Spoilers: At first, I thought the monster WAS the rock, and for some reason that smooth, indiscernible rock being sentient freaked me out way more than the idea of a moleman.
@@JD_tcbThis seems petty, and "it had moved" is just as valid grammatically as "it had been moved". "The rock had changed position" makes sense, doesn't it? You're implying that any for any inanimate object to move it must be moved by an animate being, and I don't need to point out why that isn't true. If a boulder shifts on the side of a mountain, did someone push it? No.
POV: you're a mole person just chillin' but then someone comes into your home, knocks down your hieroglyphs scrambles around and leaves bloodstains everywhere, you follow him and climb up a rope just for it to snap and you fall like 10 feet or something, you go back to find that they left a lot of junk in your place wyd?
Yeah most horror story’s could be told the other way around. Like weird creatures invade your home and destroy parts of it. It’s like that movie the others were the protagonists reach the end of there ghostly experience only to find they were the ghost creeping out the living people
viddergrapho imagine getting angry about someone saying about a Minecraft update that people have wanted since when Minecraft was first popular. And besides, people still like that game (myself included) so there’s no reason why people shouldn’t mention this very popular game just because you and only you don’t want to hear about it
This creepypasta is unique because, not only does it trigger claustrophobia with it's descriptive language, everything about it encapsulates the emptiness and unknown of the rocky depths. Almost like this is the perfect horror story related to a cave. So descriptive, yet none of the scary aspects are ever explained or make any logical sense. Just like the walls and twists of caves. Not to mention that the "monster" is never shown or described. Yet, only the smell of death and an inhuman scream are enough to portray an unimaginable horror to encounter in the isolation and void-like darkness of a cave. No cheesy horror aspects to be found. And the ending... It perfectly creates suspense in the form of text. Almost 20 minutes of reading worth of pure terror and it gives the reader (or listener in this case) their own feeling of time distortion. Overall, outstanding work by the author. Who knew the first creepypasta would be one of the best. I highly recommend the video "Fear of Depths" by Jacob Geller. It explains the horrors of caves I reference in this comment. It also details the story of Floyd, if anyone was intrigued by that reference.
I think Ted the cover is one of those stories that could be looked back on and viewed as one of the reasons the creepypasta genre came around. Like, in 80 years when people are discussing how the internet affected literature, I'm sure stories like Ted the cover or borrasca, will be talked about.
I love these stories on here, but claustrophobia is something that I deal with aaaand I'm a bit too scared to listen now. T_T But ty for the head's up!
@@officialtoddhoward69 I think it was originally a tweet that went like "nasa employee: oh u guys are back early astronaut: moon's haunted nasa employee: what? astronaut: *loading pistol and getting back on spaceship* moon's haunted" If you look up "moons haunted tweet" you can find it :)
The moral of the story: Bring headlamp, backup headlamp, search light, key-chain flashlight, medium sized flashlight, two mini flashlights, ten magnum light sticks and one holy hand grenade.
Huge props to both Ted (the author) for creating one of the best creepypastas I’ve ever listened to, and to you for enhancing the experience tenfold with your great narration and sound effects. This video is maybe the only pasta I’ve ever been legitimately scared by, and I wouldn’t say I’m frightened that easily.
It was fine, but man... you missed out if you didn't read this in the og forum format first. This is more convenient, but I disagree it's "enhanced". Despite the clear Blair Witch influence, the original just did something that can't be accomplished in other formats. ...You feel the diff dates, or "posts", the significance of the photos, etc. It's so addictively realistic and unpredictable.
Agree... most anxiety I ever felt listening to a story. My spouse was an avid caver in the 80s (and would have probably tried Floyd's Tomb), can't wait to share this with him.
Man, I couldn't agree more. I crochet in my down time and i swear ive never finished a project that fast. It was so intense my hands were moving a mile a minute
I always come back to this story. The pictures of his feet hanging out of the wall just HORRIFY ME. I’m extremely claustrophobic. Dear god WHY do people actually do this?? Caving is my literal worst nightmare. And that’s without the supernatural stuff.
I'm claustrophobic as well and I'm absolutely terrified of being trapped underground. So for me hearing the narrator describe what it was like for Ted when he was trying to get through the squeeze the first time he made it into the passage was just as terrifying as the paranormal aspect of the story.
You know, this is still the only story that feels like it could be real. The fact it was written before Creepy Pasta was a thing. The fact the guy made his own website for it. The sheer amount of photos and drawing he made to help the reader understand what is happening. It just feels a bit..too real.
Yeah from what i gather someone with a blog managed to contact the writer, the writer ted was infact a caver, and the pics are of a real cave to which he decided to add a fictional element for this story to be made
As someone who has been cave diving, there is nothing more terrifying than hearing a noise in the cave with you. But, it's almost always you making the sounds. Because if it's not, haha, it's probably a cat. You'd be surprised how many times I'd be in pitch black, tight cave, crawling on the ground, only my lamp to light my way, and I see eyes reflection in the blackness, I crawl away as they get closer, and then..... *Meow*
Lol I had a similar thought like 5 minutes in. I said something like "man, they sure do say cave a lot, I want a counter that counts it through the whole thing.."
Unfortunately, Minecraft didn’t exist at the time. If only they had the modern luxury of being able to identify the scary cave noises that so obviously played back when they were drilling, they could've avoided the whole thing. P.S. Please don't whoooosh me, I understood the joke. I was just making a joke myself. Please don't hate me...
Actually, B is Brad. Read the article that writer got in touch with Ted and got the full story. Ted embellished everything after opening up the cave. All the supernatural stuff didn't happen. Same with the markings. It's the interstate cave in Utah and the passage he found is called the Gypsum Passage now. Fantastic stuff.
@The Collector lol. The story here end with Ted going crazy. The real story Ted based this story off of end with Ted and Brad finishing the dig, exploring the tunnel which is now gypsum passage and goes underneath an interstate, and feeling super challenged and accomplished.
Imagine reading this in 2001 when there was no such thing as creepypasta on a website that looked like everyone else’s angelfire site except with more pictures.
Hey. (Immemorial?) Maybe next time use an easier word than Immemorial. I consider myself as a decently smart person but I never heard of this word. I didn't want to waist my time to look it up but I had to know what it meant. Well I guess I learned something..lol. but still.
@@ijuhi yes, but people tell ghost stories at expected times, like around a campfire or something. It might be hard to imagine if you are young, but a long time ago, pre-Facebook, it was a lot of effort to be online at all, let alone put content online. So the content tended to be more transparent and honest, because it was for a much smaller pool of people. This made it not clear that it was a “ghost story”, and it seemed like it was just someone’s account of a real thing that happened to them.
@@bumblebee0369 so you depleted a small sum of time perusing the inter web, solely to augment your lexicon, and you claimed that you sought not to have your time be turned into a midriff. However, was it not squandered or transformed into an abdomen even further by your subsequent rejoinder and unruly remonstrance, for challenging linguistics of all things? And even now time is spent in this persiflage. Tsk, tsk
@@half.blight Part 1: Phantom Rock Part 2: Mining Tendency Part 3: Crawlspace Crusaders Part 4: Sledgehammer is Unbreakable Part 5: Golden Rock Part 6: *Stone* Ocean Part 7: Granite Boulder Run Part 8: Minolion
I feel like no creepypasta matches the fear that Ted the caver gives the listener, and that I think is because Ted the caver does the awesome thing of not revealing anything it keeps it all a mystery which makes it so much more terrifying
That also makes this story just as scary every time you reread it, because unlike so many other stories that reveal what the monster or phenomenon is, in this story you're still wondering about it no matter how many times you've read it.
The subtle sound effects and the music you used made this stand out so well and genuinely enhanced the experience compared to other creepypasta narrators who use the same piano music. It's been a while I was genuinely terrified during a creepypasta reading. Well done sir!
Im going to be honest having cave experience and having done it since a young age i would most likely bet it was made of knots in the rope cradling the smol pup
truly shows it's not ALL about the money like I can get behind ads in the beginning and end but other UA-camrs will put 4 or 5 midroll ads in a 10 min. video it's nice seeing 2 hours of content and not getting stopped every 5 minutes for an ad
The scariest thing about the story for me is not knowing where the threat is, the silence and darkness isn't helping at all. And the fact that you're crawling in a tight space knowing that something that shouldn't exist is after you.
Want to hear something even worse? Nature is as beautiful as she is strong. There a few things, if anything anything at all, that can't exist. There are creatures that survive in the vacuum of space. An horror movie monster is nothing compared to the viciousness that is mother nature.
I think the scariest thing about this story is the fact that he never returned. There was no additional logs, recordings, messages, updates, or writings about it afterward, it just ends there. That's a FAR stronger ending then actually allowing the viewer to know what happened afterward, or what the possible creature in the cave looked like, or what was recorded on the other camera, this is very good horror story telling.
I’ve listened to every one of your uploads multiple times and don’t usually fall asleep to them, I want to hear the story (even if i’ve heard it before). But THIS is my comfort story for some reason and puts me to sleep like a lullaby. The mix of your voice, the background music/noise, and the horrifying story of an unfathomable monstrosity deep in a dark cave is just *chefs kiss*
Meanwhile, me freaking out even though I'm in a spacious living room at nearly seven (7) in the evening but the sun is still somewhat up. 😭😭 You are right though, his voice is a strange comfort in all this.... without the scary noises!! 🤣😂🤣😂
Exactly! I'm not normally claustrophobic, having been stationed on a submarine for several years, but really tight crawlspaces in caves, in particular, freak me out, due to the possibility of cave-ins and the thought of being forever trapped in a tight spot until dying of dehydration... Like good ole' Floyd.
HAHAHHAHAHA MEEEEEEEEEE. I don’t care much about tarantulas because they’re virtually easy to spot, and you KNOW it’ll hurt when it bites you, but little spiders? How many could be there?? What if they were deadly???
How the f#*% do you get your finger STUCK in a bottle lid? How does that even work? Are your fingers really fat? Or do you mean something other than an actual ‘lid’?
Bottle lid? Bottle lid. Bottle. Lid. Yeah am I having a stroke? I'm trying to think of what the hell you could even be talking about. Bottle. Lid. That finger gets stuck in. Is it a hole? Not a lid but like am area where a finger could fit? Or is there a 4th dimension lid that steals fingers? I don't get it
Tobi I think they’re either talking about the hold in a plastic lid which you put your straw, or they are referencing the opening on a glass bottle like to a beer.
I just realized that the wind stopped when something was infront of the hole. Meaning that when Joe went in alone, after they began leaving, Ted didn't feel the breeze because whatever had scared Joe was right infront of the hole.
I think it was the rock. Whatever is in there, it moved that big smooth rock using it as a door to enter and exit that part of the cave. That's why they only felt breeze sometimes, the times where the creature had the rock/door moved, air came in from...wherever horrifying place existed beyond that doorway. When it was shut, the breeze stopped.
@@WobblesandBeanI think this is more likely, but either way something blocking the hole would’ve been the reason that Joe didn’t respond. Maybe if he could see something, he was hiding and didn’t want to make any noise. That’d also explain why he didn’t see any of the cool stuff ted wanted him to see, he really didn’t get that far in.
The caving part was real, the real Ted and his friend Brad did indeed come across a new tunnel just as described and they documented it, and later on Ted "embellished" the story with the supernatural stuff and posted it online for shits and giggles.
@theLavender Arts The caving part was real, the real Ted and his friend Brad did indeed come across a new tunnel just as described and they documented it, and later on Ted "embellished" the story with the supernatural stuff and posted it online for shits and giggles.
Dude its a story SURE THAT THE PARANORMAL PARTS ARE FAKE ITS A STORY ... don't freak about everything in life or you will never advance even if paranormal was real you have the duty to live with it .
This is why UA-cam is great. Not because of clips of the daily show or comedy specials. This right here is the gold. I just came across this video and I must say, whether or not this is a true story, you are a master storyteller. The writing and delivery are top notch, and the audio design is on point for the type of story. Not to mention the creepy visuals inserted sparingly into the video. BRAVO!!
While this is the oldest “creepypasta”, it is still my favorite and most people could agree it is one of the best written ones by far. Also, it just feels so real, this guy went to so much effort to document everything just like he really experienced it. I love how he never really saw the monster, if there ever was really one; it’s feels totally plausible that this happened and they’re just went into a group psychosis after being exposed to weird cave gasses or something
1:45:00 genuinely the best written part of a creepypasta I've ever heard. The emotion you put into the man's voice is clear and resounding and the picture formed is absolutely terrifying. 11/10.
@@Dumpsterboi Most of the others are like, "This is a teenager. He/she has a J-name. He/she is purfectly normal in a loving household, but, oh-no, here comes some bullies. He/she then finds out they are a psycopath, so, instead of getting help, he/she gores him/herself in an interesting, unique way. After this, he/she murders his/her entire fricking family and runs-off into the woods, never to be seen again."
1:28:10 You know, stuff that's described like this in the following minute or so. are signs of low oxygen. Be it the story real or not. I'm surprised that they never used tools to test the oxygen levels while down in their new cave area, oftentimes sealed off areas like that won't have a breathable atmosphere and can pose a direct threat to ones health. You'll become light-headed, simple tasks become very difficult etc etc etc. As they describe these simple tasks not working out in their favor I can't help but feel like there was an unhealthy gas mix that was in that extended cave area, and by widening the passage. any pressure of gas built up would now more or less take over the lower parts leading up to the tomb crawl. Perhaps that hissing like a scream that they heard, and the various rock grinding noises was actually different pressures of gasses slowly releasing from a sulfur-like lake that could be in a different chamber. Some gasses when under enough pressure can become a liquid, and would explain the high pitch noise, of that liquid evaporating with the change in pressure to allow for it's release. Overall, I'm really surprised they didn't have a tool to measure the oxygen levels. That seems like the biggest danger out of this whole story.
Damn, I wasn't aware that sort of thing happens with cave exploration. This puts some of the events of the story into perspective, makes you wonder if the horror they experience was really in their heads all along
Sounds like Man of Medan lol, that’s so cool. I mean not for the cavers, but like it’s literally Man of Medan only in a cave. Also for anyone that doesn’t know, Man of Medan is a choice horror game.
@@Zayats_MW hallucinating is a symptom of low oxygen. If - like the other person said - the gas replaced the oxygen, then both of them could've been hallucinating.
@@Tikachu what about the phone cable? did it get stuck under the rock by his movements and did he then pull the wrong way for it to snap? it depends on how the rock was on the cable 🤔
@Ryan O'Connor Here in my city there is a building that has been abandoned by the goverment many years ago. It is located in the main avenue of the city, and it's famously known for being haunted, and home to druggies and homeless people. The place is pretty much where all of the freaky shit in the city goes down, such as homicides, suicides, drug selling... me and my father searched up, and the first crime that happened there was a homicide in 1954, and the latest was a suicide in 2019, with multiple other creepy things happening during the years inbetween. There was one time all my family was in the car, and we stopped in front of the building, as there was a traffic jam. My mother had the ideia to pull out her phone and take a photo of one of the buildings stories. There was nothing there other than the unfinished structure and hardware, we could clearly see it. Then, she opened her gallery and showed the photo to us... there was a bloddy red dress hidden in the shadows of the place we took the photo... we checked it again one more time, and there was nothing there, but for some reason, that dress was in the photograph. My father and brother laughed it off, but we got terrified and deleted the picture. I don't believe in the supernatural, never will, but that moment made me question my beliefs...
this story is the definition of “you aren’t scared of the dark, you are scared of what is in it.” The fact the monster is NEVER shown during this whole story is truly an amazing idea and makes it so much more scary also interesting link: ‘Mystery Cave’ and ‘The M Cave’ have a lot of characteristics in common, and maybe could be the same cave, not that this is possible really but it is a really cool idea.
@@Lily-ge4tm if it’s the one I’m thinking of there was a guy who would post videos of himself exploring and caving, and he always wanted to find an M shaped cave he saw once and when he set out to find it he went missing. Some people think he committed suicide
But then what happened to Joe? He must have experienced similar since he would not talk about it; stopped going to work, etc. I doubt he also hit his head and was tripping lol.
FROG dela POND I doubt that 2 people would have hit their head within days/weeks of each other and had such an experience. And I can’t see someone calling off of work and not responding to anyone for weeks because they were embarrassed they hit their head lol.
This is the first time I’ve been exposed to the entirety of Ted the Caver, and I think you did a great job with the delivery here. The tone of voice and editing really do enhance the suspense and dread. And honestly, the whole thing gives me the same sort of claustrophobic creeping dread that House of Leaves does. I wonder what that camera caught.
I was thinking about House of Leaves too while listening to this. Just the foreboding sense of the unknown and places or things that shouldn't, or *can't* exist, mixed with the terror of Ted and B really stuck you in the moment and made you feel what they're feeling in both stories.
this is by far my favorite creepy pasta due to the fact that the cave creature was left mysterious and unknown, the descriptions of everything from emotion to atmosphere and location just made it much more interesting and eerie and made me imagine the scene much more better, and your voice was absolutely perfect! great job!!
The immersion, realistic voice acting and visual / audio effects. This is way better than any other story teller on YT and I'm sure we can all agree! Somnium is the best, great work man!
Man this kinda story is perfect for your narration style and voice. The intensity is perfect man. The way you described the tomb got me claustrophobic while I am outside making wire pens. Love ya work and make sure you vet for gold like this.
Nice man! I agree with your point! I actually listen to Somnium when I wire wrap lol. Perfect to take my mind on a nice journey while my body makes the art 🙂
Me: What kind of person would sit through a 2h video of someone talking a story? I can barely sit through a 2h movie. Also me, 2h later: i'll never go inside a cave, ever.
Came here after Shane and Ryan's "Are You Scared" video; after learning that they literally only read (unknowingly) the last 15 or so minutes. Shane even hilariously complained that the cavers never went into a cave 😂 Super glad I did! This version is way better. Brilliant structure and your narration truly brings it to life!
Yeah, unfortunately they didn't do it justice. I know it's way too long for it to fit in the video, but you have to read it from the start to get the feels. Glad that you came here to listen to it fully, this gem deserves to be recognised
Edit: I'll be talking about a few details from the ending here. *Spoilers ahead* To those who think that this story is unfinished because it never tells you what they found inside the cave, that is what the author was planning to do. You know how at the end where ted says that he will immediately update the page once he got answers? Well if he did get out, we would obviously have gotten an update from him straight away. However, we never do hear from him again. This suggests that he probably didn't survive to tell the tale, meaning that whatever it was inside the cave must have killed him and the other two, leaving us with a scary and mysterious ending with no answers or explanations.
I’ve listened to this story a couple times now, and I just wanted to say that I love the sound/music that’s used whenever something unnatural occurs within the cave. It just has this neat eerie effect that really helps to build a sense of unease/suspense.
@@Darksomnium yeah man out of all the stories i've heard this has definitely gotta be one of the best. just wondering, is there more to it or does it end like that with the assumption that they .... didn't make it back.
Jeez I remember watching this video a year ago and it was the most tense thing I've ever listened too, nothing has changed, still makes me wide eyed, easily the best version of this on UA-cam by far.
I agree, I've listened to the full thing several times, I just finished the thing again for the first time in months and it still sends shivers down my spine thinking about how horrifying it would be to be in that situation, can't help but get lost in the gripping story.
I know where the Mystery cave is Location: Route 33 - west of Vermillion City Enemies: Zoobat, Golem, and if you’re lucky a Shiny Golbat Ladies and gentlemen, we got’em
I have never listen so hard in my life. This story is insanely good. I can picture everything from the beginning till the end. I love it. Thanks for sharing n I'm sorry u went through all of that. I hoped u overcome everything. Xoxo
What's also cool about this creepypasta is the origin is known, and Ted has talked about it later on to clarify and authenticate the real parts of the story. This is Freeway Cave / Interstate Cave in Utah. The official maps match up with Ted's story. He had to come out and talk about it because his story has been plagiarized a few times, even back dated to appear to precede it.
"Hey were going to a cave" "No" "...and you have to crawl on your stomach the entire time" "Hell no" "...and it's subject to flooding and takes hours to get out" "FUCK NO"
SOME INFO - The cave is very much real and was really opened up by the caver and his buddy. Everything is true but the supernatural parts. The "screams" heard were supposedly a semi truck screeching to a halt and combined with the bedrock it distorted it to an otherworldly sound. All the other noises were traffic too. There were no markings nor were there any smells or rope pulling. The cave is known as Freeway Cave, Floyd's Tomb and it's in the Gypsum Passage on the map. The caver's real name is Ted Hegemann and his friend is Brad.
“It is absolutely necessary, for the peace and safety of mankind, that some of earth's dark, dead corners and unplumbed depths be left alone; lest sleeping abnormalities wake to resurgent life, and blasphemously surviving nightmares squirm and splash out of their black lairs to newer and wider conquests.” H.P. Lovecraft
This was such an amazing reading. I drive 2 hours home at night on weekends and like to listen to scary stories to keep me awake, and the way you increased the tension and the pace towards the end was phenomenal, building up so much tension and fear.
Coming from someone who has gone spelunking before, the moment Ted started describing what was wrong I immediately got anxious and my heart rate rose. Excellent story telling
That would've been better than when i went into a barn in 2009 when i was 20 which many times i have been to that said barn numerous times went all over it. Went to the very back of thr property. Even inside the barn. Even took my white friend named Bryan with me on that expedition. Place looked creepy and abandoned. Even found bones. Took a bone. Never got caught but in 2009 i went for another expedition. I moved out of there late 2006 but went to visit my cousin frequently. had nothing to do that day heard a band playing around that area so i was like I'll check it out. So i went and that time i heard a white lady scream. I don't know i was so not in my right senses i went towards her when my way out was like literally right next to me. Man the look on her face was like damn. She took the stick off my hands in no time. Dude i was in her hands threatened to kill me. Was afraid too cuz she was going through her purse i was like what if she pulled a gun on me. Long story short the cops came i got handcuffed. What saved me was that i lied about my age i told her i was 17 and i had no affiliation with any gangs she knew i wasn't the troublemaker type. Surprisingly i was cought that very day. I should've told her why i was up there. The place looked creepy which impulsed me to go and explore. Man good old 2009 that was the most traumatic moment of that year.
I love fear- it's a beautiful feeling, it helps me sleep, I just love it in general. This story... it was something else. I read it, alone, at 12:30 last night. My father was snoring in the other room, and each snore felt insanely scary. When I finished, I sat in my chair for the next 15 minutes, shivering, struggling to breathe.
This story heavily reminds me of the works of H.P. Lovecraft and is a prime example of what Creepypastas should aspire to be: - Eldritch symbolism means bad. - In hindsight, human curiosity will be our downfall. - We are not meant to explore beyond our reach. - Fear of the unknown. - Ambiguous monster with unfathomable goals. - The experience leaves you with more questions than answers, the protagonists lose in the end even when they win, several are left suffering from a mental illness.
Joe never telling what happened was a genius move, it makes your mind run wild. I'm just imagining... He's moving along the caves passages, well out of earshot of the other two waiting safely on the other end of Floyd's Tomb. The Tomb represents such a cutoff from safety. Every time a character squeezes into it, I get this deep feeling of dread imagining what could be just out of sight watching them inch through. So helpless, if it wanted to it could grab them and drag them down into unending darkness, never to be seen again. When Joe went in alone, I just imagine him making it to the room. He's looking around, and he does see the circular rock, and he does see the figures on the walls. And as he stands in the room, pacing around just taking in the wonder of a cave never before explored, he pauses. He heard something. It sounds like someone stomping towards the room from the passage ahead. They're getting closer. Dread consumes him. He feels frozen in place. It takes all his willpower to raise his hand and click off his light, just before the first footfalls begin echoing in the room. He's trying to be quiet, but his breathing sounds so much louder then it should. He's sure it hears him... He's sure it saw his light. But it's being so much louder than he is. Stomping and huffing, wandering around seemingly aimlessly. He can't focus on a single thing besides for his unmeasurable fear and this thing here with him. He doesn't even know what it is, what it looks like- but he knows he will die any minute now. Then he realizes, and though he thought impossible, his fear surges, it was smelling for him. Its loud huffing and walking around the room was it searching for him. It lived in complete darkness, it couldn't see him, but it could still find him. He backed into a wall. Shit that was so much louder than he intended. It didn't seem to notice though, it's still moving and its breathing is getting louder. Then, before it pinpoints the location of his scent, it stops. He hears it stop moving, and only light breaths escape it now. Then he hears it turn, and walk towards the circular rock. He hears scrambling, and it crawling downwards. He's rooted in place, how long he isn't sure. As strong as his will to stay low and quiet, is his desire to move to safety. And before he can stop himself, his muscles contract and begin moving him back towards the tomb, in complete darkness. When he nears and begins to hear the other two's yells, he clicks his light back on and rounds the final corner to safety. I also think about what if he went down the hole behind the rock, or if he continued on through the passage past the room, or if he truthfully never even made it to the room, and what he found or hear or saw that made him stop... Such a good story.
Yeah makes your imagination surge, right!? I think specifically what makes it so scary to me is that while it'd seem logical to think "there's a creature down there", there's no tangible evidence that there *actually is*. It could be the cave is some horrible cursed location that does all the things by itself, but it's the implication that makes it scary. A straight, smooth tunnel running deep down into the earth. A round rock, covering it, but seemingly moving by itself. The smell of death. It all points to something terrible, but not explicitly a singular creature or entity. I think this most notably stands out when the rope is being pulled back into the cave. Ted says it "felt like a steady tension, not like someone was climbing up the rope". Something about that seemed odd to me. If it were a creature, there'd be some micromovements of it pulling the rope, but instead he specifically says it was a steady, tightening tension. Like some indeterminate force consistently pulling the rope down into the hole.
@AshBreather Ikr. It's so interesting. I really wonder about the rock and the cave drawings, especially the way he said that it seemed to glow on his way out... Almost like it was taunting him, or had always been there, like a warning and he was too swept up to notice, or maybe was a sign the energy within was picking up. I even think about the rock itself.. Something about the idea of a possibility sentient rock is somehow unnerving just because you'd never even expect it, just walking right past and around the "monster." It all comes together in a way that your mind is just racing to put together all of the facts and strange occurrences to try to piece together who or what may be down there, and there is so much left up to the imagination that you get hundreds of different answers and even more questions.
In this story: Man finds tight virgin passage, becomes obsessed, finally gets rocks off, still obsessed in the end. Jokes aside this story had me gripping the edge of my seat the entire time, very well written and well read.
Maaaan, you did an INCREDIBLE job on this one! I have to admit, I would NOT have been able to make it through this one without your narration and music. As far as the descriptions of rocks, crevices and equipment, this story is doing THE MOST. It would have been boring in anyone else's hands, but you somehow managed to keep our interest! I was put off by the 2 hour run time, as I usually don't have the time or attention to dedicate to a single video. But you have made the prospect of 2 hours of Dark Somnium awesomeness WAAAY more appealing. They way that you built tension through your reading and music has been amazing; there were several moments where I was tempted to fast-forward until I picked up on some intricate inflections in your tone and changes in the music that changed my mind. In the end, the interjections made little difference to me, and definitely could have been omitted in favor of more comfortable run time, but that's more a commentary on my attention span than your production. On many occasions, I could SEE this story, FEEL the panic and terror and relate to these characters. Especially towards the end, with the rope being pulled, I was downright ANXIOUS!!! Your knack for narration is a real revelation and your talent spills into your character development, tension building and tone setting; all this aside from the work of the original author!! It took me awhile to find 2 hours to get into this, but the reward you give your listeners for sticking it out are precious: an unparalleled listening experience that will live in our memories as one of the greatest stories we've ever heard! Thank you so much for your hard work! I hope you feel that it paid off for you the way it did for us!
There is different types of welding, and some are pretty easy to learn. Around 2000, that's not hard to believe. The hardest thing to believe is he bought a gun in the paper with no "permit". I'm assuming it takes place in the US. You don't need a permit to own a gun in the US, even then. You just had to pass a background check. Mail order guns had to be picked up at a local gun store so a background check could be run.
@makeanewchronoplz That is not true at all. Most States require a permit for concealed carry. No permit is required to purchase a gun, only an instant background check through the FBI system. I have a CCH license. I had to pass a class on gun laws and pass a test. I scored a 100%. Most States provide reciprocity for concealed handguns. Given the main character lived in a house in an area near major caves, he's most likely not in the handful of cities that requires a permit through the Sheriff's office. A private sale between individuals isn't illegal in most States. In the ones that require a background check on transfer, you're not likely to see a classified ad for a private sale. For a private sale to be legal, it must be for the purpose of getting rid of part of a collection, and not for the purpose of making a profit.
@makeanewchronoplz It's illegal to privately transfer guns to someone who can't own one. Most guns used in mass shootings are purchased legally, and no gun control law proposed would have prevented it. If someone has severe mental health issues, it's the responsibility for their psychologist to report them as a danger to officials. Gun shop owner's are encouraged to refuse sales to whoever they feel uncomfortable selling to. Some mass shooters had to go to several shops before someone would sell them a gun. There are instances where a mass shooter was able to purchase a gun because State crimes that would have prohibited them were not reported to the FBI background check system. One mass shooter a few years back was able to buy a gun because the Army didn't report his offenses to the FBI. As the recent shooting in a Texas church demonstrates, arming law abiding citizens work. Five armed church members took out the shooter quickly. A 2013 survey by the Obama Administration's CDC found over 500k instances of defensive gun use a year. Get rid of legal ownership, or overly restrict it, and you'll cause more deaths than we have now.
When he describes exhaling to get further in the squeeze, that’s literally what giant constrictor snakes do to suffocate other animals. It’s hella scary
I’m a creepypasta veteran but even I was scared, I was literally holding my breath when he said he heard the rock move right next to him. After I realized I was holding my breath I started gasping and my eyes were watering.
i didnt gasp or let my eyes water but i know what you mean iv seen way too many creepypastas/cryptids storys to count but this IS one of the best i just wish the ending was more explained
This is still one of the greatest creepypastas ever created. It was so well crafted and planned, I wish I’d known about it when it first started being released, having to wait for the next entry must have been insane, especially with this being essentially the first creepypasta, this had such an incredible impact on story writing across the internet and inspired a massive amount of creativity ever since ❤
@@Darksomnium you did a fantastic job bringing the story to life :) you do great work, even your 5+ year videos are great quality ✌️ and yeah the author deciding to include photos of himself while caving was brilliant. the photos really made people wonder if this was actually happening, i definitely can’t blame them, if i’d heard this not knowing it was a creepypasta i’d be wondering how true it was too
ikr! I've honestly listened to so many that i gave up at the beginning of the year because i felt like I'd heard all of the good ones. didn't help with the titles getting so elaborate lmao
@@mitchdavis7245 Umm well Nature's Temper has a playlist called Marine Stories and i think they're all great. I enjoyed the Deep Web series by Corpse husband (i think) as well. i just started listening to The Dark Somnium's reading of "The Left Right Game", it's pretty good. I've been binging his content lately.
I have never felt actual dread when listening to a scary story or when reading one not even when watching a scary movie I haven't been this scared in ages I'm still anxious when typing this the way this was written along with the combination of the music really builds up tension 10/10
So glad I finally gave this one a chance. It's so unique. Took me 3 nights of falling asleep to it, to finish it. I've only been listening to your channel for a year now, but it's insane that your level of sound editing was this good, exactly 3 years ago!
I'm not claustrophobic or anything, and have been in small spaces while urban exploring many times. But I could feel myself getting anxious/ breathing a little heavier while he was describing how tight this passage was from about 45-55 minute mark. Absolutely terrifying for some reason.
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Hey all! it's finally here! alot of work went into this video, i hope you like it! remember to like and share (if you want to)
The Dark Somnium giving it a listen now 😁 thanks for sharing ✌🏽
Thank you 😊
Oh wow... this is a long one. Thanks so much for your time & effort TDS! 👻
The Dark Somnium this one sounds super good!
@@NO.Hard-Turd-Only. hope you like it!
“Picture yourself in my position “ Nope. I’m comfortable in my bed in my spacious room listening to your doom.
chemtrooper i’m just vibin in math class
Me to
hahah i said the same thing "ahhh no thanks"
Bars, LMAO
Same here. No way am I going into a cave with tight openings.
Note to self: don't do Caving, you are a human not a mole..
Speak for yourself. ;P
You're not a mole
You're a goblin
ETL TTC YOU’RE NOT A GOBLIN
YOU’RE A GNOME AND YOU’VE BEEN GNOMED
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@@redrainer bro XD
Destiny Hill 😂
*hears a mysterious, terrifying screech from the other side* "yeah let's keep going"
Creppypasta is just like horror movies if the characters use common sense the stories fall apart
Curiosity is weird
Not uncommon in caves so not suprised
Helaman Gile that is very uncommon in caves
testosterone is a hell of a drug
Spoilers: At first, I thought the monster WAS the rock, and for some reason that smooth, indiscernible rock being sentient freaked me out way more than the idea of a moleman.
Me too. ^^
I thought the rock was a door for the “room”, like Jesus’ cave. I was sort of right
I figured the rock was going to turn out to be a skull with how much they said it was rounded
"It had moved" shoulda been "It had *been* moved" ...Even the best creepypastas aren't exactly Edgar Allan Poe.
@@JD_tcbThis seems petty, and "it had moved" is just as valid grammatically as "it had been moved". "The rock had changed position" makes sense, doesn't it? You're implying that any for any inanimate object to move it must be moved by an animate being, and I don't need to point out why that isn't true. If a boulder shifts on the side of a mountain, did someone push it? No.
POV: you're a mole person just chillin' but then someone comes into your home, knocks down your hieroglyphs scrambles around and leaves bloodstains everywhere, you follow him and climb up a rope just for it to snap and you fall like 10 feet or something, you go back to find that they left a lot of junk in your place wyd?
Yeah most horror story’s could be told the other way around. Like weird creatures invade your home and destroy parts of it. It’s like that movie the others were the protagonists reach the end of there ghostly experience only to find they were the ghost creeping out the living people
Lure them back through hallucinations and nightmares then give them a firm talking to
Wild West are you talking about the movie Beetle Juice?
Like the movie Extinction
id die
Warning: do not listen to this story if you intend on using it to fall asleep. You'll become engrossed in it and before you know it, it'll be 4:30 AM
Actually, its 4:01
I wish I saw this comment before hand. Because not only did I get hooked, but I hooked two of friends. #nosleep gang
Kevin Christian it’s happening to me now
No regrets though! Honestly this story has stuck with me. I think about it sometimes randomly.
Its already 4:16 so i dont think that’s accurate
THIS is the Minecraft cave update we need.
Lol
Underrated
how dare you i used to like that game
viddergrapho imagine getting angry about someone saying about a Minecraft update that people have wanted since when Minecraft was first popular. And besides, people still like that game (myself included) so there’s no reason why people shouldn’t mention this very popular game just because you and only you don’t want to hear about it
Brad_Da_Robot He’s joking you absolute smoothbrain
This creepypasta is unique because, not only does it trigger claustrophobia with it's descriptive language, everything about it encapsulates the emptiness and unknown of the rocky depths.
Almost like this is the perfect horror story related to a cave. So descriptive, yet none of the scary aspects are ever explained or make any logical sense. Just like the walls and twists of caves. Not to mention that the "monster" is never shown or described. Yet, only the smell of death and an inhuman scream are enough to portray an unimaginable horror to encounter in the isolation and void-like darkness of a cave.
No cheesy horror aspects to be found.
And the ending...
It perfectly creates suspense in the form of text. Almost 20 minutes of reading worth of pure terror and it gives the reader (or listener in this case) their own feeling of time distortion.
Overall, outstanding work by the author. Who knew the first creepypasta would be one of the best.
I highly recommend the video "Fear of Depths" by Jacob Geller. It explains the horrors of caves I reference in this comment. It also details the story of Floyd, if anyone was intrigued by that reference.
I think Ted the cover is one of those stories that could be looked back on and viewed as one of the reasons the creepypasta genre came around. Like, in 80 years when people are discussing how the internet affected literature, I'm sure stories like Ted the cover or borrasca, will be talked about.
@@Darksomnium Agreed, thx for the reply 👍
My man you recommended the Jacob Geller video, resPECT
It’s like you’re skeeved out about the tight space and then boom there’s something creepier
I love these stories on here, but claustrophobia is something that I deal with aaaand I'm a bit too scared to listen now. T_T But ty for the head's up!
Ted:*comes back from cave*
B:"how was it?"
Ted:"cave's haunted"
B:"what?"
Ted: *cocks gun* "cave's haunted"
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Okay I've seen another joke like this before, about the ocean (since that shit is scary). Is this joke a reference to something?
@@officialtoddhoward69 I think it was originally a tweet that went like
"nasa employee: oh u guys are back early
astronaut: moon's haunted
nasa employee: what?
astronaut: *loading pistol and getting back on spaceship* moon's haunted"
If you look up "moons haunted tweet" you can find it :)
@@dragonseeker5474 it was a destiny 2 meme about the dlc that brought us back to the moon.
AYYYY DESTINY 2 MEMESSSS
The moral of the story: Bring headlamp, backup headlamp, search light, key-chain flashlight, medium sized flashlight, two mini flashlights, ten magnum light sticks and one holy hand grenade.
Wrong, bring an industrial sized tunneler.
2 Holy hand grenades. Just in case😬
And a 37 megaton thermonuclear device
And, just to be on the save side, a infrared-light, a ultraviolet-light and a x-ray device.
@@h.plovecat4307 aTBM there’re a little bulky but they’ll get the job done ✅
Dog in creepypasta: *exists*
Me: o h n o
Ikr, protec dog
If Dio was there, then the dog goes in the F U R N A C E
@@minekiddd7624 S T O P
@@minekiddd7624 Woa dude epic jojo reference ass pull. Now everyone knows you too watch a really popular show!
Minekidd :D hehe us Jojo fans are everywhere
Huge props to both Ted (the author) for creating one of the best creepypastas I’ve ever listened to, and to you for enhancing the experience tenfold with your great narration and sound effects. This video is maybe the only pasta I’ve ever been legitimately scared by, and I wouldn’t say I’m frightened that easily.
Wow, thank you!
It was fine, but man... you missed out if you didn't read this in the og forum format first. This is more convenient, but I disagree it's "enhanced". Despite the clear Blair Witch influence, the original just did something that can't be accomplished in other formats. ...You feel the diff dates, or "posts", the significance of the photos, etc. It's so addictively realistic and unpredictable.
Damn, it's that good to be scary? I'll give it a watch then
I'm so excited to spend the rest of my life not exploring caves.
Same here
Virgin life.
@@nonenone2669 safe life 😂
@@mattwalters6834 safe sad life.
Trust me. I know lol
@@nonenone2669 as long as I’m not getting trapped in caves, I’m happy
Guy in the creepypasta: glow-sticks are not a good light source for spelunking
Terraria: L I E S
You sir, are a man of culture.
Ethereal Cereal glowsticks are better than torches for sure
Terraria best game
Ikr, why didn't he just use a magic mirror to tp back to spawn smh
@@Sewerslider that's the best thing I've heard all day
This is how you build suspense and let is exponentially release all the built anxiety. This is an absolute 10/10
thank you im glad you like it!
As b4 me, the fear of dark, the ynknown, being below ground, evil creepy noises....❤❤❤so excellent creep s!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🐇☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠
Agree... most anxiety I ever felt listening to a story. My spouse was an avid caver in the 80s (and would have probably tried Floyd's Tomb), can't wait to share this with him.
Man, I couldn't agree more. I crochet in my down time and i swear ive never finished a project that fast. It was so intense my hands were moving a mile a minute
sike it is now a 10/9 because eheh
I always come back to this story. The pictures of his feet hanging out of the wall just HORRIFY ME. I’m extremely claustrophobic.
Dear god WHY do people actually do this?? Caving is my literal worst nightmare. And that’s without the supernatural stuff.
I'm glad you like it so much! I'm extremely claustrophobic, so I understand haha.
I'm claustrophobic as well and I'm absolutely terrified of being trapped underground. So for me hearing the narrator describe what it was like for Ted when he was trying to get through the squeeze the first time he made it into the passage was just as terrifying as the paranormal aspect of the story.
Hey, if someone's afraid of it, someone probably gets off on it. That's how we do
What about UNDERWATER CAVE DIVING????
@@melaniebaker2012 I love you Melanie
When the dog ain't vibin' you should stop climbin'
Could turn that into a song 🎶
That sounds dirty.
@@anniegreenwind971 Maybe a country song about a farmer thats into something nasty with his dog.
@@kidpiper9642 😆
@@kidpiper9642 😆
So this is what an action movie sounds like for blind people
“Reading”
Mammoth Cave Baptist Church, Mammoth Cave, KY
@@dRac_XII but blind can't read. Maybe braille script
I'd say horror movies, not action ones
XD
You know, this is still the only story that feels like it could be real. The fact it was written before Creepy Pasta was a thing. The fact the guy made his own website for it. The sheer amount of photos and drawing he made to help the reader understand what is happening. It just feels a bit..too real.
Well, it is. Except for you know, the obviously not real parts.
author said its fake story but the cave is real and normal
Yeah from what i gather someone with a blog managed to contact the writer, the writer ted was infact a caver, and the pics are of a real cave to which he decided to add a fictional element for this story to be made
As someone who has been cave diving, there is nothing more terrifying than hearing a noise in the cave with you.
But, it's almost always you making the sounds.
Because if it's not, haha, it's probably a cat.
You'd be surprised how many times I'd be in pitch black, tight cave, crawling on the ground, only my lamp to light my way, and I see eyes reflection in the blackness, I crawl away as they get closer, and then..... *Meow*
Cats are liquid, so I’d be more suprised if they weren’t in caves
God the pacing of this story was so well done. Really glad I watched through the entire thing!
Thank you:)
It’s really worth it
holy SHIT this is the last place i'd expect to be seeing you
I tried to be cheeky by suggesting a 'drinking game' that involved shots for every mention of the word "Cave"..
I lost consciousness at 3:46..
Glover Gayles funny thing is I had this same thought and managed to find out very early that it was indeed not a good idea
Cheers! I like the enthusiasm 👍
Glover Gayles it’s true I was his liver
Lol I had a similar thought like 5 minutes in. I said something like "man, they sure do say cave a lot, I want a counter that counts it through the whole thing.."
You can also try this game everytime he mentions ‘rock’
He should've listened to Minecraft rule number 5: *don't mine at night*
Unfortunately, Minecraft didn’t exist at the time. If only they had the modern luxury of being able to identify the scary cave noises that so obviously played back when they were drilling, they could've avoided the whole thing.
P.S. Please don't whoooosh me, I understood the joke. I was just making a joke myself. Please don't hate me...
@@clinton8421 *understandable have a great day*
Mining at night is the best time wdym
@@mrchun4018 Use that mob cap to your advantage, yeah.
Clinton 👏”WOOSH”
Who else said to themselves “f*** that!”when they saw the picture of the guy squeezed in that small hole?
At first i thought it was an eye
8 hàv3 seriously bad anxiety im recked
I thought the story was gonna be about the guy in the thumbnail, he looked like the mister for the story
The Gaming Cube 7 everyone should read the story of the thumbnail. Rest his soul
Evan Spader what should I look up to find it
Making the family listen to this in the RV while camping near Timpanogos cave in Utah. Love this channel!
Thank you so much haha I'm so glad you like the stories!
I think that "B" stands for Bill and this was actually Bill and Ted's not so excellent adventure
Actually, B is Brad. Read the article that writer got in touch with Ted and got the full story. Ted embellished everything after opening up the cave. All the supernatural stuff didn't happen. Same with the markings.
It's the interstate cave in Utah and the passage he found is called the Gypsum Passage now. Fantastic stuff.
lmao
@The Collector lol. The story here end with Ted going crazy. The real story Ted based this story off of end with Ted and Brad finishing the dig, exploring the tunnel which is now gypsum passage and goes underneath an interstate, and feeling super challenged and accomplished.
Excellent Adventure is just Ted's hallucinations while dying stuck upside down in a vertical chimney.
@@AkselJade idk if u could tell but the comment you’re replying to was a joke lmao
Imagine reading this in 2001 when there was no such thing as creepypasta on a website that looked like everyone else’s angelfire site except with more pictures.
Yeah but ghost stories have existed from time immemorial
Hey. (Immemorial?) Maybe next time use an easier word than Immemorial. I consider myself as a decently smart person but I never heard of this word. I didn't want to waist my time to look it up but I had to know what it meant. Well I guess I learned something..lol. but still.
@@ijuhi yes, but people tell ghost stories at expected times, like around a campfire or something. It might be hard to imagine if you are young, but a long time ago, pre-Facebook, it was a lot of effort to be online at all, let alone put content online. So the content tended to be more transparent and honest, because it was for a much smaller pool of people. This made it not clear that it was a “ghost story”, and it seemed like it was just someone’s account of a real thing that happened to them.
Man, imagine reading in 2001. I would’ve been the smartest toddler ever. Albeit slightly traumatized
@@bumblebee0369 so you depleted a small sum of time perusing the inter web, solely to augment your lexicon, and you claimed that you sought not to have your time be turned into a midriff. However, was it not squandered or transformed into an abdomen even further by your subsequent rejoinder and unruly remonstrance, for challenging linguistics of all things? And even now time is spent in this persiflage. Tsk, tsk
Alternative title : B and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Lol perfect
*B & Ted’s **_Final_** Adventure*
B and Ted's Bizzare Adventure
Brilliant lol
@@half.blight
Part 1: Phantom Rock
Part 2: Mining Tendency
Part 3: Crawlspace Crusaders
Part 4: Sledgehammer is Unbreakable
Part 5: Golden Rock
Part 6: *Stone* Ocean
Part 7: Granite Boulder Run
Part 8: Minolion
I feel like no creepypasta matches the fear that Ted the caver gives the listener, and that I think is because Ted the caver does the awesome thing of not revealing anything it keeps it all a mystery which makes it so much more terrifying
That also makes this story just as scary every time you reread it, because unlike so many other stories that reveal what the monster or phenomenon is, in this story you're still wondering about it no matter how many times you've read it.
The subtle sound effects and the music you used made this stand out so well and genuinely enhanced the experience compared to other creepypasta narrators who use the same piano music. It's been a while I was genuinely terrified during a creepypasta reading. Well done sir!
thanks so much joe!
I feel the exact same way! I actually started feeling fear and claustrophobia
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Wait- Joe!?
Joe nuts
"It's difficult to tell how much time passes when you're listening to a solo from the depths of Hades." My new favorite quote.
Haha never expected anyone to reply this fast did you
Exactly
I dont have a timestamps but the creature it is apparently a hodag
Landon Roberson 2:00:58
Okay who else was disappointed there wasn't a picture of the jack russel in the custom made harness having to be lowered down?
No pic of the jack russel in cute harness? -1000/10.
Im going to be honest having cave experience and having done it since a young age i would most likely bet it was made of knots in the rope cradling the smol pup
Jen B I'm currently listening, please tell me nothing bad happens to the good little dogger?
I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE
@@TimeForDunston I'm at the end of the video and nothing bad has happened to the dog.
I wonder if Ted realizes or understands what an absolute legend he is 🤔. The father of creepypastas. It's incredible.
Can we congratulate him for not putting any ads on this 2 hour video
There are ads tf you talking about
Busting Fat Loads there’s not for me
@@Lumppii. there are, just before and after not during
The Dark Somnium NOTICE MEE DARK PLZZZZ
truly shows it's not ALL about the money like I can get behind ads in the beginning and end but other UA-camrs will put 4 or 5 midroll ads in a 10 min. video it's nice seeing 2 hours of content and not getting stopped every 5 minutes for an ad
The scariest thing about the story for me is not knowing where the threat is, the silence and darkness isn't helping at all. And the fact that you're crawling in a tight space knowing that something that shouldn't exist is after you.
Want to hear something even worse? Nature is as beautiful as she is strong. There a few things, if anything anything at all, that can't exist. There are creatures that survive in the vacuum of space. An horror movie monster is nothing compared to the viciousness that is mother nature.
@@JoelRiter Mother Nature isn't as scary as a Xenomorph or Pennywise.
I think the scariest thing about this story is the fact that he never returned. There was no additional logs, recordings, messages, updates, or writings about it afterward, it just ends there. That's a FAR stronger ending then actually allowing the viewer to know what happened afterward, or what the possible creature in the cave looked like, or what was recorded on the other camera, this is very good horror story telling.
Wait so your telling me an hour and a half in this is a cliff hanger :/ :( Ok no f*CK that... still gonna watch it till the end XD
moon fox literally at 2hours now and I’m crying 😂 by far great story
Welllll that video camera is still down there if anyone cares to make the journey 👀
It’s pretty obvious to the viewer that he died though
@@jambamram8441 i wonder if anyone would do the journey
I’ve listened to every one of your uploads multiple times and don’t usually fall asleep to them, I want to hear the story (even if i’ve heard it before). But THIS is my comfort story for some reason and puts me to sleep like a lullaby. The mix of your voice, the background music/noise, and the horrifying story of an unfathomable monstrosity deep in a dark cave is just *chefs kiss*
Meanwhile, me freaking out even though I'm in a spacious living room at nearly seven (7) in the evening but the sun is still somewhat up. 😭😭
You are right though, his voice is a strange comfort in all this.... without the scary noises!! 🤣😂🤣😂
Me: I'm not claustrophobic
Dark Somnium: Hold my beer
Hold my mic
EXACTLY!
Exactly!
I'm not normally claustrophobic, having been stationed on a submarine for several years, but really tight crawlspaces in caves, in particular, freak me out, due to the possibility of cave-ins and the thought of being forever trapped in a tight spot until dying of dehydration... Like good ole' Floyd.
I like you, you made me smile. You shall get at a like.
Hold my pic axe
I can’t go more than 10 feet into a cave before the thought of a giant spider previously unknown to man causes a panic attack.
rtrThanos Ezekyle Abaddon exactly
Same I have claustrophobia and arachnophopia
Giant enemy spider
True
HAHAHHAHAHA MEEEEEEEEEE. I don’t care much about tarantulas because they’re virtually easy to spot, and you KNOW it’ll hurt when it bites you, but little spiders? How many could be there?? What if they were deadly???
Me: I could totally go spelunking. Also me: panics when my finger is hard to retract from a bottle lid.
Rockspoon to be fair people lose fingers like that quite often
RageXWarrior you ain’t helping this commenter, bud 😂
How the f#*% do you get your finger STUCK in a bottle lid? How does that even work? Are your fingers really fat? Or do you mean something other than an actual ‘lid’?
Bottle lid? Bottle lid. Bottle. Lid. Yeah am I having a stroke? I'm trying to think of what the hell you could even be talking about. Bottle. Lid. That finger gets stuck in. Is it a hole? Not a lid but like am area where a finger could fit? Or is there a 4th dimension lid that steals fingers? I don't get it
Tobi I think they’re either talking about the hold in a plastic lid which you put your straw, or they are referencing the opening on a glass bottle like to a beer.
Imagine yelling "Joe?!" in the hole and then he replies "MAMA, hah, got 'em"
then they see his outline dab in the distance
I’d leave him to die
He wasn’t called Joe.
@@Azqalihm thats why he said "imagine"
@@vinstual9830 lmao
One hour in and the story synopsis is “My friend and I are idiots, here’s how we removed ourselves from the gene pool”
Yo some one ells in 2020
@@thedeathkorpsofkreig1591 i.... what?....
Huh ?
12osm 12osm Wuh?
@@thedeathkorpsofkreig1591 bruh. U smoke a lot of that weed? It's been 2020 for over a half year now.
I love how most of this story isn't a creepypasta, its literally just some dudes caving journal but then there's an evil rock at the end. Its great.
Not an evil rock, it was protecting them from something, and it ended up being moved…
@@jacowitz3957 damn a new perspective has been set in my mind, what a nice rock
i think the rock was pushed right?
@@ritzcrakers he rolls in his sleep
Oh, the poor rock. Got blinded by the light for rolling over, and pushing his smaller brothers off the bed.
Me ignoring all the comments saying not to listen to this is you have bad anxiety 👁👄👁
Me continuing to watch it to the end eventhough I’m scared and anxious 👁👄👁
Slept with door closed when tempature is over 35 degrees Celsius outside
i have claustrophobia and i was getting hecking petrified at about 50:00
Me still watching even tho im having an anxiety attack 👁👄👁
@@user-wq3iz3qb6s me watching this, and knowing I will have an anxiety attack after seeing these comments
👁👄👁
I just realized that the wind stopped when something was infront of the hole.
Meaning that when Joe went in alone, after they began leaving, Ted didn't feel the breeze because whatever had scared Joe was right infront of the hole.
I think it was the rock. Whatever is in there, it moved that big smooth rock using it as a door to enter and exit that part of the cave. That's why they only felt breeze sometimes, the times where the creature had the rock/door moved, air came in from...wherever horrifying place existed beyond that doorway. When it was shut, the breeze stopped.
@@WobblesandBeanI think this is more likely, but either way something blocking the hole would’ve been the reason that Joe didn’t respond. Maybe if he could see something, he was hiding and didn’t want to make any noise. That’d also explain why he didn’t see any of the cool stuff ted wanted him to see, he really didn’t get that far in.
[the toe tickler was watching]
@@microglitch9742 5 word horror story
I love how the paranormal parts are almost definitely fake, but just the caving part itself is still fucking terrifying.
The caving part was real, the real Ted and his friend Brad did indeed come across a new tunnel just as described and they documented it, and later on Ted "embellished" the story with the supernatural stuff and posted it online for shits and giggles.
Itself itself itself
@theLavender Arts The caving part was real, the real Ted and his friend Brad did indeed come across a new tunnel just as described and they documented it, and later on Ted "embellished" the story with the supernatural stuff and posted it online for shits and giggles.
Dude its a story SURE THAT THE PARANORMAL PARTS ARE FAKE ITS A STORY ... don't freak about everything in life or you will never advance even if paranormal was real you have the duty to live with it .
Its in Utah, interstate cave , if only it wasnt an expert level cave that requires a permit. Would be awesome to experience in person.
Imagine being scared of one movey round rock boi.
This video genuinely paralyzed me in fear
I thought the rock would be or contain the spookster.
What if it is a tarasque fucking with this guy by moving rocks around
rock
SCP??
This is why UA-cam is great. Not because of clips of the daily show or comedy specials. This right here is the gold.
I just came across this video and I must say, whether or not this is a true story, you are a master storyteller. The writing and delivery are top notch, and the audio design is on point for the type of story. Not to mention the creepy visuals inserted sparingly into the video. BRAVO!!
he didn’t write it. i love this story so much this is why i love youtube :)
It's the pacing that's magnificent.
I wish I knew what happened
True ? Lol its a campfire story.. i first heard it 15-20 years ago
While this is the oldest “creepypasta”, it is still my favorite and most people could agree it is one of the best written ones by far. Also, it just feels so real, this guy went to so much effort to document everything just like he really experienced it. I love how he never really saw the monster, if there ever was really one; it’s feels totally plausible that this happened and they’re just went into a group psychosis after being exposed to weird cave gasses or something
It is real, just the monster is fake
I think that "the left right game" comes close in writing
it is possible there was leftover carbon monoxide if they used any machinery (get alarms!)
Left right game wins that award
@@LED816 terrible book 🤣 🤣
1:45:00 genuinely the best written part of a creepypasta I've ever heard. The emotion you put into the man's voice is clear and resounding and the picture formed is absolutely terrifying. 11/10.
1:49:27 *_NEVERMIND NEVERMIND NEVERMIND IM EVEN MORE SCARED NOW_*
Haha thank you!
27:03
This creepy pasta is the only one that i felt a sense of slight fear
@@Dumpsterboi Most of the others are like, "This is a teenager. He/she has a J-name. He/she is purfectly normal in a loving household, but, oh-no, here comes some bullies. He/she then finds out they are a psycopath, so, instead of getting help, he/she gores him/herself in an interesting, unique way. After this, he/she murders his/her entire fricking family and runs-off into the woods, never to be seen again."
1:28:10 You know, stuff that's described like this in the following minute or so. are signs of low oxygen. Be it the story real or not. I'm surprised that they never used tools to test the oxygen levels while down in their new cave area, oftentimes sealed off areas like that won't have a breathable atmosphere and can pose a direct threat to ones health. You'll become light-headed, simple tasks become very difficult etc etc etc. As they describe these simple tasks not working out in their favor I can't help but feel like there was an unhealthy gas mix that was in that extended cave area, and by widening the passage. any pressure of gas built up would now more or less take over the lower parts leading up to the tomb crawl. Perhaps that hissing like a scream that they heard, and the various rock grinding noises was actually different pressures of gasses slowly releasing from a sulfur-like lake that could be in a different chamber. Some gasses when under enough pressure can become a liquid, and would explain the high pitch noise, of that liquid evaporating with the change in pressure to allow for it's release.
Overall, I'm really surprised they didn't have a tool to measure the oxygen levels. That seems like the biggest danger out of this whole story.
Damn, I wasn't aware that sort of thing happens with cave exploration. This puts some of the events of the story into perspective, makes you wonder if the horror they experience was really in their heads all along
Ok but
Something was moving the ropes
And a massive boulder moved
Sounds like Man of Medan lol, that’s so cool. I mean not for the cavers, but like it’s literally Man of Medan only in a cave. Also for anyone that doesn’t know, Man of Medan is a choice horror game.
@@Zayats_MW hallucinating is a symptom of low oxygen. If - like the other person said - the gas replaced the oxygen, then both of them could've been hallucinating.
@@Tikachu what about the phone cable? did it get stuck under the rock by his movements and did he then pull the wrong way for it to snap? it depends on how the rock was on the cable 🤔
Pro tip: If your in a spooky place and your DOG gets scared? GTFO as soon as possible, it aint worth it
lmao fr
So true :/
haha
@Ryan O'Connor Here in my city there is a building that has been abandoned by the goverment many years ago. It is located in the main avenue of the city, and it's famously known for being haunted, and home to druggies and homeless people.
The place is pretty much where all of the freaky shit in the city goes down, such as homicides, suicides, drug selling... me and my father searched up, and the first crime that happened there was a homicide in 1954, and the latest was a suicide in 2019, with multiple other creepy things happening during the years inbetween.
There was one time all my family was in the car, and we stopped in front of the building, as there was a traffic jam. My mother had the ideia to pull out her phone and take a photo of one of the buildings stories. There was nothing there other than the unfinished structure and hardware, we could clearly see it.
Then, she opened her gallery and showed the photo to us... there was a bloddy red dress hidden in the shadows of the place we took the photo... we checked it again one more time, and there was nothing there, but for some reason, that dress was in the photograph.
My father and brother laughed it off, but we got terrified and deleted the picture. I don't believe in the supernatural, never will, but that moment made me question my beliefs...
this story is the definition of
“you aren’t scared of the dark, you are scared of what is in it.”
The fact the monster is NEVER shown during this whole story is truly an amazing idea and makes it so much more scary
also interesting link: ‘Mystery Cave’ and ‘The M Cave’ have a lot of characteristics in common, and maybe could be the same cave, not that this is possible really but it is a really cool idea.
What's the M cave?
@@Lily-ge4tm if it’s the one I’m thinking of there was a guy who would post videos of himself exploring and caving, and he always wanted to find an M shaped cave he saw once and when he set out to find it he went missing. Some people think he committed suicide
@@alteredbeast192 I think his name was like kenny v or something and he had a youtube channel with a video called "M Cave Hike"
This should be titled "Man gets spooked in cave and hits head then proceeds to run into walls and trip for 20 minutes.
But then what happened to Joe? He must have experienced similar since he would not talk about it; stopped going to work, etc. I doubt he also hit his head and was tripping lol.
@@LadyCastlevania maybe he was too embarrassed to talk about it
FROG dela POND I doubt that 2 people would have hit their head within days/weeks of each other and had such an experience. And I can’t see someone calling off of work and not responding to anyone for weeks because they were embarrassed they hit their head lol.
@@JazzieHERO maybe they had a HUGEEE ORGY and was too embarrassed to talk about it so they made this all up
2 hours
This is the first time I’ve been exposed to the entirety of Ted the Caver, and I think you did a great job with the delivery here. The tone of voice and editing really do enhance the suspense and dread. And honestly, the whole thing gives me the same sort of claustrophobic creeping dread that House of Leaves does.
I wonder what that camera caught.
glad you like it!
I was thinking about House of Leaves too while listening to this. Just the foreboding sense of the unknown and places or things that shouldn't, or *can't* exist, mixed with the terror of Ted and B really stuck you in the moment and made you feel what they're feeling in both stories.
Now I'm going to have to find The House of Leaves and read that.. this was amazing
this is by far my favorite creepy pasta due to the fact that the cave creature was left mysterious and unknown, the descriptions of everything from emotion to atmosphere and location just made it much more interesting and eerie and made me imagine the scene much more better, and your voice was absolutely perfect! great job!!
Agreed!
Ged Reked that movie pissed me off. Half the theater booed at the end.
I like how all the stuff at the end is basically just describing the symptoms of PTSD combined with extreme sleep deprivation
The immersion, realistic voice acting and visual / audio effects. This is way better than any other story teller on YT and I'm sure we can all agree! Somnium is the best, great work man!
Man this kinda story is perfect for your narration style and voice. The intensity is perfect man. The way you described the tomb got me claustrophobic while I am outside making wire pens. Love ya work and make sure you vet for gold like this.
thank you im gladd you like it!
Nice man! I agree with your point! I actually listen to Somnium when I wire wrap lol. Perfect to take my mind on a nice journey while my body makes the art 🙂
Yeah, I agree. Also with the pictures of his progress through the caves
Wire pens, for writing?
@@TruthIsTheNewHate84 I imagine its wire pens as in an area you'd keep animals in, such as chickens.
Me: What kind of person would sit through a 2h video of someone talking a story? I can barely sit through a 2h movie.
Also me, 2h later: i'll never go inside a cave, ever.
Came here after Shane and Ryan's "Are You Scared" video; after learning that they literally only read (unknowingly) the last 15 or so minutes. Shane even hilariously complained that the cavers never went into a cave 😂 Super glad I did! This version is way better. Brilliant structure and your narration truly brings it to life!
Yeah, unfortunately they didn't do it justice. I know it's way too long for it to fit in the video, but you have to read it from the start to get the feels. Glad that you came here to listen to it fully, this gem deserves to be recognised
Holy thanks I forgot about buzzfeed
Once I heard about the dog I was like 'If the dog dies I swear to God-'
Me too. Im so glad the dog was safe, even though its just a scary story
Me too!
Thank you, anxiety was killing me
Nah the dogs just gonna give a smile lol
Had to bring a dog at least once so he could scratch the “dog notices the evil before owners do” trope of the to-do list.
Edit: I'll be talking about a few details from the ending here.
*Spoilers ahead*
To those who think that this story is unfinished because it never tells you what they found inside the cave, that is what the author was planning to do. You know how at the end where ted says that he will immediately update the page once he got answers? Well if he did get out, we would obviously have gotten an update from him straight away. However, we never do hear from him again. This suggests that he probably didn't survive to tell the tale, meaning that whatever it was inside the cave must have killed him and the other two, leaving us with a scary and mysterious ending with no answers or explanations.
Thanks, I admit I needed a little more about the caver ending explained. 👍
People needed an explanation? I thought it was pretty obvious.
We ain't all able 💫
Also the story is from 2001, so, maybe he won't be updating it any time soon.
@@HargMentor considering there's a ton of "ending explained" vids for movies that absolutely need no explaining, yeah, some people need it
A: “so I’ll just call him joe”
The demon in the cave “JOE MAMA”
Haha 🤣
That's the real reason Joe was terrified. XD
that was rock tastic
And that shit echoes all the way out the cave
Hahahahahhahhahaga
I’ve listened to this story a couple times now, and I just wanted to say that I love the sound/music that’s used whenever something unnatural occurs within the cave. It just has this neat eerie effect that really helps to build a sense of unease/suspense.
Haven’t we all done some desperate things for a virgin passage?
Why is this not too comment
Depends on your first thought of virgin.....Mine was a baby
@@samknott7737 caursed
ChickenStripsPP D fuk
Oh dear
You’re too powerful man I almost had a panic attack listening to this...
muahah >:D
@@Darksomnium You evil bastard! D:
@@Darksomnium You evil bastard! D:
This is a story from the early days of the internet. It was giving me claustrophobia back in the 90s.
@@Darksomnium yeah man out of all the stories i've heard this has definitely gotta be one of the best. just wondering, is there more to it or does it end like that with the assumption that they .... didn't make it back.
38:00 "And I heard the most terrifying scream echoing from the hole"
Yet what is more terrifying, is that he still proceeded to explore Floyd's Tomb.
I would at least be scared a raccoon would run up and scratch my face.
He simply went too far. This is one of the scariest tales I have ever heard. Love the descriptions.
Jeez I remember watching this video a year ago and it was the most tense thing I've ever listened too, nothing has changed, still makes me wide eyed, easily the best version of this on UA-cam by far.
Thank you so much :)
I agree, I've listened to the full thing several times, I just finished the thing again for the first time in months and it still sends shivers down my spine thinking about how horrifying it would be to be in that situation, can't help but get lost in the gripping story.
I read it, and couldn’t put it down. A brilliant horror tale.
I know where the Mystery cave is
Location: Route 33 - west of Vermillion City
Enemies: Zoobat, Golem, and if you’re lucky a Shiny Golbat
Ladies and gentlemen, we got’em
"They had us in the first half not gonna lie."
Explain
46- 10 it’s a pokemon reference
But did you get them all?
Did you mean Geodude because you can’t get Golem in the wild lol
I may not have been there but god dang I sure felt like I was. Your commentary was so good it sent shivers down my spine. Bravo man
thank you im so glad you like it!
I have never listen so hard in my life. This story is insanely good. I can picture everything from the beginning till the end. I love it. Thanks for sharing n I'm sorry u went through all of that. I hoped u overcome everything. Xoxo
@@marylulufaith6303 THIS IS A CREEPYPASTA. IT WASNT HIM
+Thatoneguy 450 - +The Dark Somnium usually has that effect on listeners!
“Just got this in my recommended” gang rise up
Hell yeah brother
Still pretty interesting tho
You rang?
Gang
At your service
What's also cool about this creepypasta is the origin is known, and Ted has talked about it later on to clarify and authenticate the real parts of the story. This is Freeway Cave / Interstate Cave in Utah. The official maps match up with Ted's story. He had to come out and talk about it because his story has been plagiarized a few times, even back dated to appear to precede it.
"Hey were going to a cave"
"No"
"...and you have to crawl on your stomach the entire time"
"Hell no"
"...and it's subject to flooding and takes hours to get out"
"FUCK NO"
..."but nobody has ever been there before"
"Fuck yea"
@@drolemem ..."also its haunted." "wait what?"
@Bird I respect you for replying to my 6 month old reply
Ha ha ha
@Lucki "....also several people have gone missing there"
"Dude, what the hell!"
SOME INFO - The cave is very much real and was really opened up by the caver and his buddy. Everything is true but the supernatural parts. The "screams" heard were supposedly a semi truck screeching to a halt and combined with the bedrock it distorted it to an otherworldly sound. All the other noises were traffic too. There were no markings nor were there any smells or rope pulling. The cave is known as Freeway Cave, Floyd's Tomb and it's in the Gypsum Passage on the map. The caver's real name is Ted Hegemann and his friend is Brad.
@yo im shinobi No, It's made up.
Probably the best way to write a believable creepy story. Tweaking real things to be odd or wrong is always more scary.
what a way to keep their privacy eh :')
So he's still alive right?
...Right?
@@flyingnunchucks1529 Yeah obviously.
“It is absolutely necessary, for the peace and safety of mankind, that some of earth's dark, dead corners and unplumbed depths be left alone; lest sleeping abnormalities wake to resurgent life, and blasphemously surviving nightmares squirm and splash out of their black lairs to newer and wider conquests.”
H.P. Lovecraft
Google "HP Lovecraft cat name" if you want a good laugh
@@Harry_Blotter Best you don't probarbly XD
@@Harry_Blotter Thanks bro 😁
@@Harry_Blotter "good laugh"
Trent Kelly incredibly funny 😐
This was such an amazing reading. I drive 2 hours home at night on weekends and like to listen to scary stories to keep me awake, and the way you increased the tension and the pace towards the end was phenomenal, building up so much tension and fear.
Coming from someone who has gone spelunking before, the moment Ted started describing what was wrong I immediately got anxious and my heart rate rose. Excellent story telling
That would've been better than when i went into a barn in 2009 when i was 20 which many times i have been to that said barn numerous times went all over it. Went to the very back of thr property. Even inside the barn. Even took my white friend named Bryan with me on that expedition. Place looked creepy and abandoned. Even found bones. Took a bone. Never got caught but in 2009 i went for another expedition. I moved out of there late 2006 but went to visit my cousin frequently. had nothing to do that day heard a band playing around that area so i was like I'll check it out. So i went and that time i heard a white lady scream. I don't know i was so not in my right senses i went towards her when my way out was like literally right next to me. Man the look on her face was like damn. She took the stick off my hands in no time. Dude i was in her hands threatened to kill me. Was afraid too cuz she was going through her purse i was like what if she pulled a gun on me. Long story short the cops came i got handcuffed. What saved me was that i lied about my age i told her i was 17 and i had no affiliation with any gangs she knew i wasn't the troublemaker type. Surprisingly i was cought that very day. I should've told her why i was up there. The place looked creepy which impulsed me to go and explore. Man good old 2009 that was the most traumatic moment of that year.
I have never been so fucking scared from a Creepypasta. Like holy shit wow that was intense.
“I had not been faced with anything this small.“
My PP:“Let me introduce myself.“
Every first like first comment
don't be so hard on yourself i'm sure your pp ist sehr groß!
That's what she said
That's where my mind went
Now I'm dying, and why'd you expose yourself tho
@@ilikecherries2883 no I do I'm fortnite player
This should come with a warning, if you suffer from anxiety, or claustrophobia... lol, *be warned*
I love fear- it's a beautiful feeling, it helps me sleep, I just love it in general. This story... it was something else. I read it, alone, at 12:30 last night. My father was snoring in the other room, and each snore felt insanely scary. When I finished, I sat in my chair for the next 15 minutes, shivering, struggling to breathe.
Max Rostaing I felt that too much 😐😅
Lol
me, someone who suffers from both: nah,, iim f*ine* :./
Me, who suffers with both: haha scary story go spook spook
This is my favorite version of the story! You did me proud!
Usually scary stories don’t scare all to much and are usually fun to listen too, but this, this made me feel real genuine fear
I'm still nervous and shaken even though I finished it an hour ago
the grinding sound effect made my adrenaline go brrrr and i havent felt that from a story in a long, long time
sometimes im just vibing when my brain randomly goes "okay, but what was at the other end of that rope?"
@@witchflowers6942 Same
Shit I usually listen to these stories at night and slowly drift to sleep, this one kept my eyes wide fucking open for 2 hours straight
Imagine shooting a gun in a cave. You'd go deaf lol
No u wouldn’t it wouldn’t be just as loud it would just last longer
Ear buds./cans.
Indoor Firing ranges are basically like the cave.
BLUNT HEAD No it would be louder and echo a lot. Even handguns are really loud and with the tight walls it would make your ears ring.
better than dead although he probably is dead anyways
Lol
This story heavily reminds me of the works of H.P. Lovecraft and is a prime example of what Creepypastas should aspire to be:
- Eldritch symbolism means bad.
- In hindsight, human curiosity will be our downfall.
- We are not meant to explore beyond our reach.
- Fear of the unknown.
- Ambiguous monster with unfathomable goals.
- The experience leaves you with more questions than answers, the protagonists lose in the end even when they win, several are left suffering from a mental illness.
I know! Especially The Rats In The Walls.
I know it's not Lovecraft but this kinda sounds like a bad summary of Frankenstein lol
quite fittingly, lovecraft has a story called 'the beast in the cave'
Joe never telling what happened was a genius move, it makes your mind run wild.
I'm just imagining... He's moving along the caves passages, well out of earshot of the other two waiting safely on the other end of Floyd's Tomb.
The Tomb represents such a cutoff from safety. Every time a character squeezes into it, I get this deep feeling of dread imagining what could be just out of sight watching them inch through. So helpless, if it wanted to it could grab them and drag them down into unending darkness, never to be seen again.
When Joe went in alone, I just imagine him making it to the room. He's looking around, and he does see the circular rock, and he does see the figures on the walls. And as he stands in the room, pacing around just taking in the wonder of a cave never before explored, he pauses. He heard something. It sounds like someone stomping towards the room from the passage ahead. They're getting closer. Dread consumes him.
He feels frozen in place.
It takes all his willpower to raise his hand and click off his light, just before the first footfalls begin echoing in the room.
He's trying to be quiet, but his breathing sounds so much louder then it should. He's sure it hears him... He's sure it saw his light.
But it's being so much louder than he is. Stomping and huffing, wandering around seemingly aimlessly.
He can't focus on a single thing besides for his unmeasurable fear and this thing here with him.
He doesn't even know what it is, what it looks like- but he knows he will die any minute now.
Then he realizes, and though he thought impossible, his fear surges, it was smelling for him.
Its loud huffing and walking around the room was it searching for him.
It lived in complete darkness, it couldn't see him, but it could still find him. He backed into a wall. Shit that was so much louder than he intended.
It didn't seem to notice though, it's still moving and its breathing is getting louder.
Then, before it pinpoints the location of his scent, it stops. He hears it stop moving, and only light breaths escape it now.
Then he hears it turn, and walk towards the circular rock. He hears scrambling, and it crawling downwards.
He's rooted in place, how long he isn't sure.
As strong as his will to stay low and quiet, is his desire to move to safety. And before he can stop himself, his muscles contract and begin moving him back towards the tomb, in complete darkness.
When he nears and begins to hear the other two's yells, he clicks his light back on and rounds the final corner to safety.
I also think about what if he went down the hole behind the rock, or if he continued on through the passage past the room, or if he truthfully never even made it to the room, and what he found or hear or saw that made him stop... Such a good story.
Yeah makes your imagination surge, right!? I think specifically what makes it so scary to me is that while it'd seem logical to think "there's a creature down there", there's no tangible evidence that there *actually is*. It could be the cave is some horrible cursed location that does all the things by itself, but it's the implication that makes it scary. A straight, smooth tunnel running deep down into the earth. A round rock, covering it, but seemingly moving by itself. The smell of death. It all points to something terrible, but not explicitly a singular creature or entity. I think this most notably stands out when the rope is being pulled back into the cave. Ted says it "felt like a steady tension, not like someone was climbing up the rope". Something about that seemed odd to me. If it were a creature, there'd be some micromovements of it pulling the rope, but instead he specifically says it was a steady, tightening tension. Like some indeterminate force consistently pulling the rope down into the hole.
@AshBreather Ikr. It's so interesting. I really wonder about the rock and the cave drawings, especially the way he said that it seemed to glow on his way out... Almost like it was taunting him, or had always been there, like a warning and he was too swept up to notice, or maybe was a sign the energy within was picking up.
I even think about the rock itself.. Something about the idea of a possibility sentient rock is somehow unnerving just because you'd never even expect it, just walking right past and around the "monster."
It all comes together in a way that your mind is just racing to put together all of the facts and strange occurrences to try to piece together who or what may be down there, and there is so much left up to the imagination that you get hundreds of different answers and even more questions.
In this story: Man finds tight virgin passage, becomes obsessed, finally gets rocks off, still obsessed in the end. Jokes aside this story had me gripping the edge of my seat the entire time, very well written and well read.
Yea and then you realize he did this with a friend and even found someone else to give it a turn
Tight virgin cave passage vs chad caver
Maaaan, you did an INCREDIBLE job on this one! I have to admit, I would NOT have been able to make it through this one without your narration and music.
As far as the descriptions of rocks, crevices and equipment, this story is doing THE MOST. It would have been boring in anyone else's hands, but you somehow managed to keep our interest! I was put off by the 2 hour run time, as I usually don't have the time or attention to dedicate to a single video. But you have made the prospect of 2 hours of Dark Somnium awesomeness WAAAY more appealing.
They way that you built tension through your reading and music has been amazing; there were several moments where I was tempted to fast-forward until I picked up on some intricate inflections in your tone and changes in the music that changed my mind. In the end, the interjections made little difference to me, and definitely could have been omitted in favor of more comfortable run time, but that's more a commentary on my attention span than your production.
On many occasions, I could SEE this story, FEEL the panic and terror and relate to these characters. Especially towards the end, with the rope being pulled, I was downright ANXIOUS!!! Your knack for narration is a real revelation and your talent spills into your character development, tension building and tone setting; all this aside from the work of the original author!! It took me awhile to find 2 hours to get into this, but the reward you give your listeners for sticking it out are precious: an unparalleled listening experience that will live in our memories as one of the greatest stories we've ever heard! Thank you so much for your hard work! I hope you feel that it paid off for you the way it did for us!
thanks so much! :)
Well said Dirge. Nothing but agreement from me.
Thank you, sorry for the length lol
As your last name says you have a way with words
the most unrealistic part is that both of their neighbors knew how to weld
lol
There is different types of welding, and some are pretty easy to learn. Around 2000, that's not hard to believe. The hardest thing to believe is he bought a gun in the paper with no "permit". I'm assuming it takes place in the US. You don't need a permit to own a gun in the US, even then. You just had to pass a background check. Mail order guns had to be picked up at a local gun store so a background check could be run.
@makeanewchronoplz That is not true at all. Most States require a permit for concealed carry. No permit is required to purchase a gun, only an instant background check through the FBI system. I have a CCH license. I had to pass a class on gun laws and pass a test. I scored a 100%. Most States provide reciprocity for concealed handguns. Given the main character lived in a house in an area near major caves, he's most likely not in the handful of cities that requires a permit through the Sheriff's office. A private sale between individuals isn't illegal in most States. In the ones that require a background check on transfer, you're not likely to see a classified ad for a private sale. For a private sale to be legal, it must be for the purpose of getting rid of part of a collection, and not for the purpose of making a profit.
@makeanewchronoplz It's illegal to privately transfer guns to someone who can't own one. Most guns used in mass shootings are purchased legally, and no gun control law proposed would have prevented it. If someone has severe mental health issues, it's the responsibility for their psychologist to report them as a danger to officials. Gun shop owner's are encouraged to refuse sales to whoever they feel uncomfortable selling to. Some mass shooters had to go to several shops before someone would sell them a gun. There are instances where a mass shooter was able to purchase a gun because State crimes that would have prohibited them were not reported to the FBI background check system. One mass shooter a few years back was able to buy a gun because the Army didn't report his offenses to the FBI. As the recent shooting in a Texas church demonstrates, arming law abiding citizens work. Five armed church members took out the shooter quickly. A 2013 survey by the Obama Administration's CDC found over 500k instances of defensive gun use a year. Get rid of legal ownership, or overly restrict it, and you'll cause more deaths than we have now.
@@russiannpcbot6408 well said. +1
Worth listening to. Absolutely great build up and ending is quite questioning.
No one:
Absolutely no one:
Ted: 🅱️🅱️🅱️🅱️🅱️🅱️🅱️🅱️🅱️🅱️
😂😂😂😂
"🅱! WHERE ARE YOU!🅱!🅱!🅱!"
Monke 761 ppl did ur so special
Ratina Wolf aw shit is that a spoiler, I didn’t finish the video yet.
Ratina Wolf 1:18:39 is my time stamp.
When he describes exhaling to get further in the squeeze, that’s literally what giant constrictor snakes do to suffocate other animals. It’s hella scary
I’m a creepypasta veteran but even I was scared, I was literally holding my breath when he said he heard the rock move right next to him. After I realized I was holding my breath I started gasping and my eyes were watering.
i didnt gasp or let my eyes water but i know what you mean iv seen way too many creepypastas/cryptids storys to count but this IS one of the best i just wish the ending was more explained
SAME
@@masterphantom7320 The open ending makes it more realistic though
The term "creepypasta veteran" made me
C R I N G E H A R D
From a literature standpoint this is the best creepypasta I've ever met.
This is still one of the greatest creepypastas ever created. It was so well crafted and planned, I wish I’d known about it when it first started being released, having to wait for the next entry must have been insane, especially with this being essentially the first creepypasta, this had such an incredible impact on story writing across the internet and inspired a massive amount of creativity ever since ❤
im so glad you likd it!
@@Darksomnium you did a fantastic job bringing the story to life :) you do great work, even your 5+ year videos are great quality ✌️ and yeah the author deciding to include photos of himself while caving was brilliant. the photos really made people wonder if this was actually happening, i definitely can’t blame them, if i’d heard this not knowing it was a creepypasta i’d be wondering how true it was too
This is one of the most tense scary stories I've ever listened to. And I listen to A LOT of horror stories, and creepypastas.
ikr! I've honestly listened to so many that i gave up at the beginning of the year because i felt like I'd heard all of the good ones.
didn't help with the titles getting so elaborate lmao
i think the one that tops all is Tommy Taffy. that set the bar really high. This one's really good though.
@@jaheriawilson19 can you please tell me a few more of the best ones to listen to
@@danieldavis6288 can you please tell me a few more of the top stories to listen to
@@mitchdavis7245 Umm well Nature's Temper has a playlist called Marine Stories and i think they're all great. I enjoyed the Deep Web series by Corpse husband (i think) as well.
i just started listening to The Dark Somnium's reading of "The Left Right Game", it's pretty good. I've been binging his content lately.
I have never felt actual dread when listening to a scary story or when reading one not even when watching a scary movie I haven't been this scared in ages I'm still anxious when typing this the way this was written along with the combination of the music really builds up tension 10/10
This was making me laugh for some odd reason. Good story though 👍🏽
Minecrafters are watching this and laughing at how long it took them to break a little bit of rock
@theamateuridiot true u>u
Tbh they shoulda brang a diamond pick rookie mistake UwU
@theamateuridiot hahaahah
*laughs in diamond pickaxe*
@@qsdclipz5378 laughs in netherite pickaxe
So glad I finally gave this one a chance. It's so unique. Took me 3 nights of falling asleep to it, to finish it. I've only been listening to your channel for a year now, but it's insane that your level of sound editing was this good, exactly 3 years ago!
Absolutely terrifying, actually made my eyes water as it neared it’s end
Glad you like it :)
I scour the internet that bring those involuntary tears out. I hope you find many more my spooky story spelunking friend
I'm not claustrophobic or anything, and have been in small spaces while urban exploring many times. But I could feel myself getting anxious/ breathing a little heavier while he was describing how tight this passage was from about 45-55 minute mark. Absolutely terrifying for some reason.
Same here I had to fast forward past it damn near every time he described it like it legit made start having a panic attack smh 🤦
@@Weber1987 Yeah dude whoever wrote this is a descriptive genius, and great at tension building in his descriptions.
Sorry the screams were just me And the old lady spider.....we’ve been going through a rough patch
THE OLD LADY SPIDER HAS BEEN CHEATING ON ME.... WITH YOU????
I say we ditch her and run off on our own to a cave and dwell there, we can scare off the travelers and live in peace.
Aye can I join drax and Tula? I could be the third wheel and we could start a spider gang and our own club
@Electrix_Mix lmao, I’m in!
Drax Brady wait a minute, the old lady spider told me i was the only one, she was cheating on me with TWO others?