How He Survived Being Buried Alive | The Horrifying Case of Clairvius Narcisse

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  • @forlorn_candysnore
    @forlorn_candysnore 10 місяців тому +237

    Side note I really appreciated that you said he “worked as a beggar.” I’ve never heard that phrase before and I think it’s really important to acknowledge that being homeless not by choice is a full time job that nobody wants.

  • @guntherthomas3535
    @guntherthomas3535 11 місяців тому +388

    I've heard so many stories of just how horrific tripping on Datura/ Jimsonweed is- many accounts about people who went into permanent psychosis after A SINGLE DOSE. The idea of being under its influence for YEARS is horrifying. I hope he was able to cope and recover.

    • @atashgallagher5139
      @atashgallagher5139 11 місяців тому

      Yeah, it's just giving you dementia like delirium hallucinations. Like sleep paralysis turned up to 11 and for hours or days. And it causes severe brain damage even from using it a single time you can be left with lasting damage.
      Same class as something like benadryl or dramamine.
      It's the closest drug to what looney conservative war on drugs people think smoking pot one time will do to you.

    • @raaaaaaarr
      @raaaaaaarr 11 місяців тому

      Gosh, I'm at the beginning.. I have read every experience on datura on erowid and etc since I found out about it 15 years ago. It's such a horrifying but interesting drug.

  • @fritzpierre4511
    @fritzpierre4511 Рік тому +317

    You’ve explained the story better than anyone else’s.

    • @PetalPalmer
      @PetalPalmer  Рік тому +34

      Ah thank you so much! I really appreciate that :)

  • @darcyferrigno
    @darcyferrigno 10 місяців тому +82

    OMG this is legit my worst nightmare. I am so claustrophobic and being aware but not being able to cry out to people to not bury you? I cannot even fathom the trauma.

    • @lynnkayee1015
      @lynnkayee1015 9 місяців тому +13

      It kind of reminds me of the cook that survived 3 days at the bottom of the ocean in an air bubble in a sunken boat. Stuck down there hearing ocean life move around him and eating the bodies of those who died. And even getting nipped himself.

    • @katscratchfever3506
      @katscratchfever3506 8 місяців тому +1

      @@lynnkayee1015that video gives me chills no matter how many times I see it!

    • @chisomo8088
      @chisomo8088 8 місяців тому

      ​@@lynnkayee1015what??? Where can i get more information on this please?

    • @battykat7086
      @battykat7086 3 місяці тому

      @@chisomo8088 Harrison Okene is the survivor in question if you'd like to read about him

    • @donnabodiford7920
      @donnabodiford7920 3 місяці тому

      I'm very claustrophobic. I can't got to a grave side funeral. The casket going into the ground sends me into a complaint panic attack. This fear was added on to my many other triggers at my dad's funeral on Dec 12th 1983. Im donating my body to science

  • @Handlehandling
    @Handlehandling 9 місяців тому +55

    The minute you mentioned the argument with the brother, I knew he was going to have something to do with it. Going to these lengths over land disputes is very common in Haitian culture sadly.

  • @alliebean3235
    @alliebean3235 11 місяців тому +165

    i'd heard that zombies in our current cultural understanding of them came from Haiti and the blending of religions, but i'd no idea that those stories had roots in real life practices, this is fascinating! as an avid fan of ethnobotany, i'm very intrigued to hear about the scientist who figured out what compounds were causing these effects

  • @mikeythearchangel
    @mikeythearchangel 11 місяців тому +138

    PSA: don’t mess with Datura. Its preceding reputation as a punishing deliriant, often causing life altering psychosis and medical emergency, its medical status as a neurotoxic poison is well deserved. Hence: zombie man stays high and working for two whole years before escape, wow…. Don’t do it ❤🎉

  • @Auntie-Sara
    @Auntie-Sara 11 місяців тому +79

    Thier burial practices did not include embalming that replaces blood with a mixture including formaldehyde. That would have caused Clairvius to truly die.

  • @anserinfernus5535
    @anserinfernus5535 Рік тому +154

    I'm also here from Stephanie's video. This is a crazy story! I really enjoyed your delivery, you are a great storyteller.

    • @PetalPalmer
      @PetalPalmer  Рік тому +18

      Ah I’m glad you’re here! Thank you so much, that seriously means a lot :)

    • @sophiechiewtrakoon
      @sophiechiewtrakoon 11 місяців тому +2

      Omg are you talking about Stephanie Harlowe and do you remember what video it was?

    • @anserinfernus5535
      @anserinfernus5535 11 місяців тому +2

      @@sophiechiewtrakoon yes, she was in the comment section, not part of the video.

  • @Yup575
    @Yup575 Рік тому +114

    Haven’t heard of this case before but it’s so interesting. Definitely think the drugging had something to do with his symptoms. Great video!

    • @PetalPalmer
      @PetalPalmer  Рік тому +9

      Ah yes, I agree. Thank you so much, I appreciate that!

  • @jordylan.m
    @jordylan.m 11 місяців тому +95

    This deserves loads more views. You have a gift for story telling. So glad that you came up in my recommended, I hope you blow up with popularity soon.

    • @katharineanonymous6992
      @katharineanonymous6992 10 місяців тому +4

      I think she rivals Mr. Ballen! The female version. So good!

    • @ells1
      @ells1 8 місяців тому

      @@katharineanonymous6992 she does

  • @JackJackIsBackBack
    @JackJackIsBackBack 11 місяців тому +35

    That anthropologist ended up writing a book and it got turned into a movie! "The Serpent and the Rainbow"

    • @roxita7097
      @roxita7097 3 місяці тому

      That film terrified my childhood! 😅

  • @lisadianne5858
    @lisadianne5858 Рік тому +70

    This is wild!!! Being buried alive is one of my greatest fears😮
    I think maybe a plant toxin could have something to do with some of this story

    • @PetalPalmer
      @PetalPalmer  Рік тому +21

      Ikr?! I can’t even imagine, especially not being able to move or anything 😩 Most definitely - it’s scary how powerful a plant could be especially considering how harmless they look

    • @lisadianne5858
      @lisadianne5858 Рік тому +8

      @@PetalPalmer absolutely, and there are so many that are pretty lethal!

  • @666ydney
    @666ydney Рік тому +67

    WOW what a fascinating case, so many twists and turns. diabolical too, like these dudes were really faking people's deaths and forcing them into slavery wtf!! 🤯
    also i wonder why the critics didn’t agree with his research?! it seems like he rly did his homework, lol. what he's saying makes complete sense. i'm probably gonna fall into a hole reading about this stuff now 😅
    but yeah great video, seriously like i'm intrigued & i wouldn't have minded at all if you kept talking ☺️ also i love your background!

    • @PetalPalmer
      @PetalPalmer  Рік тому +13

      Ikr?! Like it’s just so strange.
      And exactly! Apparently scientist Kao didn’t find tetrodotoxin when he was doing tests on some concoction they used. But, their concoctions would often vary in ingredients so I guess while there’s no way to tell which one was given to Clairvius (since it was long ago) regardless there had to be some type of toxin or drug in that paste to cause him to literally appear to be dead and have a death certificate signed by doctors 🤔
      And aww thank you so much, I really appreciate that a lot! ☺️

  • @OddWomanOut_Pi81
    @OddWomanOut_Pi81 10 місяців тому +14

    Fascinating story! Disturbing, too...His brother having this done to him is pretty messed up...
    "It be yuh own family!" as the kids say. Lol!

  • @tiffany_spence
    @tiffany_spence Рік тому +42

    Came from Stephanie Harlowe's page from your comment about your journey. I have never heard of this!!! You told this very well! You now have a new subscriber. I look forward to watching you grow

    • @PetalPalmer
      @PetalPalmer  Рік тому +6

      Ah thank you so much! That seriously means a lot to me! So excited to share more stories on here :)

    • @graceyoung3771
      @graceyoung3771 11 місяців тому +1

      Ohh I love Stephanie Harlow too. What episode are you referring to?

    • @tiffany_spence
      @tiffany_spence 11 місяців тому +1

      @@graceyoung3771 I can not remember which video Petal commented on that made me come here but it was about a month or so ago. Petal only had a few followers then

  • @MiaMia-rx9dw
    @MiaMia-rx9dw Рік тому +16

    I love how u tell all of these stories that i have never heard on other channels! And you have such a soothing voice, & you're cute as a button, so that makes it even better!!!
    🩷🙏

    • @PetalPalmer
      @PetalPalmer  Рік тому +5

      Aw thank you so much, you’re so sweet! I definitely can’t wait to share more lesser known and underreported stories. ❤️

  • @drosophilamelanogaster3121
    @drosophilamelanogaster3121 11 місяців тому +58

    I study Biotechnology, and i know it isn’t even that close to toxicology or medicine, but i know this: Every body metabolises toxins differently. Depending on genetics and diet it is entirely possible that this „zombie” drug affects, or affected this particular community, even if it wouldn’t work on western people. When it comes to metabolising toxins, our bodies have great variation - i know this myself, comming from eastern europe - eastern european people are so acustomed to consuming large quantities of alcohol that we can often take doses that would render other people unconcious. Why? Because vodka and „nalewki” (beverage composed of some plant parts like fruits, flower petals and spirit, that are supposed to have some health benefits) are in our culture from a very long time. And on the contrary, maybe western nations react differently to some basic plant ingredients because there are in our diet, and this particular population has different diet, so „regular” ingredients have halucinogenic effect on them, who knows. In my opinion, this is the correct answer, and far more plausible than voodoo. Very interesting topic indeed.

    • @miahconnell23
      @miahconnell23 2 місяці тому +1

      (enthusiastic & happy to talk about this tone of voice)Voudoun is 100% integral for this to happen because of both cultural context and practical objective components. If it didn’t happen in this particular cultural milieu, the zombification wouldn’t happen. It’s a chain of things that happened to Clarvius: in total all these steps are parts of zombification. Outside of Haiti (setting aside a few other places and their cultures for just a sec) in Sweden for example, tetrodotoxin poisoning (deliberate or not) wouldn’t be followed by *exhumation* then serious physical abuse and also poisoning with a HORIFFIC deleriant potion… all those steps in a row with an end-goal (a subjugated human body without a “will” or volition at the service of an abuser) the “total package” wouldn’t be made/done. We can’t cull out all the components to leave us with just tetrodotoxin and then datura: these things are in potions and even their delivery methods are different to Western-pharma-chem lab modalities. The old-time tradition components are integral to even the tangible, study-able, potions and powders. Example (this particular example isn’t Haiti-bound) an “old tyme” priest or shaman or bokor or bush-doctor assembles a potion in a pot or a mortar & pestle and tells a Westerner “this song has calls to spirits in it. It must be sung as I combine ingredients A & B with ingredient C (ingredient C is warming in a cauldron).” The Westerner doesn’t believe in this guy’s “sprits” and sees the song as unnecessary and superstitious. He’ll eschew that part when he goes back to America or Sweden or wherever. Arrogant Western bio-chem pharma researcher doesn’t realize that the bush doctor’s song has 34 stanzas, and takes VERY close to 23 minutes to sing- 23 minutes of critical timing while 2 parts of his mixture get combined with a hot ingredient, which has just been taken off the fire. The exact time with the chemicals dancing into eachother as the applied heat is applied and dissipates is CRITICAL to the activity and maybe bio-availability of the product. The song WAS critical, and the Westerner is gonna wonder why this potion worked in Haiti, but it won’t work we he tries to copy everything back in his lab. (Sorry for the wall of text, I just honestly really do get exited to talk about stuff like this.) I can’t remember if my example came from Wade Davis or somewhere else

  • @UnfilteredAmerica
    @UnfilteredAmerica 11 місяців тому +32

    Heyyyyyy love to see more black women true crime creators! I’m here for it!

    • @charelljackson5617
      @charelljackson5617 Місяць тому +1

      Yesss! She coming with new info on the old and some stories Ive never heard, ok! Slay...

  • @joyous1011
    @joyous1011 9 місяців тому +7

    VOODOO?!??!? 😱 I did NOT see that coming! What a interesting twist in a medical mystery! Great job Petal ❤

  • @carlyh4315
    @carlyh4315 11 місяців тому +26

    I took a black experience class last semester in college and we talked about the “zombies” and Hatian voodoo. It is so interesting and great video too

  • @Ben-kv7wr
    @Ben-kv7wr 11 місяців тому +15

    This was wild. Also very refreshing to hear someone bring up vodou without demonizing it ❤

  • @bellale-shamalamadingdong418
    @bellale-shamalamadingdong418 11 місяців тому +17

    This might be the most interesting story i have ever heard! and im watching true crime on UA-cam like all the time. love your channel and your energy.

    • @PetalPalmer
      @PetalPalmer  11 місяців тому +2

      Ah thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it :)

  • @sunnyaustin4127
    @sunnyaustin4127 Рік тому +27

    Great video, Petal! Wonderful storytelling and you have a lovely voice. Subscribed.

    • @PetalPalmer
      @PetalPalmer  Рік тому +1

      Ah thank you so much! Such a kind comment - I appreciate that a lot :)

  • @ahem8013
    @ahem8013 Рік тому +21

    this is my #1 interest right now, it is so fcking crazy and i cant believe more people don’t know about it. i just bought a copy of wade davis’ book because im so hungry for more information. you have a gift for storytelling too. please keep making more of these!!

    • @PetalPalmer
      @PetalPalmer  Рік тому +4

      I know right?! I’m surprised it’s not talked about more often - it’s such an interesting topic. And thank you so much! I really appreciate that a lot. I definitely have a lot more videos coming soon (with much better research and quality)! :)

  • @JayR-wg9jq
    @JayR-wg9jq 11 місяців тому +11

    I knew it was definitely salvia, datura, or DMT that they were dosing him with. as for the tetradotoxin, i'm less sure about that, but he was 100% on datura.

  • @dotdedo
    @dotdedo 10 місяців тому +7

    I remember hearing about this case when it came out. I was really young and it’s one of the reasons why I have reoccurring nightmares of this same situation whenever someone I love dies (but ptsd to something unrelated also plays a part). I’m glad to know it had at least a more sensible medical and scientific explanation though because the version I read as a kid was obviously a tabloid and I just assumed it was a myth when I got older

  • @jayasuryangoral-maanyan3901
    @jayasuryangoral-maanyan3901 10 місяців тому +9

    The main issue is that he is presumably paralysed enough to basically stop breathing and for his heartbeat to be slow enough to go unnoticed. That does happen but his entire metabolism would also have needed to have slowed down a lot. The fact that there were apparently msny zombis makes it even stranger because in these sorts of situations, there are usually many factors that affect how much you need that would need to ne assessed during the paralysis (unless a lot of people just died like that)

  • @JoSw23
    @JoSw23 11 місяців тому +9

    this is one of the most interesting stories I've heard wow you did a great job telling it, too ! also, it doesn't make ANY sense to me why people didn't believe that the daytura and pufferfish toxins could do this to someone like hello what ??? it makes perfect sense that skilled practitioners would know exactly the right amounts of these substances to give someone to "zombify" them, it's not like super hard to comprehend that something like that could be done. i don know, feel bad for that guy who did all that great research only to have it ignored :(

  • @jamesbest9038
    @jamesbest9038 10 місяців тому +13

    The best theory I’ve ever heard about this case is that it wasn’t actually Clarvius who who was declared dead . It was apparently a pretty common tactic for people to use the name of other people when visiting the hospital back then in Haiti. I think I’ve heard of that somebody else went in, using that name and died. Clarvius split town over is legal and financial issues and came back when it was determined, they wouldn’t be a problem anymore a few years later. Pure speculation, but honestly makes more sense than the alternative and neatly explains everything.

  • @MystWonka
    @MystWonka 10 місяців тому +6

    Wow, we have tons of Daturas where I lived, I always thought they were just some nice slightly weird flowers, no idea it had any effect like this.

  • @raeraebadfingers
    @raeraebadfingers 11 місяців тому +4

    True crime AND medical stories 😮 couldn't hit subscribe fast enough

  • @HadridarMatramen
    @HadridarMatramen 11 місяців тому +11

    I am instantly highly skeptical towards this. Zombiefication is one thing, but didn't the hospital check pulse/brain activity, etc? Or was that.... Not a thing in 1962?
    Also, why was there not done an autopsy? This man came in with scary symptoms like vomiting blood, and died after a few days of them being unable to find out what caused it - it feels like there should have been an autopsy. Did the family refuse it?
    But I also know that I am in no way qualified to even GUESS what those plants can and can't do; I'm a Norwegian daycare teacher, and my knowledge of plants kinda does not extend much beyond "lady's mantle and raspberry leaves work great for me against period cramps" and "no, little child, that's lily of the valley, don't eat that, it's poison", so...
    I know that this is so far outside of my scope of....anything.
    I refuse to even GUESS at what can have caused this. If it was real at all, and not a fraud. Though it seems....dumb and like a lot of work for... very little gain, if it was some kind of fraud. It doesn't make sense for it to be a scam either.
    That said, I would like to ask, because unless I missed it, you didn't mention it in this video. But like... Did they ever verify his identity? Like, dental records, finger prints, DNA...? Even if they had nothing of HIM that they could compare it to, they had his sisters. DNA was discovered ca 1962, was it not? But after he came back in 1980, they would have surely had SOME way to verify that he was indeed who he claimed to be, right???
    Because well... Personal information, anecdotes, etc, it's all well and good, but it's hardly PROOF...
    Did they ever investigate and find the plantation in question? Any of the other workers who'd been zombies at that plantation? The voodoo priest's identity and grave? Anything at all?

    • @jamesbest9038
      @jamesbest9038 10 місяців тому +4

      I heard a skeptical podcast about the story ones that had a really interesting hypothesis. As I recall, it was that it was fairly common for people to check into the hospital under the names of others to get treatment at the Albert Schweitzer hospital, which was as the video states really well regarded in the area and not everybody could get in. The podcast speculates, that someone bribed let them use his name and went to the hospital with the symptoms mentioned above and died shortly there after. Since it was his name that was on the patient records, it was his name that went down to the death certificate. Clarvius took the opportunity to get out of town and run away from his mounting financial problems because of the family he had abandoned as the video mentioned, as well as his feud with his brother. He decided to come back into town years later after his brother died, and the issues with his finances seems like less of a problem he made up the story about the plantation and the other slaves Bokur to explain his absence.
      It’s speculation, sure. But what’s harder to believe? That a man was able to survive in cold storage, and burial over the course of days, then be continuously kept in a drugged state with many others, none of whom have also turned up, on a thriving plantation of which there’s never been any evidence? Or, a bribe, and a guy who was known as a bit of a scoundrel skipped town for a few years?
      All of that is setting aside the criticisms of wade Davis’s work on tetrodotoxin and the efficacy of the drug .

  • @ImHereAlso
    @ImHereAlso Рік тому +6

    Hi Petal, I saw your comment on Stephani Harlowe page.
    I came to support you and staying because I enjoyed this original upload.
    Praying for your health and success on your channel😊💛
    👍 Liked and Subscribed

    • @PetalPalmer
      @PetalPalmer  Рік тому +1

      Hi! Aww thank you so much, I truly appreciate your kind words and I’m so glad you enjoyed the video! Looking forward to continuing posting on here ❤️

  • @splittser
    @splittser 2 місяці тому +1

    I am just now discovering your channel. I am enjoying your content, and your voice is SO soothing.

  • @Virgomamatoacapricorn
    @Virgomamatoacapricorn 11 місяців тому +4

    Only a few months of uploads and you have Stephanie Harlowe fans flocking, so girl I’d say you found your niche. I just came across you surfing but as this is my background topic all day everyday, I was happy to add a new lady and (thank the gods) some damn diversity to my subscription list for this genre! Thank you for uploading:)

    • @Virgomamatoacapricorn
      @Virgomamatoacapricorn 11 місяців тому

      Then I find out you’re a Canadian and it just gets better and better:)

  • @jessismyname5042
    @jessismyname5042 11 місяців тому +2

    You’re my new favourite UA-camr. I love spooky, crime and medical you’re all of the above☺️

  • @sandylewandowski6119
    @sandylewandowski6119 11 місяців тому +2

    Hi can’t get enough of you. I’m putting off my work lol thanks you are a great storyteller. 👋👋👋👋👋👋💜💜

  • @nats2976
    @nats2976 11 місяців тому +3

    I think we have forgotten modern medicine is based on local remedies. Very interesting case.

  • @Arinera
    @Arinera 11 місяців тому +3

    I love your videos! You can tell how much reasearch and empathy went into them ❤

  • @annenelson5656
    @annenelson5656 11 місяців тому +21

    I dunno those Voodoo priests know what they’re doing. Those guys are super intelligent and they pass the formula down. It’s all verbal tradition. I’m convinced that they know exactly how to make the zombie toxins.
    Those scientists who wrote that paper refuse to believe in the power of oral tradition and belief in a higher power.
    Sadly, no other scientists are interested in studying this further. One paper is not enough to settle a scientific question. There needs to be randomized trials, animal studies, and most of all be willing to listen to the Voodoo priests. That stuff is powerful. No one could convince me otherwise.

  • @XGRIMYONEX
    @XGRIMYONEX 11 місяців тому +4

    The Serpent and the Rainbow is a movie about this case. If I was him I would have went after the brother

    • @SpeechTammy
      @SpeechTammy 10 місяців тому +1

      I was scrolling to see if anyone dropped the reference. I saw it in the theater. 1988 was a good year 😂

    • @XGRIMYONEX
      @XGRIMYONEX 9 місяців тому

      @@SpeechTammy was only 3 years old in 88. I saw it much later. 😛

  • @thedangmullet
    @thedangmullet 11 місяців тому +3

    The way I immediately knew it was the doing of his brother

  • @liviloo87
    @liviloo87 9 місяців тому +1

    Girl! I am loving your channel so much. I literally found you this morning, and I’m probably going to watch all 11 of your videos by the end of the week. May our Lord and savior Jesus Christ be with you and bless you.

  • @MaxMcNultyYouTube
    @MaxMcNultyYouTube 9 місяців тому +1

    That would be craaaaazy to hear what people say at your own funeral.

  • @PatriciaPageMosaicArtsCrafts
    @PatriciaPageMosaicArtsCrafts 11 місяців тому +6

    I think the Haitians should keep the secrets, too much wrongs have been accomplished in the wrong hands.

  • @Luvsinging100
    @Luvsinging100 9 місяців тому

    Just started watching your videos yesterday and I’m hooked !! More , More 👏🏽

  • @atourversace4032
    @atourversace4032 11 місяців тому +1

    I love your videos Petal, keep up the good work 👍

  • @kalliegraves7299
    @kalliegraves7299 11 місяців тому

    I am honestly surprised that this video doesn't have more views and that u don't have more subscribers. You are so thorough; and have a very definitely tone and vibe as u tell these stories.

  • @jpmcblossom1299
    @jpmcblossom1299 11 місяців тому +1

    Just found your channel and am watching all your videos! I love your style! Hope you keep them coming!

  • @DM-wu5hn
    @DM-wu5hn 11 місяців тому +2

    I read the story several decades ago. All I remember was that he escaped because the plantation owner died. My life was not so happy afterward, that's really cruel.

  • @sofiaflores7729
    @sofiaflores7729 9 місяців тому

    Just found your channel! And I could listen to you all day! Love the content !

  • @populadopula
    @populadopula 11 місяців тому

    I love your channel!! I am blown away by the quality. great job!!

  • @blak238
    @blak238 9 місяців тому +1

    This is a story that needs to be told me Mr Ballen

  • @Phoenixrising1925
    @Phoenixrising1925 9 місяців тому

    Very interesting! I never knew anything about any of this. I really like your videos 😊😊😊

  • @vinylpony7835
    @vinylpony7835 8 місяців тому +2

    as someone who has had experience with dileriants i will say no they arnt really zombifying but you do get the worst sense of dread and fear you have ever felt, if it was datura i can see him being in so much fear of the world and his captor that he froze and submitted to the demands

  • @mombythec
    @mombythec 11 місяців тому

    I learned about this when I was in French class in high school and have always found it fascinating and terrifying!!

  • @judybash9393
    @judybash9393 11 місяців тому

    I love the 💀
    Great content! I love to listen to stuff like this!

  • @donnamuller6460
    @donnamuller6460 11 місяців тому +3

    Jimson Weed is a common plant where I live in PA. I wonder if it has any psychopharmacological effects by itself. 🌱🍃😵‍💫

    • @youpoops
      @youpoops 11 місяців тому +3

      You have to take a lot and I've heard from personal anecdotes and lots of Internet testimonies that it is NEVER enjoyable and they ALWAYS regret it it. PLEASE DON'T TRY IT!! if you really wana taste of stuff like that salvia is legal in md and dmt is far shorter of a trip but probably way way more enjoyable than both salvia and jimson. Please don't do it

    • @raaaaaaarr
      @raaaaaaarr 11 місяців тому

      Don't ever do it. It's the nightmare plant. Read erowid experiences on datura. It's terrifying

    • @susannesahakian8727
      @susannesahakian8727 9 місяців тому

      Mescaline is always a good trip .. but LSD can be a nightmare.I believe your experience depends on your mood before ingesting it DMT is in US?

  • @robyn_ruth
    @robyn_ruth 9 місяців тому

    I love your videos and your channel!

  • @twelfthofaugust2011
    @twelfthofaugust2011 10 місяців тому +1

    I'm confused by the tense. The use of "would" feels odd, or is it just me?

  • @katharineanonymous6992
    @katharineanonymous6992 10 місяців тому

    Binge watching your whole channel 🥰🥰

  • @raeraebadfingers
    @raeraebadfingers 11 місяців тому +2

    I honestly expected the answer to be scopolamine.

    • @Lily-wk8kv
      @Lily-wk8kv Місяць тому

      Scopolomine is made from datura.

  • @Batman_Sutherland
    @Batman_Sutherland 11 місяців тому +23

    This is so crazy omg!! I’m a black South African and I can definitely tell you that black magic is real. This particular zombie story is one I’m not hearing for the first time. Where my mom grew up, there was a guy that was around the same age as my mom and her siblings so they grew up playing together with other kids in the neighbourhood. When he was in his very early 20’s, he suddenly got very ill to the point where he had to go to the clinic. The clinic had to refer him to a bigger facility in the city with more resources to help him. He went with his dad who watched him collapse and “die”. Turns out he wasn’t actually dead, he had been “snatched” using black magic. It’s called “ukuthwebula” in my language isiZulu. Basically they do rituals using human and animal body parts and plants to create the “muthi” which translates to “medicine” in English. Basically the same thing happened to him like the person in this case. When they exhumed his body, they found a pig’s carcass. So yeah, I know this is real, I’ve seen it.

  • @c.c2494
    @c.c2494 8 місяців тому

    As soon as I heard about the brother, and land, I knew he was getting betrayed. It really be your own people
    sometimes.

  • @bwanahaguziki307
    @bwanahaguziki307 11 місяців тому +1

    What is a boker ? I never heard that name as a voodoo preist. This story has many holes .

  • @missdaydreamss
    @missdaydreamss 11 місяців тому +1

    you got talent❤

  • @Pegasus2020
    @Pegasus2020 11 місяців тому

    Interesting case! Thanks!

  • @LifeBehindtheMusicandCameras
    @LifeBehindtheMusicandCameras 8 місяців тому

    This was the story that inspired the movie "The Serpent and the Rainbow" in 1988. I used to love that movie when I was a child

  • @cindysmith6612
    @cindysmith6612 11 місяців тому

    Thank You

  • @rivershaley
    @rivershaley 8 місяців тому

    datura is a genuinely beautiful plant though, it’s like a cousin to the moonflower

  • @fidel9210
    @fidel9210 8 місяців тому +1

    Damn thanks for giving us the reciepe and location to find them. 😂

  • @sarahweaver8879
    @sarahweaver8879 9 місяців тому

    It took me a long time to figure out bc I'm pretty sure you didn't clarify what country this was (I was so confused until I googled a name from the map you put up) lol that this was Haiti .... If you can, help people like me who aren't familiar with these places a little more! Thank you so much! I appreciate all your vids regardless!!! 🫶

  • @zoeishahaha
    @zoeishahaha 8 місяців тому

    This sounds like a movie plot, poor Clairvius

  • @kellshorn
    @kellshorn 9 місяців тому

    I believe this!!! You cannot ignore that this man was prounounced dead and buried.

  • @MendyP
    @MendyP 8 місяців тому

    Growing up my parents would always tell me about this practice and about friends and family who fell victim to this. It’s interesting to see western media reporting this! 🇭🇹❤️

  • @therealdirkstrider4555
    @therealdirkstrider4555 10 місяців тому

    Your voice and way of storytelling reminds me a bit of abitfrank! You're a very good storyteller, I like falling asleep and crafting to your vids :}

  • @furygeist
    @furygeist 10 місяців тому +2

    It's fascinating how these bokurs figured out how to dose this stuff properly to make it work.

  • @ChocolateExpressoMartini
    @ChocolateExpressoMartini 8 місяців тому +1

    Scary

  • @paurushbhatnagar8100
    @paurushbhatnagar8100 8 місяців тому

    Great video. zombification is real & many plants are toxic enough to cause delusion. Please do video on zombification if u can

  • @markharrisllb
    @markharrisllb 11 місяців тому

    What an absolutely brilliant video, a story told perfectly. I found your channel yesterday and subscribed, in that time you’ve had another 800 subscribers. Very few channels grow so quickly, but in your case it’s understandable.

  • @mollieoshay
    @mollieoshay 7 місяців тому

    new fear unlocked

  • @rossdouglas7115
    @rossdouglas7115 10 місяців тому +2

    I think Narcisse's claims are medically unsound. You neglected to mention some of his wackier beliefs such as the fact that the boker turned aged zombies into literal cows and fed them to the slaves. Some aspects may be believable but when looking at the credible and incredible aspects of the story, like many legends, it does not hold up to scrutiny
    by the way I am a huge fan of your videos.

  • @lauren9004
    @lauren9004 6 місяців тому

    How terrifying

  • @MaxMcNultyYouTube
    @MaxMcNultyYouTube 9 місяців тому

    YOOOO WHATTTTTTT THE HELL THIS IS INSANITY

  • @leekspinner
    @leekspinner 11 місяців тому

    It is horrifying, but unhinged stories from the past like this one are also oddly entertaining ngl.

  • @susannesahakian8727
    @susannesahakian8727 9 місяців тому

    So today we have succinylcholine where a person is paralyzed but aware.Jimsonweed sounds similar to angel dust.I wonder,would he have been able to climb out?Probably not

  • @kirstenpatel
    @kirstenpatel 9 місяців тому

    Fascinating story! Thanks for making this :) VICE did a documentary on a zombie drug, may want to check it out if you can find it. May be the same one.

  • @punarvasudosha
    @punarvasudosha 3 місяці тому

    The back story that I member hearing was that Clarvious brother sold him to Sans Poel because he broke the social order. Their father left land to be shared between the brothers and sister. Being the oldest the father entrusted the land to Clarvious but he did. Not want to share the land. There were allegations that Clarvious had fathered multiples who he was not helping to support. The San Poel checked the allegations to be true. They paid him a visit to induce him to make restitution and "pay for plates" for the Emperor and Empress of the society. Unfortunately, he did not take that option. So, the society took him and sold him into slavery. Zombification is a punishment. When a person doesn't use there free will properly it can be taken away.

  • @lymarie1974
    @lymarie1974 11 місяців тому

    I thought it was the use of the puffer fish poison. If i remember correctly.

  • @kjordan6045
    @kjordan6045 9 місяців тому

    I think it's crazy that the scientists discredited him saying "oh those plants wouldn't have that effect.." when even antidepressants can have a "zombie-ing effect" on some people... not to mention what exactly are we talking about when we say "it turned them into a zombie " because to me a "real" life scenario of a zombie is someone who dies, comes back to life and is not fully "there" in the mind... i think this case fits that.... he did "die" according to the doctors, he was buried, they dug him up and he "came back to life" then they gave him other drugs that I'm sure made him act weird AF.... yea... if you didn't know any better... that sounds like a zombie to me...

  • @Observer428
    @Observer428 4 місяці тому

    He didn’t die because the guy who worked at the hospital morgue said that he was moving when he opened the drawers to put other bodies, Clavius even said that he felt pain when they nailed the casket. There is more than the plant,those voodoo priests not telling their secrets.Haitians usually said (Yo toudi moun nan). Wish is similar to “ under anesthesia “but been controlled by evil spirits.

  • @bbeanss_
    @bbeanss_ 11 місяців тому

    It’s like the movie Get Out

  • @sunmarsh
    @sunmarsh 5 місяців тому

    The only part I don’t get is: How did the doctors not detect breathing or a pulse? He must have had both or he would have truly been dead.
    And second, is it even possible for him to have survived being in a fridge for that long?? Morgue temps range from 36°-40°. A cursory internet search reveals the real danger is suffocation, if the space is enclosed. It must have been a large space, or the air must have been circulated, otherwise he would have died in a matter of hours. There have been reports of people ‘waking up’ in the morgue after having been there for over 20hrs, so it possible I guess. Also I should note that severe hypothermia could cause one to appear dead/enter a coma.
    Also once he was buried alive he wouldn’t have had much time to live given the lack of oxygen and would have had to have been unearthed relatively quickly.

  • @blitzvalentine363
    @blitzvalentine363 7 місяців тому

    I knew it was going to be the brother as soon as it was said they had a falling out. I know it was cliche, but with it being Haiti and knowing about voodoo and zombification, I knew it had something to do with that

  • @Sputterbug
    @Sputterbug 11 місяців тому +1

    plants are awesome, humans are scary

  • @bianca1315
    @bianca1315 10 місяців тому

    Nice video. The hospital of the picture is actually a Brazilian hospital. Viva o SUS!!!

  • @jackiegarroutte8970
    @jackiegarroutte8970 11 місяців тому

    So crazy😮

  • @sandylewandowski6119
    @sandylewandowski6119 11 місяців тому

    Wow just wow 😮 😮

  • @MrsStargazen
    @MrsStargazen 7 місяців тому +1

    I think it was the chemicals