Previous video in the series - th-cam.com/video/PEAjq97xLHg/w-d-xo.html Hey everyone! As a reminder, entirely new videos every Saturday at 11 am EST. Older, visually remastered videos will be released every Wednesday at 12 pm EST. Thank you all for watching, and have a great weekend! Quick note - the 2 seconds of muted audio at 5:30 are loosely related to the ongoing conflict in Europe (capture of a certain territory by another larger territory). I’m just being super careful not to use any keywords that might get flagged.
It's pretty sad that we can't even mention the names of countries because a video might be flagged. I understand the need to filter out extremists and false information but youtube needs to do a better job. Anyway, thank you for sharing these stories.
He didn't say he can't say it, he's just being careful not to get it flagged. He's doing this for money, and content that's directly about ongoing conflicts can get demonetised.
I figured that cuz "annexation" (sigh) Our favorite content creators have to watch getting flagged cuz YT has over 17 separate personalities and you never know which one you're talking to on any given day 🤪
Fuck TH-cam/Google. From Wikipedia: In February and March 2014, Russia invaded and subsequently annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine. This event took place in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity and is part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War.
Why would saying it be an issue? I’ve come across this before but wasn’t sure why. Obv the conflict going on but thousands of channels report on world events.
In boyscouts I once got separated from my group while hiking through some wooded mountains. When this happened I was tempted to start running in the direction I had thought they had gone, but one of the first things you learn to do in this situation is to stay put. After a few minutes I thought I could hear voices but it wasn't until my group walked out of the woods and appeared on a ridge above that I could hear them clearly. It's amazing how wooded mountains can block sound from traveling, I've no doubt if I had walked off even 50 meters in the wrong direction I wouldn't have heard them.
The last thing you'd think would happen when hiking in a group is you could get separated and lost. Every minute is filled w/dread about the situation. I'm glad you kept your wits about you and it had a good outcome.💓🌺
@@isabellind1292 I was only 12 I think when this happened, and for the record I think it was entirely my fault. I honestly had a habit of always wanting to go off and explore on my own because I'd always had an easy finding my way back. I think this built up a false sense of confidence in me. Needless to say, I never wandered off during a hike again.
@@skynotaname2229 Well, you were only 12 yrs. old so the fact you had the maturity to make the decision you did after you became separated was very smart.☺
Doesn't speak too well for your Scoutmasters. Noble of you to admit the fault is yours, but you were 12. BTW im an Eagle Scout and hiked in wooded mountains many times (Appalachia), so I really do understand. Lucky I've a good sense of direction and loved maps and compasses
I have this happened one time in the desert in Southern California, I climbed to the top of a Box Canyon and no 1 else could follow me me, and I tried to get back down, but it was way too slippery to retrace my steps. Instead I thought I will just walk off the Canyon walls, comma because it all emptied out into the same spot but unfortunately there were were huge prickly pear cactus in my way and I was unable to take any trails to get back quickly. After wondering for about an hour I finally found my group comment we're way off in a different direction than I had anticipated. Luckily it was pretty easy to see for a great distance when you're just up a little bit higher, but even so the features of the desert are also similar that it's really easy to get lost there there.When I finally saw my group I started spreading towards them and realized there was another cactus in the way and I was running down the hill so I thought oh I'll just jump over it it doesn't look to be very tall, but it was about 15' tall it just was on a little drop off and I ended up in the middle of it and then crawled through ithrew it to get to my group. It was a rough experience, and I learned never to get separated for my group again.
As an Australian, I find the different ideas of what mountain the Seven Summits Club counts very funny. Because our tallest mountain is Kosciuszko. But you don't really climb Kosciusko. You stroll up Kosciuszko. Perhaps with a picnic basket. And the idea of having that on the same list as Everest is just hilarious.
Stumbled upon this channel two days ago by accident. Binge-watched everything during the day of discovery. Very happy to see that the channel is not only alive, but is EXTREMELY high quality now! Good job!
Jon Krakauer also writes that he went to a local Colorado bar after his climb and recounted his recent triumph. No one believed him. Patrons rolled their eyes and took him for a stranger telling tall tales. Really puts into perspective how dangerous and difficult Devil's Thumb is.
One's favorite thing about this channel is you never know what you are going to get. Scary interesting could be anything, and it is always great. Thank you.
Late reply and all that, but what made that so eerie for me is I have been in that area many times. Seeing the animation go through areas I've hiked and camped with my own family... really makes you think lol.
Summitted Mt. Rainier in 2019 with my buddy, we got a late start and didn't make the peak until 9:30am in the morning. On the way up we were passed by several parties of climbers, many of whom gave us looks like "Whoa, hey guys maybe think about turning back, it's kind of late." But we went anyway. Making the summit was an incredible feeling, coupled with a creeping sense of danger knowing we were the only two people up there and would be the only ones descending the mountain. Everyone else was a good hour or so ahead of us before we began our descent around 10:30. Crossing crevasses, passing underneath seracs dripping in the late morning heat, passing down slushy switch backs bordered by steep dropoffs that would have sent us screaming off sheer drops, I was very aware the two of us were in a situation where there was zero room for error. Any accident, any crisis situation, and we would have been on our own. It added mental exhaustion to the physical fatigue we were feeling after 14+ hours of climbing on a very technical, glaciated mountain. Arriving back to Camp Muir at around 4pm in the afternoon, we were greeted by many climbers who expressed relief at our return. Apparently word had been going around about our ascent with many people thinking we wouldn't make it back. To this day it is one of the most physically and mentally demanding things I've ever done. Would I do it again? Yes.
Glad you made it okay! I’m guessing you were wading through waist-deep slush by the time you got back to base camp. I summited Rainier in 1977 via the Schurman route, and was lucky to have the summit all to myself for a few minutes (I was climbing with a team though.) Even though we reached the top at 6:30am, we were still waist deep in snow by the time we got back to Camp Schurman. Agree that it was an exhausting yet rewarding experience! ✌🏼
@@sgvincent100 My buddy and I slushed most of our way back to Camp Muir. It really made parts of the trail hazardous especially when it came to crossing crevasses on the way back. I fell on my butt more than once and it sapped your energy righting oneself with so much gear.
A friend and I did something similar on the North Ridge of Mount Baker. We did this in a single day but unfortunately made an error and climbed down the wrong slope - the opposite side of where we needed to be. It too was a slushy mess and fell down if you looked at it funny. We climbed straight down the mountain to avoid starting an avalanche and then had to re-ascend the mountain in a safer section (a frozen gully) to allow us to access our vehicle. We left home at 2:00 am and arrived back at midnight that day - with the four hours of driving, we completed pretty much a double ascent of Baker in a day. It too was an extreme physical and mental challenge - 50 - 90 degree slopes, difficult glacier crossing and the dangerous. And yes, I have done it again.
Both Dennis Martin and Lila Albagucheva most likely fell through tiny openings of very deep crevasses. I also almost fell into a very deep crevasse when I solo-hiked the 180km trail of the Niagara Escarpment. My big bulky backpack saved my life. The small opening was covered by over-grown grasses and was only half a foot beside the trail. The crevasse was definitely deeper than 90 feet because the climbing rope I had at that time was 90 feet. After this experience, I always made sure my backpack was big and bulky.
Martin's case has the caveat no one knows of any crevasses. but it also has the key flaw of.... no one has any idea which direction to even look in from where he was last seen.
You should cover the story of Lauren Elder, who crashed in a small plane on the side of mountain in 1970s, and had to make her way down to civilization in order to survive.
i've read everything Jon Krakauer has written, but somehow managed to never learn until now about his climbing history, other than the ascent recounted in Into Thin Air. i really enjoy his writing style and also really enjoy your videos. Thanks for making them. History of this sort is especially fascinating to me.
@@nyanbinary1717 just bought 3 cups of deceit a followup to 3 cups of tea about a guy who claimed all these adventures in Nepal. Except it was all a fraud
Read Eiger Dreams. Jon also went to Antarctica with Alex Lowe and some other great climbers accomplishing some solid technical climbs there in his younger days.
Many people criticize "Into the Wild" but I find the story fascinating still. We all traverse different paths in life...not a single one of us correctly choose the best path each time nor are we always prepared properly for each path. It's the state of being human that births these stories and makes these stories important and useful to us all. Just because we may personally disagree with another's attitude and/or choices doesn't at all detract from the story. I too enjoy his writing.
I've heard about Dennis before and that's truly terrifying. I actually think abduction is the most plausible theory. If he had been attacked by an animal, then they would've at least found some of his remains... bones, shreds of clothing and such. Same if he had died of exposure. Someone surely would've come across his remains at some point in the past 50 years. He was 6, he couldn't have wandered so far off that his body would've been impossible to find. Adults can go much further and reach more places than a 6 year old, so the only other possibility is that Dennis crawled into a space that would've been far too small for an adult to access or maybe even notice, but I assume dogs were also involved in the search and they would've alerted to something even then, unless the heavy rainfall interfered with their ability to pick up Dennis' scent. Abduction is the only theory where it makes sense that there would be no trace of him. That's just my speculation though. Great channel and as usual, a great video!
Actually, mountain lions and bears very frequently take their food elsewhere to eat. Bears bury their cache and mountain lions take their food up into the trees. Also, finding remains are incredibly difficult to find. I've come across animal remains that despite looking directly at them, they blended immediately into the surroundings within a few steps away when I was trying to get someone else to show them what I found and didn't want to loose the location.
if the footsteps lead up to the stream maybe there's a chance that he got swept in the current somehow? a kid wouldnt know the enormous risk that comes with streams and rivers like that, he might've thought of just playing in the shallows a bit and slipped. The water could've held him under but I suppose by now they would've found and identified him.
Actually there’s been a lot of cases where a child wandered for miles, and even if he didn’t, mountain lions or bears often drag their prey somewhere more isolate Abduction is plausible, but it would make sense if he either wandered off/ was killed by animals You’d be surprised how many times people disappear and bones are never found
@@DoubleAplusJ Wym by abduction like a man just happens to be sitting at that same tree line in the middle of no where ready to abduct kids? yeah i dont think so
If anyone is interested, I'm an indie game dev and I recently released a free to play horror game about mountain climbing. It's called " Mount Fear! " and I listened to a lot of stories like this during development to get the right feel. Thanks for providing the inspiration!
You've become one of my favorite channels when it comes to disaster documentary/ ill fated travels. Not only is your content incredibly educational and suspenseful, but you also respect the victims in these stories. Keep it up and thank you!
@@PhilAndersonOutside thank God he isn't one of the many youtubers that ruin their videos with corny stock footage!!!!! That's why I love this channel so much.
@@randalthor6872 He also listened to viewers :D (Many viewers complain about the transition to other story are too short and hard to tell if it's the same story or already 2nd one.. Its good now :D)
Sean, normally I skip past all kinds of background info. But you tell it so well I actually learn a hell of a lot about diving, climbing and hiking. Keep it up, your videos are amazing and educational at the same time. ✌️
They aren’t lying when they say it’s hard to search Cades Cove after a storm. I went backpacking there this spring after a rainstorm. It wasn’t as severe, the trails were still there, but the trees were blocked by many downed trees, and we had to spend quite a few hours crossing over numerous wide fast slowing rivers. Not to mention it was quite cold out (but not as cold as higher up in the mountain range like Clingman’s Dome)
I’ve been up at clingmans’s dome in a storm in early spring and oh goodness it was so cold. We had planned on camping but we made it a one day trip and went another time since I already live really close
It's quite pathetic, isn't it? It's a fact, what are they scared of? Does Russia have blackmail materials? With all the rubbish this site is happy to post, and they censor fact!
@@cbbees1468 In all honesty, I think it’s less of a free speech thing and more of a monetization thing. Creators are free to talk about ongoing conflicts, TH-cam just isn’t going to pay out any money for that type of content… which I suppose is fair enough.
@@AtomicExtremophile it’s not censorship. Censorship would be forcing creators to remove the content. I’ve watched tons of content related to the Ukraine Russia conflict on here. It’s just TH-cam refusing to minimize or promote the content (for this or any other on-going war I think). It sucks for the creators, but you can’t really tell TH-cam how and where to spend their own money. And if creators want that money, all they need to do it is not discuss subjects that TH-cam deems sensitive. I if the creators aren’t interested in making money then they’re free to talk about whatever they want. I think the whole thing is good for a quick laugh, but I still feel that TH-cam is within the rights to adopt the policy they’ve chosen.
Yep found channel by accident. Watch cave diver events. Then got hooked. Been watching ever since. Hopefully you’ll do some videos on the springs ,caves dives in Ginnie Springs Fl. Lots of people died here every year I’m pretty sure. Or maybe not every year but a LOT.
I worked on a ski resort. The last traumatic event on the mtn was when a drunk & high snowboarder dug a hole in the side of the parking lot snow wall and slept there, instead of paying for a bus fare and a hotel room. He probably froze to death in his sleep, but the giant snowblower got him too. The year after my last season, two people died hours apart (tree wells) and a few months later a boy died of his injuries after a serious fall on a double black diamond run crusted in ice
I broke my 2 femur and 6 ribs in a skiing accident. I could have easily get killed. I hit a 4x4 wood post who has left out of nowhere on the side of a track. I take 3 hours for the security to bring me down and in ambulance. I never put on skis again.
It's actually surprisingly warm to sleep in a hole made into these snow walls. The snow is very dense and your body heat makes the snow thaw a bit and then turn into ice which isolates surprisingly well. If he had a sleeping bag or proper winter gear, I'm sure he was fine temperature-wise. Obviously still very stupid if you are not a 100% certain that no heavy machinery is going to come crush you.
Absolutely smashed my helmet on an off-road hill in a ski resort in Finland. My skis dipped in the snow and got caught on a tree stump under the snow. I flew down like the dog on the snowboarding meme "yo is that my dog?"
It’s always incredibly sad to loose a child but I can’t possibly imagine to lose a child and never know what ever happened and still 50 years later to still not know I can’t imagine what that family must’ve gone through.
I stopped watching Mr Ballen a while back after I realized he regularly omits major, publically available, information on many stories. Info which in most cases very much changes the overall story and public perspective of it. This tends to spawn all sorts of weird theories in his comments and then arguements over said theories. This engagement may be good for him and his channel, but it feels disrespectful to the victims and their families. Commentors shouldn't have to fill in the blanks with major info and corrections.
The missing enigma video on the Dennis Martin boy is by far the most honest and complete video I ever watched on the case. It corrects all the misinformation that's been spread about the case.
I've been binge-watching your channel for the last week and i love it! I also use your videos to help me sleep, i find your narration a good sound to drift off to haha!
05:31 Greatly disappointed by the choice of blocking out the phrase " 'Annexation of Chimera' ". It may have cost youtube money...but when commercial entities are able to force us to censor ourselves, we are selling them our freedom, which is priceless.
I always find these mountain horror stories so much more fascinating/morbid because I actually do a fair bit of sub-alpine mountain climbing, they seem so much worse because I feel like I can see myself in these situations (unlike many of the caving stories). Fortunately the precautions I take seem to be adequate preventative measures, so lets hope there's never a video on this channel about me lol. Keep up the good work Sean!
5:32 I'm sure the word he cut is "Crimea." A piece of Ukraine that was annexed by Russia in 2014. (Without war, so unlike what they're trying to do now in Donbas.) Since TH-cam is still allowed in Russia, I suspect they issued a strike on the video and Scary Interesting, not being a political channel, decided it was easier to just censor that part than to fight it.
Crimea declared independence from Ukraine and joined Russian Federation. Crimea was later genocided by Ukraine when they cut water and power supply to the peninsula.
When I was young my family used to take trips to Cade’s cove all the time (being on clingmans dome is amazing and absolutely terrifying) and my dad used to share a story about a little boy who went missing cause he wandered off out of sight so we had to stay within view of our parents at all times. I always thought he made it up (as dads do to scare you as a kid) because I had never heard about it from anyone outside him but apparently not
Glaciers are intriguing and scary at the same time. I remembered crossing ngozumpa glacier to get to Gokyo. All those loud booming noises coming from glacier and unstable rocks make it really scary. On top of that it’s easy to get lost. I met a family who got lost and had to spend a night on the glacier. They said they couldn’t sleep not just because of the boom noises coming from the glacier but also there were so many rodents.
I've been a climber for 7 years of my life and I love it more than anything. Climbing for me is more than a sport, it's a way of life. Having said that though I've had my fair share of "Oh shit" moments in the mountains.
@@LostArchivist You do need to have sheer grit and determination to get things done in the mountains, like the long slogs up steep slopes and technical scrambling but there is also a spiritual, semi mystical appeal to it. It's a bit of both
I have my own third man story though it’s not on a mountain or at the Arctic or even in a car. I grew up in Garland, Texas. Where we lived flooded during rainy season and as such there where floodways (not sure this is the right word but they were channels designed to help alleviate the flooding). One of them was a natural creek that had been deepened and widened. During dry season, this creek was pretty much dry and it’s walls were a blast to climb so a lot of the neighbor did so. Deep in dry season, my group and I were in this creek with some of us climbing and some of us just lounging. I was about to lay down with my girlfriends when I heard my long passed grandpa say, ‘Little Underfoot, get from under my feet.’ I knew that meant we had to get out of the ravine and my group that I was tripping but they did listen. Just as the last of us began to climb out, we all heard the roar and could see the water tearing down the creek. If I had not heard my grandpa and we had gotten out, most of us agreed that there would not have been enough time for all of us to get out in time.
Into thin air was such a trip of a book. He never went to war but he knew so many people and so much about true stories. It felt like a copout when he said he never went to Vietnam but later in life, I think he was retelling stories he had heard and all that
Why should we care about his military history or why he didn’t go to Vietnam? Krakuer is a great writer and adventurer. He’s given us so many amazing stories and articles what would be the point of him dying in a pointless war before he even started to live? I wish people would stop glamorizing the military, there are lots of ways to contribute to society other than offering yourself up as cannon fodder.
Been here since the first videos and i need to say the Quality became so much better. That's some incredible improvement 👏 and the growth of the channel is also damn fast, i'm glad people find this gem of a channel
I do like the way you tell these stories: No condemnation of anyone; or situation. Just the facts. But I am curious about one thing: Are you a climber/risk taker yourself?
No other story channel that I've found nearly matches the quality of Scary Interesting videos. I always watch this channel as soon as I see a new video in my feed, and they just keep getting better
YT can flag his video as "political" and thus stopping the views from certain countries, the same way any video that says "Tiananmen" won't ever show up in China
@@GeneticFreak im from Russia and i didnt realize. Can they really just fucking block videos from recommending to me or something if its said "annexation of Crimea" in it? That's crazy. Next what? If someone calls the war a war instead of "special operation"???
I really really love your videos. You are by far my favorite TH-cam channel and I really look forward to what you post. You do a great job of telling the story and being true to it without embellishing and giving them details that don’t seem important. Please keep it up and I look forward to you every weekend
I love how he list the hardest one as Everest, or atleast made it sound like it, when immediately my thought was the hardest would be the on in Antarctica… just because of how remote that is. Atleast Everest has the tourism aspect.
3:47 The animal you're showing here is not a bobcat, and a bobcat most likely would not attack a human. Even at 6, Dennis would be as large as a bobcat. What you're showing is a mountain lion, some people call them cougars, and these are *****extremely***** dangerous. They will absolutely attack lone humans, even adults, and they are very, very strong and very very fast. One could very easily snatch Dennis up if he was wandering about on his own and be miles away with his body in minutes. I saw one drag a fully grown male elk up the side of a mountain to a trail that ran around the middle, rip off the head like it was nothing, and continue on with the entire body. Like... wtf. You will not hear it coming either. I am much more afraid of these than bears, which in California are generally docile and at most will bluster but are nonconfrontational. They're practically domesticated at this point. Not so with mountain lions. Mountain lions *know* they can fuck you up, and they will if they feel like it. I think these are one of the most dangerous predators to humans on Earth. Mountain Lions, Wolf Packs, Hippos. These are things you just do not fuck around with.
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Hey everyone! As a reminder, entirely new videos every Saturday at 11 am EST. Older, visually remastered videos will be released every Wednesday at 12 pm EST. Thank you all for watching, and have a great weekend!
Quick note - the 2 seconds of muted audio at 5:30 are loosely related to the ongoing conflict in Europe (capture of a certain territory by another larger territory). I’m just being super careful not to use any keywords that might get flagged.
It's pretty sad that we can't even mention the names of countries because a video might be flagged. I understand the need to filter out extremists and false information but youtube needs to do a better job.
Anyway, thank you for sharing these stories.
Can’t even say crimea in a vid?
@@owensh Nope.. you might upset the woke left.. they can not handle the truth.
He didn't say he can't say it, he's just being careful not to get it flagged.
He's doing this for money, and content that's directly about ongoing conflicts can get demonetised.
Crimera belongs to Russia anyway.
5:32 i'm pretty sure its supposed to say "annexation of Crimea" for those of you curious
I figured that cuz "annexation" (sigh) Our favorite content creators have to watch getting flagged cuz YT has over 17 separate personalities and you never know which one you're talking to on any given day 🤪
Fuck TH-cam/Google.
From Wikipedia:
In February and March 2014, Russia invaded and subsequently annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine. This event took place in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity and is part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War.
thnx, came here looking for this
Why would saying it be an issue? I’ve come across this before but wasn’t sure why. Obv the conflict going on but thousands of channels report on world events.
What you're not allowed to say 'Crimea' now?
CRIMEA CRIMEA CRIMEA!!!!!
In boyscouts I once got separated from my group while hiking through some wooded mountains. When this happened I was tempted to start running in the direction I had thought they had gone, but one of the first things you learn to do in this situation is to stay put. After a few minutes I thought I could hear voices but it wasn't until my group walked out of the woods and appeared on a ridge above that I could hear them clearly. It's amazing how wooded mountains can block sound from traveling, I've no doubt if I had walked off even 50 meters in the wrong direction I wouldn't have heard them.
The last thing you'd think would happen when hiking in a group is you could get separated and lost. Every minute is filled w/dread about the situation. I'm glad you kept your wits about you and it had a good outcome.💓🌺
@@isabellind1292 I was only 12 I think when this happened, and for the record I think it was entirely my fault. I honestly had a habit of always wanting to go off and explore on my own because I'd always had an easy finding my way back. I think this built up a false sense of confidence in me. Needless to say, I never wandered off during a hike again.
@@skynotaname2229 Well, you were only 12 yrs. old so the fact you had the maturity to make the decision you did after you became separated was very smart.☺
Doesn't speak too well for your Scoutmasters. Noble of you to admit the fault is yours, but you were 12. BTW im an Eagle Scout and hiked in wooded mountains many times (Appalachia), so I really do understand. Lucky I've a good sense of direction and loved maps and compasses
I have this happened one time in the desert in Southern California, I climbed to the top of a Box Canyon and no 1 else could follow me me, and I tried to get back down, but it was way too slippery to retrace my steps. Instead I thought I will just walk off the Canyon walls, comma because it all emptied out into the same spot but unfortunately there were were huge prickly pear cactus in my way and I was unable to take any trails to get back quickly. After wondering for about an hour I finally found my group comment we're way off in a different direction than I had anticipated. Luckily it was pretty easy to see for a great distance when you're just up a little bit higher, but even so the features of the desert are also similar that it's really easy to get lost there there.When I finally saw my group I started spreading towards them and realized there was another cactus in the way and I was running down the hill so I thought oh I'll just jump over it it doesn't look to be very tall, but it was about 15' tall it just was on a little drop off and I ended up in the middle of it and then crawled through ithrew it to get to my group. It was a rough experience, and I learned never to get separated for my group again.
As an Australian, I find the different ideas of what mountain the Seven Summits Club counts very funny. Because our tallest mountain is Kosciuszko. But you don't really climb Kosciusko. You stroll up Kosciuszko. Perhaps with a picnic basket. And the idea of having that on the same list as Everest is just hilarious.
exactly 🤣 australia doesn't have mountains, just tall hills.
Hills aren't mountains hahaha.
The mountains in Australia are not less beautiful though
@@ilovebooks49 The country does 10 to put out pretty talented mountain athletes so they got something going on there at least
@@elliejelly8815 they train in new zealand 😜
Stumbled upon this channel two days ago by accident. Binge-watched everything during the day of discovery. Very happy to see that the channel is not only alive, but is EXTREMELY high quality now! Good job!
Same
Agreed, this channel is truly a gem.
Same found him a month ago and watched everything
That's exactly what I did when I found it
@@M4l1nk same
Jon Krakauer also writes that he went to a local Colorado bar after his climb and recounted his recent triumph. No one believed him. Patrons rolled their eyes and took him for a stranger telling tall tales. Really puts into perspective how dangerous and difficult Devil's Thumb is.
i dont believe him either. into thin air was nothing but lies
One's favorite thing about this channel is you never know what you are going to get. Scary interesting could be anything, and it is always great. Thank you.
Often scary, always interesting lol
The only thing you know for sure is that it'll live up to the channel name!
Yah
“Life is like a box of chocolates.”
Dennis' story has always made me so sad. I have a six year old. I just couldn't even fathom the loss of his family. Horrifying. :(
you finally added the animations of the paths taken! this is actually so helpful and makes the videos so much easier to follow! keep it up!
what's that?
Late reply and all that, but what made that so eerie for me is I have been in that area many times. Seeing the animation go through areas I've hiked and camped with my own family... really makes you think lol.
@@EllaNonimatoThe line on a map showing their route I think
Summitted Mt. Rainier in 2019 with my buddy, we got a late start and didn't make the peak until 9:30am in the morning. On the way up we were passed by several parties of climbers, many of whom gave us looks like "Whoa, hey guys maybe think about turning back, it's kind of late." But we went anyway.
Making the summit was an incredible feeling, coupled with a creeping sense of danger knowing we were the only two people up there and would be the only ones descending the mountain. Everyone else was a good hour or so ahead of us before we began our descent around 10:30.
Crossing crevasses, passing underneath seracs dripping in the late morning heat, passing down slushy switch backs bordered by steep dropoffs that would have sent us screaming off sheer drops, I was very aware the two of us were in a situation where there was zero room for error.
Any accident, any crisis situation, and we would have been on our own. It added mental exhaustion to the physical fatigue we were feeling after 14+ hours of climbing on a very technical, glaciated mountain.
Arriving back to Camp Muir at around 4pm in the afternoon, we were greeted by many climbers who expressed relief at our return. Apparently word had been going around about our ascent with many people thinking we wouldn't make it back.
To this day it is one of the most physically and mentally demanding things I've ever done. Would I do it again? Yes.
Glad you made it okay! I’m guessing you were wading through waist-deep slush by the time you got back to base camp.
I summited Rainier in 1977 via the Schurman route, and was lucky to have the summit all to myself for a few minutes (I was climbing with a team though.) Even though we reached the top at 6:30am, we were still waist deep in snow by the time we got back to Camp Schurman. Agree that it was an exhausting yet rewarding experience! ✌🏼
@@sgvincent100 My buddy and I slushed most of our way back to Camp Muir. It really made parts of the trail hazardous especially when it came to crossing crevasses on the way back. I fell on my butt more than once and it sapped your energy righting oneself with so much gear.
Play stupid games. win stupid prizes
A friend and I did something similar on the North Ridge of Mount Baker.
We did this in a single day but unfortunately made an error and climbed down the wrong slope - the opposite side of where we needed to be. It too was a slushy mess and fell down if you looked at it funny.
We climbed straight down the mountain to avoid starting an avalanche and then had to re-ascend the mountain in a safer section (a frozen gully) to allow us to access our vehicle.
We left home at 2:00 am and arrived back at midnight that day - with the four hours of driving, we completed pretty much a double ascent of Baker in a day.
It too was an extreme physical and mental challenge - 50 - 90 degree slopes, difficult glacier crossing and the dangerous.
And yes, I have done it again.
Hopefully you don't have a family depending on you, then by all means do any dumb assed thing you want to.
Both Dennis Martin and Lila Albagucheva most likely fell through tiny openings of very deep crevasses.
I also almost fell into a very deep crevasse when I solo-hiked the 180km trail of the Niagara Escarpment. My big bulky backpack saved my life. The small opening was covered by over-grown grasses and was only half a foot beside the trail. The crevasse was definitely deeper than 90 feet because the climbing rope I had at that time was 90 feet. After this experience, I always made sure my backpack was big and bulky.
Martin's case has the caveat no one knows of any crevasses. but it also has the key flaw of.... no one has any idea which direction to even look in from where he was last seen.
@@marhawkman303 Probably walked into that stream and was swept away into an underground passage.
No, she was killed by smb, she was found dead at the foot of 200m mountain, smb pushed her Off, there we're many jealous to her peoples from the sport
I knew travelling light was bad for you!! 😂😂😂
Does TH-cam seriously penalise you for saying Crimea?
Probably
not surprised.... they love to censor
I'm sure there a lot of "don'ts". Donald Trump, ya, him, the slug with orange skin without a brain, should be banned.
The parallax effect on the mountains is really nice, it helps capture some of the depth cameras can't.
Don't ever get rid of that intro, I absolutely love it! Love to see your channel progressing :)
Viewer discretion is advised***
As always
Love all the small details and parralax with the editing. Your efforts don't go unnoticed! 👏🏻
same!!! getting better and better
You should cover the story of Lauren Elder, who crashed in a small plane on the side of mountain in 1970s, and had to make her way down to civilization in order to survive.
summit your story suggestion in a link that's somewhere in the description
i've read everything Jon Krakauer has written, but somehow managed to never learn until now about his climbing history, other than the ascent recounted in Into Thin Air. i really enjoy his writing style and also really enjoy your videos. Thanks for making them. History of this sort is especially fascinating to me.
Krakauer is an amazing writer. I’m devouring everything he wrote too.
@@nyanbinary1717 just bought 3 cups of deceit a followup to 3 cups of tea about a guy who claimed all these adventures in Nepal. Except it was all a fraud
Read Eiger Dreams. Jon also went to Antarctica with Alex Lowe and some other great climbers accomplishing some solid technical climbs there in his younger days.
@@PhilAndersonOutside thanks for the suggestion! i'll give it a try.
Many people criticize "Into the Wild" but I find the story fascinating still. We all traverse different paths in life...not a single one of us correctly choose the best path each time nor are we always prepared properly for each path. It's the state of being human that births these stories and makes these stories important and useful to us all. Just because we may personally disagree with another's attitude and/or choices doesn't at all detract from the story. I too enjoy his writing.
I've heard about Dennis before and that's truly terrifying. I actually think abduction is the most plausible theory. If he had been attacked by an animal, then they would've at least found some of his remains... bones, shreds of clothing and such. Same if he had died of exposure. Someone surely would've come across his remains at some point in the past 50 years. He was 6, he couldn't have wandered so far off that his body would've been impossible to find. Adults can go much further and reach more places than a 6 year old, so the only other possibility is that Dennis crawled into a space that would've been far too small for an adult to access or maybe even notice, but I assume dogs were also involved in the search and they would've alerted to something even then, unless the heavy rainfall interfered with their ability to pick up Dennis' scent. Abduction is the only theory where it makes sense that there would be no trace of him. That's just my speculation though. Great channel and as usual, a great video!
Actually, mountain lions and bears very frequently take their food elsewhere to eat. Bears bury their cache and mountain lions take their food up into the trees.
Also, finding remains are incredibly difficult to find. I've come across animal remains that despite looking directly at them, they blended immediately into the surroundings within a few steps away when I was trying to get someone else to show them what I found and didn't want to loose the location.
if the footsteps lead up to the stream maybe there's a chance that he got swept in the current somehow? a kid wouldnt know the enormous risk that comes with streams and rivers like that, he might've thought of just playing in the shallows a bit and slipped. The water could've held him under but I suppose by now they would've found and identified him.
Actually there’s been a lot of cases where a child wandered for miles, and even if he didn’t, mountain lions or bears often drag their prey somewhere more isolate
Abduction is plausible, but it would make sense if he either wandered off/ was killed by animals
You’d be surprised how many times people disappear and bones are never found
Alien abduction
@@DoubleAplusJ Wym by abduction like a man just happens to be sitting at that same tree line in the middle of no where ready to abduct kids? yeah i dont think so
Perfect timing!!! My absolute favorite channel. Thanks Sean!!!
Stay safe.
Be well
Jack
what's up with the audio censorship at 5:31? I assume the censored part was "crimea"
If anyone is interested, I'm an indie game dev and I recently released a free to play horror game about mountain climbing. It's called " Mount Fear! " and I listened to a lot of stories like this during development to get the right feel. Thanks for providing the inspiration!
I’m gonna check it out.
Is it on Android? I'm not seeing it in Google play.
The pictures and graphics on this episode are excellent and clean.
You've become one of my favorite channels when it comes to disaster documentary/ ill fated travels. Not only is your content incredibly educational and suspenseful, but you also respect the victims in these stories. Keep it up and thank you!
The editing on this was much better than the others. Is this a different editor? Keep up the good work!
The editing on this one is on a whole other level, so dope!
@@chiefsupreme69 Agreed.
Agree. Better choice of images. Better animation and other effects. Superb.
@@PhilAndersonOutside thank God he isn't one of the many youtubers that ruin their videos with corny stock footage!!!!! That's why I love this channel so much.
@@randalthor6872 He also listened to viewers :D (Many viewers complain about the transition to other story are too short and hard to tell if it's the same story or already 2nd one.. Its good now :D)
Sean, normally I skip past all kinds of background info. But you tell it so well I actually learn a hell of a lot about diving, climbing and hiking.
Keep it up, your videos are amazing and educational at the same time.
✌️
They aren’t lying when they say it’s hard to search Cades Cove after a storm. I went backpacking there this spring after a rainstorm. It wasn’t as severe, the trails were still there, but the trees were blocked by many downed trees, and we had to spend quite a few hours crossing over numerous wide fast slowing rivers. Not to mention it was quite cold out (but not as cold as higher up in the mountain range like Clingman’s Dome)
I’ve been up at clingmans’s dome in a storm in early spring and oh goodness it was so cold. We had planned on camping but we made it a one day trip and went another time since I already live really close
Yet another beautifully narrated and incredibly tense (but extremely enjoyable!) Series of stories! Genuinely no one does this genre better than Sean
5:30 Is saying "Crimea" on TH-cam frowned upon these days?
I was hoping someone else had noticed it, definitely seems a little weird
It's quite pathetic, isn't it? It's a fact, what are they scared of? Does Russia have blackmail materials?
With all the rubbish this site is happy to post, and they censor fact!
@@martylemurpinkie TH-cam: the beacon of free speech.
@@cbbees1468 In all honesty, I think it’s less of a free speech thing and more of a monetization thing. Creators are free to talk about ongoing conflicts, TH-cam just isn’t going to pay out any money for that type of content… which I suppose is fair enough.
@@AtomicExtremophile it’s not censorship. Censorship would be forcing creators to remove the content. I’ve watched tons of content related to the Ukraine Russia conflict on here. It’s just TH-cam refusing to minimize or promote the content (for this or any other on-going war I think). It sucks for the creators, but you can’t really tell TH-cam how and where to spend their own money. And if creators want that money, all they need to do it is not discuss subjects that TH-cam deems sensitive. I if the creators aren’t interested in making money then they’re free to talk about whatever they want.
I think the whole thing is good for a quick laugh, but I still feel that TH-cam is within the rights to adopt the policy they’ve chosen.
Sean this is your most visually appealing video yet! I love how your focus moved thru the different layers in the old film pictures. Amazing job!
Man, these new visuals are awesome! Good job
Wow!! Thank you Algorithms for these gems. Appreciate you!
Perfect timing! Long road trips are much better with these.
Yep found channel by accident. Watch cave diver events. Then got hooked. Been watching ever since. Hopefully you’ll do some videos on the springs ,caves dives in Ginnie Springs Fl. Lots of people died here every year I’m pretty sure. Or maybe not every year but a LOT.
I get so immersed in your narration. The photos and music are also so well done and add to the mood. Great work!
I worked on a ski resort. The last traumatic event on the mtn was when a drunk & high snowboarder dug a hole in the side of the parking lot snow wall and slept there, instead of paying for a bus fare and a hotel room. He probably froze to death in his sleep, but the giant snowblower got him too.
The year after my last season, two people died hours apart (tree wells) and a few months later a boy died of his injuries after a serious fall on a double black diamond run crusted in ice
I broke my 2 femur and 6 ribs in a skiing accident. I could have easily get killed. I hit a 4x4 wood post who has left out of nowhere on the side of a track. I take 3 hours for the security to bring me down and in ambulance. I never put on skis again.
@@xminusone1 Let's go skiing dude.
It's actually surprisingly warm to sleep in a hole made into these snow walls. The snow is very dense and your body heat makes the snow thaw a bit and then turn into ice which isolates surprisingly well. If he had a sleeping bag or proper winter gear, I'm sure he was fine temperature-wise. Obviously still very stupid if you are not a 100% certain that no heavy machinery is going to come crush you.
@@xminusone1 just thinking about that collision knocks the breath out of me
Absolutely smashed my helmet on an off-road hill in a ski resort in Finland. My skis dipped in the snow and got caught on a tree stump under the snow. I flew down like the dog on the snowboarding meme "yo is that my dog?"
I worry that this is apparently a platform where the phrase "annexation of Crimea" is something creators are worried about saying.
What would give you such a crazy idea???
It’s always incredibly sad to loose a child but I can’t possibly imagine to lose a child and never know what ever happened and still 50 years later to still not know I can’t imagine what that family must’ve gone through.
Dude you have takin over Mr.Ballen in my life, I hope when you get ridiculously big we don’t get 1 video a week 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
You have someone named Mr. Ballen in your life lol.
Agreed!
@@brownass2 check out his TH-cam, he’s a good storyteller!
I stopped watching Mr Ballen a while back after I realized he regularly omits major, publically available, information on many stories. Info which in most cases very much changes the overall story and public perspective of it. This tends to spawn all sorts of weird theories in his comments and then arguements over said theories. This engagement may be good for him and his channel, but it feels disrespectful to the victims and their families. Commentors shouldn't have to fill in the blanks with major info and corrections.
Lol yup
You must know how much we love your voice paired with mountain incidents. It’s like chocolate & strawberries: perfect
why was crimea bleeped out??
The missing enigma video on the Dennis Martin boy is by far the most honest and complete video I ever watched on the case. It corrects all the misinformation that's been spread about the case.
I've been binge-watching your channel for the last week and i love it! I also use your videos to help me sleep, i find your narration a good sound to drift off to haha!
same here! i’ve recently been obsessed with ending my night watching a few of his videos.
05:31
Greatly disappointed by the choice of blocking out the phrase " 'Annexation of Chimera' ". It may have cost youtube money...but when commercial entities are able to force us to censor ourselves, we are selling them our freedom, which is priceless.
Can youtube censor something after the video is uploaded?
@@mylesh6960 Not like that. That was an editing decision.
I love this channel
I love you
I always find these mountain horror stories so much more fascinating/morbid because I actually do a fair bit of sub-alpine mountain climbing, they seem so much worse because I feel like I can see myself in these situations (unlike many of the caving stories). Fortunately the precautions I take seem to be adequate preventative measures, so lets hope there's never a video on this channel about me lol. Keep up the good work Sean!
5:32 I'm sure the word he cut is "Crimea." A piece of Ukraine that was annexed by Russia in 2014. (Without war, so unlike what they're trying to do now in Donbas.) Since TH-cam is still allowed in Russia, I suspect they issued a strike on the video and Scary Interesting, not being a political channel, decided it was easier to just censor that part than to fight it.
Crimea declared independence from Ukraine and joined Russian Federation. Crimea was later genocided by Ukraine when they cut water and power supply to the peninsula.
@@okakokakiev787 You obviously got your false information from a dumpster in Moscow called the Kremlin, clown.
THANK YOU!!! You do this much justice. I love the way you utilize old pics and diagrams to show us the reality of what happened. Awesome job!
When I was young my family used to take trips to Cade’s cove all the time (being on clingmans dome is amazing and absolutely terrifying) and my dad used to share a story about a little boy who went missing cause he wandered off out of sight so we had to stay within view of our parents at all times. I always thought he made it up (as dads do to scare you as a kid) because I had never heard about it from anyone outside him but apparently not
5:30 annexation of "Crimea" if you were curious.
Glaciers are intriguing and scary at the same time. I remembered crossing ngozumpa glacier to get to Gokyo. All those loud booming noises coming from glacier and unstable rocks make it really scary. On top of that it’s easy to get lost. I met a family who got lost and had to spend a night on the glacier. They said they couldn’t sleep not just because of the boom noises coming from the glacier but also there were so many rodents.
Blown away by the audio improvement on this video! Sounds so freaking good in my headphones.
I've been a climber for 7 years of my life and I love it more than anything. Climbing for me is more than a sport, it's a way of life. Having said that though I've had my fair share of "Oh shit" moments in the mountains.
Does it have that same semimystical appeal like surfing does? Or is this more about just sheer grit and determination>
@@LostArchivist You do need to have sheer grit and determination to get things done in the mountains, like the long slogs up steep slopes and technical scrambling but there is also a spiritual, semi mystical appeal to it. It's a bit of both
"John's plan was perfect." is the great start to any horror story.
“This was suspiciously close to the annexation of [REDACTED]” …lol.
I have my own third man story though it’s not on a mountain or at the Arctic or even in a car. I grew up in Garland, Texas. Where we lived flooded during rainy season and as such there where floodways (not sure this is the right word but they were channels designed to help alleviate the flooding). One of them was a natural creek that had been deepened and widened. During dry season, this creek was pretty much dry and it’s walls were a blast to climb so a lot of the neighbor did so. Deep in dry season, my group and I were in this creek with some of us climbing and some of us just lounging. I was about to lay down with my girlfriends when I heard my long passed grandpa say, ‘Little Underfoot, get from under my feet.’ I knew that meant we had to get out of the ravine and my group that I was tripping but they did listen. Just as the last of us began to climb out, we all heard the roar and could see the water tearing down the creek. If I had not heard my grandpa and we had gotten out, most of us agreed that there would not have been enough time for all of us to get out in time.
Why was “annexation of crimea” cut out at 5:32? Weird decision if it was intentional
Into thin air was such a trip of a book. He never went to war but he knew so many people and so much about true stories. It felt like a copout when he said he never went to Vietnam but later in life, I think he was retelling stories he had heard and all that
Why should we care about his military history or why he didn’t go to Vietnam? Krakuer is a great writer and adventurer. He’s given us so many amazing stories and articles what would be the point of him dying in a pointless war before he even started to live? I wish people would stop glamorizing the military, there are lots of ways to contribute to society other than offering yourself up as cannon fodder.
@@silvermainecoons3269 at least show some respect eh?
@@crazyamerican8664 Show some respect to who? The military?
Why did you have to blank out the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula?! Odd
According to TH-cam, "It doesn't exist, so shut it before we suspend you"
This man really is something else. I admire his ability of inoring all urges of self preservation and hid adventorous spirit
I really enjoyed hearing the stories, a lot. Thanks for sharing it and keep them coming!!
I binged your entire channel in two days. Really love your content, especially the newer stuff!
LOVE the new editing and photo effects! Killing it man!
You are my most watched most favourite story teller on TH-cam
Keep it up!
I love how in a third of his videos he says 'thick fog'. Must be his favorite word combination :D
Video got censured? Annexation of *blank* @5:30
was looking for something to listen to while i do a little bit of work... you pulled up at the right time :)
Why the hell "annexation of ***" got bleeped out around 5:32? That is truly scary interesting here....
Been here since the first videos and i need to say the Quality became so much better. That's some incredible improvement 👏 and the growth of the channel is also damn fast, i'm glad people find this gem of a channel
The annexation of {REDACTED}, yeah I remember that, that was wild
What was redacted?
@@marcob2137 look up annexation 2014
@@nycpupwhisperer thanks for the lead! I thought my phone has glitched when it got to that part of the video.
That redaction is a Crime....a
@@basilbrush9075 I was rushin' around tryin' to figure this out.
I do like the way you tell these stories: No condemnation of anyone; or situation.
Just the facts.
But I am curious about one thing: Are you a climber/risk taker yourself?
5:32 annexation of REDACTED.
I absolutely LOVE the quality illustrations you use in your videos now. Keep up the great work.
Crimea, Crimea, Crimea. TH-cam is ridiculous...
Fr
Annexing territory is frowned upon.
Wonderful to finish on an inspiring story after two tragedies.
Fantastic work from an outstanding creator.
5:31 TH-cam RELAY forced you to censor the word "Crimea" ?! Damn, and I thought auto demonetization for saying "covid-19" was peak stupidity.
I doubt that’s actually what happened.
The editor in this one did an amazing job!
Being from western NC and actually visiting Cade’s Cove multiple times, the first story had me 😳
I'm gonna parrot the others!! I love your posts bro. Have a great holiday weekend everyone. Much love from South Florida 😎✌🤘🔥🔥
May I request a telling of the story "Lost on a Mountain in Maine"? It's a true story, and quite compelling
Denied.
this was fantastic. Great video, superb editing! keep it up. Love to hear more mountainclimbing stories!!!
No other story channel that I've found nearly matches the quality of Scary Interesting videos. I always watch this channel as soon as I see a new video in my feed, and they just keep getting better
How did this channel explode like this?? Unprecedented growth w just a handful of videos
Why'd you censor out the "annexation of Crimea" bit?
One of my favorite channels. Very informative.❤
Why have you muted yourself saying "Crimea" when you said about the annexation? Does TH-cam, an American company, really demonetizes for that????
Very odd
YT can flag his video as "political" and thus stopping the views from certain countries, the same way any video that says "Tiananmen" won't ever show up in China
@@GeneticFreak yyyyyiiiikkkkeeeessssss
@@GeneticFreak im from Russia and i didnt realize. Can they really just fucking block videos from recommending to me or something if its said "annexation of Crimea" in it? That's crazy. Next what? If someone calls the war a war instead of "special operation"???
@@GeneticFreak we fucking come to youtube because its the only popular, global platform thats not banned and we can get truth through it...
I really really love your videos. You are by far my favorite TH-cam channel and I really look forward to what you post. You do a great job of telling the story and being true to it without embellishing and giving them details that don’t seem important. Please keep it up and I look forward to you every weekend
Great content as always
So informative and fun , many thanks ,
Check in with a loved one today !
Fantastic content. Commenting to push it up the algorithm.
I love how he list the hardest one as Everest, or atleast made it sound like it, when immediately my thought was the hardest would be the on in Antarctica… just because of how remote that is. Atleast Everest has the tourism aspect.
My new favourite channel
You really muted Crimea?? No balls
This series has so much potential! Keep up the great work
3:47 The animal you're showing here is not a bobcat, and a bobcat most likely would not attack a human. Even at 6, Dennis would be as large as a bobcat.
What you're showing is a mountain lion, some people call them cougars, and these are *****extremely***** dangerous. They will absolutely attack lone humans, even adults, and they are very, very strong and very very fast. One could very easily snatch Dennis up if he was wandering about on his own and be miles away with his body in minutes. I saw one drag a fully grown male elk up the side of a mountain to a trail that ran around the middle, rip off the head like it was nothing, and continue on with the entire body. Like... wtf.
You will not hear it coming either. I am much more afraid of these than bears, which in California are generally docile and at most will bluster but are nonconfrontational. They're practically domesticated at this point. Not so with mountain lions.
Mountain lions *know* they can fuck you up, and they will if they feel like it. I think these are one of the most dangerous predators to humans on Earth. Mountain Lions, Wolf Packs, Hippos. These are things you just do not fuck around with.
These stories make me feel so boring but oh so safe. Love the channel.
5:30
Interesting audio dropout for "Annexation of Crimea by Russia." there. Was that TH-cam or you?
- I’m climbing this mountain to encourage you to end all wars
- wassat? Annexe crimea? I gotchu.
why did you cut out audio when talking of the conflict when speaking of Lela's speech?
This channel is amazing, maybe even better than my all time fave Mr Nightmare
You bleeped out Crimea, why?
Another great video!! Always look forward to your uploads.!! 👍🏻🙌🏻
Annexation of Crimea. Say it.