Teen TERRORIZED by creature in forest

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  • A 17 year old boy was staying in his family's cabin in the woods when he heard footsteps outside... then he saw something horrifying out his window.
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  • @thebatman6201
    @thebatman6201 3 роки тому +4814

    If your dog enters battle mode, youd best enter it yourself. Dont rely on your dog to protect you; its expecting you to have its back just as much as you expect it to have yours

    • @scottmiller6270
      @scottmiller6270 3 роки тому +253

      You Damn Skippy Sir!! If he or I go into battle, we go into battle. 2 Pits (Brothers) facing down a Cougar 25 meters away and they both took off! Only light source we had was the fire. We took off after them with the intention to kill this Cougar. Thankfully, we trained them properly and they stopped about halfway and came back to us. We would die for them and I already know, they'd died for us from personal experience. Best damn dogs we ever had.

    • @Xerodm
      @Xerodm 3 роки тому +292

      I'd feel bad if my dog got hurt protecting me or trying to and I didn't have it's back. The few times my dogs have acted weird, I've just went with them. It's like not splitting up in a horror movie.

    • @scottmiller6270
      @scottmiller6270 3 роки тому +38

      @@Xerodm Bless you
      XerØ!!

    • @shahmeerhassan5549
      @shahmeerhassan5549 3 роки тому +86

      @@scottmiller6270 I personally think that pits are the most protective and loyal of all the dog breeds ...I have pair and I absolutely love them.

    • @scottmiller6270
      @scottmiller6270 3 роки тому +52

      @Tooth less It wasn't a must we kill it. It was a we must protect our dogs.

  • @Jshaun
    @Jshaun 2 роки тому +11732

    So I work in security and anytime I'm working a night shift, when it gets particularly quiet, I start hearing Mr. Ballen in my head narrarating my actions.

    • @CrystalRaye
      @CrystalRaye 2 роки тому +1216

      When he starts explaining the layout of your workplace is when you need to worry

    • @Red0543
      @Red0543 2 роки тому +442

      From one nighttime security guard to another, my respects to you! :)

    • @randomentertainingvideos3545
      @randomentertainingvideos3545 2 роки тому +139

      Well I bet that's not freaky at all.

    • @justsam0511
      @justsam0511 2 роки тому +166

      Used to work as a graveyard shift security for hospitals. I'm glad I don't anymore

    • @lavendergold6379
      @lavendergold6379 2 роки тому +82

      Damn!
      I’m glad you don’t work there no more . Cuz Night time don’t go well with grave yard and hospitals.
      Have you ever had any creepy or unexplained experiences while working there?

  • @Nerd89056
    @Nerd89056 10 місяців тому +732

    Even today, this is still one of the scariest stories I've ever heard. Of all the stories you've told over the last few years, this one still gets my every time.

    • @broguns2420
      @broguns2420 10 місяців тому +33

      I like as well the one where some dude was in the forest and he can hear movement but can’t see far and when he woke up mid night he saw his flashlight laying in the distance and when he gets out of there someone wrote on his car window “sleep well” but nah scariest would be the dad and son going hunting and there’s nothing and at night there’s someone outside there tent laughing and ran off

    • @Rizz_guy
      @Rizz_guy 9 місяців тому +3

      Wassup baby girl

    • @Saibishii
      @Saibishii 8 місяців тому

      @@Rizz_guysimp

    • @atlasfeynman1039
      @atlasfeynman1039 6 місяців тому +6

      Good to know. I avoid the scary stuff. I am NOT a fan of the strange, dark and mysterious, but this guy is quite the storyteller.

    • @Fuhrious
      @Fuhrious 4 місяці тому

      @@broguns2420do you happen to remember which video had the father and son hunting story?

  • @leonardfabian8942
    @leonardfabian8942 8 місяців тому +254

    You telling these stories are more terrifying then anything Hollywood can put on the big screen. Amazing story telling.

  • @Aint_no_senators_son
    @Aint_no_senators_son 3 роки тому +18807

    Feeling lonely? Watch these stories in the dark at midnight. You won't feel alone anymore.

  • @jessicastern8597
    @jessicastern8597 3 роки тому +4604

    Nothing is scarier then when a pet sees something scary that you can’t see.

    • @oblivionrules12369
      @oblivionrules12369 3 роки тому +272

      Just wrote a long reply to your comment... only for it to get destroyed while editing it... long story short, and without any context... I have watched my parents’ two Siberian huskies chase something out of a closet it my parents home, through the house, up the walls, and onto the ceiling where they growled and barked at whatever they were seeing crawl on the ceiling for 20 minutes. This was just after I got home from football practice and was trying to go relax. It was one of the most disturbing experiences of my life. Writing the story earlier made me tear up and gave me goosebumps. Their are some things we cant forget, for me... that is one of them. This was a sliver of the the experiences from that house. The worst part... this wasn’t even the most disturbing encounter. Recalling the memories brings about an immediate and intense feeling of dread I cannot forget even 10 years after. So here I am.. telling strangers on UA-cam haha. Too bad the rest of the story was deleted... take care friends. Love the ones you love, and keep them close. Everything can be explained, but some explanations might be better left off as mysteries.

    • @derekvazquezz3067
      @derekvazquezz3067 3 роки тому +35

      And watching your two huskies howl at it.

    • @-Zer0Dark-
      @-Zer0Dark- 3 роки тому +168

      That's pretty scary, but let's be honest, *nothing* is scarier than hitting play on the PornHub video and realizing your bluetooth earbuds aren't on.

    • @thereisbeautyinthisworld7251
      @thereisbeautyinthisworld7251 3 роки тому +45

      Cue my dog looking at some random point in the wall. I can't see anything there, but apparently she can. 😅

    • @thereisbeautyinthisworld7251
      @thereisbeautyinthisworld7251 3 роки тому +17

      @@oblivionrules12369 You're not there anymore, right? All safe?

  • @dannyrivers3922
    @dannyrivers3922 8 місяців тому +38

    Isn't it crazy how brave all dogs are!

    • @benjaminbaggett2805
      @benjaminbaggett2805 Місяць тому

      I had a pussy dog strait coward just alot more brave dogs then ppl I guess cause they don't fully think through everything that could happen like we do

  • @aliciageary7653
    @aliciageary7653 9 місяців тому +148

    A poignant part of that story for me is when the tapping was occuring the young man said he could feel his dad telling him "just stay right there son. Don't let it in just stay in bed and ihnore it. Don't let it in". I also remember reading that he stayed for the rest of the week and the rest of his time was uneventful. Kid was a great story telling.

    • @benjaminbosley6169
      @benjaminbosley6169 8 місяців тому +14

      Actually, that was your own poignant imagination because Mr. Ballen never said the boy heard his father telling him to stay in bed 😆

    • @aliciageary7653
      @aliciageary7653 8 місяців тому

      @@benjaminbosley6169 sorry I was referencing the original story the kid wrote in the sub reddit!!

    • @piperbird7193
      @piperbird7193 8 місяців тому

      @@benjaminbosley6169 This is going to shock you, but there are OTHER places you can hear the same stories that you hear here. Some of them even have different information! Wild!

    • @Irish_Georgia_Girl
      @Irish_Georgia_Girl 7 місяців тому +8

      I'm confused because Mr. B said he immediately left that morning?

    • @aliciageary7653
      @aliciageary7653 7 місяців тому +6

      @@Irish_Georgia_Girl just what I remember reading....

  • @fozzy5932
    @fozzy5932 3 роки тому +13713

    True fact: you are not scared of being alone in a forest you are scared of not being alone in a forest

  • @LeoTheDane
    @LeoTheDane 3 роки тому +1660

    “ in order to understand the story, we first gotta look at the layout of the cabin “
    You know shit is about to get real

  • @aliciageary7653
    @aliciageary7653 9 місяців тому +89

    I read this years ago when the kid in the story posted on reddit. That young man did a great job writing the original story, also. Ive read it many times but still listening to Ballen's telling.

    • @jackspring7709
      @jackspring7709 Місяць тому +2

      I'd love to hear/read the original version. That story is creepy.

    • @janewalsh1666
      @janewalsh1666 Місяць тому +1

      I believe this story! It must have been terrifying as most paranormal situations are!!

  • @user-ln6vt9it5c
    @user-ln6vt9it5c 10 місяців тому +111

    I absolutely love this story, I've listened to it at least a dozen times, and it terrifies me every time. The way it's told, I feel like I'm there, I'm the 17 year old, I love these stories.

    • @aliciageary7653
      @aliciageary7653 9 місяців тому +3

      I read this story on reddit years ago. It's easily one of my favorites. This is cool hearing it from MrBallen

    • @thebrocialist8300
      @thebrocialist8300 6 місяців тому +1

      @@aliciageary7653It’s BS

  • @CeltKnight
    @CeltKnight 3 роки тому +969

    Creature: [knock-knock] "Hello. My name is Windi Go. I've been trying to get in touch with you about your car's extended warranty."

  • @lavishsquad
    @lavishsquad 3 роки тому +5208

    why would anyone wanna stay in the middle of the woods without some guns

    • @NorthernGreenEyes
      @NorthernGreenEyes 3 роки тому +71

      Right!!

    • @AtrolinK
      @AtrolinK 3 роки тому +160

      because not everybody is scared like a murican

    • @arianalynne3430
      @arianalynne3430 3 роки тому +179

      He was 17 and just lost his dad, why are you judging a child for not having a gun...

    • @zodiacthriller6094
      @zodiacthriller6094 3 роки тому +304

      @@arianalynne3430 because this is America

    • @firstlast-fr1le
      @firstlast-fr1le 3 роки тому +127

      Because not everyone is a coward that needs a gun to take care of themselves or to feel safe. I been to woods and mountains and deserts and never felt any need to have a gun with me. I am capable, mature adult and self reliant. I don't need a gun to feel safe. I don't need a gun to handle every situation that may come up. As a side note - if a person is not capable and therefor easily scared does have a gun, there is a rather high chance of that person using said gun when they don't need to and killing someone that was never a threat to them in the first place. See the vast amount of police shootings of unarmed civilians. Some of those are justified and some are not. An idiot with a gun is a danger to themselves and others.
      Edit* - just looked this up for ya. 300,000 murders last year by humans. Roughly 700 deaths by animal attacks per year (average). There is danger is the world - just not really where your fear is at.

  • @TiredCitizen
    @TiredCitizen Рік тому +57

    I really need a dog. Because most of the horror stories with dogs on this channel, they actually know when something is wrong before humans do.
    Pretty incredible.

    • @murphcallahan5892
      @murphcallahan5892 Місяць тому

      It's true, dogs have super senses. I'm retired, but I used to work late then come home to a house with everyone already in bed. I would read or write and unwind awhile before turning in around 1 a.m. or so. We had a Miniature Schnauzer at the time, weighing 30 pounds. He was a good watch dog. One night, after I had come home, he jumped off the recliner where he slept and began barking in a ferocious way that I hadn't heard before. He pointed his nose at the corner of the room. I turned off the lamp and looked out the window. A man was standing well up in the driveway. A big man silhouetted against the snow. He was looking up the driveway toward the garage behind our house. I knew what he wanted---a gas generator I had chained to the freestanding basketball goal. An ice storm had downed our power for the past week, and I had borrowed the generator from my brother-in-law. But the man in the driveway was too late; I had returned it after the power came back on. After my initial surprise, I looked again but the guy had gone. My dog had saved the day. I mean night.

    • @marksneddon
      @marksneddon Місяць тому +3

      Did you get one?

  • @tannergirty1622
    @tannergirty1622 11 місяців тому +20

    Im a 30 yr old man and I've had my own experiences. This terrified me and brought flashbacks..

  • @Eppie_fox
    @Eppie_fox Рік тому +2533

    As a wise man once said: No one is afraid of being alone in the dark, but people are afraid of not being alone in the dark

    • @gabrielboorom2683
      @gabrielboorom2683 Рік тому +79

      Well said; people who go on vacation often want to be alone. It's not being alone in itself, but being alone *with something* undesirable and unknown that is the stuff of nightmares.

    • @kennnnn999
      @kennnnn999 Рік тому +6

      Nah polis sef lie na tu wa take I'm from Nagaland 👍🙏

    • @kg2978
      @kg2978 Рік тому +38

      Yes. People are not afraid of the dark…… they are afraid of what is in the dark.

    • @saidavalet6710
      @saidavalet6710 Рік тому +18

      ​@@kg2978 I have a quote from centuries ago which literally says, is also literally translated in every single one of all the other languages languages, word for word :
      "There is nothing in the dark that is not there in the light."
      This quote makes complete sense, if there's a presence anywhere near you, whether the light is on or not, the presence itself is staying right there regardless.
      Mind you, this quote was written by a worldwide famous philosopher who was known for being a skeptical about anyone and anything which doesn't have a rational explanation.
      Can you give me your opinion on this one, please??!

    • @kg2978
      @kg2978 Рік тому +15

      @@saidavalet6710 because we as people tend to let our minds be creative when I’m the dark. Hearing noises that if the lights were on we wouldn’t think twice about what it is. People fear what they cannot see. People tend to fear what your brain cannot give an answer to in my opinion. So a leaf being blown by the wind in the light you can see what caused the noise. The wind blowing the leaf in darkness your brain might process it as someone walking on the leaves.

  • @astropunch7708
    @astropunch7708 2 роки тому +1286

    When you plan to stay in a cabin at night, always:
    1. Bring friends. Not A friend, friends with a capital S.
    2. You better be strapped. When forest creatures or serial killers starts tapping on your windows at night, cap their asses before they can cap yours.

    • @mesanders1113
      @mesanders1113 2 роки тому +92

      Friends work great for the buddy system just make sure your the fastest

    • @bigblue7975
      @bigblue7975 2 роки тому +10

      Indeed

    • @bigblue7975
      @bigblue7975 2 роки тому +58

      @@mesanders1113 aye we fighters. If its one nigga/thing and 5 of us, unless this thing seems immortal We fighting back🚫🧢

    • @sethbishop6890
      @sethbishop6890 2 роки тому +25

      I know, I hope if anything like this happens I have my 38 special on me and can cap it. Straight up. I would want to have the body to show to the authorities and to prove I saw what I saw to myself.

    • @eleganteaura
      @eleganteaura 2 роки тому +2

      Ong

  • @twoods777
    @twoods777 9 місяців тому +33

    This story is creepy AF. I felt my heart skip a few beats and I'm just listening to a guy tell someone else's story. Well done

  • @mitchell7749
    @mitchell7749 6 місяців тому +195

    This is EXACTLY why I highly highly advocate to carry weapons while camping and being outdoors... ok and even while you sleep having a piece within arms reach is not a bad idea. Stay strapped folks.

    • @blubberbernd9439
      @blubberbernd9439 5 місяців тому +6

      I am armt at all times, since I got robbet.

    • @tazzinaknight7743
      @tazzinaknight7743 5 місяців тому +7

      I remember hearing a story where a man encountered something while waiting for his travel partner to return, he shot it about three times and said it didn’t react

    • @johngibson7307
      @johngibson7307 5 місяців тому +22

      ​@@tazzinaknight7743if I shoot something with my hand cannon and there is no reaction all you will see of me is a cloud of dust in the shape of my silhouette 😂

    • @parecearabe
      @parecearabe 4 місяці тому +2

      ABSOLUTELY!

    • @JennMit
      @JennMit 4 місяці тому +4

      I wouldn't know what to do in these situations like i can imagine it when i watch mr.ballen videos but in reality i would faint more than likely or put on my boots and fight back

  • @kimmycupreacts
    @kimmycupreacts 2 роки тому +1555

    Creature: "I just need to know if you know how to get to bells canyon?!"

    • @stephaniegaidica6869
      @stephaniegaidica6869 2 роки тому +56

      OMG!!!! Hahahah BEST comment!!!

    • @kimmycupreacts
      @kimmycupreacts 2 роки тому +12

      @@stephaniegaidica6869 lol thanks

    • @BlueF350
      @BlueF350 2 роки тому +12

      Hahah!! That is great😂

    • @nicholasbartley4211
      @nicholasbartley4211 2 роки тому +25

      Why do people keep saying this. Is this like a joke that he made or is it in a video...if it is what vid is it?

    • @hanna4563
      @hanna4563 2 роки тому +20

      @@nicholasbartley4211 Yeah it's in one of his videos, I can't remember the name but I think it had 3 stories and that was in one of them

  • @fantasiarebstock7411
    @fantasiarebstock7411 2 роки тому +1610

    I think nothing is more scary then when your animal confirms your fear. That’s true terror in its glory

    • @sandking8631
      @sandking8631 2 роки тому +24

      Agreed.

    • @stevenc8140
      @stevenc8140 2 роки тому +2

      And you “Allow” that animal to control your emotions to that level of fear!

    • @MP-ut6eb
      @MP-ut6eb 2 роки тому +2

      Indeed.

    • @zanemob1429
      @zanemob1429 2 роки тому +24

      Something stalks me in my room sometimes in the dark at night… It touches me and moves things around. It’s been going on for years… I just leave sometimes and my dog watches towards my room and kisses me occasionally to calm me down… Idk what it wants and why it does it but I can feel its presence rn in my bedroom and I’m just like “welp! What do ya do?!” At this point… A couple nights ago it tapped my shoulder while I was drifting off then I saw its massive shadowy hand above my face slowly descending towards it. I just sighed and turned on the lights but it was still in the room so I went to the couch… Just why spirit? What did I do? Are you reading this right now? Come on dude.

    • @winterdream5710
      @winterdream5710 2 роки тому +27

      @@zanemob1429 If your dog isn't growling, it may not be a mean spirit. It could be a relative, recent or past, that is watching over you.

  • @estherseepersad8903
    @estherseepersad8903 2 місяці тому +10

    Hi Mr Ballen.
    I just felt like I should share something with you my name is Esther. I listen to you at work and was listening to some of the stories where people go missing. One of the things I remember my father who was an exorcist, saying is demons live in abandoned places like cabins, empty hotel rooms, houses etc. Remember spirits need warm bodies to dwell in. That could be why people go missing a lot or just lose their minds. Just thought I’d share that with you. For the haters reading this mind your business.

    • @jrsoper6524
      @jrsoper6524 Місяць тому +1

      Wow, how interesting your father is.❤

  • @thescottishmob
    @thescottishmob 7 місяців тому +6

    16:31 the most awkward “okay,” I think I’ve ever heard 🤣
    Keep up the great work 🔥

  • @definitelynotawitch
    @definitelynotawitch Рік тому +2546

    I once heard very loud tapping on my bedroom window, which is literally less than arms length away from my bed. And in my immediate overthinking panic, I thought it was a person (my room is on the second floor) _but_ we have tinted windows and it was just a fat bird that was fighting its reflection lol

    • @amandagurru2136
      @amandagurru2136 Рік тому +140

      This made me giggle lol

    • @nicolewalsh6656
      @nicolewalsh6656 Рік тому +71

      I woke up twice around 730am to someone banging on my bedroom window. I live in a ground level apartment. I was terrified to look outside but I think it was just my neighbours kids knocking at my cat who was looking out the window lol

    • @xellos013
      @xellos013 Рік тому +40

      ravens, crows, magpies and blackbirds love shiny stuff and will do almost any to take it. including tapping it repeatedly to try to get it lose

    • @Heligany
      @Heligany Рік тому +16

      LOL when I had new windows fitted I had that for a while... drove me nuts I ended up spraying veg oil on my windows so they would stop fixating on their reflections....

    • @NisseCrusader
      @NisseCrusader Рік тому +32

      A few years ago when i was skyping, my back was to the window and my friend told me that someone was staring at me, sure enough it was a man outside my window eyeballing me while i had my back towards him. He left fast after i turned around

  • @catherine8579
    @catherine8579 2 роки тому +3018

    This channel is killing my dreams of living a quiet simple life in a cabin in the bush/woods/forest 1 video at a time.

    • @braydenelam6541
      @braydenelam6541 2 роки тому +82

      Same…….Same

    • @glo85ria
      @glo85ria 2 роки тому +38

      Literally, anything and everything can kill you at any given time.

    • @americanpatriot7247
      @americanpatriot7247 2 роки тому +44

      Probably don't want to live in the woods, no.

    • @mynameisgladiator1933
      @mynameisgladiator1933 2 роки тому +42

      You should spend a couple weeks in the woods before you decide you like that. I would hate that.

    • @nataliej82
      @nataliej82 2 роки тому +4

      Indeed.

  • @hannahemory
    @hannahemory 8 місяців тому +19

    I found your channel through Loey Lane and her livestreams, and I've been marathoning your videos ever since while doing computer work, gearing up for my final year in university. I find a lot of comfort in your storytelling, whilst getting the hell scared outta me, and I appreciate your content loads since it makes the long work hours easier. I have been brutally antagonizing the like button and will continue to do so. Thank you, MrBallen!

  • @rachelmurray7851
    @rachelmurray7851 6 місяців тому +9

    The forest encounter& paranormal stories are my favorite.

  • @redxriotyt9164
    @redxriotyt9164 3 роки тому +2497

    Im gonna hear tapping on my cabin window one day and be scared and be dumb enough to move the curtian and its just gonna be mrballen saying to hit that subscribe button

    • @GazelleFangs
      @GazelleFangs 3 роки тому +57

      how in the jew is this not the most upvoted comment

    • @Religion0
      @Religion0 3 роки тому +66

      That's the scariest part! It definitely isn't MrBallen if he isn't telling you to do a railway lobotomy to the like button or something.

    • @nekokittycat4004
      @nekokittycat4004 3 роки тому +28

      I remember one prank in a students' dorm, so one guy stayed at night in the room alone, on the 6 floors. A group of prankers took a mop stick and from the kitchen window riched to his window with this stick and knocked from outside. 6 floor!
      After a few seconds guy ran out of his room as pale as a sheet.

    • @ABetina
      @ABetina 3 роки тому +9

      😂😂😂

    • @saltyark7564
      @saltyark7564 3 роки тому +7

      Ngl, you had me in the first half 😂

  • @Mickyboi1
    @Mickyboi1 3 роки тому +685

    The boy: *wants one last positive memory*
    The creature: *hold my beer*

    • @khalidazhar101
      @khalidazhar101 3 роки тому +1

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @zparkyy1800
      @zparkyy1800 3 роки тому +3

      Turrible 😂

    • @Bloxsor
      @Bloxsor 3 роки тому

      🤣🤣🤣😂

    • @AuRowe
      @AuRowe 2 роки тому +2

      I usually cringe at all these povs but well done shit has me still laughin

    • @w.nurmi58
      @w.nurmi58 2 роки тому

      😂😂🤣🤣

  • @user-pb8ce6ki9z
    @user-pb8ce6ki9z 6 місяців тому +37

    Watching this video for the first time in 2023 and I just want to point out how FAR you’ve come!! This is still amazing and I can see why your channel has grown so quickly. Also I grew up in Oregon and the mountains/forests there are no joke. Lots of people underestimate the wilderness out there

  • @--Paws--
    @--Paws-- 8 місяців тому +5

    Whenever I feel sad or lonely, this story is an immediate mood changer...

  • @riker2621
    @riker2621 2 роки тому +560

    After the tapping on the window he hears, “Do you know how to get to Bells Canyon?”

    • @jessicacook2650
      @jessicacook2650 2 роки тому +47

      Omg! That just made this video way creepier. The Bells Canyon video scared me. I'm not easily frightened but this story and Bells Canyon got to me.

    • @Koldobika8A
      @Koldobika8A 2 роки тому +8

      😀😀😀

    • @MegaCriw
      @MegaCriw 2 роки тому +30

      "dO yOu kNoW hOw tO gEt tO BELL'S CANYON" !!!?!

    • @PhatMon920
      @PhatMon920 2 роки тому +13

      LMFAO As someone who lives in Washington state, about a 3 hour drive away from Mt. Rainier, the "Bells Canyon" story is both scary and intriguing

    • @foryoutub9278
      @foryoutub9278 2 роки тому

      🤣

  • @baileymoran8585
    @baileymoran8585 2 роки тому +248

    Finding out you are actually not alone in the woods when you thought you were, is much scarier than really being alone in the woods.

    • @LeCharles07
      @LeCharles07 2 роки тому +16

      You're never alone in the woods. [suspenseful music plays]

  • @utonation1
    @utonation1 5 місяців тому +8

    Working in a spooky house right now where the former owner died. I have my head phones on listening to your stories… When i take them off I hear noises… coincidence? I dont know, all I know is…
    Fugg you MR BALLEN! Im shitting my pants right now because of your stories

  • @HoseTheBeast
    @HoseTheBeast 10 місяців тому +70

    It really is just a primal thing in us that hasn’t yet recognized that a city at night is an infinitely more dangerous place than a forest at night.

    • @Dominick_Francione
      @Dominick_Francione 7 місяців тому +6

      This is very true.

    • @TheGuym619
      @TheGuym619 5 місяців тому +17

      Yeah and flying on a plane is safer than driving, but I guarantee dying in plane crash is 1000x scarier than a car crash..

    • @grimplays1825
      @grimplays1825 5 місяців тому +9

      No predator is more terrifying than mankind. Intellect and recognition of wrong doing is far worse than an animal simply trying to survive.

    • @captainp.2721
      @captainp.2721 4 місяці тому +7

      Depends where the city is? America? Absolutely.
      And yes, it is a primal fear. It's called " fear of the unknown".
      To quote the great HP Lovecraft, " the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is *fear*. And the oldest and strongest kind of fear is *fear of the unknown*."
      This is why we are afraid of the dark. We don't know what out there. This is why disembodied noises are scary - we don't know it's origin.
      And what you don't know, your head fills in the blanks.

    • @HoseTheBeast
      @HoseTheBeast 4 місяці тому

      @@captainp.2721 No😂 the primal fear of the dark is because of nocturnal predators. We have been afraid of the dark because WE HAVE known what is out there… Today though humans are the apex predator even to other humans and fear of the dark(for a possible predator) is statistically foolish considering you are infinitely more likely to be killed by another human.

  • @keithspinach6953
    @keithspinach6953 3 роки тому +1954

    If Ballen himself is scared by a story he’s telling, we’re all screwed.

  • @mrseriousonlyhalf513
    @mrseriousonlyhalf513 3 роки тому +653

    Phone rings : "You ordered a pizza!, my drivers been there an hour trying to get your attention."

  • @jamesedwards5702
    @jamesedwards5702 5 місяців тому +4

    Your personal video, Mr. Ballen, scared the fool out of me!! Great story, sir. BTW, this one did, too.

  • @Lilwhitedove3
    @Lilwhitedove3 8 місяців тому +5

    Mr Ballen has come along way in telling his awesome stories! Ty
    Mr Ballen & for your service🇺🇸💚🌹

  • @SimplyTrey
    @SimplyTrey 3 роки тому +2836

    I’m so glad to see a fellow veteran doing something they love instead of just conforming

    • @MrBallen
      @MrBallen  3 роки тому +525

      Thank you!!

    • @MrBallen
      @MrBallen  3 роки тому +547

      Seriously! I appreciate this

    • @SimplyTrey
      @SimplyTrey 3 роки тому +287

      MrBallen NP brother 13F US Army here love the content

    • @user-nj3xq1ev9f
      @user-nj3xq1ev9f 3 роки тому +52

      MrBallen xie hua piao piao bei fung xiao xiao

    • @machomafia94
      @machomafia94 3 роки тому +25

      MrBallen do you like my sword sword sword my diamond sword

  • @JM-wx5nm
    @JM-wx5nm 2 роки тому +1875

    I'm 17 and I can't even begin to imagine staying at a hotel by myself, let alone way up in an isolated cabin. This kids got some balls.

    • @lildurpy
      @lildurpy 2 роки тому +116

      I one time interviewed a Canadian soldier who stormed the beach on D-Day when he was16 years old, after lying about his age to enlist.
      I was 17 at the time (on co-op), and I could barely comprehend the bravery he must've had. That was his very first deployment in the war. Private J. Kelly thank you for your service 🇨🇦❤

    • @zanemob1429
      @zanemob1429 2 роки тому +33

      I have balls and I wouldn’t.

    • @zzz7zzz9
      @zzz7zzz9 2 роки тому +31

      it's called camping. hundreds of thousands of people do it all year.

    • @od3910
      @od3910 2 роки тому +97

      @@zzz7zzz9 I don't know many kids that go camping by themselves. In fact, in a lot of places in the world, that's a terrible idea.

    • @dabidibup
      @dabidibup 2 роки тому +37

      @@od3910 I’m guessing you live in a city. Many kids could easily go to a (this case their family’s) camp alone, especially if there’s video games.
      Ironically the parts where it’s the worst idea is probably where it’s more common, the places where kids are used to the wilderness
      That’s why there are so many “snowflakes” online. All the “stupid” kids are doing stuff outside.
      A human is more likely to harm you than anything in nature.

  • @aqharyder
    @aqharyder 2 місяці тому +3

    I recently found your channel and I'm hooked. This story and your story scared me more than any movie, book, or story I've seen/read in the past. I find myself leaning into my screen, with my body tense, and my breathing shallow. Yikes! Best thing ever!!!!

    • @user-xq8wz7vm7w
      @user-xq8wz7vm7w 2 місяці тому +1

      I'm slightly jealous that you get to cruise all of his videos for the first time! Lol! Enjoy!

  • @kennyney2326
    @kennyney2326 8 місяців тому +4

    I’ve seen every MrBallen episode and this is by far my favorite. After all the times I’ve watched it it still gives me goosebumps!! BRAVO MrBallen, this is your masterpiece!!

  • @smassey6848
    @smassey6848 3 роки тому +629

    When a grown man who is also a Navy Seal says the story scares him, you know it is going to be good!

    • @bumboclat
      @bumboclat 3 роки тому +25

      makes sense knowing his own cabin story

    • @silver5796
      @silver5796 3 роки тому +2

      This is the most feminine thing a woman could say

    • @ksasaudiarabia9706
      @ksasaudiarabia9706 3 роки тому +1

      I thought he's a lawyer

    • @LemonGrassSuggz
      @LemonGrassSuggz 3 роки тому +1

      @@ksasaudiarabia9706 same he looks more like a lawyer than a former Navy SEAL

    • @skyelark155
      @skyelark155 3 роки тому

      Who's the seal

  • @jasonmccabe3468
    @jasonmccabe3468 3 роки тому +387

    I'm blind. Your channel is perfect

    • @alysgrant6732
      @alysgrant6732 3 роки тому +20

      Normally I'm actually just listening to the stories. That's scary enough 😳.

    • @mikeycage1587
      @mikeycage1587 3 роки тому +29

      I listen to 90% of his stories without watching the video. If I was blind, I'd love this channel just as much, if not more.

    • @geemykneeify
      @geemykneeify 3 роки тому +20

      You wrote a reply to a blind person... Not trolling, just throwing it out there! Hope yall enjoy Mr. Ballen's videos! He's great!

    • @SunDriedResin
      @SunDriedResin 3 роки тому +7

      @@geemykneeify TTS

    • @mikeycage1587
      @mikeycage1587 3 роки тому +10

      That was 90% of why I replied, the other 10% was just waiting for a comment exactly like this. Lol

  • @patrikdiazsima970
    @patrikdiazsima970 2 місяці тому +3

    This is one the most scary stories I´ve heard from you. Great job.

  • @memeeemee214
    @memeeemee214 7 місяців тому +2

    The sounds do NOT help 😭😭😭
    I’m literally dying I’m so freaked out😰😰😨

  • @davidapple8047
    @davidapple8047 2 роки тому +1154

    Every night I fall asleep listening to his stories. Like a little kid,and I'm 48!!😂😅😂

    • @vickicarnes6860
      @vickicarnes6860 2 роки тому +58

      56 and I do the same lol. I don't think you ever out grow creepy stories especially if you've had your own insane experience.

    • @davidapple8047
      @davidapple8047 2 роки тому +21

      @@vickicarnes6860,I agree! I tell people that I grew up in a house built in 1893 and I know it was haunted!! I had experiences as a child that still gives me goose bumps!! I had experiences in that house up until I moved out when I was 19.

    • @1Bonehed
      @1Bonehed 2 роки тому +23

      49...Same. LOL. He's quite an accomplished story teller, very entertaining.

    • @raquelkendrick2666
      @raquelkendrick2666 2 роки тому +16

      Omg I'm 48 ans I do the same thing!!

    • @ajtm23
      @ajtm23 2 роки тому +11

      You're crazy 😂😂😂

  • @TheRamrod3001
    @TheRamrod3001 3 роки тому +241

    I've spent about 35 years in a cabin in the deep woods of Northern MN, and I will tell you there are very strange things that occur late at night in dark isolated forests. Owls and Racoons are amazing and looking like absolute monsters come 2am.

    • @alyssastyle2569
      @alyssastyle2569 3 роки тому +12

      Also from MN here. My family had a cabin up north for many years and I completely agree.

    • @largemarge3506
      @largemarge3506 3 роки тому +20

      I would have been petrified to stay at a cabin all by myself at 17 years old. 17 is young.

    • @phoradio1277
      @phoradio1277 3 роки тому +26

      Nothing scarier than a trash bandit frantically scratching on the back door while his partner scratches on the front.....and one in the attic, 2 more at the window. You know maybe that's why they wear mask🤔😂

    • @mofo264
      @mofo264 3 роки тому +20

      Ever hear a mountain lion screaming in the middle of the night?

    • @istvanpraha
      @istvanpraha 3 роки тому +17

      Something knocked over a tree at me in a jungle like forest in the northeast, I tried to go straight and a tree fell on the other side. I took it as a sign my hike had to be cut short and I turned around. I was terrified at the noises I was hearing and the fact that one of the trees sounded alive and the cracks were loud, but I’d probably have had a heart attack if I never thought about this type of stuff

  • @robertofrattini4388
    @robertofrattini4388 11 місяців тому +4

    I love the story that happens in the woods; the woods is a living entity and just for this reason if you go in there , in the night, you must have a lot of courage.

  • @ladyamalthea3218
    @ladyamalthea3218 11 місяців тому +7

    i told this story to a group of cadets when we were on some kind of camp in the woods (the kids were learning about survival in the woods). it was an instant success even tho i felt bad caus 2 of them didn't really sleep so they came with me during the night to help me during my watch hehe Ty so much Mr.Ballen for that storie :D

  • @sonofdad0621
    @sonofdad0621 3 роки тому +255

    It's amazing how fearless dogs are of the unknown just willing to run into trouble.

    • @chasethemaster3440
      @chasethemaster3440 3 роки тому +23

      @@mattb3920 hey don’t hate on cats

    • @indigocrayon520
      @indigocrayon520 3 роки тому +7

      Most pet dogs are chicken shit

    • @samuelperezgarcia
      @samuelperezgarcia 3 роки тому +14

      I think it was more unrelenting curiosity than fearlessness. Once it picked up its master's fear it decided enough was enough.

    • @TheOriginalCheeseballs
      @TheOriginalCheeseballs 3 роки тому

      @@indigocrayon520 Mmmmmm nah. I have a Yorkie and she tries to bark and run at bulldogs. She thinks she’s tuff or something lol 😆

    • @Naxxaramus
      @Naxxaramus 3 роки тому +5

      @@mattb3920 Let me correct your comment " Unlike MOST domestic cats " i had my life saved by my cat and i know people who was saved by they're cats BUT i will be honest here ..if i was in that boy's place i would prefer to have Zeus my ex military german shepherd there with me rather than Kalesh my fat cat XD

  • @docrofo2573
    @docrofo2573 2 роки тому +601

    These military recruiters are relentless. Came all of the way to the cabin

    • @simonvance8054
      @simonvance8054 2 роки тому +56

      Either that or jehovahs witnesses...they’ll stop at nothing 😂

    • @Luisn_n
      @Luisn_n 2 роки тому +24

      You can be at the summit of Mount Everest and they’ll still find a way to get up there to tell you about the military and benefits

    • @curtis209
      @curtis209 2 роки тому +2

      Hahahahahahahahaha!

    • @donnamilo5495
      @donnamilo5495 2 роки тому +25

      Nope they want to sell you extended warranty for your car.

    • @shanny4306
      @shanny4306 2 роки тому +2

      @@donnamilo5495 funny,,,,,,,,,,really!

  • @ObviousRises
    @ObviousRises 27 днів тому +1

    1) Never go alone in the woods without being fully armed. 2) Don't open the door and look outside.
    This dude made all the bad decisions you would make in a horror movie lol.

  • @filipnestoroski1603
    @filipnestoroski1603 10 місяців тому +1

    I heard this story a few years back and every time I think of it, it gives me the chills

  • @MaduroMan
    @MaduroMan 3 роки тому +1073

    The tapping was coming from the Like button. It’s pissed and it’s not gonna take your abuse anymore.

    • @ldawg7117
      @ldawg7117 3 роки тому +26

      I wonder if it knows Mr Ballen is an ex navy seal.. don't get me wrong, I'm all for it taking a stand- he's a damn bully.. but it better be damned sure it's got a good game plan, and be ready to bring the pain.

    • @AliAkbar-gq6ed
      @AliAkbar-gq6ed 3 роки тому +8

      😆

    • @Dorian38
      @Dorian38 3 роки тому +13

      Ok I wont abuse like button anymore, u an MrBallen get a like

    • @brandyjoiner9575
      @brandyjoiner9575 2 роки тому +5

      🤣😂🤣😂🤣

    • @sandyjohnson3030
      @sandyjohnson3030 2 роки тому +4

      LOL

  • @edgarmyhre1811
    @edgarmyhre1811 3 роки тому +838

    Everybody a gangster til mrballen shows the pictures

    • @alysgrant6732
      @alysgrant6732 3 роки тому +24

      Yup, everyone is John Wayne till they're really in the situation.

    • @GreatBritain105
      @GreatBritain105 3 роки тому +5

      Does he show em?

    • @bmaxdlux3169
      @bmaxdlux3169 3 роки тому +23

      Whenever I go to the woods for a "camp out" I always pack my 9mm sig and 12ga Remington.
      And strangely enough nothing and/or no one ever bothers me.🤔

    • @f100dsupersabre6
      @f100dsupersabre6 3 роки тому +27

      @@bmaxdlux3169 my broke ass takes a nerf gun

    • @jillrouton4097
      @jillrouton4097 3 роки тому +1

      Lol

  • @suemassey5076
    @suemassey5076 Рік тому +1

    This is as good as Mr. Ballen's stories, brilliantly told! 😮

  • @aaronyoung2912
    @aaronyoung2912 Рік тому +11

    its nice that he was able to spend time in the cabin one last time just to recollect fun memories with his father.I just hope that who ever buys the cabin does not have that same horrible experience.I lost my father at a young age myself and i didint get the chance to do what he did so i truly admire that and i would wish the family all the best.

  • @adrianfoster7387
    @adrianfoster7387 2 роки тому +656

    Ballen: "This one scared the heck out of me"
    Me: "😳 this gonna be good"

  • @Aint_no_senators_son
    @Aint_no_senators_son 3 роки тому +502

    I heard a noise outside my house. I grabbed a flashlight and went to confront it. Turns out it was the like button stalking me.

    • @BatCaveOz
      @BatCaveOz 3 роки тому +25

      I heard a noise outside of my house. I grabbed my fleshlight...

    • @Aint_no_senators_son
      @Aint_no_senators_son 3 роки тому +1

      @@BatCaveOz
      😂😂😂

    • @TuizaLilia
      @TuizaLilia 3 роки тому +1

      😂😂😂👌👍

    • @gia1932
      @gia1932 3 роки тому +2

      😳 you too?!?

    • @Graves6106
      @Graves6106 3 роки тому +2

      You had me going for a minute 😓

  • @craigthemonke794
    @craigthemonke794 7 місяців тому +2

    I keep coming back to this story because of how good and horrifying it is.

  • @nuviaerivez5876
    @nuviaerivez5876 11 місяців тому +5

    A MOVIE should DEFINITELY be made about this 😮!

  • @normanperkel139
    @normanperkel139 3 роки тому +620

    When the guy thought he heard “hooves” on the roof of the cabin... it wasn’t December was it? Asking for a friend.

    • @AFortnightAgo
      @AFortnightAgo 3 роки тому +40

      Referencing Krampus?

    • @jbizzle2232
      @jbizzle2232 3 роки тому +31

      @@AFortnightAgo or Santa and reindeer lol

    • @flapdrol75
      @flapdrol75 2 роки тому +15

      @@jbizzle2232 Well, correct me if im wrong, but Krampus is a companion of saint nicolas that germans celebrate on 4th and dutch celebrate on 5th december.
      And Santa Claus is based on saint nicolas. So i guess the reindeer is based on Krampus?

    • @jbizzle2232
      @jbizzle2232 2 роки тому +4

      @@flapdrol75 ah shit yeah you right lol tbh I didnt even know what Krampus was

    • @lesewing
      @lesewing 2 роки тому +7

      A creepy man wearing hard sole boots or some other kind of boot that would make a hoof like sound. The description did say a large crouching man the only time the boy saw it in the tree. The strange man not saying a single word is incredibly creepy.

  • @chrisgonzalez2778
    @chrisgonzalez2778 2 роки тому +780

    He was so smart not to let his dog run off into the woods and keeping his dog close.

    • @elleeee1212
      @elleeee1212 2 роки тому +61

      Ikr I would die for my dog if I had my own, I’d never sacrifice it to a unknown creature just so I can run and lock the door leaving it for dead, not me.

    • @CaptUnstoppable
      @CaptUnstoppable 2 роки тому +36

      The dog makes it, right? I can't listen to stories where the dog doesn't make it

    • @PuffyAmiYumi
      @PuffyAmiYumi 2 роки тому +34

      @@CaptUnstoppable Dog's fine! I'm the same I can't hear stories like that.

    • @CaptUnstoppable
      @CaptUnstoppable 2 роки тому +40

      @@PuffyAmiYumi thanks! I can listen to Ballin talking about murder and such, but something bad happens to a dog I'm done

    • @MyLittleWorldReborns
      @MyLittleWorldReborns 2 роки тому +14

      Thank you for this comment. I was not sure I could listen if something happened to his dog.

  • @Renee77B
    @Renee77B 9 місяців тому +1

    Mr Ballen tells the best stories. I have always been into horror stories. Now, I am trying to listen to all his stories.

  • @beecothern
    @beecothern 11 місяців тому +4

    Sounds like a rake to me. Another great encounter story. Keep em coming!

    • @HendriksDunja
      @HendriksDunja 2 місяці тому +1

      I thought the same, prob a rake

    • @Ptsd516
      @Ptsd516 Місяць тому

      ​@@HendriksDunjacan you eat it if so where do i hunt one.

  • @scottmiller6270
    @scottmiller6270 3 роки тому +552

    I've lived in the thick forest of Northern MN, then I Moved to the Rocky Mountains where I still reside. It's not the weird sounds, animal noises, twigs snapping etc. It's what makes Mother Nature go completely silent down to the last cricket, in the blink of an eye, that makes my senses go hypervigilant.

    • @CFarnwide
      @CFarnwide 3 роки тому +79

      I know exactly what you mean. That happened to me once. Turns out a mountain lion was circling our camp. 😱

    • @ghostfromeo4521
      @ghostfromeo4521 2 роки тому +53

      Always have to pay attention to signs and feelings

    • @louiseallen5298
      @louiseallen5298 2 роки тому +43

      Definitely, and if your dog has uncharacteristic actions, you really need to pay attention.

    • @CFarnwide
      @CFarnwide 2 роки тому +38

      @@louiseallen5298 Agreed, ALWAYS trust your dog!

    • @embracethemadness8302
      @embracethemadness8302 2 роки тому +15

      @@CFarnwide Trust your dog and then do what? It's not like Midnight told him, "Look bro, Slenderman is up in the sitting tree." unless his dog was Lassie and they had to change it's name for this story due to legal precedent.

  • @jenniferlee5141
    @jenniferlee5141 2 роки тому +859

    The best videos from ballen are the ones you discover from a year or two ago that you've not yet seen.
    It's like finding buried treasure.

  • @danielleAvit
    @danielleAvit 4 місяці тому +1

    So glad you decided to make these videos 😊💚helps me get ready for the day

  • @JananyaKali
    @JananyaKali 2 місяці тому

    I've been binging your videos for about a week, and basically you became my bedtime story (even though sometimes I can't sleep after listening)

  • @ethanburke2266
    @ethanburke2266 3 роки тому +463

    I feel bad for MrBallens kids when they ask for a bed time story 🤣🤣🤣

    • @phatcrayonz
      @phatcrayonz 3 роки тому +11

      lol!!!!!!!

    • @Rqptor_omega
      @Rqptor_omega 3 роки тому +28

      Kids:Hey dad can you tell me a bed time story?
      Mr ballen:sure,so once a upon a time,a teen was at a cabin and..................
      Kids:😱

    • @bethanywallace8575
      @bethanywallace8575 3 роки тому +16

      This was the kind of story I wanted when I was a kid. My gma told me I would ask everyone for scary stories and then complain they weren't scary enough. If this guy was my dad, I wouldn't have been saying that.

    • @zay.7572
      @zay.7572 3 роки тому +5

      😂😂😂😂

    • @lindaarrington9397
      @lindaarrington9397 2 роки тому +1

      I know

  • @panjamysy
    @panjamysy 3 роки тому +762

    Hooves on the roof? Evil creepy feeling? Dog upset?
    It's Krampus.

  • @charlieknight5065
    @charlieknight5065 2 місяці тому +2

    Absolutely LOVE your channels sir thank you for your services and the work you have put into your brand I know I'm a huge fan thanks again and have a blessed day everyone

  • @demonickiller6315
    @demonickiller6315 3 роки тому +717

    i love the way that this fella tells stories, chill and human, like a feller you meet at a bar who has one to many spooky stories lmao.

    • @notavailable1174
      @notavailable1174 3 роки тому +17

      ikr! it feels personal

    • @Worthitingold757
      @Worthitingold757 3 роки тому +17

      Right!! And hes the type of guy you just believe,like its no way this guy is lying.lol

    • @jennytellya4564
      @jennytellya4564 3 роки тому +6

      Yep! Like a teacher who takes what would normally be considered a boring or sh**-subject and-because he himself LOVES the subject- he puts his enthusiasm into the lectures which translates into a talent for story-telling and suddenly the class is one of the best YOU YOURSELF will ever take!
      Because the stories are so much fun to listen to, you now have a passion for history or science or English lit! 😁
      Or Sasquatch... Aliens...
      ... Leprechauns...!

    • @esporev
      @esporev 3 роки тому +7

      Totally agree! He's a great story teller... I discovered his channel a couple of days ago and have been watching non stop because of his story telling abilities, so I gladly subscribed!

    • @smith6513
      @smith6513 3 роки тому +3

      Fella

  • @jmuduke99
    @jmuduke99 2 роки тому +482

    You could give me the recipe to grandma’s buttermilk biscuits in story form, and I’d still be interested.

    • @cardiacarrest0177
      @cardiacarrest0177 2 роки тому +11

      And I’d be writing the recipe down

    • @goateditz321
      @goateditz321 2 роки тому +4

      @@cardiacarrest0177 😂 same

    • @TheBootyWrangler
      @TheBootyWrangler 2 роки тому +8

      When did he add the milk? How much milk did he add? Well the answer was right then and 4 cups. Despite the recommendations from everyone else in the township this alteration to the classic recipe birthed an entirely new dish that would go on to become pancakes today.

    • @goateditz321
      @goateditz321 2 роки тому +3

      @@TheBootyWrangler and I would be so interested

    • @appletunisheccincute6253
      @appletunisheccincute6253 2 роки тому +2

      To be fair, grandma's buttermilk is just plain GOOD

  • @josereyes6187
    @josereyes6187 6 місяців тому +13

    This story is definitely the scariest one in my opinion. It makes any Hollywood movie look like child’s play.

  • @deneilbaker
    @deneilbaker 7 місяців тому

    These older videos are the fucking BEST. My absolute favorite that I always come back to is Ballen’s own cabin story. Goosebumps every time

  • @commomcents
    @commomcents 3 роки тому +463

    This gentlemen tells a story as if he actually witnessed the event and took notes at the same time,well done 👍

    • @theequestrianhound2132
      @theequestrianhound2132 3 роки тому +15

      **Witnesses murder in remote location**
      Write that down, write that down!

    • @tanisha5152
      @tanisha5152 3 роки тому +5

      I am amazed by how he remembers each and every single godammn detail

    • @darkflower1729
      @darkflower1729 3 роки тому +1

      @@tanisha5152 i mean, he's definitely reading from some notes. However I'll agree the delivery is absolutely incredible

    • @user-nr7ou4kw9f
      @user-nr7ou4kw9f 3 роки тому

      well now i just imagine Mr. Ballen, looming at the tree-line like an omen of death, staring at a murder happening right in front of him and taking notes

    • @kb6530
      @kb6530 2 роки тому

      @@darkflower1729 He embellishes to make it more juicy.
      Also to make it his own content, UA-cam trys it's best to not pay out, gotta be creative.

  • @claudethibaudeau2714
    @claudethibaudeau2714 3 роки тому +1501

    This mans details in his stories are like no other storyteller I've ever heard. Stories are absolutely this mans calling. 👍🇨🇦

    • @nelzzz89
      @nelzzz89 3 роки тому +9

      Stephanie Harlowe is also an amazing storytelling that goes into great detail. Love listening to her and MrBallen!

    • @terrygravesen9594
      @terrygravesen9594 3 роки тому +6

      I am 57 years old ever since I was a little kid I have been petrified you’re gonna laugh of being alone being alone in the woods being alone in the woods in the dark or be in just about anywhere alone in the dark The story absolutely freaks me out it’s 1018 in the morning it is bright sunshine and I am tripping The best storyteller in the world Mr.B you are thanks for scaring the shit out of me but great story God bless!!!

    • @terrygravesen9594
      @terrygravesen9594 3 роки тому +3

      I meant to say best storyteller in the world you are!!!

    • @s_a_mvr
      @s_a_mvr 3 роки тому +3

      Mr nightmare - “ Hold my beer “
      Mr nightmare is a guy that tells horrifying stories but with sounds 😬

    • @BrottenGuy
      @BrottenGuy 3 роки тому +5

      @@s_a_mvr I don’t like his voice all that well. I don’t know what it is. But, Mr. Ballen does add some sounds here & there

  • @Gonshogi
    @Gonshogi 6 місяців тому +4

    Never go into the forest without a shotgun.

  • @adogshope7399
    @adogshope7399 4 місяці тому

    Please do more of how you feel about the stories beforehand in your newer videos. I love this ❤

  • @thecomedypilot5894
    @thecomedypilot5894 3 роки тому +697

    Creature: “We’ve been trying to reach you about your car’s extended warranty”

  • @Meg-iv5ko
    @Meg-iv5ko 3 роки тому +325

    >middle of winter
    >hoofbeats on the rooftop
    this man was terrorized by santa claus

    • @userunavailablegmail
      @userunavailablegmail 3 роки тому +32

      "He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake"... cos he's in da bushes lol

    • @nathaniels8371
      @nathaniels8371 3 роки тому +7

      First thing I think of when he says man and hoof beats was the adventure time deer that took his hooves off and hand hands. Tbph

    • @The-Artless-Gallery
      @The-Artless-Gallery 3 роки тому +9

      One of the reindeer was looking to finish off granny

    • @connorraab
      @connorraab 3 роки тому +10

      Nah it's krampus

    • @virginiaviola5097
      @virginiaviola5097 3 роки тому +6

      I kept thinking, light a fire so the creeper can’t come down the chimney..never thought it might be Santa lol.

  • @anthonydean8558
    @anthonydean8558 9 місяців тому +1

    Whenever the dogs start to get spooked you know you’re effed

  • @rosswiseman5991
    @rosswiseman5991 9 місяців тому +4

    17:06 This sounds just like a story that I heard on Bedtime Stories in their Wendigo video. Now I like to think of myself as a rational person, you know I've got normal fears like flying or swimming (I can keep my head above water in a pool and that's about it), but wendigos...wendigos fucking terrify me. You ain't gonna find me camping in the winter.

  • @ATLSlat
    @ATLSlat 3 роки тому +1275

    Everybody gangsta until the navy seal is afraid of the strange dark and mysterious

  • @leo8049
    @leo8049 2 роки тому +601

    As someone from Oregon, hearing MrBallen talk about my home state constantly makes me never want to go near a forrest, cabin, attic, basement, field, farm, hiking trail, old house, old church, etc, etc.

    • @Woosle
      @Woosle 2 роки тому +31

      So.. never go outside then? That list is the entirety of oregon lol

    • @shandiana
      @shandiana 2 роки тому +21

      When I find a new channel, I sort by popularity and just go down the list; as an Alaskan, I was not expecting 2 out of 3 of Ballen's greatest hits to be horrific crimes against women in the city I'm living in 😅

    • @pammaggio8135
      @pammaggio8135 2 роки тому +1

      @LEO… 😂🤣😂😂🤣😂😂😂😂

    • @denisevnbrdw
      @denisevnbrdw 2 роки тому +7

      Is all of Oregon haunted!?

    • @joeyc8384
      @joeyc8384 2 роки тому +10

      @@Woosle you can’t even stay inside💀

  • @Phantom0-1
    @Phantom0-1 Місяць тому +2

    This is still my favorite Mrballen story

  • @andrew12bravo21
    @andrew12bravo21 5 місяців тому +1

    Just watched the most recent episode and the quality of the videos from three years ago to today is amazing!

  • @moonlight27197
    @moonlight27197 3 роки тому +1531

    The dog looks like he wants to go out side? In the middle of the night, When we are alone, Deep in the woods. Yeeeeaaahhh... sorry doggy pee on floor, I’ll cleaned it up in the morning, I want to live. Hahahahaha

    • @careyawalker
      @careyawalker 3 роки тому +40

      Ikr?!

    • @redfog42
      @redfog42 3 роки тому +19

      I concur!

    • @ontherockswithsalt560
      @ontherockswithsalt560 3 роки тому +66

      That's what pet stores make pee pads for. Dogs will hold their pee until they practically explode out of fear of being corrected. Please don't ever assume your dog knows to pee on a floor. SMH Pee pads have an attractant that lets the dog know it is a "pee place".

    • @marcusdedorsson8741
      @marcusdedorsson8741 3 роки тому +39

      I have the same dilemma every Time my dog or I have to pee in the middle of the night when I am in my cabin deep in the swedish woods. No one Can hear me scream 😂

    • @user-nl8xo2xq4w
      @user-nl8xo2xq4w 3 роки тому +44

      @@ontherockswithsalt560 or like...don't correct your dog in a way that makes them scared of you?
      There are plenty of ways to potty train a dog without using violence or intimidation.

  • @pipertheos2660
    @pipertheos2660 3 роки тому +212

    "As humans we're mostly afraid of the dark. You don't know what's in there, you don't know what's looking at you."
    Me, at 6 am, in the dark, in a city: *looks around frantically*

    • @allamericananti-christ666
      @allamericananti-christ666 3 роки тому +19

      If you live in the city & have your whole life, you don't know what true darkness is. Never pitch black in the city.

    • @crystalrage
      @crystalrage 3 роки тому +1

      Vash de nevara

    • @asolomon7402
      @asolomon7402 3 роки тому +6

      @@allamericananti-christ666 I live in a suburban area I went to a cabin in Georgia. My father and mother slept in one room (two story cabin basement was actually first floor) on the second floor and my sister in the other one that left the basement for me. I was completely fine with it but then later in the day after some fun we got home and I wanted to go downstairs, so I open the door and it’s just pitch black so I flip on the light walk down to the first landing and then turn on the second light, I turned on the lamp and then went to bed and that was the three days I stayed in Georgia.

    • @jendubay3782
      @jendubay3782 3 роки тому

      Cities scare me. People scare me.

    • @nicoYEGSquirrel
      @nicoYEGSquirrel 3 роки тому +1

      Nicely done. Read this just as he narrated 😸

  • @diontaedaughtry974
    @diontaedaughtry974 8 місяців тому +4

    I would love to see Llama arts make animations out of your stories. People should watch more woods and cabin horror movies because they're on point.

  • @addicted2beuty
    @addicted2beuty 8 місяців тому

    This one scared me beyond measure! I was laying in bed with my covers up and expecting it to happen to me too, it was horrible, loved it👏🏽

  • @JamesHeinrich-vk7vz
    @JamesHeinrich-vk7vz 2 роки тому +472

    One day, years ago, MrBallen's friend asked him how his day was and for 15 mins he told the most eloquent story of a mundane afternoon and his buddy was like "dude, you should really tell stories". And here we are.

    • @mysterylovescompany2657
      @mysterylovescompany2657 2 роки тому +30

      Do you reckon he used to tell stories at night to entertain his unit in the field?
      I can picture it so easily, I feel like he probably did. Or if not, those guys majorly missed out.

    • @terim.0404
      @terim.0404 2 роки тому +8

      Without any doubt! Listening to Mr. Ballen tell these stories it's impossible not to realize how he entertained his fellow compatriots and ya gotta know they were as riveted as we are when listening. Back in the very early medieval times Mr. Ballen would have been called a 'bard' or a 'scop ' these people were held in high regard by the people and the king, earl, jarl, or whomever.

    • @almishti
      @almishti 2 роки тому +9

      "And my mom said, John, can you do the lunch dishes please? B/c my MOOOOM, she had friends coming over to play cards later that day, just like she did EVery WEEK, so this was nothing out of the ordinary. But THIS TIME, I didn't feel like doing dishes just then! I just didn't feel like it. So I told her no I'm gonna go ride my bike with Jeremy down to the lake for a while. And my mom, well, okay then. You did the lunch dishes yesterday so I guess you can take the afternoon off and I'll have your do it. Have a nice time with Jeremy, tell his mom thanks for the casserole dish it really came in handy. And I got on my bike, and I met Jeremy, he was on his bike, and we went down to the lake and had a great afternoon catching frogs."

    • @MaryAnnRegaladoVasquez
      @MaryAnnRegaladoVasquez 2 роки тому +3

      @@terim.0404 yea i think every culture has storytellers that are highly regarded ....i really wish there were more ....like Mr Ballen. Is that his real name?

    • @terim.0404
      @terim.0404 2 роки тому +4

      @@MaryAnnRegaladoVasquez yes! John Ballen. He has the cutest giggle too! 🤭

  • @BohemianPotanist
    @BohemianPotanist 3 роки тому +729

    Had my noise canceling headphones on and my 2 year old daughter sleeping in my lap. I was so into this story and gradually getting more and more spooked I didn’t notice my son had come up the stairs from behind me. He tapped me on the shoulder and I about lost my mind. I grabbed my daughter and just ran lol! Thanks for the story and heart attack! Lmbo!

    • @nextjencakes5119
      @nextjencakes5119 3 роки тому +24

      I’m reading this wearing my noise cancelling headphones & now I going to check behind me 🙈

    • @brddog8352
      @brddog8352 3 роки тому +9

      Xd this is comedy gold right here

    • @jimandham
      @jimandham 3 роки тому +8

      Hey atleast that showed you a good mom

    • @ToffeeCoffee001
      @ToffeeCoffee001 3 роки тому +5

      I mean, it shows your a good parent

    • @tmr4342
      @tmr4342 3 роки тому +3

      😆

  • @cdbarry
    @cdbarry 5 місяців тому +1

    I like how he understands things like what that cabin stood for change after you lose someone you love who you attached meaningful memories to things or places with

  • @user-uu9rv7zw4t
    @user-uu9rv7zw4t 8 місяців тому +2

    Mr Ballen is the best storyteller of all time, a legend!

  • @McKnowlTB5
    @McKnowlTB5 3 роки тому +460

    He is definitely going to be that grandpa that knows like over a million stories