MY FRIEND WENT INSANE IN THE WOODS | 11 True Scary REDDIT Stories

[@PaulHunter-xo9os]

I'm a beef farmer in Wicklow Ireland. Nothing better than driving the long dark lanes of Ireland at 1am in a tractor bringing the cows in listening to these stories. Just can't beat it

[@CalvinCandieMO]

Why can't you beat it? I'm sure no one will see you.. just don't moan too loud.

[@bioshawna]

This sounds so strangely peaceful... Picturing it now! Bless you 🥰

[@bubzilla6137]

​@@CalvinCandieMOLol! 😂🤣 It took me a couple seconds to get that... Haha!

[@orls9068]

I love Wicklow!! The Garden of Ireland, can't beat it, I'm in Meath not too far!

[@leahsue5233]

So jealous! My husband grew up in Ireland. He took me there years ago (we live in Arizona) to show me the GORGEOUS country. That was my favorite part some days...driving on the long winding roads. Imagining walking the dark hedges road now, listening to these stories = 🤌🏻😎

[@c.w.8200]

My sister had a psychotic break, no history with drugs or alcohol, just out of nowhere, unlike many other people it wasn't temporary though, no medication has made much of a difference, the sister I grew up with is gone, she's a volatile, rude paranoid schizophrenic who believes we're all out to get her and has threatened me with a knife. It's been 5 years and I went through a legitimate grieving process as if she had died.

[@missarose6159]

Jesus, I am so sorry that happened to you and your family. When I was in highschool one of my friends did something similar, though I don't think she was diagnosed as schizophrenic. One day she was fine, the next, it was like the guy in this story. She just fell apart. She went unintelligible howling at the moon crazy for about a day or two, then fell into a coma. When she woke up, she was ... Evil. Threatened to do and actually did some pretty awful things and has been institutionalized for 20+ years. Her parents are devout Catholics and thinks her body is possessed by a demon and their real daughter is dead. I can almost understand. It's like she moved out and something else moved in. It was hard to lose my friend. I can only imagine what it was like to lose your sister.

[@c.w.8200]

@@user-sleepy33 Wow, I didn't know meningitis could be a risk factor. In my family's case there probably are genetic risks though we're not sure, we know stories of relatives that showed symptoms but weren't diagnosed due to living in a remote area of Eastern Europe with little access to this type of health care.

[@misfit1395]

I'm so sorry ❤

[@ruth80809]

My mother was diagnosed with schizophrenia and I had to bear the brunt of her mood swings. The police had to get involved on many occasions and it got so bad, I became suicidal. As a result I cut off all contact with her. It's been 3 years and even now, I still have nightmares about her. I grieve for not having a mother figure and a father (he died years ago). I'm so sorry with what you've had to go through. Mental illness affects everyone.

[@plushcat716]

I'm so sorry for the loss of the sister you once knew...❤

[@kathi1987]

I cant believe anyone could fall asleep on public transit 🤯 i am waaaay too paranoid to ever do that 😬

[@skinkrawler4363]

Perfectly safe! O'Biden has our ass 😂

[@kathi1987]

@@skinkrawler4363😂😂😂

[@kymberlyn420]

To be honest if I had suffered a fuegue state I probably wouldn't want to know anything about it either. Glad Danny was safe and reunited with his family.

[@madelinemaynard3239]

Lol why do I only know what a fugue state is because of breaking bad 😂

[@Galaxxi]

drives me nuts hearing stories of people who are too meek to stand up for themselves. somebody takes your seats you literally paid for? tell an attendant, make them move. creepy guy grabs you unexpectedly? scream and make the biggest scene possible. please don't put yourself in A Situation

[@dinarusso3320]

😊 exactly what I said!! Or just pick up the sleeping 3 year old so you don't miss your stop! Stupid decisions, no common sense in these stories!

[@ctrlanna]

had to skip the story at some point cause everything she did was the wrong and annoying choice. absolutely no survival skills

[@RichWllmsn]

Wow I feel really sorry for Danny. It sounds like everyone one so fixated on what happened that they weren’t interested in helping him move forward. The writer sounds like they simply wanted closure for their own sake and didn’t have Danny’s well-being in mind at all.

[@cpeacenlove]

YES!

[@ellzedd4113]

It's not a true story. It's Bern told in other variations out here.

[@johnbowles5399]

Ridiculous take. Of course his friend has a right to know what happened to him, even more so than Danny's family did if anything, for the simple reason that not only were they close friends for many years preceeding the incident, but also Danny could easily have killed his friend that night during his psychotic episode or whatever it was. Not to mention all the other people that Danny could have potentially harmed during his six month 'black-out'. No, there's all sorts of perfectly sensible and justifiable reasons why people like his friend had a perfect right to find out what the hell had happened to him!

[@sonjasun6227]

Yes, from the beginning, where he says it's "most significant event of his entire life" uhh dude, it sounds like it all happened to your friend, not you. Then pressuring him to talk about what has probably been absolute horror, how he isnt the same old Danny, not smiling blah blah. Dude, that's called trauma, and you can't even respect your friend enough to understand him. To the point of suggesting he's faking it or hiding some horrible things he has done. Yuck.

[@JoryBarrett]

@@ellzedd4113 Passing these off as "true" is annoying, every single story has the same "ackshually" tone of a neckbeard from reddit.

[@latishaacklin2542]

It sounds like his friend had a psychotic break and/or transient amnesia. Losing six months of your life is traumatic. I wish he wouldn't have pushed him on the issue before he was ready to deal or accepted that he may never want to deal with it.

[@misaefre]

yeah that guy definetly kinda sucks. he said over and over again he didnt wanna talk about it, and so much of how he talked about his "friend" was just crappy.. ur buddy goes missing for 6 months and u sulk bc he wants a few days to himself to recover?? and then harass him forever about it?? ugh.. poor guy went missing and came home just to be treated like crap..

[@GredelsRage]

Yeah, i think what op was seeing as his buddy remembering more than he was letting on was more Danny trying to wade through flashes of memory and piece together things for himself. Mental illness can already wreck havoc on the memory, delusional disorders, even when properly treated can create false memories. Not wanting to talk when you are trying to figure things out and you may be afraid of what you may have done makes sense to me. But I'm the type of guy that has to wrap my head around something before I'm willing to talk about it.

[@GredelsRage]

​@scarerush yeah. And its not like the friend was the only one asking him about things.

[@misaefre]

@@GredelsRage they really shouldve given the guy some space

[@GredelsRage]

@scarerush i agree there. Even if he did remember, he's an adult and not required to talk about it to anyone. And the actions of a person in the grips of psychosis can be embarrassing once you've returned to your relatively normal self.

[@QQ___]

Story #2: I am sorry for what you’ve been through, it must have been very traumatic BUT damn… blaming a three year old child for missing your stop when you were the adult in the situation 😟 did you expect him to sprint? He’s just a toddler!

[@SmileyFace123Lolz]

I didn't feel like she was blaming too hard idk. But I think my criticism was consumed with screaming at her for being like it's over, giving up, and starting to actually walk away with this dude 😭

[@chilloutjulie]

ngl, i never thought i’d ever hear joel say “deez nuts”💀

[@rileymcdaniel5271]

Fr same xD

[@brittanypena2163]

100 percent story one sounds like dissociative fugue. Surprised this theory wasnt posed by psy doctors.

[@ryanlee6538]

​@SuperNostalgia.Cool story bro...lol

[@AsAWhiteManMarriedToALatina]

It was cryptic sociosis

[@AsAWhiteManMarriedToALatina]

@SuperNostalgia. AMEN!!

[@catcactus1234]

It probably was mentioned by the doctor but they just didn’t share it with the narrator. Sounds like he was kept in the dark and his friend didn’t want to share much info about himself.

[@SABRMatt2010]

Story one...that...is one hell of a psychotic break. Was he doing mushrooms or meth or something? Was there an odd reaction to an absent seizure? The aphasia, crazy laughter, total and complete detachment from reality...such a sudden snapping like that has to have been a reaction to intake, environment, massive stress, or brain damage. Totally wild.

[@vickymc9695]

Could be a brain tumor.

[@slicedbread5692]

Things like that happen all the time. Once when I was a kid my dad got really angry just like the guy in the story, then he punched me in the face, started laughing, walked out the door, and I've never seen him again... My mom says it's because he doesn't love me, but I know it's just a 30 year long fugue state.

[@catcactus1234]

@@slicedbread5692Bro what’s up with the weird fake stories about fugue states in all your comments

[@catcactus1234]

@@tahoe-hx5sq Just asking a question, didn’t realize it would get you so pressed lol

[@missamanda2703]

​@vickymc9695 I'm a retired nurse I went into alcohol poison or string of mini seizure. I thought fever with alchohol. Having any illness can change your molecules incredibly.

[@videl22]

Story 2 got me mad. Why in the hell would you even let yourself fall asleep, and risk missing your stop when you have a 3 yr old with you? Let alone a child that isn’t even yours. And then just go with the crazy man? Like damn…no survival skills or instincts.

[@santiago-kq9nd]

2nd story, amazes me how there was no fight in that person. I’d have been kicking/screaming especially with my nephew. To just walk off a transit with the perv holding hands baffles me. To simply accept one’s fate and their nephews fate without resistance makes no sense.

[@dinarusso3320]

😊😊 exactly, she was an idiot. Couldn't even pick up a 3 year old to avoid missing their stop... and allowing people to steal their seats!

[@Silveirias]

People react differently. Apart from fight or flight, there’s also a third way people act and that’s freeze.

[@marigold5937]

My husband was never into these kind of channels before. But he's overheard me listening to you for so long that now he likes it too and can't get enough! ❤

[@slicedbread5692]

He's just pretending in hopes he'll get a little rub-n-tug when it's done.

[@ginenerogler9060]

@@slicedbread5692hi hi no no no I look

[@KosMik_Skul]

that's awesome! there's nothing like sharing some awesome stories and videos with your best friend, partner, and lover. my gf (partner of 8 yrs now) and i share almost everything, we often watch true crimes together and fall asleep listening to channels like these and creepypastas. I'm happy for everyone that gets to have that experience.

[@TokingFishy]

Who else is listening to this at work?

[@christopherlopez2491]

I work at a store and shouldn’t have headphones on… but I just put my hood up

[@TokingFishy]

@@titohhh420 🤣

[@joephob1728]

Me

[@glauvie]

It’s 8:30 pm so I’m chilling at home

[@micheleparker3965]

Me

[@tangelayoung1002]

Story one....poor ol boy went thru a fugue state. Sometimes they remember the time lost and other they don't. Sometimes they remember on their own and then there's times like the similar story featured on the original Unsolved Mysteries when a dude saw himself on there. He had been missing over 20 years from the other side of the country. Totally explainable and understandable. Not common but not unheard of.

[@FiresCollide]

My best friend had a few fugue states in college. Ended up in a completely different state a few times. It was terrifying.

[@krisshaw9464]

😊

[@estephaniaquiroz1671]

I thought he just blacked out ugly like that must’ve drank more than beer

[@MissWobbles]

That reminds me of the Hannah Emily Upp story in Long Island

[@tonybleau6219]

Maybe he just took a psychedelic

[@kayleigh1991]

The guy from the first story seems like a bit of an ass tbh. It’s fair if the guy didn’t want to talk about it. He seems like why they stopped talking more.

[@brendawalley2267]

I’m a embalmer and I need to send Joel some scary stories of my own and stories passed on by other morticians, once you get used to be around the dead your fear goes away

[@spamh8r1007]

Please do send in your stories. Can’t wait for Joel to upload your stories.

[@MrCjosue24]

Must be terrible to see when a friend goes insane

[@michaellind4387]

@SuperNostalgia. Amen brother/sister! God bless you!

[@East9211]

@SuperNostalgia.this is why nobody respects ur religion

[@sladey21]

Or does roids

[@nomos_lol]

Story 1: If your friends didn’t want to talk about it until he is ready, don’t push it. It’s not “shared trauma” that he wanted a few days to himself after finding out he lost 6 months and wanted time to go home and cope. I’m sorry, but you should have been more understanding of his situation, and not just focus on how it affected you. I am sure that him changing his behavior didn’t help, but not being friends anymore really sucks.

[@arcticgalaxies9160]

THANK YOU op started really pissing me off by the end

[@kaylamorrow1412]

You said exactly what I was thinking. Op was making it all about themselves. If he doesn't want to talk about it, that's his choice and his right. You're not entitled to knowing what happened. If he wanted to tell you, he would but clearly he didn't and pushing him to talk about it would have reinforced that choice.

[@nomos_lol]

@@kaylamorrow1412 A similar situation happened with my mom before she passed away. She had breast cancer and had to have a double mastectomy, after the surgery she only wanted the women in the room. Apparently my uncles got offended by it. Why do people make other people’s trauma about themselves?

[@TheMistressMisery]

@@nomos_lol My theory is that social media has encouraged people to be a bit more self centered, and to believe that they're owed everything their little hearts desire. Because, in theory, we can get anything we want within a moment, at the click of a button, without any effort, and that includes people, look at dating apps. The concept of genuine human interactions is completely lost on netizens, the concept that someone can have privacy, can have an "unheard of" reaction to trauma, that those boundaries are not about *YOU* is wild to many people.

[@big-loss_9043]

So wat the hell going on with Danny

[@christracy2144]

Story 1. What a butthead. My friend had a mental and/or physical medical emergency that saw him smash himself up and which lead to him wandering the earth barefoot for six months but what about meeeee? He didn't want to give me answers that I wanted, damn it. I don't care how he feels, he should force himself to remember what never got remembered in the first place, for meeeee! Friend my ass.

[@maguffintop2596]

Being as holy and righteous as you are have you pondered you may be the messiah?? Self- righteous prig.

[@gregoryalves5436]

Story 2 - Stories like these are just annoying and not even scary. She's a complete fool as she allowed him to say Hush, allowed him to converse, and ALLOWED him to walk her off the train? Please stop reading these stories she honestly deserved what was coming id shes that stupid

[@larissacroan7150]

I’ve had trouble on the train before and the BT police are great if you text them. However telling the person to f*** off loudly and aggressively usually does the trick with train pests. Ps I travel from Glasgow on the late train often x

[@dinarusso3320]

😂😂 thank you, I wish they wouldn't even read stories like that, she's an idiot.

[@cinnamina9628]

This was one of my favourite videos in a while- every story had something…unique? about it idk…that made them extra creepy, especially the first one had me on the edge the whole time! Great work❤️

[@chopsandtoots]

Story one: my friend lost six months of his life and he was clearly traumatized by that knowledge but let me make it all about *me* and how it made *me* feel. Eesh. His "return" didn't end the friendship, it's because his "friend" prioritized his own demand for answers and lack of respect for his friend's privacy.

[@ericbumbles4145]

A little harsh... put yourself in the friends shoes, suddenly he loses his mind, disappears, returns as shadow of his former himself and refuses to acknowledge anything at all. They were good friends, naturally the guy is confused and needing answers or some sort of closure after worrying and thinking the worst for half a year. It's not self-centered, he is just attempting to make sense and accept the loss of his good friend. He is a victim in this as well.

[@chopsandtoots]

​​​​@@ericbumbles4145it's a pointless thing to even say that given we wouldn't know exactly how we'd act in situations like that unless we're in one, but I've had a lot of friendships come and go with no closure. If my friend didn't want to talk about something that was clearly bothering them and they really didn't want to talk about it, I wouldn't overstep my boundaries. My need for closure is less important than my friend's wellbeing. Being a victim doesn't mean you can behave however you want without consequence, and if it was weighing on his mind that heavily, he should have gone to a therapist. There have been documented cases of people going missing with zero memory, and continually pressing and pushing his friend for answers when he most likely didn't have any only caused him distress.

[@ericbumbles4145]

@@chopsandtoots ​ @chopsandtoots Not everyone is a narcissist. You seem to have little insight into deep friendships or emotional connections. I can understand his need to know. He left it alone eventually, but his friend had changed to someone he didn't recognize. Its gotta hurt... But whatever, your opinion is yours. I see things differently obviously because I have some empathy.

[@kayleigh1991]

I thought the same. If he didn’t want to talk about it and move pass it then he’s completely in his right to do that.

[@chopsandtoots]

@@ericbumbles4145 I never referred to op as a narcissist and that term is used way too liberally these days. He was very heavily focused on himself instead of his friend, but he wasn't a monster for that. I Ithink most of us would be dying to know but if his friend didn't remember anything, there's no point in continually asking. I don't believe other people who have experienced fugue states were ever able to recall anything. It's an incredibly bizarre phenomena.

[@randomly_unlucky7877]

love listening to this channel while cleaning or drawing, you’re one of my favorites

[@edassimas6225]

Same haha 😊

[@randomly_unlucky7877]

@SuperNostalgia. bro go away🙄

[@AshLilyNeko]

Story 1 friend obviously went through a dissociative fugue and the friend telling the story is honestly an asshole for pushing so hard with him. Very selfish. Should have been there for his friend, he has no idea what his friend went through. Basically feel like that guy was NOT a real friend at all

[@AshLilyNeko]

Story 2 is unbelievable to me. You couldn’t PICK UP a 3 year old to get them off a train? Come on dude what a load of crap

[@lifesyphon1]

The one with the Mom fishing is what ladies deal with all the time. It wasn’t a horror story, it was an average Saturday afternoon for most women. Let that sink in.😳

[@youropiniondoesntmatter0]

Honestly lol, but very easily can become one.. :(

[@SNixon14]

The first story, kind of sounds like a 411 story. Anyways, to answer OP's confusion as to why his friend or former friend won't say what happened, what he remembers. Maybe it was just so traumatic that he just doesn't want to remember. It's obvious the guy went through something, he was missing for half the year, who knows what really happened to him. He'll either tell someone in time or he won't, just need to let him do it on his own terms.

[@empressmarowynn]

That OP in the first story is such a selfish jerk. If someone you know went through trauma trying to force them to relive it for your own closure is incredibly cruel. I went through some pretty bad trauma a number of years ago. My friends left me alone and were just supportive, I knew that if I wanted to talk about it they were there for me 100% but wouldn't pry. My mother on the other hand kept pushing and pushing and wouldn't let up. It led to a lot of fights and me no longer trusting her with any sensitive information whatsoever. If you and a friend went through something together and you're dealing with your own issues then GO TO THERAPY. It's not up to your already traumatized friend to make you feel better.

[@sheenabudd925]

I was getting angry at how selfish he was being. I hope Danny finds a new friend that genuinely cares about him 😢

[@lelabrodie1958]

The first guy is kinda selfish. Just leave the man alone. Why keep asking if he already said doesn’t wanna talk about it! “ if it was me I “ that’s your problem it’s not you.

[@johanaklaudyova8764]

Yeah, but I understand his frustration, even grief when his best friend just wouldn't tell him what happened and started acting completely different. He himself was traumatized by these events. I can't even imagine the horror of something like this happening to someone close to me... especially if they completely shut me out afterwards 😞

[@lelabrodie1958]

@@johanaklaudyova8764 I understand his frustration as well but there comes a time when you have to accept that you will never know what actually happened. In my opinion knowing what happened and pressuring my friend to talk about it so much to where I’m causing them stress just isn’t worth losing my friendship over.

[@johanaklaudyova8764]

@@lelabrodie1958 yeah, it was definitely lengthy on his part, I think he just couldn't help it, I don't believe this is something you could just ignore :/ it sucks that his friend also changed so much generally, I guess the end of their friendship was kinda inevitable

[@PoeticOtaku]

I think it was story #3 but why did the neighbors husband have her number... juicy☕️

[@patriciamurphy6559]

In the story about the guys friend Danny, when he repeated the incoherent word Danny said when he was talking to police dispatcher, it sounded like he was trying to say, "wtf are you doing?" but the words were mixed up and not said fully. This story compares to some of David Paulidas' Missing 411 stories. Some people go missing and have no memory, when they show up again, and often far away from where they show up.There are other stories like this, something unknown is happening to these people. Some believe they're being abducted by aliens and then returned. They often dont feel good right before they vanish. Thx, love listening to your stories. ❤ Patty

[@maguffintop2596]

That’s actually a very good point- yhe ‘wtf…”

[@Buckle89]

“Huh? Did you jus…… What’d you say? Lajellies?”.

[@EW-ed6kd]

Danny sounds like he had a psychotic episode. They can come from nowhere and totally change a person. I definitely understand the friend wanting closure (after all it was a traumatizing experience), but the priority should be getting Danny help. Instead of pushing him to try and explain what happened, they should support him where he is now and gently encourage him to see a mental health professional. Maybe Danny will spill a big story to a professional, but never his friend. It shouldn’t really matter.

[@chloe964]

The woman in the second story was infuriating. She couldn't just say no to the guy and stand up for herself? Instead of saying "i don't want to be a burden...." just say NO and ignore him or move to a different part of train, making your situation known to the rest of the passengers. No backbone whatsoever...

[@leluschka11]

I think the OP was a British woman. I think they might be insanely polite, don’t wanna create a scene. Unlike myself…..😂

[@chloe964]

@@leluschka11 That could be true but, there was a child involved! like, psh....I would've created a scene as well, haha.

[@dinarusso3320]

😮😮yup exactly, she can't create a scene so she'll just allow a creeper to take her to his house with the baby nephew. Total idiot!

[@dinarusso3320]

​@@leluschka11😮😮 that's no excuse. There are plenty of intelligent, British women with common sense who aren't idiots like the one in that story.

[@miss-nomer]

That story infuriated me too! Her 3 year old nephew is asleep next to her and in her single attempt to get away from the man, she tries to go to the bathroom, which would have left the little one alone with the creep. Wtf?

[@jacobbowling263]

Joel, I want to thank you for uploading so I can hear your amazing voice because today I’ve been having a bad day so hearing your voice has brightened my day. You rock and you’re the best narrator ever.

[@joninature]

sorry to hear you had a bad day! glad it is better 😌

[@jacobbowling263]

It’s all good, today I was just having a bad day like all humans do.

[@pegasusgenesis360]

Much love!!

[@Commonsensehurts]

❤❤❤

[@slicedbread5692]

​@SuperNostalgia. Why hasn't god granted anybody eternal life yet? And why does it have to be a gift? Aren't all humans equal before God? Why are some deserving, but others aren't if we're all equal? Where are the people that are thousands of years old if he's granting this eternal life? Or is that just metaphorical nonsense to make God seem all powerful?

[@TheCodyMac]

Edit: Story #2 had me yelling at the “woman” through the phone! What horrible instincts and a complete lack of backbone, especially for an “adult” traveling long distances with their 3 year old nephew. At least a complete stranger had the wherewithal to do something about the situation on her behalf.

[@Ash-hi5hy]

I think the writer was a woman.....

[@TheCodyMac]

@@Ash-hi5hy Good call. Still equally as frustrating.

[@isabellaatkinson7431]

Omg I was looking for this comment thank youuuuu like if I’m gonna trust you to watch after my 3 year old CHILD why tf can’t u even stand up for yourself she didn’t even attempt to fight back like wtf

[@shaneaccented9682]

Yes she pissed me off.

[@saec-ford6538]

Yeah, that one got under my skin, too. I don't care for confrontations and tend to be easily intimidated, but the moment there is a child that is 100% dependent upon me for survival involved, I am fearless and vicious. I don't care who I upset or offend, the only thing that matters is the child's safety. If my safety is compromised, then so is the child's. At that point, woe betide the unfortunate fool who crosses me.

[@viewingonly5204]

Poor Danny. Lost for 6 months and had a shitty friend who wouldn't let it go even though it was obviously traumatic.

[@LuckyKitty25]

What the friend went through was traumatic too; it’s not just as simple as “letting it go”.

[@viewingonly5204]

it's as simple as getting therapy and not insisting your traumatized friend cater to your emotional needs.

[@plushcat716]

Best stories and voice on KZbin!

[@gingerpop569]

That first story is too strange. Didn’t his friend talk to his awesome girlfriend or his family to find out if this was not the first episode? It’s really sad. Then he ended up in Canada? Where did the camping story start? In a different country?

[@Ash-hi5hy]

Well if he ended up in Canada, chances are he was in the US maybe near the border.

[@Dontfuckwithqats]

Dissociative fugue

[@gingerpop569]

@@Dontfuckwithqats I understand and will read about it further as I don’t have the time right now. In any case, if this is a true story, it’s so very, very sad. Thank you for giving me that info.

[@donotavius5915]

I would assume that he probably started in a US border state. Personally, I was thinking either upstate New York or Washington state, though of course there are many states he could've been in. Those are just the two that I know for sure have popular camping spots in the northern areas of the state.

[@Manhandle730]

@@donotavius5915 They all have camping areas within a six month walk to the border. The guy could have started in Mexico and could have easily walked to Canada in six months. Definitely didn’t have to be anywhere near the border. Half of a year is a long, long time to hike somewhere.

[@swtchx209]

Live chat was a blast! Can’t wait to listen tonight without distractions. U rule Joel🔥🤘🏻🔥

[@thecrebain6760]

Story1: Sounds very much like a stroke to me. One being in his speech part of the brain and the other one most likely affecting more. edit: nevermind, looks like eventually he got checked by the doctors

[@wplains]

I’m guessing he was kidnapped by aliens… 🤪

[@cyanidesmile7263]

Well he had a physical, not an MRI or scan or anything

[@arcticgalaxies9160]

@@wplains yes having a legit medical issue is hilarious

[@marqueldeaneee]

Op in story one is one of those friends you can’t go thru a traumatic experience with. They are so selfish and want to tailor your experience into theirs and I don’t blame him. Leave it alone or leave me alone I lost time in my life nothing was “shared” what a jerk !

[@fallout255]

Wouldn't you want to know any potential triggers so you can avoid it happening again, though? Take into consideration that he could have killed him. I probably wouldn't be comfortable around him unless I knew what happened.

[@danawright777]

It sounds like the dude had a psychotic episode under the influence of phencyclidine. It would explain his removing his clothes and inability to feel physical pain. It can also cause amnesia and memory loss.

[@Manhandle730]

What is that?

[@danawright777]

@@Manhandle730 it is better known as angel dust.

[@youropiniondoesntmatter0]

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[@DamienWyatt-lp6vm]

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[@Nick-li4jr]

​@@Manhandle730 PCP?

[@EarthAngel504]

Dude got possessed in the 1st story. Also. Unless Op was with Danny the whole day, without leaving his side for 1 minute, he don't know what Danny had or hadn't taken. I get irritated when people say stuff like that.. They know for sure what the person did or didn't, would or wouldn't do, with out rationality of the fact that it's impossible for them to know those things if they weren't with that person every moment of that whole day. To me it sounds like Danny took something or done something to open himself up to cause that episode.

[@Manhandle730]

So he was on drugs or “possessed” by a spooky ghost?

[@Steven_M.]

The first story has Missing 411 or Changeling type of vibes.

[@deshaefromarounthawayricha7324]

Who else is listening to this while they they JUST got off from work? 👨🏾‍🔧

[@astardustparade]

I usually listen to it on my way to work.

[@deshaefromarounthawayricha7324]

@@astardustparade oh cool!😎😎😎

[@baronsaturday9560]

Don't walk with your ears in late at night, Mia Zapata from The Gits was killed like that, she had a walkman on when her killer attacked late at night in '93..

[@KristenDETW]

That piece of trash was out to rape and murder someone that night. Mia was in the wrong place, at the wrong time. She did nothing wrong.

[@youropiniondoesntmatter0]

I like the term “with your ears in” did you say that on purpose? Lol

[@ScullyPop]

Joel's voice is LACED WITH GOLD!

[@batmanlikespizza2541]

I feel sorry for Danny as not only did he have a breakdown and have no recollection of what happened to him, but people around him are more concerned with themselves…. Especially his “friend”. He did not “share” the memories with the experience of being missing for six months, with no recollection of what happened. The only thing he “shared” was the camping trip. It is not a shared trauma.

[@Dmitrikrotchlikmyov]

I had a friend go mad. He took way too many drugs and ended up 10 miles away in the city running around with a katana. He didn't own a sword before this and he didn't remember where it came from. He wasn't intending on hurting anybody, he just lost his mind. I visited in the hospital a few weeks after and I knew he wasn't the same man. The drugs they gave him stripped him of his personality. A silly example is when I walked to the nearest shop with him and a staff member to buy some things, he was a massive car nerd, bigger than me, and his dream car that he'd always bang on about in his drug fueled states was the Toyota Supra. On that walk a beautiful red modified Supra drove past and when I pointed it out he completely dismissed it, looked at the floor and wouldn't even look at something he spent years fantasizing about. Poor guy was nothing but a husk after those drugs but it was honestly for the better. Now the guy lives in a beautiful place and is completely clean.

[@bioshawna]

So did he ever somewhat come out of it then? If he got clean and his life got better? Sorry trying to better understand because it's an interesting situation.

[@jayceratops.]

@@bioshawnaI would like to know too

[@Dmitrikrotchlikmyov]

@@jayceratops. I wrote a reply ^

[@zachmorgan6982]

Man that first story is unlike anything I've ever heard. And I must say as a gut feeling and just my knowledge of mental health I doubt seriously he doesn't remember anything. I've never heard of someone having amnesia for 6 months while also being alone and not using their credit card. H3 HAS to remember at least bits and pieces...especially with zero brain trauma. Idk but it just doesn't sound right. I mean if he eventually walked out of the woods someone would have eventually stumbled upon him. And for him to have taken care of himself with showers and brushing his teeth, this tells me he was in society with some capacity therefore someone HAD to have seen him and interacted with him. That would make them a witness and even with just a basic, "I saw him coming out of a convenience store" comment even that small detail would tell us alot. Idk, there are just so many possibilities of what he COULD have done in a 6 month period that it's impossible to even weave a narrative together that isn't all based on speculation. He could have done something horrible since he was very violent initially, or he could have had something very bad happen to him. Either way it would explain why he doesn't wanna talk about it at all IF he does have some memories of what happened. But wow....crazy story. Literally INSANE

[@catcactus1234]

There are actually a few cases similar to his. There’s a popular Missing 411 case about a guy who went hiking in the woods and disappeared for nearly a year. He was presumed dead, but he showed up one day at his parent’s house completely fine. He looked to be in decent health, but he couldn’t remember that period of time at all. Psychologists call it a fugue state.

[@devandh]

"Can I pet your dog?" - he was trying to kill me

[@tryptamigo]

the “lajellies” part is killing me. “he went through a heavy deez nuts phase” 😂😭

[@daviddelarosajr1758]

Let’s read Rock s best part of my day 😊 Big thank you Joel 😊

[@sir.spookeys.stories]

Thank you for sorting out my bedtime listen once again! I hope to be help people sleep too one day 😅.

[@salt7532]

the guy in the first story is selfish af

[@shellyv2634]

The Maria Olsen story was annoying asf how do you not have any response to any of those things

[@eritaka420]

Thank you for the work you do btw. Helps more than you'll ever know

[@adamgonzalez1997]

Mad respect for the man chasing down the hamburgerlor

[@ofskittlez]

Lejellies, French for the jellies.

[@kingjames.4715]

This was definitely a 5☆ rate video. Perfectly narrated. Also, I really liked the background music in this one. Went Perfect 😊 with the story's. Great job, LetsRead! Keep it up! 💯

[@JakeMacc]

That first story was next level lol

[@ktpie1311]

Yess definitely gonna help me get through my final hours at work

[@justinspringstun5836]

Man the first one was crazy, I had to listen to it twice.

[@sarahjane3904]

I look forward to getting into bed every night and listening to these, best narrator on KZbin

[@AxleHawk]

Until my boyfriend... moved in. Wow, that was captivating. I have chills

[@missdawna]

Hearing your voice makes me happy. Thank you, Joel. Love From the Philippines 🇵🇭 ❤

[@CM-xz1lj]

Story two there are buses between Aberdeen and Dundee all through the night 😅

[@dinarusso3320]

😂😂 she was obviously an idiot, couldn't even pick up a sleeping toddler and carry him to not miss a stop.... among other things in that story.

[@samsham8218]

"Le Jellys"

[@beautyfashiongoals7912]

😂

[@randomvids9507]

Story 1 he definitely saw something that nobody should know about

[@lando8913]

And then the lejellies attacked, and I understood everything.

[@youropiniondoesntmatter0]

😂😂😂😂

[@thebluerose7648]

The first story with Danny is an X-File if I ever heard one

[@Smokey-Garage-Girl]

Have you heard the channel called scary stories and creepypasta? Sounds a lot like your voice and maybe even your stories only distorted. Idk maybe you have another channel, maybe I’m wrong just thought I’d bring it to your attention

[@niksternl9547]

Hey Joel, I don't know if you read this. I doubt it. But I'm very curious about the person who stalked you. You told the story a few years ago (If I remember correctly). Did you ever hear from that person again?

[@elaztec.aztecca]

Sounds like buddy, Danny, at the intro story, had begun to have a variety of seizures . How’s he doing these days?

[@dawnbeltz]

So I have seizures and when I have one sometimes I say something or right when I'm coming back I say something it's not English because your brain is scrambled it sounds like this guy had a petite mal seizure and it fried his brain.

[@Malthael2797]

Was anyone able to find the story one OP? I couldn't find it by the name in the chapter Meskalinder, either on reddit or google which makes me think maybe it was mispelled or something? I am really curious if that story is real or not and if real what happened to the guy during that time.

[@dominicbennettmusic]

The irony of a woman claiming she’s strong and then going home and writing about a guy saying things she didn’t like and calling it a “scary story.” That is not the behavior of a strong person lmao

[@dinarusso3320]

😊😊 I'm about to quit listening to these stories just because so many of them are just plain idiots and can easily avoid situations with a little common sense.

[@thelos3999]

No one is questioning his place of work in the first episode. Maybe they experimented on him since he works at a pharmaceutical company.

[@Homemaker-eg2he]

every video of yours I've listened to lately unless it auto plays when I click on it I get no sound... I have to close it out and restart it to get sound... love the content worth the extra step was just wondering if anyone else has this issue or if it's just my phone

[@ashleybrown1666]

I have that problem sometimes 😞 I think it's my phone tho

[@chrisnorris1383]

Currently in Mauritius sunbathing while listening to these stories. Definitely one of the most underrated channels

[@johanaklaudyova8764]

Damn I wish. Enjoy :)

[@Manhandle730]

Dude has a million followers. This vid is at 200,000+ views. Plus he’s on other major platforms like Spotify. Not really underrated.

[@sylv6417]

#5 irritates me so much. You have a reactive, aggressive pitbull mix trying to ATTACK people, so yeah, duh, of course they’re going to run! That guy did nothing wrong and that dog needs a fucking muzzle.

[@brandonschurek5035]

Well for someone who claims to know what to do if someone is having a seizure you say you'd do the most important thing not to do... The last thing you want to do is turn them on their side that is only if they are choking on their vomit

[@cherrymetha3185]

I made a Live! It was great fun! Joel has the best Lives . Everyone in Chat is really nice too. ✨💖✨💚✨

[@jeremydennis6988]

It's crazy to think that people would just do everything a psychopath says I'm mean you know if you get to were he wants to go your died well I'm sure not going to make it easy for him people weakminded quietly be lead by the hand to your death your not going to last very long in this world.

[@dinarusso3320]

😊😊 no, women like her are too perfect to make decisions and think for themselves, she'll get a husband who will be the adult decision maker.

[@monrattanaphiouphilavanh7640]

"Celebrated like the Chiefs had just won the superbowl." 🏈❤

[@patricklucas8801]

Bro was tripping hard on some mushrooms 🤷

[@jeepersthenightstalkercree246]

Congratulations on 1million🎉🎉

[@SmileyFace123Lolz]

That one train girl really said, welp I guess I'm dead fully getting off the train hand in hand like that. Like girl at least try 😭

[@dinarusso3320]

😊😊 just a classic idiot with no common sense, I hope she's not allowed to babysit her nephew again ever.

[@josiegipson90]

If you think children are safe and bad things don't happen during little league practices and games, might wanna google Gabby Doolin.

[@BassSlapper89]

Woohoo! More stories! Hope for volume 3 of songs with Creepy backstories soon. 😁

[@CreverGerm]

So did Danny show up as he left , naked.

[@jaygin6518]

Story 6 sucked , it’s also landlady if it’s a woman

[@ZachCornett]

I know it was 11 hours ago, but I’ve never been this early for a Let’s Read video! Thank you for the awesome content!

[@adailtonpersegonha]

wouldn't the first story appear in the news?

[@paulaholte6735]

Sounds like Danny had a UFO abduction

[@probablyoxy]

FiRST?!

[@LizHellsing]

He could be having a stroke, or other brain injuries with pba, it can cause unctrollable laughter. Glad you called 911.

[@LizHellsing]

Uncontrollable *

[@LizHellsing]

Considering he was missing for 6 months I'm going with traumatic brain injury .. he must have had a life somewhere for a bit before his memory restored.