3 people found in IMPOSSIBLE places | Missing 411 (Part 3)

Steven Kubacki, Danny Filippidis and a 12 year old boy named "Wofford" were all, at one point, considered missing people... and they all, at some point, reappeared under circumstances that defy rational explanation.
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[@M888HGAAAWNKLMTOZLNLSSSKKHHZBB]

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[@YeahForSure99]

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[@Kilbenmur]

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[@BillyKone]

TIMBENMURR was an avid MrBallen viewer...

[@austinwilburn1772]

I know you're comment is a bit of a joke but there really is a lot of truth to it if you think about it. If you avid at something then that means you go out and do stuff, you're active. So even though they are better than you at something, you're not putting yourself in a position of danger. It's a little sad but safe.

[@positivepessimist6853]

'Avid' or 'competent' or 'experienced' 😂

[@dhanishhamdhan769]

Same

[@leslieyeich1837]

I had an experience somewhat similar to #3. I was an exchange student in Germany for a year ('03-'04) & there was some festival at a nearby village that a big group of us rode our bikes to (anyone who has lived there knows this is a common thing). I stayed the night with some friends, & left the next morning fairly early, I would guess around 8 AM. The ride should have been about a hour, basically entirely on a bike path through monotonous fields & a few villages. I was maybe halfway back when I saw a man ahead of me just standing with his bike, sort of enjoying the scenery. Everything about this man screamed another time. He was in full lederhosen & his bike was ancient. That's totally normal there, though. I was going at a super leisurely pace, & he waved me down. I stopped & we started talking. That's basically when things got weird. I don't remember a single thing we spoke about, and the scenery itself seemed to take on this hazy, dreamlike quality. I remember walking with this man through what seemed to be ancient forests, meadows full of wild mountain flowers, along streams... just really like a full tour of beauty. I kind of came to, to him saying "well, Les, your host family is probably wondering where you are! Better get going!" I hopped on my bike & did just that. I turned around not 20 feet on just to wave, & there was nobody there, with pretty much just empty fields to look at. It was nearing sunset, & I was towards the end of the trek. While I was with the man I had no real sense of time, & did not feel hunger or thirst at any point of the ~12 hours I was apparently wandering a landscape quite disparate from the one all rationale would put me in. It was a very strange experience, & it felt very... orchestrated? I'm not sure what the proper term would be. I didn't just stumble upon some "echo" or "rift" or something, but rather was purposefully shown/brought to/whatever this experience was .

[@ineedtostopwatchingyoutube5211]

Did you or your friends ever do psychedelics?

[@AmanoHikari012]

You got spirited away.. Atleast you got back.. Others don't..

[@rafaelcineasta]

@@AmanoHikari012 Demons can do that i've heard, and peoples who doubles themselves, gnostics, i've perceived many of them visiting my house, and i perceive demons too, but i can not see them yet, cause Holly Spirit can give a gift called spiritual discernmente wich you can see Him, angels, and demons and bad or good things but in their spiritual shape.

[@Neotrunks1]

While Lederhosen makes me think of southern Germany, may I ask in what part of Germany this happened in? Germany actually has a lot of explainable things happening, but people here are far more afraid to speak out about it than in other places. At least that's what it feels like to me. The reason I am asking is because eastern Germany is full of places with strange activities. I myself had one of those happen to me when I was 17, not related to dimensional shifts (I think), but still very creepy. Me and a friend were camping in a privately owned forest in north eastern Germany. My friend's grandfather owned most of that forest (This wasn't uncommon back then, land in eastern Germany was extremely cheap.) he had told us to try to stay on the paths, but being dumb teenagers we just went off into the deeper parts of the woods and decided to camp there. Just before midnight, we start hearing music from a bit further away, deeper into the woods. And not modern music, it was march music. It didn't sound like it was coming from speakers, it straight up sounded like there was a march band playing. We starting shining lights around, grabbed our knives and were already in fight or flight mode. The music stopped for a minute or so and then started back up a lot closer, if I had to guess, maybe like 30m or so away from us. We still couldn't see anyone or anything, but at that point, we were so scared, we just looked at each other and without saying a single word we decided we need to get the hell out of there. We only took our flashlights and the knives with us and made a run for it. Theses woods aren't very big, so we only had to run about 2 km until we found the path and another 4km to get out of the forest, when we got back to my friend's grandfather's house, we explained the situation to the grandparents, who we had just woken up, so they just told us it was fine and we should go to bed, not taking us seriously. However, the next day, the grandfather approached us and told us he was thinking about what we had said to him. He told us that at the end of WW2, Russian soldiers took a group of wehrmacht soldiers into these woods, made them dig their own graves, shot them and buried them there. This has always been a rumor around the villages in the area, but no one ever confirmed it. Whenever I am in eastern Germany among people who trust me, I like to talk to them about strange occurrences like that, and almost everyone has at least one such story, but no one wants to talk about them publicly. A real shame, but also understandable. I think in America there is a lot more room to tell these stories without being labeled crazy (still not much, but way more than here in Germany.)

[@gameplaykingz9545]

Someone was on Shrooms or LSD weren’t they hahahaha

[@wilsonserv]

Second story left out some key facts. He had a credit card on him and remembers flagging a truck driver down who drove him all the way to Sacramento. He also remembers getting a new phone and in a couple days his wife's number came back to him. Pretty clear case of a concussion.

[@paulh2981]

So he hitchhiked for several days, got a haircut, bought an iPhone, and did it all while wearing his ski gear and having a concussion so severe he was blacked out the whole time?

[@coocoo3336]

@@paulh2981 yep.

[@alienchaser636]

This guy exaggerates to make it more tremendous on the original story

[@nathanhensn8717]

@@paulh2981 I have a family member that slipped on the ice and hit his head. He then proceeded to drive in circles that were about 3 miles round. He had full conversations with his daughter on the phone. She knew something was wrong so she tracked him using his phone. She chased him down in her truck, then she knew he was clearly not right. Brought him to the er. They hospitalized him ct scans and all that. He didn't become normal until 3 days later and he only remembered the fall and nothing else. If it wasn't for his daughter who knows what he would've done. Crazy shit happens.

[@15thirteen]

@@paulh2981 I've gotten a concussion before, vehicle rollover, my mom told me I walked out of the ditch and whatever. All I remember is falling asleep in the truck and later waking up on a couch to my siblings playing, and I asked over and over "What happened?" And I don't remember anything after either. Concussions are wild.

[@Garrett8489]

Can we all just appreciate that this man stopped to tell us stories with an avalanche coming down behind him?

[@user-ho9lm3wq5o]

😂

[@franco2538]

Lol

[@kayden5238]

na he's fine its going in reverse he has the power to tell stories and rewind time

[@marcopolo2418]

So considerate to stop running from an avalanche to tell us a few stories.

[@QuackersCo]

It's that moment right before death when you recall certain moments and tales you've heard through your life... Told in story format.

[@igitaq]

My great uncle was a native Alaskan. He and two younger men were seal hunting when the ice they were on started to break. The two younger men were able to jump back to shore as the ice was separating. My great uncle being older was not able to and had to stay on the ice. The two men could only watch as he drifted away on the ice. As tradition, inupiaq hunters keep their spare mukluks hanging by the door. If the mukluks continue to swing the hunter is alive because it means they are still walking. For seven years he was gone but his mukluks continued to swing until he finally returned. He had drifted to Russia and was stuck there until he put together enough money to pay for passage back to Alaska on a ship. His family knew he was still alive since his mukluks never stopped swinging over the seven years.

[@AmeliaLidstrom]

that's really cool and a beautiful story.

[@duckygibson2075]

Holy shit??????

[@philbreach7177]

This sounds incredibly fake. He “floated” to Russia and no one thought to send h back after he arrived? Riiiiiight

[@thatmtgnerd]

@@philbreach7177 it is Russia tho I wouldn't put it past them lol

[@labj143]

@@philbreach7177 Depending on the era. It would cost a lot of money. So unless the government felt responsible(e.g.: trafficking or diplomacy problems), you were on your own. It's the same as getting stranded in a foreign country without a wallet. And him not being able to communicate, wouldn't be surprising if it happened before cell phones. Because there was a struggle to get mail between all parts of Alaska and rest of the U.S. even until the 1980s. Add to that, trying to make contact in a foreign country that you know nothing about and has bad relations with your homeland. Although, I guess it is ironic because Alaska was once a Russian colony. But he likely had to contact the U.S. embassy to get a passport, and that would also take a long time before the internet. And even before that, he would need to handle the language barrier and earn enough to even reach the embassy. Even today that would be hard, because there aren't any military bases in Russia, so the only option is the embassy. At least today there are translation apps. Also, you'd be surprised how many stories of people being stranded in another country there are. Although most end up there by boat, not floating chunks of ice.

[@1701Bec]

I wonder if these people have tried regression hypnosis to find out what they were doing whilst missing?

[@asscheeks3142]

What the hell is even that

[@jmab721]

Good point, that might reveal something

[@Verceal]

@@asscheeks3142 it's a type of hypnosis specifically meant to retrieve lost/hidden memories.

[@BichonAunt]

I was thinking that, too. It's been remarkably successful for thousands of people in different ways: Try to review the finer details or a new detail of something that happened, to loosen repressed memories in people's minds to help them cope with a trauma they've gone through.

[@josephlilley9249]

Yeah, probably not bc that’s all completely bullshit lol

I've heard the Irish (or Scottish or Welsh) story before, so it was interesting to hear in this context. What I mean is that my primary focus in academia is mythology and folklore, so the Irish story naturally sounds quite a bit like a tale of someone disappearing with the sídh (the folk of the other world) for a time. This story was a bit different from the others because the kid ate their food and seemingly suffered no ill effects. Doing so would typically result in being unable to return to the human realm or something similar. Hearing the Irish story next to these more contemporary stories made it seem like, perhaps, the people of the other side (sídh, alfar, wights, or whatever you call them) are still up to their old tricks. Only these days, you might walk away with a haircut and a new phone. 😉

[@jacksonnelson9781]

I think the moral of the missing 411 stories is. Don't be an avid outdoorsman

[@LDdrums20]

Lol

[@glorygloryholeallelujah]

That’s been my takeaway from the stories too. 😆

[@ahandgrenade3640]

No thank you. There's too much i don't wanna miss. I don't really get to go out and haven't been in the woods quite as much as i would like. I'm really tired of the city.

[@themendophir7576]

Underrated comment

[@unbearifiedbear1885]

Don't fold your clothes in a pile on a riverbank

[@johnorsomeone4609]

Wow. I really like how that guy covered hundreds of miles, became an athlete, got a new phone and haircut, and walked away after 5 months of living mysteriously with $40 cash. Somehow fully blacked out or abducted, he’s still doing better than me trying my hardest. Feels great.

[@2Bad4YOUuu]

Yea, and I bet he is wanted by those store owners for walking away with that iphone & slippin' out w/o paying for that hair cut! lol 😆 because how could he pay? Not through charity I'm sure. We'll blame it on his likely unwitnessed head injury due to skiing alone

[@2Bad4YOUuu]

Still pretty amazing though for sure!

[@HeaviestMetal89]

@@2Bad4YOUuu The head injury is plausible. I was in a snowboarding accident and sustained a bad head injury back in 2008. I was snowboarding one minute, and the next minute I was in the hospital, with zero recollection in between. To this day over 13 years later, I have no I idea what the hell even happened. Apparently, the accident did not knock me out, but the whole experience was one giant blackout. During the blackout, I somehow managed to return all my snowboarding gear back to the rental shop all in one piece and without issue, and then I found my way to a ski patrol station at the main lodge, where I was screaming for help. They noticed I was exhibiting very unusual, disoriented, and even deranged behaviour consistent with someone who just sustained a TBI, and I did not know who or where I was, so they called an ambulance and got me to a hospital, where I eventually came out of my blackout and returned back to reality. I basically suffered a period of retrograde and anterograde amnesia as a result of the blow to my head. Neither me or anyone involved were able to determine what caused my accident, how much time passed between the accident and seeking help, how I managed to return my snowboarding gear, etc. Even crazier, based on some further injuries to the top of my back, the doctor that examined me didn't even think I was in a snowboarding accident, but rather was hit by a car! I still refer to this event as a snowboarding accident because, well, that was what I was doing that day, but everything is still a mystery, and at this point I don't think I will ever know. It was as if basic instincts somehow carried me through the blackout, although the instincts were temporarily altered as a result of the TBI, hence my unusual behaviour. I did once have a blurred vision of myself wandering around the ski hill aimlessly, so this could possibly be a small blip of memory that came back. And yup, I went alone that day, so there were no witnesses. And I went through all this despite the fact I wore a helmet (it still very much saved my life that day, as the doctor said I would have died without it). Now what I went through was nowhere as extreme as the skier in this video, but the fact that head injuries can make you do unusual things on autopilot during the initial blackout just brings plausibility to his case.

[@ixisnowixi]

Are u guys serious...lmfao. ITS CALLED LYING. jesus christ....

[@user-fo1ow1jq3b]

@@ixisnowixi Lmao right. Trying to escape for a new life and it obviously didn't go as planned

[@amanitaocreata4401]

Danny had the best outcome by far, sure it was weird, sure he was confused and ended up super far away, but he got a nice haircut and a brand new phone and basically got to time travel. I wish I could skip over a year's worth of time and end up with a brand new phone and have everyone super happy to see me. Whatever wormhole he stumbled into was a hell of a blessing.

[@sirplantain]

Or he was having an affair and it all went pairshaped, so he decided to go back to his old life.

[@cdub1907]

@@sirplantain im honestly so annoyed more people arent catching onto that. Men try to abandon their families, sometimes in even worse ways, with really badly planned ideas, ALL THE TIME.

[@sirplantain]

@@cdub1907 Well I've seen women do it too, just not to that extreme (not personally anyway). Nothing really surprises me nowadays. I don't believe for one minute that he doesn't know what happened. Had it been over a shorter period of time (hours, couple of days tops) and had he not been mentally sound, maybe I could believe that he can't remember what happened. I also wouldn't be shocked if he'd planned to disappear on his family.

[@cdub1907]

@@sirplantain For sure, but dad leaving to go get milk is a stereotype for a reason. Not saying women dont abandon their families too. But women are usually blatantly open about what they are doing or they are smarter about hiding it. Men are the ones who would be more likely to make up stupid stories like this and think they could get away with it.

[@arganiaspinosa9122]

Steven's disappearance sound a lot like Walter White's "fugue state" incident. I bet he just wanted free of the life he was living, but ended up changing his mind after 18 months, came back and claimed he had no idea what happened or where he's been.

[@JarJarBricks01]

Then how do you explain his tracks ending in a random place?

[@axalx--]

@@JarJarBricks01 he probably planed it all out and knew how to get rid of any evidence. the backpack being found after is also really suspicious.

[@arpnecr]

I was thinking of it could possibly have been the case

[@GuardianDragon6]

lol the first skier. Aliens probably took him, and a couple days in they're like "oh s*** we still have his backpack. Quick beam it back!"

[@gtiridindirty]

lol

[@benjaminhurley1823]

Lol

[@bfourn79]

I was thinking that same sht!!!! Lmao

[@user-ju8fh5qd2o]

Then they find out that he is just a piece of sht and returned him back with new clothing and money 💰

[@dronelandscapeshots5072]

Lmfao facts

[@hectormacias7262]

Can we just appreciate how cool the aliens where on the second story, that they took him to cali, gave him a fresh cut and a new iphone👽😎

[@jamieyoho2310]

They accidentally put him back in the wrong place.

[@stevegoldstein3402]

They gave him a bowl cut, an iPhone 2 and that’s after they probed him like 50 times by the whole gang.

[@franevodopija9501]

yessir

[@ejune0381]

Lmao them aliens were like: "got you bro here is a fresh cut and the latest phone, but where did we pick you up from again?"

[@darrellcovello7917]

I got abducted by aliens and all I got was this lousy shirt

[@munevverozcan26]

OMG!!! I was stunned to hear that the young boy's family said "we heard rhythmic drumming non-stop..." because that happened to me, too! I was camping with my siblings, aunt, and uncle in the woods and after 2 am, we all started hearing that sound of drumming and our guard dog didn't stop barking until about 5 am. There was already a belief among villagers that after about 2 am, those woods and surrounding belonged to spirits and genies... But experiencing it... was another thing... WOW!

[@almishti]

So there was this guy, an ornithologist, went down to Africa somewhere to study local birds and he had a guide who was taking him down a river on a small boat. They start out and almost immediately they hear rhythmic drumming start up from deep in the forest ahead of them. The dude asked his guide, who looked really nervous, what that was and the guide said, "drumming is okay, but when drumming stops, very bad." So they keep going, camping at night, it takes a few days on the river,and the whole time the drumming never stops. The guide looks constantly nervous about it but keeps reassuring the bird watcher that as long as the drumming continues it's alright and they only need to worry when the drumming stops. Then, after like idk 3 days, suddenly...the drumming stops! The dude gets really scared b/c his guide's been warning him all along, this is the moment to fear. He looks at his guide who's now crouched down with his hands over his ears, prepared for the worst. Dude asks him, "OMG the drums stopped!!! What happens next, what's going on???" The guide gives a low moan, looks up at him with terror in his eyes, and says, "now comes bass solo."

[@pgcash4809]

@@almishti bro that was so damn funnyy!! 😭😭😂😂

[@RiomuUndead]

@@almishti Omg xD

[@jedilion2227]

@@almishti they're called hippies, they only eat mushrooms. they stay in places that people with REI gear dont know how to find, because they dont use the main trail like everryone else

[@KoopaBOOEY]

@@almishtiLMAO I was really into your story, waiting for something scary as shit to happen, but then I get that surprise twist at the end. I love it, though 😂

[@rhawkas2637]

I found the third one the most fascinating. Considering the location, I immediately thought of the fair folk. However, getting "spirited away" doesn't seem to be something that's limited to just that part of the world.

[@droberts8703]

Don't sound fun either

[@livelife7877]

@Dio-xo9rv thats because the whole continent is built on murders slavery and much much more that just brings on bad energy

[@LDaemontus]

Of course not. "Fae" in merely a general term that many Celts use to describe spirits, often linked to the local environment.

[@LDaemontus]

Faeries will absolutely hurt people. Lmao. Never tell an Irish person that the fae are "friendly". They're about as cunning as humans can be. @Ambander1

[@stranger.granger]

That feeling when you get abducted by aliens and they give you a haircut and a free iphone but drop you off at the wrong side of the country.

[@jennymcglone5662]

🤣🤣🤣

[@williedesmond8201]

The joke been done so copying

[@lillith77]

Damnit, Carl!

[@axollot]

Probably how spiders feel when I relocate them across the yard.

[@atashgallagher1631]

He had such a yee yee ass haircut that they saw it from orbit and felt so bad for him that they came down, abducted him, got rid of the haircut and gave him a new phone.

[@amberstidham578]

I dont know what is more terrifying. The evil we can see or the things we cant

[@ernestogomez4755]

Realest shit ive ever heard

[@christopherperez1376]

I agree. What you can see is way scarier

[@imapigeonyoupeasant1489]

@Garrett Meyer What are you smoking?

[@joannemurdock7899]

@@imapigeonyoupeasant1489 I agree with your comment 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@TunaMayoSandwhich.]

Oop ikr

[@tiffanycorbin9316]

Please bring these stories back. Please. There were plenty of true crime reporters prior to your arrival and the difference between your talents and theirs is why we all fell so in love with you. I know you have to know that. If it’s not possible for you to bring these back, I do hope that how you do it now is just as fulfilling and that it makes you feel like you’re still doing exactly what you set out to do in the first place bc no one deserves that more than you. You’ve more than earned your right to do things however you wish. But we really miss this.

[@RonDizer]

Oh my God! This thing (???) is somewhat so similar to something which we called "khawmu chawi" in our culture, where someone suddenly just vanished and never seen again. First of all, we are living in the N.E part of India...Mizoram, in the hilly region and our terrains and ways of life might be very different but this case and the case we use to have here is so similar that i have to share some of them. For one example two boys went out to the outskirt of the village to hunt bird with a type of sling we called "sairawkherh". On their way home one of the boy forget his little satchel and went back to get it. They have not gone far and the place he left it was literally just a corner of the road away. So he went back to get them...they were just a shout away when he suddenly went silent and dissapear untill now. But among many cases like this, there is a somewhat recent case where an old man is believed to be taken like this khawmu chawi, but he was luckily found again and lived to tell what and how he was, the past days he went missing. According to him, on his way home from his farm which we called "LO" (jhum cultivating) in our hilly area. He was really close to his village when two young man and one woman approached him. According to him, "even from their look, i could tell that they are not one of us. Their facial structure, skin colour and everything about them is different. But when they talked to me, even though they werent using our language, i could understand them. So they asked me or i think its much like they told me to go with them. And before I know..... or when i could recount what was going on, i was walking with them. How i remember things was very strange, It was like a dream or like i was really drunk and couldnt control my body. Even though im an old man and my body is frail. I dont feel any fatigue when we pass through the jungle or when we follow up a small stream. Sometimes i can remember where we were going and sometimes i am completely lost. They walked in front of me and i kept following them. I can recall sometimes that i dont want to go with them but i kept following them as if a spell is binding me to them. So we kept going and going and even one time we climb a small very rugged and steep hill. What amaze me was that i can also climb those hill very easily. When i said i was hungry. They gave me a little piece of something which look somewhat like a candy and when i ate it. I felt very full and energetic. After a long walk, climbing and stopping occassionally. One very strange thing i could recall is...we even walked during the night and strangely at the dark, a light just seems to illuminate our way or the light came out of them. I cannot tell how....but there was always a light around them and the light even cover all my path...once they decided to stop again and i could recall the three of them arguing. After a while the woman came to me and speaks to me but at this point i cannot understand what she was saying. Then the next thing i remember was many people calling my name and i responded to them. At that point i was very tired and cannot even move. The three people were gone and i realise they left me in a cliff. The place where they found me is very strange, it cannot be access in any way. Because i was left in a somewhat small cave under the edge of the cliff where no human can possibly reach by walking. When they hear my voice they reach me by climbing down using a rope and i was finally rescued. According to me, they approached me in the evening and we were walking the whole night only. But they told me that i was gone for three days. And they said that they have visited this place (where they found me) many times by different people while they were searching for me. This is the briefest way i can retell it, since im not mr ballen😀😀 plus its going to be very long so i put it in the shortest but most detailed as i could. Story telling is sooooo hard and i lobotomied the like button😀😀😀

[@mcalad6255]

Loved you story! Thank you for sharing it.

[@jessicafain6630]

Tldr

[@gr4ce..]

Too long didn’t read

[@ppsaha1994]

Wow, I am a bengali and have been to Mizoram and Nagaland for travel but never heard of these kinds of incidents! Fascinating and thanks for sharing it.

[@Vikassarwa67]

@@ppsaha1994 i am from Rajasthan. I almost never heard of mizoram 😂

[@angelawacker1535]

Beginning to understand that the forests and mountains are full of time slips and worm holes.

[@eduardobotello4059]

That's what I was thinking. Like maybe they slipped into like another reality?

[@MrSqurk]

What I find weird about all this is I never hear about people going missing in the wilderness in Europe but people go missing in Cities all the time. It is almost like fear is complete reversed in the continents

[@levitaggart5943]

Understand or consider ? If you understand, then please explain, but if you are considering, then I'm THERE. Are we talking multiple Earth's & interdimensional weblinks ? Hell if I know. Could come down to a few humans with mental illness & dillusions. Can't be sure.

[@Homiloko2]

Or they were abducted by aliens and dropped off elsewhere

[@levitaggart5943]

@Ed Eddy Don't take this the wrong way, but are you high ? I'm listening. The acronyms are kind of throwing me but I'm listening. There are a lot of things we average humans don't really know. We don't have the inside track so we're out of the loop. You & I have only been here what, a few decades, so how much could we really know ? There's been weird shit going on probably for eons, & if you can't get your hands on the old knowledge then how are you supposed to piece it all together ?

[@SpecialEDy]

I got really sick once from the flu, after coming home from a 16 hour shift. I was delirious, didn't take my insulin, and wound up in a diabetic coma. A friend came looking for me a few days later and found me in what the doctors said was hours away from death. Anyways, I was having crazy lucid dreams in my feverish, comatose delirium. I would be in the hospital, then I'd be back in my apartment knowing I was dieing, or back at work, in an ambulance. It was all in my head, I couldn't tell what was real, and I didn't really care anymore. I can totally understand how these strange things happen to people. We are so used to thinking our perception of reality is rock solid, but it's so easy for our brains to fill in the gaps, delete random things, or just switch into imagination autopilot.

[@oldbat2ccats]

Your story is much like my own. I believe the final story was a near death experience. Thanks for your thoughtful insight.

[@Deadcops]

This sounds so scary I’m so glad you’re okay physically now. I hope you can start to recovery mentally tho

[@Roboticdoughbull3k]

Wild bruh, glad you are ok

[@silentj624]

Lucid dreaming and sleep paralysis is normal for me. I agree and can totally imagine something traumatic exacerbating this feeling. There are times I question whether a dream I had is real or fake.

[@silentj624]

@Sharon Bodimeade I'm sorry they laugh at you. I've only ever spoken about it to a few people. One was my mother and and she experiences it, too, and the others were a couple of coworkers. I dont think they believed me. 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@kramerhollenbach7191]

Its awesome to come back to the old vids and (despite how great these were at the time) see how much you've improved at the production and presentation side of things. Keep up the great work!

[@beecothern]

This is one of my favorites ❤ I love how everyone was found but with such crazy circumstances! Ty so much for this amazing channel.

[@nancygalloway640]

Well I would love it if my son would come home one day. He has been missing over 6 years in Sonora, CA. A lake has been searched 2 times …detectives thinking he drowned. But no remains. This is the most torturous situation a person can go through. I would give anything for him to walk through my door. He has two children 10 & 7. They miss their dad.

[@cjgamingarena7239]

@Nancy I m sorry for your loss may God help you to find your son soon

[@franciscorubio499]

i’m am sorry for your loss and your family. god give you strength

[@narendrabora6381]

May God Give you strength maa'm.

[@hayley4415]

@nancy Galloway, I am so so so sorry that you and your family have had to experience that, my heart truly and sincerely goes to you! Being a mother myself, I just can't even begin to imagine that pain! I really do wish that you one day find closure or new information or anything for that matter! My truest respect and love for you ! Blessings to u

[@abdiellopez7585]

Nothing can be said to make you feel better about the situation but as a father who loves his children more than anything in this world I feel your pain and hope you find the strength you meed

[@morganbarfield108]

I love the stories where they are found alive. As I’m sure everyone does.

[@larryhoover4142]

I don’t

[@estebangarcilazo]

@@larryhoover4142 😂😂

[@moneygettaextraordinar722]

@@estebangarcilazo 😂

[@CDADRacer]

@@moneygettaextraordinar722 😂

[@nintendo1656]

@@CDADRacer 😂

[@gilbrennan8867]

Your story telling is by far the best I have ever heard!!!

[@chriskaprys]

I think these must be my favourite stories on your channel. Lost, found, reunited, but with these mysterious tales to tell that make my belly squirm and my hairs stand on end. Reminds me of the feeling watching Flight Of The Navigator, when he runs up to his house and his parents are visibly much older and astonished to see their son and they're reflexively reaching out to embrace him but he's horrified and runs away while his older-version parents begin a whole new wave of shock and despair and confusion. And his own fright when the scientists have him on the examination table and his brain starts uploading all this cryptic information. Something about the tone of that feeling - losing track of time and finding evidence of having been active or useful in some way, then coming to and having no memory of your own whereabouts - just strikes a chord with me and gives me such a strange feeling.

[@brianbloom1799]

I cant be the only person , to think, That these people are walking into a different time,and space, next to ours

[@annabelle8214]

Aliens?

[@sullysullivan9320]

I commented something similar on another video about potrals into a parallel universe or dimension or someting.

[@colinmackay92]

@JK Rai I mean I fully belive in the paranormal and these guys could have definently gotten caught up with portals or aliens or whatever is behind all this crazy shit. But I cant help but think that the people that go missing for a long time do it on purpose. They don't want to fully fake there death but they "go missing" for a while to get away from there lives. That's how I'd do it.

[@lexb8999]

glitch in the system

[@BriceSpanish]

Bro for real though

[@duelhelix9062]

So your telling me if I disappear in the mountains I’ll get a new phone and a fresh cut along with a free ride sounds like a adventure

[@levitaggart5943]

Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, don't fall for that. THAT is the bait for the trap ! You go into the woods thinking, "I'm about to get the hookup", but in reality, you wind up in the witch's cauldron or the alien lab or something you don't even want to imagine ! Don't fall for it ! Just my advice, but you do what you want.

[@johnlolurgay6424]

50-50 chance it seems you wind up dead found years later or fresh cut and new phone!

[@dylanrayon2126]

@@levitaggart5943 he is just joking

[@alpha9475]

That was the last comment he ever posted on KZbin.

[@Bumpyi64]

@@alpha9475 Yeah. Or...maybe not.--- 🤔🤣

[@andrewhanke8576]

I’m a country boy married to a city girl. My wife and I always survey friends as to where they feel safer alone, especially at night. She claims the city because all the murderers and creepy things live in the woods and in the country. I say that’s just on tv. I’ve been listening to your stories now for a couple months and I’m starting to lean towards my wife’s side. Excellent channel and story telling by the way.

[@jerryrocketandthegogogirls3517]

Nah dude cities are disgusting evil places

[@470HELLEPHANT]

Demon spirits live in the woods and different century’s of evil

[@jerryrocketandthegogogirls3517]

@@470HELLEPHANT demon spirits live in people dude. The most evil you will ever find is in the heart and mind of twisted human beings. Cities are filled with people and filled with more violence, evil and crime as a result. Trees harbor no evil, the soil, the air, the flowers and animals, that’s not evil dude.

[@shaddr_4975]

I've experienced something similar when I was younger, around 5 years old. I was living with my parents in Melbourne with our little family dog Fruita in a very suburban area. The house was located on a hill with both sides of the hill dropping on both sides of the house, pretty steep but there were houses built all around on the hill. One day when our dog was acting strange, barking at the front gate I guess I got a bit curious and ended up walking up the driveway until Myself and Fruita were just outside the entrance to the drive way. The next thing I knew, it felt like I just blinked and all of a sudden, myself and Fruita, still in the same positions and distance from one another, are in completely unknown territory, but still in Suburbia. I had no idea how we both ended up there and was getting quite scared so I looked for what I learnt which was safety house signs and luckily I found one and they kindly drove us around until i found our house. Turns out I was a few blocks over from home and to this day I still have no idea how we got there. It honestly felt like I had blinked and when I opened my eyes in that split second, we were both in a different location. I'm very interested in these 4-1-1 cases, I might do some more research myself. Thanks for sharing these stories!

[@waltz9230]

Very interesting. Do you know how much time had passed though?

[@AyZeD]

This channel is alot like a modern version of "unsolved mysteries" back in the 90s, it's good shit.

[@lucindazamir5637]

I grew up on that show and loved it! You are absolutely right, Mr. Ballen gives me that same deliciously scary feeling.

[@skrillozedd]

yes! that show is awesome too

[@RepentfollowJesus]

Yep I used to watch it in the 80s

[@qwuark7734]

The new Unsolved Mysteries sucks.

[@melissar.hamptonplymale]

Totally agree 👍!!!

[@landonreidmiller4974]

It's so weird to hear what happened in the third story because I had a very similar situation happen to me. When I was 15, a few family members and myself decided to go to a haunted hay ride at a local berry farm. There were rumors this farm was going out of business and wouldn't be doing the haunted hay rides anymore so we went to try to support them since it had always been a family tradition. The haunted hay ride was rather unremarkable that year. The actors in costume were cheesy and the walk through areas were just greenhouses with a few cheap decorations strewn about. As my group approached and entered the last greenhouse I was shocked. The interior of the greenhouse had seamlessly and almost magically transformed into a 17th century ballroom with about a hundred "actors" all dancing in unison with period clothes on. I remember I immediately thought to myself that it was odd the farm had blown their entire budget that year on this one area we were walking through..especially since it wasn't very "scary". I abandoned that thought as I noticed the dancers closest to the door we entered were staring directly at me with almost annoyed/confused expressions on their faces. Feeling uneasy and with the ballroom floor being so crowded, I stuck close to the walls of the room just to avoid being trampled by the mass of people. I noticed a side door that was opened and quickly hurried out only to look back and notice nothing was there. I was standing in the middle of an empty field about 50' away from were my group had actually exited the greenhouse. Oddly enough, I emerged first from the greenhouse when I had been the second to last person that entered. The person behind me said as soon as I entered the greenhouse, I had "vanished" around the corner and they didn't see me until they noticed me in the adjacent field. I even questioned the group about the ballroom and they said the last greenhouse was just more cheesy decorations, fake spider webs and blacklights. For years, I thought maybe the strobe lights at the farm had made me hallucinate the entire event but still to this day we cannot explain the whole "teleportation" conundrum.

[@SpiritFairy89]

What an incredible experience, thank you for sharing!

[@renatalosada]

Sounds like a glitch in time. Like a portal them now to them you cross over and back. Cooooool.

[@KimberlyBishh]

Trippy!

[@svenerikmoeller8809]

Kid you not, not even smoking weed for the first time but I was sitting with my best mate smoking the naughty naughty and my friend had to leave the room Next thing I know I was in a large/huge train station with steam trains and the pungent odour of burnt coal The people walking around where dressed like the end of the nineteenth century, I felt fully there and it lasted a few seconds before my mate entered the room and for a full moment did not recognise him, weird huh

[@jeffersonorellana4080]

I would've believed this if it weren't for the fact that it sounds like the end of the movie "The Shining"

[@newtruth5086]

I Absolutely Love the variety of stories. I used to hear radio stories as a Young kid..... they stopped making them.... Now I have them again. Keep up the great work John.... Thank You

[@jonahward4771]

That double days weeks months years part just goes to show you how much better the quality and editing of his videos have gotten over the years

[@collinbelshee3141]

Steven: “I just felt like I’ve been running.” Me: “Running from what Steven?”

[@jonathanstewart2462]

He was just possessed by Forest Gump

[@alessandrogambino420]

Exactly. You sir are hired as a detective. You DID NOT TAKE HIM AS A VICTIM...but as a normal interview.

[@ericko416]

@@jonathanstewart2462 run steven run!!

[@rlxlolxlb]

Typical Dad Response: You have been running... Away from all of your responsibilities. The garbage needs to be taken out and don't forget to check the oil in your car. It's been sitting.

[@imdatguy7117]

We should all appreciate how he’s not one of those you tubers who literally beg you to like the video, but instead makes it a little fun lol.

[@ellawytch1253]

Brilliant as usual

[@nomadc4tl152]

If you watched the video please leave a like and share it, Don't forget to subscribe and hit that bell button to not miss any new videos that I also want you to like please leave a donation that helps me continue to make content the patreon link is in the description also my only fans is in the description its half off lmao

[@HaplessOne]

GUYSS PLZZ LIKE DA VIDEO IF I CAN 5,000 LIKES I WILL SHAVE MY EYEBROWS WOULDNT THAT BE HILARIOUS?

[@jasoncarlson4285]

I like the, Uppercut the like button gently lol thats his best one.

[@WilliamWallace42]

@@jasoncarlson4285 gently assassinate the like button is mine

[@etherealechoes9907]

411 cases have intrigued me for awhile..especially as they're not new. Only found your channel by chance but glad I did...I like the way you tell you stories :) Subbed x

[@CY0d1e]

Thank you for waking up one day and starting this channel and all those that work with you. We love your stories and your storytelling ability!

[@staidenofanarchy]

The most unsettling thing about this, is that in all likelihood, your mind can just break. Forget aliens or magic, just your mind malfunctioning like a phone that got wet.

[@nathanjones6638]

While true, it ignores impossible data. For example, a person with no money cannot move 2900 miles. His clothes were not in disarray when he regained his senses, and he clearly had some means to pay for everything. The only way I could theorize that would happen is that he hit his head, got amnesia, and went on a trip. However, why did he evade search efforts, as he must have, for his pack to reappear? He was obviously in the area at the Time of the search, so he had to evade rescue deliberately, while moving in such a way as to leave no traces. That requires calm thought and rationality to accomplish, which a confused and disoriented man would not be. So after that, he must have hitchhiked to cover the distance, and somehow gained at least small amounts of money. Whatever he was doing, however, must have been fairly unobtrusive, else he would have been found long before. He also was not stealing to live, because he was never arrested. That we know because he would have been found out sooner. So how does a mental break explain the travel aspect?

[@staidenofanarchy]

@@nathanjones6638 Oh i'm not at all discounting that it's absolutely weird af that that happened, and that my 'mind malfunction theory' doesnt apply there. It was just a comment on what I assume a decent chunk of these stories come down to.

[@nathanjones6638]

@@staidenofanarchy true enough, but I can't imagine spontaneous mental breaks like that. Causality is essential, so I wonder what could cause that. And why it has so many common traits among these disappearances.

[@lyndsinreallife]

@@LycanKai14 that’s what I was thinking, DID

[@las6452]

You’re right. That is terrifying.

[@Chameleons1]

I love how he always politely asks us to gently do horrible things to the 'Like' button.

[@degrelleholt6314]

Come now! He did say to do the lobotomy gently.

[@faridayeasmin6050]

If he ever goes missing we'll know who to look at first.

[@devinbrown6650]

Someone needs to make a "Like" button & recreate these bits on tik tok

[@sekceebich1087]

Me too🎉

[@ProfessorRatigan]

Well I don’t. I sarcastically hate it.

[@zoidmo3388]

Loving every story/facts you tell . It's habit forming and now that i'm retired I have no guilt doing absolutely nothing but watch your vids. You have quite the talent young man. Easy on the eyes too. ;)

[@sashacn1518]

This is one of my favorite videos I’ve ever listened to

[@juliakaz146]

Pro tip- NEVER leave a friend by themselves in an unfamiliar area. Keep an eye for your friends always , especially due to the snowstorm, being in a strange environment comes with alot of risks

[@lenoncho3777]

Facts...come together leave together...

[@Lucifer-7139]

Ok

[@brycekayski9284]

Factual- don’t leave friends behind ! Stick together, help each other, and increase both of your chances to survive! Exactly @Julia Kaz

[@craigbragg1291]

I'm not saying it's aliens, but aliens.

[@natanyaparsons8491]

For real. Shit is crazy

[@gotdatazz123]

Yea I thought the same thing. I can be skeptical but these stories got my mind blown

[@akemithomas1347]

Of course, aliens are great barbers. They’ll cut your hair for you and give you the latest IPhone!

[@titanofficial._6802]

Lok

[@robinmcinarnay7827]

I can't help thinking about Rick and Morty: Interdimensional Cable 2... 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻: 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰? 𝘖𝘮𝘨, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦? 𝘁𝘃 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁: 𝘏𝘢𝘩𝘢 𝘩𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘢𝘢! 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦?!

[@ssosso79]

these older uploads are the best.. these missing 411 stories are what got me hooked

[@kelseyarnold6557]

Been binging your videos. I enjoy them, had on in the background all weekend 😂🤙🏻

[@linasandell8110]

3d story: In norse mythology its called Älvtagen. Its when the elves takes/invites stragglers to their hidden kingdom for food, dance, and festivities, making the guests forget the outside world. Sometimes the folks inside the elven kingdom feels like they've been away for an evening and then re-emerges into the regular world years/decades later. If you're rude in the elven kingdom though, they will make you dance with them in an eternal morning mist until you drop dead (Älvdans)

[@kristafrederickson4719]

If your not busy and have a chill attitude, sounds like it could be a interesting stay

[@willasyn3136]

Note to self, always be polite, no matter what

[@adrianaslund8605]

From what I understand its more like chancing upon an elfdance. You can feel like you've watched them for 20 minutes when months and years have gone by. I haven't heard it necessarily connected with whether your'e rude to them or not.

[@vampire7878]

Demonic Activity's

[@alsmith9853]

In Celtic mythology, it's the Faerie folk. They can be dangerous, this boy escaped lightly.

[@user-qu2pe4ge9n]

Thanks for your service. Really appreciate the videos. God bless.

[@charlessmith7037]

Mr. Ballen, you're awesome. I have been listening to your videos for a few years now. I love how you tell these stories. I ride my bycicle to work everyday (6 miles one way) and your stories make it go pretty quick. Thank you and keep them coming. Charlie Smith Chesapeake Virginia

[@brandyb2931]

Aliens "Look Danny, we understand we have inconvenienced your life briefly so we're gonna drop you off. Before we drop ya off were gonna spiff ya up with a new hair cut and give ya a new iphone for your trouble, Oprah said its nice to give people expensive things for free."

[@darrellcovello7917]

Ah yes, Oprah... queen of the Aliens

[@robinmcinarnaysimoneau7802]

Aaaand then Ellen followed suit... Does anybody watch Rick and Morty?? 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 I see this thumbnail I can't help thinking of Interdimensional Cable 2: “Hello?! How did I get here?!” -𝐴ℎℎ ℎ𝑎ℎ𝑎ℎ𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑎𝑎, 𝑟𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡! 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒?!!

[@prettybrowneyez3338]

Or maybe to track your every move?..

[@balderii7340]

It's expensive to us. To aliens I-phones are antique, stone-age technology.

[@lillith77]

I wonder if he got the phone bill? Nothing in life is free 😂😂

[@GorillaCookies]

My cousin and I once went missing near Burney Ca. when we were in our early teens back in the early 80s. He and I had went fishing for trout in Burney creek just outside of town. After what we thought was just a couple of hours of fishing we were starving and decided to head home. When we got back to his house nobody was there and we couldnt figure out where they might have been . We made some sandwiches , ate and fell asleep . Some time later that evening my aunt, uncle , older cousins and my grandparents who lived in San Francisco at the time had all showed up and we were woke up by all the noise and activity. We went into the living room and seen everyone stressed and uptight and it was then that we found out he and I had been missing for 2 days and everyone had been combing the area the last day and a half looking for us. They had been up and down Burney creek for miles and all over the woods around Burney and had found no trace of us . Its been a big mystery in our lives since because He and I are both in our late 40s now and we still have no recollection of what happened to us during our lost time on Burney Creek. True story

[@margeincharge8760]

WOW you should contact David Paulides with that story

[@wubbalubbadubdub9109]

That's scary man.

[@jjay4585]

Vodka

[@chrisruthford4492]

@@jjay4585 more like a half gallon of Jim Beam.

[@angiemoore4589]

WOW!!! Body chills everywhere. That's unbelievable

[@Innis1zNHerr]

I just love how you tell these stories John. So glad my husband put me on this channel! Your stories are more than just informative and interesting!! They also get me through my overnight shift at work!! Thank you JB

[@kristoffseisler2163]

i love how you make it sound like he put you on the channel like it was a prescription for something lol

[@Innis1zNHerr]

@@kristoffseisler2163 wow some people just don't know when to keep their negative comments in their f%$ked up heads.

[@kristoffseisler2163]

@@Innis1zNHerr what do you mean by that?

[@Innis1zNHerr]

@Kristoff Seisler This is why I don't like commenting on anything cause of people like yourself who choose to say something negative on someone else's opinion. Grow up and figure it out. Choose a better way to waste your time.

[@Horned.Eclipse]

@Innis1zNHerr Dear lord dude, he didn't make a remotely negative comment, he made a lighthearted joke. Holy hell. Take a breath.

[@Littlevolfee]

OMG. I love your channel so much. I love the way You tell those stories. Thank You

[@christinemaskell5518]

my ex husband had this happen to him. he was on a motorcycle trip with a friend of his but where I can't remember at the moment. he said he and his friend took this exit while driving. as they rode along they realized it was a wrong turn so they headed back in the opposite direction to get back to where they need to be. at some point they stopped in the same town to have a bite to eat. they struck up a conversation with one of the owners of the restaurant and told him they had made a wrong turn just a mile or so back. the man looked at them rather puzzled at their story. he told them that this exit was still in the towns planning stage and wasn't scheduled to begin work on it until the next spring. they looked at him with utter amazement and told the owner what the had experienced. after finishing their meal they went back to the place they had taken the wrong exit but found there was nothing there but a bunch of trees. they were utterly amazed and freaked out at what they had experienced. call it time travel or whatever you want but it did happen. they talk about it to this day...

[@FluffyFerretFarm]

Sleep deprivation will make you believe alot of strange things.. and speaking from experience, riding on meth will also..

[@rustyshackleford3914]

Sound like morons

[@rustyshackleford3914]

@@FluffyFerretFarm meth will make u think ur best friend is trying to kill u after a few days haha

[@jordanwiser9011]

@@rustyshackleford3914 it’s called delusions, hallucinations are things you know aren’t real and are usually happy/goofy. Delusions are hallucinations you can’t distinguish from reality. Meth is famous for psychotic delusions from sleep deprivation but it can happen to an otherwise healthy sober person as well

[@darthrevan2]

@@jordanwiser9011 it's really unlikely like impossible for him and his friend to remember coming that way.... Just cause you can't understand something doesn't mean it's a illness or delusions... Sounds like what people did in the past but instead of calling people witches they call them mentally Ill...

[@Nantosuelta]

The third story has so many parallels with Celtic Fey mythology of the fairy world that exists alongside our own. Almost all the stories have to do with children being lured away from their families and eating food and then falling asleep and being discovered days or weeks later, as well as the drumming. I'm not saying I believe in it, but having a pretty extensive knowledge of Celtic mythology, the parallels are unmistakable. Very interesting stuff

[@FollowerOfChrist1313]

Can you link some stories?

[@c.kainoabugado7935]

Interesting

[@Nantosuelta]

@@FollowerOfChrist1313 They were all old books I read years ago which are now in storage. I'm sure if you look up something along the lines of "celtic fae mythology" you'll find some sources. Im sorry that I couldn't give exact sources

[@emmalethmayfair9742]

@@FollowerOfChrist1313 this may help get you started (if you haven't by now); you can also google Sidhe lore. www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/fairies-0011597

[@maggsbufton1969]

I agree, our fables have been derived from stories just like these....especially the last one...Thees a grain of truth or maybe a bushel of truth in our historical tales and fables....

[@bobschmidt3610]

I love your content Mr Ballen! Thank you for all that you do...

[@janell_renea]

I’ll never forget this story of this man who let his daughter go hiking with his close friends. She was only 2 or 3. Well the baby disappears very much like these people. After the search, her clothes are found gently folded on some far off rock that was already searched days ago. I don’t think she’s ever been recovered and the dad was so distraught. It’s sad but after seeing this, I’m think she may be okay but just taken somewhere else and given new clothes and new items etc. hope she pops up somewhere! Wow what a mystery this world is! Her story could be on unsolved mysteries.

[@erascoe]

I’m a snowcat operator at Whiteface mountain and was a part of the search for Danny on snowboard and in snowcat. It was a crazy weird situation... to this day there are signs in random spots deep in woods of the mountain that say portal to Sacramento

[@manuellanderos7904]

Do tell about these portals? This story is really intriguing to me because I live in Sacramento

[@Benjamin.L.Clement]

Are you serious, like a post disappearance joke?

[@ChiefQ83]

You are serious?

[@taraseguin2026]

Portals do exist. The Cecil Hotel in LA has a bunch of them.

[@bellakuz7319]

I'm in Sacramento as well wonder if this portal functions as a round trip if I enter from Sacramento's end and pop up in the east coas(

[@xAxCx]

Danny was carried off by a giant eagle who thought he knew the way to Bells Canyon

[@Emerald.s]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Yoinkmann]

And Matt bought him a new iphone and gave him a new haircut

[@whitneyjohnson1584]

😂😂😂😂

[@A-Grammie-On-the-ROCK]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!

[@ashleevanallen5526]

Freaking bells canyon!!!!

[@frankorfranky3094]

Mr.Ballen your stories are very intriguing yet i have no ideas of what happened or answers of what could of happened. I've heard deep hypnosis could sometimes fill in the lost time of victims on occasion. You are a great story teller and i never get tired of listening to what you have to say. I'm sure you wish you had more answers aswell

[@clairewilliams9663]

Absolutely love these stories !!! ❤️

[@elyciam.8900]

Even though the stories he tells are scary, he tells them like its nothing to be scared of 😂

[@MrBallen]

Hahaha

[@Mark-hl3co]

Yea he tells them so into detail that they're jus interesting

[@taylerlong2995]

That is seriously why I like this channel. I enjoy mildly disturbing stories, but not when people feel like they need to hype it up and get all spooky. The facts are interesting enough. Chill 😂

[@bronzebison1724]

Well he was a navy seal

[@smallertone]

Yeah so true

[@UnfiItered]

Something similar happened to me during my childhood. Our elementary school has a small forest behind it. One day during recess, I decided to explore the forest. I found a big open field with a big house in the middle and a big pond/lake to the far right. I just stood there observing the place and never actually step foot on the property. Apparently I was gone for 4 hours and the police with their dogs couldn't find me. It should only take 10 min to walk from corner to corner in this forest. When they saw me walking out the forest they took me in and ask me where I went. I told them what I did and what I witnessed. They didn't believe me because there's no big open field with a house and a pond near that forest. My adult self wouldn't believe my kid self either. I must've had a vivid imagination as a kid.

[@tahiraj.2456]

I reckon you stepped into another dimension and perhaps saw something that used to be there, will be there, or is somewhere else entirely and you went through a fold in time..

[@regwright1716]

Where abouts was this?? I'm guessing somewhere in the Americas. Can you describe the house a little more?

[@UnfiItered]

@@regwright1716 those are the only details I remember.

[@UnfiItered]

@@tahiraj.2456 nah homie, pretty sure it was just my imagination

[@laurenlemon]

Shiwoon WeirdFace I don’t think that could be your imagination you were missing for 4 hours so why would you just feel like it was only a little while? I think u were taken to a wormhole or parallel universe and then showed up without knowing what actually happened

[@leonardok9699]

The stories are so good even the avalanche stopped to have a listen 😂

[@pkj77]

love these videos, keep them coming :)

[@galangadhywibowo6640]

First, I have to apologize for my bad English. It happens many times here, in Indonesia, My high school teacher experienced it himself, he went to a mountain that day, Merbabu mountain near Jogja, He was with his 5 other friends on the way to the summit. They walked together until this thick fog surrounded them all of sudden. My teacher was the last person in the line, he told that he couldn’t even see a thing in the radius of 2 meters. He waited and after some times the fog started to vanish. The visibility became clear again and he thought that it was safe to proceed the summit again. He looked around and couldn’t find any of his friends, and suddenly a female hiker passed him by, he talked to her and she just passed him by regardless of what he was said. He chose to follow her, because he thought the female hiker was also heading to the summit. And there was a time that he realized that the trail was so unfamiliar for him and he felt that he was so exhausted. So he took a rest and fell asleep. After some MINUTES he wokes up and heard some noises, he followed the noise and he found a village (he climbed this mountain many times and he knew that there was no village near the summit) He wandered around and found a big gazebo-like building covered with gold on its poles. He met a elderly man and a princess-like lady. They told him to stay, he refused, because he knew that something was not right. The elderly man and the lady kept persuade him to stay and he still refused, after some hours he told by the elderly man to take a nap, he agreed, and all of sudden he woke up and realized that he was laying on the bushes near the trail. He grabbed his gears without knowing what was happening back there. He followed the trail to the summit, and he made it, but he couldn’t find any of his friends. He asked every person on the summit about his friends and they told that they never met his friend by the description given by my teacher. He decide to descend and report back to the ranger. The ranger was shocked, because my teacher was presumed lost and dead. He asked the about ranger how long he has been missing. He has been missing for 3 months, in spite of that he only spent hours in the village. He brought back to his family after that. It happened so many times here, especially on those “sacred” mountains. Local believed that we should keep our manner and speech when we are on the mountain.

[@Rqptor_omega]

Moral of the story:leave sacred mountains alone

[@TheKumarkid16]

Are you from Indoneasia

[@Rqptor_omega]

@@TheKumarkid16 duh

[@judeashiaguerrero5734]

Kinda similar thing from where I’m from. You must not touch or be disrespectful when going into the jungle or sacred places bc if u do the spirits will either take u or make u really sick until u go back and ask for forgiveness or return whatever u took. This happened to my moms cousin

[@galangadhywibowo6640]

@@TheKumarkid16 Yes Ma'am I am

[@sweetmissypetuniawilson9206]

Who else is stuck in the never ending loop of Mr Ballen? 👀

[@kassandraconley1855]

I have been for over a year! I’ve seen some of these videos probably upwards of 20 times! Never gets old :)

[@donnabrown256]

Every evening!

[@caperformance_motorsports]

Welcome to the rabbit hole lol

[@gillianwells5702]

MEEEEE!!!! He is an incredible story teller

[@morphinescream666]

Hi, I'm Khasey and I'm an addict. I've been addicted to Mr. Ballen, the dark, strange and mysterious for a few months now.

[@trunksviper6583]

Mr Ballen; good videos, i have been aware of the missing 411 for a while, absolute strange occurrences that almost no one talk about.

[@Kattyroo]

Love these lost and found stories.

[@Danieltoshsplumber]

I work at Supercuts and having somebody come in confused wearing snow uniform is a daily occurrence

[@KB-tf8vp]

I’m so glad I found this comment. 😂 I’ve been in the service industry for 11 years. This man has no idea what we who work with the public have seen!

[@lionheadtube]

right? like I serve people for a living, Asking questions is rude to a guest. If a confused guy sat down and ordered food from me he would get his plate and I would move on. As long as they kept to themself most people can get away with weird shit it public of any major city.

[@NicoleMichelChannel]

😂

[@dannystuba2195]

lmao

[@feebsz384]

I lost time in John Bryan state park 3 years ago. I had gone off the trail to use the bathroom and when I went back my friends were gone. I called one of them and when she answered they sounded freaked out AF. They said they had been looking for me for FOUR hours. Still makes no sense to me to this day.

[@keighleypoulsen3267]

Oh my gosh

[@codyfretwel6340]

No missed calls or anything? Did you happen to check the time on your phone?

[@xXxRockkettPower012]

Oh wow I would love to hear more😱

[@aylarivers7653]

@@codyfretwel6340 it would probably correct it self soon after getting back into data coverage area .

[@Moonlakes]

@@aylarivers7653 thats not how the time on phones work

[@christinepickess2459]

New to this channel and it’s my new favourite 😊

[@akira1496]

Mr ballen the way you explain is so amazing I just love listening to every story 😍☺️

[@Topota_Madre_]

It feels good to know aliens are finally getting their shit together and at least giving out iphones, haircuts, money, clothes and marathon training after abducting and probing people. I mean, it’s only fair.

[@jondevine6645]

retribution’s type shit😂

[@lyndapierson6338]

too damn funny

[@bigrat7517]

also a meal and a cabbin

[@aliboos1580]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@branstokes3737]

if these are true you would have to think that aliens are wiping or replacing memories of these people in an effort to cover tracks and still be able to return them without having to kill them, they dont want to bet in trouble with Starfleet for messing with pre-warp species, lol

[@Zimtbiss1]

A friend of my brother's had an experience you reminded me of. Happened at about 1980. That person was a boy then, a teenager. In the summer holidays he and his family drove by car from Germany to Italy, crossing the Alps. They were going to visit friends there, like they had done for some years. They knew the route, they knew how long it took and their friends knew at what time to expect their arrival. When they finally arrived, they were about 2 hours early. Their Italian friends were surprised to see them so soon. The family only then recognised they were so early. They sat together and thought about their journey, trying to figure out why they were at their friends faster than everybody expected. And while recalling the ride, they found the part of the distance that was missing, there were landmarks they knew they should have gone past, but they had not seen on this ride. And they found out that every one of them recognised a blinding light right at the beginning of that missing part of their way. They remebered it because the driver/ father had mentioned it; the "sun" was blinding him, so he had folded down the sun visor. And exactly from that point on a distance was missing in their ride, that would have taken them 2 hours to cover. None of them had any memories of what happened or how they covered the distance missing. So, some people do the opposite of going missing for months. Some even save time by a mysterious phenomenon.

[@balderii7340]

I have to say, reading your story reminded me of something I have no memory off,... I've experienced something similar, I think, after reading, but I don't remember. Let's just hope it's Balder.

[@Zimtbiss1]

@@balderii7340 Reading your... whatever you call it, I believe you are someone who has no friends and needs people to listen to your nonsense. I did. Hope you feel better now.

[@balderii7340]

@@Zimtbiss1 My God, you are SO FUNNY. Can't wait to see your name come across one of Mr. Ballen's video's.

[@UnderTheMillkyWay]

@@balderii7340 my goodness. The sarcasm is overwhelming. You act as if this doesn't happen often. He might have heard this while he was young and was scared and it still saved to his memory but only triggered after hearing the story. Happens all the time. It's definitely common and well documented in many books about the brain. I'm sure you're a joy to hang with since your first thought is to be a tool and make fun of someone just sharing a story.

[@balderii7340]

@@UnderTheMillkyWay What? You sure you're reacting to the right name?

[@miguelb.208]

Man... That last story was one of the best I've heard, Gsus.

[@Diordreams.]

I can’t concentrate on anything other than Mr Ballen’s face constantly changing colour/shade when he moves 😂

[@TimeturnerJ]

That first story sounds a lot like Dissociative Fugue. Maybe he entered a fugue state while he was at that lake shore, and it went on for over a year - and then, by sheer coincidence, he ended up in an area close to his home, which was familiar enough to him to snap him out of his amnesia episode.

[@tazmaniandevil6037]

The whole time he was telling the story I was like “I think I heard this back in AP Psychology in high school as a part of dissociative fugue!”

[@dankhill7917]

@@tazmaniandevil6037 yeah but how long can a person remain in that state while functioning enough to travel across country?

[@donefinished]

It's walts fugue state

[@kingchicken8232]

@@dankhill7917 Dissociative Fugue doesn't affect people's ability to function, it just makes them forget who they are.

[@r.w.3378]

Like Walter white pretended he had in breaking bad

[@nataliebarbour6773]

I've never shared this before but here it goes. Mid 1990's I had to drive from Montgomery County MD to some place in Virginia. The first time, we were in my colleague's fancy sports car. We had to visit a participant of a 10 year long clinical study. Back then, we relied on a Rand McNally map combined with the study participant directions. We were on Rt. 66, took the right exit and my colleague said "look, an old fashioned gas station. She pulled over, walked inside to pay and ask for directions. It wasn't self-serve so, another man pumped the gas and we got on our way. Our directions didn't mention a fork on the road but there was one. We get there, the parents asked if we found the house easily, we replied "yes, the gas station attendant was very nice". They stopped smiling and said "there's no gas station nearby. The appointment was rescheduled and we left the same way we arrived... I still get chills remembering how we looked at each other when we saw that there was no gas station but somehow the gas in her car's tank was real?..... I think of it as being in the twilight zone.

[@uchibenkei]

and the gas station accepted future cash or future credit card as payment?

[@calebbai4762]

How many weed did you guys smoke?

[@labj143]

It's not a time slip. It's a multiverse slip.

[@AllknowingUnknown]

Hmm very interesting indeed

[@strldertan]

WAIT, I LIVE in Montgomery County and I've seen some things that I've never seen before and they're gone the next time I'm in the area I saw it in, like there was a time where me and my Grandpa were going to Pennsylvania for a day and we saw a what seemed small house that was selling food like cinnamon donut holes, eggs, vegetables and other basic things you'd need or want to buy for a snack on the road. Then on the way back -We were coming back the same way- and didn't see it was there and we were both so confused cause although it wasn't there we still had items and a receipt to prove we've been there.

[@marisalynn2521]

Please make more of these!!!

[@FM-sl6nq]

This story’s are awesome I love hearing things like that

[@CopieKat]

imagine being taken by aliens and being said "Thank you for participating, here are some souvenirs. Now we'll drop you somewhere really far to not look suspicious at all"

[@Sammyii.]

That actually makes sense. But imagine being taken by the same aliens later, they be like "Ohh, Jonny! How you doin'? My favourite patient! You're free to go, here's a lollipop and a T-shirt, C ya! "

[@jpthegr8860]

“Gently perform the lobotomy” that’s the most compassion Mr Ballen has ever had for the like button

[@happycampr108]

Nah hes givin it a rest lol

[@apophis259]

He gave the Like button a hug before

[@codykidwell1369]

Just leave the poor like bottom alone you no you can click it you don’t actually have to do these crazy activities

[@ChahtaAnumpa]

I was lost in the Appalachian mountains for what I was told was a month. All I remember heading up to blood mountain was walking the path and stopping off to the side “on the ascent up, base of the mountain” and resting for what seemed like an hour. It got dark really fast and I felt like time went by so quickly I had to make it to the summit because during that time I went it was very cold at night and I wanted to stay in the shelter. I started hiking up and I got really sick, like couldn’t control my vomit sick. So I pulled off again and I guess fell asleep. Woke up and it was still dark. Pitch black, I couldn’t see anything but I was not in the same place I fell asleep. I got up and turned on my flashlight and I was in snow, a lot of it. All around was thick forest which if you know the bottom of blood mountain you know it’s just very rocky and the path up is thin so me ending up in a forested clearing in snow was odd. I walked around and was very unfamiliar with my surroundings except in the back of my head something kept screaming at me that this looked familiar. I eventually pulled out my phone and looked. I somehow ended up back at the start of the Appalachian trail in GA!! Hundreds of miles away! I quickly called my family who was waiting for me at the town past blood mountain to pick me up. They were shocked since they already called the police. I looked down at my phone and it was a month since I got too bloodmountain. They said they found no sign of me and had dogs and even asked every hiker they could and had 4 trail wardens going constantly back and forth on the trail looking for me. I checked in at the station and when I did they asked me a bunch of questions. I had no answers I explained everything and they were speechless. My family drove and picked me up and I’ve never gone back since.

[@marketkabest]

wow so thats super weird, it looks this happens more often than we know...

[@ChahtaAnumpa]

@@marketkabest it does happen a lot. But we’re told that it “isn’t possible” so we’re normally dismissed. Just like my comment here being ghost banned. Barely anyone has seen it either.

[@wootieput]

There are a lot of comments on this video and it was posted more than 2 years ago. Your comment was made only 6 months ago. Most engagement on videos happen within the first few days of it being posted. So your chance for visibility dramatically decreases. You also have to be mindful that only 10-20 % of people or less even comment or like a video anyway. Also, even if they scroll down and actually read your comment they may not be compelled to respond or like it. Most people that are watching these older Mr Ballen videos are binge watching and not commenting AT ALL. It's only super curious cats like me that are searching for comments and looking for stories like yours because I was so intrigued. (Your comment isn't at the top of the feed either, I had to scroll a bit) Soooo... I said all that to say this, I don't think you're shadowbanned, it's more likely you're a victim of timing and circumstance. Don't take it personal. Fascinating story btw... ❤️

[@misterbobby8913]

Fantastic Video, Fantastically Done Brother, Subbed 💯👍

[@leonhilburn4296]

My father was in his pick up truck driving early in the morning with his buddy back in the day when Miami was full of woods around 1975 . So they were both alone and they were about 18 years old .And all he remembers is waking up looking at his gas peddle and brake pedal so he’s head down under his dash board and feeling as if he was falling. So he freaked out and pushed up and looked out his windshield and seen that he’s high up in the air looking out as if he’s on top of a mountain. He could see the roads and small cars driving around and it’s nighttime now so he sees houses and lights to. His buddy starts to scream and he’s yelling as well because they feel they are falling off a clif but in Florida there aren’t any. So they float down and it’s a soft landing and they both start screaming about what just happened to us what is going on!! They don’t understand what just happened. They both end up going to his buddies house because his parents were expecting them to arrive hours ago they pull up and try to explain what happened and the parents are dumb founded they don’t know what to believe. Because they are about 8 hours late. And this story they are telling them sounds insane. So After a few days my dad goes back to his buddies house to talk about what happened and his friends parents wouldn’t let him speak to him because his friend wasn’t mentally stable he isn’t taking what happened to them well. So they told my dad idk what happened with you two but you better stay away from our boy he’s going through a lot now because of what happened. Ever since that day my dad says he really thinks he was abducted by aliens and that his friend suffered a lot from it never got to speak to him ever again. His parents tried to protect him from the town thinking he’s crazy. All I can say is as a kid I use to hear my dad have nightmares and he would say don’t touch me leave me alone and it would scare me so bad to where I started to believe he really seen something and just doesn’t remember it. I hope I wrote it detail enough for y’all just wanted to share my dads story hope you enjoyed it.

[@mygames9925]

Bro thats crazy

[@friedchicken8425]

Dam 🤯 naw you did that got Goosebumps thinking bout this one what ever happen to your dad's friend 👀👀👀

[@friedchicken8425]

@Fredy [e-mail] I can't say that obvious it was alien 👽 I wasn't their but I agree with your theory 😅🖤

[@wawaelias8842]

thanks for sharing!! in my opinion men in black to me seemed kind of like what really goes on, different people get abducted and like your pop's they dont have any memory of what happen, so i truly think i mean you would have more knowledge than myself, but there is a door under water and because of the water pressure they can not open it, we all spend our time looking up to hopefully catch a UFO and be able to sell your story thru the media and books. I truly believe aliens are living under water or under ground there are places under ground where people hear a lot of commotion. This one guy told a story about how he had got it in with a beautiful alien he said she was gorgeous and had a really nice figure, that when they had got it in it was the closest thing to heaven on earth, but he didnt remember what happen til a few weeks later, he said he was abducted and these aliens come in peace and they showed him around their UFO and he said it was beautiful like an underwater palace, and every person who claims to be abducted they can not remember what happen it will take a couple to recall what happen, and just like men in black they have those flashing things to erase their memory for a day week month and year, so he asked why wont you aliens come to earth to live among the human civilization and the alien who was in charge i guess, told him that humans are unpredictable, if if a human was to murder an alien the alien are so advanced they can wipe out an entire state within minuets, so to prevent something like that to happen they keep us separated

[@flappy7373]

interesting.. i wonder if it was aliens having a goof playing toss with a couple teenagers in a truck, or if it was a couple teenagers who ate some shrooms after a party? who can say?

[@Geekerella00]

Ther's more going on in this world that is beyond our understanding.

[@abejaz5122]

Much more

[@abejaz5122]

Maybe it not meant to be understood.there is always a top Dog and this whole time we’ve thought it was us

[@monkeballs5697]

This is honestly true horror

[@gracewilliamson8071]

It’s either some sort of like voodoo all around or just straight up aliens

[@justintime1993]

Nah, we'd understand it. It's just kept secret..

[@alexisslone9472]

This is my favorite episode of all time

[@anabogosavljev7924]

One of my favorite episodes!

[@marqc9829]

It would’ve been so much better if Danny still had his Skis on

[@bingonamo7520]

Lol.

[@RepentfollowJesus]

Lol

[@A-Grammie-On-the-ROCK]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@kellywalsh30]

🤣🤣

[@leeibbertson1184]

🤣🤣🤣

[@candacelee5867]

Once my dad came home and couldn’t recall any of our names, our phone number and didn’t know what happened or many details of his life. He just woke up on the hood of his car and drove until he pulled into our driveway because it felt right . A few weeks later he came across a buddy who asked if he was doing ok after how hard he’d hit his head during a game of basketball. It was scary but he eventually regained his general memory but never remembered actually hitting his head. I have to wonder if any of the people in these stories suffered similar head injuries.

[@laurieparis2203]

Very likely. I had something similar, but not as extreme, happen a day after a concussion. I had an appointment, when I got out of it, I called my daughter to ask if she wanted anything from the store, bc I was stopping there before coming home. She started laughing and said: "Seriously, mom? You realize you just called and asked me this same thing a minute ago?

[@blainegreiner6454]

Can't say I've taken a blow to the head hard enough to cause any memory loss, but when I first started out driving, I was on my way to school one morning. We lived on a gravel road about 15 miles away from the town I grew up in and they had just laid fresh gravel a day or 2 prior. I was running late, as I usually left the house around 7, but that day I didn't leave until around 7:15ish and had to be at the football field for band practice by 7:30 (I was running late cuz I got into a fight with my grandfather that morning.). Ended up speeding down this gravel road at 80mph and lost control of my car due to a loose patch of gravel. Ran headfirst into a tree in the ditch at about 70-75 mph and had a pair of jumper cables smack into the back of my head. There was no serious injury, but for the next 8-10 yrs, I believed I had become possessed or had woken something that had already been in me since I was around 6 or 7 (my mom, when I was living with her at the time, was dating a guy who was deep into the occult. Like this guy used to sprinkle dragon's blood incense around the house to ward off bad dreams and the like. And one night, they busted out an Ouija board and I used it with them, not knowing the dangers that can come from this.). This belief was solidified in the fact that after my wreck, I would hear voices that were not coming from the outside world, my dreams became more lucid until I eventually stopped dreaming in general, and I would suffer from occasional blackouts that would happen out of the blue. I was still me, but I felt like I wasn't the only being in my own body.

[@Ena48145]

Holy SHIT. What a story! How are you all doing now? Did he ever regain any sense of memory of the basketball game itself or the moments leading up to it? It's crazy how we can completely lose memory of something so traumatic. I've always wondered if that's a physical thing or a psychological thing. Kind of reminds me of Jessica Boynton, who was shot by her cop husband, in the head. He staged it to be a suicide. How she didn't die is just a miracle. The body cam footage of her twitching is something I wish I never saw. She has absolutely no memory of that night but she knows she wouldn't have tried to kill herself. I have many times imagined what it would be like to suffer from a catastrophic injury and to wake up in the hospital with absolutely no idea what happened. It's one of my greatest fears. I pray he is doing better these days ❤

[@blainegreiner6454]

@@Ena48145 I theorize it's a mix of both. If enough physical injury is caused to the portion of our brain that houses our memories, it can cause memory loss. However, there are times where the physical trauma isn't enough to cause any form of memory loss, but the psychological trauma that our minds were forced to endure during said time could cause memory loss of said event, this is usually done to help prevent our minds from completely degrading to the point to where we completely lose ourselves.

[@candacelee5867]

@@Ena48145 He never regained memory of what happened that day and had slight memory problems after it happened. He might forget giving me permission to go somewhere for example. This was about 25 years ago he died in 2010. It’s just an unforgettable thing to happen.

[@IdinaC907]

We love MR. Ballen thank you for telling us this amazing stories.

[@richardpatton2502]

These are efing addictive!! All the best to everyone

[@kath8440]

In the Philippines, we have a belief of "engkatos", they're kind of like spirits who lives in trees. There's a lot of stories about people being taken by them. Personally, I know a friend whose aunt was courted for several days by what she described was a very dashing young man. every night her aunt claimed that the young man would come in a car and she would talk to him from her balcony window. My friend's grandmother would check and there would be no one there, but every single time there would be a strong sent of Ylang ylang in the Aunt's room. One night, her aunt said that the young man's parent would be coming to their house for a formal courtship visit and she basically entertained invisible guest, but during this time, the whole house was absolutely filled with the Ylang Ylang scent. The Aunt was also gone for a few days, and she claimed that she went to his house and it was the most gorgeous house she's ever seen and she was offered a grand feast. Absolutely horrified, my friend's grandmother went to a local healer who said that a young engkato who lived in an Ylang ylang tree had fallen in love with the aunt and he was really close to taking her. Apparently, the nightly visit was akin to a ritual to take her. You can say that aunt may just be imagining things, if you don't take into account the gifts that the engkato was giving her. They were very precious and rare gifts that people could physically see. I forgot what they were, but I think they were gold ores, rare flowers, and precious crystals I think.

[@chrisredfield6274]

I just read that to my Filipino friend and she was like "Yes I've seen things in the forest and knew to get away"

[@breaodell]

Googling Filipino folklore right now

[@fbashipuk8476]

As a muslim pretty much all of these "entities" in Ballen stories like these forest spirits' , animal like creatures, poltergeists etc can be explained as Jinn. Look up Jinn in islam and it should be clear

[@justlovecoffee]

It's "engkanto"

[@ShortSight32]

Very similar to kuntilanak

[@izzywizzy2177]

Story 3 made me suspect the fair folk, and then I clicked on that the story took place in either Scotland, Wales or Ireland and it confirmed my suspicions. In the Celtic lands, the fairies are fully believed in, even to this day, and theres hundreds of stories of people having weird encounters with them- and theres a few common themes that i found in this story that are found in other stories. The mysterious drumming, the different beautiful scenery in a place where he knew so well and the the fact the man was very charming and seemed normal and he kept comfortable enough or 'compelled'. They also have a different timeframe from us, so the one day in their time is actually three days for us. The fair folk aren't always small with wings, they can look just like us but they're said to be beautiful, handsome people with an enchanting presence and they dont always mean harm. They have taken young pretty girls away before just for a dance and then take her back, or if they want, they keep her.

[@jamiebraswell5520]

Nothing is proven in the story other than a documentation of a child missing for three days. The documentation is dubious at best since the location is not even known. Use critical thinking skill and don't gobble this type of thing up as fact when there is nothing to corroborate it as anything more than a vivid dream, if it even happened at all.

[@izzywizzy2177]

@@jamiebraswell5520 I mean, I’m just saying that this story sounds like what I above mentioned, I never said oh yes this is 100% pure facts, just something fun to think about IF this were a true case which it just could well be. I went on about the fair folk as a comparison as what it could be, not as something that it definitely is as I know that no one can say for sure that that stuff is historically true, either.

[@ZombieSazza]

Yup, I come from NE Scotland and Faeries are still believed in, we leave them offerings so they don’t steal human babies and change them with changelings. In Rosemarkie there’s a large old tree log that has thousands of pennies hammered into its side, we still add too it.

[@izzywizzy2177]

@@ZombieSazza yessss🙌 I leave them offerings too😁

[@alliegrant4653]

I’m Native American from North Dakota, I am obviously original to this place as are my people & we firmly believe in “little people” “fay” or “fairy” as you know them. Crazy how original people have similar stories in origin.

[@WelshAmethystGirl087]

I am obsessed with this channel this playlist especially, my number 1 all time fav Mr ballen story has to be the afgan mountains one where the rescue team go looking for their army comrades who are MIA only to come across a giant man in a cave who had killed them all

[@elyse_hart_]

i love this channel. i think a lot of these disappearances/reappearances can be explained by the psychological phenomenon known as a fugue state, a kind of amnesia.