Can Anyone Explain What They Saw?

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[@cuconatparfour665]

I've been in a motorcycle accident 5 years ago, broke my left collar bone and 4 of my ribs and puncture my right lung. I was lying in my back thinking I'm going to die i can't even breath properly, I'm pretty much alone in the forest it's all over. I'm going to die at that time. Then out of nowhere my best friend appears, he died 10 years ago because of cancer, i would say he's my mentor when it comes to riding and fixing dirt bike. I was so shocked it's so vivid and unreal he said "Don't die on me right now" then the blood lost knocked me out. I wake up in the emergency room, apparently a couple of hikers find me because they heard somebody revving the shit out of my bike, so they look for the revving engine sound thinking someone probably got stuck in mud, and boom they've found me bleeding to death . I don't believe in ghosts or supernatural phenomenon but that something I've seen and experience is definitely true.

[@johncane2304]

theres really something in this world that needed to be explained I'm also an astrophysicyst and engineer...I had presumption that there's an atom of spirits or orb of remainant families..the whole universe is vas but I could conclude that there's a science between death and big bang theory

[@annesaunders3580]

Yours is an amazing experience and how blessed you are to have such a dear friend. 💞

[@philthyrich007]

Silly not to believe when it literally happened. Open your mind

[@johncane2304]

@@philthyrich007 I've got a theory about this ,but its scientific explanation

[@Ace4863]

@@johncane2304what’s your theory I’m curious

[@djstarrjunkie]

My mom saved my father in Vietnam. Mom continued having a recurring nightmare of my father stepping on a bouncing-betty mine during the time my dad was in Vietnam. In the dream, dad would step on this mine, and it would blow off his right arm, and right leg. She'd told me that because this horrific dream would occur every night, it bothered her to the point where she wrote down all the information she could recall about the nightmare, and then continued to write to my father about it. She wrote what the plants looked like, the spacing of the area, and overall exactly what the area looked like where the mines were buried. A bit of time passes, and my dad's leading his platoon though dense areas of foliage. Earlier, a new member was added to his platoon. This man was someone they knew nothing about, but this individual seemed to not take much seriously, and would horse around, be loud, obnoxious and defiant. At a certain point, dad stops, tells his platoon that they needed to trust him, and that no matter how difficult it was to explain, there were mines right in front of them. Dad said they needed to back up, and not take one more step forward. This new guy, gets cocky, and instead of backing up, walks out a ways in front of where my dad was standing and says out loud "A mine? Right... here???" as he slams his right foot foot down.... KAAA-BOOOM! You guessed it, the bouncing betty mine springed up instantaneously after his foot hit the dirt, exploded and because the guy was right on top of it, this mine annihilated his right leg, and right arm... blowing both to pieces. Both parents were tuned into their instincts. Over my lifetime, I'd seen both of my parents avoid catastrophic disasters on several occasions. The one instance where dad had told me he'd followed his instincts was driving south on I-25, on the Monument Valley hill, right outside of Colo. Spgs, CO... Out of nowhere, dad has the sense he'd needed to get off the interstate at the next exit ramp. He's got the "pulling" feeling to stop at the nearest gas station, and purchase a newspaper. So what happened? The EXACT timing it took dad to take a change of plans, pull off the to exit, stop at that 1st gas station, wait in line to get a newspaper, was the EXACT amount of time that dad would have been smack-dab-in-the-middle of a huge 20+ car pile up. Dad recalls shortly before the urge to take the exit ramp, he saw there was a semi truck not too far up ahead of him. That semi truck ended up jack-knifing while it was casually driving down the Monument I-25 hill. Many people were hurt and injured. No one really mention then exactly what happened as far as why this semi lost control. Who knows why humans have what we call instincts/or a sixth sense. I have learned from my parents to trust that instinct regardless. 🙂 Cheers ALL, be good to each other!

[@miguelz8721]

Amazing !!!! There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy

[@Source88990]

Thanks for the share❤

[@Wynn-c5z]

we all have a guardian angel, just can't see it.

[@lrdisco2005]

Complete made up bollocks.

[@matthewmcneill301]

I almost died several times on I-25 😂

[@Bambisgf77]

Luke has the perfect voice for narrating these intense stories, calming but gripping at the same time.

[@JL-jy4zo]

I think he's watched too much TV

[@andrewpetik2034]

Absolutely great voice and delivery.

[@bholdr----0]

Yeah... he sounds like a pro (and, I suppose he is!)

[@m118lr]

..yep, ABSOLUTELY. I’ve told my wife that very thing..a perfect voice for this.

[@PunchBuggyDreams]

Yes indeed. A voice that is captivating and as crisp as a cold night air.

[@JS-ob4oh]

Will Bird returned to civilian life after 1919 and became a very successful writer. Sadly, his only son Stephen (named after his brother Steve) was killed in WW2.

[@markwebster5749]

That’s devastating 😢

[@Briselance]

Did Steve the Younger have kids of his own, or did the Bird lineage end with him?

[@JS-ob4oh]

@@Briselance Captain Stephen Stanley Bird was 24 when he was killed in the Battle of Caen following D-Day. Although married, he had no children. But the Bird Lineage did not end with him. He had a sister and an uncle (Will Bird's other brother), so while there is no direct descendants of Steve the Younger, Will R. Birds' family tree is still alive.

[@johnnywad7728]

Before the first story had finished,i knew that the bunker had taken a direct hit from a shell. As a former soldier myself,these accounts are especially meaningful and believable.

[@outlawedTV88]

@@PunchBuggyDreams what service?

[@joebananas3262]

@@outlawedTV88facts

[@johnnywad7728]

@@outlawedTV88 were you ever in the military? Anywhere? I didn't think so.

[@outlawedTV88]

@@johnnywad7728 you didn't answer my question? What service? Attacking other countries in illegal wars, killing innocent civilians? I can give you a dozen examples as you already know or don't? So tell me how you defending America by bombing other countries 8.000 miles away? So tell me, just for the sake of argument. lets say Rus army bombed American cities and killed of many civilians in the process just bcz Putin told em so for some stupid reasons. And you see my comment thanking all those Rus soldiers for their service....how'd you feel about it?

[@johnnywad7728]

@@outlawedTV88 when I went into the army at 19,to be honest I like so many others were ignorant of the facts you mentioned. Since then 40+ years have gone by and Im painfully aware of what you have said. And I agree. And it sucks that my decade of being in the military,has me on THE LIST of potential terrorist! If I had known what I do now,I'd never have joined. And in 1998 years after I got out of army,I joined the VA health "care" system. They saw an opportunity and took it! Experimented on me,and I suffer now 24/7! So I guess you are right,not thank you for your service. But more like,Sorry you had to go through that! Btw, Russia and china both invade the USA in the future! Says as much in Revelation.

[@bradleymiller2403]

Theres a fairly creepy story from the first world war in the book Old Soldiers Never Die by Frank Richards. The book itself is worth a read but it is a depressing book overall. The somewhat odd to supernatural story involves Frank Richard the author and one of his friends. Heres the story. Frank and his friend were experienced "Old Soldiers". They were both career soldiers who had been in the military for years prior to the outbreak of The Great War. While scavenging for better food one day in the trenches they were annoyed by all the rats around them. They both started to shoo them away when Frank says the largest and blackest rat he had ever saw was farther down the trench with its eyes locked on his friend. Frank tried to shoo it away by throwing something but the large black rat ignored him and then ran straight for his friend. The rat (if I remember correctly) made it all the way to his friend and touched him then ran away. Frank thought it was odd but his friend took this as a sign that he had been marked for death. Frank blew it off and tried cheering his friend up but from then on his friend's mood had changed. Overall he was gloomier when before he was typically of a higher disposition. Some days later their unit was moved up the line some 50 miles. Frank was sitting in a foxhole with that same friend writing a letter when an artillery shell went off nearby. Frank heard a slumping noise behind him. The slumping noise was his friend whose neck had been pierced by a small piece of shrapnel and was holding his neck as blood poured out. As Frank tried to help is friend, he saw his already dying friend's face turn to sheer horror and he pointed at the edge of the foxhole behing him. Frank turned to look and at the edge was a large black rat. The largest and blackest he had ever seen. It looked exactly the same as the one from days earlier over 50 miles away. The rat turned and ran and as it did another artillery shell went hit nearby, killing the rat and flinging its body right beside Frank's now dead friend.

[@Springtrap11556]

I'm sorry, ? I wonder where the rat had first touched the man's friend.

[@cliftongaither6642]

thanks for sharing 👍

[@chrisburke624]

Thank You for taking the time to write that story out! Creepy, believable, and reminds us that our lives...and deaths...are woven into a story we won't know the entirety of until we pass on

[@dantauche7917]

Interesting tale. Completely unbelievable but interesting nonetheless

[@Chris_Cross]

The rat got its just desserts

[@josi4251]

At a parent-teacher conference, a student's father related his own tale of fighting in Vietnam. Big, tough ex-Marine, he had been in the thick of battle when he suddenly realized his late grandfather, himself a former Marine, was fighting beside him. At the time, he didn't find it all that strange; it was extraordinary circumstances, life or death, so he didn't question it. He'd had a couple of other strange/paranormal experiences in his life, including seeing his dead body during open-heart surgery (obviously they got him back), described the life on the other side, then bam! Back in the body he no longer cared about.

[@averyziglar4681]

Always a marine, never an ex marine.

[@josi4251]

@@averyziglar4681 I stand corrected, and I thank you for the clarification!

[@averyziglar4681]

@@josi4251 no problem

[@3rdeyeoracle434]

What he see on the other side?​@@josi4251

[@lrdisco2005]

Was his name camouflage

[@TheProdigalCat]

Thank you for giving us this level of content for free. Labors of love are deeply appreciated, especially in this plastic age.

[@DarthMatusHolocron]

You can say that again. Happy Thanksgiving

[@agarlicsorbet6482]

How can you appreciate labor and at the same time oppose communism... oh right you are on youtube, full of free content where you don't pay for what you consume.

[@TheHoneyBadger-yh5vj]

Amen 😇😇😇

[@fergusporteous-gregory2557]

The fist story is quite similar to an experience in my great grandfather's war diary. Where his cousin who died a year earlier came to warn him by leading him down the line right before a shell landed where he was standing before

[@brianvincavage7626]

Angels.. Jesus said the dead know nothing.. Angels can assume any identity

[@mq9893]

I bet that's an interesting diary

[@johnnywad7728]

Doesn't that point to the fact that God knows ALL, including the future? It does to me!

[@dartmart9263]

Of course, demons (rebellious angels) want people to believe in ghosts, because, if you come back as a ghost, then resurrection (and Christ’s sacrifice) becomes completely unnecessary. “Demons make things that are not real, appear to men as if they were” - Lactantius (c250-c325 CE) “For the living will know that they shall die: but the dead know nothing, and there is no longer any reward to them; for their memory is lost. Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished” - Ecclesiastes 9 5,6

[@josephringling769]

Amazing. There are many things we just don't know about this plane of existence. These stories like your grandfathers truly fascinate me. It wasn't his time yet. That's all there really is to it. When it's not our time we won't go a second before. When our time's up we go at that time exactly. Truly fascinating

[@supertrooper8286]

Had something similar happen in Afghanistan, in the middle of a fire fight heard my dad yell at me. That saved my life as I would have been hit in the face instead was hit on the side of the helmet.

[@CT-uv8os]

Death is definitely a real entity with its own persona. Thanks to both Jake and you for covering this topic. Have you ever considered a fog of war episode covering medic/medical corps encounters with the weird? Thanks again Peace.

[@MaliciousChickenAgenda]

Is there possibly more than one death entity? Or perhaps it’s omnipresent and can take different forms? Who knows, I suppose I’ll find out myself eventually

[@GSRGaming115]

My grandfather was a frontline medic in the army. He never had stories like this but in his final days, the things he would say in delirium definitely showed the horrors encountered

[@cuddlepaws4423]

Very atmospheric. My grandparents went through WWII and my mom and dad were both war babies/children. I lost my mom died suddenly in 1987. Though my experiences cannot compare. I do believe these things really do happen. I both heard, felt and smelt my mother at the same time as the dogs responded just as if she had just walked in. My gran would just say, 'Hello Carol', as casual as you like. She used to say, 'There are those who can see, those who can feel and those who can hear. I get all three.' My husband's mom also saw her dad 7 - 8 years after his death. She saw him as clear as day. She was decorating up some steps and felt something. She looked and there he was at the foot of the stairs looking up at her, dressed as if he had just come back from work. He didn't speak, he just stepped out of view into the room. She hurried down the stairs but he was gone. She hadn't even been thinking about him, she was just concentrating on decorating. Thank you for sharing.

[@johncane2304]

I'm an astrophysicsyst ,there's really a second world through this I have a theory ,about parallel universe ..but it would be big theory

[@gothboschincarnate3931]

@@johncane2304 spiritual dimensions...3.0 to 5.4.

[@LeJosh681]

My great grandfather told me during ww2 he was on watch and he saw a woman calling him over to a torn down building but when he blinked she wasnt there next day they checked that place and found a rotting woman under the rubble

[@TheTerminatorCarrot]

Being Aussie myself, I found the story of Corporal Davey to be particularly enamouring. There's not a lot of Australian military history on KZbin - or at least, not a lot I've found. Even less so in terms of war stories from the blokes who actually fought. So it's always a treat when I find some quality sources, and even more so when I find tidbits in videos uploaded by my favourite creators. The voice actors who contributed did a fantastic job. Cheers, Luke.

[@VincentNajger1]

Check out @TheFront. Though he covers everything.....but does Australia military history a lot more than others do.

[@TheTerminatorCarrot]

@@VincentNajger1 I completely forgot about The Front. Thanks for the reminder 👍

[@VincentNajger1]

@@TheTerminatorCarrot theres also the Australian Armour and Artillery Museum, though thats mainly for tank nerds. Theres a couple aviation history channels as well...Australian Military Aviation Hostory and a couple others I cant quite remember atm, but they wouldnt be hard to find using the search bar.

[@TheTerminatorCarrot]

@@Goofygoober0311 I'll bet that 2RAR has some pretty interesting history - I'll have to check some of it out. How'd they go against your unit at Tulley?

[@TheTerminatorCarrot]

@@VincentNajger1 coming in clutch with some good recommendations - cheers, legend

[@master_illitrix]

I was working at Blackdown CTC, which is a park on Borden that cadets train at. I was riding a bicycle on my way up to the operations centre to grab some bolt cutters one night, and saw a guy in an old dress uniform walking through a clearing. I approached him and asked who he was and what company he belonged to, but he just kept walking. I continued to follow him until he came to a pine tree, where he dissipated like mist in front of me. It was the weirdest shit and it never happened again. But there's been lots of stories on base about figures wandering through the treeline and disembodied voices on the range roads at night. Some buddies of mine were doing some night nav with their unit and swore they saw little people running through the tall grass nearby. Everyone in their squad saw these things and called decided to call it in. The helos that were part of the exercise apparently claimed to see them as well, but said they just disappeared into nothing. Bases are seemingly a hotbed for strange happenings

[@LLS710]

Your buddies may have been exposed to carbon monoxide. A common sign of carbon monoxide poisoning in the gas company's experience is people in a house constantly complaining about streams of ants invading their home. Carbon monoxide can cause very strange effects on people or even groups of people. It easily occurs outdoors as well, and can easily kill you, as people who spend a lot of time on the Colorado River in their small boats can attest to. The fact that all your buddies saw the same thing is often a sign of it as well, though scientists aren't sure exactly why . . . maybe it's something related to the collective unconscious that Carl Jung spoke of. Carbon monoxide may be triggering the release of collective unconscious images in the wake of oxygen depravation.

[@master_illitrix]

@@LLS710 Idk about CO2 poisoning, we weren't sleeping in typical shacks on base, they're like tents. A canvas like material on the outside, steel frame and concrete on the inside. They're extremely well ventilated and inspected weekly by the base fire control unit. My experience seeing the guy in uniform was far away from anything that could leak CO2 as well, I was on a bicycle and closer to the nearby woods than any facilities All of these experiences occurred outside and away from areas where we could potentially be exposed to CO2. I know CO2 poisoning can occur outside, but it just doesn't seem likely to me that everyone on the night nav exercise saw the same shit. If it were happening in the base shacks, or in hangars I would tend to agree but not so much here.

[@wms72]

​@@LLS710 Collective hallucinations are a sign theyre NOT hallucinations.

[@dee4204]

Borden base in Ontario Canada? I grew up in Angus, the city rite outside that base

[@erad67]

I wonder if they are hotbeds, or just have a lot more people looking around.

[@tox7416]

The first is so strange, because my grandpa, shortly before he died, told me a man in a soldier uniform visited him at his bedside and smiled before shaking his hand. He said the soldier’s hands were warm. He didn’t say if he recognized the man, but he himself had been a soldier many years before. Maybe it was a fallen comrade?

[@TylerLoftis-e9y]

Probably a fellow soldier he helped out during the war wether it be medical aid or just a well placed shot that saved someones life you build unbreakable bonds in war

[@tracyrooster]

The best part of listening to this is also reading the comments of ppls strange true story's I absolutely love it

[@Finding457]

Me too!

[@helenmacias9769]

Me too

[@docwhiskey996]

Excellent. This is something I've experienced, though not about myself and the Soldier didn't die.

[@bigdaddy7119]

Awesome video Luke! I’ve had a couple of premonitions in the way of dreams when I was in. I went from National Guard as a 67U (Chinook Mechanic) to active duty in ‘94 and had to reclass to 91B (Combat Medic), and while in Medic school, I had an EXTREMELY vivid recurring dream about being in the desert (again), and doing my job as a Medic after a massive explosion and bodies everywhere. 2 years later I was deployed to Saudi Arabia with my Patriot unit from Germany when Khobar Towers was bombed. I had another one about coming back from the desert and the plane crashing, and it was vivid as well to the point where I felt myself falling. When we were trying to fly out of Kuwait back to Germany, we were stuck sitting in a hanger for hours due to the aircraft (plain white wrapper civilian airliner MD-10/11) having mechanical problems they were trying to get fixed. Suffice to say, I was VERY uneasy that entire flight back to Rhein Main. And I have NEVER been scared of flying, especially considering I crewed on Chinooks and jumped at the chance to fly every time possible. There are a couple of other times as well, but these were the more prominent ones. I also have an experience I’d like to share with you for a possible short story if you’re interested. I just don’t know how to send it.

[@JohnDavies-cn3ro]

Great illustrations, and some interesting new tales. I already knew the one about Will and his brother, but the others are new to me. I recall an army medic, staying with a dying man in No Mans Land, suddenly see his face light up, look beyond the medic and say "Mother" before expiring. Also, regarding superstitions, an Australian officer, who recounted that his men had found an old, rusted revolver in the mud, and hung it on a post. They believed, quite irrationally, that touching the gun ensured your survival - a belief reinforced when the group sceptic, who refused to touch it and ridiculed the belief, was the one who didn't come back..........

[@wendycregan2147]

Heyy, i became a member! Never done it before & im homeless right now but me (26) & my mum Wendy just wanna let you know we decided to set some money aside each month for your channel only because we love your content, the artwork, the voices it makes us feel like we're there! We know you've been having trouble & that youtube creators have it rough these last few years but if my money as small as it seems, can help you feel more comfortable continuing your mastpeices & not worry about finances or family then we both know theres no one else more deserving of it than your channel here!! Lots of hugs from down under, Australia 🎉😊

[@alexandercruz2617]

You're a trooper! Hang in there I know you guys will be alright.

[@wms72]

Save your money for your own shelter

[@lrdisco2005]

Bullshit story

[@alexkingvideo]

Every time I see you post new content it lights up my whole week. THANK YOU!!! 🙏🏼

[@nemocorvus1991]

I believe those men did meet death. I had several experiences during a car accident stand out the most. It was like time stopped and rewinded. I felt the impact and jolt of it. I got the cab I was in to pull over and walked back to work. I saw the cab get t-boned by a red charger in the intersection right after I got out.

[@lemonladybug]

One of my uncles served in WW2 and shared some of his stories with me even though I was a child. The story that sticks out the most was of him in a fox hole and they were under heavy fire. One of the guys turned around and said "I really thought that would hurt more ". The guy had been shot and killed with a bullet in the head.

[@TH3C001]

Wait, did he get shot, turn and utter that, then die? Or did he get shot, die, then his ghost turned and uttered that, and then..? Either way, that’s crazy!

[@wms72]

He spoke after he died?

[@mayav927]

@@wms72did you not listen to the video? It’s about spirits and ghostly encounters. So yeah I think that’s what’s being implied

[@LakesideAmusementPro]

You are such a excellent storyteller. You have the ability to hook people in and keep them in the entire time.

[@parrot849]

When I a young boy my father, a disabled American veteran of WW2, belonged to the Disabled American Veterans Organization (DAV). They would have periodic dinners and meetings at the local chapter hall. I would quietly listen in to the members conversations that invariably would turn to their experiences during time in combat. Within them was a small group of disabled elderly gentleman from the Great War (WW1). One guy, Benny Colombo, must’ve been in his late seventies, and an infantryman back in WW1, told of being visited by his friend in a dream while in a lull in fighting in the Argonne battle. His buddy told him not to linger for cover near a particular piece of ground near a burned-out truck “tomorrow” when they advanced toward the German positions. The next day he noticed a burned- out truck next to a still smoking shell impact crater with a half a dozen or so dead American soldiers scattered around the crater as he passed around it. The thing was…, Benny said his friend from his dream has been killed by German machine gun fire a week earlier during previous fighting in the advance. I’ve always remembered overhearing this story and noting the reactions of the other grownup vets listening to Benny. The others around Benny listening just stayed serious and nodded appearing to take his story as gospel; while I, as a child, silently was thinking it sounded like just another spooky tale us kids would probably make up around camp fires. Of course, back in those days, out of respect, I would never say a word during their conversations at what ever was said in any case.

[@jbos5107]

It's that time of year again so I'll start off first. I'm thankful that y'all got your channel issues fixed. I love me some Wartime Stories! Happy Thanksgiving all!!!

[@meredithgrubb4497]

Happy Thankgiving from east TN!! I too am thankful for it as well.

[@michaelspecks7053]

Happy Thanksgiving from Raymond, MS

[@user-tu5un8jc9v]

I'm not from the US but happy Thanksgiving to you

[@racookster]

Some people do know of their impending death. Of that I have no doubt. I knew one: a young woman named Patty who was certain she'd be dead within a year. She was calm and matter-of-fact about it. She didn't have any kind of illness, no reason to think she'd die. She just knew it. Within a few months of my meeting her, she was decapitated in a car accident.

[@bezoticallyyours83]

Ugh what a bad way to go

[@gothboschincarnate3931]

thats just silly, Goth Bosch Incarnate march 21st 1965 to March 19th 2029.

[@juliehobbs665]

I'm always AMAZED that you're a one man production. Your art and voice acting are impressive beyond belief.. if you haven't tried your hand at voice acting in other productions, you definitely should! You're so good at making it feel like a real interaction between 2 different people and your different accents are spot on! The fact that you also layer all the effects and music in the episode on top of all the extraordinary art, storyline and voice acting is almost unbelievable! Jake did an amazing job writing this story, too! This channel is above top-notch! 😊 🤘🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻

[@Dj.MODÆO]

As a child, my grandpa told me stories like this about spectral warnings ghostly assistance during the Korean War. I have my own stories from my career (1994-2014 US Army) But I never experienced anything like this.

[@Birdmastr377]

8:14 the effort put into the new animation really shines here, and im glad its still not *fully* animated, deliberate choice was made to show different points in the movement transition, while still effectively using the fade to’s, feels like the best of the picture fade style, with just the soldier and BG. Awesome video!

[@LLS710]

funny, you made me realize afresh that I never actually watch these videos. Like tons of KZbin I just listen while laying in bed at night.

[@Maddog3060]

A new Wartime Stories? And posted in the middle of the night, when I'm up because I work 3rd Shift? Nice. I'm thankful for this channel and the work you do.

[@MonstaCreepypasta]

I love hearing these stories! It reminds me of my great grandfathers stories of world war two! Scary times!!

[@cyankirkpatrick5194]

My dad was in WW2 and here is his scary story I'm mean everything about WW2 was just that, he was in the European theatre and they just got a town somewhere and they were going to stay a bit then all of a sudden they were told to bug out, so his unit or company did and it wasn't 15 seconds that the Nazi's regain the place talk about 😱🤯🥺

[@cyankirkpatrick5194]

He married at the age of 28 in 1948.

[@MonstaCreepypasta]

@@cyankirkpatrick5194 That is terrifying! My grandpa said that he remembers all of his buddies being blown up, and shot up, and that he was tripping over dead people on all sides, and when he fell down he said that he landed next to a dead japanese man, whose eyes were still wide open! May our loved ones always be honored!

[@josephringling769]

My gramps was in the Marines. He told me he forged his guardian's signature to enlist at 17 I believe. He said he and his cousin joined. My Grandfather went to the Marshall Islands or Midway idk I can't remember all the details exactly but he said his cousin went to Normandy and was killed in action right away. It trips me out when I think about how I wouldn't exist had he died.

[@TreeGod.]

@@cyankirkpatrick5194 my great grandfather was in a submarine that left Pearl Harbor an hour or two before the attack happened. They had to sit at the bottom of the ocean in complete silence for a day

[@whosaguhboi938]

My mother experienced this, that time she got ambushed by military men. She and her colleague were driving, but right before the shooting, she saw a house on the side of the road, it looked as if there was a party inside, she didn’t knew if they were screaming or just being loud, but the interesting part was a horse rider outside the house, the man had a big hat, but she could feel his glare piercing through the mirror right at her, the man was somewhat trying to tame 2 horses, one of them was trying wildly to tore away from the control of the misterious horse rider. She asked “The hell was that, did you see that too?” And the next second, the shooting began, 150 pellets penetrated the car, but she only walked away with a scar and a trauma, the driver was unfortunately hit in the aorta and the knee. 1-2 days fast forward, she came back to the place where the shooting occurred, together with the investigator to see the crime scene, but there was not a single house in the vicinity to be seen, and not in a 5 km radius.

[@YaakovEzraAmiChi]

Why did your mom get ambushed by military men?

[@whosaguhboi938]

@@YaakovEzraAmiChi As the hospital's director, she resisted political pressure to sway the villagers' votes, choosing not to be a puppet. Also, she provided free healthcare to pregnant women in need and assisted villagers without transportation to reach the city, where the bus service was limited. Before the event, folks in the village told her, "Watch out," because turns out the village big shots and the major had been talking some not-so-nice stuff about my mom in a meeting. This is not proof. She won the trial in court.

[@userequaltoNull]

​@@whosaguhboi938where was this, and when?

[@whosaguhboi938]

@@userequaltoNull The trial was so long ago, we no longer live in Colombia, so I don’t mind sharing this. If you can read Spanish, look for the article in more detail „Se confirma sentencia condenatoria contra los miembros del Ejército responsables del homicidio del líder indígena Edwin Legarda Vásquez“ Edwin was the driver of the ambulance.

[@bezoticallyyours83]

​@@whosaguhboi938 your mom sounds like a bad-ass and compassionate lady

[@whiterabbits22]

I recall a ghost story my uncle told during a Boy Scout camp about his experience in Vietnam. He said he only experienced it once, but he swears that a presence that appeared to be a dark woman walked into a fighting position after which the soldiers were killed by a mortar shell. He surmised that it was an angel of death. I wish we had cell phones back then to record the story, because his description of the place and time were very detailed.

[@Leash_Canada]

I went to Trent university where Dr. Tim Cook did his BA and he came back to do guest lectures often. The history students knew of his fame and bought his books. He is a well-loved historian in Peterborough and the rest of Canada! I'm glad he's mentioned in this video for his hard work and dedication to war history.

[@bholdr----0]

Although this channel began with an association with the Bedtime Stories channel, I gotta say that this has eclipsed that excellent channel both in the quality of the presentations and the subjects that are being covered... I, of course, dig both channels, and am always looking forward to the next post on each, to the extent that they are each easily in my top ten channels for their subject matter...thenepisode: 'every ship is haunted', in particular, was spectacular! (Even my pal, a jaded, non-supersticious navy vet, really appreciated, and was chilled by, that one, which is seriously high praise from him!) Cheers, and keep 'em coming on this fantastic channel!!

[@steamedhamlet]

What's this world class acting? And amazing sound design? And spectacular artwork? Wnat a gem

[@SRC267]

8:30am upload? I'm down no matter what time.

[@aria.vega5]

330 am here

[@lukethomas.125]

@@aria.vega5Legend

[@BaddleBuddy]

Witching hour trainee

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Four-thirty to me.

[@Aiden-wg4pu]

12:47 here, les go West Coast USA

[@rhondabausch-ux1ee]

I wanted to say I am so very grateful for all that have served. I have great respect and admiration for everyone of them ❤🙏

[@themainmanphi1246]

I have lots of experiences of seeing death before it happened. And I avoided those that were showing my own. The visions showing my relatives' deaths tho, not so much. My most remarkable one was my dead grandfather showing me a vision of my whole family's supposed to be death on my dream. We can technically said I had an astral projection and I temporarily became part of the astral world where the dead people are. What happened was on the very hot summer of 2019, while driving to Baguio from our house in Pangasinan to cool off, I fell asleep while comfortably seating on the 3rd row of our family's van. Then when I opened my eyes again, I was sitting on a riverside. I figured out it's back on our house in Pangasinan because I recognized the river instantly when I saw cornfields across and I looked behind me to confirm if it's really in Pangasinan. And when I saw our house, I was certain. Then, when I looked back, my grandfather, who's supposed to be dead for about 5 years at that time, was on the other side, looking at me. When I tried to approach him, he signalled me to stop where I was, and pointed down at the river. There, I saw our van driving upwards Kennon Road, the infamous zigzag road going to Baguio where you'll see the Lion's head. Then, a landslide occured, and it made our van plummet back down to the ground. After several minutes and because of the gas leakage, the van exploded, killing us all. After that, I was woken up by my grandmother. She said "Dear, are you okay? We thought you're dead! Your heart wasn't beating!" And then I told them about what happened in my dream, and what my grandfather showed me. My grandma immediately wanted to go home that instant. But I looked outside and I saw that we were in Rosario, La Union. My father said that we can go for a detour to avoid the Kennon Road. And when we arrived at the junction where we were supposed to turn right to climb Kennon Rd., I saw my grandfather again, this time, standing in the middle of the road, pointing left. I said it to my father and he turned left. Just a few minutes, we came across a rotunda. There, we saw a sign telling us where the 4 roads go. The left goes back to Manila, the forward goes further into north Luzon, and the road on the right goes to Benguet province, where Baguio City is. So we turned right. We arrived safely at Baguio City and everyone had fun. Then, when we went at the Grotto of the Our Lady of Lourdes above the city where catholics would climb staircases, I saw my grandfather, smiling like he used to when he was carrying me around as a toddler, waving at me. Seconds later, someone climbing up obstructed the view, and when I looked again, he's gone. I turned, and saw my grandmother smiling, looking at me, smiling, and teary-eyed. She saw him, too. Even after death, my grandfather still loves us. Even until now, he's still coming to my dreams before something that'll have a huge impact in my life would happen. I was told that I was his favorite grandchild, so I thought that it's the reason why he shows himself to me more often than to someone else in our family. And I also would be the one to know if any of our family member dies. Because when they do, grandpa would show up in my dream again, but instead of being alone, he's accompanied by their souls, saying goodbye to me before climbing up heaven. I think my soul might've walked upon my grandfather "picking up" our dead realatives and leading them upwards to heaven.

[@skyknight0023]

Another great episode. All ways love it when I get a notification that a new Wartime Stories episode is out. I have a question for you sir. As a former Marine, did you have any superstition's while you were in? Any good luck charm or token? My niece Joined the Army and her brother the Navy. After they joined I got each of them a St Michael patch to put on there backpacks because they said they could not put it on there uniform. I understood this but I wanted to send them a symbol if you will. I like the notion that St Michael is a protector of soldiers. It made me feel better knowing they had the patches.

[@WartimeStories]

Can't say I was ever a very superstitious person. Maybe would have avoided staying the 13th floor if I had the choice to. Just out of caution, lol. Bit silly. But nothing that really changed the way I lived. As far as tokens, for a while I did carry around a quarter that had been run over by a train; something I'd had since I was 15 (I put the quarter on the track). Not sure I thought of it as luck; but it was just something I always had to have with me. And then I actually did find a four leaf clover on Camp Hansen in Okinawa. Still have it. The ground on my walk to work was covered in them so I would just scan the ground everday. I laminated it into a plastic card and kept that in my wallet. Not sure if I really believed the luck part, but it was more of a show and tell item. I also met an Israeli soldier on a flight once. He had a tattoo with a scripture verse around his arm that I asked him about. When I got back to Okinawa, I tattooed Psalms 23:4 in Hebrew on my arm. A prayer I'd say every time things got dangerous. I guess I tried to favor faith more than luck.

[@skyknight0023]

@@WartimeStories I can understand that . I have a backpack I take to work every day with a copy of the Hagakure the book of the Samurai. I saw Ghostdog the way of the Samurai when I was younger and read the book after. Didn't feel right being without it. We all need something to give us comfort when things get hard be it faith or luck.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

The first tale is all too familiar, but the second and third are quite new to me. Good timing as usual even after the brink, Wartime Stories. Will expect more stuff on this topic ahead.

[@jacobridgeway2849]

I found you again, How?!

[@michaelandreipalon359]

@@jacobridgeway2849 Regular viewers, as always, the both of us.

[@marievaleur7877]

These stories were incredibly touching and at times sad but your telling of them brings us closer to these soldiers and connect us to them as if they were our friends and neighbors, which makes the stories hit home even more. Happy to know your channel is back and hopefully you and your team will be back on track. I wish my dad were around to hear your stories, he would have loved them as much as I do. He was a war history buff and could tell you details and stories about so many different wars, battles and outstanding soldiers. He is probably the main reason I subscribed to your channel...who knows maybe he is listening with me, I like that thought.

[@dartmart9263]

Of course, demons (rebellious angels) want people to believe in ghosts, because, if you come back as a ghost, then resurrection (and Christ’s sacrifice) becomes completely unnecessary. “Demons make things that are not real, appear to men as if they were” - Lactantius (c250-c325 CE) “For the living will know that they shall die: but the dead know nothing, and there is no longer any reward to them; for their memory is lost. Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished” - Ecclesiastes 9 5,6

[@chronictoasty-_-1969]

I don’t necessarily believe in angels and demons, but death is real. I don’t know what it is, but I’ve seen it. I saw it when we were visiting my grandmother in the hospital the night she died. If you’ve ever been outside on a sunny day and a cloud passed in front of the sun you’ll know what I’m talking about, but basically everything visually became very dull and muted. It was as if the color had drained out of the entire room, the air didn’t get cold, but it became heavy. It felt like I was standing somewhere I was not meant to be. The craziest thing is that nobody else seemed to notice and they continued talking as if nothing was happening. I’m glad I was able to say goodbye to her but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t more than ready to get the hell out of there. I haven’t experienced anything like it since and I hope that I never do again.

[@The_ZeroLine]

It’s kind of like when you suddenly get the sense something terrible has happened and you get a call. It’s some sort of link to those you have strong bonds with. I don’t even think it has to be supernatural to be real. Just like how we can feel when someone is looking at us.

[@BuddyLee23]

A lot of folks watching this have stared death down the barrel of a gun.

[@dartmart9263]

Of course, demons (rebellious angels) want people to believe in ghosts, because, if you come back as a ghost, then resurrection (and Christ’s sacrifice) becomes completely unnecessary. “Demons make things that are not real, appear to men as if they were” - Lactantius (c250-c325 CE) “For the living will know that they shall die: but the dead know nothing, and there is no longer any reward to them; for their memory is lost. Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished” - Ecclesiastes 9 5,6

[@LewisZilla]

I know the exact feeling you're talking about, I was walking my dog down a new route id never been before and came across a tunnel near a river, it was about 90F out (very warm here 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿) but right as I got within 10 foot of the bridge tunnel I was hit with the coldest breeze I've felt in my entire life, the type that makes you feel your body trapping any warmth it can find in goosebumps, I 180'd thinking whatever that was I don't want to know. Returned about a week later, this time with my friends dog (a Beagle mix, always had his nose down sniffing about) and he ran to where I felt the breeze and wouldn't stop staring at a certain part of the wall, this dog would eat cow, dog and bird poop, animal corpses and anything that would fit in his mouth but whatever this was he just stared at, I went to grab him when I saw it, a severed human ear hammered into the wall, bigger than any ear I've ever seen and had the hair of an old man in it, haven't returned to that place since.

[@dartmart9263]

@@LewisZilla oh my God! Did you contact authorities?

[@blyxx7450]

2:30 AM Here in Texas working alone in the basement of a hospital. LOVE IT!!!!

[@beaterstang0898]

I’m a firm believer based on my own experiences there is another world out there we can’t see from this one. Filled with good and evil.

[@claymac7895]

It’s around us all the time we just can’t see it.

[@benitoharrycollmann132]

"When I get to Heaven, to Saint Peter I will tell: 'one more soldier reporting for duty, Sir. I've served my time in Hell.'" You're doing God's work, keeping these stories alive, brother. Rock on

[@gothboschincarnate3931]

I dont need a stinking gate...or a false saint.

[@bdavis24fan]

I had no idea there were tunneling corps in WW1. I can't imagine how awful those missions would've been.

[@JohnDavies-cn3ro]

My late grandfather was a Royal Engineer, Railway Operating Detatchment, who none the less found himself involved in tunelling. He helped build the six mines under Canada Ridge, one of which is still known as Lochnagar. It was a grim job - often involving hand to hand fights with opposing tunnellers who had broken into their workings. A lot of them were specially recruited from coal miners, having the necessary skills.

[@bdavis24fan]

@@JohnDavies-cn3ro damn that is insane. I'm shocked that that isn't taught in schools. All the different units that did specific jobs like tunneling.

[@Chris_Cross]

I found it fitting and extremely on brand that those guys were Aussies.

[@Paul-zf8ob]

The Allie’s dug a long trench under a German army. They placed incredible amounts of powder and dynamite, left and lit it. It caused a massive explosion killing thousands of Germans. This was also done in the civil war in America.

[@user-ps4lx8qq2c]

They were also called Zappers, if I remember correctly.

[@Bye_Good]

I can’t tell you how much I love and appreciate this channel! - Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺

[@mq9893]

Aussie! Hey! Aussieeee! @Bye_Good 🤠🍻

[@colinmchaney1142]

pls more like this. I'm terrified of what happens when you die, I take solace in stories like these

[@DarthMatusHolocron]

There are ways to confront your fear safely. Find yourself a good shaman

[@dartmart9263]

Of course, demons (rebellious angels) want people to believe in ghosts, because, if you come back as a ghost, then resurrection (and Christ’s sacrifice) becomes completely unnecessary. “Demons make things that are not real, appear to men as if they were” - Lactantius (c250-c325 CE) “For the living will know that they shall die: but the dead know nothing, and there is no longer any reward to them; for their memory is lost. Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished” - Ecclesiastes 9 5,6

[@DarthMatusHolocron]

@@dartmart9263 if I could only roll my eyes more

[@mandywalkden-brown7250]

@@DarthMatusHolocron - agreed. I just sprained mine. This twit posts that same nonsense all over the place.

[@legogenius1667]

You don't need to worry too much about it, everything will be taken care of and made right after this life.

[@piztolice3459]

Stories like these are what made me subscribe to Wartime Stories. The other stories are great and still brings me the chills, but hearing the stories of ghosts in the battlefield is on another level especially when you consider that war isn't exactly heaven and it's surrounded with all of humanity's biggest sins combined. Death, greed, hatred, and sometimes lust, just to name a few

[@adameve2647]

This world we live in is basically a graveyard

[@tommydarbe1524]

This story hit home for me. My time in the Gulf War brought some strange experiences. This is your best story yet.

[@g_aypeoplearetrash]

Please share?

[@eric-ty3yn]

You tell the most interesting tales and the fact that it was from military perspectives is all that more fascinating too me, HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

[@corporalcomet6328]

3:30am right as I hunt for something chilling to relax and pass out to, impeccable timing

[@puca7908]

Your narrate these stories so meaningfully that I can feel the air of despondency and hopelessness these soldiers endured. These were some especially sad tales, I think because of the presence of friends and loved ones who appear to have 'come back' for a specific cause. I love listening to your tales, even though they usually deliver an emotional stomach punch, they are very good stories. You honor the men whose stories you relate. Thank you.

[@gratchets]

Best channel on KZbin in my opinion. Great content, research, presentation and narration. Thank you for keeping these tales alive. The one about the soldier's mother made me tear up. All wars are miserable but WWI seems especially horrific in how it changed the attitude of so many in that generation. Happy Thanksgiving!

[@adrianab.5809]

Jake Howard is a great archivist, but you are a blessing to all your KZbin subscribers. You took it upon yourself with the assistance of many great people to keep us informed of stories and historical events that truly shaped our lives. Someday, when my circumstances improve, I would like to support your channel. Have a blessed holiday season.

[@Impossibly-Possible]

The longer you go without sleep and food the more you disconnect from the system and can see things for what they are not what they appear to be.

[@gothboschincarnate3931]

your comment arrived 20 minutes ago....

[@robdegraw1568]

I love this and the sister channel. Always happy when I see notifications from these channels.

[@ComputerUser132]

This channel always has phenomenal content thanks to the whole team

[@greenbeenie2]

THANK YOU JAKE AND LUKE FOR THIS EPISODE...GOD BLESS

[@0therun1t21]

Your videos keep getting better, if that's even possible. Everything is so good the immersion is total, visuals, acting, narratiion, sound effects and music are perfectly balanced, I don't need anything like this on tv. Thank you!

[@Scott-z6j4v]

Sick wth pneumonia and this upload is going to help me get some rest. Thank you

[@IrishTechnicalThinker]

These stories are brilliant and they further strengthen my belief in the paranormal or divine intervention.

[@sandorgrofarchery]

My grandfather told us his exact time of death days before that happaned. We were ask him where did he got this from? He told us his guardian angel told him. His angel was look like an old guy like him. We were all shockes! First we fought he wasn't accurate by an hour mistake. Than we realized it was time shift from winter to summer time. Wenwere speechless after that moment.

[@gothboschincarnate3931]

Thats just silly, Goth Bosch Incarnate march 21st 1965 to March 19th 2029.

[@EphemeralProductions]

Makes me think of that original twilight zone ep that I can’t think of the name of. Where the soldier would see other soldiers faces glowing before they died. Really good and kinda creepy episode

[@michaelandreipalon359]

*(snaps finger)* "The Purple Testament" for Season 1 of the 1950s-1960s iteration.

[@Springtrap11556]

@@michaelandreipalon359 Impressive memory! All in all, that sound very useful, but also a super depressing superpower.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

@@Springtrap11556 Pays to be into oldie goodies. The new stuff nowadays tend to have a risk of jumping the shark.

[@thunderrun2]

The guy who played Bubba in Forest Gump, Mykelti Willamson, his mother, had a similar gift. An episode of Celebrity Ghost Stories it is featured in. His best friend was killed, and he got a phone call from him also.

[@EphemeralProductions]

@@michaelandreipalon359 exactly

[@tat-2-71]

Awesome to have you back Luke. Your's and the Bedtime Stories crew are some of my favorite notifications to receive.

[@foxwolf316]

Good job dude for getting 200k subscribers, you deserved it I just hope day I'll get there someday just like you Man.

[@0zecs]

These videos are so unbelievable entertaining and of such quality. I don't normally pay much attention to things online but this content it pure quality and amazing.

[@southtexasprepper1837]

Luke, I wish to share My Story: My Late Mother pass away back in February of 2011. Sometime before she passed away, My Mother had related to myself and My Sister that she had been seeing "a well-dressed man" in her bedroom just standing in front of her bed that was provided by Hospice Care Givers. My Sister had brushed it off as My Mother being delusional because of her dying of 4th Stage Cancer, but I didn't. I'm more of a believer in Life After Death and that "Death" (the personification aspect) isn't an enemy, but a constant companion throughout Life. I personally believe that the "well-dressed man" that My Mother saw was an Angel to reassure My Mother that "he" was there and going to accompany her to the Gate of Heaven to join My Father, Step-Father and all the rest of My Family that have gone before her and who truly loved her. I hope that when it comes My Time to leave This Life, that My Mother comes to me and helps to accompany me "Beyond The Veil."

[@Tim_English_Loves_Diecast]

Thanks Luke, your work is great on here. Thanks to Jake as well. Say hi to your wife too! My wife was like "oh I bet that's his wife checking on him" 3 seconds later you say that's my wife. You guys have a great day, Happy Thanksgiving!😃❤👍

[@pinatajuju4471]

Good episode, thank you all for sharing.

[@TheIvanMilky]

I watched an interview with Lt Col Dick Thompson from MACV SOG recently and something he said in it really took me aback. He was asked on a Q&A with other SOG vets was there anything strange or supernatural he seen when he was there and speaking in a matter of fact way said he saw the grim reaper or man in a black hood as he described it 2 or 3 times during combat, in the background pointing at him. Said he didn't know if it was hallucinations from the stress of combat or what it was just that that's what he saw (he's a Doctor in psychology also btw) If I hadn't read most of his books, seen multiple interviews with him and have some understanding of his reputation I would have just brushed it aside but the way he brought it up and talked about it was shocking lol

[@KristenKras]

Your videos are awesome. I had an interest in WWII in my youth, around the age of 12, for some unknown reason, perhaps my grandfather. In any case, you have combined two of my interests, warfare, for whatever reason and the paranormal. Your channel rocks!

[@BotWhisperer]

Accidentally reclicked into youtube, BOOM, NEW WARTIME STORIES. Everything is coming up me 😊

[@karaamundson3964]

Terrific episode. Thanks to you and Jake!

[@jukebox_heroperson3994]

I had a family member in Vietnam, and he was a cook. He was making a cake for someone's birthday I think he said he was doing that night. Then, one moment, he just thinks, "I'm gonna go take a look at the stars." And so he does, and then mortars come in, and he dives into a ditch. 45 minutes later, people were yelling his name in the rubble, and up he goes over to them, unharmed.

[@teamataraxia6244]

That first story makes me emotional, there's no bond like the one between two brothers, and to have your dead brother save you from certain doom only to disappear must have been the craziest experience

[@Kh4barakh]

Shout out from Poland! Great content, you are getting better and better with each video. You deserve much more recognition, it's at least a million subs channel.

[@tklrrbccar3906]

Many thanks Jake for this well written episode. Most intriguing as well as entertaining. Keep up the GREAT work on this wonderful channel my brother and I, as well as many others, will keep watching. May God continue to bless you and your family.

[@jamesknapp64]

The first story is chilling and amazing. Are there reports that corroborate his bunker's destruction on the night?

[@Peruvian_Necktie]

I think Pierre Berton's book "Vimy" mentions it; but at least from what I recall Will Bird is quoted often.

[@biterry123]

this channel have the best visualization and audio. it complete the eerieness of the story even more

[@blackluxurians6062]

Happy Thanksgiving! What a treat, WarTime Stories are back! Beautifully written as normal 👌

[@beaterstang0898]

Thank you for persevering and continuing to bring these awesome stories to us.

[@Natedawg38]

I feel like you could make an entire video just about rats during the great war. Can you imagine? They were everywhere and they were bloody huge. What a miserable place to be, even in the most secure location on the front you couldn't escape them. I don't know how the hell guys were able to sleep in that.

[@EnigmaticAnomaly]

Great story telling. I love listening to these, and appreciate the effort you put into presenting them.

[@gameoverlordN7]

You ever heard any Stories from the Falkland Islands? It's the kind of place that should have a lot. I remember having waking dreams about wale ghosts or spirits outside my bedroom window where we kept all the wale bones we'd nicked from the beach, most families on MPA had them. I got a lot of weird "Dreams" whilst living there, the kinda dreams I didn't have before moving there or after I moved back. One of them was when I was staying at a friends house next door to us and I woke up and stated walking around in a kinda dream state, and I know this happened for real as I turned some lights on whilst doing this and the next morning the dad of the friend said how annoying it was having to wake up and turn the lights off twice. Likely just sleep walking but I hadn't done it before or since, could be it being a strange location but who knows. Anyway, I am walking down the corridor of this house, with doors leading into rooms either side, and I come to my friends room door, and it is open, it is dark, I look inside and I see both of them (Two sisters) playing on the round rug in the middle of the room, real dark and hazy, like your eyes aren't full awake and you see a shadow, and there are just sat there pushing toys around or something, acting way younger than they were, oldest being 10 at the time and not the kind of kid to play with toy trucks on the floor, and I am looking at both of them and I think I say something but I can't remember what, I guess that gets their attention because the next thing I know there are both staring at me, not moving, not talking, just staring right at me. This is creepy and weird and I start to feel wrong, then I look over to the bunk beds on the right and I see both of my friends still asleep in bed. At this point I turn around and go back to the room I was staying in at the end of the hall and turn the lights on as I go, then hid under the covers. And that is it really, next morning the dad says the thing about the lights at breakfast. I go into their room to see them and notice there is no round rug on the floor and no toys. I ask them what happened last night and they don't know what I am talking about. I remember bring it up again a few more times after that but can't remember the response I got back, likely the same. I was only a kid at the time though, no older than 8, but I can remember more about the 2 years I lived there than the next 10 years of school after it. The place has seen a lot of fighting and death for such a small set of islands. I even know a story a Pastor I used to know told me. That one is more a religious awakening than a spooky story though, it was about the attack on Ajax Bay's medical centre when he was in the Marines, the long and short of it was he was by a door leading outside, he felt a hand shove him in the back that pushed him out the door and into a ditch, a second later a grenade or possibly mortar (I don't remember there being shelling's there though EDIT: After looking it up again, the place was bombed so Id put my money on that) goes off where he was stood a moment before. He told it as though it was an angel saving him. Which it could be, but given the history of the place, and how many people died there, both British and Argentinian alike, might have just been another kind of helping hand. EDIT: And a little add on to the Ajax bay story, When I was there we went and saw the place, pretty normal, most people take a trip out that way, can't drive up because of the rocks, so you need to walk in and out. And on our way out, we were walking up a hill that as far as I can remember linked onto the rocks, and I fell through the ground, straight through some rusted sheet metal into a dug out, or at the time I though it was a bunker, right up to my chest, think my arms are what stopped me going all the way in, somehow not a single cut.

[@dartmart9263]

Of course, demons (rebellious angels) want people to believe in ghosts, because, if you come back as a ghost, then resurrection (and Christ’s sacrifice) becomes completely unnecessary. “Demons make things that are not real, appear to men as if they were” - Lactantius (c250-c325 CE) “For the living will know that they shall die: but the dead know nothing, and there is no longer any reward to them; for their memory is lost. Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished” - Ecclesiastes 9 5,6

[@gameoverlordN7]

@@dartmart9263 I mean, I ain't religious, so I don't know about any of that, I don't even think I believe in ghosts, but something happened to him out there.

[@hybridShinx]

I went to the Falklands once, in my shiny new Lotus Esprit, lets just say my visit was in tatters when angry mob started pelting rocks at me

[@gameoverlordN7]

@@hybridShinx Yeah the roads will do that out there. Think having a chipped window is just part of life.

[@hybridShinx]

@@gameoverlordN7 tarmac is fine, i just dont know why im being chased out thats all, not like i offend anyone

[@SNP-1999]

Having studied military history for the past 50+ years, I cannot say how many cases of death premonitions that I have read about from men on active service, but there were indeed very many. Airmen who knew that they would be flying their last combat raid, sailors who knew that their ship would go down, infantrymen who had the feeling that they would die the next day - and the uncanny fact that these actually came to be true, like in the sad case of Corporal Davey in the final days of the Great war. May they all rest in peace and God bless them all.

[@GabrielJCasaus]

This is a great topic. I have heard of stuff like this from other veteran accounts. Not what I was expecting based on the title but still great. I was thinking this was going to be like a Twilight Zone episode (appropriate given the way you open these videos) called The Purple Testament S1 E19. If you haven't seen it, I suggest checking it out. Rod Serling himself was a veteran so I feel the episode is less fantastical than the show would otherwise attempt to be.

[@hectorlumbagoCringe]

Amazing work as always my friend

[@Spencer_232]

Love these paranormal military stories. For some reason my favourite stories are about encounters from Afghanistan and Iraq.

[@Slyarno2795]

Great to see you back luke. I was meaning to ask you this do you need any voice actors cause ill be happy to voice in your projects if you need one. Anyways good to see a wartime video.

[@WartimeStories]

Yo, email me. [e-mail]

[@SRC267]

​@@WartimeStorieshi, when will WTS be available in podcast form?

[@screamartsdnb]

the production value is the best on youtube for this that i found. thanks

[@janewolf4541]

Hi there Luke's wife. These stories are stellar, and so is this channel.

[@Abe_H91]

This channel is so good! I’m so glad it came up on my feed.

[@TheCGMM1776]

It's really hard to rate these, but I gotta say this was one of your best, thank you for keeping it up and for finding these stories, you're doing great work! 🎖

[@exJacktar]

I'm so glad you featured Will Bird's story. I read his book about 20 years ago. Wonderful read.

[@fox224]

I have a story that will prove when it's your time, it's your time. On a fighting patrol in Afghanistan with the Canadian military, we step in the footprints of the soldier in front of us to avoid mines, Booby traps etc. Joshua Klukie stepped on a massive pressure plate ied costing him his life. The 6vmen that stepped on it first will never understand why they are still alive to this day. When it's your time it's your time. Plain and simple. RIP Josh.

[@markfung5654]

Luke so good to hear from you. I really look forward to your content. It makes my day.