Yeah I want to know what they smell like….smell like swamp ass?? I mean whaaaat!!??? See someone sniffing the air, “I smell a croc!!!! We need to get off this plane now!!” Sooooo confused!!
He's like a guy at a bar who randomly starts telling you a story that's so mind-blowing it changes the trajectory of your life, only to never be seen again.
Yea story telling is his calling in life. The narrator for bed time stories is pretty amazing too. I started with that channel... Ran out of content and found Mr ballen.
My brother was a deep sea diver for 10 years. He has a lot of scary stories. The worst one was when they were working on the sea floor and some equipment fell off the boat but before they could radio down to warn the divers, my brothers partner was struck, crushing his windpipe. The divers got him back to the diving bell while he was still alive but he didn’t make it. They had to wait till is was safe to depressurize with their dead buddy. My brother was never really the same after that. Deep sea divers are rockstars
@@erianna nope, definitely not about me, I am talking about deep sea divers. They have seen some shit. Mr Ballen could do a whole month on divers’ stories!
AGREE!! A million percent i yearn for more after each video. I need to stop watching them immediately so i can stock up and watch a bunch of mr ballen at once...but i dont have the willpower to wait. Forever hooked on mr. Ballen videos!!
I myself have worked as a saturation diver for 5 years, and a fail in pressurisation has always been my worst nightmare, next to the bell getting detached and falling on the seabed. I still remember some of my colleagues talking about horrendous accidents that happened in the 60s and 70s, it has always sent shivers down my back.
At first, I was thinking, “Maybe I should go into this field.” Then we got to “huge animals swimming around, that you can’t see,” and I started second guessing the decision. By the time we got to exploding humans, I knew it was not for me. God bless you. That’s a big ole nope for me.
Damn man you got some guts to do that job. I have a huge phobia of swimming in water I don't have good vision in not knowing what the hell could be feet away from me would drive me nuts
More power to you, your job even on a perfect day is my phobia. If you are still in the business I hope you stay safe and if you've left it im glad you made it out in one piece!
I feel bad for the hermit. The fact that he referenced chernobyl makes me feel he was afraid to stay with humanity and that's when he hid away. I'm glad he seemed to cope with being brought back into the world. It seems like he was as honest and careful as he could be. And only stole wen he had to and was not aggressive.
@@partlycloudy7707 just bcuz he’s a hermit and wants his privacy doesn’t mean he’s on the spectrum. A lot of people are that private and introverted bcuz of anxiety. I’m a hermit. Just not on that level. My anxiety makes me stay in my room more than I actually go out and do things with people and I’m not on the spectrum
I feel jealous for anybody who just found Mr Ballen... they can binge watch, while the rest of us are on one episode per release since we have watched everything already 🌻
Can we please turn “nobody smelled the crocodile” into a phrase about how nobody noticed something wrong that ended up being a problem? That would be awesome.
Reptiles have a very unique and strong odor that is rather unpleasant so you can smell reptiles when you're around them or when they're approaching especially a large one their smell is very nasty and it is not a pleasant thing.
I live in Maine, can confirm the guy that lived in the woods for 27 years and stayed hidden all that time. Was amazing to hear, idk how the hell he survived the winter, like no way.
I visited Van Buren, Maine once ( that's on the Canadian border ) when I was a kid and it was extremely cold, I can attest to it, this guy must have no nerves, the winters are brutal. I also lived in Anoka, MN for a few years and the winters are similarly cold. I have lived most of my life on the West Coast for a reason I, found out early, I hate the cold!!!
@@eatwhatukiii2532 seeing the things he stole, yeah he is a a-hole. But what I don't get is in 27 yrs no body knew he was out there. What's wrong with kids? Where I grew up we kids knew every part of a 5 mile circumference of woods. Would not have happened in our neck of the woods.
I’m genuinely curious about this case.. it couldn’t have been THAT large to have been smuggled onto a prop plane. I’m thinking, no more than 2-3 feet, 4 max.. if that. Crocodiles and alligators aren’t very agile.. I don’t see how a couple guys couldn’t have hopped over the seats to get behind it while someone keeps it distracted in front and then just jump on its back and pins it there until they safely land.
I'm on the autism spectrum, I have a hard time socializing and find comfort alone in the woods, so the second story just absolutely breaks my heart. I'm so glad he wasn't given a harsher prison sentence at least.
Just be sure you have survivalist skills, winter plans, and APPARENTLY plenty of sleep, and your paradise is waiting for you. I'm autistic as well, with the exact same hard time socializing and preference for being alone in nature, except for one fatal flaw: I'm afraid of insects and arachnids. So I'd never make it living like he did, no matter how much I may want to!
@@baydiac I have arachnophobia too, its kind of like a mental disorder for me. Even if I see a video of a spider or something, I get so scared and look away and then I'm paranoid for a long time (I check my whole body and area around me just to make sure there are no spiders.) One time I had a hallucination (I don't take any substances btw) that a spider was on my knee so I literally jumped out of my bed and ran away and I was literally shaking from that, I was also paranoid and checking myself for hours.
If its a matter of fear and anxiety taking over when your in social situations, i found taking ashwaghanda greatly helps me stay calmer and less in fight or flight mode.
Chris’s story was a roller coaster of emotions for me. It seems he had a pretty rough childhood, compounded with an already innate sense that the world as it is just isn’t really natural anymore. The way we live, the way we’re packed in on top of each other but we’re all still strangers. The 9-5, the having to pay to actually be alive, the way we often have to choose career over family just to make sure our families survive. It’s all just completely messed up and counterintuitive. He needed to get away, likely didn’t trust people to the point of fearing them because of his childhood, yet didn’t know how to survive on his own. So he ended up having to steal to survive, but never put his hunger above the safety of others, so he was empathetic to others, and showed remorse for stealing from them to survive. What a heartbreaking story. I wonder if he feels any less alone having finally rejoined society. Somehow I doubt it.
I like how you worded that; very nicely put and makes sense to me in a visceral way. I felt for Chris, and felt for the people he stole from as well. All around, it was just sad.
I remember in the movie "Conair" one of the characters was a physco, in jail for doing really awful unimaginable things to people. One other character told him to stop talking about the crazy stories. The physical said working 9 to 5 to have your family survive to retire and not be able to enjoy life. Basically we are lab rats or major followers based off what the government says what's normal
@@MrBallen one of the best youtubers ever thank you. Been watching you for a month straight! True real stories told by a true honest individual! And yes thank you for your time in serving this country!
I've been binge watching Mr.Ballen stories for like 3 days now, i can't get enough. I sound like my grandma now, i told my room mate in the the living room "wellp i'm gonna go watch mah stories now"
I read the book about the North Pond Hermit. It was fascinating. When he showed the cops the way to his hideout they were amazed how he moved like an animal and moved from rock to rock and swing on branches so as to not leave footprints. He stayed alive in the winters with no fire by staying awake all night constantly moving, then slept in the day when it was relatively warmer.
@@Violetbunnyfish He just stole food to eat. He was socially disabled. He didn't kill or rape anyone. Never even hurt anyone. He needed pyschiatric counseling and maybe he got it.
I stumbled upon MrBallen a few days ago and I’m hooked. So much more compelling than all the ghost hunting shows with bad acting and ridiculous, unnecessary drama. Not to mention, he seems like a legit great dude. Mad respect MrBallen!
Same here Nicole now I'm addicted lol I have him playing constantly in the background if I'm busy ... if I'm not I'm sat there eyes and ears glued .... he's great 👍
Even though people say saturation diving pays really well, I don't think it pays enough for what it is. It's amazing how little extremely rich people can pay regular people to do extremely risky things.
What are you talking about? It’s a job at a company…they’re not servants for Richie Rich…and they get very well paid and tend to love the work. Nobody has to do it if they don’t want to. You pay what the market requires.
Sounds like that crocodile got lost on his way to Bell's Canyon. (Btw, did he say that the crocodile actually _survived the crash???_ Because that's... morbidly ironic lol.)
"make sure you get enough sleep" this man is my patron saint. i used to suffer from chronic (really chronic, like actual day in, day out, constant), devastating, mind-numbing, soul crushing depression. but, since corona, i get plenty of sleep.. like, excessive sleep. and.. i'm not depressed anymore. i haven't been depressed in a long time.
maybe its people and human natural in general that makes you depressed as ive been alot less depressed since corona as well. plus ive slept most of the past year as well
Crocodiles are ancient, and honestly one of the most terrifying creatures on the planet. They haven't evolved much in millions of years, nature hit the perfect design and it's worked ever since. If there's something that could survive a plane crash, it's a croc.
I've lived in Maine my entire life. Not far from this man. I actually know people who see him relatively often. Such an incredible experience he had. And with wind chill, we experience -40 at times. Crazy to think about, but we are used to it
I love that "we are used to it" line. How do you get used to cold that extreme!!! I am cold a lot of the time, only truly warm a few months a year, spring and fall have enough chill that I am almost never without a sweatshirt or hoodie... When I walk from my car to the door on my office building I will curse things under my breath as I count every step until I get to the door - and that is in say 10 degree F. I do wear a hat, gloves, and have a multi layered winter jacket but it still gets to me. Weird thing is I was not always like this, not sure exactly when it started but it has been this way for I am thinking 5 or 6 years now??? Someone suggested that an illness that I caught traveling overseas is the reason, and I actually heard someone independently say this in a recent conversation about the same thing happening to them so perhaps... but yea, my teeth will chatter and I will shiver frequently even with the extra layers on so who knows!
@Stephanie Stina Stanard Mainer who knows someone that worked with him and someone who worked At this summer camp during this time. Someone else wrote it without his permission, he really just wants to be left alone from what folks have been told up here.
@@susieq1565 I love his stuff, I get so excited and I just can't hide it. Every time he uploads I'm about to lose control.. but I think I like it,.. yeah I like it. I'll see myself out now. 🤣😂🤣🤦🏼♀️
Can we just appreciate how incredibly thorough he is with his videos? He not only ALWAYS includes the metric equivalent of the lengths or sizes he mentions which is so, so incredibly helpful but he also always includes captions of what images he shows whether it be real photos that were taken during the cases or reference photos of similar items or areas or that the photos are not real. AND he gives trigger/discretion warnings. This man does everything and I love him for that ❤️
That is one hell of a choice though.... The pilot is yelling you assholes have thrown the plane's weight distribution off, it's too many of you up front with me! I can't fly it anymore and we're going to crash. I need most of you to return to the rear and deal with that crocodile otherwise we are ALL dead for sure. Not enough people obeyed the captain and we know the rest.
I've been dealing with depression really really bad it's hard to get up every day and work but every since I've found Mr Ballen my depression has gotten allot better thank you Mr Ballen not only for the awesome videos/stories but for your service and sacrifice as well
I'm with you on this one. I'm so very depressed, thinking about ending it all, but watching MrBallen keeping from living my truth and just escaping for a while...
i love this story about the man who lived in the woods since `86. that's the year i was born and the stories about the woods are my favorite. I grew up near the woods and feel like the woods were my safe place. But as I've aged I realize how dangerous the woods can be.. and not because of the climate/weather. thanks for all the great stories.
I often dream about living in the woods but I realize how unrealistic it is for me as a woman to do that and at this point it's just way too dangerous honestly if you don't have a firearm or someone else out there with you..
My ex boyfriend was isolated for 15 years locked in his house. He said it drove him crazy and when he escape. The 1st thing he did was....stare at people (watching) since he never saw other people. And my ex look so extremely normal. When you see him, you wouldn’t assume he was isolated. He fits in society pretty well.
I’ve listened to this guy explain how a dive bell works so many times and each time it’s just harder and harder to wrap my mind around HOW THAT IS A GOOD IDEA
@@grimsonforce7504 that's not a low class worker. The expertise and knowledge required to do that job is immense. They love their jobs usually, and aren't forced into it. They know the risks but as technology gets better the risks are decreased substantially.
Honestly I stopped the video near the start of this story and went straight to the comments to see if someone had commented about the ending. This stuff is crazy interesting but hearing about innocent people dying in awful ways takes a toll on me and I didnt want to hear about this if that’s what the end result was going to be.
@@D84doc lmao takes a toll on you? mr.ballen is a navy seal. these stories are child’s play compared to what he has most likely experienced so let’s not be dramatic here
I've been thinking about doing this for a long time. With the way governments around the world are using this whole covid thing to enact totalitarian dictator like edicts, the likes of which one would be mocked as a "conspiracy theorist" for even suggesting 10 years ago, it's looking more and more enticing.
I accidentally found Him and I listen to him everyday now sometimes I pull a marathon And listen 24 hrs! He is better than tv and you need no pictures as well as he tells the story! Love Mr. Ballen
I've seen all of his video multiple times over, used to try to play 1 of his videos while i try to go to sleep but only did it for a few days i found myself getting to interested in the story and continuing to watch multiple clips staying up too late and feeling crappy for work the following mornings for work
I know right. I felt so bad for him. They where just doing experiments on the poor guy. It's like 'Just let him rest in peace.' Instead they just kept him alive meanwhile his skin is falling off.
Who else is SUPER tired of every. Single. video. he has having a top comment saying "who else found him and can't stop watching" No joke, i see it every single week, and going back to the last year it's always the top comment hahaha
@@woke657 There was an alligator that was born in Louisiana in 1933. It was sent to the zoo in Berlin where it became known as Hitler's alligator. When the Russian army captured Berlin in 1945 they sent the alligator to Moscow. It stayed in Moscow until it died in 2017 at the age of 84. It went from the USA to Nazi Germany to Stalinist Russia. It lived long enough to see communism fall.
I know the way he tells the stories is just awesome! I've listened to a lot of true crime people until I saw him and he's my favorite. I'm obsessed with his videos
I think I started listening about the same time you did. I agree - can't stand any other crime/suspenseful storyteller because they're really melodramatic. I appreciate his matter-of-fact style.
Yeah, also there's usually some stupid one with the 'dark and mysterious' crap. I think a lot of people just want likes, so badly, they'll keep copying comments to get them. Lol.
Loved how you explained saturation diving. Everything was correct and to the point. I've seen and heard of several deaths during my career as well but the money is crazy rich.
We would be happy if companies start focusing more on the safety and well-being of the workers rather than those insane amount they're being paid. Life is undoubtedly more precious than the money.
@@FlockofSmeagles several times. Baracudas come in groups and take turns to head butt you in the chest. So imagine this, I was on the seabed and felt like being punched in the chest around 50 times. Now how do I tell this to the supervisor on the comms? I sit on the sea bed and go topside I feel something is wrong with my chest I feel like being punched. And he goes do you see baracudas down there? I said I saw them while going down. He goes well yeah they don't like you there and want you out lol
I just looked up the salary and the average diver makes more in one month than I do in an entire year and honestly I still don’t think it’s enough for what you have to do.
Interviewer - what are you skills? Chris - staying hidden for long periods of time, stealing snackies, pacing around to stay warm in supremely harsh conditions.” Interviewer - he’s perfect.
Diving is amazing. Doing technical dives without the proper gear or training is the scary part. I'm only an open water diver and it is one of the most peaceful things ever. No way I'd do full saturation diving or anything like that but normal diving is the shit
I just got my divers license, I was saying the same thing; for me it was the possible feeling of claustrophobia, or the possibility of feeling like once I was on the bottom, I wouldn’t be able to swim back up; the one thing I have heard from most divers I’ve met is that they will never go cave diving, and many of these people have been diving for decades
I'm guilty!!! I found this fascinating storyteller completely by accident and I am completely hooked. Love his stories and the way he is so totally into each tale Mr. Ballen tells.
"Make sure you get some good sleep" that line scared the shit out of me, imagine being alone in the woods for 27 years and his answer for the experience he had in the woods was just one line gave me goosebumps, imagine what kinda trauma he had...
@@Thomas_1030 i think it's quite the opposite. He doesn't have a schedule when he was alone for 27 years. No job to go to and was probably during the day. He probably had more time to sleep when he was alone in the woods, given that he himself loved being in the woods alone.
Maybe he saw or heard some shit. But importantly, he knew what it was like to stay up every night, all night during freezing winters, just pacing to stay warm, and he probably got very poor sleep during the days. He also walked around in the dark a lot to steal food. The man knew what a difference sleep could make in his mood.
@@WisdomThumbs with all those propane tanks he had stolen he probably stayed up during the night to not get caught. Used those tanks to stay warm during the day. I don't fell sorry for him at all.
We have our own "wild man" here in Washington. One day, he just picked up and left the corporate world, where he made a ton of money, earned a Masters Degree, and had a big home, because he was absolutely miserable. He has no problem with human interaction, and only sometimes goes into town to purchase supplies. He lives in Olympic National Park, where he forages and hunts for his own food. There was a big court case about him, because technically you're not allowed to just live in the wilderness of a national park. But, the state decided that, in his many years of living there, he had never hurt anyone, he kept his area clean, and that his lifestyle was his choice. He still lives there, where he teaches wilderness survival, and even had his own TV show for a while. I applaud this man. We have too many laws in this country that are specifically designed to keep you trapped, and property and tax laws made just to make money off of citizens. If you want to live off the grid, that should be your choice, and no one should have the license to infringe upon it.
@@darthsilversith667 those are how our country continues to function. I'm sure you like paved roads, clean air, National and State Park land, water from the tap, a fire department, and police department. If not, you're more than welcome to live off the grid and away from society but don't expect to use what you don't pay taxes for and don't complain when corporations pollute and destroy land and water without restrictions.
Might have been a small juvenile crocodile and a plane full of tourists that get scared of any animal other then your regular pet or farm animals. If it was a spider or big beetle it might have ended exactly the same.
I was a deep sea diver in the North sea between 1986- 1990. Because of that tragedy, it lengthened my training 45 days. Glad you did the story. It honors the fallen.
Is it just me or anyone else a full grown adult who has learned more about life and the world watching Mr. Ballen videos then all your school and work career from your whole life. Thanks Mr. Ballen
@@poetcomic1 I'd think that they make a whole lot of money for the risk they take just like people working on oil rigs and yes they know the dangers of something like this happening, so I'd say that they're getting a LOT of money if that's something they're willing to risk! or they're just not that fond of life in general....
It did end well once. He told a saturation diver story that had 0 deaths. Rough seas caused 1, of the 2, diver's umbilical to detach from the dive Bell. Somehow they found him in the pitch black and brought him back to the surface for medical care. He ended up being okay.
The north pond hermet actually only lived about 15 minutes from where I live now. This was a huge story here in Maine for a number of year's! Pretty neat you found this story. Thanks for sharing!
It does make me wonder, if everyone had just been like, "oh, hello there," if the croc would have just sat there until they landed. A croc is a problem, no doubt, but sometimes a calm reaction to a problem will prevent it from being a disaster.
One paranoid guy that was super quite and stuck to a single hidden area- whereas Bigfoot supposedly runs around banging on trees, screaming, having weird interactions with people, and exists as an 8 foot tall humanoid, but I guess their bodies just evaporate upon death. Way more reasonable to not find a single individual, rather than to not discover a semi-common mega-fauna despite searching for decades for any trace- bodies, for instance.
Sometimes I find videos that I’ve not yet liked even though I’ve watched them. It’s rare. But the ones I find are some I’ve not yet watched a thousand times. It’s like finding a little treasure.
The thought of falling into an abyss while deep sea diving actually gave me chills. Found your channel 2 days ago and have not been able to stop watching lol.
Anyone else know a lot of these stories but still love hearing Ballen tell them? IMO it's better hearing it for the first time as he is such a vivid narrator.
Mr Ballen, much respect brother. You're an inspiration and the best story teller I've ever seen. You're channel blowing up cannot be more deserved. The hardwork you put into these is amazing.
@@pollypockets508 And...... He might care but I dont think she'd mind after he just hypnotized her with his perfect pitch and control of his voice. I damn near fell out of my computer chair listening to this fuckin guy. I always thought that saying on the edge of your seat was bullshit well I was dead wrong. This guy is a problem period.
@@katherineheasley6196 well his damn kids got it made could you imagine how epic those bed time stories are. Shit I want him to tuck me into bed every night with a story. My life would be complete.
I’m sure someone has mentioned this before but my god this guy would make an amazing teacher. Maybe like a history teacher cause I’m always so hooked on every word. 😊
I had a great history teacher who got into it like he had lived it. Didn't have the same skills as Mr. Ballen but he made history fun. He looked over the tops of his glasses at us as he savored our reactions to the twists in countless tidbits that he shared that weren't in our books. He pitted the boys (the ubermenchin) against the girls (the others) in trivia preparing for tests. He also drove the ice cream truck in the summer months.
Had two history teachers in my first two years of high school where the only way you would fail is if you didn't pay attention during the lectures. They taught like nobody else and didn't believe of sticking to the textbooks as they didn't contain everything. Ballen would make an excellent history teacher.
@@ahauntingincolorado5655 Actually that's when he shared the "good stuff." After class. The stuff that he could get in trouble for telling. Horrible torture methods and things that he would never share with us 'others.' Only his 'Ubermenchin.' I'm sure I'm spelling it wrong. The boys shared the stories with the rest of us though. It may have all been made up for effect but we weren't tested on it and it made history like something taboo almost so of course we ate it up. It may sound like he was a chauvinist but that was tongue in cheek. He used that as a tool as well. Drudging up man vs woman competition was a way to get us girls to work harder to show him and his boys up.
That loner who went out to live in the woods all by himself is my hero. For a lot of people complete social isolation/disconnect is pure torture. But for people like myself (and apparently this guy) I see it as unlimited privacy. I don't the theft though. But he did what he had to do to survive.
I think the citizens kind of overreacted because I get that they suspect something and didn't know what it was, but reducing him to just a theaf is low. He only stole candy and they acted like he was steal thanks giving Turkey's and 5 star meals.
“make sure you get enough sleep.” not sleeping for a long period of time can make you hallucinate and see stuff that’s not really there (sometimes it’s terrifying things), makes you wonder what he saw while he was out in the woods all by himself 😳
In 43 years as a flight attendant the scariest thing I’ve ever seen is cockroaches. No snakes tarantulas or crocodiles. Yikes. As for some passengers, we’ll that’s a whole other story.
I’m a nurse and deal with some pretty nasty people, but I honestly can’t imagine what flight attendants deal with. People on planes act like insane people sometimes.
I worked the ground and supply side of the passenger airlines for 32 years. I quickly resorted to driving everywhere, lol! As another old bat with cats, I do ❤ your email nane😂😂
That last one, as soon as you started listing the dangers I had a feeling, and once you mentioned explosive decompression I knew. That was the worst case ever. I am so glad I've never had to see anything like that- or the results of it- in person.
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Well done!!!
Lol it's so quick but funny
@@MrBallen why mr ballen 😭😭😭😭 pls at least pin me pls pls I’m begging you
That was lickity split fast!!! I’m impressed.
Nice i didnt see that
Who else randomly found Mr.Ballen and now can’t stop watching him?
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Nah been here since the beginning of his TH-cam saw him on tiktok first
“Nobody smelled the crocodile” is a phrase I never thought I would hear or have to think about
New rule for airplane travel in Africa: Sniff for crocs BEFORE take-off . Which would be a great tee-shirt .
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Lmaooooo exactly
I had the exact same thought. Nobody smelled the crocodile is definitely a sentence we have never heard before.
Honestly, going 27 years in the woods and then managing to get a job afterwards is the most unbelievable part of the second story.
Not really its good press
I imagine he had a lot of people offering him work after the story broke.
@@KristenDETW good point. i wonder what kind of work he does.
One helluva strong mind there! "Hi!" the only human to human inter action in 27 years and the guy isn't stark, raving, batshit crazy.?!!
Extremely impressive
My man lived in the woods for 27 years just to try and get some sleep lol. That's the most relatable thing I think I've ever heard.
Rip van Winkle?
"Nobody smelled the crocodile" is one of the weirdest sentences that I've ever heard.
Right? Even weirder that it resulted in a plane crash!!
same with cottonmouth snakes. rotten cucumber honeydew on a run is not what you want.
they stink
Yeah I want to know what they smell like….smell like swamp ass?? I mean whaaaat!!??? See someone sniffing the air, “I smell a croc!!!! We need to get off this plane now!!” Sooooo confused!!
You didn't smell it. I didn't smell it. Nobody smelled that crocodile. *wipes tear from eye* (and not a crocodile tear, sadly)
This man tells these stories like he's actually witnessed them. You are amazing, Mr Ballen.
Agreed! He’s great
He's like a guy at a bar who randomly starts telling you a story that's so mind-blowing it changes the trajectory of your life, only to never be seen again.
Yesssssss👌🏽
Yea story telling is his calling in life. The narrator for bed time stories is pretty amazing too. I started with that channel... Ran out of content and found Mr ballen.
@@charcoal8 RIGHT?!
We neeeeed merch that says: “I’m a fan of the strange dark and mysterious delivered in story format”
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Indeed we do!
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Yes Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I also want a tee with like a really sad like button cause we keep picking on them.
My brother was a deep sea diver for 10 years. He has a lot of scary stories. The worst one was when they were working on the sea floor and some equipment fell off the boat but before they could radio down to warn the divers, my brothers partner was struck, crushing his windpipe. The divers got him back to the diving bell while he was still alive but he didn’t make it. They had to wait till is was safe to depressurize with their dead buddy. My brother was never really the same after that.
Deep sea divers are rockstars
Stop stealing Mr Ballens thunder! This is not about you!
@@erianna nope, definitely not about me, I am talking about deep sea divers. They have seen some shit.
Mr Ballen could do a whole month on divers’ stories!
@@erianna lmao what? 😂😂😂 Are you new here or something? Mr B has many people tell their stories on his videos 😂
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Ok Karen.
@@ZekeMan62 TH-cam needs the laugh react for this
I honestly feel sorry for whoever isn’t apart of the Mr.Ballen universe. This man is literally a addiction I’ve been hooked ever since the first story
Ikr? He pulls you in with that masterful storytelling. It's a true gift.
Yep! Truely addictive lol
AGREE!! A million percent i yearn for more after each video. I need to stop watching them immediately so i can stock up and watch a bunch of mr ballen at once...but i dont have the willpower to wait. Forever hooked on mr. Ballen videos!!
Right, and he's not reading it off; he's memorized these stories (though some edits are apparent). It IS a gift.
Me too! 😂
I myself have worked as a saturation diver for 5 years, and a fail in pressurisation has always been my worst nightmare, next to the bell getting detached and falling on the seabed. I still remember some of my colleagues talking about horrendous accidents that happened in the 60s and 70s, it has always sent shivers down my back.
At first, I was thinking, “Maybe I should go into this field.” Then we got to “huge animals swimming around, that you can’t see,” and I started second guessing the decision. By the time we got to exploding humans, I knew it was not for me. God bless you. That’s a big ole nope for me.
Damn man you got some guts to do that job. I have a huge phobia of swimming in water I don't have good vision in not knowing what the hell could be feet away from me would drive me nuts
More power to you, your job even on a perfect day is my phobia. If you are still in the business I hope you stay safe and if you've left it im glad you made it out in one piece!
Dude, horrifying. Didn’t even think about the dive bell snapping. That’s seriously nightmare fuel
Actually cool story bro. That's an insane job. Stay safe out there. 😉🍻
Imagine going from having a badass name like "The Phantom" to then being caught and renamed "The North Pond Hermit"
I'm dying! 🤣
Hahahaaaa
lmao
LOL 😂
*Comes out of hiding for 30 years to claim his stimulus check
I feel bad for the hermit. The fact that he referenced chernobyl makes me feel he was afraid to stay with humanity and that's when he hid away. I'm glad he seemed to cope with being brought back into the world. It seems like he was as honest and careful as he could be. And only stole wen he had to and was not aggressive.
I feel kinda bad for him too, he kinda sounds like he might be on the spectrum. He just wanted to hide out in the woods. I hope he's doing ok now
@@partlycloudy7707haha I’m on the spectrum and I thought the same thing! Hope he is doing well.
@@partlycloudy7707 just bcuz he’s a hermit and wants his privacy doesn’t mean he’s on the spectrum. A lot of people are that private and introverted bcuz of anxiety. I’m a hermit. Just not on that level. My anxiety makes me stay in my room more than I actually go out and do things with people and I’m not on the spectrum
The Chernobyl disaster isn't why he went away, nor what it meant about humanity. It was just something he could reference.
I feel like I read a book about the hermit maybe
"But obviously this time, no one smelled the crocodile" might be one of the most hilarious yet tragic sentences I've ever heard
Was guna say the exact same
It sounds like Ad Libs
fr😂😂
Crocodile wore deodorant that day
Welp🤷♂️
I feel jealous for anybody who just found Mr Ballen... they can binge watch, while the rest of us are on one episode per release since we have watched everything already 🌻
In many cases twice even 🤣... including the tik toks
I know. Like I literally was just saying that to my wife🤔
I did that when I first found him and now I have to patiently wait, damnit!
this is the first video i watch from him xD
Just keep watching the nutty putty cave episode on repeat. I know I do in my mind 😮
*in heaven*
"How'd you die?"
"Crocodile"
"Oh damn, did it hurt to get eaten?"
"Oh no it made my plane crash"
Well the people actually made it crash unfortunately
🤣🤣🤣 Excellent!
Bruh
It's crazy if it was a film u would say its not believable
also, it survived
Can we please turn “nobody smelled the crocodile” into a phrase about how nobody noticed something wrong that ended up being a problem? That would be awesome.
Sounds great!
@@amiahcinayid9059 i agree
Reptiles have a very unique and strong odor that is rather unpleasant so you can smell reptiles when you're around them or when they're approaching especially a large one their smell is very nasty and it is not a pleasant thing.
I totally support this! That line cracked me up
Exactly! That would be a powerful one
I live in Maine, can confirm the guy that lived in the woods for 27 years and stayed hidden all that time. Was amazing to hear, idk how the hell he survived the winter, like no way.
Hatd to beleive he never lit a fire,did he dig some kind of underground passage or something to stay in and wear tonnes of clothes?
@@Gos1234567 probably moved into someone's cabin over the winter
S tier social distancing skills
I visited Van Buren, Maine once ( that's on the Canadian border ) when I was a kid and it was extremely cold, I can attest to it, this guy must have no nerves, the winters are brutal. I also lived in Anoka, MN for a few years and the winters are similarly cold. I have lived most of my life on the West Coast for a reason I, found out early, I hate the cold!!!
@@eatwhatukiii2532 seeing the things he stole, yeah he is a a-hole. But what I don't get is in 27 yrs no body knew he was out there. What's wrong with kids? Where I grew up we kids knew every part of a 5 mile circumference of woods. Would not have happened in our neck of the woods.
20 people: *die of plane crash*
Crocodile: Tis but a scratch
fuck dude i never realized how badass it is that the croc survived? maybe he and surviving human should fight?
@@forestteal7616 Well it is basically a dinosaur, it survived a meteor that destroyed most life on the planet
Just a flesh wound 🥴
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’m genuinely curious about this case.. it couldn’t have been THAT large to have been smuggled onto a prop plane. I’m thinking, no more than 2-3 feet, 4 max.. if that. Crocodiles and alligators aren’t very agile.. I don’t see how a couple guys couldn’t have hopped over the seats to get behind it while someone keeps it distracted in front and then just jump on its back and pins it there until they safely land.
I'm on the autism spectrum, I have a hard time socializing and find comfort alone in the woods, so the second story just absolutely breaks my heart. I'm so glad he wasn't given a harsher prison sentence at least.
Just be sure you have survivalist skills, winter plans, and APPARENTLY plenty of sleep, and your paradise is waiting for you.
I'm autistic as well, with the exact same hard time socializing and preference for being alone in nature, except for one fatal flaw: I'm afraid of insects and arachnids.
So I'd never make it living like he did, no matter how much I may want to!
@@baydiac I have arachnophobia too, its kind of like a mental disorder for me. Even if I see a video of a spider or something, I get so scared and look away and then I'm paranoid for a long time (I check my whole body and area around me just to make sure there are no spiders.) One time I had a hallucination (I don't take any substances btw) that a spider was on my knee so I literally jumped out of my bed and ran away and I was literally shaking from that, I was also paranoid and checking myself for hours.
If its a matter of fear and anxiety taking over when your in social situations, i found taking ashwaghanda greatly helps me stay calmer and less in fight or flight mode.
Absolutely.
@@Hacker_Kamyko spider man
Chris’s story was a roller coaster of emotions for me. It seems he had a pretty rough childhood, compounded with an already innate sense that the world as it is just isn’t really natural anymore. The way we live, the way we’re packed in on top of each other but we’re all still strangers. The 9-5, the having to pay to actually be alive, the way we often have to choose career over family just to make sure our families survive. It’s all just completely messed up and counterintuitive. He needed to get away, likely didn’t trust people to the point of fearing them because of his childhood, yet didn’t know how to survive on his own. So he ended up having to steal to survive, but never put his hunger above the safety of others, so he was empathetic to others, and showed remorse for stealing from them to survive. What a heartbreaking story. I wonder if he feels any less alone having finally rejoined society. Somehow I doubt it.
I like how you worded that; very nicely put and makes sense to me in a visceral way. I felt for Chris, and felt for the people he stole from as well. All around, it was just sad.
There is a fantastic book about him, the only one where the journalist talked to him, I think called 'the hermit in the woods' and I loved it.
I remember in the movie "Conair" one of the characters was a physco, in jail for doing really awful unimaginable things to people. One other character told him to stop talking about the crazy stories. The physical said working 9 to 5 to have your family survive to retire and not be able to enjoy life. Basically we are lab rats or major followers based off what the government says what's normal
John thanks for serving our country and we need more people like you in the world
Thank you!
No problem
@@MrBallen one of the best youtubers ever thank you. Been watching you for a month straight! True real stories told by a true honest individual! And yes thank you for your time in serving this country!
Mr Ballen “Now unless you’re familiar with diving...”
Those of us who have watched all of his videos “oh, we’re familiar enough.”
Yesss .. I wont ever go diving Or cave exploring ...not that i was interested anyways .. The videos are reassuring to me 😂😂💖
haha!
As soon as he said diving, my brain went "uh oh"
These videos make me want never leave home but wait someone may be living in my walls .dam
Right! By now I’m considered an expert diver.
I've been binge watching Mr.Ballen stories for like 3 days now, i can't get enough. I sound like my grandma now, i told my room mate in the the living room "wellp i'm gonna go watch mah stories now"
This made me laugh !
This is day 3 and I need to follow my routine again.
"Mah soaps!" 😂
It’s okay, I am apparently a child again, I call them my bedtime stories lol
Me😂
I read the book about the North Pond Hermit. It was fascinating. When he showed the cops the way to his hideout they were amazed how he moved like an animal and moved from rock to rock and swing on branches so as to not leave footprints. He stayed alive in the winters with no fire by staying awake all night constantly moving, then slept in the day when it was relatively warmer.
This young man should have been a newscaster because his because his storytelling is phenomenal love Him
I read it too. Pretty amazing.
"Make sure you get enough sleep". What an admirably hardened guy. I hope society's been treating him well.
I wonder what he really meant.
Yes, I hope so
He spent his life stealing from people. He doesn't deserve for society to treat him well.
Man's probably went back to the forest. I would.
@@Violetbunnyfish He just stole food to eat. He was socially disabled. He didn't kill or rape anyone. Never even hurt anyone. He needed pyschiatric counseling and maybe he got it.
it’s kinda weird not hearing him say “ 3 4 even 5 times a week” only the real ones know
So true he always says it
I was gonna comment this if nobody had
I know ! ☹️
Yeah I was like somethings not right I can feel it
Unfortunately things change,,not for the better. We love you and you stories!!! Please don’t disappear!! 👍🏼💪😊
I stumbled upon MrBallen a few days ago and I’m hooked. So much more compelling than all the ghost hunting shows with bad acting and ridiculous, unnecessary drama. Not to mention, he seems like a legit great dude. Mad respect MrBallen!
Same here Nicole now I'm addicted lol I have him playing constantly in the background if I'm busy ... if I'm not I'm sat there eyes and ears glued .... he's great 👍
So did I and I’m a home baker so I’ve got a few weeks listening to his amazing stories x
Even though people say saturation diving pays really well, I don't think it pays enough for what it is. It's amazing how little extremely rich people can pay regular people to do extremely risky things.
What are you talking about? It’s a job at a company…they’re not servants for Richie Rich…and they get very well paid and tend to love the work. Nobody has to do it if they don’t want to. You pay what the market requires.
Compared to the risk, I don't think it's worth it at all
Sounds like that crocodile got lost on his way to Bell's Canyon.
(Btw, did he say that the crocodile actually _survived the crash???_ Because that's... morbidly ironic lol.)
Anyone who mentions Bell's Canyon,I consider to be an OG Mr.Ballen fan😳
@@darrellboone9274 An OG fan….? This dudes literally only been making videos for a couple years lmao 🤣
@@philiptucker7590 FREAL.
Mr Ballen said that a big croc was found near the crash, alive and well.
It was loki
"make sure you get enough sleep"
this man is my patron saint.
i used to suffer from chronic (really chronic, like actual day in, day out, constant), devastating, mind-numbing, soul crushing depression. but, since corona, i get plenty of sleep.. like, excessive sleep. and.. i'm not depressed anymore. i haven't been depressed in a long time.
maybe its people and human natural in general that makes you depressed as ive been alot less depressed since corona as well. plus ive slept most of the past year as well
@@Mtlkat77 could be..
@@flappy7373 sleep is the great restorer
For a crocodile to live through a crash , says a lot about that creature ...
I was thinking the same thing. I know they have thick skin, but damn! 🤯
@@cartooncritique6625 The single survivor must have been part Crocodile!! :-O
@@cartooncritique6625 they survived the extinction of dinosaurs and everything after that so yk
Crocodiles are ancient, and honestly one of the most terrifying creatures on the planet. They haven't evolved much in millions of years, nature hit the perfect design and it's worked ever since. If there's something that could survive a plane crash, it's a croc.
Crocodiles have been apex predators for millions of years, they're truly amazingly terrifying.
I've lived in Maine my entire life. Not far from this man. I actually know people who see him relatively often. Such an incredible experience he had. And with wind chill, we experience -40 at times. Crazy to think about, but we are used to it
Do you know if he wrote a book? I tried Google, but nothing came up 🤔
I love that "we are used to it" line. How do you get used to cold that extreme!!! I am cold a lot of the time, only truly warm a few months a year, spring and fall have enough chill that I am almost never without a sweatshirt or hoodie... When I walk from my car to the door on my office building I will curse things under my breath as I count every step until I get to the door - and that is in say 10 degree F. I do wear a hat, gloves, and have a multi layered winter jacket but it still gets to me.
Weird thing is I was not always like this, not sure exactly when it started but it has been this way for I am thinking 5 or 6 years now??? Someone suggested that an illness that I caught traveling overseas is the reason, and I actually heard someone independently say this in a recent conversation about the same thing happening to them so perhaps... but yea, my teeth will chatter and I will shiver frequently even with the extra layers on so who knows!
@Stephanie Stina Stanard Mainer who knows someone that worked with him and someone who worked At this summer camp during this time. Someone else wrote it without his permission, he really just wants to be left alone from what folks have been told up here.
@@genjitsu7448 I am from Northern Alberta and it gets as cold as -50°C here. (-58°F.)
We Mainers truly as used to it, haha. Ever since I've moved, I have lost my winter skin 🤣🤣 if I move back to Maine, it's gonna be rough.
Mr. Ballen was just randomly on my TH-cam one day and I've watched him non-stop since.
Same with the TrueCrime channel ThatChapter. Very good story tellers are on TH-cam.
Already worried about running out of uploads and I only started watching him 3 days ago!
@@susieq1565 I love his stuff, I get so excited and I just can't hide it. Every time he uploads I'm about to lose control.. but I think I like it,.. yeah I like it.
I'll see myself out now. 🤣😂🤣🤦🏼♀️
@@shivontucker5633 sometimes I get spooked though. Still wait on pins and needles for the next one! 🙂
Can we just appreciate how incredibly thorough he is with his videos? He not only ALWAYS includes the metric equivalent of the lengths or sizes he mentions which is so, so incredibly helpful but he also always includes captions of what images he shows whether it be real photos that were taken during the cases or reference photos of similar items or areas or that the photos are not real. AND he gives trigger/discretion warnings. This man does everything and I love him for that ❤️
Yes, i think about every time i see those notes
And he captions his videos as well 🙂
"But obviously this time, nobody smelled the crocodile." ...that is a sentance I never thought I'd hear.
Really don't want to be that guy but it's *sentence
That is one hell of a choice though.... The pilot is yelling you assholes have thrown the plane's weight distribution off, it's too many of you up front with me! I can't fly it anymore and we're going to crash. I need most of you to return to the rear and deal with that crocodile otherwise we are ALL dead for sure.
Not enough people obeyed the captain and we know the rest.
I wonder what a crocodile smells like 🤔
but wait wouldn't the smuggler knew his own pet and told people not to panic. that's just AL
the smell I get, but how do you HIDE a crocodile on a small plane?!! what the ???
I've been dealing with depression really really bad it's hard to get up every day and work but every since I've found Mr Ballen my depression has gotten allot better thank you Mr Ballen not only for the awesome videos/stories but for your service and sacrifice as well
I'm with you on this one. I'm so very depressed, thinking about ending it all, but watching MrBallen keeping from living my truth and just escaping for a while...
I agree. I can't seem to pull myself out of it this time. I'm used to my mood dipping but this time I can't shake off the emptiness...
@@emmaleebarnes1376 Your soul might be empty. wonder what your spiritual life is like.
Imagine walking into a conversation and hearing someone say “unfortunately, nobody smelt the crocodile” 😂😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lmfaoooooooooo 🤣🤣🤣🤣 dead af
Hahahah
Haha true!
That was actually when I walked back in the room, a bit of a WTF moment, had to listen again to make sure I heard it right.
The people who dislike are obviously not a fan of the strange, dark, and mysterious delivered in story format
They also seem to dislike 3, 4 (& even 5) times a week! Indeed - bastards. The lot!
@@AmberAmber I like what you did there
@@elijahfloyd6251 Oh TY xo 😘
I was thinking... How can someone push the dislike button? What in the heck is there to dislike???
@@AmberAmber 😂no problem
This man has been socially distancing for 27 years. He's my new idol
Yea hes rad
Facts thooooo
same
He was in military haha just good remembering stories hes cool as
Internet what is that a new underwear
i love this story about the man who lived in the woods since `86. that's the year i was born and the stories about the woods are my favorite. I grew up near the woods and feel like the woods were my safe place. But as I've aged I realize how dangerous the woods can be.. and not because of the climate/weather. thanks for all the great stories.
I often dream about living in the woods but I realize how unrealistic it is for me as a woman to do that and at this point it's just way too dangerous honestly if you don't have a firearm or someone else out there with you..
27 years not having to deal with people, sounds like heaven to me.
My ex boyfriend was isolated for 15 years locked in his house. He said it drove him crazy and when he escape. The 1st thing he did was....stare at people (watching) since he never saw other people. And my ex look so extremely normal. When you see him, you wouldn’t assume he was isolated. He fits in society pretty well.
@@trishsour fakeee
@@trishsour great story
@@trishsour Why was he isolated and for so long??
For real. The more I’m around people the more I love my dogs. That’s what I’d have to bring with me. My dogs.
I’ve listened to this guy explain how a dive bell works so many times and each time it’s just harder and harder to wrap my mind around HOW THAT IS A GOOD IDEA
Agree, I guess it's why they can make like 400k a year.
Capitalism kills who knew. Much easier to expend the low class workers.
@@grimsonforce7504 that's not a low class worker. The expertise and knowledge required to do that job is immense. They love their jobs usually, and aren't forced into it. They know the risks but as technology gets better the risks are decreased substantially.
@@uraveragenugget7498 exactly. Those guys are highly trained to do an extremely dangerous job very few pple can do.
Same with the mask.
“and THEY ALL INSTANTLY EXPLODED....alright guys that’s gonna do it for today” 😂jesus dude hell of a segway
Honestly I stopped the video near the start of this story and went straight to the comments to see if someone had commented about the ending. This stuff is crazy interesting but hearing about innocent people dying in awful ways takes a toll on me and I didnt want to hear about this if that’s what the end result was going to be.
@@D84doc lmao takes a toll on you? mr.ballen is a navy seal. these stories are child’s play compared to what he has most likely experienced so let’s not be dramatic here
@@Duranchula35 Whoa, save some asshole juice for everyone else. Kind of weird to get offended at people having empathy. Chill.
@@MouthsLikSdwndrMisls you have something on your mouth
@@Duranchula35 better out than in, eh? 😉
I love Mr Ballens stories, wish I had discovered him sooner. I listen to him while at work everyday!
When you’re so introverted and socially awkward that you escape into the woods and become a cryptid
Had this continued, he would have become an urban legend
👍
Yep! I’m incredibly introverted. I wish I wasn’t, but I’m only really happy in my home, without visitors lol.
I want that life
I've been thinking about doing this for a long time. With the way governments around the world are using this whole covid thing to enact totalitarian dictator like edicts, the likes of which one would be mocked as a "conspiracy theorist" for even suggesting 10 years ago, it's looking more and more enticing.
me: oh its just another clickbait channel
me after watching 7 of his videos: this guy amazing
edit: thank you for all of the likes :)
their like video pringles
@@nunchuckerz once you pop, you can't stop
@@elijahjakobsen7898 yep and im getting pretty fat now lol
@@nunchuckerz fatbass boiiiii
@@nunchuckerz Dude, same 😔 ✌️
I accidentally found
Him and I listen to him everyday now sometimes I pull a marathon
And listen 24 hrs! He is better than tv and you need no pictures as well as he tells the story! Love Mr. Ballen
I've seen all of his video multiple times over, used to try to play 1 of his videos while i try to go to sleep but only did it for a few days i found myself getting to interested in the story and continuing to watch multiple clips staying up too late and feeling crappy for work the following mornings for work
Mouse found you and mouse found him.
Samesies !!!
@@mootymootmoot1679 lmao that’s me with those sfm creepypastas.
Don’t forget to sleep
Just found this channel and I've been binging it. The story about the crocodile was absolutely nuts!
MrBallen has such a unique story telling style and honestly it makes the stories 10000000000% better.
I'm still scared from that dude who got blasted with radiation and got legally tortured for like 3 months
Why did you look at his picture? Assuming you did
@@moesab1281 what's it called?
I know right. I felt so bad for him. They where just doing experiments on the poor guy. It's like 'Just let him rest in peace.' Instead they just kept him alive meanwhile his skin is falling off.
And in either the most ironic twist, or cruelest fate ever, was named Ouchi.
That is truly the worst way to die for sure... I honestly thought being slowly eaten alive was number one, but here we are.
The tent guy started binge watching Mr Ballen and before he knew it, 27 years went by!
Who else is SUPER tired of every. Single. video. he has having a top comment saying "who else found him and can't stop watching"
No joke, i see it every single week, and going back to the last year it's always the top comment hahaha
@@KaladinVegapunk seriously!
@@KaladinVegapunk right don’t nobody ever actually want to talk about what’s in the video EVER. It’s always pointless stupid comments from pea brains.
😂😂😂
PEOPLE ARE COMPELLED to say something & they don’t know what to say, so they post the same crap over & over.
I find myself watching today, and every day, this storyteller is so engaging.
It’s scary to think that you one day could possibly be a Mr. Ballen story.
Just don't go cave diving and you reduce your chances by 50%
Having a gun would reduce your chances another 30-40%
EEEK.... AWFUL THOUGHT! The 411 stories really creep me out!! 😳
We are all just one step away from a Mr. Ballen story.
Mine wont be a story, it will be a Legend 💪
Almost everyone: dies
Crocodile:I didn't survive 100 million years to die in a plane
Edit: I hate how passive aggressive everyone is
Literally, I wonder how it survived
I've never seen a crocodile that died due to natural causes
They're amazing
@@woke657 How many crocs have you even seen in your life?
No doubt. So actually there were 2 survivors
@@woke657 There was an alligator that was born in Louisiana in 1933. It was sent to the zoo in Berlin where it became known as Hitler's alligator. When the Russian army captured Berlin in 1945 they sent the alligator to Moscow. It stayed in Moscow until it died in 2017 at the age of 84. It went from the USA to Nazi Germany to Stalinist Russia. It lived long enough to see communism fall.
How in the world can anyone find the secret? I’m so engrossed in Mr. Ballen’s story telling plus he’s very easy on the eyes!
Agreed
Lol hahaha
10000% yes
I can never find the secret either, I'm way too engrossed in the video. BTW, are you watching his hair grow too?
The struggle is real lol
I found John by accident and really love the way he talks and tells stories.
I know the way he tells the stories is just awesome! I've listened to a lot of true crime people until I saw him and he's my favorite. I'm obsessed with his videos
Thanks
I think I started listening about the same time you did. I agree - can't stand any other crime/suspenseful storyteller because they're really melodramatic. I appreciate his matter-of-fact style.
I wish I never found this guy because I can't stop watching him and no w I'm really paranoid about everything
Same. Was just thinking about how I scuba dive, but I'm now terrified even just thinking about previous dives I went on!
Just know that most of these things are extremely rare and some of them are extremely stupid as well just use common sense and ur gonna be fine
LMFAOOO right??
After watching this guy I was afraid of flushing the toilet
Yep!!! I'm so ashamed!
“Who else randomly found Mr.Ballen and now can’t stop watching him?” Who else has seen this comment on everyone one of his videos?? Lol
Finally someone who actually talks about this instead of saying that and going like me LOL but yeah it is funny
Yeah, also there's usually some stupid one with the 'dark and mysterious' crap.
I think a lot of people just want likes, so badly, they'll keep copying comments to get them. Lol.
I said the same thing
It always gets so many likes too lmao
It's an algorithm manipulation campaign! Glad you noticed. It's commonplace, but normally less noticeable.
After watching this channel for almost a year, I've learned more about diving than I have in 27 years of life prior to now.
So when do you want to go cave diving bro?
Wow i did not know something as hard as saturation diving exists as a legit career. Crazy job. Hats off to the men who do it.
Loved how you explained saturation diving. Everything was correct and to the point. I've seen and heard of several deaths during my career as well but the money is crazy rich.
We would be happy if companies start focusing more on the safety and well-being of the workers rather than those insane amount they're being paid. Life is undoubtedly more precious than the money.
Have you seen or felt a massive animal down there? That part gave me shivers.
@@FlockofSmeagles several times. Baracudas come in groups and take turns to head butt you in the chest. So imagine this, I was on the seabed and felt like being punched in the chest around 50 times. Now how do I tell this to the supervisor on the comms? I sit on the sea bed and go topside I feel something is wrong with my chest I feel like being punched. And he goes do you see baracudas down there? I said I saw them while going down. He goes well yeah they don't like you there and want you out lol
@@FlockofSmeagles oh and the water was pitch black hence I couldn't see them when they were headbutting me.
I just looked up the salary and the average diver makes more in one month than I do in an entire year and honestly I still don’t think it’s enough for what you have to do.
Croc: "Hey dude ,can I stay at the window seat?"
Also Croc: " Where´s everybody going!?"
🤣🤣
That crocodile was a known war criminal. It was obviously an extremist attack. Smells like IRA misbehavior to me.
Crocodile: I’m just coming back from the bathroom…..
Interviewer - what are you skills?
Chris - staying hidden for long periods of time, stealing snackies, pacing around to stay warm in supremely harsh conditions.”
Interviewer - he’s perfect.
You talking about the hermit or an arcade employee?
Nobody smelled the crocodile” is going to be my new catchphrase for when something that could’ve been avoided goes wrong.
Literally did not see the comment below that says the exact same thing! 😂
Now I’m wondering what a crocodile smells like. This has never been of any concern to me before.
If it’s anything like an alligator a sting swamp mud smell
Me, too. What does a croc smell like? 🐊
I looked it up and they kinda smell like a muddy swamp with a light fish smell.
Like funk
Yes my purse does have an odd aroma 🤠🐲
I just can't stop watching this guy, just one after another... I'm officially addicted
There are still a few videos of Mr.Ballen that I haven't seen yet
@@jennifermckinley9285 You'll get to them
Me to bro , me too
There is NO amount of money anyone could pay me to get me to dive! The anxiety I get just by watching the Story!
Diving is amazing. Doing technical dives without the proper gear or training is the scary part. I'm only an open water diver and it is one of the most peaceful things ever. No way I'd do full saturation diving or anything like that but normal diving is the shit
You know the utuber was a Navy Seal too, right..?
That means....extreme dives..amongst other terrifying /agonising ordeals.
I just got my divers license, I was saying the same thing; for me it was the possible feeling of claustrophobia, or the possibility of feeling like once I was on the bottom, I wouldn’t be able to swim back up; the one thing I have heard from most divers I’ve met is that they will never go cave diving, and many of these people have been diving for decades
@@justanotherotrguy you know what else is really peaceful? Sitting on my couch not drowning.
That’s interesting because I like diving (as long as I don’t do anything stupid), but I have the same sentiment towards sky diving. No interest.
I'm guilty!!! I found this fascinating storyteller completely by accident and I am completely hooked. Love his stories and the way he is so totally into each tale Mr. Ballen tells.
"Make sure you get some good sleep" that line scared the shit out of me, imagine being alone in the woods for 27 years and his answer for the experience he had in the woods was just one line gave me goosebumps, imagine what kinda trauma he had...
What trauma? I think he meant to say that he should appreciate that he can sleep safely and comfortably indoors as opposed to out in the woods.
@@Thomas_1030 i think it's quite the opposite. He doesn't have a schedule when he was alone for 27 years. No job to go to and was probably during the day. He probably had more time to sleep when he was alone in the woods, given that he himself loved being in the woods alone.
Maybe he saw or heard some shit. But importantly, he knew what it was like to stay up every night, all night during freezing winters, just pacing to stay warm, and he probably got very poor sleep during the days. He also walked around in the dark a lot to steal food. The man knew what a difference sleep could make in his mood.
That dude had no trauma. What's wrong with you?
@@WisdomThumbs with all those propane tanks he had stolen he probably stayed up during the night to not get caught. Used those tanks to stay warm during the day. I don't fell sorry for him at all.
We have our own "wild man" here in Washington. One day, he just picked up and left the corporate world, where he made a ton of money, earned a Masters Degree, and had a big home, because he was absolutely miserable. He has no problem with human interaction, and only sometimes goes into town to purchase supplies. He lives in Olympic National Park, where he forages and hunts for his own food. There was a big court case about him, because technically you're not allowed to just live in the wilderness of a national park. But, the state decided that, in his many years of living there, he had never hurt anyone, he kept his area clean, and that his lifestyle was his choice. He still lives there, where he teaches wilderness survival, and even had his own TV show for a while. I applaud this man. We have too many laws in this country that are specifically designed to keep you trapped, and property and tax laws made just to make money off of citizens. If you want to live off the grid, that should be your choice, and no one should have the license to infringe upon it.
Hell yeah, Mick Dodge, I used to enjoy watching his show
This comment is a endorsement for why you shouldn’t vote Democrat. They’re the party of taxes, regulations and restriction.
@@darthsilversith667 those are how our country continues to function. I'm sure you like paved roads, clean air, National and State Park land, water from the tap, a fire department, and police department. If not, you're more than welcome to live off the grid and away from society but don't expect to use what you don't pay taxes for and don't complain when corporations pollute and destroy land and water without restrictions.
@@WouldntULikeToKnow. What a way to oversimplify stuff. Here's something in contrast: taxation is theft.
@@Zorro9129 Ever seen Aaron Russo's 'Freedom to Facism'? Worth a watch I assure you.
"There was a crocodile" i- just- how in the hell- *how do you smuggle a whole crocodile on a plane*
More importantly, an alive crocodile.
Might have been a small juvenile crocodile and a plane full of tourists that get scared of any animal other then your regular pet or farm animals. If it was a spider or big beetle it might have ended exactly the same.
@@simorai7720 I mean even if. how is it *common* to have crocodiles on the plane
Let's just say you got a crocodile on a plane how the hell would it get loose in the cabin
In a crocodile skin bag? 😂
I was a deep sea diver in the North sea between 1986- 1990. Because of that tragedy, it lengthened my training 45 days. Glad you did the story. It honors the fallen.
I am a english learner and i just love to hear your stories, you have such a great vocabulary. I’ve learned a lot from you.
Thank you 🙏🏼
Is it just me or anyone else a full grown adult who has learned more about life and the world watching Mr. Ballen videos then all your school and work career from your whole life. Thanks Mr. Ballen
Saturation diving makes quite a few appearances on this channel and it never ends well.
They are supposed to make 'a lot of money'. How much is a lot when you explode?
@@poetcomic1 I'd think that they make a whole lot of money for the risk they take just like people working on oil rigs and yes they know the dangers of something like this happening, so I'd say that they're getting a LOT of money if that's something they're willing to risk! or they're just not that fond of life in general....
It did end well once. He told a saturation diver story that had 0 deaths.
Rough seas caused 1, of the 2, diver's umbilical to detach from the dive Bell. Somehow they found him in the pitch black and brought him back to the surface for medical care. He ended up being okay.
@@TheTizzlejizzle that was a good one
Not many of mr ballens stories end well tbh lol.
The north pond hermet actually only lived about 15 minutes from where I live now. This was a huge story here in Maine for a number of year's! Pretty neat you found this story. Thanks for sharing!
No one ever noticed his camp?
Crocodile: okay this is awkward. Let's all just be calm until we land...
*plane crashes*
Croc: well, that didn't end good
This should not have been that funny to me🤣🤣
It ended just fine for the croc.
@@michaelbeglin2368 thats the funny part, bassicaly fuckin everyone died besides the croakiee
It does make me wonder, if everyone had just been like, "oh, hello there," if the croc would have just sat there until they landed.
A croc is a problem, no doubt, but sometimes a calm reaction to a problem will prevent it from being a disaster.
MrBallen is like crack cocaine. I can't stop watching his videos. I even hear his voice narrating my dreams at night, it's that bad!
Lol
Totally
Yeah I know the feeling
Hahaha
Hey!!! I said he was my crack a long time ago.... and YOU get the response?!!! B.S.!!!!
27 years and they could never find a paranoid guy that couldnt even forage for himself..... And people refuse to believe in sasquatch.
27 years in the woods of Maine, dude would probably be a good person to ask about Sasquatch.
Yeah, that's because some of us are not retards
This really got me thinking 😂
One paranoid guy that was super quite and stuck to a single hidden area- whereas Bigfoot supposedly runs around banging on trees, screaming, having weird interactions with people, and exists as an 8 foot tall humanoid, but I guess their bodies just evaporate upon death.
Way more reasonable to not find a single individual, rather than to not discover a semi-common mega-fauna despite searching for decades for any trace- bodies, for instance.
Let me explain. One guy is different then an entire species of that size.
Sometimes I find videos that I’ve not yet liked even though I’ve watched them. It’s rare. But the ones I find are some I’ve not yet watched a thousand times. It’s like finding a little treasure.
The thought of falling into an abyss while deep sea diving actually gave me chills. Found your channel 2 days ago and have not been able to stop watching lol.
Anyone else know a lot of these stories but still love hearing Ballen tell them? IMO it's better hearing it for the first time as he is such a vivid narrator.
So everyone died except one and the dang crocodile?! 🐊
*SCP 682 has breached containment*
I wonder if the lone survivor was the one smuggling the croc 🤔
@@gggthsb unlikely
How do you smuggle a crocodile on a plane it had to be somewhat smaller in size!
🧢 big big big 🧢, nobody is sneaking a damn 🐊 on a ✈️.
My husband and I can't stop watching Mr. Ballen. Love this show
Mr Ballen, much respect brother. You're an inspiration and the best story teller I've ever seen. You're channel blowing up cannot be more deserved. The hardwork you put into these is amazing.
Do not let this man around your girl at the bar. If he tells her 1 story she's leaving with him. Its mr steal your girl 2021
Lmfao!! Any girl. My mother even loves to listen to him.
Luckily, he's married with kids. Otherwise, yeah, your girl's going home with him.
He's married
@@pollypockets508 And...... He might care but I dont think she'd mind after he just hypnotized her with his perfect pitch and control of his voice. I damn near fell out of my computer chair listening to this fuckin guy. I always thought that saying on the edge of your seat was bullshit well I was dead wrong. This guy is a problem period.
@@katherineheasley6196 well his damn kids got it made could you imagine how epic those bed time stories are. Shit I want him to tuck me into bed every night with a story. My life would be complete.
My mom owned a camp that the North Pond Hermit hit up for food. People in the area were very conflicted about how they felt about him, for sure.
The way you've explained deep sea diving, given me a whole new found respect for that profession.
Anyone else glad they found MrBallen?
I’m sure someone has mentioned this before but my god this guy would make an amazing teacher. Maybe like a history teacher cause I’m always so hooked on every word. 😊
I had a great history teacher who got into it like he had lived it. Didn't have the same skills as Mr. Ballen but he made history fun. He looked over the tops of his glasses at us as he savored our reactions to the twists in countless tidbits that he shared that weren't in our books. He pitted the boys (the ubermenchin) against the girls (the others) in trivia preparing for tests. He also drove the ice cream truck in the summer months.
Had two history teachers in my first two years of high school where the only way you would fail is if you didn't pay attention during the lectures. They taught like nobody else and didn't believe of sticking to the textbooks as they didn't contain everything. Ballen would make an excellent history teacher.
I would have payed a lot more attention 😅 lol. But I would probably be that annoying kid asking so many questions after class
@@ahauntingincolorado5655
Actually that's when he shared the "good stuff." After class. The stuff that he could get in trouble for telling. Horrible torture methods and things that he would never share with us 'others.' Only his 'Ubermenchin.' I'm sure I'm spelling it wrong. The boys shared the stories with the rest of us though. It may have all been made up for effect but we weren't tested on it and it made history like something taboo almost so of course we ate it up. It may sound like he was a chauvinist but that was tongue in cheek. He used that as a tool as well. Drudging up man vs woman competition was a way to get us girls to work harder to show him and his boys up.
That loner who went out to live in the woods all by himself is my hero. For a lot of people complete social isolation/disconnect is pure torture. But for people like myself (and apparently this guy) I see it as unlimited privacy. I don't the theft though. But he did what he had to do to survive.
Besides TH-cam, I'm totally disconnected!!
Best thing I ever did was delete all that fake social media.
Loving in an SUV, privacy is great
I agree. I only see people 6 days a month, and while SOMETIMES I hate being lonely, it's still my choice and I love it (and seldom, hate it)
I think the citizens kind of overreacted because I get that they suspect something and didn't know what it was, but reducing him to just a theaf is low. He only stole candy and they acted like he was steal thanks giving Turkey's and 5 star meals.
I need to do this.
“make sure you get enough sleep.” not sleeping for a long period of time can make you hallucinate and see stuff that’s not really there (sometimes it’s terrifying things), makes you wonder what he saw while he was out in the woods all by himself 😳
North pond hermit is a legend. He spent 27 years in isolation, in super cold winters and didn't go crazy all that time. Legend
Total legend. We loved talking about this guy while he was still in the woods.
Did anyone leave supplies out for him?
The like button: *exists*
Mr Ballen: and I took that personally
brooooo istg tho
So funny😐
It’s a rough life
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@SublimeStudiosss not funny it’s hilarious
In 43 years as a flight attendant the scariest thing I’ve ever seen is cockroaches. No snakes tarantulas or crocodiles. Yikes. As for some passengers, we’ll that’s a whole other story.
I have heard some see Samuel Jackson.
I’m a nurse and deal with some pretty nasty people, but I honestly can’t imagine what flight attendants deal with. People on planes act like insane people sometimes.
I worked the ground and supply side of the passenger airlines for 32 years. I quickly resorted to driving everywhere, lol!
As another old bat with cats,
I do ❤ your email nane😂😂
Been binging your videos all day today. Wonderful job at storytelling and each video having something about diving is keeping me hooked!!
That last one, as soon as you started listing the dangers I had a feeling, and once you mentioned explosive decompression I knew. That was the worst case ever. I am so glad I've never had to see anything like that- or the results of it- in person.
Lol "But this time ...nobody smelled the crocodile...."
I secretly enjoyed saying that
Merch idea: A shirt with a crocodile in an airplane on it with the words “but this time....nobody smelled the crocodile”
@@MrBallen haha It's probably the only opportunity you'll ever get to say that sentence. I'd imagine crocodiles smell like fear.
@@Misssydney and the crocodile has a machine gun
Kinda wondering what one smells like now.
Who else appreciates all of Mr.Ballen's plaid shirts and how he tell these stories as though he was actually there.
TRULY, Luna's Mommy! (Blessings to you & yourbaby!)
He has some good ones (shirts), and stories to
He's very articulate indeed. I thoroughly enjoy his stories
Can't stop watching Mr ballen. Its addictive.