The Lake Nyos Incident

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  • @NickCrowley
    @NickCrowley  3 роки тому +1444

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    • @NickCrowley
      @NickCrowley  3 роки тому +202

      And as always, thank you for your patience with my sponsored videos. It's very hard to rely on monetization for the videos I do, so these sponsors are a really big deal for me!

    • @DaRealEarth1
      @DaRealEarth1 3 роки тому +12

      Sup nick

    • @Cumbustor
      @Cumbustor 3 роки тому +3

      O

    • @clanka.
      @clanka. 3 роки тому +3

      ok

    • @chickenthighs6694
      @chickenthighs6694 3 роки тому +21

      Yes daddy

  • @Garrus1995
    @Garrus1995 3 роки тому +8562

    Reading the survivor account of Joseph Nkwain, in which everyone around him was dead and he didn’t see any living thing for miles; chilling. That poor man must have thought that the world was literally ending around him.

  • @redduskironsky1058
    @redduskironsky1058 3 роки тому +5749

    OMG imagine being the ones on that truck's roof, in the dead of night, witnessing how 10 people die without any visible cause to you and hearing cattle and other animals shriek in pain around you until everything falls into a silent void, not even grasshoppers singing...it just gave me chills.

    • @tayvin2322
      @tayvin2322 3 роки тому +32

      Bro stfu you doing to much

    • @wartortle577
      @wartortle577 3 роки тому +147

      @@tayvin2322 is that chief keef?

    • @thelunchlady8276
      @thelunchlady8276 3 роки тому +46

      @@tayvin2322 Too

    • @damntae6540
      @damntae6540 3 роки тому +29

      Sounds like a new movie plot 😂

    • @mumumumey
      @mumumumey 3 роки тому +28

      literally some kind of supernatural type shi

  • @ednaaalin
    @ednaaalin Рік тому +709

    I’m Cameroonian and this event will never leave us. We’ve had some horrible disasters in my country. I remember being in boarding school and we started seeing fiery rocks flying in the sky and people screaming so loud. Behold it was a volcanic eruption. (Mt. Cameroon was shooting and spilling lava on homes) Till this day the rocks are still laid there and attracts tourists from all over the world.

    • @whoevercaredanyway3121
      @whoevercaredanyway3121 6 місяців тому +35

      Couldn’t imagine my home being destroyed just for random ppl to tour it..

    • @IloveJesus777j77
      @IloveJesus777j77 5 місяців тому +5

      ​@@whoevercaredanyway3121Romans 10:9-11 says, "If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved".

    • @2PrincessWarriors
      @2PrincessWarriors 4 місяці тому +8

      I didnt know that there was a volcano in Cameroon. Im so sorry for the lake incident, nature is powerful.

    • @princedaemontargaryen117
      @princedaemontargaryen117 4 місяці тому

      @@2PrincessWarriorsThere are a bunch in Cameroon. I recommend looking up the Cameroon line.

    • @frogperson883
      @frogperson883 4 місяці тому

      ​@@IloveJesus777j77Who gives a shit.

  • @akiraxapocalypse
    @akiraxapocalypse 3 роки тому +4570

    the thought of waking up to find that you’re suddenly the *only* person alive in the area would be so fucking terrifying on another level. my first thought would be that something supernatural happened, like everyone’s souls got raptured or something except for mine! i can’t even imagine the horror those people must have went through.

    • @liquidtitanium8583
      @liquidtitanium8583 3 роки тому +21

      but you would also die when you got outside…

    • @akiraxapocalypse
      @akiraxapocalypse 3 роки тому +262

      @@liquidtitanium8583 I was referring to being in the position of the woman talked about in the video, who did not die and went outside to search for survivors only to find that everyone else was dead.

    • @8MoneyIzmyMission8
      @8MoneyIzmyMission8 3 роки тому +47

      @KahlosHack that's not how religions started. I mean if you're atheist fine, but don't just pull nonsense out your ass.

    • @gummyneighborino7217
      @gummyneighborino7217 3 роки тому +25

      @@8MoneyIzmyMission8 it literally is how religion started

    • @8MoneyIzmyMission8
      @8MoneyIzmyMission8 3 роки тому +74

      @@gummyneighborino7217 it's literally not. Stop saying literally when you don't know how to use it.

  • @nickolos1995
    @nickolos1995 3 роки тому +7519

    Nick Crowley is like that friend that don't talk much but when he does everyone listens lol dude love how you just show up keep us wanting more

    • @kickassandchewbubblegum639
      @kickassandchewbubblegum639 3 роки тому +85

      nick is the serial killer that does this to distract and deflect from that...smart right..ull never suspect he is a killer huh

    • @EILP147
      @EILP147 3 роки тому +38

      @@kickassandchewbubblegum639 huh?

    • @kiana.4714
      @kiana.4714 3 роки тому +37

      this is the best way i’ve heard someone describe his channel

    • @MsTinkerbelle87
      @MsTinkerbelle87 3 роки тому +19

      He’s NOT your friend…

    • @kiritokazegaya9604
      @kiritokazegaya9604 3 роки тому +101

      @@MsTinkerbelle87 who hurt you?

  • @WildWombats
    @WildWombats 2 роки тому +1553

    You have to love how the authorities kept wanting to cover this up and keep it under wraps. Because ignoring the problem has always just made the problem go away in the past!

    • @stumbling_
      @stumbling_ Рік тому +48

      I can understand to an extent because mass panic is just as bad at times.

    • @AsmrnonymousDreams
      @AsmrnonymousDreams 10 місяців тому +1

      How did they cover it up if they told exactly what happened

    • @suckmaballs40
      @suckmaballs40 8 місяців тому +2

      ​@@AsmrnonymousDreamshe said that they wanted to cover it up not that they did cover it up but they did want too

    • @suckmaballs40
      @suckmaballs40 8 місяців тому +1

      ​@@stumbling_just as bad as 30 or more people dying ? People deserved to know what happened and why would it cause a panic all they have to say is what happened

    • @maxelldenomie6131
      @maxelldenomie6131 6 місяців тому +1

      Or throw money at it

  • @Disturban
    @Disturban 3 роки тому +4147

    He’s back! Excellent video dude!

  • @ruffusgoodman4137
    @ruffusgoodman4137 3 роки тому +4981

    Quick note there:
    CO2 isn't toxic under the right concentration in our breathing air. It can "burn" you in form of frostbite if, for instance, you use the CO2 extinguisher too close to you or if you touch its exhaustor after using it.
    CO2 is used in fancy drinks. Solid CO2 gives it the smoking finish to the drink, but if the drink is concocted by someone not trained, it may poison the customer or even burn his throat and stomach if accidentally swallowed (see Chubbyemu for an example on this).
    CO2 is also the by product of our breathing process. So, technically speaking, we aren't poisoned by CO2. We're deprived of enough O2 on the chemical process we call breathing.
    Finally, I believe those wounds were caused by a more deadly form of CO2 that is acidic, called carboxilic acid. Since it came from the lake, it's more likely the CO2 in liquid would reconfigure as acid (specially on presence of other chemical compounds from the vulcanic activity) and it would be pulverized as that mist.
    If so, that would be one of the worst ways to die, breathing acid and have it cook your lungs from the inside. That would also explain the skin wounds and how uneven the damage was, since the concentration varies due to the large affected area.

    • @judesmith7184
      @judesmith7184 3 роки тому +212

      Bro who are you?? A scientist??😂😂

    • @hankbudjenska5128
      @hankbudjenska5128 3 роки тому +70

      Isn't this Kinda like the Permian Extinction

    • @fatraccoon8465
      @fatraccoon8465 3 роки тому +232

      @Jude Smith tbf, he knows more than you, lol.

    • @HanCae
      @HanCae 3 роки тому +85

      damn this is so interesting

    • @PashaOCE
      @PashaOCE 3 роки тому +74

      Why didn’t you make this video? Lol

  • @hannahcmccoy1
    @hannahcmccoy1 3 роки тому +425

    Wow. What a terrifying way to die. My heart goes out to those villages and all the families.
    On another note, thank you for yet another incredibly well put together video! This is by far my favorite channel on UA-cam!

    • @UnisRapper
      @UnisRapper 2 роки тому +14

      Its worst for the survivors because if I was there then I would just think that hell came upon and killed us all...
      I know that there is an obvious scientific explanation but frick that I would still be so scared.

  • @asserm.8047
    @asserm.8047 3 роки тому +8781

    with events like these its easy to understand why humans created mythology, folklore and ghost stories.
    on a different note, thank you for shining a light on tragedies that are regrettably unknown by many people. this is a way to remember the victims and keep them in our thoughts

    • @rainbowcatfartz
      @rainbowcatfartz 3 роки тому +341

      At this point; we don’t even know if half of mythology is fake since things like this happen. Everything seems so unreal at this point

    • @dumbwit
      @dumbwit 3 роки тому +27

      It's terrible :(

    • @LynnAgain83
      @LynnAgain83 3 роки тому +143

      Agreed, but there are unexplainable phenomena out there that no one has yet to explain. I guess some things are simply beyond our realm of understanding or we're just not as advanced as we think we are. Haha
      I'm thankful for those scientists who studied these underwater/underground "ticking time bombs" to better protect these good people in the future. It's unfortunate some are still unaware they're living by an even bigger one that could go off at any moment.
      I was around 4 when one of these eruptions occured. Obviously I had no idea...Just goes to show you never stop learning! :)
      I wish more unknown yet super fascinating stuff like the incidents in Cameroon were taught in middle school or high schools possibly getting more people interested in science....
      👩‍🔬⚗️🔬🧬💉🧪🧫 🔭🌌 🥼😷🩺🦠💊🌋🌡️🌍🛸🌀🏜️🔥🌪️☢️🌁

    • @torriwtwoRs
      @torriwtwoRs 3 роки тому +9

      really great statement

    • @benaldridge6341
      @benaldridge6341 3 роки тому +5

      Why remember? Let em goooo

  • @nathanielfamisan1968
    @nathanielfamisan1968 3 роки тому +2640

    Nick Crowley's unannounced video releases give me life. Seriously.

    • @thechadchampion
      @thechadchampion 3 роки тому +25

      Hey so I know what you said isn’t meant to be taken seriously but I got to ask, are you ok?

    • @natalie9884
      @natalie9884 3 роки тому +2

      Right.

    • @lovelight7427
      @lovelight7427 3 роки тому +1

      Another alt?

    • @daisychain5894
      @daisychain5894 3 роки тому +10

      @@thechadchampion the world needs more people like you x

    • @sussyamogos1054
      @sussyamogos1054 3 роки тому

      Amogosh

  • @yvngtonyb
    @yvngtonyb 3 роки тому +1368

    So this is where Stephen King got the idea for “The Mist” right? Random chemical fog that kills almost instantly is a hell of a lot scarier than random creatures hiding inside of fog. Can’t kill what you can’t see.

    • @rosekay5031
      @rosekay5031 3 роки тому +50

      I was wondering as well

    • @TOPOPPCHRIS_TWIN
      @TOPOPPCHRIS_TWIN 3 роки тому +14

      Maybe.I thought it was.

    • @proudrebornmom5126
      @proudrebornmom5126 3 роки тому +12

      I’m thinking the same thing

    • @yvngtonyb
      @yvngtonyb 3 роки тому +6

      @@proudrebornmom5126 fascinating regardless

    • @tanyafulyfy
      @tanyafulyfy 2 роки тому +22

      Idts, in the mist, the mist has creatures lurking in it but it can definitely be an inspiration

  • @shiorilove9101
    @shiorilove9101 3 роки тому +3014

    It's actually pretty scary, how deadly nature can actually be.

    • @Aplusinskal
      @Aplusinskal 3 роки тому +82

      And us being the deadliest thing nature has created ^^

    • @dragonbones3885
      @dragonbones3885 3 роки тому +24

      @@Aplusinskal gae

    • @Mgaffo222
      @Mgaffo222 3 роки тому +30

      This isn’t nature this is chemistry

    • @Mgaffo222
      @Mgaffo222 3 роки тому +47

      @@Aplusinskal There are plenty of more deathly things in the natural world then us.

    • @augustusguap228
      @augustusguap228 3 роки тому +49

      @@Mgaffo222 wich is... nature????

  • @remygallardo7364
    @remygallardo7364 3 роки тому +1333

    Studying for my degree in emergency management this was one of my favorite natural disasters to research and it is always an interesting topic to tell people about because almost nobody knows about it. Glad to see a youtuber cover it adequately finally.

    • @chiamakaoba6371
      @chiamakaoba6371 3 роки тому +28

      yeah i literally had no clue this was a thing which is super scary

    • @xminusone1
      @xminusone1 2 роки тому +99

      The fact that you have a "favorite natural disasters" is disturbing to me for some reason.

    • @蓬头垢面-n2c
      @蓬头垢面-n2c 2 роки тому +29

      @@xminusone1 yeah having the tragic deaths of 10 people being your favorite something is kind of odd

    • @remygallardo7364
      @remygallardo7364 2 роки тому +57

      @@xminusone1 It comes with the territory for whatever you study, I can tell you that. People have favorites in their chosen fields all over from taxidermists having a favorite type of animal to work with to plastic surgeons favoring certain knives for their carving ability.

    • @YumeBat
      @YumeBat 2 роки тому +13

      @@remygallardo7364 i think it's normal, i dont even have anything to do with the field and i still have a favorite natural disaster, it's the earthquake. Because they happen so often in my country they do absolutely nothing more than be a topic of conversation for 2 minutes 😌

  • @cancelthis3891
    @cancelthis3891 3 роки тому +204

    The volcano may have been venting underneath the lakes. It's often that, when there are lakes near volcanoes that the volcano may have vents beneath the lakes which assists in keeping the volcanoes above ground dormant. It comes to the surface in the form of air bubbles.
    Very tragic and just shows how little we actually know about our own planet ☹️

    • @DistractedGlobeGuy
      @DistractedGlobeGuy Рік тому +3

      There needn't even be "vents" _per se,_ as the acidic compounds in the underground floes can poison the silt of the lakebed through sheer proximity. The only real need for direct volcanic activity is in churning up the silt enough to get the deadly solution airborne.

    • @MarlinWheeler
      @MarlinWheeler Рік тому +1

      They already ruled that out so that's not it

    • @dndndndjddj6708
      @dndndndjddj6708 Рік тому +1

      @@MarlinWheeler it was a gas or some sort under the water that came out and rose to the top that had build up over millions of years

    • @charoletteduffy6797
      @charoletteduffy6797 10 місяців тому +2

      @@MarlinWheeleractually as of 9/2023 it was crater from an underwater volcano beneath the lake that caused the incident
      Aka Limnic Eruption pretty much something disturbed the carbon buildup thus causing an eruption along with many other gasses released

  • @0therun1t21
    @0therun1t21 3 роки тому +2004

    This is so incredibly sad, nature has a cruel sense of humor, it's as if it's luring living beings to a life giving body of water only to play a nasty trick. I hope the pipes do their job and a solution can be found for the larger lakes.

    • @edwincasiano9174
      @edwincasiano9174 3 роки тому +33

      Love your comment it's so bluntly true

    • @damntae6540
      @damntae6540 3 роки тому +48

      We kill nature and nature kills us back

    • @abnerdoon4902
      @abnerdoon4902 3 роки тому +101

      @@damntae6540 I'm pretty sure the ones behind the killing of nature are able to live on safely protected by their wealth.

    • @-idkmylifeanymore9387
      @-idkmylifeanymore9387 3 роки тому +19

      I mean it's partially true
      It's like Nature getting back at us for polluting it's water with plastic and etc, but........
      It's just us killing ourselves so, no nature isn't cruel, but rather it's us who started it all

    • @0therun1t21
      @0therun1t21 3 роки тому +5

      @@edwincasiano9174 Thank you!

  • @chrisk6945
    @chrisk6945 3 роки тому +898

    Got really sad the guy losing his family and the family losing 400 cows when you mentioned the years it took them to get them :(

    • @solace364
      @solace364 3 роки тому +33

      @@Hansgame I’m guessing you’re a troll because one google search will prove you wrong

    • @missxspencer1538
      @missxspencer1538 3 роки тому +15

      I went back and watched this twice. must be my adhd, but I mist (pun) how the elderly guy survived but his daughter didn't. He seemed to have collapsed on the ground?

    • @Odinsday
      @Odinsday 3 роки тому +5

      It all feels like a bad dream.

    • @boimeme.
      @boimeme. 3 роки тому +4

      @@missxspencer1538 yep, the guy was the only survivor....so weird

    • @Gnossiene369
      @Gnossiene369 2 роки тому

      @@missxspencer1538 Might not be adhd, you might just be undisciplined and poorly raised.

  • @anamaria-girllover
    @anamaria-girllover Рік тому +75

    i can’t imagine the survivors guilt one would experience after an event like this. these people literally lost everything and everyone in a matter of a night.

  • @UnderratedBurnyBadger
    @UnderratedBurnyBadger 3 роки тому +1796

    Something described as a thick mist sweeping through a village, killing hundreds of people (many in their sleep), killing the livestock, leaving the survivors with terrible rashes and wounds, and turning the water red.
    Well, I think we might know now what the plagues of Egypt actually were. It could also explain the frogs and locusts. Frogs fleeing the water because they can tell something is wrong with it and locusts fleeing in giant swarms because they notice something strange in the air.

    • @xdyourmom1953
      @xdyourmom1953 3 роки тому +78

      I thought the same thing!

    • @ajgerbi
      @ajgerbi 3 роки тому +133

      We already know what happened that caused the plagues in Egypt and it’s pretty similar to this

    • @CletusHicks
      @CletusHicks 3 роки тому +28

      @@ajgerbi
      How is enslaving the Hebrews the same as ... nevermind.

    • @WobblesandBean
      @WobblesandBean 3 роки тому +248

      Even the deaths of the firstborn. In ancient Egypt, small children and parents would sleep on elevated beds, while adolescents slept on the floor. So the poisonous gas would spread out across the ground, but not the higher beds.

    • @CletusHicks
      @CletusHicks 3 роки тому +62

      @@WobblesandBean
      The difference is that God was commanding Moses to tell Pharoah in a series warnings and signs to let the Israelites out of slavery. It wasn't an overnight thing, there were other curses on Egypt before the passover. This event here is not a good comparison.

  • @simonmacomber7466
    @simonmacomber7466 3 роки тому +427

    “Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice. ”
    ― Durant, Will. "What is Civilization?" _Ladies' Home Journal, LXIII_ (January, 1946.)

    • @christoble
      @christoble 3 роки тому +7

      I saw you In my dreams 🤔

    • @tacioob2337
      @tacioob2337 3 роки тому +3

      @@christoble you too 😦

  • @OsamuuDazaiii
    @OsamuuDazaiii 2 роки тому +73

    This is absolutely horrifying, how in one night, almost everyone and everything in an entire village can die, including the bugs and livestock. How someone can lose literally everything in one night. It's so horrible. I feel so bad for everyone, the victims and survivors. They had no idea what was going on. The victims had no idea why they were suffering and why they died, and the survivors had no idea why everyone around them was dying.

  • @papyrus2001
    @papyrus2001 3 роки тому +503

    The fact that stuff like this happens throughout our world, and it's terrifying to imagine that there's a possibility something WORSE happened than this incident.

    • @hannahshark8080
      @hannahshark8080 3 роки тому +2

      Don't you mean... NYAH!

    • @moneybxndz161
      @moneybxndz161 3 роки тому +18

      @@hannahshark8080 dude…people actually died from this and youre making a shitty undertale joke

    • @aestheticcat8976
      @aestheticcat8976 2 роки тому +17

      Yeah, there has been numerous cases of entire towns or villages vanishing into thin air without evidence. Leaving behind a ghost town, very eerie when you come across them like during urban explorations. All these abandoned houses, or buildings and so fort.

    • @AsymmetricalCrimes
      @AsymmetricalCrimes 2 роки тому +1

      @@moneybxndz161 Dude this is a creepypasta. Calm down.

    • @pumkin610
      @pumkin610 2 роки тому

      There was that one airborne chemical disaster I think that would be worse, I don't remember what the incident was called but I think it caused a lot of deaths, disfigurement, birth defects, stuff like that.

  • @sillyd0g
    @sillyd0g 3 роки тому +229

    i read about a girl named mercy bih who was 12 at the time and only survived because she was in a different town to buy supplies for her family, all 26 members of which died. can't imagine how traumatic that must have been for a kid to have to deal with.

  • @Wandergirl108
    @Wandergirl108 2 роки тому +40

    This is absolutely fascinating. You would think this HAD to be paranormal, but the fact that it's perfectly explainable by known science is almost more chilling.

  • @emmapeel8163
    @emmapeel8163 3 роки тому +457

    these events remind me of the story of Moses & the plagues. the Nile turned red & then "the Angel of Death" came as a mist.

    • @weezer7757
      @weezer7757 3 роки тому +14

      oh

    • @insertnamehere7398
      @insertnamehere7398 3 роки тому +49

      Oh shit that's definitely something

    • @victoriakvitko8288
      @victoriakvitko8288 3 роки тому +57

      Yeah I was thinking about that of how the waters turned red, and how this mist came out of nowhere and killed them

    • @victoriakvitko8288
      @victoriakvitko8288 3 роки тому +16

      I was really looking for this comment

    • @suflanker45
      @suflanker45 3 роки тому +49

      In 2006 James Cameron and investigative film maker Simcha Jacobovici released a documentary called The Exodus Decoded. They stated that they have proof the Exodus really happened and they can explain the 10 Plagues of Egypt. They cited the Lake Nyos incident to explain the Nile turning red, driving the frogs from the river the dead fish spreading flies. The boils on people's skin and the mist. The key point they made was that the Exodus occurred 150 years earlier than what most scholars claimed. During that time the volcano island of Santorini exploded and raised all kinds of havoc in the Eastern Med. The documentary is on UA-cam.

  • @furygeist
    @furygeist 3 роки тому +399

    Those poor ppl. They lost generations to these disasters. I'm glad they found ways to make the two smaller lakes safer. I hope they can figure out a way to de-gas Lake Kivu and prevent this from happening to those living in and around Kivu. It's horrific. It literally robs ppl of their ability to flee when it happens. And it wipes out all animal life. It's so sad.

    • @uranium54321
      @uranium54321 Рік тому +1

      The good news is that Kivu isn’t that close to erupting right now. Although the video makes it seem that way with the “average of one large eruption every 1000 years / last major eruption 3500-5000 years ago” stat, there are a few issues with that. First, there probably could’ve been eruptions since then that they just weren’t able to CONFIRM beyond a shadow of a doubt (though this is speculation on my part). More importantly, actual CO2 levels in the lake are well under half the capacity at which it would become saturated, making it MUCH harder to trigger an eruption. Nearby volcanoes erupted in both 2002 and 2021 without setting it off.
      Moral of the story? Be worried about it, but don’t be too worried about it. It’s being closely monitored now that the danger it poses is understood, and it’s probably not going to erupt within the next couple years.

    • @neshobanakni
      @neshobanakni Рік тому

      Would you say that if you lived there?@@uranium54321

  • @hannn2003
    @hannn2003 Рік тому +53

    i love how nick's voice is calm and soothing. great narration with a tone that's bearing reverence to the victims of this horrible incident.

  • @JillLulamoon
    @JillLulamoon 3 роки тому +655

    This is one of the most nightmarish things I've ever heard of. It sounds like a sci-fi horror film plot.

    • @PTEC
      @PTEC 3 роки тому +17

      Especially the first story

    • @skyrimsloot2717
      @skyrimsloot2717 3 роки тому +46

      Literally Stephen King's "The Mist", movie + series. I wonder if he took inspiration from these stories?

    • @seanjacobpalmejars9533
      @seanjacobpalmejars9533 3 роки тому +15

      The Mist Movie you should watch it

    • @genericguy_
      @genericguy_ 2 роки тому +11

      @@skyrimsloot2717 also the biblical plague of egypt

    • @nifty6970
      @nifty6970 Рік тому +10

      @@skyrimsloot2717 The Mist was published in 1980, while the incident was 1986. Kinda creepy.

  • @stevenfreebairn2553
    @stevenfreebairn2553 3 роки тому +636

    You've told this story with so much intrigue, yet reverence for the victims. Respect.

  • @reminon
    @reminon 2 роки тому +4

    The only thing I hate when youtubers hone their skills, is when the upload schedule gets longer . I completely understand it. Life gets in the way, quality and research takes time...etc. I love you videos brother. Keep going and don't burn out. I binge your old videos in anticipation for the new ones.

  • @scalpelmusic2858
    @scalpelmusic2858 3 роки тому +469

    As a Cameroonian I remember seeing this tragic events unfold on national tv in the 80s. Very frightful memory indeed.

    • @minpamela2541
      @minpamela2541 3 роки тому +1

      Didn't they say it happened in the 80s?

    • @scalpelmusic2858
      @scalpelmusic2858 2 роки тому +1

      @@minpamela2541 it happened twice

    • @jenniferann1969
      @jenniferann1969 2 роки тому +18

      @@scalpelmusic2858 yeah, in 1984 and 1986

    • @scalpelmusic2858
      @scalpelmusic2858 2 роки тому +16

      @@minpamela2541 yeah sorry i see what you mean, earlier I mistakenly wrote 90s. Thanks for drawing my attention to that. It has been rectified.

    • @Lanetgm
      @Lanetgm Рік тому

      @@scalpelmusic2858 I understand you’re probably no that great at English

  • @EpicRelatable
    @EpicRelatable 3 роки тому +526

    I’ve been waiting for this time of day where Nick uploads.

    • @Nathan-Croft
      @Nathan-Croft 3 роки тому +18

      His narration is so creepy and calming at the same time

    • @brittanylee5643
      @brittanylee5643 3 роки тому +1

      Ikr

    • @MCBeton420
      @MCBeton420 3 роки тому +9

      @@Nathan-Croft burger king foot lettuce

    • @Hansgame
      @Hansgame 3 роки тому

      BC you have no IRL and being a loser sitting on YT all day, i guess. Whos waiting for this frauds made up stories doesnt really deserved to be called human. You are an observer, of total bs, unreal evenets, and the only time your "voice" is needed is in fraudulent votes...

    • @solusa1
      @solusa1 3 роки тому +4

      mans calling someone a no life despite being in the same video insulting someone unprovoked and claiming its fake without even using google, sigh

  • @jordanrodriguez4126
    @jordanrodriguez4126 Рік тому +11

    The world we live on is a scary place, not just because of the dangerous wildlife or the violence committed by people, but the earth itself. The fact that the people and animals were killed over night by lethal gasses erupting from the lake, is disturbing. I can only imagine how horrifying it must have been for those survivors, having both of their family, neighbors, and all animals around that area suddenly drop dead.

  • @fesembile1655
    @fesembile1655 3 роки тому +545

    Omg I’m Cameroonian ! Seeing this made me so happy, thank you so much for being diverse with your videos ! I’ve never even heard of this event and i’ve lived here Majority of my life ..

    • @Lalalululu-q8o
      @Lalalululu-q8o 2 роки тому +42

      I am a Cameroonian too and this was taught in primary school . I am 37 years old by the way .

    • @willitadoh6244
      @willitadoh6244 2 роки тому +26

      I grew up in Nkambe ,not too far from Nyos!!!We suffered with Rashes for years and the local people call Rashes „SAMUNKWE“ till this day🇨🇲

    • @See-through-The-Veil
      @See-through-The-Veil 2 роки тому

      Neither Nature, paranormal, supernatural or any volcanoes did this..
      Human beings did this!
      And I don’t mean the loving beings like you people above who live there..
      This is just about depopulation!
      They’ve done it world wide for centuries..

  • @SubPablum
    @SubPablum 3 роки тому +734

    I remember when this happened, it pretty much scared the crap out of the whole world.

    • @Eleganttf2
      @Eleganttf2 3 роки тому +59

      @@Hansgame seems you're a total clown or a troll and judging by your account seems you're still underaged when it clearly did happen

    • @solusa1
      @solusa1 3 роки тому +5

      probably a clown

    • @wh33zy94
      @wh33zy94 3 роки тому +36

      @@Hansgame your pfp is a character from frozen 💀

    • @EILP147
      @EILP147 3 роки тому +8

      @@Hansgame there is a thing called research kiddo.

    • @MsStoneiy
      @MsStoneiy 3 роки тому +33

      @@Hansgame Don't be a fool, it happened 35 years ago, was you even born then? Carbon dioxide was killing people and cattle. Lake Nyos is a crater lake, a pool of magma is below the lake which releases CO2. You're ignorant, educate yourself before responding, you're being rude, condescending and dismissive even though you're WRONG!

  • @Josephpirro
    @Josephpirro Рік тому +7

    I grew up and live next to a lake just like this one in ny. I still live in a radius of it and worry about a day when this could happen here. There is no water feeding the lake. The carbon builds under the water. It's terrifying

  • @MaximumHeresey
    @MaximumHeresey 3 роки тому +6056

    Okay so let me check.
    - Killer mist
    - Whole village wiped out overnight
    - lake suddenly turns red
    Even with scientific explanation, the sheer paranormality of the disaster is phenomenal.

  • @JesPulido
    @JesPulido 3 роки тому +595

    Damn. Truth really is stranger than fiction. What a tragedy

    • @wabbasMEpern
      @wabbasMEpern 3 роки тому +4

      It's not stranger than fiction. Lake reversal. CO2 Buildup.

    • @Avi-oy7tp
      @Avi-oy7tp 3 роки тому +51

      @@wabbasMEpern you seem like a joy at parties

    • @JesPulido
      @JesPulido 3 роки тому +38

      A deadly cloud that kills hundreds of people and animals? That sounds like a Stephen King book...

    • @thewanderingartists
      @thewanderingartists 3 роки тому +5

      Here's one man made tragedy: Bhopal gas incident. Truly horrific.

    • @matthewelvis5221
      @matthewelvis5221 3 роки тому

      popped up in the frequent searches* so I added girl and the image appeared

  • @Caratrox
    @Caratrox Місяць тому +3

    The Size Comparison On Lake Kivu compared to Nyos was actually terrifying.

  • @SilverDemon456
    @SilverDemon456 3 роки тому +133

    This is so sad. Imagine waking up to find all your loved ones are dead, then going outside for help and finding everyone else is dead. Imagine how alone you would feel...

  • @GTAVictor9128
    @GTAVictor9128 3 роки тому +532

    When I studied geoscience in university, this incident was briefly mentioned, so it's much less creepy when you know the cause.
    However, I never knew it happened twice with the first incident being ignored.

    • @mossablahmaza
      @mossablahmaza 3 роки тому +4

      What's the cause? Volcanic eruption gases?

    • @GTAVictor9128
      @GTAVictor9128 3 роки тому +74

      @@mossablahmaza
      It's explained in the video: it's not active eruptions, but rather the passive release and build-up of CO2 in the lakebed over the years. It's similar to how hydrothermal vents passively release various gases.

  • @NervesofNoodles
    @NervesofNoodles 3 роки тому +6

    I love your commentary. Your presentation and overall tone. You deserve to have your own mystery show, people would watch. Your videos are better then most of what I find on cable

  • @Juliett-we7tc
    @Juliett-we7tc 3 роки тому +234

    So glad to see Nick back. He has such interesting content.

    • @damienkarney2251
      @damienkarney2251 3 роки тому +4

      I agree. He covers such a range of different topics. I love his content.

    • @MillieDuu
      @MillieDuu 3 роки тому +1

      @@damienkarney2251 Same goes for me :)

  • @nikkid7963
    @nikkid7963 3 роки тому +410

    As a person with epilepsy, I personally am grateful you let people know there’s flashing in this video. Mine isn’t 100% under control, but it is with strobes and flashing. Thanks, to the meds I’m on. Still, I’m grateful others with my condition are being thought of. Before mine was under control, flashing, strobes, would instantly trigger a seizure. It seems more people are becoming aware and warning us. I’m so grateful for you, and other thoughtful people who give us a heads up.
    Also… Always a great day when Nick uploads a video!!! So glad UA-cam actually notified me!!!!

    • @bjollnirbjordsen9795
      @bjollnirbjordsen9795 2 роки тому +11

      Lol nobody cares

    • @nikkid7963
      @nikkid7963 2 роки тому +52

      @@bjollnirbjordsen9795 some people do, maybe you just don’t. Whatever.

    • @gothghanistan
      @gothghanistan 2 роки тому +1

      @@bjollnirbjordsen9795 edgelord go back to your parents you child

    • @drillologist
      @drillologist 2 роки тому +26

      @@bjollnirbjordsen9795 bro actually took time in his day to type this, get a job bro

    • @sezbe3379
      @sezbe3379 2 роки тому +1

      @@drillologist hypocrite type shi 💀

  • @owlskulls
    @owlskulls 3 роки тому +3

    oh my god I was just complaining like 3 months ago to my partner that there wasn't a really in-depth video on these disasters, ty so much this was so good

  • @KevinRAAMAAAGE
    @KevinRAAMAAAGE 3 роки тому +324

    Oh shit, this is where Big Man Tyrone is from. Anyhow, this situation, disaster, whatever you want to call it. Is a nightmare, my heart weeps for all the livestock, animals, and most of all the people. These poor humans suffered a horrendous fate. I cry for all loss of life here. She lost her family and her cattle, as someone from a ranching community. Its a fate worse than death.

    • @lionobama1397
      @lionobama1397 3 роки тому

      Why did you state humans last?

    • @cheepymcpeepy
      @cheepymcpeepy 3 роки тому +1

      @@lionobama1397 I think they were saving the greatest loss for last.

    • @KevinRAAMAAAGE
      @KevinRAAMAAAGE 3 роки тому

      @@lionobama1397 you save the most important to talk about last so you you talk about it longer. It's called, setting up a paragraph correctly. You know it should end with your last and most important point???

    • @kathykickingwoman9120
      @kathykickingwoman9120 2 роки тому

      @@lionobama1397 he said: and most of all the people......even though people are mentioned last, he puts them above all by saying 'and most of all the people'

    • @lionobama1397
      @lionobama1397 2 роки тому +1

      i apologize, i just thought he valued humans less than the things previously mentioned, thank you for educating me

  • @patchythepirate6053
    @patchythepirate6053 3 роки тому +364

    The man the myth the legend is back

    • @Zakins4944
      @Zakins4944 3 роки тому +23

      He was never gone, it just takes time to make these videos

    • @xylmo1040
      @xylmo1040 3 роки тому +15

      @@Zakins4944 Yep! Quality over Quantity and all that!

    • @liquidtitanium8583
      @liquidtitanium8583 3 роки тому

      YESSIRRRR

    • @jaguargbryt9053
      @jaguargbryt9053 3 роки тому +1

      No actually he was earlier trying to upload darkest videos compilation but UA-cam wasn't allowing it

    • @Doodles1265
      @Doodles1265 3 роки тому

      he is the moment the legend

  • @ambroseghost1351
    @ambroseghost1351 3 роки тому +11

    This almost sounds unreal but it’s even more frightening to know it is real. Within a night everything… everyone was gone. I can’t even imagine how frightening that most of been. It sounds like a bad dream.. no a nightmare.

  • @judahcantclimb
    @judahcantclimb 3 роки тому +147

    I would always listen to this story as a kid. It scared me so badly. I still get scared whenever I see fog

    • @Hansgame
      @Hansgame 3 роки тому +1

      sou are afraid of condensted water? poor you, i hope u dont fear car sounds too, or you will live a tragic life...

    • @shoreZ
      @shoreZ 3 роки тому +4

      What are you, seven?

    • @judahcantclimb
      @judahcantclimb 3 роки тому +11

      @hans game WAIT..... BRO U MAKEN FUN OF ME FOR BEING AFRAID OF WATER!?!?? YOU GOT SENT TO JAIL CAUSE A PRINCESS THREW WATER I AT YOU!!!!!

    • @EILP147
      @EILP147 3 роки тому +17

      @@Hansgame being afraid of fog could easily be explained something could be there or someone it’s kinda like being afraid of the dark
      You troll.

    • @rowdyruffy
      @rowdyruffy 3 роки тому +4

      @@Hansgame phobias are a thing

  • @meganlittle7682
    @meganlittle7682 3 роки тому +152

    Another great video, Nick! These incidents remind me of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy of 1984; although in Bhopal it was because of corporate greed, not mother nature, that toxic gas covered a town of 800k people. Its regarded as the worst industrial disaster of all time.

  • @Shadows-T5
    @Shadows-T5 Місяць тому +1

    The unsettling events surrounding these lakes emphasize the terrifying power of nature, and the possibility of similar disasters happening again is genuinely alarming.

  • @CriticalMaster95
    @CriticalMaster95 3 роки тому +55

    The potential disaster at Lake Kivu could've happened in 2008, as there was an earthquake measuring 5.9 on the moment magnitude scale occurred near Lake Kivu. Fortunately though, it didn't trigger a limnic eruption (the earthquake occurred on the land nearby), but it's scary to think that any natural event near the lake could set the whole thing off. Hopefully there is some sort of solution that could prevent the disaster from happening, but there doesn't seem to be much we can do.

  • @moonlusterblack
    @moonlusterblack 3 роки тому +54

    All of these details sounds like they came straight out of a horror novel, and the fact that it was real makes it even more terrifying. I feel for the people who survived this incident.

  • @howtodoit4204
    @howtodoit4204 2 місяці тому +4

    Something that not only kills people but even car engines is crazy bizarre

    • @curtisholland16
      @curtisholland16 Місяць тому +1

      It does sound crazy at first but engines need oxygen too

  • @ofskittlez
    @ofskittlez 3 роки тому +99

    I know great content takes time, but I can't help wishing you posted more often. It's a treat when you do, though!

    • @MillieDuu
      @MillieDuu 3 роки тому +3

      Quality over quantity!

  • @kitdoesstuff_official
    @kitdoesstuff_official 3 роки тому +157

    Nick never fails to make me gave shivers down my spine....

    • @Hansgame
      @Hansgame 3 роки тому +1

      give me any torture device and ill give you hundreds of "shivers down your spine" ...

    • @kitdoesstuff_official
      @kitdoesstuff_official 3 роки тому +5

      @@Hansgame um...
      No 😃

    • @painguinator6538
      @painguinator6538 3 роки тому +9

      @@Hansgame can you please shut up? No one actually cares. You are just another edgy emo kid that thinks he’s edgy or cool.

    • @EILP147
      @EILP147 3 роки тому +4

      @@Hansgame Why are you commenting? You may be a troll but you suck at it.

    • @xbrookiegamerx4113
      @xbrookiegamerx4113 3 роки тому

      @@Hansgame HUH

  • @MarkToast99
    @MarkToast99 3 роки тому +5

    I took so many deep breaths during this video, just thankful for the air around me

  • @Noname0039
    @Noname0039 3 роки тому +92

    When you hear about incidents like this without any knowledge of chemistry, it's realy easy to start believing in supernatural.

    • @tracyd693
      @tracyd693 3 роки тому +2

      These aren't inspirations for the supernatural.

    • @moneybxndz161
      @moneybxndz161 3 роки тому +9

      @@tracyd693 then what is?

    • @NOU-iw3gb
      @NOU-iw3gb 3 роки тому

      @@moneybxndz161
      Ur mom

    • @moneybxndz161
      @moneybxndz161 3 роки тому +1

      @@NOU-iw3gb haha

    • @ishrendon6435
      @ishrendon6435 2 роки тому +1

      Well chemistry in or chemcials in a sense is a mystery like where the fuck they come from the compounds we know they came from space bllions of years ago but its still a mystery why space created all this

  • @swargpatel7634
    @swargpatel7634 3 роки тому +44

    Such a macabre yet terrifying story. I really hope nothing like this ever happens again. Really goes to show we are still at natures mercy, no matter how powerful we think we are.

    • @no_peace
      @no_peace 2 роки тому +2

      All it takes is an asteroid

  • @young0cidy
    @young0cidy 3 роки тому +3

    I've learned about those incidents in high school since my country and Cameroon are neighbors. thank you for talking about these incidents because there are not well known even amongst people from where I'm from.

    • @chrishenniker5944
      @chrishenniker5944 11 місяців тому

      I bet you had the rumours of an American nuclear weapon test, especially when it was the height of the Cold War.

  • @Its_PizzaTime
    @Its_PizzaTime 3 роки тому +198

    Ghosts, ghouls, monsters, and aliens are scary, sure, but the two things you should fear most are man and nature.

  • @RubbyCastro
    @RubbyCastro 3 роки тому +21

    Nick Crowley and blameitonjorge uploading on my birthday is truly a blessing.

    • @nickv.5748
      @nickv.5748 3 роки тому +3

      Wish you happy B-day . All the best !😊

    • @Realnigga10000
      @Realnigga10000 3 роки тому +1

      Late happy birthday!

    • @theGodfather5870
      @theGodfather5870 3 роки тому

      Ahhh! 😁 happy late birthday, spooky fam!! 🙌💯😁👽

    • @MandenTV
      @MandenTV 3 роки тому

      Did you have a bad birthday?

  • @Peetaspearl
    @Peetaspearl 2 роки тому +4

    Your voice and the photos that are shown are just giving me CHILLLLLLS down my spine😱

  • @justineseitzinger5340
    @justineseitzinger5340 3 роки тому +97

    This is absolutely insane. I can't believe I've never heard of this before! Thank you for covering this, very well done.

    • @Sadrealitywithmelvis
      @Sadrealitywithmelvis 3 роки тому +3

      my dear African politicians are fun of sweeping stuffs like this under the carpet. more over this happen over 35 years ago so data storage and videos must have a big problem too. the narrator most have put in a alot of work to research this. this took place in my region but very far from my own village. to telll u the truth this is the most accurate analysis i have ever heard since this tragedy happen though i was born 6 years after the disaster. most of our people today don't even know about this disaster. its really heart breaking

  • @Castlevaniac1
    @Castlevaniac1 3 роки тому +44

    Not only is your research and delivery always on point, but I really like how sincere you are in your presentation, without being overly dramatic, always staying respectful to the victims of these incidents. I've been watching you since your earliest videos, and not one video has been disappointing in the slightest, you're only increasing in quality.

  • @my_nam3s_blurryface
    @my_nam3s_blurryface 3 роки тому +2

    Oh wow!! I haven't seen your videos in a HOT damn minute!! Happy to see you back, my guy!!

    • @skelly4998
      @skelly4998 2 роки тому

      Did someone step on the grasshopper in the beginning?

  • @mushi3120
    @mushi3120 3 роки тому +80

    I’ve heard this story before, and it’s really interesting and sad

  • @costaricansportsfan5390
    @costaricansportsfan5390 3 роки тому +182

    The worst part
    Is that lake kivu is known to do that too, however it is the 9th largest lake in Africa and also has thousands of people living on its shores

    • @kylienagy8381
      @kylienagy8381 3 роки тому +8

      Yeah, he talked about that in the video.

    • @costaricansportsfan5390
      @costaricansportsfan5390 3 роки тому +10

      @@kylienagy8381 yeah, wrote it before finishing
      My bad

    • @kylienagy8381
      @kylienagy8381 3 роки тому +18

      @@costaricansportsfan5390 no worries, I was agreeing with your assessment. 🙂
      It's so scary to think those people living on the shores are living with this possibility everyday.

    • @CriticalMaster95
      @CriticalMaster95 3 роки тому +11

      This may be just a personal thing, but part of why Lake Kivu seems scary is that, at first glance, it looks like a completely normal lake. There are lakes out there that certainly look more dangerous than Lake Kivu, but Lake Kivu's danger can't really be seen by most people, yet it's far bigger than many other lakes out there.

    • @kylienagy8381
      @kylienagy8381 3 роки тому +6

      @@CriticalMaster95 you have an excellent point. The more you think about what everyday life, for those who live there, might be like, you realize how incredibly devastating it would be to have something like this happen.

  • @godslaughter
    @godslaughter 8 днів тому +1

    I knew the answers to both of these before the 3 minute mark, I suspected volcanic activity, geothermal processes and accumulation of gasses at the bottom of the lake due to decomposition of organic matter and geothermal activity. Fascinating and really tragic.

  • @johntheepic8318
    @johntheepic8318 3 роки тому +72

    Quality, not quantity. Great videos you make, Nick!

  • @kevinquiroz5697
    @kevinquiroz5697 3 роки тому +76

    Ah a Nick Crowley video... today’s gonna be a good day.

  • @danielshy9176
    @danielshy9176 3 роки тому +4

    Mr. Crowley I remember this way back. Sadly this was a small note in the back pages in our local paper. (News of the weird). The name of the village always reminded me of the sad tragedy. Of course, no one can Believe this happens. Mother Earth holds so much. Good day.

  • @Unknown__
    @Unknown__ 3 роки тому +38

    To be honest this dude deserves more subs for the amount of effort and hard work he puts in his videos

  • @187mrsmith
    @187mrsmith 3 роки тому +56

    Hopefully we see you alot this Halloween season Nick We Need these creepy vibes an storys all October who else agrees 👍

  • @yasuke4593
    @yasuke4593 3 роки тому +4

    When Nyiragongo erupted recently we thought it was going to happen in Lake Kivu gives the Methane Gaz that's there. I'm actually now scared after watching this.

  • @rangerlong754
    @rangerlong754 3 роки тому +48

    These videos are what help me forget about depression and everything else going on at this time. Amazing video like always!

    • @AnAdorableWombat
      @AnAdorableWombat 3 роки тому +4

      Seeing others suffer makes you feel better huh?

    • @matthewelvis5221
      @matthewelvis5221 3 роки тому +8

      @Vida Conqueso 😐

    • @AnAdorableWombat
      @AnAdorableWombat 3 роки тому +1

      @@matthewelvis5221 lmao what? that emoji will always be funny to me.

    • @rangerlong754
      @rangerlong754 3 роки тому

      @@AnAdorableWombat YES!

    • @rangerlong754
      @rangerlong754 3 роки тому +2

      @@AnAdorableWombat that’s what I clearly said!

  • @luciaramirez6562
    @luciaramirez6562 3 роки тому +26

    YESSS!!! I love your videos so much. I feel like you actually put every ounce of effort into all of them!

  • @lmd473
    @lmd473 2 роки тому

    This channel is what ive been searching for about a year now. Time to binge watch all of his videos

  • @RobHellfire666
    @RobHellfire666 3 роки тому +214

    Wow....
    So many untold, unknown dangers within nature.
    Humans forget just how venerable we are, to the forces of nature.
    Always appreciate what, and who you might have; for in a moment a force of nature may just change, or end your life.
    Absolutely top notch video (as usual) Nick!
    Thank you very much for this upload!! 😎🤘
    Until next time, take care of yourself my young friend.
    Cheers!! 🍻🤠

    • @asherhockersmith8271
      @asherhockersmith8271 3 роки тому +9

      I absolutely agree. I think you mean vulnerable though, not venerable lol.

    • @RobHellfire666
      @RobHellfire666 3 роки тому +4

      @@asherhockersmith8271 yes! vulnerable, not venerable lol! Stupid spellcheck. 🤦😆
      Thanx for pointing that out.
      Cheers! 🤘😎

    • @ThatBugBehindYou
      @ThatBugBehindYou 3 роки тому +2

      We also forget how powerful we are against the forces of nature.
      Never be scared to make moments in your life you can be happy you had, what's important is making the most of everything you can.

    • @Hansgame
      @Hansgame 3 роки тому +1

      how do you know if these things are "unknown" and "untold" ? seems like someone came up with a scarry story and you jumped on the "believer" train just because you want to believe there is "something" out there that you have never seen, or anyone else, but these "encounters" of untruthfull "witnesses" makes it a "real" event all of a sudden. you are blinded by your own imagination.

    • @Ronniecrane123
      @Ronniecrane123 3 роки тому +6

      @@Hansgame why are you even here? 🤣 shut up and go away thank youuu

  • @Sly-Moose
    @Sly-Moose 3 роки тому +48

    I never skip the ads for Nick, not when he gives quality content like this.

  • @hellokittyfifi
    @hellokittyfifi 2 роки тому +3

    u fr went all out with the editing i love u

  • @thatcreepyberdinthecorner1097
    @thatcreepyberdinthecorner1097 3 роки тому +6

    I found this randomly in my recommended and I started binging your videos. Honestly your already one of my favorite UA-camrs. Keep up the amazing work man.

  • @MrShotgunAmmo
    @MrShotgunAmmo 3 роки тому +156

    I heard children singing in the streets and knew that it meant one of two things, either Jesus is back or Nick Crowley had just uploaded

    • @Hansgame
      @Hansgame 3 роки тому +11

      or it was just kids singing in the streets.

    • @weezy6643
      @weezy6643 3 роки тому

      Yeah right?

  • @Peanut_The_Duck
    @Peanut_The_Duck 2 роки тому +6

    I got interested about this disaster, and found out, that in reality 1,746 and around 3500 livestock died in that disaster. Chilling, honestly.

  • @jacklewis2491
    @jacklewis2491 3 роки тому +26

    Always exited to see a new video from you, nick. Keep up the good work my man

  • @W3aryW1z4rd
    @W3aryW1z4rd 3 роки тому +30

    UA-cam just wouldn't be the same without Nick.

  • @Garmin21111
    @Garmin21111 2 роки тому +6

    Imagine this, you are an African living around Lake Kivu 5,000 years ago. Despite this being in the middle of Neolithic revolution you have no knowledge of agricultural. Instead you like with your hunter gathering community of a few hundred. You fish and trade with other communities. Then one day after the ground shakes a loud boom is heard coming from the lake and your village is flooded in an instant. You all run to higher ground. After that your clan discusses on what to do next, they assign you as the lookout and to stay on the mountain and they all head back down to salvage any material that might have survived the sudden flood. As they decend down you notice a mist coming off the water you think nothing of it. You see your family looking though the ruins and as the mist begins to roll in you look on in horror as they all start collapsing some try to run but down make it far. You stay on the mountain for multiple days waiting for the mist to leave. Eventually it clears out and you held back down. Your whole family is dead, alone and left with nothing you try to find other communities to join only to find them dead too. Slowly you link up with survivors and look for animals, all these day you have only been eating berries how you find none, only the rotting corpses of all the animals of Earth, not even the elephants survived, their isn't even fish in the water. After experiencing this near apocalyptic event with no explanation, what would you tell your children. Now you can see how many of the myths of demons, spirits, and Gods got started.

    • @coldhardtruth333
      @coldhardtruth333 10 місяців тому

      How about if the government is lying ? And there are aliens?

  • @critical_crunch
    @critical_crunch 3 роки тому +9

    I just got done watching a short documentary about the London Smog of 1952. The intro to this gave me chills.

  • @Brandon-jb3rn
    @Brandon-jb3rn 3 роки тому +18

    Even though Nick takes awhile to upload it’s always worth the wait since you can tell he genuinely does his research and really cares about the topic

  • @chrisgraham9194
    @chrisgraham9194 Місяць тому +2

    19:04 I've NEVER seen a lightning strike within a volcanic eruption before.

  • @TacticalSoupCan
    @TacticalSoupCan 3 роки тому +46

    "Hey boss, I'm going to be 21 minutes late for our meeting."

  • @gecko2993
    @gecko2993 3 роки тому +9

    This guy never uploads then releases a near perfect video to tie you over until he's back, this is another great video

  • @noahxcuse
    @noahxcuse 2 роки тому +3

    water turning red, cloud of fire sweeping the land, that's some biblical sounding apocalyptic stuff lol

  • @PainfullyCasual
    @PainfullyCasual 3 роки тому +11

    Good God, the level of production on this video is absolutely epic!

  • @TheLunarNights123
    @TheLunarNights123 3 роки тому +82

    Just Nick's narration voice is enough to creep the living daylights out of me

    • @Hansgame
      @Hansgame 3 роки тому +1

      so you say his voice is more important than what he talks about and the facts he provides? in many of his videos i cant find any serious source except his own video about it. so its more like a person telling you scarry fairytales instead a real case. totally fraud imo.

    • @EILP147
      @EILP147 3 роки тому +5

      @@Hansgame just shut up already you want attention but now your just desperate.

    • @LuchtLeiderNederland
      @LuchtLeiderNederland 3 роки тому

      @@Hansgame Grow up before going on the internet underaged attention-seeker.

    • @hardcoreholly1161
      @hardcoreholly1161 3 роки тому

      No

    • @kenkaniff8428
      @kenkaniff8428 3 роки тому +1

      check out "deadbug says"!! you've never seen anything like it i promise you. its an amazing channel. the guy is a master at what he does

  • @DanKale
    @DanKale 3 роки тому +5

    That is the scariest shit ever. Imagine waking up one day to find everyone you know and love dead with no explanation.

  • @yyg4632
    @yyg4632 3 роки тому +14

    You pick out some of the wildest and most niche topics that I've never even heard of. Your videos are awesome and scary as hell.

  • @TheDigitalApple
    @TheDigitalApple 3 роки тому +69

    Stories like this prove how terrifying nature can be!

  • @Sadrealitywithmelvis
    @Sadrealitywithmelvis 3 роки тому +3

    This happen in my region. thank God i was born 7years later . we still mourn for these victims. Indeed most people back in cameroon can't really rap thier heads around it. my hearts goes out to the families.