Are You Scared of Waterslides?

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[@twtclikk7841]

shane going "i want this girl to be human origami-" and ryan cutting in with "THATS DISGUSTING!!! ...but like what shape" is top tier banter and i love it

[@soare4874]

"cutting" nice, intended right?

[@ShimaKage-]

Oh my god! That's disgusting!.... where?

[@deadgummybearplayz6197]

“Like a duck?”

[@mckmoody6668]

can i just say..before watching this video? wtf? the first comment i see???

[@ElegyVio]

Jesus is the truth

[@beelaabeja]

“Are you scared of water slides?” Me: no… Ryan and shane: *”would you like to be?”*

[@hackingdiva1587]

Me:hmmmmm🤔

[@natalihigh1565]

PLEASE

[@Knight049]

I mean, I can give you another reason

[@lolawhiterabbit]

Well my answer was no, but my dumbass still watched 😂

[@miscl_anon]

@@Knight049 do tell

[@hannahmaycreate8173]

My fave thing about this, is the unsaid implication that he slid underneath her that first time down the slide. Love that creepy stuff

[@portisthetortoise3239]

Yes!! As soon as I saw the blood on his forehead and realized that he didn't see or feel her on his trip down, I was like... "ooo she's hanging around somewhere above him" oof this story is really good!

[@AsdfAsdf-mi6ks]

That and him saying the water was warm.

[@chickennuggets4387]

@@AsdfAsdf-mi6ks OHHH I WAS LIKE … WARM WATER IN THE SLIDE??? Thats scary

[@AsdfAsdf-mi6ks]

@@chickennuggets4387 RIGHT?!!! This is my favorite, are you scared, yet.

[@sheep1336]

I didn't even realize until I read all these comments 💀 this story is really well written and horrifying

[@Whisperi0r]

9:00, Notice the description of the water as "warm". In my experience, the water inside of these slides is typically cold, or room temperature, but far from warm. That wasn't water, it was the still warm blood of the little girl flowing down the tube. It is also a working theory that the warm water is actually pee, as brought to my attention by the replies.

[@portisthetortoise3239]

i thought the exact same thing!! It's such a small detail, but when you know that the kid is almost definitely dead, you pick up on stuff like that and it gives me chills! This story was so good.

[@rdoee3558]

Wouldn't the warm water only be present past the girl?

[@qazisgone7292]

I got goosebumps

[@BlueGangsta1958]

@Rdoee depends on where she got killed. She didn't make any sound at all, so I'd assume she got her throat slit almost immediately and was then stuck onto the ceiling by the slide monster

[@nerdycassidy]

IM SO GLAD YOU PICKED UP ON THIS!!!! Yes! Exactly!!!

[@karu5839]

Ryan finally acknowledged that Shane stares at the title in terror and I think that’s so funny.

[@themardbard9096]

Ryan, between clenched teeth: "Don't. Look. At it."

[@bosgotnojams]

S: I hope it's sort of a human origami situation R: That's disgusting!..... what shape?

[@danielstrimel]

Laughed embarrassingly loudly at that.

[@edmondkarisen3937]

that was great

[@redwardranger7034]

Kinda like Mac

[@Whatareevenbirds]

"like a duck?" "awww that'll be cute :)" NOT WHEN ITS A CHILDS DEAD CORPSE, SHANE

[@fridgebanana101]

15:56 if anyone can't find it

[@BlackFeathers39]

“I heard the slap of her body as she hit the drained pool’s hard cement.” I gasped so loud at this it startled my boyfriend in the other room. I don’t know why, but this sentence was horrifying to me.

[@Whatlander]

It's awful because it's genuinely accurate. A falling body doesn't make a special sound - it's exactly what you'd hear under less dire circumstances, as if someone tripped and fell over.

[@patriciajin6206]

How did you get a bf? Give me tips!

[@juliarider4311]

@@patriciajin6206 lmaoooo wtf

[@SCRM_Railfan]

@@patriciajin6206 not sure if you're being satire

[@patriciajin6206]

@@SCRM_Railfan nope, genuine question.

[@iB0NKERS]

What if she was being terrorized by a monster that followed her around and it just so happened to decide to get her here? It seems very specific in targeting her compared to all the other people.

[@wonner0]

She did describe it as *the* monster.

[@UwU-lm9or]

AYEE i was just thinking that too!! aslo cause she specifically said "that monster" and funny thing was the only thing htat killed her when you could easily go down i mean there is no chance she ended up high in that position

[@sploompdoomper]

What if it's a monster that can only get her in the dark

[@maddiehalloway]

What if it’s a monster that preys on fear? Like Pennywise

[@ChristinaPh]

@@maddiehalloway exactly.

[@sapphireto3944]

Ryan: money to plan wedding Steven: money to buy a house Shane: money to buy normal sized clothes

[@nataliemarlowe2516]

theyre all in different places in life 😂

[@sumw3318]

The thought of the girl’s corpse saying “Cowabunga!” and doing this 🤙 while going down the water slide is the most horrifying and oddly funny image

[@baggachaos3406]

Bro I want dat

[@mideygar3766]

That’s a cowabummer

[@_._._._lilith_._._._4658]

More like "cowa-bummer"

[@RogueBeatsARG]

Thats the most 90s thing you would see before dying

[@bananapy7278]

yo now, I want this in full on animation

[@kristennowlin3642]

This is an urban legend in the water park near my area. Only difference is no one noticed that she was missing for hours so dozens of people slid underneath her. She was found when a lifeguard slid down slowly with a flashlight after a few people mentioned that it felt like they hit something halfway down the slide.

[@worldofhunter1636]

Jesus christ dude, that's morbid, you're just sliding down and your head just slightly bumps something. Then they just think, "Must've been the roof..."

[@zoeclarke822]

I’m sorry, I know how messed up this is but when it said “but all the officers were preoccupied” I just imagined a bunch of cops on the lazy river eating donuts 😂😂😂

[@17thcentury_girl]

Omg 😅

[@marywaugaman8357]

given how police respond to crisis this is accurate

[@Drakatha1337]

ACAB: All Cops Are Busyatthemoment

[@Anna-gi7kp]

I literally choked on my coffee when Shane said “wet-cute”

[@hackingdiva1587]

😐😬

[@whyops]

@CAMILA yes come here

[@whyops]

@@nizunomikashi6544 OWo

[@whyops]

Wtf is wrong with this guy 👆

[@SoloDragon5393]

@@hackingdiva1587 tf does that mean?

[@cor289]

glad the boys are getting them sponsorships and getting them coins, but bold of wealthfront to assume i have $5,000 to begin with

[@hanselmansell7555]

Hmmm. Yes and like all investments possibly risky 🤔

[@lolawhiterabbit]

😂 like if any normal person has 5,000 just laying around w/o knowing what to do w/ it? I want that problem 😂

[@hanselmansell7555]

@@lolawhiterabbit and if I did I wouldn't invest it through a KZbin ad.. 🤣

[@anyathepanther7977]

Even if i had, i dont like giving it to strangers.

[@roguetheotter]

disposable income? don't know her. lol

[@lenahm9369]

I had recurring dreams of a never ending slide as a child. Then one dream I recognized what was about to happen and turned around and walked away from the slide. Never had that dream again.

[@batjackattack5556]

so ur saying if she she told the slide monster “no” she’d be good? sick

[@mlk0-0]

How powerful

[@neru1584]

I'll do that in my next nightmare thanks

[@moriahhairston2648]

sounds like the slide ride from Welcome to Horrorland, a goose bumps book ! I became very wary of slides after that book

[@HUMAN-fq5ff]

Your dreams had character development.

[@kennabee8558]

Shane saying "you're gonna die" before sending someone down the slide as a lifeguard is maybe the realest lifeguard activity in this whole thing.

[@Me-vn3gz]

the most unrealistic part is that a water park or an amusement park would shut down because of an accidental death lol

[@user-xd4yx8hh7o]

You know what, fair.

[@slithra227]

adventure park is still running lmao

[@alexawatchingyoutube]

There was a similar death at the Schlitterbahn Kansas City in 2016, and the park eventually closed down about 2 years later... close enough

[@jogen906]

@@alexawatchingyoutube hold up a fucking what?

[@jogen906]

@@alexawatchingyoutube oh shit

[@TheJephiner]

You know what's scary? Sending an hourly-wage-teenager with no insurance coverage down to inspect a possibly faulty water slide. Where is maintenance? Who owns this place? No wonder they shut down. That kids parents won it in the settlement!

[@mintleaf4651]

Lmao it's just a story made up 😂

[@AdoboSoGuud]

@@mintleaf4651 i mean, they have a point in this story

[@kolamoose8717]

Have you ever been to a pool?

[@MsDoghome]

I mean I’ve worked at some pretty shit places it feels like something they’d do

[@KingPandaRui]

I worked as a lifeguard at an amusement park. They DEFINITELY do this, but idk we were usually excited to ride something while on the clock

[@invisiblefly2454]

The lifeguard coming across Lily on the ceiling, coupled with the demon smile, is actually some Junji Ito shit. I could perfectly imagine him writing a story like that, with the dreaded page-turn revealing her body on the ceiling. Absolutely chilling.

[@Faith_Soprano]

Lily: _The_ Monster... Slide monster: She knows too much.

[@nerdycassidy]

I can confirm that Lily knew too much & that’s why she is no longer with us

[@mebreevee1997]

@@nerdycassidy I’m curious, what was the monster? Like, was it something she made up and brought it to life? A demon that haunted her? I’m curious what your thought process was when coming up with the monster!

[@toastyeditz]

​@@mebreevee1997A year late to this, but that's what makes this story so good! There are no answers! We don't know what killed the Little Girl, we don't know *how* she died, we don't know what caused her to stick to the roof of the slide. It's all just one big mystery that plays with your mind and I love it 😂

[@mebreevee1997]

@@toastyeditz A year later and I too am still here. I agree this story is such a mind bender and has stuck with me to this day.

[@madeleinehiggins120]

this was honestly the most terrifying story so far. something about the art and the idea of being stuck in a dark tube with a child’s dead bloody body is horrifying

[@nerdycassidy]

Thank you so much!

[@_._._._lilith_._._._4658]

"Smiling like a little demon" you forgot that part

[@dcta51]

It really was. I thought The Kisaragi station one was the best then this came! Best music so far as well.

[@galadrielpokracki8153]

Yeah holy shit, this is the first story that made my skin crawl, weirdly enough!

[@gradygough8589]

It’s true to but she actually died from cardiac arrest

[@noraunhappy]

This is a really strong story. The location is weird and not exactly what you’d expect for a horror story, but that’s really why it works. And I appreciate that it doesn’t really give you any answers, just leaves you wondering what could have possibly happened to this little girl.

[@nerdycassidy]

Thank you so much!!!

[@shreyjaiswal5250]

its simple... she got merc'd by the devil

[@mustangrose]

Truly one of the best stories since the first season. First in a while I wasn't personally disappointed by.

[@AsdfAsdf-mi6ks]

@@nerdycassidy you did so good! This story really gave me chills. The pacing was fantastic.

[@andshescallingacab4346]

loved the story but i kept thinking about that iasip ep in aquapark🥴

[@jazzabighits4473]

"I was the last person to see her" - the real horror story. It'd suck if someone went missing and ended up dead or something and you were their last contact. You're immediately a suspect.

[@jayjayeverett2456]

Yeah but how would they explain the state of her body in a waterslide like that? Nobody going down a waterslide is going to have enough time to do all of that.

[@lunaabella]

This story genuinely terrified me. In Sierra Vista, Arizona when I was 10, there was this place called "The Cove" and there was this huge swirl slide that was pitch dark that would lead into this separate pool. I was wearing a somewhat oversized bathing suit (I was a very small bodied kid) and got stuck in the middle of the slide. I didn't realize I was stuck because I couldn't see anything, and when the realization hit me I was yelling for help but nobody could hear me. I squirmed and tried to wiggle out, panicking, and could barely breathe because I it was so hot and humid. I felt like the walls were getting smaller and it felt like time was slowing down. I even tried to take off my bathing suit bottom but the water rushing down the slide made it hard to get them off. I sat there crying and screaming for help, until eventually with all my squirming, my bathing suit bottom tore. I slid down bare butt and flopped into the pool. The lifeguard was at the bottom angry telling me not to play around in the slide until she saw me bare bottomed and sobbing that I was "stuck." She was talking to my mom and when I heard how long I was in there for, I broke down. Almost 10 minutes I was stuck in there and nobody even came for me. Its scary because the last time I was there, I nearly drowned in the big pool because they have automated waves that are way too strong, and I ended up stuck underwater beneath this very large lady with a float tube as the waves pushed us at the same time. I never went back, and to this day I am terrified of pools and water slides.

[@juniz1982]

damn......😮☹

[@oliviajsnyder1607]

I’m so sorry that must’ve been terrifying

[@DeathnoteBB]

Jesus. I would have been so worried, meanwhile that AH is yelling at you for “playing” Bruh

[@Finnbobjimbob]

Lol

[@ComedyGlor]

I don't understand how you got stuck? Also unrelated but you're beautiful

[@askingemery8607]

“nothing bad ever happens on the lazy river.” me who almost drowned in a lazy river: haha

[@lolawhiterabbit]

Honestly I think it’s one of the riskiest rides in the water park, because people relax and let’s their guard down. They bring their children of all ages and bc of that false sense of security, you forget it’s an ongoing current that does not slow down nor does it stop, that’s scary

[@tereziz5062]

Oh my vod same

[@mephilestenesse5101]

Same Bro.

[@Jo-sv9io]

almost drowned on a lazy river when i was five. my eyes were red and i was coughing up water for the rest of the day after that, but i still love lazy rivers to this day

[@Donika691]

Basically everyone should not forget that when at pools and water parks you are in water, and when you're around a lot of water that danger of drowning is always there (heck you can drown in a small amount of water). So don't forget that but also don't let that fact ruin your fun. It's being around that many people I don't like, if I could I'd love to have my own personal lazy river.

[@freya2294]

"maybe we're trying to save enough money to buy shane normal sized clothes" THAT WAS SO UNPROMPTED RYAN

[@decentlysmartforanidiot8284]

out of pocket-

[@frankiestar264]

@@decentlysmartforanidiot8284 YES

[@oscardbwildin9622]

The face I made when I realized the reason he had blood on him when he first came out of the tube was because he went directly underneath her, and The Monster most likely just saw him go down without him noticing LMAO almost pissed myself

[@jayjayeverett2456]

Monster just like:👀Anyways! And continues with his masterpiece.

[@kenedyables4607]

Damn, I was hoping when he got to the girl, she’d mutter her last words “You promised…”

[@nerdycassidy]

So many people have suggested this that I might just rewrite it

[@mebreevee1997]

@@nerdycassidy Nah keep it as is, they can pretend! She lost too much blood at that point to be conscious!

[@Konroil]

@@mebreevee1997 but what if the monster (or demon idk) controlled her to do that? idk, would be a bit more horrifying tbh

[@RATLANTIS]

I was expecting this story to be from the perspective of the one going down the slide, sorta like the Elevator one, but this version was *substantially* more unsettling. Are You Scared continues to be one of the best horror-reading shows on KZbin!

[@actanonverba3041]

exactly what i thought! the perspective of uncovering the tragedy seems much more unsettling than being the victim of it

[@corabertelsen7107]

Yea same here, me too.

[@sun1777]

I worked at a waterpark one summer, yes, I am scared of waterslides. Would never actually use one again after that, they're marked as safe but with all the injuries I've seen I don't feel they are.

[@Thelifeofbudder]

What sort of injuries were common, were they accidental or did the guests not listen to instructions?

[@virgomoons]

I always been scared of slides, Especially the tube ones

[@jordan242]

@CAMILA go the heck away

[@p_kix]

Yeah, after Caleb Schwab... no thanks.

[@LuckyBird551]

Water parks are basically unregulated. That is the main issue.

[@thegurge99]

I had a genuine fear of waterslides growing up because I was scared of falling out of open ones or getting stuck in closed ones. As an adult hearing this story, I just remembered this fear and may never go on a waterslide ever again.

[@melissaelliott1903]

Same. The author of this story is my daughter. She developed the idea while actually at a water park. The inspiration is quite comical.

[@anzievlyn6820]

@@melissaelliott1903 No, Cassidy’s my child what the hell are you saying ?

[@NoiseDay]

I legit asked myself if I'd ever find myself on a waterslide in the future before clicking the video because they spook me too

[@biancs4]

Shane and Ryan’s commentary are the equivalent of scrolling through KZbin comments when watching a scary video

[@slushiecore]

ooh, this one was CREEPY. mollie ong's art adds a whole new layer of fucked up to this, excellent work!!

[@zack.7033]

ily ur pfp

[@vanshikak3370]

Where can I find her socials?

[@ayeshaahmad9506]

They're in the description box (@mollieong) :))

[@emmarose8194]

As someone who has worked at a waterpark, Shane sounds like the kind of person who would have ruined my day in the most frustrating way. Also, the scariest thing is knowing that this would most definitely not have closed down the park. People die in those places and the same ride is opened the next week.

[@BlueGangsta1958]

Okay but they usually don't bleed all over everything after being blatantly murdered, right? I would think it's mostly stuff like drowning or heart attacks? That should be fairly easy to cover up for staff and easy to ignore for pool-goers. If you see the water go red from blood and then the body of a little girl crashes onto the floor of the empty pool, I'd think it's hard to forget that. Everybody would know about it and I doubt many would want to go there afterwards.

[@mysticashes5384]

@@BlueGangsta1958 pretty sure there was a real life water park that a kid got decapitated on a slide and they didnt close for like 2 years

[@hibiscuspetals02]

@@mysticashes5384 true but the ride itself was shut down and destroyed

[@casuallyceltic]

As someone who has also been a lifeguard, I feel like Shane would be one of the good ones who apologize after you explain why he can't do what he's doing.

[@iaminpainauchocolat9300]

​@@mysticashes5384 epcot is still open.

[@TheZsuliett]

Wouldn't they have to wait for the police to investigate the slide? Also I love that in this story it is kind of a public horror happening, in most of the stories only the protagonist experiences the terrifying events, but here the whole town is aware.

[@ppiness1940]

The protag felt personally responsible, which is probably what compelled them to persevere instead of waiting for law enforcement.

[@thefinalfrontear]

daaamn, this was way scarier for me than most of the recent “are you scared” stories. maybe it’s just because of how familiar i was with smiledog, the russian sleep experiment, and ted the caver, but this one and the ball pit have been my favorites since the red man and the face in the walls!

[@deprofundis3293]

What's the ball pit one? I've seen all of them (I think) and don't recall one about a ball pit.

[@corabertelsen7107]

Same

[@harmony-nymph]

@ 16:02 ; shane: “i want her to be folded up.” ryan: “that’s disgusting… …what shape?” shane: “i don’t know…” ryan: “like a duck?”

[@candlesoflife]

""Aww that's cute.'"

[@deadboy13]

15:59 Ryan’s look of utter shock and disgust, followed by “...what shape?”

[@scripss]

Thanks for repeating a bit of the episode, very informative.

[@harmony-nymph]

@@scripss lmao you were so bothered you had to waste your time replying? you’re welcome tho

[@kaeyaliker]

i've always thought waterslides were creepy as hell and just unsafe in general. i just didn't understand how the huge ones were so popular. it's a huge tunnel and you can't be seem from the outside and if you somehow get hurt or stuck rescue is gonna take a hell lot of work, that assuming someone hears you. id always think "what if i somehow moved in a weird way and ended up breaking my arm?" idk lmfao

[@17thcentury_girl]

Same here! I went on a big one one had what I call mini stops which is like a small pool you land in before you continue down the slide. There were 3 mini stops and I almost drowned in them 💀

[@harpiehunter9428]

@@17thcentury_girl ive never heard of that I would be traumatized 😱

[@17thcentury_girl]

@@harpiehunter9428 it was a sleepover and the friends went first, luckily I stayed with the mother she looked after me because I was scared. I believe I would have drowned it I went with the friends 💀

[@LostStarzOfTheSky]

Sometimes you just decide you want to get as close to death as possible

[@bluejediforce]

Yeah I am NOT a fan of waterslides. I like the open ones, but even then I'm still very suspicious of them in general.

[@josephwright4222]

I’ve just started watching these and the stories need to chill with the “smile”. For me, the girl smiling added an element that the story didn’t need, whereas the image of a completely lifeless body just on the top of the chamber is chilling. It might just be me, but it just takes me out of the story as it feels like the writer is now trying to scare you, instead of making you feel it organically

[@grace.jessee]

I agree

[@zeliumite]

Oooh this one was pretty chilling, just because of the unorthodox but highly creepy location they chose. You don't think about slides like that, but being trapped in a claustrophobic dark tube with a creepy smiling corpse like that.... oof.

[@ipshitakanungo3025]

Ikr. I'll rather pay a visit to demons than be in this guy's position.....

[@jessicao-o165]

I would try to climb back up the slide because if i went down, i would go through the blood and the monster might be there or i will land on hard cement or worse on the girl but with a slide that long and a lot of twists, it would take long and be terrifying, i guess going down is the faster option

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@jessicao-o165 As a kid who used to climb up sides, it is super hard, I imagine more so when it’s that small and long. Especially since he was at the end of the slide, it was way easier to keep going. Though them draining the pool makes it way more dangerous in reality.

[@luthientinuviel3883]

I'm a lifeguard, and Shane calling lifeguards "cool" made my day!

[@johnadreani7007]

same

[@wrenreviewer5370]

Lifeguards ARE super cool. Thanks to you guys for watching out for everyone and saving lives!

[@kdjoshi726]

Well you ARE in fact cool. Keep up the good work!

[@infinitymocha]

Honestly one of the best stories thus far. I think the reason behind it being so scary is the fact that you’re literally trapped in an enclosed space with the thing scaring you. The protagonist also has no way to leave other than following the way the body went…. That’s terrifying… Amazing story!

[@geigersnap360]

Shane and Ryan: Are you scared of water slides? Me: Yeah, I once- Shane and Ryan: *Want us to make it worse?*

[@danaliemascarenhas7410]

This series is just a way to induce new fears in everyone. I approve

[@MelxncholyMermxid]

Honestly it's just giving me a supernatural spin to all my regular fears

[@HIEDEEDE]

i developed a fear of elevators from this channel :D

[@Molly-nd7xc]

It gives me the True Crime hit that I've been missing since unsolved. I know these are fictional storied and some do involve monsters etc, but they're less paranormal and more creepy, human type stuff

[@ladiesngerms]

nothing says invest in stocks like ryan’s dead stare and eulogy reading voice

[@missednoahsarc2654]

I like the mothman T really gets me thinking about financial security for my future

[@SkyandMoon909]

Next sponsor: Acme Estate Planning

[@balladofme]

I just searched ocean meadows for fun as I was listening to the story and turns out, a ten year old girl actually died riding a water slide on her first ride. It happened in London though and is not related to this story but I thought its really sad :( Maybe the author got her inspiration from that.

[@nerdycassidy]

That’s actually such a coincidence, I came up with Ocean Meadows on my own & I never heard of this. It’s such a tragedy though :(

[@CeiliRain1]

"I want this to be a human origami situation" "That's disgusting. What shape" Literally me

[@jacqweee]

shane: human origami ryan: gross! also ryan: what shape tho?

[@anonymousstrangeness7348]

😂 👍

[@osmicow]

I really liked this story. I liked having the perspective be not the person stuck in the hell slide. From the intro I thought it was going to be a slide version of the Hellevator but it wasn't and that was a nice twist for me. It was chilling too, but not too spooky.

[@DeathnoteBB]

Horror you don’t see is fun to write, you can play with the natural instinct to imagine the horror for yourself.

[@caitlinmariereacts]

BEST EPISODE THIS SEASON

[@expresso4thedeppresso]

Ooo hello Ms. Verified:)

[@deprofundis3293]

Totally agree!

[@aakansh45yearsago83]

"I am Ryan Bergara, and this is.... Are You Scared?" *Shane looks up as usual* *Ryan:* Don't look at it! *Shane:* Well I looked at it.

[@MikusDad39]

The lifeguards do actually get to go down the slides, it's the quickest way to get off the tower and into your next scheduled position/the break room.

[@nuciferangus7465]

That so cool I want to be a lifeguard!!

[@jenneric03]

@@nuciferangus7465 no you dont trust me😭😭

[@expressodepresso4097]

​@@nuciferangus7465It's great until you have to break a kid's ribs giving CPR lol that feeling sticks with you

[@nuciferangus7465]

@@expressodepresso4097 ok :(

[@jvappi]

Having formerly worked at a similarly small waterpark as a slide attendant/lifeguard, this one really spooked me lol. We had a slide called the pipeline that was pitch black and was the second fastest slide at the park. It was wicked popular because of that, and in reality wasn’t that long. I’m imagining this happening there and it’s terrifying 😂

[@anonym3057]

I feel like we in the Matrix … Jenni B

[@irathernotsay2627]

I saw something similar to that at a water park that feeds into a lake. It was all black and only really good swimmers and adults could go down it. It was completely black, inside and out. I was always terrified of it when I was younger because A) I can’t swim and B) I was scared that if there was monster in them, I wasn’t gonna be able to see them

[@isabellefernandez502]

"Nothing bad happens on the lazy river" " And let's keep it that way" Next week: Are you scared of Lazy River?

[@bee-om2ry]

I just watched a tiktok where this girl’s friend pooped in a lazy river. Then she pooped too for solidarity. Scariest thing I’ve ever heard of 😭😭

[@isabellefernandez502]

@@bee-om2ry PLEASE OH NO

[@kylegibson5432]

"Nothing bad happens in a lazy river." I dunno, I feel like that is when people are most likely to piss in the water. All relaxed and shit. Never liked that about lazy rivers.

[@acebulf]

PISS

[@jessicacreed7773]

Heavy SCP vibes with this one- the carnivorous waterslide! I'd love for the boys to read an actual SCP entry, I'm sure there are plenty that'd fit the word count.

[@CulverinX3]

Made me think of SCP-1562. That one is a playground slide though

[@Charlotte-qz2if]

ooh they should read one of the SCP 001 entries: “when day breaks”

[@Yue_mariin00]

What's SCP?:0

[@Charlotte-qz2if]

@@Yue_mariin00 scp is similar to creepy pastas in the sense that it’s a written form of horror - basically it’s a made up secret government agency that captures various entities and keeps them hidden from the public view. there’s a website called “The SCP Wiki” that contains entries about these entities and most of them are horror-based. its also similar to men in black lol

[@anniearmiger4274]

Ryan: "That's disgusting, what shape?" Without missing a beat!

[@alexc1485]

This story reminds me of a recurring nightmare I had as a kid. In the dream I would be going down one of those big enclosed tube slides you get in soft play areas (not a waterslide but close enough) but near where the end should be, the slide forks in two and I end up going off on the 'wrong' tube. It quickly gets narrower and narrower until I am stuck in this weird offshoot tube that I can't climb out of because it's too steep. The dreams were always particularly vivid and realistic making them even worse. For some reason this stuck with me and I have had variations of this same nightmare multiple times throughout my life. So this story is possibly the creepiest I've heard on this channel for me!

[@wannabedrewafualo]

“That’s disgusti-WHAT SHAPE?” Not as disturbed as we thought, eh, Ryan?

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Quote of the Day: “You keep ‘em on your belly. It’s like God’s tray.”

[@userjayishere]

I used to love waterslides, and then I became afraid of open waterslides and only liked closed ones after I almost fell out of one, and then I became afraid of ALL waterslides after I hit an empty tube, flipped over, and got a concussion in a closed one.

[@journey9641]

How high were you when you fell?!

[@teen_laqueefa]

Action park in NEW JERSEY?

[@olivegreenlover4671]

My neck bent oddly when I went on a closed one but it was tiny and recommended for children so it was my fault. I still go on closed ones but only if they are wide

[@kdjoshi726]

Man I'm scared of the open ones. Especially them 90° & 180° angled ones. I constantly fear "What if I fall out of this slide?" :/

[@katkay9923]

I was at a water park and went on this big half open half closed slide, one part was going down a large and fast hill that was open to a closed part, it was fun. Two hours after I left, that little closed part decapitated a child. I haven’t been to a water park ever since.

[@Guile_The_Exile]

"All our cops are busy" WTF do you mean? Are they fighting a fuckin war or stuck at a line at Dunkin!? That's absurd! This must def take place in a small ass town lol

[@nerdycassidy]

It does ahfjs, technically an small island but yeah

[@hannahwhite553]

I had a dream about something similar to this. I was in an old dingy mcdonalds playground that looked like it had been abandoned for years. Kids kept going down the tube slide and never coming out, and no one knew what happened to them. In my dream reality it became something of an urban legend. I cant stop thinking about it and trying to figure out where they could have went and what fate they may have met.

[@NoiseDay]

Through a portal to another world?

[@ZalemMoon]

McDonald's slides (or just any tube slide) always creeped me out.

[@rainbowbears1627]

No way i also used to have regular dreams about mcdonalds slides although i cant remember much except for that there used to be masked people and i was scared of them.

[@alliejohnson3464]

Reasons I’m scared of water slides: water parks are gross, what if I get stuck, whatever this episode has to offer

[@Galiant2010]

I don't worry about it so much with slides as they're manufactured to be a uniform size the whole way, typically. But I think about this whenever I see videos of people going into rock formations on shorelines of lakes/rivers/oceans where it makes a natural tunnel or slide. Like. If you think you have a chance of getting stuck, go down head first. If you go down feet first and get stuck that means there's not much space around you, and if the flow rate of water going down exceeds the flow rate of the water that manages to get by you then the water will start backing up and eventually your head will be under water... but head first you don't have to worry about that. Yeah, there's the issue of blood rushing to your head and causing problems, but that's not as immediate as water getting backed up and drowning you. Just did a really random bit of research on how long it takes for water to go through you. On an empty stomach it can go through you in as little as 5 minutes. So if the backup fills up slow enough you could maybe drink the water and then pee it out as that should be below the blockage (assuming it's someone's midsection). Lotta chlorine from the pool water... but still probably better to try it than just drowning... Another reason to not do stuff in water right after eating... (despite the original reason for that being false and made into a wive's tale).

[@HowdyMaLady]

For a season finale I think it would be a cool idea to try out 40-60 minute stories. I’m always longing for more at the end of these. Thanks for making awesome videos!

[@Whatlander]

They could do a "lost episode" with the other 90% of Ted the Caver. I would unironically love that.

[@HowdyMaLady]

@@Whatlander Exactly what I'm saying, sometimes the stories feel a little incomplete.

[@ay-de6sq]

Fr some of those nosleep stories

[@shadwgaming6805]

“This is are you scared?” *looks at title “Don’t look at it” “I looked at it”

[@TheGhost-ji8nk]

That was in my opinion the best story and story telling in this series yet. Simply for the fact that it wasnt as obviously fake as most the others. Like it was mostly believable up untill the smile and scream. Which def would of scared the shit out of me if I was in the lifeguards shoes. I'd thrown up coming out the slide.

[@xenophiliuslovegood6914]

Alright, then. Tell me why I should be scared of waterslides.

[@cereza5983]

I’m always scared of those, what if I get out and slam into someone elae

[@happymama2793]

The water going at those speeds have actually hurt a lot of people. If water going at that speed gets into the v*gina it can literally Destroy your v*ginal and an*l canal. Leaving you with horrific scars for life and a need for Immediate surgery.

[@qxiror5701]

You shouldn't be

[@happymama2793]

@@qxiror5701 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bILJY39_nqiSosU Here's a video by Dr. MamaJones going over why you Should be afraid of water slides.

[@qxiror5701]

@happymama Here's my comment saying you shouldn't be afraid of a waterslide, just because you have a 2% chance of death.

[@starfirex]

Shane sounds like the puppet guy who teaches history.

[@deborahzozimo]

Taught* Rip to a real one

[@mediocrio]

@guy dude why would they when its a BANGER every time

[@noalapizza-paella3986]

​@@deborahzozimoteaches*

[@mercuryfeels]

out of all of the Are You Scared? episodes, this one is genuinely my most favorite, from story telling, narration, and drawings.

[@ohno8398]

I don't know why this story got me but it filled me with terror. I was so afraid and sorry for that girl even though I knew she was fictional. The fact that the narrator wasn't the person it happened to somehow made it so much worse

[@divyasharma8474]

"That's disgusting...What shape?" had me laughing

[@mason4534]

Shane and Ryan: "Lifeguards are attractive and cool" Me, who is neither, but is a lifeguard: 😎😎😎😎😎

[@wajeehasajad8888]

"Are you scared of water slides?" Me: "No I am not" "Do you want to be?" Me: 👁👄👁

[@bitnewt]

There are so many true horror stories about unmaintained and untested water slides and rides, this perfectly captured some of that realism with a touch of the uncanny!

[@JaimeCard]

Shane going with "Wet Dreams" as a way to close out the show is truly hilarious to me

[@StreyX]

As jaded person that has listened to a lot of "true scary stories" my first thought is: Isn't it dangerous to go down the slide like that if the kid is possibly stuck and hasn't gone through the other end?

[@bloohyena]

I'm p sure they're doing all fictional stories for this season. But I think it might be dangerous? Might push the kid the wrong way or the force might injure them

[@asdfghjk1576]

As someone who worked in a place with a few rides (not a waterpark tho) my immediate reaction is that he should have radioed his supervisor first. A coworker of mine got in serious trouble for not radioing for help after a ride started malfunctioning (no one was injured).

[@MaurauderGirl]

They've all been fake since the end of the first season

[@deprofundis3293]

It sounded like he went down carefully/slowly.

[@eliza1498]

exactly my thoughts - theoretically, if she were stuck somewhere in the slide (and i suppose she was, in the end) he would have full force throat-kicked this ten year old down to the bottom, dead or alive.

[@ChenoWolf]

Jokes on you, I was already afraid of tube slides. Just for a different reason. I'm scared my skin will catch on the seem where the parts of the slides connect and that I'll be peeled like a gruesome banana.

[@Chronicroc]

the descriptions in this one are visceral. The cement part made me gasp. Like insult to injury but in the most disturbing way.

[@iamb34]

Guy: *raises hand* me if I were Savannah: No you dont. Call a mecanic. Lets cut this thing up. Guy: But my guilt-- Me: *No.*

[@ArgentAtelier]

The idea that they'd send a person to go crawling through an empty waterslide without any safety equipment, is really immersion breaking.

[@journey9641]

@@ArgentAtelier There's also the fact that a kid just got stuck in there and had lost a lot of blood, so it's so not safe

[@LicoriceLain]

@@ArgentAtelier You would be surprised how many businesses ignore safety procedures or let them lapse.

[@Whatlander]

I'm torn between how absurd letting an employee scramble down a dry, corpse-bearing slide would be, and knowing that places like Action Park have existed.

[@merriquelynn866]

@@Whatlander After that, who’s to say it’s not impossible? Plus, no one else showed up fast enough. You can lose a lot of blood and still survive too. But yeah. You want to say it shouldn’t and couldn’t happen, but then Action Park existed and some of these places run on a “hold my beer” mentality when it comes to management and safety.

[@Taradoxxi]

Title: Are you scared of water slides? Me, who knows what Action Park is: YES

[@daniellesantacroce6261]

Accurate

[@RealBradMiller]

Lol right as the little girl goes down the slide "Feeding time.... time.....time.....time."

[@RealBradMiller]

I liked Shane's better, and Ryan's version of just a skeleton in a swimsuit with the arms crossed coming out the bottom.

[@tividar213]

I wonder if this was based off of the Schlitterbahn KC incident. The "World's tallest water slide" was a three person raft and it went airborne on a bump and this poor 10 year old was decapitated. Most of the rides didn't comply with safety guidelines and the park was shut down. I had many friends complain of scrapes and scratches from the slides. It has since has been turned into a shopping area. If not based on it, still a really well written scary story.

[@melissaelliott1903]

I can confidently say no. The inspiration was much more mundane. Respecting the author, my daughter, I won’t reveal her creative process with this story. Suffice it to say no children were harmed whatsoever in the birth of this story.

[@tividar213]

@@melissaelliott1903 I see! Thanks for the clarification. I'm still extremely impressed. It's a very well written story and I hope your daughter continues to write more in the future!

[@aarontipton877]

the sad thing about that situation was the kid that died was the kc’ schliterbahns owners kid.

[@gdkfonzo6656]

@@aarontipton877 wasn’t it the mayors kid?

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Good luck to Ryan and their fiancé on organising the future wedding!

[@katherinehalterman7032]

This is too close to what happened at the Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas. A 10 year old boy was decapitated on the world’s highest water slide. It was all over the news here for a while

[@BondageGirlJ]

Until the description once they found her, I kind of thought it would end like that accident did. Feels like the author changed the exact manner of death to be supernatural instead to avoid that?

[@eaction2251]

We are all here for Ryan's "That's disgusting what shape" It perfectly embodies Watcher

[@yourdogspeakchinese]

first of all i’d like to say how horrifying it is that the lifeguard had to have missed the girl’s dead body the first time he went down the slide and second, the unrealistic part about this is that they’d let a teenage lifeguard go down to check for a body of a little girl. i feel like they should’ve had a police officer or at least an adult do it.

[@broadwayace]

Honestly the scariest part of this video was thinking the sponsor for this episode was gonna be crypto/nft based

[@Realmorii]

“Do you remember the thrill of going down a water slide as a child?” Yes I’m in one right now

[@justthecoolestdudeyo9446]

A child or a waterslide?

[@gratedcheese7051]

@@justthecoolestdudeyo9446 Why not both?

[@NoNo-uy2bq]

A child or a water slide ?

[@FluffyroxGames]

I've been binging this series lately and this is easily the scariest one I've heard yet. Ryan is such a good storyteller and having Shane around to keep things relatively light is definitely a major help lmao

[@tequilexrook]

"Are you scared?" - No, I am sad :'( those last lines from the protagonist were so heartbreaking. really good story!!

[@orenji196]

I thought this story was gonna be super silly and ridiculous but it ended up being one of my favorites that they read on the channel! I guess it goes to show no matter the prompt, a good writer can make it spooky 🤣

[@nerdycassidy]

Thank you!

[@orenji196]

@@nerdycassidy Oh you’re the writer! That’s so cool! Your story was really well written! I enjoyed this episode of Are You Scared so much 😂 You definitely have a gift :D Please continue to write more spooky stories!

[@nerdycassidy]

@@orenji196 thank you so much!!!

[@krazyteens6]

“Don’t look at if!” “I looked at it!” Best part of the into! Lol

[@tiffirl]

ASTORY HAS NEVER CREEPED ME OUT AS MUCH AS THIS

[@longskinnybread4684]

As someone with severe anxiety I really don’t know why I watch these videos

[@estherjewel5456]

I love seeing Ryan acting in the ads lol

[@Crow-Fly]

Hearing the things Shane says makes me feel less alone in my weirdness. It's so nice to see another grown person have strange thoughts and just say them!

[@MapleZer0]

"I hope it's a human origami situation" "that's disgusting, what shape" I came here to watch Are You Scared not Are You Laughing

[@satarupagingerkolay]

If Shane was a lifeguard, I would feel the safest. That man is hella level headed.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

I want that buddy comedy where Ryan and Shane play lifeguards. 😂