as natural confusion within the woods. I have felt it before while exploring the woods. You know where you are and how to get back but something fogs your mind and makes you curious. A strange trance like state follows if you give in to this feeling and I have found myself sort of sleep walking for awhile. Luckily I was familiar with my surroundings upon waking from this stupor. I focus on the trail and completing my journey now.
Ignoring that other dumb guy, I'm from rural Ontario Canada and I've been minorly lost in say a km/2 of forest near my home. I knew if I went one way id find a farmers field, but it def took an extra bit it seemed. I cant imagine being in hundreds/thousands of kms of forest, whether I know them or not, sometimes you just get turned around in there. You just have the natural urge to keep going to find help, you may even walk in circles but you just have some drive to keep moving. And I'm sure once you understand you're truly lost, things change, and your brain does weird things to you.
Apparently if you turn your shirt inside out you go back to normal. Or if you take it off. But in the winter it would be much harder. Perhaps carry a sweater and put on inside out, ontop of gear. Heard this from South American cultures and South African tribes. It gets deep but I won't post here. Peace and love to all 🙏🏼
If youd be willing to explain more elsewhere id really appreciate it my mom taught me some of that but died before my lessons finished if thats not something youd want to do id fully understand however @@makaveli8979
I've caught up on every single piece of content from Mr. Ballen AND listened to his podcast... I'm addicted. 🤦🏽♀️ Thanks Mr. Ballen for what you do. Now to wait for more content... patiently. 😬
Aaron taking his boots off is probably the most easily explained part. You’ve been to survival school you should k is that if it’s freezing out and you step in a puddle or otherwise get your feet soaked your first priority becomes getting them dry. His boots were found neatly placed next to a fire. Just sounds like an outdoorsman who got his feet wet and was trying to avoid hypothermia. As for why he left without the boots maybe he got scared away by a large animal.
“Large Animal” that brought back his stuff and placed them neatly, even taking a sip from his energy drink, and then later his remains are found. People are too afraid to say it, because society has been conditioned to laugh at who the culprits are. Just say it. It’s starts with a “B”. I can tell you this. The forest park rangers and the government know exactly what’s up. They know what’s out there, but they stay hush hush.
Cr1ms0nRav3n you’re right. That’s exactly what it was and this happened in many cases! I think some of them are hunting us for sport and then taunting us in some kind of sick game
@@garythompson5316 I won’t rule out the idea that some would do it for sport. But I’m of the opinion that many of them are just extremely territorial and don’t tolerate humans in their area. A lone hiker, camper, hunter out smack in the middle of no where neck deep in the woods is extremely at risk. Some are opportunistic and will nab someone including a child if it’s within range and it can get away undetected. These things are masters of the forests. They hunt deer and elk with their bare hands, which are some of the most skittish and hyper aware animals out there, so a mastery of stealth and agility is fundamental. Human targets are child’s play to them. They return the clothes or items not so much to taunt I don’t think but also more so as a warning, to stay out. There are stories of folks who have been chased out or have barely escaped them. They don’t mess around.
@@Cr1ms0nRav3n If, when you say it starts with B, you're referring to Bigfoot then I think you're on the wrong track. Bigfoot doesn't explain the sudden changes in weather or dogs not being able to pick up a scent. Or people being found in places already searched and in places that would be impossible for them to reach. Why are just about every 411 case where the persons' body is found they are found without boots or shoes? Or their boots are often the only thing they do find. Why are their bodies almost always found in or near bodies of water? And 411 cases are happening in urban areas as well as forests. Not too many Bigfoot (bigfeet? bigfoots?) found in down town Chicago. I believe that whatever is taking these people, it is, for now at least, far beyond our understanding. But I'm less interested in finding out about who than I am about why??? ...
The Aaron Hedges story is so heartbreaking. He was so close to safety. So close. He was obviously experiencing severe hypothermia when he took his boots off. It shows how tough he was and how determined he was to survive that he managed to walk 6 miles in that snow storm without boots on. Once people are taking clothing off they are very far gone and are usually found near their discarded clothes. This guy was tough, to make it 6 more miles. By the time he got to that homestead he was just out of steam. He was probably delirious, who knows what kind of delusions he was having at that point. He might not have even understood what he was seeing, that it was a home, safety. So sad he couldn’t make it that last mile.
He had a fire going, smoked a cigerette, it just doesn't seem like "obvious" hypothermia... It seems like he camped there and was fine. It was the next day that the 2 feet of snow came in... I mean I have been in -19 weather, you aren't walking 6 miles with no shoes on in 2 feet of snow at least half way up your calves would be in snow... I dont get why every story clothes or shoes or some type of items are so perfectly placed and just left... Idk what AVID hunter that knew the area VERY well wouldn't have shot his gun to give some type of alert... idk. Just don't see obvious written on this story.
Spenser Swain ...It was hypothermia. His clothes/boots were found in one area, his body found miles away. Maybe he started a fire, but it went out and he was unable to get it going again and that’s when hypothermia set in near that fire (why his boots were found there). Maybe he was having a medical event, like stroke, or heart attack, or mental health issues, so wasn’t in his right mind. Who knows. But in that kind of whether, with his boots off, he definitely died of hypothermia.
K L i mean if they couldn’t figure it out then you saying it’s definitely this is just an opinion. Just like what I said was an opinion I don’t see how an survivalist would have left his shoes near his fire makes 0 sense but oh well looks like you solved the mystery lol
Spenser Swain ...The cause of death is hypothermia and exposure. This was determined because there were zero indications of foul play or animal attack. Argue with the Montana investigators and sheriff about it, not me.
Keep in mind, Aaron Hedges was struggling with alcohol dependency/withdrawal, and having problems at home at the time he went on the hunt, he had been taking Anabuse, had it on him, his friends were drinking, he’d been moody argumentative and uncooperative towards his companions, it was speculated he intended to use the trip away from home to detox off alcohol in the mountains (bad idea btw). There’s a lot of very pertinent information conveniently left out of DP account of events that would explain this as not unusual at all and certainly not meeting the supposed missing 411 “criteria”. I’ve read the statements and LE reports also missing enigma did a great piece on it including the omitted and quite relevant info
Jordana Landry thanks for that info. Many if not most of these stories have to be taken with a grain of salt. Not knowing anything about this case, when I watched it I assumed Aaron must of had some major issues going on along with drugs and or alcoholism. Most things don't just happen for no reason.
@@Pro-Deo MrBallen tends to exaggerate stories or add details to make the story better. An example is a recent one of his podcasts I listened to where he explained what a guy was thinking up until the point he got his head blown off with a shotgun. I mean, kind of impossible to know what someone is thinking the moment they are being murdered. This is why I want to actually buy the missing 411 books. They seem interesting
The Withdrawal is a legit theory. People hallucinate, and sometimes even die, during the first 72 hours. Although, they usually wouldn't smoke. Hypothermia would also explain the boots and cloths.
Why didn’t the sheriff or even his friends mention that being a factor in the documentary, if they mentioned it David would have included it or not accepted it as a Missing 411. I’d have to see some facts about that and I can’t understand why the sheriff would cover if someone they don’t know. It’s sad but you have to use ever single fact about the person and again it’s amazing his own buddy doesn’t mention it. Maybe because he was afraid the sheriff would look but of course they would but it changes how they approach the search but David wouldn’t have covered it as a Missing 411 if he knew anything of this being true.
Moral of all missing children stories: Keep your kids INFRONT of you! Every story says the parents let the kids follow them from behind, as if thats the safest way to get a 2 year old out of the woods, smdh
@@hozza0411 I don't think 2 year olds should go hunting in the first place but yes, in the scenario you described I would totally put the kid in the middle of the adults.
In the first story, I'm fairly sure Aaron was being held at gunpoint when he radioed in and just hoped his friends would realise how weird it would be for him to just take a wrong turn. I'm pretty sure his things being left in different places was the killer messing with people to taunt them
@@bugglemagnum6213 The missing feet I think is normal, he was without boots so for an animal is the easiest place to chew on and rip it from his main body
Sounds very plausible to me. Had to have been someone that knew that he had all these supply drops all over the place! I feel like he was trying to tell them, using code, that he was in danger and needed help. I definitely feel like it was foul play. Although, it does beg the question, if he had a gun, why wouldn't he use it of he was being harmed? And I would say that it's impossible to walk 6 miles in 2 feet of snow with no shoes on! Hypothermia would literally make it impossible! I think be was murdered and his friends were possibly in on it!
@@NativeWarrior88 his friends playing a part makes zero sense. Honestly if you’re going to say something that far out of left field, you need to have something to back it up. And no. A “ gut feeling” doesn’t count.
Mr. Ballen's ability to storytell in extreme weather conditions in nothing but a plaid shirt, backwards cap, and (I assume) an American flag spedo? is truly astounding. 5 stars all around! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Did you hear about the missing kid that hthey found today in Texas? Left with a dog and didn't come back. Only the dog did, after 4 days they found the kid in a wooden area. Crazy shit. Happened in grime County Texas
@@Conekiller29 I am familiar with this story. It was his neighbor's dog, and the dog belonged to an elderly lady. She watched the young boy follow her dog into the tree line. She was too old to go after the boy so she notified the parents who were unloading groceries. The dog came back to his owner and the boy got lost. Same thing happened to the Denmark girls who died in Panama. They brought the dog from the house they were staying with on their hike, like many people staying there had done before. He returned at some point. I do believe dogs will stay with their "humans" until they pass away. Most won't stay if they aren't attached to that person.
Montana girl here. I grew up playing in the woods. As kids we grew up on my cousins ranch and would literally go miles away from the house, exploring till the sun went down. This ranch just so happens to be very close to the crazies. I have always heard how rough it is up there and I my uncle has some stories about spending time in the crazies. There is definitely some odd and paranormal activity here. You have to listen to your gut. Get out of there if you have to. Read the signs.
@@LuvBorderCollies yh but in this case you cant blame the father. like i dont understand how a child goes missing on a really small island and is never to be found again ....
Aaron's disappearance isn't actually that mysterious. They left out of the story a very important fact: that he was a bad alcoholic, and he didn't bring enough alcohol while on the trip and went into DTs. Someone detoxing from alcohol will get so disoriented they don't know if they're outside or inside, let alone whether they're lost in the woods or not. They could be steps away from safety and have no idea. Detoxing from alcohol is very intense and completely ruins a person's orientation, rational thought, and basic understanding of anything going on around them. Without medical intervention people can die from alcohol DTs, and thats without an extra factor like being out in the freezing cold wilderness.
Quite a few of the missing 411 cases are dramatized. There's one where the author says a middle aged man who was fit etc went missing, yet interviews with that person's friends Saya he was frail and sick. Another he played on a person going missing after people were following him etc, in real life, the missing person had schizophrenia. It's fun to listen but many cases are not even remotely "true" in the way the author describes
one thing to keep in mind regarding these cases: People suffering from severe hypothermia often reach a point where their brain is barely functioning. Along with things like paradoxical undressing, this can lead them to not process important information. In some situations, people have walked right across a road when lost in the woods and severaly hypothermic. They don't think to follow the road or wait by the road for help - they just keep moving forward. This explains why someone wouldn't recognize that they're at the edge of someone's property, for example. This doesn't explain all of these bizarre cases but it can shed some light on some of them.
Yep. Funny how Paulides never once gives this any meaningful consideration. Wouldnt sell books I guess. And yet it is the most logical and scientific explanation.
@@kitfisto1827 he does mention it by the way, but he doesn't believe that's the cause. I dont either. Maybe look more into all these disappearances. His books are great also.
@@kitfisto1827 and no, it’s really not. Considering the man knew the crazies inside and out, he wouldn’t have gotten that bad hypothermia THAT quickly to the point he made such an obvious error with the path. I think a more likely option Is that the man was killed, and someone stole his radio and dumped his body. It would also explain the thermos and energy drink facing the residence. That wasn’t the hiker that was drinking from the thermos
The first story the weather on the crazies was warm and the trail was clear and visible. It wasn’t until a few days into the search that a bad storm rolled in. A lot of these stories are of people going missing during the summer in warm weather. So hyperthermia is not the cause. Plus it takes time for hyperthermia to set in, it’s not instant.
I wonder if David has a map marked with all the disappearances and date stamped. I feel like a big percentage is in September. I like to speculate there is something that is causing the minds of people to go somewhere else. In kinda a lost trance. Maybe they see something different in there mind. And the clothes. So many cases of people having articles removed
My daughter is 21 and she recently lost her sight due to a medical condition. She loves murder, mystery and all things dark and twisted. Lol. We just found your channel about a month ago. And you are now her favorite story teller. She says the way you explain it, she can actually picture it in her head. She and I are huge fans. Thank you.
Diane Cooper
Sending love to you and your daughter ❤️❤️
Awesome. Hugs Momma.
This is accurate, he’s a really good story teller.
Lol
Was she diabetic or something
One thing I've learned from Mr Ballen's stories is that, when a kid disappears in nature, you need to search in a radius of at least 40 miles to find them.
Ain't that the truth 🥺🤦🏼
And you can expect terrible snowfalls and storms just as search parties assemble
They will be high up in crazy places on sheer cliff walls
And swamps
That and another thing learned is that he has some serious hate for that like button 🤣🤣
tripped on the computer cord, fell and bumped my head on the like button...
Tommy lol
LOL💞
Epic
Accidents happen man hahah
I fell and died
This guy is so nice to stop on a mountain in the rain just to tell us these stories, while we are all comfortable in our homes.
OMG ur killing me. Now I look forward not only to his videos but ur comments as well lmao u guys should Collab lol
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Rain or snow?
Nope. I see the rain now. 🤣
😂
I spent a decade as a deputy sheriff in rural Texas. The cases that haunt me are the unsolved child disappearances. It's crazy how quickly a child can vanish.
Thank you for your service as a deputy its important in this crazy time glad you made it
Hope you're doing well. We can only do our best and help as many as we can.
@sandra caraveo I never realized people would find my life interesting, to be honest. The last year or so with covid keeping everyone home more than usual eventually led to me breaking out a few of my favorites
They were very well received, so I'm leaning towards writing a book, to see if their are enough lunatics out there to support it
:)
I grew up on our large Texas ranch, dad was a fighter pilot (WWII, Korea, Vietnam) 3 out of 4 brothers were military pilots and later airlines. I was a fighter pilot, bush pilot, corporate pilot, research pilot, airshow pilot...loved any job the second word of which was "pilot".
I also spent over a decade in law enforcement, of course. Lots of weird stories there.
I even have one err...ufo?...story.
I hope it all comes together. It would be interesting hearing (positive) reactions to my life experience.
@@preacherF-15 i would like to hear about the ufo story if you want to tell me
@@hydrogen1635 I actually wrote it out somewhere here a few months back. Be warned...its weird, but no little green men. I don't know your background, but I did my best to simplify the aviation dialogue and the tac-air atc coms. In fact I left out much of the radio chatter altogether, if you come from an aviation and/or military background you could probably guess at everything said and have 90% of it. I included anything germane.
I'll find it and link or paste it here. It's pretty boring for a ufo tale. Sorry. 🙃
Finding the missing person's boots set nicely by a tree has definitely become a theme in these missing 411 cases
You're feet warm up quicker by a campfire then you take your boots off, anyones guess why they never put them back on after, maybe frostbite makes it too painful/clumsy (and actually thawing out your feet like this after frostbite is probably excruciating) so realising their feet are too far gone anyway they give up and go barefoot. Another thing that often gets forgotten is snow blindness, altitude sickness and the neurological effects of stress and shock.
The aliens don't want you tracking dirt into their spaceship.
@@waddee30 Oh please
Also there always something going on with their feet. Either missing feet or only foot bones found in socks. Just weird to me. I get taking ur boots off what I don't understand is not putting them back on.
Sometimes, in cases of late-stage hypothermia, you undergo "paradoxical undressing" where you're body is so cold, it perceives it as incredibly warm.You then undress to feel cool, even though you're freezing to death.
Old lady: babbling gibberish in the wilderness.
Family: She’s fine.
Lmao
My fave.
Me: performs ritual in woods covered in blood
Them: woah that's crazy!
Me: Oh no I'm just looking for something
Them: oh okay nvm all good then
lol
LOL
@@tracybrown2482 lol
it's crazy that every time someone is missing, a huge nasty weather happens right after
This is done to confuse searches and erase traces. Entities do it.
@@СолнечныйПарус-р7щtf is that
nope, not every time
It's more that this is what has happened every time you end up in a Mr Ballen story. Pretty much the opposite of survivorship bias.
I mean, it's a bit self selected. Crazy weather contributes to people not being found/dying (in many ways it's harder to find a corpse).
Mr. Ballen is such a clear, concise storyteller. He makes a great balance of relevant detail and brevity. Great content!
Stac Master mic*
@Stac Master Hmmmm, then why exactly are you here? Nobody forced you to watch. So, I guess don't let the door hit you where the Good Lord split you! Pretty simple fix my friend. Ok, good day then.
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He articulates his stories in a way that are easily understood.
@Stac Master I'm confused...you agree with the positive things said about Mr. Ballen or you are saying he is a schmuck and shouldn't get near a mic? Right after you agreed about Mr. Ballen, you said some people are very bad and and then started talking about "this schmuck". "This schmuck" meaning the video we just watched, or "this schmuck" meaning a specific example you are giving about another TH-camr you happened to come across?
Stac Master I’m confused who are you speaking of or is it a general example.
nooow i know what i like more about this. every ''spooky'' story teller has no facecam, while this absolute bloody legend is standing here talking to us with his face on blast like we in a convo, telling me to hit the like button with absolute love then breaking up the day after. love it
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Why is it that every time someone goes missing the weather just changes for the worst. It makes you wonder, whats the weather got to do with all of this.
The weather has been planned by the Perp.
@@peterdisbury6346 makes sense. If I’m going to kill someone, I’ll do it just before a storm that will likely cover my tracks.
It's easier for a UFO spacecraft to hide
Nothing. It's just one more thing to exaggerate to make the disappearance more "mysterious".
@@kitfisto1827 Actually, in the documentary that outlines these cases, it mentions that many of the 411 cases have this type of occurrence happen often right before the search party goes looking: A snow storm, a thunder storm, always some form of weather that hinders the searching or makes it difficult to find the missing persons tracks. It's not exaggerated. Its documented.
I appreciate that you always let us know what happened to the animals in the stories. A lot of people don't include what happened to the animals unless the animal was a direct part of the story. You're a kind soul, @MrBallen.
Who doesnt say what happened to the animals?
@@SunnyByNoonpeople that don’t care about animals/ people that think human like is the only thing that actually matters
Genie: you have one wish left, choose wisely
Me: id like to know what happened to all the missing people never found in mrballens videos
I’ll do you one better, know where every missing person is if you know their name
Holy hell could you imagine the horrors that would be discovered
when you mess up and wish for one person
No one disturb the like button
@@Thatoneguy-ro1sj I agree, we must protect the sacred, "Nice!" At all costs 😂
The thing that always strikes me about these stories is that people say they looked away for only a minute. People suck at telling time. I've been in my apartment, with clocks in every room and thought I'd been doing something for a minute or two, only to realize it was more like 5. Whenever I hear these stories I double or triple how long people say they looked away for, and suddenly a disappearance becomes far more plausible.
Fantastic point. Thank you 💯
Glad you shared. With me, sometimes I think I've only been busy a few minutes, and an hour has gone by
Aliens
You're right. The police do that too, at least estimating a range of time. "A minute" can be up to 5 or 10 depending on what the witness says they were doing during that "minute."
Fine & all but that's head canon.
I understand your point but that's you inserting a time frame which you yourself are most likely completely unaware of.
A lot of people happen to have good time management skills, not the majority of peps but a significant portion.
We all know even a fraction of a second can completely impact an event dramatically so I would be wary of that.
I love this channel so much dont stop man!
Wait until you find his tiktok
Makamakes here?! Kewl, love your work man!
I love your vids
Agreed!!
Hi maka makes I always play ur maps lol I love ur fortnite maps especially the plane one
I've noticed a common theme. Someone is missing and friends' and family's first response isn't concern, but always, "oh I'm sure they're fine, it's nothing....it's probably just a deer and they're at Bell's Canyon." Why don't these people ever take missing individuals seriously.
😅🤣oh they are probably just going to visit grandma in china
Bells canyon 😂😂😂😂 what a story
It because most people don't jump to the worst conclusions the moment someone leaves their sight.
@@Nil_Sama usually , in the human nature , we ALL jump to the worst conclusion when someone leaves our sight , but americans should be another breed who dont give a fuck
@@jennycasakadosh Say, what you will, but I think most of them are pretty rational. Like, it'd be a different story if it were a child, but a lot of these disappearances involve experienced individuals. In a way, knowing that these individuals are experienced, gives people comfort that they know what they are doing, hence people fall into a false sense of security. And you have to understand, things don't always go as planned, especially while being outdoors, and things like travel can get delayed for hours or even a day or so, and that's completely normal. I would never say they don't give a f*ck, because to me (I'm not American btw), as someone who lives far from cities, and is used to schedules changing and people getting where they need to go later than expected; it seems like a pretty normal response. And a lot of these people report the incident like a few hours to a day after it happened, so again, it's pretty rational.
I think people rule out the possibility of mental illness too easily in some of these stories. Depression can be pretty much invisible to onlookers, and when someone wants to die but knows how it could hurt their family, going "missing" can seem like an easier option. I can see how Aaron Hedges could have been silently struggling, he knew the mountains like the back of his hand and he would know exactly where to go to not be found.
I've suffered from major depressive disorder for years and I know how the lows can just hit you sometimes.
Putting myself in Aaron's shoes, I can see him going back to get his gear and then making a split-second decision when the depressive episode hit. The way his bag and shoes were found in clear view of safety, I can vividly imagine what it would have been like. Sitting quietly under a tree, looking out at the lights of the ranch and taking in the view of civilization for the last time. Taking off your shoes is a symbolic gesture of suicide in Japanese culture, or he could have been trying to make it harder for himself to backtrack if he decided not to go through with it. So he'd leave his stuff behind and then curl up in some nook or cranny, and his remains wouldn't be discovered until an animal drags them out, which is why it took so much longer to find him.
I do think something odd could be going on in the mountains (they're a weird place, I've seen some shit in the Adirondacks) but I also think a good chunk of the disappearances can be attributed to some poor soul who just didn't want to be found. Even when their family and friends assures that the person was 100% happy and loved life, you can never really know what goes on in someone's head.
This comment deserves a lot more attention
My guess would be that there was something or someone else there waiting, because at the beginning of the vid, he said that his horse just spun around and was going the opposite direction, maybe because it saw someone or something which wasn't visible to the human eye...
Idk I'm just giving out my opinion.. And srry for my grammar, no hate 😂🤦♂️✌️❤️
Cool but didn’t ask
@@sir.squishy6830 Dude that’s reallly crazy, but I don’t think he was asking either
Heavy but very well said good job
its always the guy who "knows the place like the back of his hand"
Ikr lmao I would trust the dude who had never been there in his life more
Yup. It's that over confidence that gets you killed. First rule of enjoying certain riskier sports and hobbies is always keep that little bit of fear because it keeps you sharp and attentive.
Then you find out they dont know what the back of their hand looks like
That story sounded like someone probably killed him and took his gear. I suspect when he radioed he was probably at gunpoint or something.
Knows the place like a backhand to the face is more like it. XD
No body ever looks up in the trees, when searching for someone, most people look at the ground.
chills...
But we do have undated helicopters
My buddy who was in the army in Vietnam in a ground infantry combat role told me a portion of his training centered on drilling it into your head to look up and check the trees etc. when walking through the jungle on patrol. Also he was trained to hide up high if possible precisely because most people would not ever look there.
that's why I was labelled missing for around two days.
@@michaeloneill7495
Helicopters have a hard time looking through brushes and leaves.
I have a theory about Terrance. I grew up near those mines, there is still a very high level of toxicity in the dozens of old slag piles, right there. I think he went crazy from chemical poisoning left in the environment. Not to mention the natural sulfur and other chemicals near the geothermal pools in the area. One giant toxic sulfur deposit exactly near where he was..... also at least 5 big old mines on crooked river. The most logical environmental causation position is the amount of chemical left in the area.
I used to fish near there, but there was a part of that river that my family forbid my sister and I to play near. Guess where.....
Interesting theory!
Do you know of any kind of incident there before?
Personaly i lean to some kind of mental health issue because of the text he sent to his dad before going there.
Maybe a combination of those two...
Makes sense. I was thinking some kind of mental illness or brain damage (possibly from some kind of stroke.) The effect of toxins on humans isn't studied via experimentation (for obvious reasons), so who knows, it could be you expose 1000 people to the same toxins and most of them develop expected things like cancer or what have you, but for some of them their brain gets damaged in such a way that their mind just snaps.
@@uranusismightybig5111 Yes, absolutely mental health plays a huge factor. And he did have a history battling depression and other mental health barriers. Time of year, location, and mental stability all play a factor.
This is the most rugged and difficult backcountry in Idaho. When there you either find yourself or lose yourself.
@@paulh2981 You're right, we don't experiment with them for a good reason. He already had a history of mental health barriers, and I believe he just got too deep in the arsenic.
@@christinajustchristina that last comment "when there you either find yourselfe or you loose yourselfe" is so true.
I'm from Sweden but i spent four of my teen years in Wisconsin during the early mid 80's, and we (family) traveled around the states a lot.
We traveled around Europe and other countrys also before and after, but the thing is there is something special with certain places in the US that i never felt anywhere else, the nature is so very grand, vast open spaces that can make you feel exactly what you said, either you find yourselfe or you loose yourselfe....its very strange...
Anyhoo thanx for the feedback, and sorry if there is any miss spelling😁😜✌
Who else is stuck in the never ending loop of Mr Ballen? 👀
Me
I've caught up with all of his videos. Watched a lot twice. Round again I go haha
Me
You know you're a fan when you can cite his like button torturing in every video verbatim
@@evo2542 😲
If animals could talk we would know so much more about the world.
This is the realest thing I’ve ever heard!
cats: “lmao look at these idiots”
@@hypnozpie4071 lmaoooo
You know animals know way more then we think they do we are the true idiots they are smart and witty
Agreed animals can sense earthquakes and can sense things that humans can't
"No one could understand what she was saying and decided everything was fine." What the heck man?
Agreed!
Just reminds me of the serial killer that got one of his victims back from two police officers saying they had a fight during sex and he will just take him back home.. when he had drilled a hole in his head and was putting acid in to try and control him.
Man could speak because of the hole and acid but police were like guess this other guys right..
@@Danielle-pt7we that's crazy.
@@Danielle-pt7we that was one of Dahmer's victims. The police actually escorted the victim back into Dahmer's apartment because he didn't want to move. Also he was 14 (I think) years old and Dahmer was at least in his mid 20s. I don't even know how that happened. 😳
@@Danielle-pt7we Dahmer. KId is naked and confused on the street with a hole in his head and Dahmer convinced the police officers he was his adult lover who occasionally drank too much and ran outside naked. Police apparently never blinked and left Dahmer to not only kill the boy but go on to kill at least four more people before being caught.
I've watched almost all of your videos and I have to say my jaw DROPPED when you mentioned Tofino. Haven't yet heard a story about where I live. And you're absolutely right about it being one of the smallest towns on Vancouver Island! Nowadays there is a lot more tourism and a rise in population but still a secluded area, hard to go missing. The only thing I can think of is there are many hidden caves along the beaches and sometimes even in the forests (which are extremely dense.) Despite it being a small area, there are many nooks and crannies that a person can hide in. Also, unfortunately around the judding rocky islands along the main beaches of Tofino, there are extreme currents that can sweep you out to the ocean in an instant. Unfortunately, there are many who have drowned and bodies that have never been recovered because of the riptides. And mind you, they are not too far from the shore. One slip off the edge and you can be swept away all the way out to sea. What a tragedy, my heart goes out to these missing individuals. Thank you for doing your part in bringing awareness to these cases and also reminding people to be extremely careful, wherever you go no matter how skilled you are. Anything can happen.
Thank you for the description of the area! There was a dude elsewhere in the comments defending how good ppl were at time management. But the "1 min" dad wasn't looking I'm sure was 5-10+ just because he was occupied with the other child. And knowing there are caves on the beach and forest nearby, kid def wandered off and got himself lost/stuck. Dad was just panicked and felt like he "only looked away for a min", while it was def longer
As a former 0311, I had some disturbing incidents at Camp Lemonnier that were silenced. I have photos(digital and disposable camera) and tried to file reports that were ignored and I was summarily punished for. This ended in a ton of issues with members of my platoon, but my fire team always believed my claims. I have pictures taken through the FLIR on our 240G that cannot be disputed. I appreciate your open mindedness to things that cannot be explained and what needs further explanation. Keep in mind, this was around 2004-5 and minds were more significantly closed than they are now. You have encouraged me to revisit the “environmental interactions” that took place during this particular deployment. Thanks for helping me put the shame aside and look from a different perspective. If you are interested in telling my story(other men from my fire team can attest to these strange occurrences), please let me know. The stories about OP ROCK and the SF group have given me a bit more courage. I have been discounted for over a decade by friends, family, and other men that I served with.
devil i heard about op rock where can i see your pics God bless
Pleaseeee share the experience
I have a story I've been trying to relay to mr Ballen that I've considered writing a book about JUST to get my story out there and to possibly get some answers to my insane experiences me and my friends have had. I believe you. Whatever it is, I believe you. Please share your story. The more we have, the more other people will want to share theirs.
You got me interested . If you can please share the story .
I’d like to hear. I served as well and have one story. We can swap stories if you’d like.
It always weirds me out how perfectly timed storms are in these cases lmao.
That’s one of the factors that make a 411 case just like missing clothes, dogs losing scent and impossible locations. That’s what they all have in common is these reoccurring factors in each one.
I am wondering if it's because of the watchers they've been here all along.
@@dutch_steel8923 The missing clothes and weather - points to them getting hypothermia from the bad weather and then feeling hot so they remove their clothes. That part makes sense to me... but then do they suffer delusion and body numbness to walk, run, climb impossible conditions to end up in these strange places? I wonder what makes them go off on their own in the first place.
If I'm ever in a strange situation I'm pulling out my phones recorder. And documenting either what may be the delusions I'm having or what's actually happening around me. Never know what I'll forget later apparently.
@@ifartmagic the hypothermia is the weakest point imo, when you are in such a case of panic you don't neatly fold your clothes it doesn't add up
@@sportler777 That's assuming you're panicking though. If you're in a delusional state and feeling really hot you may not realize danger you're in and fold your clothes or put them neatly to put them back on later.
Me: *decides to watch Mr Ballen’s video before bed*
My sleep: “Ight imma head out”
Pfft sleep is death according to these videos
The demon In ur closet and Window:Aww shit here we go again.
In the first story, I suspect that it wasn't Aaron that responded on the radio. It was his killer. It's unlikely that he would have wound up so far away from his intended destination, given his familiarity with the area.
The only reason he might do so is because either he is somehow inebriated or because he was withholding something from his friends (such as having a secret cache with drugs or something he really wanted to get without being judged).
I think that while Aaron as away, someone attacked him and then pretended to be him on the radio to throw them off and possibly buy time to escape or hide the evidence.
Could've been a stroke, or some other kind of health event. Just something to make him lose cognition a bit, but still be able to speak.
I doubt it was someone impersonating him. Someone who had just killed him wouldn't know his voice or cadence of speech. If it was a killing, much more likely that either they kept him as a hostage briefly, thus allowing him to use the radio to reassure his friends, or that he wasn't attacked until after the first radio transmission.
These are both really good hypotheses. 😊
The Lore Lodge has a video on him that has the probably cause. If I remember correctly he had consumed a good amount of alcohol along with some anti depressants
Never turn your back on your kids. It’s usually not a big deal but when it is, you will never forgive yourself
I've listened to so many of these missing 411 cases that when me my wife and daughter go hiking I make my daughter walk in-between me and my wife. I also walk behind them so I can keep a eye on both.
@@CrispyMOFO91 You Sir, are a rarity. A responsible parent. Health and happiness to you always. 🙂👋🇦🇺
I’ve noticed a similarity about children in a variety of types of cases. Here are some of the situations: A girl is abducted on a route between her home and another house or place she has gone many times. This one time it was dark, or this one time she was alone. In those cases there were abductions and murders. In other cases, parents tell their kids to go, right over there. But the parents turn their back assuming the kid can of course walk over to grandpa, or down a path back to the bathroom. Then there’s one of a handoff between parents, where a girl walks away from one parent toward the other, and a woman grabs the girl as she passes by in view of the parents.
In all these situations, there’s an assumption that the kid is going to follow the simple path, immediately, and that the area along the path is safe.. None of the accounts were written to blame the parents. It’s just my observation that sending a child somewhere could be done more safely if an adult is with them. For example, drive them to the friends house; walk the toddler over to Grandpa.
There are several things David Paulides recommends when going camping/hiking/hunting/fishing : 1) never go alone. BUT if you do always have a personal locator beacon. ALWAYS;
2) tell people where you're going, when you'll be back; 3) if someone is with you and they say they're tired or feeling sick, DO NOT LEAVE THEM ALONE (point of separation); 4) if on a hike, don't be the last in line; 5) don't run ahead of the group even if the topography is flat (point of separation). You can read all of these things in David's books but he has a TH-cam channel. Usually on Wednesday's and Sunday's he talks about specific cases of the missing. He also recommends you share his info on Facebook, with friends and family. We all need to be aware of what is happening. Oh and just a FYI - the Federal Forest Service claims they don't keep records of people who go missing in their forests. David tried to get a list thru the FOIA and was told they don't keep that info. BUT if they did it would cost thousands of dollars to get it.
@@CrispyMOFO91 what will you do if you go missing
One of the things I've learnt from listening to the dark strange and mysterious is never to leave my house again.
Haha!
That's when you start listening the creepy stories that happened in regular houses 👻
@@VirtualDvid 😁🤣🤣
Until you find the stories about people found dead inside their homes after days or even months
Don’t go out in the woods and be very consistent with socializing with at least 1 person 😂
Can you do a video of the most disturbing case you ever read?
The one that shocked u the most and til this day you still can’t believe it.
@Alexis Auther the guy who let them take his dog? I was thinking the same thing.
Yeah, I simply stay away from the woods, camping, solo hiking trips and all the other creepy stuff. Thanks for sharing stories that keep the rest of us safe!
And this is why even though my son is 8 years old every time we go to Allegheny National Forest or anywhere down there to hike he is leashed to me.
People might laugh at us but I’d fucking leash myself to you if we went hiking out there too.
Your son isn’t a toddler but I always think of my friend’s son who is a toddler and I imagine him being alone and scared in the forest at night.
if we took this seriously enough, none of us would go out there without all being tethered together.
@@smirky-shrugs I’m with you buddy. We all need to be tethered together.
Yes.
Imagine a MrBallen David Paulides collab the world would explode
SpiritOfObama I ask David Paulides this on Twitter awaiting a reply
That would be awesome👍
That would be amazing!!
Notice this guy went missing in the crazy mountains. David Paulides points out that alot of times people go missing in places with strange names like this. Often called Devil's this, or Devil's that. Reason being is that Native Americans named these places things like this for a reason. Because they knew something wasn't right with these places, and that was their way of ward people off. It's not a coincidence that strange things happen at these places with weird and sinister names.
I noticed that too Bobby!
I dunno i believe in supernatural stuff like idk ghosts or lucid dreaming ( yes i know lucid dreaming isnt paranormal but still) and i do agree some places really do have a weird vibe... but yeah no trolls or elves or half horse half men... but i do wish cat noir was real hes hawt...
The natives know what's going on. Especially the more culturally traditional native people. You will probably have to befriend them before they trust any people not their own...... maybe then they may share their insights.
Native Americans don't have a devil in their vocab, I feel it is named by early European settlers more like because of reasons you state !!!!
@@IanP1963 😆 🤣 how do you know? Cherokees say "sgili", "adando", and "asgina"...all describe different spirit types. Asgina is our word for devil or bad spirit. Unluloj...
I vaguely remember the story of a child on Cannock Chase in England (an area of woodlands and heaths) where a family were walking their dog. They were wandering along and just suddenly 'lost' their child in the bracken. The dog eventually indicated where the child was- a hole had collapsed and formed in the bushes and the child simply dropped into the hole and became wedged in the cracks of the rocks. The fire brigade, got help from the local mining company who dug a tunnel alongside to get the wedged child out. This is a copy of a programme showing the incident th-cam.com/video/TFSYyG3Kz1s/w-d-xo.html perhaps some of the missing people have had something similar happen to them but never found
What a gift you have, such passion for storytelling. Feels like we are in the scenario! That poor like button though 😂🏴❤️
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Thank you!!!
Lee Jones agree!
That's a very remote location out there. The largest nearby town is Lewiston MT.......
Right?
You and David should deff make a documentary! His police background and your seal training, it would be an interesting duo
I would SO watch that collab.
YES!!
Who is dat
YES OMG
That's really cute you think police and navy seals have anything in common career wise lmao
“You don’t use your resources, you don’t go to safety, you die.”
*Ad that pops up right afterwards:* “TODAY IS GONNA BE A GOOD DAY!”
I got the same ad .-.
Get an adblocker.
Me too same ad .-.
Pp
Same add
Lol
All I gotta say is Mr. Ballin has made me watch on one of his videos over the past couple days, peaking my interest. He’s such a good storyteller, and I don’t watch my main video very much anymore because I’m watching his videos. Keep on telling a great story man we all love it.
“That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little run.”-Terrence
Lol........sad though
Gump?
@@jessickalush3305 You betcha!
@@jessickalush3305 I just felt like running...
@@AlisonBryen 🤣🤣
Ya know, it’s horrible to have someone you love die. Having them simply disappear would have to be devastating. Thanks for sharing these stories and for listing the book.
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@@TheRandomGamerBoiya
I appreciate that you don't try to make the stories stranger/creepier than they are, by adding effects etc.
It really helps my anxiety
Doesn’t help mine. 😔
But I will watch because he wears flannel. I CAN DO IT! FOR THE FLANNEL!
@@Em-os1yz 🤨 stupid lol
Yes u right I watch this to calm me down he just so normal casually telling the story 🦋🙌🏾💙
Really? I feel like the very subtle background music makes it scarier.
Im glad there are no jump scares.
Moral of the story: NEVER go off on your own in the wilderness, no matter how “avid” or “experienced” you are.
MASSIVELY GIRTHY KOK SEEN POKING THROUGH A TOWEL AT THE COMMUNITY POOL. THE KOK LOOKS LIKE AN ENORMOUS SNAKE WRIGGLING AROUND IN THE AMAZON JUNGLE. SPECTACULARLY HUGE GIRTHY VEINY ERECT KOK
@@michaeldoran4367that’s crazy
@@michaeldoran4367bro
Terrance just running off like that is one of the mysteries I really really really want to know the answer as to why he did that.
Running from child support
@@Nene_760 You aren't funny
Wild animals or confusion
Was he running away from something or towards something? surely the others would have noticed if there'd been anything behind him - at the beginning it would have been behind them, too.
@@user-ns2ig5dm9p yes he is
It's ice Poseidon in the thumbnail. Lmao
I noticed that too LOL
Yeah lmao
Just looking thru comments to see if anyone else noticed ggs
If this guy doesn’t watch ice it makes it soooo much funnier. Lmaooo wish ice saw this
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Being an Avid outdoorsman or avid Hunter never seems to ends well. Maybe as an avid Indoorswoman I actually stand a very good chance of surviving in the wilderness 🤔
If not so many people died this is actually pretty funny lol
Hard to get lost if you’re never in the woods.
I bet there are alot more horror stories out there about avid indoorswoman. It's a crazy world. Even the indoors are out to get us. 🤣
@@michaelstephens9852 oooohhhh I hope Mr B is reading this: here me out… a series about avid indoorswomen/men and the strange ways they die in their own home… as someone who genuinely could have been killed by a mug and a cat once… I believe so many must have stories.
@Thru the eyes of God Narnia?
From Australia, after watching Mr Ballen, I have learnt hiking in the U.S. or Russia is very dangerous and likely to end you up as a Mr Ballen story. The first story about Aaron Hedges, I thought maybe he spotted a predator and had to go the wrong way to avoid this predator? But then why is his stuff near those people's property. It's soo weird and creepy why do these things have no explanation, it's freaking me out!
I live in Oregon and we hike a lot around including Washington. It is just beautiful. I also have been in several state parks around the US. But we share the same feeling when I heard the Australian creepy stories, makes me feel I don't want to go there lol
Where
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His
FEET 😭😭😭😭 GOD
@@StrangeDetectives What?? XDD
@@ZettyLad bro lost his feet
I believe he wanted to or planned to die
You owe me a laptop and prosthetic arm for that ill advised suggestion on how to hit the like button.
I'm amazed your computer survived well enough to post this comment... Or is this a different computer?
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@@tacyhardy845 🤣🤣
@@tacyhardy845 currently enjoying all my Mr. Ballen videos at the public library's computer room for special needs. They have a mouse here you control with your teeth!
@@espositogregory I like you.
The weirdest part of these 411 cases is the searchers finding the persons boots / shoes... but the person is nowhere near them, sometimes even miles away without any cuts or bruises on their bare feet...
There’s a case where the boots showed up in a place they already thoroughly searched....and the boots were neatly placed, VERY creepy stuff...😬
Indeed, this is another baffling scenario often played out in these cases.
what ever is doing this knows how to make it look like hypothermia and likes to mess with rescuers.
Jimboslice m yes, like putting bodies in areas already searched numerous times
And there is often a really bad storm right after, that keeps searchers from looking for them
"You don't use your resources. You don't go to safety. You die."
- MrBallen
The ad right after it:
Do not pass go, do not collect two hundred dollars, do not use your resources, do not go to safety, die.
If MrBallen tells you to do something, you do it
And sometimes you do all that and just die anyways
Please, “you die” should be in caps
The story where Aaron deviated from his cache is why all friend groups should have a panic word 😳 Sounds like someone got the drop on him, took the pack, and made him speak into the radio :/ If he could have said a panic phrase it could have been different
exactly what i was thinking
Also he may have had a mild stroke and had become confused or lost eye sight ...and than he wondered and passt out eventualy died...
Hairy aliens dunnit
Thats exactly what I was thinking. It makes the most sense
Or a skinwalker speaking in his voice
“Why are you still going that way” had me cracking up the way you said it and your expressions 😂
Yeah... but my immediate response (to mind) was, "Oh... maybe the gun to the back of my head and this ugly dude who told me to keep going... I don't know." ;o)
These cases frustrate my brain so much. They never make sense. It makes me want to go out and see what is going on out there.
The filmmaker in Idaho may have caught militia activities on camera.
Idaho is a hotbed for that kind of tging, and many are violently opposed to having people film them.
thats how you go missing
Bigfoot.
There was a land bridge between north America and Russia.
Theres thousands of native tribes all over the world literally. Asia. India. Canada. Australia. United States with drawings, hieroglyphs, paintings in caves about sasquatch, or yeti, or skunk ape, or yeren , or tower. Their in poems and songs from thousands of years ago. Add that to the fact tons of video evidence and stories and pictures all over the world.
Next look at the fact their a primate. Large. Intelligent..strong. fast. And smarter than you in the wild. Their an apex predator.
Add that to the fact they use INFRASOUND like grizzly bears or lions or tigers would to paralyze and confuse and dissorient their pray.
Add that to the fact there's photo and video evidence of them with what looks like children.so they probably have been reproducing and it's estimated theres anywhere from 30 thousand to 60 thousand sasquatch just in Canada and north America alone if not more in our casts forests parks etc.....and the rest writes itself.
Add that to there's beats found huge nests that a primate would live in out in the middle of nowhere and this shit just makes so much sense you'd have to be crazy to think it was anythi g else.
Add that to the sounds they make the gutteral whoops and screams and apelike sounds that have been recorded in Canada and the United States by towners and natives on the Rez.
Add that to the amount of footprints and casts and unidentified hair that doesn't match any animals found in North America.....
I mean I could go on and on but that's what your missing 411 is.
@@MurdahBassRecords and yet we have never recovered one body. Please explain that away.
Not one body, or turd, or legitimate video footage. Yeah Bigfoot is a load of shite.
This is so, so sweet you always mention animals names, count them as important in your stories, always say did they find them at the end, did they survived. Many overlook animals except if they are crucial in a story. That is so refreshing and nice of you.
I agree. He shows so much love for not just the human victims but the animals to.
Agreed.
Dogs only, though. Other animals don't matter to these dog nuts.
I wish more people would take care of pigs, cows, chickens and other livestock animals too and finally stop the speciesism.
I’m guessing this is the vegan section?
The Terence Woods story is full of holes, his parents were never allowed to talk to the crew and I'm finding nothing in the news regarding their testimonies. What about his cell phone, nobody mentions it? He obviously wanted to leave, I think someone was harassing him. This whole story smells. (Looking at the terrain here, I can't imagine him running, seriously!)Thanks for sharing.
I appreciate the fact that he always makes sure to tell us how the animals in the stories make out, so, so much.
I’m still waiting for an update on Ugly Betty and one other dog! 💔
Ohh YES .
Agreed! I’m super sensitive to animal’s being hurt, so I have to know what happened to them!
For sure . Huge props for always giving us the animals/pets info. Thank you.
the way this is phrased... lets just say it can be read in the wrong way lol
Terrence was one of my high school friends. We would hang out and play in a jam band together. One of my TH-cam videos from 2007 or 2008 has Terrence playing guitar in it. He was always very grounded and according to people who kept up with him was completely mentally stable. Him running into the woods was uncharacteristic. His father, and I as well, believe there may be foul play involved, possibly from the people he worked with. All we have was their bizarre report. The police gave up on the search way too quickly as well. I and a lot of folks that went to school with Terrence donated to his father's Go Fund Me to pay for a P.I. but I don't know what came of that. We're all still hoping for the best.
Sorry to hear! I thought it sounded suspicious as well. They herded the search into one specific are. Misdirection at it’s finest
In a lot of these cases, ruling out strange inexplicable causes, it seems that unfortunately that only leaves the people who were with the persons that went missing and maybe even were supposed to be their friends as the most likely cause. Although to be fair, there are some cases where even that doesn't seem possible...
One of my suspicions too was that the crew he worked with did not tell the truth and might be somehow involved with his disappearance.
So sorry to hear this and that still today there's no explaination.
Where exactly in Idaho did this happen, if I may ask?
"I just felt like running" -Forrest Gump
@@alkatrazine7135 huh?
Stupid…
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I love that movie
Hahaha at first I was like huh ? And after hearing the end of the second story I was like oh I get it!!🤣
Usually don't comment on videos but I must say thank you for what you do. The way you tell a story is amazing and captivating.
- Guy goes missing in "the crazies".
Everyone: well, that's certainly a mystery.
I thought the same thing lol
Hmmm i wonder why its called the crazies?
PEOPLE GO CRAZY THERE
Guess you could say
That story’s
Crazy
Haha.....
I’ll leave now
@@needy2236 yes
@Old Skull ?
The like button needs a vacation at this point
No!
Nevvvvveeerrr!
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Never! I like hearing what he comes up with 😂. It's going to get eviscerated till it's non-existent 😁
D_IRVEE yea i want him to be creative with the like button
I’m pretty sure the like button is just a corpse at this point
Like button needs a restraining order.
The man running into the woods for no reason is chillingly close to that of the woman in his previous stories in headless canyon running around at night
Shit that's true
If you ever see that in real life, try to stop them but then get the hell out!!!!
Terrance and Connie both going missing on October 5th in the same area makes it even more strange
I'm from Idaho, and I can attest to the wilderness here. It's truly a force to be reckoned with. Idaho is wild.
Exactly. He was close to the Frank Church Wilderness. Idaho is so mountainous, that if you ironed it out, we'd be bigger than Texas. The only place that isn't mountainous is the Snake river plain, where Yellowstone came through.
Word
I love Idaho's
Mash potatoes..!
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Everybody gangsta until someone is a “avid hunter”
I love hunting and being outdoors but all these avid outdoors people are freaking crazy!
Come up with a new comment
@@kendrahenderson4619 why you hating man
@@husky2674 everyone posts the same comment. Come up with your own dude
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Friends: Connie is all alone and sending us garbled radio transmissions ... oh well I am sure she'll be totally fine.
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I think she had a stroke and wandered off, perhaps to find help. Didn't make it.
@@pgabrielfreak Exactly what I thought, when her radio message was described as her speaking in a slow almost mumbling. And they thought it was garbled it could have been her speech was actually slurring instead of the radio garbling. Well, slow, almost mumbling, sometimes slurring speech is exactly what someone having a stroke supposedly sounds like.
@@pgabrielfreak 15 MILES???
@@pgabrielfreak Exactly my thoughts. Those friends were garbage.
Exactly. It's so obvious. In a 76 year-old woman, any person in fact, slurring or confused speech is a sign of neurological/cognitive distress or disease. Strokes often destroy your ability to speak or greatly lessen it. FFS! Should have sent someone out immediately! She likely suffered a stroke and wandered, cognitively impaired and confused until she died of exposure somewhere in the wilderness. There are forms or dementia caused by vascular strokes too. Horrifically ignorant or stupid people trying to make this into some grand mystery instead of an obvious case of an elderly person suffering a common medical issue.
I believe there is such a thing as natural confusion within the woods. I have felt it before while exploring the woods. You know where you are and how to get back but something fogs your mind and makes you curious. A strange trance like state follows if you give in to this feeling and I have found myself sort of sleep walking for awhile. Luckily I was familiar with my surroundings upon waking from this stupor. I focus on the trail and completing my journey now.
Not dismissing it, but, am concerned. Can you talk to a doc or priest/pastor for protection? Wishing you safety and happiness ✨
Ignoring that other dumb guy, I'm from rural Ontario Canada and I've been minorly lost in say a km/2 of forest near my home. I knew if I went one way id find a farmers field, but it def took an extra bit it seemed.
I cant imagine being in hundreds/thousands of kms of forest, whether I know them or not, sometimes you just get turned around in there. You just have the natural urge to keep going to find help, you may even walk in circles but you just have some drive to keep moving.
And I'm sure once you understand you're truly lost, things change, and your brain does weird things to you.
Apparently if you turn your shirt inside out you go back to normal. Or if you take it off. But in the winter it would be much harder. Perhaps carry a sweater and put on inside out, ontop of gear. Heard this from South American cultures and South African tribes. It gets deep but I won't post here. Peace and love to all 🙏🏼
If youd be willing to explain more elsewhere id really appreciate it my mom taught me some of that but died before my lessons finished if thats not something youd want to do id fully understand however @@makaveli8979
MrBallen: "if that's of interest to you,"
Me: "oh man, what's gonna happen to the Like button today."
Same here. I’m sick and tired of it. It’s time for revenge.
@@mr.ballenslikebutton1373 OH HAHAHAHAHAHAHA That's brilliant!!
@@mr.ballenslikebutton1373 😂😂😂
"If it's not raining, it's not training and if it's not snowing, I'm not going... Keep up the great story telling Mr Ballen... BRAVO bud!
As a former indantrtman reading this...eww..but yes, bravo sir
@@shannonwilson3019?? Walta 😂
Whether she disappeared voluntarily or involuntarily. I think Connie would be happy to know ace is alive and well
@Killer alpha no...
@@ianherp5678 no..nosioporosis
Of course
I've caught up on every single piece of content from Mr. Ballen AND listened to his podcast... I'm addicted. 🤦🏽♀️ Thanks Mr. Ballen for what you do. Now to wait for more content... patiently. 😬
Aaron taking his boots off is probably the most easily explained part. You’ve been to survival school you should k is that if it’s freezing out and you step in a puddle or otherwise get your feet soaked your first priority becomes getting them dry. His boots were found neatly placed next to a fire. Just sounds like an outdoorsman who got his feet wet and was trying to avoid hypothermia. As for why he left without the boots maybe he got scared away by a large animal.
Smart thinking paul!!
“Large Animal” that brought back his stuff and placed them neatly, even taking a sip from his energy drink, and then later his remains are found. People are too afraid to say it, because society has been conditioned to laugh at who the culprits are. Just say it. It’s starts with a “B”.
I can tell you this. The forest park rangers and the government know exactly what’s up. They know what’s out there, but they stay hush hush.
Cr1ms0nRav3n you’re right. That’s exactly what it was and this happened in many cases! I think some of them are hunting us for sport and then taunting us in some kind of sick game
@@garythompson5316 I won’t rule out the idea that some would do it for sport. But I’m of the opinion that many of them are just extremely territorial and don’t tolerate humans in their area. A lone hiker, camper, hunter out smack in the middle of no where neck deep in the woods is extremely at risk.
Some are opportunistic and will nab someone including a child if it’s within range and it can get away undetected. These things are masters of the forests. They hunt deer and elk with their bare hands, which are some of the most skittish and hyper aware animals out there, so a mastery of stealth and agility is fundamental. Human targets are child’s play to them.
They return the clothes or items not so much to taunt I don’t think but also more so as a warning, to stay out. There are stories of folks who have been chased out or have barely escaped them. They don’t mess around.
@@Cr1ms0nRav3n If, when you say it starts with B, you're referring to Bigfoot then I think you're on the wrong track. Bigfoot doesn't explain the sudden changes in weather or dogs not being able to pick up a scent. Or people being found in places already searched and in places that would be impossible for them to reach. Why are just about every 411 case where the persons' body is found they are found without boots or shoes? Or their boots are often the only thing they do find. Why are their bodies almost always found in or near bodies of water? And 411 cases are happening in urban areas as well as forests. Not too many Bigfoot (bigfeet? bigfoots?) found in down town Chicago. I believe that whatever is taking these people, it is, for now at least, far beyond our understanding. But I'm less interested in finding out about who than I am about why??? ...
These stories give me the creeps but I cant stop watching them
As a fellow veteran I wanted to show love, thank you for what you do ballen!
Thank you guys
Thanks for promoting David's books. He has worked so hard investigating these stories.
The Aaron Hedges story is so heartbreaking. He was so close to safety. So close. He was obviously experiencing severe hypothermia when he took his boots off. It shows how tough he was and how determined he was to survive that he managed to walk 6 miles in that snow storm without boots on. Once people are taking clothing off they are very far gone and are usually found near their discarded clothes. This guy was tough, to make it 6 more miles. By the time he got to that homestead he was just out of steam. He was probably delirious, who knows what kind of delusions he was having at that point. He might not have even understood what he was seeing, that it was a home, safety. So sad he couldn’t make it that last mile.
It's all so scary and sad....
He had a fire going, smoked a cigerette, it just doesn't seem like "obvious" hypothermia... It seems like he camped there and was fine. It was the next day that the 2 feet of snow came in... I mean I have been in -19 weather, you aren't walking 6 miles with no shoes on in 2 feet of snow at least half way up your calves would be in snow... I dont get why every story clothes or shoes or some type of items are so perfectly placed and just left... Idk what AVID hunter that knew the area VERY well wouldn't have shot his gun to give some type of alert... idk. Just don't see obvious written on this story.
Spenser Swain ...It was hypothermia. His clothes/boots were found in one area, his body found miles away. Maybe he started a fire, but it went out and he was unable to get it going again and that’s when hypothermia set in near that fire (why his boots were found there). Maybe he was having a medical event, like stroke, or heart attack, or mental health issues, so wasn’t in his right mind. Who knows. But in that kind of whether, with his boots off, he definitely died of hypothermia.
K L i mean if they couldn’t figure it out then you saying it’s definitely this is just an opinion. Just like what I said was an opinion I don’t see how an survivalist would have left his shoes near his fire makes 0 sense but oh well looks like you solved the mystery lol
Spenser Swain ...The cause of death is hypothermia and exposure. This was determined because there were zero indications of foul play or animal attack. Argue with the Montana investigators and sheriff about it, not me.
We need to start a GoFundMe for the like button’s future therapy.
The Like Button knew what it was getting into when it took on this job.
evilcam Like h*** I did. When am I allowed to retire?
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And his funeral expenses
@@mr.ballenslikebutton1373 You should train your replacement first. Do you have an apprentice Like button?
So is no one gonna talk about how he used ice poseidon as the thumbnail lmao
LMAO i just realized that after u said that 🤣🤣
Lmao that's the whole reason I clicked on the video.
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Keep in mind, Aaron Hedges was struggling with alcohol dependency/withdrawal, and having problems at home at the time he went on the hunt, he had been taking Anabuse, had it on him, his friends were drinking, he’d been moody argumentative and uncooperative towards his companions, it was speculated he intended to use the trip away from home to detox off alcohol in the mountains (bad idea btw). There’s a lot of very pertinent information conveniently left out of DP account of events that would explain this as not unusual at all and certainly not meeting the supposed missing 411 “criteria”. I’ve read the statements and LE reports also missing enigma did a great piece on it including the omitted and quite relevant info
Was this the case where intentional poaching was involved as well? There were so many fishy details in this case.
Jordana Landry thanks for that info. Many if not most of these stories have to be taken with a grain of salt. Not knowing anything about this case, when I watched it I assumed Aaron must of had some major issues going on along with drugs and or alcoholism. Most things don't just happen for no reason.
@@Pro-Deo MrBallen tends to exaggerate stories or add details to make the story better. An example is a recent one of his podcasts I listened to where he explained what a guy was thinking up until the point he got his head blown off with a shotgun. I mean, kind of impossible to know what someone is thinking the moment they are being murdered. This is why I want to actually buy the missing 411 books. They seem interesting
The Withdrawal is a legit theory. People hallucinate, and sometimes even die, during the first 72 hours. Although, they usually wouldn't smoke. Hypothermia would also explain the boots and cloths.
Why didn’t the sheriff or even his friends mention that being a factor in the documentary, if they mentioned it David would have included it or not accepted it as a Missing 411. I’d have to see some facts about that and I can’t understand why the sheriff would cover if someone they don’t know. It’s sad but you have to use ever single fact about the person and again it’s amazing his own buddy doesn’t mention it. Maybe because he was afraid the sheriff would look but of course they would but it changes how they approach the search but David wouldn’t have covered it as a Missing 411 if he knew anything of this being true.
If an animal freaks out that's with you: *just turn back* they sense things we can't
They smell other animals....before you can see them. That's all the magic.
*If an animal that’s with you freaks out
@@michaeldiekmann6494 Correct, and most of them have better hearing too. So they can also hear earthquakes
@@michaeldiekmann6494 I mean, smell is a sense
Very smart, an example is dogs who are trained to lay and cross their paws when they sense cancer
Moral of all missing children stories: Keep your kids INFRONT of you! Every story says the parents let the kids follow them from behind, as if thats the safest way to get a 2 year old out of the woods, smdh
What if they step on snake or something infront of you. I believe if a kid goes hunting or something. There should be 2 adults. 1infront and behind
@@hozza0411 I don't think 2 year olds should go hunting in the first place but yes, in the scenario you described I would totally put the kid in the middle of the adults.
@@PrincesMom2024 you missed the point
@@runningthunder6923 Don't worry, I get what he was saying.
If its two parents have the kid go in the middle its safer.
Connie was a high school teacher of mine in Iowa. Really sad deal. She was a great teacher.
I am sorry about that loss of your 😞
@@animallovermya5292 thanks, I should also add a great person too. Her daughter was my prom date. Really small town in Iowa.
@@vyaj I'm from Iowa, what town?
@@briankelly4929 me too im kinda curious now, i was born in Iowa spent half my life here and spent the other half in montana
@@Legion-zf2ju that means u've lived your whole life, how come u're still commenting?? Lol, corny joke🤭✌️
I introduced my 83 year old mom to your stories. She's hooked, but she won't watch you at night. She loves your stories as I do.
You’re one of my favourite people on TH-cam man, I hope you know we love and appreciate you here.
Am I the only one that listens to these laying down with my eyes closed
No it's the only way I can go to sleep
Lol yeah
U r not
Y’all weird
I do that to fall asleep
In the first story, I'm fairly sure Aaron was being held at gunpoint when he radioed in and just hoped his friends would realise how weird it would be for him to just take a wrong turn. I'm pretty sure his things being left in different places was the killer messing with people to taunt them
And the missing feet ... How else would that happen?
@@bugglemagnum6213 If it's someone with something against hikers in particular, taking the feet as their "trophy" definitely makes sense
@@bugglemagnum6213 The missing feet I think is normal, he was without boots so for an animal is the easiest place to chew on and rip it from his main body
Sounds very plausible to me. Had to have been someone that knew that he had all these supply drops all over the place! I feel like he was trying to tell them, using code, that he was in danger and needed help. I definitely feel like it was foul play. Although, it does beg the question, if he had a gun, why wouldn't he use it of he was being harmed? And I would say that it's impossible to walk 6 miles in 2 feet of snow with no shoes on! Hypothermia would literally make it impossible! I think be was murdered and his friends were possibly in on it!
@@NativeWarrior88 his friends playing a part makes zero sense. Honestly if you’re going to say something that far out of left field, you need to have something to back it up. And no. A “ gut feeling” doesn’t count.
Mr. Ballen's ability to storytell in extreme weather conditions in nothing but a plaid shirt, backwards cap, and (I assume) an American flag spedo? is truly astounding. 5 stars all around! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
With Connie, if the dog came back without her she's probably dead.
Plot twist the dog killed her
For sure
Did you hear about the missing kid that hthey found today in Texas? Left with a dog and didn't come back. Only the dog did, after 4 days they found the kid in a wooden area. Crazy shit. Happened in grime County Texas
@@Conekiller29 I had read about the news about the boy and his dog. So happy learn the little boy was found alive.
@@Conekiller29 I am familiar with this story. It was his neighbor's dog, and the dog belonged to an elderly lady. She watched the young boy follow her dog into the tree line. She was too old to go after the boy so she notified the parents who were unloading groceries. The dog came back to his owner and the boy got lost. Same thing happened to the Denmark girls who died in Panama. They brought the dog from the house they were staying with on their hike, like many people staying there had done before. He returned at some point. I do believe dogs will stay with their "humans" until they pass away. Most won't stay if they aren't attached to that person.
Lmao, I’m laughing so hard at the thumbnail. That’s Ice Poseidon!
p a u l d e n i n o
lmao I've been looking all over the comments to see if anyone noticed
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Lol ICE POSEIDON in the thumbnail is so accurate
Lmao of course he’s used In a horror photo
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Lol I was looking for this
PAUL DENINO
El goblino is everywhere lul
Montana girl here. I grew up playing in the woods. As kids we grew up on my cousins ranch and would literally go miles away from the house, exploring till the sun went down. This ranch just so happens to be very close to the crazies. I have always heard how rough it is up there and I my uncle has some stories about spending time in the crazies. There is definitely some odd and paranormal activity here. You have to listen to your gut. Get out of there if you have to. Read the signs.
“Hijack the like buttons private jet and land it 10 miles short”
If I’m going down your coming with me.
rinxxyy who's Colby?
199th like lol wish I was 200th cus that’s more satisfying
@@mr.ballenslikebutton1373 lol
Thank you for acknowledging these missing people.
"I turned my back for a minute and my child was gone!"
begins to obsessively watch my kid 24/7
The truth is that two minutes is like the 2 beers drunk drivers claim. Its usually more than 2 minutes. People tend to minimize their mistakes.
@@LuvBorderCollies yh but in this case you cant blame the father. like i dont understand how a child goes missing on a really small island and is never to be found again ....
@@yorben1522 You pretty much can. Just because its a small island doesnt mean its completely safe.
@@JarthenGreenmeadow yh maybe ,but it makes it so much harder so
Yep that was me! I never took my eyes off of him. Now hes 18 and I purposely look away but when I look back hes ALWAYS THERE! 😉
Aaron's disappearance isn't actually that mysterious. They left out of the story a very important fact: that he was a bad alcoholic, and he didn't bring enough alcohol while on the trip and went into DTs. Someone detoxing from alcohol will get so disoriented they don't know if they're outside or inside, let alone whether they're lost in the woods or not. They could be steps away from safety and have no idea. Detoxing from alcohol is very intense and completely ruins a person's orientation, rational thought, and basic understanding of anything going on around them. Without medical intervention people can die from alcohol DTs, and thats without an extra factor like being out in the freezing cold wilderness.
Quite a few of the missing 411 cases are dramatized. There's one where the author says a middle aged man who was fit etc went missing, yet interviews with that person's friends Saya he was frail and sick. Another he played on a person going missing after people were following him etc, in real life, the missing person had schizophrenia. It's fun to listen but many cases are not even remotely "true" in the way the author describes
I can imagine the producers “ hey terrace just jumped off the fucking cliff”
Everyone else* “I’m sorry what?!?”
That’s some movie stuff man
He just uhh jumped and took off running
Or they killed him and hes at the bottom of a mineshaft
Dammit Terrace why are you running?
Off topic: your backdrops/backgrounds are absolutely phenomenal, and probably the most well made, realistic ones I've ever seen.
Agreed like wtf
Agreed, he does pick out cool images for his green screen backgrounds.
one thing to keep in mind regarding these cases: People suffering from severe hypothermia often reach a point where their brain is barely functioning. Along with things like paradoxical undressing, this can lead them to not process important information. In some situations, people have walked right across a road when lost in the woods and severaly hypothermic. They don't think to follow the road or wait by the road for help - they just keep moving forward. This explains why someone wouldn't recognize that they're at the edge of someone's property, for example. This doesn't explain all of these bizarre cases but it can shed some light on some of them.
Yep. Funny how Paulides never once gives this any meaningful consideration. Wouldnt sell books I guess. And yet it is the most logical and scientific explanation.
@@kitfisto1827 he does mention it by the way, but he doesn't believe that's the cause. I dont either. Maybe look more into all these disappearances. His books are great also.
@@kitfisto1827 and no, it’s really not. Considering the man knew the crazies inside and out, he wouldn’t have gotten that bad hypothermia THAT quickly to the point he made such an obvious error with the path. I think a more likely option Is that the man was killed, and someone stole his radio and dumped his body. It would also explain the thermos and energy drink facing the residence. That wasn’t the hiker that was drinking from the thermos
@@kitfisto1827 funny how you get hypothermia while hiking in the summer
The first story the weather on the crazies was warm and the trail was clear and visible. It wasn’t until a few days into the search that a bad storm rolled in. A lot of these stories are of people going missing during the summer in warm weather. So hyperthermia is not the cause. Plus it takes time for hyperthermia to set in, it’s not instant.
I wonder if David has a map marked with all the disappearances and date stamped. I feel like a big percentage is in September. I like to speculate there is something that is causing the minds of people to go somewhere else. In kinda a lost trance. Maybe they see something different in there mind. And the clothes. So many cases of people having articles removed