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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ต.ค. 2024
- A 17 year old boy was staying in his family's cabin in the woods when he heard footsteps outside... then he saw something horrifying out his window.
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So I work in security and anytime I'm working a night shift, when it gets particularly quiet, I start hearing Mr. Ballen in my head narrarating my actions.
When he starts explaining the layout of your workplace is when you need to worry
From one nighttime security guard to another, my respects to you! :)
Well I bet that's not freaky at all.
Used to work as a graveyard shift security for hospitals. I'm glad I don't anymore
Damn!
I’m glad you don’t work there no more . Cuz Night time don’t go well with grave yard and hospitals.
Have you ever had any creepy or unexplained experiences while working there?
Feeling lonely? Watch these stories in the dark at midnight. You won't feel alone anymore.
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No just watch them
Truee
I did what the comment said, I’m not sleeping
Lol you're right
If your dog enters battle mode, youd best enter it yourself. Dont rely on your dog to protect you; its expecting you to have its back just as much as you expect it to have yours
You Damn Skippy Sir!! If he or I go into battle, we go into battle. 2 Pits (Brothers) facing down a Cougar 25 meters away and they both took off! Only light source we had was the fire. We took off after them with the intention to kill this Cougar. Thankfully, we trained them properly and they stopped about halfway and came back to us. We would die for them and I already know, they'd died for us from personal experience. Best damn dogs we ever had.
I'd feel bad if my dog got hurt protecting me or trying to and I didn't have it's back. The few times my dogs have acted weird, I've just went with them. It's like not splitting up in a horror movie.
@@Xerodm Bless you
XerØ!!
@@scottmiller6270 I personally think that pits are the most protective and loyal of all the dog breeds ...I have pair and I absolutely love them.
@Tooth less It wasn't a must we kill it. It was a we must protect our dogs.
You telling these stories are more terrifying then anything Hollywood can put on the big screen. Amazing story telling.
Nothing is scarier then when a pet sees something scary that you can’t see.
Just wrote a long reply to your comment... only for it to get destroyed while editing it... long story short, and without any context... I have watched my parents’ two Siberian huskies chase something out of a closet it my parents home, through the house, up the walls, and onto the ceiling where they growled and barked at whatever they were seeing crawl on the ceiling for 20 minutes. This was just after I got home from football practice and was trying to go relax. It was one of the most disturbing experiences of my life. Writing the story earlier made me tear up and gave me goosebumps. Their are some things we cant forget, for me... that is one of them. This was a sliver of the the experiences from that house. The worst part... this wasn’t even the most disturbing encounter. Recalling the memories brings about an immediate and intense feeling of dread I cannot forget even 10 years after. So here I am.. telling strangers on TH-cam haha. Too bad the rest of the story was deleted... take care friends. Love the ones you love, and keep them close. Everything can be explained, but some explanations might be better left off as mysteries.
And watching your two huskies howl at it.
That's pretty scary, but let's be honest, *nothing* is scarier than hitting play on the PornHub video and realizing your bluetooth earbuds aren't on.
Cue my dog looking at some random point in the wall. I can't see anything there, but apparently she can. 😅
@@oblivionrules12369 You're not there anymore, right? All safe?
why would anyone wanna stay in the middle of the woods without some guns
Right!!
because not everybody is scared like a murican
He was 17 and just lost his dad, why are you judging a child for not having a gun...
@@arianalynne3430 because this is America
Because not everyone is a coward that needs a gun to take care of themselves or to feel safe. I been to woods and mountains and deserts and never felt any need to have a gun with me. I am capable, mature adult and self reliant. I don't need a gun to feel safe. I don't need a gun to handle every situation that may come up. As a side note - if a person is not capable and therefor easily scared does have a gun, there is a rather high chance of that person using said gun when they don't need to and killing someone that was never a threat to them in the first place. See the vast amount of police shootings of unarmed civilians. Some of those are justified and some are not. An idiot with a gun is a danger to themselves and others.
Edit* - just looked this up for ya. 300,000 murders last year by humans. Roughly 700 deaths by animal attacks per year (average). There is danger is the world - just not really where your fear is at.
True fact: you are not scared of being alone in a forest you are scared of not being alone in a forest
True
@@emberdoesthings8878 fact
This is so philo. 👍
Bro that’s actually kinda true
Only if your supposed to be alone
Watching this back, in 2024, has such a different vibe. No cuts, just one straight story told, mishaps left in… crazy that this man single handedly got us all through the roughest time. People across several continents at that.
What are you talking about when you say back in 2024 or "through the roughest time" ? ?
I'm not trying to be rude here, honestly an innocent question. What happened / what did Mr Ballen do? He seems like a great dude
@@ZeranZeran hi! Just meant that Mr. B got so many of us thru the pandemic :) And perhaps I should’ve said “watching this _again_ in 2024” as opposed to wording it the way I did.
@@masterofwit339 OHH. Okay, I feel stupid now haha. That makes total sense. He's helping me get through right now too :). Thank you.
@@ZeranZeran noooo!!! We don’t do feeling stupid here!! And I’m happy to hear he’s helping you get thru whatever it is life is throwing your way today. You are not alone ♥️
Love this dudes stories all the way from sunny South Africa
As a wise man once said: No one is afraid of being alone in the dark, but people are afraid of not being alone in the dark
Well said; people who go on vacation often want to be alone. It's not being alone in itself, but being alone *with something* undesirable and unknown that is the stuff of nightmares.
Nah polis sef lie na tu wa take I'm from Nagaland 👍🙏
Yes. People are not afraid of the dark…… they are afraid of what is in the dark.
@@KG_said I have a quote from centuries ago which literally says, is also literally translated in every single one of all the other languages languages, word for word :
"There is nothing in the dark that is not there in the light."
This quote makes complete sense, if there's a presence anywhere near you, whether the light is on or not, the presence itself is staying right there regardless.
Mind you, this quote was written by a worldwide famous philosopher who was known for being a skeptical about anyone and anything which doesn't have a rational explanation.
Can you give me your opinion on this one, please??!
@@saidavalet6710 because we as people tend to let our minds be creative when I’m the dark. Hearing noises that if the lights were on we wouldn’t think twice about what it is. People fear what they cannot see. People tend to fear what your brain cannot give an answer to in my opinion. So a leaf being blown by the wind in the light you can see what caused the noise. The wind blowing the leaf in darkness your brain might process it as someone walking on the leaves.
This channel is killing my dreams of living a quiet simple life in a cabin in the bush/woods/forest 1 video at a time.
Same…….Same
Literally, anything and everything can kill you at any given time.
Probably don't want to live in the woods, no.
You should spend a couple weeks in the woods before you decide you like that. I would hate that.
Indeed.
I think nothing is more scary then when your animal confirms your fear. That’s true terror in its glory
Agreed.
And you “Allow” that animal to control your emotions to that level of fear!
Indeed.
Something stalks me in my room sometimes in the dark at night… It touches me and moves things around. It’s been going on for years… I just leave sometimes and my dog watches towards my room and kisses me occasionally to calm me down… Idk what it wants and why it does it but I can feel its presence rn in my bedroom and I’m just like “welp! What do ya do?!” At this point… A couple nights ago it tapped my shoulder while I was drifting off then I saw its massive shadowy hand above my face slowly descending towards it. I just sighed and turned on the lights but it was still in the room so I went to the couch… Just why spirit? What did I do? Are you reading this right now? Come on dude.
@@zanemob1429 If your dog isn't growling, it may not be a mean spirit. It could be a relative, recent or past, that is watching over you.
Isn't it crazy how brave all dogs are!
I had a pussy dog strait coward just alot more brave dogs then ppl I guess cause they don't fully think through everything that could happen like we do
Dogs are the GREATEST creatures on Earth
100%@@artdonovandesign
My dobie is a hero until he hears packs of coyotes howling and yipping, that always makes him nervous when they're close.
Not all dogs!😂
I once heard very loud tapping on my bedroom window, which is literally less than arms length away from my bed. And in my immediate overthinking panic, I thought it was a person (my room is on the second floor) _but_ we have tinted windows and it was just a fat bird that was fighting its reflection lol
This made me giggle lol
I woke up twice around 730am to someone banging on my bedroom window. I live in a ground level apartment. I was terrified to look outside but I think it was just my neighbours kids knocking at my cat who was looking out the window lol
LOL when I had new windows fitted I had that for a while... drove me nuts I ended up spraying veg oil on my windows so they would stop fixating on their reflections....
A few years ago when i was skyping, my back was to the window and my friend told me that someone was staring at me, sure enough it was a man outside my window eyeballing me while i had my back towards him. He left fast after i turned around
@@NisseCrusader ho hell naw
Finding out you are actually not alone in the woods when you thought you were, is much scarier than really being alone in the woods.
You're never alone in the woods. [suspenseful music plays]
“ in order to understand the story, we first gotta look at the layout of the cabin “
You know shit is about to get real
I started reading this comment as he said it out loud😂
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Watching this video for the first time in 2023 and I just want to point out how FAR you’ve come!! This is still amazing and I can see why your channel has grown so quickly. Also I grew up in Oregon and the mountains/forests there are no joke. Lots of people underestimate the wilderness out there
I’m so glad to see a fellow veteran doing something they love instead of just conforming
Thank you!!
Seriously! I appreciate this
MrBallen NP brother 13F US Army here love the content
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I'm 17 and I can't even begin to imagine staying at a hotel by myself, let alone way up in an isolated cabin. This kids got some balls.
I one time interviewed a Canadian soldier who stormed the beach on D-Day when he was16 years old, after lying about his age to enlist.
I was 17 at the time (on co-op), and I could barely comprehend the bravery he must've had. That was his very first deployment in the war. Private J. Kelly thank you for your service 🇨🇦❤
I have balls and I wouldn’t.
it's called camping. hundreds of thousands of people do it all year.
@@zzz7zzz9 I don't know many kids that go camping by themselves. In fact, in a lot of places in the world, that's a terrible idea.
@@od3910 I’m guessing you live in a city. Many kids could easily go to a (this case their family’s) camp alone, especially if there’s video games.
Ironically the parts where it’s the worst idea is probably where it’s more common, the places where kids are used to the wilderness
That’s why there are so many “snowflakes” online. All the “stupid” kids are doing stuff outside.
A human is more likely to harm you than anything in nature.
The best videos from ballen are the ones you discover from a year or two ago that you've not yet seen.
It's like finding buried treasure.
I just discovered him and truly, super stoked
Me just now! Like I was certain I’d seen them all! But I’ve just found this while rewatching all his videos! This scared the shit out of me 😂😂😂
So trueeee
Omg yes
Well said.
This is EXACTLY why I highly highly advocate to carry weapons while camping and being outdoors... ok and even while you sleep having a piece within arms reach is not a bad idea. Stay strapped folks.
I am armt at all times, since I got robbet.
I remember hearing a story where a man encountered something while waiting for his travel partner to return, he shot it about three times and said it didn’t react
@@tazzinaknight7743if I shoot something with my hand cannon and there is no reaction all you will see of me is a cloud of dust in the shape of my silhouette 😂
ABSOLUTELY!
I wouldn't know what to do in these situations like i can imagine it when i watch mr.ballen videos but in reality i would faint more than likely or put on my boots and fight back
Creature: [knock-knock] "Hello. My name is Windi Go. I've been trying to get in touch with you about your car's extended warranty."
DEAD 💀
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LMFAO
LMAOOOO 😂
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When you plan to stay in a cabin at night, always:
1. Bring friends. Not A friend, friends with a capital S.
2. You better be strapped. When forest creatures or serial killers starts tapping on your windows at night, cap their asses before they can cap yours.
Friends work great for the buddy system just make sure your the fastest
Indeed
@@mesanders1113 aye we fighters. If its one nigga/thing and 5 of us, unless this thing seems immortal We fighting back🚫🧢
I know, I hope if anything like this happens I have my 38 special on me and can cap it. Straight up. I would want to have the body to show to the authorities and to prove I saw what I saw to myself.
Ong
I've lived in the thick forest of Northern MN, then I Moved to the Rocky Mountains where I still reside. It's not the weird sounds, animal noises, twigs snapping etc. It's what makes Mother Nature go completely silent down to the last cricket, in the blink of an eye, that makes my senses go hypervigilant.
I know exactly what you mean. That happened to me once. Turns out a mountain lion was circling our camp. 😱
Always have to pay attention to signs and feelings
Definitely, and if your dog has uncharacteristic actions, you really need to pay attention.
@@louiseallen5298 Agreed, ALWAYS trust your dog!
@@CFarnwide Trust your dog and then do what? It's not like Midnight told him, "Look bro, Slenderman is up in the sitting tree." unless his dog was Lassie and they had to change it's name for this story due to legal precedent.
1) Never go alone in the woods without being fully armed. 2) Don't open the door and look outside.
This dude made all the bad decisions you would make in a horror movie lol.
He had both arms
Can’t own a gun at seventeen
I carry a survival knife, throwing knives and a katana, also practice ninjutsu and like 6 martial arts in combination along with kenjutsu, bojutsu and some kali, I’ll jump outta my tent and search it with my 1200 lumen flashlight anytime I need to 😂 nothing on this earth has a chance without wielding a gun, I’m always one to check directly behind me and corners around the tent when I’m outside. Always going from in front of me and around the corner, check behind me, loop around the tree line and and keep checking behind me as I watch corners in front of me. The O-light RN1200 allows you to see a hundred yards at minimum, light up an entire tree from that distance, that’s when light is a strength and not a weakness at nighttime. Guns are best though, hard to equip your mace, butterfly knife, bug repellent and weapons in the event of an attack, so much easier to grab a gun even if something is right on top of you unless you have a side arm on your chest. I use a bag that straps over my shoulder and around my torso to have a chest sidearm like when you lose your gun and someone’s on top of you, I also carry mace there. Regardless, even when I hear coyotes it’s scary… 😂
@@justbecauseimbored3212 coyotes freak me out. Why do they have to sound like someone being murdered? Howls are fine but all the other creepy noises they make are too much for me.
If something talks to you don't answer/acknowledge it.
I've spent about 35 years in a cabin in the deep woods of Northern MN, and I will tell you there are very strange things that occur late at night in dark isolated forests. Owls and Racoons are amazing and looking like absolute monsters come 2am.
Also from MN here. My family had a cabin up north for many years and I completely agree.
I would have been petrified to stay at a cabin all by myself at 17 years old. 17 is young.
Nothing scarier than a trash bandit frantically scratching on the back door while his partner scratches on the front.....and one in the attic, 2 more at the window. You know maybe that's why they wear mask🤔😂
Ever hear a mountain lion screaming in the middle of the night?
Something knocked over a tree at me in a jungle like forest in the northeast, I tried to go straight and a tree fell on the other side. I took it as a sign my hike had to be cut short and I turned around. I was terrified at the noises I was hearing and the fact that one of the trees sounded alive and the cracks were loud, but I’d probably have had a heart attack if I never thought about this type of stuff
Im gonna hear tapping on my cabin window one day and be scared and be dumb enough to move the curtian and its just gonna be mrballen saying to hit that subscribe button
how in the jew is this not the most upvoted comment
That's the scariest part! It definitely isn't MrBallen if he isn't telling you to do a railway lobotomy to the like button or something.
I remember one prank in a students' dorm, so one guy stayed at night in the room alone, on the 6 floors. A group of prankers took a mop stick and from the kitchen window riched to his window with this stick and knocked from outside. 6 floor!
After a few seconds guy ran out of his room as pale as a sheet.
😂😂😂
Ngl, you had me in the first half 😂
Even today, this is still one of the scariest stories I've ever heard. Of all the stories you've told over the last few years, this one still gets my every time.
I like as well the one where some dude was in the forest and he can hear movement but can’t see far and when he woke up mid night he saw his flashlight laying in the distance and when he gets out of there someone wrote on his car window “sleep well” but nah scariest would be the dad and son going hunting and there’s nothing and at night there’s someone outside there tent laughing and ran off
Wassup baby girl
@@Rizz_guysimp
Good to know. I avoid the scary stuff. I am NOT a fan of the strange, dark and mysterious, but this guy is quite the storyteller.
@@broguns2420do you happen to remember which video had the father and son hunting story?
I found your channel through Loey Lane and her livestreams, and I've been marathoning your videos ever since while doing computer work, gearing up for my final year in university. I find a lot of comfort in your storytelling, whilst getting the hell scared outta me, and I appreciate your content loads since it makes the long work hours easier. I have been brutally antagonizing the like button and will continue to do so. Thank you, MrBallen!
When a grown man who is also a Navy Seal says the story scares him, you know it is going to be good!
makes sense knowing his own cabin story
This is the most feminine thing a woman could say
I thought he's a lawyer
@@ksasaudiarabia9706 same he looks more like a lawyer than a former Navy SEAL
Who's the seal
The dog looks like he wants to go out side? In the middle of the night, When we are alone, Deep in the woods. Yeeeeaaahhh... sorry doggy pee on floor, I’ll cleaned it up in the morning, I want to live. Hahahahaha
Ikr?!
I concur!
That's what pet stores make pee pads for. Dogs will hold their pee until they practically explode out of fear of being corrected. Please don't ever assume your dog knows to pee on a floor. SMH Pee pads have an attractant that lets the dog know it is a "pee place".
I have the same dilemma every Time my dog or I have to pee in the middle of the night when I am in my cabin deep in the swedish woods. No one Can hear me scream 😂
@@ontherockswithsalt560 or like...don't correct your dog in a way that makes them scared of you?
There are plenty of ways to potty train a dog without using violence or intimidation.
One day, years ago, MrBallen's friend asked him how his day was and for 15 mins he told the most eloquent story of a mundane afternoon and his buddy was like "dude, you should really tell stories". And here we are.
Do you reckon he used to tell stories at night to entertain his unit in the field?
I can picture it so easily, I feel like he probably did. Or if not, those guys majorly missed out.
Without any doubt! Listening to Mr. Ballen tell these stories it's impossible not to realize how he entertained his fellow compatriots and ya gotta know they were as riveted as we are when listening. Back in the very early medieval times Mr. Ballen would have been called a 'bard' or a 'scop ' these people were held in high regard by the people and the king, earl, jarl, or whomever.
"And my mom said, John, can you do the lunch dishes please? B/c my MOOOOM, she had friends coming over to play cards later that day, just like she did EVery WEEK, so this was nothing out of the ordinary. But THIS TIME, I didn't feel like doing dishes just then! I just didn't feel like it. So I told her no I'm gonna go ride my bike with Jeremy down to the lake for a while. And my mom, well, okay then. You did the lunch dishes yesterday so I guess you can take the afternoon off and I'll have your do it. Have a nice time with Jeremy, tell his mom thanks for the casserole dish it really came in handy. And I got on my bike, and I met Jeremy, he was on his bike, and we went down to the lake and had a great afternoon catching frogs."
@@terim.0404 yea i think every culture has storytellers that are highly regarded ....i really wish there were more ....like Mr Ballen. Is that his real name?
@@MaryAnnRegaladoVasquez yes! John Ballen. He has the cutest giggle too! 🤭
The scariest thing about all this is that in MrBallen's own story of his experience with a wood creature, which is, in some ways, kinda similar to this one, there's also a young boy (one of his friends staying in the same house) who also had recently lost his father and he too was struggling hard to come to terms with it. And now I can't stop thinking about this.
If Ballen himself is scared by a story he’s telling, we’re all screwed.
Lol
Word 💯 😂
Lmao
I mean he was a seal for crying out loud
i think it’s because the story is very similar to the experience he had
The tapping was coming from the Like button. It’s pissed and it’s not gonna take your abuse anymore.
I wonder if it knows Mr Ballen is an ex navy seal.. don't get me wrong, I'm all for it taking a stand- he's a damn bully.. but it better be damned sure it's got a good game plan, and be ready to bring the pain.
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Ok I wont abuse like button anymore, u an MrBallen get a like
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Ballen: "This one scared the heck out of me"
Me: "😳 this gonna be good"
😂 yup!
Me: 😲😳😬”I’m not gonna sleep tonight “
Creepy as f#$k
this also scared me a lot
@Danila Makarov fair enough
I recently found your channel and I'm hooked. This story and your story scared me more than any movie, book, or story I've seen/read in the past. I find myself leaning into my screen, with my body tense, and my breathing shallow. Yikes! Best thing ever!!!!
I'm slightly jealous that you get to cruise all of his videos for the first time! Lol! Enjoy!
This gentlemen tells a story as if he actually witnessed the event and took notes at the same time,well done 👍
**Witnesses murder in remote location**
Write that down, write that down!
I am amazed by how he remembers each and every single godammn detail
@@tanisha5152 i mean, he's definitely reading from some notes. However I'll agree the delivery is absolutely incredible
well now i just imagine Mr. Ballen, looming at the tree-line like an omen of death, staring at a murder happening right in front of him and taking notes
@@darkflower1729 He embellishes to make it more juicy.
Also to make it his own content, TH-cam trys it's best to not pay out, gotta be creative.
You could give me the recipe to grandma’s buttermilk biscuits in story form, and I’d still be interested.
And I’d be writing the recipe down
@@broooo-i4k 😂 same
When did he add the milk? How much milk did he add? Well the answer was right then and 4 cups. Despite the recommendations from everyone else in the township this alteration to the classic recipe birthed an entirely new dish that would go on to become pancakes today.
@@TheBootyWrangler and I would be so interested
To be fair, grandma's buttermilk is just plain GOOD
Hey Mr. Ballen. I was born and raised in Oregon. I''m a 67. Yr old grandma. I've spent a lot of time in the woods here!! I'm very at home in our woods. One year while we were hunting something screamed at us!!!! I know our native animals. It was extremely close to us!! Just feet away!! It scared us so badly that we left the woods!!! It was halfway between a howl and a scream!! It was a blood curdling scream!! Yet we c OI uld not see it!!! It was within feet of us!!! To this day we don't know what it was. We've heard many bigfoot sounds that various people have recorded
My husband and I are almost certain that it was a bigfoot
!!! It was very loud and very close!! Bigfoot doesn't scare me but something that loud and only feet away and invisible to us, DOES!!!! Thank you for the videos!!
Very likely a cougar or mountain lion. Google them screaming and see if that sounds like it (I hope so!) There's a old adage, for every time you see a cougar, it's seen you 100x.
I feel like if it were a cougar within a few feet of them, and they turned and ran, it would have chased.
I was leaving a friends house one night, he lives almost at the bottom of a mountain, and as we walked outside talking kind of loud and chillin on his porch for a minute we hear this crazy ass roar/scream (a mountain lion, I googled it) and then this thing starts slinking down the hill trying to be quiet and investigate what all the noise is about. Then it stops just behind the tree line and watches as were both blindly looking towards the woods whispering to each other and waiting for something to happen. We went back in his house for a few minutes hoping it would get bored then I finally left on my bicycle. Wasted no time getting out of the area that night.
I feel like the mt lion was ready to jack some other animal but we scared it’s prey away and pissed it off, then it came down to see if it could eat us instead. Luckily I’m a big dude (Fairly confident I could hold my own in a fight with a mt lion but I wouldn’t volunteer) and there were two of us. We couldn’t see this thing at all but he was watching us intently trying to figure out if he wanted to make a move or not. Terrifying stuff.
hehe you said feet
@@BrotherMJ808 100x? Well that's not helpful at all
Foxes also scream super scary and loud, almost human like as well. Look it up.
16:31 the most awkward “okay,” I think I’ve ever heard 🤣
Keep up the great work 🔥
his story filmed in mostly short clips, then probly edit out the first and last few seconds. Maybe small edit error. (just a guess)
@@ghostman960yeah he kinda restarted his sentence and changed it lol, I’m pretty certain he meant to edit out the first take. Interesting to see a little glimpse into his process of making the videos tho, if he changed his wording on the fly it shows that his videos are scripted less strictly, which explains how he always manages to make his stories feel so immersive and not like he’s just reading something out word for word
I was wondering if I was trippin when I saw that 😂 I rewound it like 3 times 🤣
This mans details in his stories are like no other storyteller I've ever heard. Stories are absolutely this mans calling. 👍🇨🇦
Stephanie Harlowe is also an amazing storytelling that goes into great detail. Love listening to her and MrBallen!
I am 57 years old ever since I was a little kid I have been petrified you’re gonna laugh of being alone being alone in the woods being alone in the woods in the dark or be in just about anywhere alone in the dark The story absolutely freaks me out it’s 1018 in the morning it is bright sunshine and I am tripping The best storyteller in the world Mr.B you are thanks for scaring the shit out of me but great story God bless!!!
I meant to say best storyteller in the world you are!!!
Mr nightmare - “ Hold my beer “
Mr nightmare is a guy that tells horrifying stories but with sounds 😬
@@s_a_mvr I don’t like his voice all that well. I don’t know what it is. But, Mr. Ballen does add some sounds here & there
This is my favorite Mr. Ballen story of all-time. You can listen to it in the middle of the day, with people all around you, and it still scares the hell out of you.
I agree........
Truth
True. Go Blue!!!
My favorite one is of the family of four I think that sees the five creatures outside of their window. If you know what that one is, it’s the one that really strikes fear into my soul
I was listening to it in the afternoon (very cloudy outside so it's a bit dark, with the occasional thunder, but the sun's still out), and I kept looking behind me. I have seen other scary videos of his and they didn't move me at all. I got really paranoid with this one, probably because it's about someone alone in a house, and I'm alone in my apartment listening to it. xD
i love the way that this fella tells stories, chill and human, like a feller you meet at a bar who has one to many spooky stories lmao.
ikr! it feels personal
Right!! And hes the type of guy you just believe,like its no way this guy is lying.lol
Yep! Like a teacher who takes what would normally be considered a boring or sh**-subject and-because he himself LOVES the subject- he puts his enthusiasm into the lectures which translates into a talent for story-telling and suddenly the class is one of the best YOU YOURSELF will ever take!
Because the stories are so much fun to listen to, you now have a passion for history or science or English lit! 😁
Or Sasquatch... Aliens...
... Leprechauns...!
Totally agree! He's a great story teller... I discovered his channel a couple of days ago and have been watching non stop because of his story telling abilities, so I gladly subscribed!
Fella
First read "Teens terrorise a creature in the forest."
Finally, someone I can empathize with
These military recruiters are relentless. Came all of the way to the cabin
Either that or jehovahs witnesses...they’ll stop at nothing 😂
You can be at the summit of Mount Everest and they’ll still find a way to get up there to tell you about the military and benefits
Hahahahahahahahaha!
Nope they want to sell you extended warranty for your car.
@@donnamilo5495 funny,,,,,,,,,,really!
I heard a noise outside my house. I grabbed a flashlight and went to confront it. Turns out it was the like button stalking me.
I heard a noise outside of my house. I grabbed my fleshlight...
@@BatCaveOz
😂😂😂
😂😂😂👌👍
😳 you too?!?
You had me going for a minute 😓
Hooves on the roof? Evil creepy feeling? Dog upset?
It's Krampus.
Lamp
Lmao*
@@sk1zzy337 not it's ok you can lamp
Skin walker with the tapping maybe
Mabey Santa came a bit early
Whenever I feel sad or lonely, this story is an immediate mood changer...
When the guy thought he heard “hooves” on the roof of the cabin... it wasn’t December was it? Asking for a friend.
Referencing Krampus?
@@AFortnightAgo or Santa and reindeer lol
@@jbizzle2232 Well, correct me if im wrong, but Krampus is a companion of saint nicolas that germans celebrate on 4th and dutch celebrate on 5th december.
And Santa Claus is based on saint nicolas. So i guess the reindeer is based on Krampus?
@@flapdrol75 ah shit yeah you right lol tbh I didnt even know what Krampus was
A creepy man wearing hard sole boots or some other kind of boot that would make a hoof like sound. The description did say a large crouching man the only time the boy saw it in the tree. The strange man not saying a single word is incredibly creepy.
I feel bad for MrBallens kids when they ask for a bed time story 🤣🤣🤣
lol!!!!!!!
Kids:Hey dad can you tell me a bed time story?
Mr ballen:sure,so once a upon a time,a teen was at a cabin and..................
Kids:😱
This was the kind of story I wanted when I was a kid. My gma told me I would ask everyone for scary stories and then complain they weren't scary enough. If this guy was my dad, I wouldn't have been saying that.
😂😂😂😂
I know
Every night I fall asleep listening to his stories. Like a little kid,and I'm 48!!😂😅😂
56 and I do the same lol. I don't think you ever out grow creepy stories especially if you've had your own insane experience.
@@vickicarnes6860,I agree! I tell people that I grew up in a house built in 1893 and I know it was haunted!! I had experiences as a child that still gives me goose bumps!! I had experiences in that house up until I moved out when I was 19.
49...Same. LOL. He's quite an accomplished story teller, very entertaining.
Omg I'm 48 ans I do the same thing!!
You're crazy 😂😂😂
The forest encounter& paranormal stories are my favorite.
They are starting to be some of my favorites too. Maybe because I don't think I'll ever be in that situation lol
He was so smart not to let his dog run off into the woods and keeping his dog close.
Ikr I would die for my dog if I had my own, I’d never sacrifice it to a unknown creature just so I can run and lock the door leaving it for dead, not me.
The dog makes it, right? I can't listen to stories where the dog doesn't make it
@@CaptUnstoppable Dog's fine! I'm the same I can't hear stories like that.
@@GemnEyes thanks! I can listen to Ballin talking about murder and such, but something bad happens to a dog I'm done
Thank you for this comment. I was not sure I could listen if something happened to his dog.
As someone from Oregon, hearing MrBallen talk about my home state constantly makes me never want to go near a forrest, cabin, attic, basement, field, farm, hiking trail, old house, old church, etc, etc.
So.. never go outside then? That list is the entirety of oregon lol
When I find a new channel, I sort by popularity and just go down the list; as an Alaskan, I was not expecting 2 out of 3 of Ballen's greatest hits to be horrific crimes against women in the city I'm living in 😅
@LEO… 😂🤣😂😂🤣😂😂😂😂
Is all of Oregon haunted!?
@@Woosle you can’t even stay inside💀
Mr. Ballen: This one scared the hell out of me.
My anxiety: * prepares pop-corn *
Mr. Ballen: Here's a layout of the cabin.
My anxiety: * shoves pop-corn in the mouth * Yes, yes, go on.
Ballen: "So there's this cabin on this mountain owned by a family, the father in which recently passed away."
Me: Aw shit, here we go again...
I actually laughed at this comment 🤣
🤣🤣
I'm 42 and his videos creep me out ... just a tad lol
When was this exactly? :)
This is one the most scary stories I´ve heard from you. Great job.
Phone rings : "You ordered a pizza!, my drivers been there an hour trying to get your attention."
But he’s afraid of your dog ....
Lmao
🤣😂
A perfect explanation
Shitt I forgot I ordered that
The boy: *wants one last positive memory*
The creature: *hold my beer*
🤣🤣🤣
Turrible 😂
🤣🤣🤣😂
I usually cringe at all these povs but well done shit has me still laughin
😂😂🤣🤣
So 2 YEARS and almost 7 MILLION subscribers later, this story (I've listened to them all) is in my TOP 5 scary stories MrBALLEN has told. Love it....
What’s your top 10
N1?
what’s your top 5?
@@thismonstrosity2137 5. Boy thought he say a toast the truth was worst, 4. Never swim in. Australian rivers 3. mysterious videos with disturbing backstory’s 2.headless valley1. Scary true stories
Me too. I come back regularly to listen to it again. There's just something particularly creepy about this one that always gets me, despite being relatively jaded to creepy stories thanks to the genre being over-saturated on TH-cam.
These stories need to be made in short TV stories or a Netflix show. With MrBallen narrating. 🙏
I'm blind. Your channel is perfect
Normally I'm actually just listening to the stories. That's scary enough 😳.
I listen to 90% of his stories without watching the video. If I was blind, I'd love this channel just as much, if not more.
You wrote a reply to a blind person... Not trolling, just throwing it out there! Hope yall enjoy Mr. Ballen's videos! He's great!
@@geemykneeify TTS
That was 90% of why I replied, the other 10% was just waiting for a comment exactly like this. Lol
"Theres this tree that has a seat which is looking directly into the cabin....that's gonna matter later in the Story."
Ooohhh hell naaw
I feel this in my soul haha
i was thinking the same thing lmaoo
Story intensifies for the worst. XD
When he said that, I thought he was gonna say the kid looked out the window and saw a fucking silhouette
I wrote this i just dont remember writing it 🤣🤣
This is why a dog is a mans best friend
Why
Why? Most dogs even breeds you think would protect you, without training usually won't do much. That training being extensive and expensive.
I would have preferred to have a Former SEAL Team 6 member with me than my dog, but hey that's just me.
If the creeper had a dog treat, I would have been in trouble. My dog would have unlocked the door for him and shown him around the house 😆
especially when they don't try to protect you but cuddle with you so you can both die together
Hi Mr Ballen.
I just felt like I should share something with you my name is Esther. I listen to you at work and was listening to some of the stories where people go missing. One of the things I remember my father who was an exorcist, saying is demons live in abandoned places like cabins, empty hotel rooms, houses etc. Remember spirits need warm bodies to dwell in. That could be why people go missing a lot or just lose their minds. Just thought I’d share that with you. For the haters reading this mind your business.
Wow, how interesting your father is.❤
Your father was an exorcist, did he exorcise many demons from people? Did you ever see him do an exorcism?
After the tapping on the window he hears, “Do you know how to get to Bells Canyon?”
Omg! That just made this video way creepier. The Bells Canyon video scared me. I'm not easily frightened but this story and Bells Canyon got to me.
😀😀😀
"dO yOu kNoW hOw tO gEt tO BELL'S CANYON" !!!?!
LMFAO As someone who lives in Washington state, about a 3 hour drive away from Mt. Rainier, the "Bells Canyon" story is both scary and intriguing
🤣
The kid was probably giving he's mother a hard time about "selling the cabin", So mom sent someone up to " Scare the crap out of him!"... Cabin Sold.
😂
Exactly. And a cabin on my bachelor is bs. It’s a forest service land and if there was land for cabins they would be resort rentals. It’s a tourist area full of Oregon yuppies. Even miles into the woods you will run into granola suburbanites from bend Oregon. And Asian mushroom pickers and climbers, snowmachiners, mountain climbers because the three sisters and broken top trailheads are also accessible nearby. This story is BS.
right on
Scooby doo style!
😂😂😂
It's amazing how fearless dogs are of the unknown just willing to run into trouble.
@@mattb3920 hey don’t hate on cats
Most pet dogs are chicken shit
I think it was more unrelenting curiosity than fearlessness. Once it picked up its master's fear it decided enough was enough.
@@indigocrayon520 Mmmmmm nah. I have a Yorkie and she tries to bark and run at bulldogs. She thinks she’s tuff or something lol 😆
@@mattb3920 Let me correct your comment " Unlike MOST domestic cats " i had my life saved by my cat and i know people who was saved by they're cats BUT i will be honest here ..if i was in that boy's place i would prefer to have Zeus my ex military german shepherd there with me rather than Kalesh my fat cat XD
One of my top 3 favorite episodes of MrBallen.. so terrifying and engrossing at the same time. You describing the "Sitting Tree" and how you tease it as factoring into the story always gets my nerves goin. The sound ambiance utilized throughout this story is also always _very_ effective to me. The picture used for the intruder has also been seared to my brain..
Poor kid, man.. glad he got through the night. I'd have been frozen with fear.
I have a theory that when MrBallen is low on content he goes out to cabins in the woods with lonely teenagers and stomps around on the roof and taps on doors and windows and stuff which is so much cooler than just making up stories out of his imagination to fill the void when content gets scarce, no my man MrBallen has integrity. MrBallen keeps his stories legit. Thank you for your dedication sir
Right, I knew there was a reason why he didn't describe the way the man in the tree was dressed, the flannel and backwards baseball hat would've given him away immediately!
hahahhahaha
It wasn't MrBallin... it was the...Like Button!😱
Why throw the man under the bus like that? You have PROBLEMS with the dark and mysterious toldin story form?!?😢😢
@@marksmess136NOW we know where the vendetta began!
Had my noise canceling headphones on and my 2 year old daughter sleeping in my lap. I was so into this story and gradually getting more and more spooked I didn’t notice my son had come up the stairs from behind me. He tapped me on the shoulder and I about lost my mind. I grabbed my daughter and just ran lol! Thanks for the story and heart attack! Lmbo!
I’m reading this wearing my noise cancelling headphones & now I going to check behind me 🙈
Xd this is comedy gold right here
Hey atleast that showed you a good mom
I mean, it shows your a good parent
😆
"As humans we're mostly afraid of the dark. You don't know what's in there, you don't know what's looking at you."
Me, at 6 am, in the dark, in a city: *looks around frantically*
If you live in the city & have your whole life, you don't know what true darkness is. Never pitch black in the city.
Vash de nevara
@@allamericananti-christ666 I live in a suburban area I went to a cabin in Georgia. My father and mother slept in one room (two story cabin basement was actually first floor) on the second floor and my sister in the other one that left the basement for me. I was completely fine with it but then later in the day after some fun we got home and I wanted to go downstairs, so I open the door and it’s just pitch black so I flip on the light walk down to the first landing and then turn on the second light, I turned on the lamp and then went to bed and that was the three days I stayed in Georgia.
Cities scare me. People scare me.
Nicely done. Read this just as he narrated 😸
This was the first story of yours that I ever listened to. It is sooo scary. I was hooked after this yarn. Over the years I have never been disappointed. Way to go, John. Your fame is something to truly admire. Lots of work but the pleasure you give to folks is priceless! Thank you.😊
Creature: "I just need to know if you know how to get to bells canyon?!"
OMG!!!! Hahahah BEST comment!!!
@@stephaniegaidica6869 lol thanks
Hahah!! That is great😂
Why do people keep saying this. Is this like a joke that he made or is it in a video...if it is what vid is it?
@@nicholasbartley4211 Yeah it's in one of his videos, I can't remember the name but I think it had 3 stories and that was in one of them
Ha! When you began with “he heard hooves on the roof” the first thing that came to mind was that if the date was Dec 24, there was a completely reasonable explanation for the noise!
hahaha
Oh shit, maybe it was the KRAMPUS! 👀👀👀😭😬😂
Lol I was like “yay Santa” lol
@@shanagross6043 you made me wheeze, thank you
hahahahahaha good 1
Navy SEALS have to pay attention to everything with the finest detail. That's why he's so good at telling stories
He was a good N.S BECAUSE he was good at retaining details. But honestly I watch Stephanie Soo and she's great too but has shared that she does have notes for many true crime cases but u NEVER see her glance at them and u can't see them either. Obviously true crime cases are more sensitive and u can't say anything even a little off exactly what it says. Guess we'll never know but he may do this sometimes just because he takes this pretty seriously as far as I can tell.
Hi I’m looking for Ray Finkel.....and a clean pair of shorts!
He has a script to his lower right. Now you will notice his glances to the lower left corner.
He knows and tell with every detail, his awesome
Strange, dark and mysterious details...
Im gonna say , over the years ive re played this story around 50 times , its my favourite one, if immhaving a bad day and i want to snuggle.doqn in bed this is my go to story , i love it Mr Ballen thanks x
A year ago I spent 3 nights alone in the woods on a Land Survival military course. The first night I was a bit paranoid, and was quite jumpy at every small noise I heard in the woods. I slept light. But as I got used to the environment I generally began to appreciate the peace and quiet and the following two nights went much better.
I would've hated my life had I gone into the woods after listening to a few of this guy's stories though.
I'm apprehensive about any future trips I take into the woods
SERE?
@@ultimatetrex1999 No, just basic Land Survival for Aircrew. SERE is a more advanced course we do for aircrew who are on high--risk platforms that might end up crashing in enemy territory, like fighters and tactical air-lifters.
Imagine the scream of a fisher cat!!😱
@corybrooks9557 what did it look like?
Everybody gangsta until the navy seal is afraid of the strange dark and mysterious
So true XD
Nice profile man
You right......
True
Everyone also makes the same generic ass comment .
It was not a tapping sound at all. It was the sound of multiple people clicking the like button of Mr Ballen videos.
Solved.
Or harassing it
@@Unhinged_femboy Thanks , now I think I should replace the word clicking by beating.
@@kushaldas6363 your husband was kidnapped last year when he was masturbating in a public toilet... Hello friend I'm from China India ❤️🇮🇳🙏
Ravishing the like button
Your personal video, Mr. Ballen, scared the fool out of me!! Great story, sir. BTW, this one did, too.
Honestly, You need to TELL MORE STORIES LIKE THIS. You are an excellent story keeper of tales
Yes!!!
I agree I love listening to him telling these stories my new favourite channel
True
I don’t even like spooky stories, yet I can’t stop watching these videos! Binge watching is an understatement.
Me too!!! I use my pause button to get through some of them. I calm down and then push play!!! .... haha ....how can he tell a story in such a calm voice and I am shaking in my boots?
I'm now looking thru playlists to find which episodes I've missed.
It scares the shit out of me but I just can’t stop. lol
Same lol i get creeped out but love them
Same!!🤦🏾♀️😩😫
This guy's storytelling skills are impeccable. Truly an art that's unfortunately losing traction in today's world
He's the best story teller of this century attracting both young and old hooked to his channel.👽👻
Love his stories. When I'm out in the woods alone I have to remind myself that a lot of these are just that - stories. "Sounded like hooves on the roof." But - the roof had a bunch (2 feet?) of new snow on it!? But yeah - they still can send a chill down your spine!
He's good at it because he tells these stories as if he had witnessed them himself.
I totally agree with you. I can't remember any stories from my childhood, from any relatives. Too many pickled brain cells, I think
It’s because of all these shit house channels that are making these types of videos are lying and doing it for a cash grab.
Example “he fucked me with a toothbrush”
Awww, dogs are so brave. Truly mans best friend. And womens. ❤🐕❤
Everybody a gangster til mrballen shows the pictures
Yup, everyone is John Wayne till they're really in the situation.
Does he show em?
Whenever I go to the woods for a "camp out" I always pack my 9mm sig and 12ga Remington.
And strangely enough nothing and/or no one ever bothers me.🤔
@@bmaxdlux3169 my broke ass takes a nerf gun
Lol
So as you listen to this story, try to imagine yourself in his situation.
Oh fuck no screw that.
If I've learned anything at all from this channel it's this... if your dad dies tragically early, for goodness sake DO NOT go back to your cabin that's built halfway into a mountain!
LMAO YESSS
Mr Ballen has come along way in telling his awesome stories! Ty
Mr Ballen & for your service🇺🇸💚🌹
“That’s gonna matter later in the story” DEMON ON THE TREE DEMON ON THE TREE DEMON ON THE TREE
Sorry....where is the demon? Not quite sure you told me. 😀
NAAAAH MATE i am out! haha
@Michelle not from there hahaha, i just hang out (online) with too many British people lol
@@Conceptcreator @Michelle damn that sucks
Look at the state of that. Look at you. Look at the state of you.
I read this years ago when the kid in the story posted on reddit. That young man did a great job writing the original story, also. Ive read it many times but still listening to Ballen's telling.
I'd love to hear/read the original version. That story is creepy.
I believe this story! It must have been terrifying as most paranormal situations are!!
@@jackspring7709have you managed to find the original?
This is still my favorite Mrballen story
Mr. Ballen has an unbelievable talent for telling other people's stories as if he was standing next to the person the entire time.
Creepily he was there before the story even happened.
Ya he's pretty awesome
>middle of winter
>hoofbeats on the rooftop
this man was terrorized by santa claus
First thing I think of when he says man and hoof beats was the adventure time deer that took his hooves off and hand hands. Tbph
One of the reindeer was looking to finish off granny
Nah it's krampus
I kept thinking, light a fire so the creeper can’t come down the chimney..never thought it might be Santa lol.
Lol
As soon as I heard "Oregon" I knew it was going to be wild. Born and raised in Oregon and spent a lot of time in the woods all over the state. There's 100% unnatural and unfriendly things in the woods in Oregon. The Native American tribes have legends about the evil in Oregons forests.
LIBERALS PRETTY MUCH SCREWED PORTLAND SO WE GAVE YOU ALL LEGALIZED SHROOMS SO YALL CAN HARM YALS SELFS AN NOT RUIN OUR FEDERAL BUILDINGS!!
Interesting as native indians have many spirits good and evil and even tho i’m english and we don’t have forests as big as in america i live right near woods and every now and then you get this feeling not to go in there.
Skin walker
@@UBERSTRIKE1 so this story is fake ? But John said that phones didn’t exist at the time so maybe the rules were different back then ?
And have you ever seen a creature like the one mentioned in the vid or smth like that .
@@jamesfaircloth8588 dead druids doin' dead druid shits
This story is definitely the scariest one in my opinion. It makes any Hollywood movie look like child’s play.
A poignant part of that story for me is when the tapping was occuring the young man said he could feel his dad telling him "just stay right there son. Don't let it in just stay in bed and ihnore it. Don't let it in". I also remember reading that he stayed for the rest of the week and the rest of his time was uneventful. Kid was a great story telling.
Actually, that was your own poignant imagination because Mr. Ballen never said the boy heard his father telling him to stay in bed 😆
@@benjaminbosley6169 sorry I was referencing the original story the kid wrote in the sub reddit!!
@@benjaminbosley6169 This is going to shock you, but there are OTHER places you can hear the same stories that you hear here. Some of them even have different information! Wild!
I'm confused because Mr. B said he immediately left that morning?
@@Irish_Georgia_Girl just what I remember reading....
One of the first stories i have come across where the dog owner doesn't let his dog chase after something in the woods at night by itself. This makes its so much more believable. Just can't image letting your family dog chase after something at night in the woods.
Ballen’s favorite word is “tree-line” , I’m convinced.
That and “clearing”
I like that tho cause I've never heard someone say treeline in videos before
the way he always moves his fist like its a flashlight lol
also “massive search” if we’re counting that 😭
Tree line is fuckin SCARY AF 😂😂😂😂
I’ve seen every MrBallen episode and this is by far my favorite. After all the times I’ve watched it it still gives me goosebumps!! BRAVO MrBallen, this is your masterpiece!!