Top 3 photos with DISTURBING backstories | Part 17

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  • The last photo is so creepy...
    Highlight from today's episode 👉 11:15
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    ☠︎ Found the secret easter egg in today's video? Be the 1st to comment what it is and where it occurs in the video, and you will get pinned!! ☠︎

КОМЕНТАРІ • 11 тис.

  • @A1l7e1x7
    @A1l7e1x7 3 роки тому +4588

    "And all I wanted to do was go home"
    Fuck that shits heart breaking

    • @Iaintgivingmyinstaout
      @Iaintgivingmyinstaout 3 роки тому +85

      It is. Id keep that post as a memory. Id worship it even if that was my family member

    • @steveescher1554
      @steveescher1554 3 роки тому +58

      Hit me hard

    • @Raphell28
      @Raphell28 3 роки тому +31

      Why did he get back into the truck

    • @issnake1109
      @issnake1109 3 роки тому +90

      @@Raphell28 he probably thought it was going to flip or maybe he’d slip off, and if he got thrown into water strong enough to shove his truck, he would’ve gotten swept away

    • @Raphell28
      @Raphell28 3 роки тому +21

      @@issnake1109 I was seeing the tree to the side of his truck the lady snap. I know fear can cause us not to react in the best way

  • @michisuarez9025
    @michisuarez9025 3 роки тому +2220

    “And all I wanted to do was go home”
    I got goosebumps

  • @carbomb6661
    @carbomb6661 Рік тому +227

    I'm an Alaskan native, so I grew up hearing about portlock, but one the craziest deaths was a guy who had his head crushed in by a piece of logging equipment, and the piece of equipment was impossible for just one man to lift

    • @corenasue
      @corenasue 10 місяців тому +16

      I Would love to say burn that forest down and then we can see what is in there.

    • @5turtletypers
      @5turtletypers 9 місяців тому +21

      Send the government into the forest....
      They have the gear

    • @kevinsimpson9010
      @kevinsimpson9010 9 місяців тому +7

      @@5turtletypersyou mean the military lol

    • @RustyShacklefordLLC
      @RustyShacklefordLLC 6 місяців тому +21

      ​@@kevinsimpson9010nah man, send in the Department of Motor Vehicles!

    • @personmcguy9840
      @personmcguy9840 6 місяців тому

      @@RustyShacklefordLLCtell the IRS it has untaxed income, they’ll find it in under a week

  • @pauljamilkowski3672
    @pauljamilkowski3672 Рік тому +994

    The FBI: "we're concerned that you're acting like a terrorist!"
    Also the FBI: Acts like terrorists

    • @PureMurican
      @PureMurican Рік тому

      It's only considered terrorism if you don't work for the government

    • @nadinehealey790
      @nadinehealey790 Рік тому +67

      Exactly! Their behaviour is probably exactly the reason they had no trust in law enforcement in the first place.

    • @White_Crystal_Snow
      @White_Crystal_Snow Рік тому +5

      True
      Sorry to say it, (and i mean it.) but she look like "la llorona" legend from Mexico. But rip

    • @TimedRevolver
      @TimedRevolver Рік тому

      @@White_Crystal_Snow If she really were a la Llorona, those Feds would have a very severe degree of fucked.

    • @bhargavipba
      @bhargavipba Рік тому

      In the end they proved why the family didn't trust the government and the law enforcement. I don't condone their ideology but what the FBI did was no less than terrorism.

  • @sierrasasmartass7755
    @sierrasasmartass7755 2 роки тому +4657

    One of the things I love about this channel is that there aren't any jumpscares. It's just really good storytelling with sound that helps amp up the tension, but no cheap scares.

    • @KillbotSw
      @KillbotSw 2 роки тому +76

      Go watch his earlier videos. His tiktok ones.

    • @oryan4395
      @oryan4395 2 роки тому +76

      I've seen a bunch of jump scares lol keep watching and you'll encounter them

    • @tamikabolton7039
      @tamikabolton7039 2 роки тому +16

      I like jump scares keep me focused

    • @indivthe1
      @indivthe1 2 роки тому +12

      Thats what makes it so creepy

    • @stfinalwrath
      @stfinalwrath 2 роки тому +57

      He's just a phenomenal story teller. His tones and movements really help get the topic across and the occasional sounds just add to the atmosphere to make it all just come together into this amazing video that's both fun and creepy at the same time.

  • @edsy24
    @edsy24 3 роки тому +5832

    Port lock should be a stand alone episode. That sounds so fascinating.

    • @nepotiums
      @nepotiums 3 роки тому +205

      True. I'd love to see him do an in depth video.

    • @dakotasmith8787
      @dakotasmith8787 3 роки тому +44

      Agreeed

    • @vernonweiss1276
      @vernonweiss1276 3 роки тому +273

      He should do a camping live stream of portlock hmm

    • @shaolinwizard1805
      @shaolinwizard1805 3 роки тому +23

      @@vernonweiss1276 loool

    • @conorjamesR
      @conorjamesR 3 роки тому +20

      Yea like as if a werewolf was attacking people

  • @johnnyamerica4336
    @johnnyamerica4336 Рік тому +697

    Ruby Ridge is an example of how easily the government can over reach their authority. The million didn’t bring back Vicki or Sammy. It was an absolute tragedy and another example of how the FBI can operate far beyond their reach.

    • @Ja7nD03
      @Ja7nD03 Рік тому +36

      To have open fire on any armed adult as well, that’s straight up illegal and the family did nothing wrong

    • @FoxSenpie
      @FoxSenpie Рік тому +1

      @@Ja7nD03 Read your first part again and explain why its illegal

    • @Ja7nD03
      @Ja7nD03 Рік тому +19

      @@FoxSenpie I meant it SHOULD be illegal if firearms are legal in that state, and if the people hadn’t actually committed a crime

    • @michaelnorris4242
      @michaelnorris4242 Рік тому +51

      Being armed in your home is not a crime under the 2nd amendment of the us constitution. " shall not be infringed " means exactly that, and the armed men gave no signs of being a threat. This was murder, outright murder. Period.

    • @johnnyamerica4336
      @johnnyamerica4336 Рік тому +4

      @@michaelnorris4242 -exactly, and was anyone tried or convicted?

  • @supergiant92
    @supergiant92 2 роки тому +356

    Darren's story is heartbreaking, such a tragic scenario :'(

    • @serenapolk4379
      @serenapolk4379 Рік тому +12

      I know, BUT HE'S FINALLY HOME ❣️

    • @RL82387
      @RL82387 Рік тому +12

      Seriously... it hits hard, because I loved in Houston, Texas from 2006-2008, and sometime in 2007 I experienced 3 weeks of non stop rain there. It began flash flooding and FOR DAYS AND DAYS there was a foot or more of water on every road, the over pass bridges looked like Niagara falls and water was non stop dumping off the side, it was unreal. Me being 19 or 20 at the time, took way too many risks and was still driving every day for work and pleasure. I saw cars and everything loose on the ground, float away.. it was absolutely unreal. It's scary

    • @missvida6251
      @missvida6251 11 місяців тому +6

      That photo scared me 😢

    • @HeatherL7290
      @HeatherL7290 5 місяців тому

      Yes so scary too 😢😢poor guy.😢😢

    • @HeatherL7290
      @HeatherL7290 5 місяців тому

      ​@missvida6251 me too

  • @vaalomusic
    @vaalomusic 2 роки тому +1242

    The only problem I have with Mr Ballen is how addictive his videos are. I can't stop. Won't stop.

    • @AnastasiaFafo
      @AnastasiaFafo Рік тому +5

      It's true!

    • @nickark4807
      @nickark4807 Рік тому +2

      Can't you see it's we own the night can't you see it's we who bout that life

    • @smithamy1982
      @smithamy1982 Рік тому +3

      All right Miley

    • @Sarah24871
      @Sarah24871 Рік тому

      Wanna join me in rehab?

    • @matthewengle9554
      @matthewengle9554 Рік тому +2

      Can't stop, won't stop, rockafella records.. I get down baby. I get down

  • @zookuki
    @zookuki 3 роки тому +5063

    "This family is paranoid and distrusts the government, let's set up secret government surveillance"

    • @ffdd6102
      @ffdd6102 3 роки тому +129

      Their reasoning was logical

    • @zookuki
      @zookuki 3 роки тому +242

      @@ffdd6102 logic and reason are counterintuitive if they don't anticipate logical and reasonable outcomes for certain actions.
      One might logically believe that someone is a threat, but also know that certain actions will logically be perceived as antagonistic. Not doing so is pretty blind.

    • @ffdd6102
      @ffdd6102 3 роки тому +35

      @@zookuki so what other options do you think they could of done in the very beginning that started all this. They know the guy is an armed anti government individual so just going to his front door to try and arrest the guy seems dangerous. Watching them to see when will be a good opportunity to do so was logical. But no one could predict the furure and expecte the dog to run off into the surveillance casing this whole mess
      Life sucks shi.t happens

    • @zookuki
      @zookuki 3 роки тому +112

      @@ffdd6102 look, I am no expert, so my opinions are purely subjective. But...
      1. verifying the level of threat via rudimentary review of the group (familial) interaction
      2. verifying the quality of information through multilevel verification (both achievable via human and artificial verification systems - both available at the time of this event)
      3. on-site: given events that transpired, even merely a better quality or organisation of surveillance - both via humans and animals (dogs).
      These things could have been managed far better.
      Governmental organisations rarely make such 'blunders'.

    • @garrettwise7713
      @garrettwise7713 3 роки тому +377

      I’d say the whole incident justified his anti government viewpoint entirely.

  • @user-pb8ce6ki9z
    @user-pb8ce6ki9z Рік тому +44

    Darren’s photo he posted from inside his truck along with the caption actually broke my heart.

  • @Evangeline144
    @Evangeline144 Рік тому +395

    The baby in Vicki's arms was Elishiba. I knew her in high school and she was really awesome despite what she had gone through. I don't blame that family for their hatred one bit.

    • @Messup7654
      @Messup7654 Рік тому

      I bet those white supremacist were good beautiful souls that aren’t racist and filled with hatred at other races

    • @Mr.Vossis
      @Mr.Vossis Рік тому +14

      Wait you knew her? Dang that’s crazy.

    • @AutisticBearLover
      @AutisticBearLover 9 місяців тому +8

      That’s insane that you knew her! I hope the family is doing ok, even if a little.

    • @debrajones4010
      @debrajones4010 5 місяців тому +12

      I’m surprised they even let her go to school, with school being tied to the government. They should’ve just left these people alone. They just couldn’t handle that this family wasn’t dependent upon the government; scared of losing a couple dollars.

    • @soko1450
      @soko1450 3 місяці тому

      All the government did was prove them right. And the sniper that murdered Vicki went to murder more people in Waco. 100% instigated by the feds. Criminals.

  • @MrBallen
    @MrBallen  3 роки тому +5261

    In reading through these comments, I should have made Ruby Ridge a stand alone episode. I did my best to present the basics of the story as clearly and neutrally as I could, however, by making it a short episode I left out some smaller details that deserved to be included. My intent with this channel is to tell interesting stories without my own opinion muddling them up. If I ever drift away from that, please let me know and I'll course correct. Thank you!

    • @cactihavefeelingstoo
      @cactihavefeelingstoo 3 роки тому +457

      You've done great keeping neutral so far 😁

    • @vwatcher2171
      @vwatcher2171 3 роки тому +264

      Found your like button good sir

    • @keelyclevenger
      @keelyclevenger 3 роки тому +250

      That can be really hard at times especially if things in the story connect with your life in a certain way. I thought you did a wonderful job. It would be interesting to have one full episode of it though. There is a lot about that story that people don't know. Thank you for being the best Storyteller out there.

    • @amber13000
      @amber13000 3 роки тому +207

      You do an excellent job of staying neutral and still telling the story! Thanks for always venturing out into the cold, dark and rainy forest to get us these stories 😁

    • @MrBallen
      @MrBallen  3 роки тому +163

      @@amber13000 hahah you’re welcome!

  • @Aniso442
    @Aniso442 3 роки тому +1286

    Im so glad you talked about Portlock! I was born and raised in Alaska, and Portlock always fascinated me as a kid. I would also like to point out that one of the people who was murdered in Portlock had been bludgeoned to death with a heavy piece of logging equipment. This particular piece usually required 3-4 men to lift, and so for a grown man to be bludgeoned with it... well, it makes you wonder.

    • @crminalminds12
      @crminalminds12 2 роки тому +25

      thank you so much i was trying to find out where it was

    • @Aniso442
      @Aniso442 2 роки тому +7

      @@crminalminds12 No problem! :]

    • @crminalminds12
      @crminalminds12 2 роки тому +36

      @@Aniso442 i like to explore/ camp in places like this. with a go pro and such. i think Alaska might have to wait a bit though kind of outside my availability for a while.

    • @RealElevenTimes
      @RealElevenTimes 2 роки тому +18

      And yet somehow the dude in the story managed to survive it's attack and go to the town for help before passing away.

    • @Melissa-rb6ct
      @Melissa-rb6ct 2 роки тому +65

      @@RealElevenTimes
      If it wasn’t for his dog that scared whatever was on top of him he wouldn’t have made it to town but he still died :(

  • @Beans_3245
    @Beans_3245 Рік тому +153

    This video is a year old, but as someone who was born and raised in Alaska, I love the fact that you cover stories on AK. You always hear local lore, but nothing so in depth and so detailed. Thank you for the stories you share and the details you put into them!

    • @Stefanie_Thompson_Fithian
      @Stefanie_Thompson_Fithian Рік тому +9

      He actually tells a lot of stories that have occurred in Alaska. Alaska is actually a very common theme in his stories.
      I have to tell you I absolutely adore Alaska. It was on my bucket list. It was my life’s dream to see Alaska and back in July I was able to take an Alaskan cruise and finally set foot in Alaska. It is so incredibly gorgeous there. ❤

    • @chiapets2594
      @chiapets2594 Рік тому

      Yes I love Kalishnikov stories that is One Beautiful Weapon Of The Commies and the World Over. Finally Noice to Love the Ak Just as much as I Do and That My Child Puts A Tear in my Eyes 😿

  • @Gamatatsu69
    @Gamatatsu69 Рік тому +378

    My biological grandma’s sister (my great aunt) who was about 19 years older than my grandma, actually lived in portlock Alaska when she was very young…..she said she had always heard weird and loud screaming at night in the woods from her home….I never believed her until I watched this video…😳
    Rip aunt Linda 💔

    • @leahrebecca2051
      @leahrebecca2051 Рік тому +69

      I like how you didn’t believe the person in your family but the youtuber is taken as fact. No judgment just funny to me 😂😂

    • @made-line7627
      @made-line7627 Рік тому +2

      F**k that

    • @NIKOS_GEROSIDERIS
      @NIKOS_GEROSIDERIS Рік тому +11

      @@leahrebecca2051 But it deserves judjement.Its really messed up if you think about it for a sec not believing someone so close to you you that you know they have no motives to lie to you.I ve actually have a kinda same experience with my grandfather hearing some crazy scary screams in the back of the mountain in his village in a pretty remote area which was basically forbidden for people to even go there.The story has it that it was Satan himself.Even if you dont obviously believe 100% in this you have to agree that a very close relative of you is not lying or being delusional of hearing something many times.He may have slightly survive a lethal warrior or thief encounter.

    • @leahrebecca2051
      @leahrebecca2051 Рік тому +4

      @@NIKOS_GEROSIDERIS ehh I mean every situation is different, I’ll believe someone the first few times and then I might be a lil more skeptical

    • @Gamatatsu69
      @Gamatatsu69 Рік тому +22

      I didn’t believe her because it didn’t seem believable, and I believe it now because he’s just proving to me she wasn’t just saying that to mess around

  • @frankfranklin3365
    @frankfranklin3365 3 роки тому +2281

    Some guy and his small family living in the woods with no electricity far away from other people. Sounds like a real threat to national security.

    • @emmacaes5762
      @emmacaes5762 3 роки тому +23

      😂😂😂

    • @ogjohn3346
      @ogjohn3346 3 роки тому +300

      Anything not with the masses and the norm is a threat to their national brainwashing campaign

    • @christypoe4538
      @christypoe4538 3 роки тому +31

      @@ogjohn3346 this 👁✨

    • @joegaming3019
      @joegaming3019 3 роки тому +17

      that dude bad news he a eminence to society

    • @thomascook1256
      @thomascook1256 3 роки тому +137

      That is one of the many examples why you do not trust the government. I’m not saying to rally an anti government army but you should definitely not trust them and be aware of what they are capable of. The outcome of this story and multiple like it are a huge miscarriage of justice and it is sickening they just get a slap on the wrist (or a paid vacation) whenever these scenarios reach their conclusion.

  • @Arrusoh
    @Arrusoh 3 роки тому +858

    "And all I wanted to do was go home"
    One of the most horrifyingly relatable things I have ever read.

    • @JR-po5vs
      @JR-po5vs 3 роки тому +1

      @Cozy Dorian its actually "ET home phone" smh ik it dont sound right to me either

    • @adancervantes6490
      @adancervantes6490 3 роки тому +1

      @@JR-po5vs it’s both! Kids say one, E.T. Says the other.

    • @VorchaKali
      @VorchaKali 3 роки тому +1

      Just an FYI that picture you showed with the soldier with chest covered in medals IS A FAKE SOLDIER. He is one of those STOLEN VALOR COWARDS. TAKE HIM OFF YOUR VIDEO HE IS NOT A WAR HERO HE WASNT EVEN IN THE MILITARY HES FAKE SOLDIER HE IS A COWARD.

    • @psiewert83
      @psiewert83 3 роки тому +2

      Relatable? Really? This is why we have so many weak people in the world when a post to facebook is relatable but actually fighting to survive is not.

    • @adancervantes6490
      @adancervantes6490 3 роки тому +16

      @@psiewert83 If we have weaklings getting upset over UA-cam comments, why wouldn’t we have a few that just wanna go home?

  • @leandrocambuta7178
    @leandrocambuta7178 2 роки тому +270

    The story of Portlock makes me realize that there are still wonders and creatures out there on our planet, whether it's on land or oceans, that we wouldn't believe it exists unless we saw it with our own very eyes

    • @guddiupa6300
      @guddiupa6300 2 роки тому +14

      True indeed but I wonder if that thing is still alive maybe it died from age?

    • @leandrocambuta7178
      @leandrocambuta7178 2 роки тому +1

      @@guddiupa6300 it could be that it died from age or it got extinct, or maybe they still reproduce between themselves and are able to remain hidden from the human eyes

    • @guddiupa6300
      @guddiupa6300 2 роки тому +5

      That's actually possible, I guess it's remaining are still somewhere in that place but we will never know.

    • @leandrocambuta7178
      @leandrocambuta7178 2 роки тому +18

      @@guddiupa6300 Earth itself might as well be an extraterrestrial planet for as human though we live in it, if you watch one of Mr ballen videos called "the headless valley" it really makes you wonder what's out there in the corners of our planet that we don't know it's there or it exists

    • @guddiupa6300
      @guddiupa6300 2 роки тому +5

      @@leandrocambuta7178 true it's really fascinating. Our planet have many secrets.

  • @loriepaix6391
    @loriepaix6391 Рік тому +35

    Years ago I visited Rainbow Campground in Michigan and talked with the owner, a very nice man who wanted to have some small gatherings with primitive camping and live music on his rural property. He said that the local police were upset because they thought he was encouraging drug use in the area. He told me to come back and see how family friendly the situation was. A few months later there was an article stating that the owner and his handyman were both shot and killed by police. They claimed that the handyman had a rifle but he actually had a garden tool. There was no big investigation.

    • @serenapolk4379
      @serenapolk4379 Рік тому

      Yoooooooo WTF 😧 that's because you are telling this story to the wrong people but I don't blame you because WHO TF DO YOU CALL FOR THAT SH!T😲😲😲🤷🏾‍♀️😲🤷🏾‍♀️😲😲😳

    • @consciousobserver629
      @consciousobserver629 9 місяців тому +1

      These types of stories are not uncommon. It's disgusting how our sick, twisted government will do just about anything to its own citizens to retain its power.

  • @jenmariie9220
    @jenmariie9220 3 роки тому +903

    MrBallen - the ONLY person who can be so wholesome while telling these stories! literally the B E S T story teller!

  • @ludahwolf3634
    @ludahwolf3634 3 роки тому +1026

    They need to make a movie about the last post office dude staying in portlock with those beasts in the 50s that would be so good.

  • @CocoGotSnacks
    @CocoGotSnacks 2 роки тому +27

    The first story is of my classmate. The rain was so bad that year you could hardly go up the road to the store.. I remember everyone having hope he’d be found safe but that picture is still very haunting

  • @PreacherTHC
    @PreacherTHC Рік тому +56

    I believe that the Ruby Ridge incident deserves this whole show there's so much that went on in that debacle that questions are still being asked today from Bobo grits involvement to the guy that shot Randy's wife being also at the Waco standoff and killed a couple people there as well

    • @consciousobserver629
      @consciousobserver629 9 місяців тому

      Oh these organizations are bad news, downright criminal. They are cold and calculating and have immunity in virtually all of their doings. They shouldn't even exist imo.

  • @Endless016
    @Endless016 3 роки тому +446

    "All I wanted to do was go home"
    This made me wanna cry...

    • @diariesthomas2587
      @diariesthomas2587 3 роки тому +33

      I feel the same. May he Rest in Paradise,his new , beautiful home.

    • @BH-fe9xn
      @BH-fe9xn 3 роки тому +21

      That was heartbreaking

    • @wickjohn8673
      @wickjohn8673 3 роки тому +10

      Sad he should have left the car 😩😩

    • @velindaivie4342
      @velindaivie4342 3 роки тому +10

      Yes! That broke my heart.

    • @shelliepancake9202
      @shelliepancake9202 3 роки тому +42

      @The Broke Unboxer Just stop talking please and show a tiny bit of empathy

  • @matthewbriner3187
    @matthewbriner3187 3 роки тому +1070

    “And all I wanted to do was go home” that is terrible.

  • @piperwoodall83
    @piperwoodall83 2 роки тому +40

    I'm from south east Texas and even though I was only 16 at the time I remember the story of Darren circling around the news. The scary thing about SETX is that it floods SO easy and not only do you have to worry about the flood waters but you also have to worry about the animals in the water such as snakes, alligators, and ants.

    • @spencerdunn6933
      @spencerdunn6933 Рік тому +3

      Ants?

    • @fikujez
      @fikujez Рік тому +1

      ​@@spencerdunn6933 ants can form floating "islands" during a flood, I'm guessing bumping into one while wading through water would be like walking into an anthill

  • @razorwire3056
    @razorwire3056 Рік тому +3

    'off safe, slack out, ready to engage...' This was really the first sentence I've heard MrBallen utter, that tells me what he used to do for a living.

  • @Sunset553
    @Sunset553 3 роки тому +982

    “Off safe, finger on trigger, slack out, ready to engage...” I think he slipped back into the military for a minute there

  • @dawnedwards2320
    @dawnedwards2320 2 роки тому +647

    My son went to school with Darren. His death hurts my heart, he was a beautiful soul. I can’t imagine the pain his mother and family felt when he was found.

    • @dawnedwards2320
      @dawnedwards2320 2 роки тому +52

      The tax day flood (that’s what we in this area called it) was highly unusual. It flooded areas that normally don’t flood. The raging flood waters destroyed so much. Darren was young, not sure what to do as this wasn’t a normal flood. My heart broke when I heard what happened to him. When I went to pick my son up from school, Darren would be there to give me a hug, amazing smile and kind words. I count my blessings each day that my son is still with me.

    • @ocky88
      @ocky88 2 роки тому +13

      So sorry for your loss.

    • @dawnedwards2320
      @dawnedwards2320 2 роки тому +23

      @@sjm8650 the currents of the water during that flood were highly unpredictable. That was a very unusual flood for this area, they say it happens once every 100 years there. When he got out of the truck, he was still surrounded by water. Fast flowing water. He had two options, be drug into the current, or the way he ultimately died.

    • @Treewithmoss
      @Treewithmoss 2 роки тому +3

      The world is such a small place I live in the dfw area but spend a lot of time in Navasota and nobody ever knows what it is even as born and raised texans to think it’s here on this channel odd

    • @lynnlynn9124
      @lynnlynn9124 2 роки тому +10

      @@sjm8650 water and floods are so deceptive and precarious. Flash floods are named for how quickly a dry area can become a raging river, in just a few minutes. When I was little there were 3 workers fixing a large drainage pipe near my home, the type of pipe you can walk in. A summer storm started w just a little lightening, while there was still sunshine. Then a cloudburst occurred as the workers were gathering their stuff, and all 3 we're knocked down and dragged buy a wall of water that started from an area of higher elevation where the water collected toward the pipe that they were on the other side of. All 3 died. It taught me to never wait to see how bad things might get during a regular rain, let alone a cloudburst.

  • @dustinbehrens7369
    @dustinbehrens7369 Рік тому +9

    So I have seen several stories about alaska, and enjoyed every one. To finally hear a story about portlock is amazing. I live across the bay and have dealt with the people that came in searching for bigfoot, and regularly work with the natives that own the area.

  • @lukeluikart1792
    @lukeluikart1792 2 роки тому +10

    My great uncle lived for a time in Fairbanks after he went to Alaska to work on the pipeline in the 80's. A gentleman approached him to see if he would go with him to provide security because he wanted to write a book about Portlock. My great uncle said sure thinking he would be on the lookout for bears. They hired a boat to take them in but dropped anchor a good distance away , untethered a small raft and said he wasnt going any farther in. My great uncle said the man seemed really nervous and barely went into the remains of the town. While they were there he heard loud screams and large rocks being thrown at them. He said the creepiest part was how everything went quiet in the forest. The man took a few photos and said " f" this shit c'mon I'm done. They loaded up and left. Many of the native Alaskans tribes wont talk about the town or the creatures that many believe are bigfoot or Yeti or a cross of the two.

  • @mommyof3_908
    @mommyof3_908 2 роки тому +477

    It's hard to believe the stories become progressively worse when the first one is just so devastating. 😢 RIP Darren.

  • @mcalo2000
    @mcalo2000 3 роки тому +2522

    Imagine being surprised the FBI screwed up and someone tried to cover it up.

    • @tomwebber4015
      @tomwebber4015 3 роки тому +55

      No surprise there.

    • @christinezeeryp573
      @christinezeeryp573 3 роки тому +75

      My thoughts also. They wouldn't be held accountable today.

    • @Littlemanloki
      @Littlemanloki 3 роки тому +106

      @@christinezeeryp573 Very few government officials are ever held accountable, and more often than not, they get to blatantly manipulate or outright ignore laws and rights without any repercussion.

    • @Impuritan1
      @Impuritan1 3 роки тому +59

      @@Littlemanloki yea which breeds more distrust of the government which makes you an extremist.

    • @neon0501
      @neon0501 3 роки тому +27

      Seem kinda like a habit lately.

  • @gisca5752
    @gisca5752 2 роки тому +23

    I guess I've learned my lesson: I'm watching this video right after arriving from work, not at bedtime, as usual. Fair warning: Do. Not. Watch. At. Bedtime.
    Thanks, Mr Ballen, for making me a huge fan of the strange, dark and mysterious delivered in story format!
    Cheers from Brazil!

    • @serenapolk4379
      @serenapolk4379 Рік тому

      I hope you learned from that lesson⁉️better said than done because I'm still late to work right now to this day 😞 one turns into 2,3,4,5,6............ alarm goes off 😭 😤

  • @friendlyman9032
    @friendlyman9032 Рік тому

    I have been binge watching you the last week at night...sometimes until 3 or 4 am...what this has done is it has helped my writing style improve soooooo much..maybe one day i will send you one of my stories that I have written after binge listening listening to you narrate..I am using your narration style to write and it has been amazing...

  • @blueninja9513
    @blueninja9513 2 роки тому +87

    “And all I wanted to do was go home”
    That hit me right in the feels

  • @that1s3curityguard26
    @that1s3curityguard26 3 роки тому +528

    I can’t believe I am just now hearing about Port Lock. Someone should do a documentary.

    • @JoliNatural
      @JoliNatural 3 роки тому +26

      For sure, and it's not even that long ago, 1950s. Those beasts are bound to still be there.

    • @PhoenixLyon
      @PhoenixLyon 2 роки тому +40

      I'd be willing to go check it out. As long as there is a crystal clear evacuation plan. ✌🏻🐱

    • @ghostofsparta2272
      @ghostofsparta2272 2 роки тому +37

      @@PhoenixLyon and some heavy arsenal of weapons 🤣🤣

    • @PhoenixLyon
      @PhoenixLyon 2 роки тому +17

      @@ghostofsparta2272 I just figured that would be a given. LOL
      Two things should always be on you when heading 'walkabout' ; your Oh, shit bag, and a weapon.✌🏻🐱

    • @debragriffith6628
      @debragriffith6628 2 роки тому +20

      I actually saw a small documentary about it. Can't remember which channel. It was terrifying. None of the people in the area will go near there. It is a beautiful place so you know there is a problem or it would be highly sought after real-estate!

  • @jimmieloge575
    @jimmieloge575 Рік тому +1

    I am so engrossed in the stories from start to finish, I COMPLETELY Forget about looking for anything, period!!! Great story teller!!!

  • @itsjen_notjenn
    @itsjen_notjenn 2 роки тому +1

    Portlock is such a interesting and strange place from what I’ve read. Its been on my mind and MrBallen did a great job at telling this story!

  • @lucianarmstrong825
    @lucianarmstrong825 3 роки тому +1022

    They knew they shot Vikki. In the testamony the sniper said that he shot Vikki because he thought that she was holding a weapon. It was her baby.

    • @chaos.corner
      @chaos.corner 2 роки тому +8

      Lon Horiuchi.

    • @rabbit0664
      @rabbit0664 2 роки тому +15

      I figured as much.

    • @thomascarey6344
      @thomascarey6344 2 роки тому +217

      How in the world do you have such good aim that you shoot a woman in the head while the door is closing but you mistake a baby for a weapon

    • @bunnbun_thatgothchic5271
      @bunnbun_thatgothchic5271 2 роки тому +62

      @@thomascarey6344 THIS👏THIS👏 RIGHT👏 HERE I thought the same thing all that training for what

    • @Glory_inthe_3rd77
      @Glory_inthe_3rd77 2 роки тому +49

      The FBI are trash anyway

  • @stephanieg4461
    @stephanieg4461 3 роки тому +596

    I wonder why they haven't sent drones out to Portlock after all these years.

    • @donnawin9750
      @donnawin9750 3 роки тому +81

      I'm thinking the same thing surely there is somone out there willing to do it, could you imagine how many people would want to see that

    • @epicmeerkat1677
      @epicmeerkat1677 3 роки тому +35

      They probably have just nothing turned out from it or people would have called it fake and it would have lost its credibility

    • @andyviliani6931
      @andyviliani6931 3 роки тому +21

      I feel like the monster is bigfoot
      because bigfoot is half man has huge feet
      and in the story they saw 18 inch tracks and hes just terrifying

    • @chadjeanveau5927
      @chadjeanveau5927 3 роки тому +11

      @@andyviliani6931 or the very same native that still live there ? XD

    • @quantumtabbylargo7457
      @quantumtabbylargo7457 3 роки тому +5

      _Cause they're dummkophs?_

  • @emmaertz5369
    @emmaertz5369 Рік тому

    Also thank you for making work a little bit better I listen to ur podcasts throughout most of my day

  • @Humpty-Dumpty-1962
    @Humpty-Dumpty-1962 9 місяців тому

    Wow one of the finest videos I have seen in this genre! What an awesome storyteller! Thanks so much!

  • @poxxy4989
    @poxxy4989 3 роки тому +396

    Who found this channel and got addicted to the UA-cam channel 😯

  • @nikkid7963
    @nikkid7963 3 роки тому +126

    My friends pregnant wife, and child died the same way as Darren in a flash flood. It came on all of a sudden. We’re in an area that doesn’t usually get flash floods. It was so tragic. I always thought my parents were insane for telling me to not drive on flooded roads. Now, I understand why. It’s horrific what happened to my friend and his family, as well as Darren’s family.

    • @impendingdoom385
      @impendingdoom385 3 роки тому

      Pennsylvania?

    • @jellyrose2849
      @jellyrose2849 3 роки тому

      That’s so sad!

    • @Portoman1923
      @Portoman1923 3 роки тому

      Shit that sucks

    • @jeanninewill1173
      @jeanninewill1173 3 роки тому +1

      Was this in Southeastern PA? Something similar occurred a few summers ago when we had horrible floods. We know people who went to school with the boy.

  • @cookiemonstersgirl5630
    @cookiemonstersgirl5630 Рік тому

    As always, your attention to details is without parallel. 👏 👏 👏 👏

  • @shannonflannory6540
    @shannonflannory6540 Рік тому

    You have great stories I Thornley enjoy them. Thank you so much.I can listen to you without lol getting bored , thank you
    Nancy

  • @keithnaylor1989
    @keithnaylor1989 2 роки тому +141

    Please make a episode completely about Portlock! Absolutely fascinating!

  • @tyrone42ful
    @tyrone42ful 3 роки тому +238

    The portlock story is the most convincing story i heard of sasquatch

    • @canadianmmaguy7511
      @canadianmmaguy7511 2 роки тому

      Ape canyon? The London walkway? Every single Australian "Yowie" report?

    • @canadianmmaguy7511
      @canadianmmaguy7511 2 роки тому +4

      The Patterson gimlan film, which still can't be reproduced 50 years later. The 1971 Sierra sounds? Lol

    • @Tekape
      @Tekape 2 роки тому

      it's not sasquash

    • @Tekape
      @Tekape 2 роки тому

      @@canadianmmaguy7511 why would it not be able to be reproduced

    • @canadianmmaguy7511
      @canadianmmaguy7511 2 роки тому +6

      @@Tekape because when you use CGI to replicate something you have to replace the shading, lighting , shadows, wind, reflections, everything.
      Today that video can still not be reproduced.
      Thinkerthunker has an excellent video on this, he spends 80 hours trying to copy 5 seconds of it.

  • @da.he.9137
    @da.he.9137 2 роки тому

    I love the content so much, it helps to get me through studiing

  • @nathancook7979
    @nathancook7979 Рік тому +5

    That family and the way they were treated is a prime example for why the letter agencies need to be pulled apart, examined under a microscope, and then be completey restructured from the top down. There is Zero Accountability for any of them.

  • @B__C
    @B__C 3 роки тому +625

    "really critical mistakes", most people would call them "lies".

    • @debralucas2224
      @debralucas2224 3 роки тому +10

      Yas

    • @BriggsDCory
      @BriggsDCory 3 роки тому +6

      Agreed

    • @Frakkis
      @Frakkis 3 роки тому +23

      "Miscommunication" that's one way to put lying through their teeth.

    • @918Mitchell
      @918Mitchell 3 роки тому +24

      It's ok, they investigated themselves and found no wrongdoing

    • @brainwashedliberals
      @brainwashedliberals 3 роки тому +5

      You mean crimes.

  • @Jenny_thebeaglemom
    @Jenny_thebeaglemom 3 роки тому +142

    No amount of money is ever going to fix the fact that child never knew her mother.

    • @joshagee8251
      @joshagee8251 3 роки тому +5

      It's really true. I'd give earth and soul to know mine. Not even $50,000,000 would change my thoughts

    • @ivalee1958
      @ivalee1958 3 роки тому +5

      some mothers are really bad

    • @tomwebber4015
      @tomwebber4015 3 роки тому

      @@ivalee1958
      Lol... Yes they are..

  • @susankingsley2409
    @susankingsley2409 2 роки тому

    Great stories Mr Ballen!!

  • @pennythatcher1306
    @pennythatcher1306 2 роки тому +1

    I have to take a minute between each story for each person. It's the only way I can keep watching. I do love your stories.

  • @val-wr4je
    @val-wr4je 3 роки тому +246

    “I just wanted to go home” really fucked me up

    • @RizztrainingOrder
      @RizztrainingOrder 3 роки тому

      Maybe he wouldn’t have been there if he had saved up to better his life rather than perform the classic “sacrificial simp” maneuver

    • @haili9704
      @haili9704 3 роки тому +21

      @@RizztrainingOrder bro what

    • @KellyJaye66
      @KellyJaye66 3 роки тому +15

      @@RizztrainingOrder What the heck are you talking about?

    • @lainiwakura1776
      @lainiwakura1776 3 роки тому +26

      @@RizztrainingOrder Yeah, let's bring up ideologies when talking about a tragic accident. Big brain move right there.

    • @alexanderingles7424
      @alexanderingles7424 3 роки тому +3

      @@RizztrainingOrder What maneuver? I never heard of it.

  • @Itried20takennames
    @Itried20takennames 3 роки тому +113

    There is a similar case to Darren, a woman who drowned in her car when she drove into flash flood water during a pre-dawn newspaper shift. The 911 call is infamous for being scary and that the 911 operator was incredibly rude to her.

    • @darlingnate7334
      @darlingnate7334 3 роки тому +53

      Thats the one where the poor woman is begging for her life and crying that she's scared and the 911 operator tells her to shut up right? I was livid when I heard the 911 call and I so desperately wish charges were pressed against the operators but atlas she wasn't punished at all

    • @06sharhonda
      @06sharhonda 3 роки тому +14

      Yea i heard the audio. Not cool at all. My heart felt for her! I was scared and pissed at the same dmn time!

    • @shayfewell5779
      @shayfewell5779 3 роки тому +20

      I heard that 911 call and yeah the operator was a bitch

    • @melanielanphier
      @melanielanphier 3 роки тому +8

      I heard that call. I was so pissed.

    • @cavemanlovesmoke4394
      @cavemanlovesmoke4394 3 роки тому +16

      Yup! That 911 operator should go to hell for what she did to that woman in her last moments

  • @mrkipling2201
    @mrkipling2201 Рік тому +10

    In story number 2, surely the marshals that had the original run in with Randy, his son and his friend, when the dog’s ran into them, have to take a lot of responsibility for what happened afterwards. The way they described the situation to the FBI got the Feds fired up even more than normal. The order to shoot anyone with a weapon, or if they were suspected of holding a weapon, was due to what they were originally told. It made a potentially deadly situation even worse.

  • @DragonsOfSnow
    @DragonsOfSnow Рік тому +11

    The second story is EXACTLY why that family wanted nothing to do with the government...and they weren't wrong.

    • @ole5539
      @ole5539 10 місяців тому

      And you are exactly correct, look at them now.

    • @1nfamyX
      @1nfamyX 5 місяців тому

      No one should want shit to do with govt. Power corrupts.

  • @user-ii9we3hc4h
    @user-ii9we3hc4h 3 роки тому +211

    Imagine being the last guy in Portlock, just waiting for like a month to leave.

    • @HahnGFX
      @HahnGFX 3 роки тому +32

      I'm pretty sure he was there for a few years after everyone left, Ballen said all the people left in 1949 and the post man was allowed to leave in the early 50s. Hes got some balls, I would of been so damn terrified.

    • @gnas1897
      @gnas1897 3 роки тому +6

      @Cozy Dorian wat

    • @theadmiral460
      @theadmiral460 3 роки тому +3

      you would need a gun arsenal like that weaver guy had

    • @Swampgurl777
      @Swampgurl777 3 роки тому +7

      No job is worth that mess

    • @kirstenbowman1383
      @kirstenbowman1383 3 роки тому

      Well I have friends on reservations and any gun don't do shit with one guy you would need three DELTA teams and M4A1s. To take shit like that down.

  • @borleyboo5613
    @borleyboo5613 2 роки тому +61

    That first story and final photo was so bloody sad. Poor man. What a terrifying way to die when all he wanted was to get home.

  • @ramiroramirez1124
    @ramiroramirez1124 Рік тому

    love it like always bro 👍

  • @diannabolden7378
    @diannabolden7378 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you so much for clearing things up about Ruby Ridge. Im so glad you had the courage to do this, I remember this happening and it was so sad. So thank you, thank you.

  • @Vexmybeloved_
    @Vexmybeloved_ 3 роки тому +40

    'And all I wanted to do is come home' gave me chills... RIP Darren

  • @missshine8165
    @missshine8165 3 роки тому +102

    How many of us just saw this pop up and just couldn't resist watching all the videos

  • @REDINKmysteries
    @REDINKmysteries Рік тому +3

    Thank you for the hard work you do, I finally found time to make my own storytelling channel but YT algorithm is not kind to new channels, thanks for the work you do :)

    • @droberts8703
      @droberts8703 Рік тому

      👼😎 nice

    • @ellenjohnson5235
      @ellenjohnson5235 Рік тому

      Funny your channel says The truth is scarier than fiction like he says all the time

    • @REDINKmysteries
      @REDINKmysteries Рік тому

      @@ellenjohnson5235 Lol, you realize this is a common phrase that wasnt "patented" by him right lol...(also you mis quoted entirely, I say (The Spooky Truth is Stranger than Fiction) hope you find more positivity in your life and you stop attacking small startup channels.

  • @lucassenra3883
    @lucassenra3883 2 роки тому +1

    Listening to all the missing 411 stories and linking them together with stories like the portlock one makes me think something is in the woods

  • @jasondesselles9168
    @jasondesselles9168 3 роки тому +305

    People, I live in Louisiana, where we get hurricanes every year. Don't ever, EVER go back into your vehicle if you're in a flood. If the water has risen high enough where you have to leave it then you're sentencing yourself to death if you get back in it.

    • @Shastavalleyoutdoorsman
      @Shastavalleyoutdoorsman 3 роки тому +16

      Man the thought of a river just running wild like hulkamania all over the town doing whatever it wants terrifies me. I am never leaving the mountains.

    • @cannsmith
      @cannsmith 3 роки тому +9

      I’m from around that same area there is no hope in that situation. He was trying to get a view to see if there was another way out(vehicle hopping maybe) he knew in the water was a death sentence, maybe the water would just push the truck around and he could get out once it subsided. BTW we get Hurricanes every year too

    • @harrypottersucks12
      @harrypottersucks12 3 роки тому +3

      @@cannsmith so what should he have done instead of getting back in once out?

    • @ericsurgenor5207
      @ericsurgenor5207 3 роки тому +2

      It is kind of common sense

    • @missmiranda605
      @missmiranda605 3 роки тому

      @@Shastavalleyoutdoorsman have you seen the other Cappy?

  • @BlueWingedRino
    @BlueWingedRino 3 роки тому +401

    Those FBI agents that were charged at Ruby Ridge should of been sent to Portlock.

    • @cosmic5017
      @cosmic5017 3 роки тому +6

      i agree

    • @tripi7906
      @tripi7906 3 роки тому +7

      @@cosmic5017 I live 3 hours away from ruby creek

    • @bluethumbbuttoneek9465
      @bluethumbbuttoneek9465 3 роки тому +17

      @@tripi7906 atleast u don't live 3 hours from portlock

    • @elavke5441
      @elavke5441 3 роки тому

      The one going for the twofer have have been

  • @LooseConnection
    @LooseConnection Рік тому +1

    We just got back from Alaska and went to this old abandoned town in the middle of nowhere called Dyea. Creepy as hell. I'd love to learn more about it.

  • @ryantickle6658
    @ryantickle6658 2 роки тому

    I love your content Mister Ballin

  • @e-mazingeliasson3124
    @e-mazingeliasson3124 3 роки тому +481

    Who else think MrBallen should have a Netflix series called "The strange, dark and mysterious"!

  • @rgjr.6055
    @rgjr.6055 3 роки тому +862

    The FBI at Ruby Ridge acted criminally.

    • @frgal1336
      @frgal1336 3 роки тому +62

      They definitely acted brashly and way out of line, but those marshals are who should pay. They lied to the fbi and inflated the ‘threat’ the weaver family posed (They did pose a threat but definitely not one to the proportions that those marshals portrayed it as.) the fbi had no idea that the weavers weren’t as big of a threat as they said (Though why wouldn’t they ask for the details in their surveillances? How the family acted? What their routine was?)

    • @mikepalmer2219
      @mikepalmer2219 3 роки тому +32

      as they often do as well as the ATF and DHS etc...

    • @SeanD44
      @SeanD44 3 роки тому +17

      As they often do

    • @KyleSurette13
      @KyleSurette13 3 роки тому +50

      Well, the Weaver guy runs into the woods after his dogs, and suddenly comes into contact with a whole bunch of armed men hiding on your property. If the Weaver guy shot first, if you were in his shoes, wouldn’t that seem like an ambush of some sort? And with a split second to react.

    • @mikepalmer2219
      @mikepalmer2219 3 роки тому +17

      @@KyleSurette13 I agree 100%

  • @vanessacatagnus3770
    @vanessacatagnus3770 Рік тому

    When I wake up in the morning before I get up and start my day I watch a good amount of Mr. Ballens videos. Then I realize two hours went by lol. I can't even remember how I discovered his page.

  • @GabrielDodge
    @GabrielDodge 2 роки тому

    I listen to these when I fall asleep lol I can’t live without them

  • @bustedlegninja
    @bustedlegninja 2 роки тому +499

    This man knows how to tell a story. In Irish culture men with this talent were revered and passed on knowledge and shared history. They were know as the seanchaí

    • @lovinglife4327
      @lovinglife4327 2 роки тому +11

      I love that ❤

    • @subhuman8945
      @subhuman8945 2 роки тому +17

      Are.
      Not were.

    • @jamesreney2210
      @jamesreney2210 2 роки тому +14

      Ja, bustedlegninja, still, to this day, especially in the small, Towns, and, Villages, found in the, West, of, Ireland, where, Gaelic, is still spoken (in addition to, English), the Ancient and much beloved tradition of, Oral History, and, storytelling, by the local, Seanchai [ 4 those who don't know, it's pronounced : "shaw-nak-ee" ], and, just for fun, I'll tell you that in that part of, Ireland, a Snail, is called a, "Shellha-kee-bhol-kee", my, Paternal, Grandfather, Thomas Francis Reney, was born in the loft of their family cottage, still located right along side/top of the, Quay, on, Galway Bay. His family had lived there and built, for over, 13, generations, the well known, double-ended (2 Prows, 1"fore" & 1 "aft"), fishing boats, which are called, "Galway Hookers".
      My, Grandfather, came to, Boston, Mass., in, 1900, he worked as a, Master Carpenter, until his death, in, June, 1955. Although, he didn't come over alone, as it turned out, his youngest brother, Martin [ "Matty", to his friends ], didn't like it here, so, he went back to, Ireland, where he "died of his wounds", in, 1916, having taken part in the famous, Easter Rebellion. So, yes, my Great-Uncle, was a member of the, I.R.A.
      My brother has seen a plaque over there, explaining all about, "Matty", now regarded as one of the heros of that, Rebellion, which happened because the, Irish, were seeking their, Independence from, England.

    • @ribby2010
      @ribby2010 2 роки тому +10

      @@patrickmohan2220 little bit mean

    • @lisab6547
      @lisab6547 2 роки тому +20

      @@patrickmohan2220 please don't presume to speak for everyone by saying "no one wanted to hear this" or "no one cares". I enjoy stories like this and I know I'm not the only one. Your comment was also pretty harsh. It doesn't hurt to be nice to people even when you disagree with them.

  • @rabidlyfree
    @rabidlyfree 3 роки тому +1560

    A government sniper murders the wife of a man who doesn’t trust the government. 😳

    • @bloodangel19
      @bloodangel19 3 роки тому +144

      Looks like the guy wasn't 100% nutts

    • @ricgeezy09
      @ricgeezy09 3 роки тому +73

      @@bloodangel19 yeah he was 100% human

    • @bloodangel19
      @bloodangel19 3 роки тому +17

      @@ricgeezy09 that's true

    • @zachbishop7868
      @zachbishop7868 3 роки тому +3

      ... so what's with the dislike button.. I don't mean like to not like your comment but Im like yeah lol 😂

    • @robertbarack1827
      @robertbarack1827 3 роки тому +5

      damn double homicide!

  • @craigerc713
    @craigerc713 2 роки тому +2

    The story about the Weaver family gets even deeper. I seen a documentary on Netflix and that situation lead to Timothy McVeigh protesting against the government and he eventually was the man that followed through with the Oklahoma bombing.

  • @bigwinterhat
    @bigwinterhat 4 місяці тому

    being an alaskan mr ballen fan is fun because he covers so many stories on us! things i didn't even know and i've lived here my whole life

  • @Vito_ScaIetta
    @Vito_ScaIetta 3 роки тому +364

    I like to imagine that the natives near Port Lock had this meeting, discussing how to get the Port Lock residents to get off their land and reclaim what was there’s, and one guy in the back raises his hand to say “We should just say it’s Bigfoot.” And that’s how it all started.

    • @woodhouse9518
      @woodhouse9518 3 роки тому +46

      That actually sounds like the most sound theory of what happened lol, just some random serial killer being sold to them as a skin-walker

    • @monicacollins8289
      @monicacollins8289 3 роки тому +19

      No natives lived on the island, not then and not now.

    • @GeekRaj
      @GeekRaj 3 роки тому +26

      But they saw it with their own eyes. They saw bigfoot with their own eyes. And then they left. And they found people mutilated. No ones going to leave their home on hearsay.

    • @elavke5441
      @elavke5441 3 роки тому +6

      @@GeekRaj people live in alaska that are native to the land. Their called alaskans

    • @elavke5441
      @elavke5441 3 роки тому

      @@GeekRaj exactly

  • @Trainerboy321
    @Trainerboy321 3 роки тому +65

    Forget School, MrBallen is more important and educational

    • @greasemonkey4379
      @greasemonkey4379 3 роки тому +5

      Forget School, I’m joining the NAVY SEALS LIKE MR BALLEN!!!!

    • @riversider2506
      @riversider2506 3 роки тому +3

      *Amen.* 🙏

    • @wierdo1880
      @wierdo1880 3 роки тому +2

      I’m still not on class

    • @Trainerboy321
      @Trainerboy321 3 роки тому

      @@greasemonkey4379 Go for it dude!

    • @Seshikool
      @Seshikool 3 роки тому +3

      Importanter and educationaler

  • @carueengels2553
    @carueengels2553 8 місяців тому

    I love that I can just listen and even fall to sleep to his stories without disrupting my sleep with the light of my phone

  • @josephdrach2276
    @josephdrach2276 Рік тому +51

    Alaska has a lot of big, fast, bears and other big animals. I wouldn't be surprised if the "mystery creature(s), turned out to be bears, moose wolverines, or a combination of these sometimes dangerous creatures. Setting up a cannery with wild animals all around isn't the safest thing to do.

    • @award3007
      @award3007 Рік тому +1

      The attacks sound like Mountain Lions and they are known to be rare in Alaska.

    • @ElizabethBattle
      @ElizabethBattle Рік тому +4

      Wild animals don't walk on two legs, and they don't single out only men as their victims.

    • @michaelstephenvargas8821
      @michaelstephenvargas8821 Рік тому +3

      @@ElizabethBattle Stories gets convoluted over time (oftentimes exaggerated). Take the details of a story from more than 100 years ago with a grain of salt.

  • @katet_33
    @katet_33 2 роки тому +560

    Didn’t expect to hear about Ruby Ridge on this channel! I live in the small Idaho town about fifteen minutes away from where the FBI murdered that poor woman holding her baby. Such an incredibly sad story

    • @vearnest21
      @vearnest21 Рік тому +19

      Me too. I live in Sandpoint ID. It is very tragic what they had to endure.

    • @jigbie7922
      @jigbie7922 Рік тому +29

      disagree, family was kinda out there. If they just you know, didn’t have guns and were normal people. They wouldn’t have died. Nothing anyone else did really contributed to that. Got themselves in their own rabbit hole.

    • @katet_33
      @katet_33 Рік тому +89

      @@jigbie7922 jUsT dOn’T oWn gUnS 🙄

    • @ashleynichols8904
      @ashleynichols8904 Рік тому +1

      @@katet_33 or be racist extremists 🤣

    • @michaeltruly3260
      @michaeltruly3260 Рік тому

      @@jigbie7922 2nd amendment look into it. Without guns you let a tyrannical government hold hostage its constituents. Look at Venezuela. Why else do you think the progressive left want to take away your guns. As a Canadian, even I can see that

  • @False_Death
    @False_Death 3 роки тому +2228

    Next story: They Tragic story of the like button. He never saw any of it coming.

    • @MrBallen
      @MrBallen  3 роки тому +330

      Hahahaha

    • @saltyark7564
      @saltyark7564 3 роки тому +17

      🤣

    • @jamssnana4084
      @jamssnana4084 3 роки тому +35

      He thought it was aliens doing all these horrible things to him.

    • @JAEUFM
      @JAEUFM 3 роки тому +23

      The story of the Like Button would go on for more than 17 parts.

    • @TheMattc999
      @TheMattc999 3 роки тому +20

      @@jamssnana4084 to be fair, to the like button, we probably _are_ aliens....

  • @tghadi
    @tghadi 2 роки тому +1

    The postmaster in Portluck was probably cursing his bosses every single day he was left there alone.

  • @cammourer8246
    @cammourer8246 2 роки тому +5

    Thank you for covering portlock its extremely unsettling place.

  • @travishardy3071
    @travishardy3071 3 роки тому +142

    “All I wanted to do was go home” chilling last words

    • @amandawilliams2266
      @amandawilliams2266 3 роки тому +4

      So sad

    • @travishardy3071
      @travishardy3071 3 роки тому +5

      @@amandawilliams2266 I can’t imagine how scared he must’ve been, sounded like such a great person too

    • @amandawilliams2266
      @amandawilliams2266 3 роки тому +3

      @@travishardy3071 yeah he really did , and I can't imagine I'd probably die from sheer terror

    • @reddragon52894
      @reddragon52894 3 роки тому +7

      Really dumb idea to get back in the truck. You NEVER get into a vehicle when it’s going under water. It almost always becomes a tomb

    • @Ghostwatchertim-_-
      @Ghostwatchertim-_- 3 роки тому +3

      Made me tear the fuck up. Hella sad

  • @milahalpin1274
    @milahalpin1274 3 роки тому +318

    The scariest thing is that he only scares us with facts, logic, and the truth...

    • @yesbutactuallyno8305
      @yesbutactuallyno8305 3 роки тому +1

      LOL!

    • @williambenner5550
      @williambenner5550 3 роки тому +18

      @@Miguelangelfilms94 and he freely admits this, so he is still being truthful in my opinion.

    • @tomwebber4015
      @tomwebber4015 3 роки тому +2

      I look at it as a heads up

    • @josephbeck4010
      @josephbeck4010 3 роки тому +1

      Mila Halpin Those are three of the scariest things out there that’s the scary part

    • @josephbeck4010
      @josephbeck4010 3 роки тому +4

      Well I am a 53-year-old man combat veteran and I will tell you what the flying monkeys used to be To menightmare fuel crabs crabs never scared me crabs are stupid they can’t swim nothing to fear here....... then I went for a little journey with Mr. Ballen Who took me to the Far dock on that day my worldview was shifted flying monkeys hit the number two spot swimming crabs went right to number one thank you for setting my view of the world straight

  • @Genesis-I-Gaming
    @Genesis-I-Gaming Рік тому +5

    15:43 What Plankton doin' in the lower left corner lol

  • @Parthornax
    @Parthornax Рік тому +1

    That poor postmaster was stuck in a abandoned town. In the middle of nowhere. Under siege by monsters.
    I'm glad he got out.

  • @HeyLookItsBruno
    @HeyLookItsBruno 3 роки тому +142

    The Portlock story caught my interest.

    • @thejollyjohnson9015
      @thejollyjohnson9015 3 роки тому +17

      Let's go, I have plenty of firearms! Im interested also!

    • @RaccoonNation
      @RaccoonNation 3 роки тому +2

      @@thejollyjohnson9015 raccoon nation wants a piece of this Portlock action 🤩

    • @thejollyjohnson9015
      @thejollyjohnson9015 3 роки тому +1

      @@RaccoonNation more the better

    • @MrTbone4112
      @MrTbone4112 3 роки тому +8

      I kinda wanna go now too
      ..lol

    • @GarronGoesGaming
      @GarronGoesGaming 3 роки тому +4

      I've got firearms as well. What do we get if we find out what the Nantina is? 🤣

  • @Optimus594
    @Optimus594 2 роки тому +135

    "and all i wanted to do was go home"
    that, along with the image, is somehow the scariest shit ive seen in months, maybe even years

    • @jaybiddy955
      @jaybiddy955 2 роки тому +3

      Well Jesus you've seen some shit

    • @moirachun
      @moirachun 2 роки тому +1

      @@jaybiddy955 JEBSVSHS

    • @warriormanmaxx8991
      @warriormanmaxx8991 2 роки тому

      @Jesus Christ - you are aware that ... IMPERSONATING famous individuals could land you in court !!

    • @warriormanmaxx8991
      @warriormanmaxx8991 2 роки тому +1

      @@moirachun = re: JEBSVSHS = Perhaps some unusual acronym only YOU are privy to?!? Next time SPELL out what you want to write, rather than be cryptic !! Your handle is strange writing from another planet, as well.

  • @liamroyale9661
    @liamroyale9661 5 місяців тому

    3,4 even 5 times a week. I miss these days!!! I do love waiting for a Sunday for my weekly dose of you know what

  • @devinabrams5434
    @devinabrams5434 2 роки тому +37

    Crazy how the FBI can just do away with the rules of engagement but Marcus Luttrell had to watch his entire team die because of the same rules of engagement. A random family in Idaho was deemed more dangerous than al queda

    • @brendancoulter5761
      @brendancoulter5761 Рік тому +1

      The Federal government and all their alphabet agencies are broken. They dont do things that make sense, they do things that appease the political concerns of their managers have that day.

  • @martinmartin8666
    @martinmartin8666 3 роки тому +98

    Props to the mail man..i would have just simply quit and gtfo.i would never have stayed

  • @ehrenknappe8268
    @ehrenknappe8268 3 роки тому +155

    Not to mention the guy who shot Vicki Weaver (Lon Horiuchi) ended up down in Waco shooting at the Branch Davidians a year later. He was also charged for manslaughter for killing Weaver, but the charges were dropped.

    • @angelsosa5903
      @angelsosa5903 3 роки тому +19

      Yupp weird " coincidence" isnt it

    • @IncendiaT1990
      @IncendiaT1990 3 роки тому +4

      Whaaaat? 😱

    • @veng3r663
      @veng3r663 2 роки тому +2

      Yeah and he had specific orders TO 'off' Vicki as well contrary to this story...

    • @nithshithhith4398
      @nithshithhith4398 2 роки тому +7

      What a fuckin' surprise. These people RULE us like kings and can never face punishment.

    • @constitution_8939
      @constitution_8939 2 роки тому

      The Weaver episode SHOULD have been the Real Last Signal for the Second American Revolution to Begin, the One that Would have succeeded and changed the direction of America for the Better.

      But there have been Many More prior instances that Should have gotten American's Off their Asses to do a Complete and thorough Clean-Out of the so-called "U.S. Federal Government" that Really Should have First happened by New Years Day of 1914 after the Worst Traitor in America's History signed over Our Financial Power and Destiny to the Zionist International Banker Minions of the Devil himself, that Traitor was President Woodrow Wilson. Can You imagine what kind of Great Country America Would be today if he were dragged out into the street of the Capitol and summarily HANGED by Our Military, the "Federal Reserve Act" torn to pieces and declared NULL & VOID and Sen. Nelson Aldrich (R-RI), Edward "Colonel" Mandell House, J.D. Rockefeller, Benjamin Strong, Paul Warburg and at least a dozen other's were Publicly Executed for Treason in the Criminal Conspiracy that was Illegally and Un-Constitutionally made Law in the early morning hours of December 23rd, 1913 with deception, deceit and Fraud pulled on the People of the United States of America. It IS what Should have happened....Why didn't it?

      If the Clinton Administration had been Bulldozed into the Ground with the Arrest & Executions of Both Bill & Hillary Clinton for the Arm's for Drug's scandal at Mena Airport when Bill Clinton was the Governor of Arkansas that totally involved the Vice-President George H. W. Bush (who was behind ALL the things that made Reagan look bad when he Really was a Pure American Patriot, but Was set-up after being drugged and shown in Homosexual poses giving B.J.'s when he was unconscious by the Israeli Mossad most likely while at a visit to Bohemian Grove that he had NO Idea what "Thing's" went on there) and dozens of other's in ALL Branches of the Federal Government that had been infiltrated by Israeli Zionist Communist's and Mason's that was the beginnings of a Secret COUP which would lead up to the False Flag that was 9-11. That's enough for now, if "ThemToob" doesn't Shadow Ban my comment which I'm Sure "'They"' will. Nobody will even see this comment, if someone does, Please reply to it so I can verify this, I'll Very Much appreciate it.

  • @16handsoffunfunfun
    @16handsoffunfunfun Рік тому

    I love these series

  • @frakismaximus3052
    @frakismaximus3052 Рік тому +34

    That was real nice of that lady who watched Darren's truck get pulled under the water with him in it to not even report it...

    • @Windsorite519
      @Windsorite519 Рік тому +3

      If you're in the middle of a flash flood and on a highway in a traffic jam, you can't do much even if you report it to emergency services, the likely hood they could've got there or would have made it a priority is unlikely considering the whole area was dealing with that weather.