"My Job Is To Monitor Potential Apocalyptic Scenarios. Earth Just Dodged A Bullet" | Creepypasta

[@Nyctonaut]

I always wondered how many times earth has narrowly avoided complete annihilation... in the grand scheme of things it's only a matter of time before we face another large chunk of rock hurling towards us. We've even had some fairly near passes even recently.

[@insidecoyote7618]

@@bradforester3635 no clue it this is satire or not

[@erismana2105]

Hope so

[@karinah5487]

Yes, same. A bit frightening thinking about it.

[@bettya.k.abetty8259]

@@bradforester3635 earth doesn't exist

[@Nyctonaut]

@@insidecoyote7618 they're everywhere, sadly it's most likely not.

[@KyneOfTheDova]

One of the best I've heard since "I'm a monster created by the government to hunt other monsters". The twist is really really cool. Not your run of the mill, good guys win scenario. The struggle is needed to be able to grow and persevere. Like with a butterfly struggling out of its cocoon, or a lobster, molting. That struggle is needed to create strength and toughness.

[@johnslawnseasttn4489]

That was an awesome story. Def one of the ones that hooked me on creapypastas

[@YTStarGazer]

@@johnslawnseasttn4489 the “I hired a hit man on myself” was the first story to really hook me. Not on the OG channel, can only find reposts now.

[@psyxypher3881]

"Kill a whole bunch of people to make life better" is pretty demented and you can't really come up with a good moral argument for it without relying on "Greater Good" bullshit. Which is just that; bullshit.

[@Jayjay-vh1jg]

Absolutely awesome story best i possibly heard

[@goldenapplesaga5446]

Oh you guys are gunna love "The horror from the Vault." I swear it's the raining king of creepypastas that I've heard

[@MagashiSaizen]

If you go by the logic of branching futures, you can also asume that some timelines will fail even if the bugs are released, so its not a gurantee that the future that he saw will be the same for every other moving forward.

[@Dont14-r4k]

Yeah, buuuutttt most will succeed as said

[@babla69420]

Stagnation is worse

[@InvasionAnimation]

This hits different when you see this story was real. It really started happening 4 days later.

[@O0FB0187]

Huh?

[@slevinchannel7589]

...I IDENTIFIED the OP here. Its the KZbinr Telltale. I mean, this guy entertains (and entertaining he does) by covering Looneys and Radicals And even hilarious-whackjobs like ‚Kat Kerr’.

[@DollHouseMadam]

What?

[@arcticiceberg9945]

Rip to the fallen, you will be missed but humanity needed to progress.

[@dsandoval9396]

no. No. NO! I just got my dream gaming PC last month! This isn't fare! This isn't... It's just not fare!!! NOOOOOO...!!!

[@MrRFAvery]

This guy has the best voice i have heard for this job. Some have it and some do not.

[@starsvoltage8846]

You have to take a moment and appreciate how much u do for us!! U bring us peace, restful sleep, distractions from life, plus superior entertainment!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@TTVCRYPTO]

He’s my favorite! ❤️❤️

[@starsvoltage8846]

@@TTVCRYPTO same!!

[@starsvoltage8846]

I can’t get enough

[@stephenstevens6573]

Fantastic story! So different and unique! Never heard anything like it before. Thank you, Stephen!

[@leekendall7155]

Hell Stephen , you on a roll my man. This was so far off left field . but I couldn't help get caught up in the pros and cons and what i would do. And yes even happily married with children and a job I very much enjoy, so no lone gunman here, but I am still struggling with what decision I would make should it come to that. What a beautifully horrid decision. Excellant idea , well written and narrated like the boss of bosses himself . Thank you very much Stephen, Cheers. Lee

[@michelelyons9410]

A really grand story, with a fabulous twist at the end. I would highly recommend this. The protagonist is not a monster----but he is a man with a god complex. Who is he, and what right does he have to decide the fate of billions? The term "the Greater Good" has been used so many times to excuse horrendous acts that it has soured it considerably. The problem with the "the Greater Good" is that usually the people deciding what is the greater good are not the people who suffer for it. Sure, this guy lost his own life, but he did not suffer what he had done, he took the easy way out. And he apparently had no loved ones left behind to suffer. He mentions no wife, children, mother, sibling, not even friends. Look at how he is so condescending when he mentions the "guys in the field". Men who have fought and maybe died saving the world. You have to wonder just how isolated this guy was, and if he would have been so fast to condemn the world if he had people he loved in it. So he condemned billions to suffering and death----as if he were some great judge over all with the right to do so. Of course, a world following such a catastrophe would pull together and find a better way to live----they would have to, if they were to survive. But that would hardly make that catastrophe "worth it". It always happens after a major disaster. Rome fell, and the Dark Ages happened, but they was followed by the Renaissance. Just like after WWII, science, medicine, technology, etc. all took a huge leap ahead, accelerated by the effect of the world war. Man kind always rises above a disaster---that is why we survive as a species. But I am betting that those benefits and advances would have happened anyway, but at a much slower rate, in their own time. What the protagonist of this story wanted was the beneficial future he saw----and he wanted it right now. And he was willing to sacrifice billions for it. I would bet all those people would rather not have suffered and died for his vision, regardless of how beneficial. This guy was like the MCU movie villian Thanos. How do you solve the world's problems? Easy, you murder half of the world's population. Yeah, great idea. This guy was a coward. He did not make the hard decision. the hard decision would have been to have some faith in humanity, and prevent the disaster. Not to make it happen. To have the hope that mankind would slowly advance, century after century, until we reached that great future. But instead he decided that humankind was worthless, unable to help themselves or choose their future. He had spend so much time sitting and making decisions that it went to his head. He was "god" who had the right to decide the fate of the world. So he died, with the blood of billions on his hands, without having suffered any of the consequences of his actions. The problem is that he did not really value those people. They were not real to him, they were only numbers on a computer. The were "collateral damage". Well, it's a different story when you and those you care about are the collateral damage. An excellent story, well written and told.

[@VidkunQL]

In a case like that, _someone_ has to decide the fate of billions. Does anyone else have a better right?

[@voidtempering8700]

Remember, he looked at other world's centuries ahead and did not see the same thing, that was the first thing he did, but did not see what he saw in the future of his own world.

[@AngelDust6969]

This kinda reminded me of the song The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth by Creature Feature as both involve insects going on a rampage, as well as The Mist by Stephen King (giant insectoid monsters capable of destroying cars.) I feel like while the protagonist had good intentions, they're really all for nothing. Sure, there's the possibility of a Utopia, but there's also the possibility he was only looking at it through one perspective. Due to how far into the future said Utopia ends up coming into being, there's multiple ways for it to exist without unleashing a horde of giant insects.

[@SamuelGalvan_]

This is addressed in the story itself. He looked at the all the futures without the bugs. The utopia didn’t happen then

[@525Mat_]

Time travel element + horror + your narration = Awesome!!

[@ThestuffthatSaralikes]

Great job- as always!! Thank you!! I love the narrator of the story. *Just* snarky and sarcastic enough to be fun. Great story!!

[@will3913]

Great narration and story, thank you! Very thought provoking issue the main character faced.

[@lindakinsman6215]

Project looking glass, moving forward to look back. Scary

[@saucecastillo460]

That was a great story!!! At 1st I thought it was going to be a routine retelling of an apocalyptic event, but when he talked about what the drone saw, I was like "ok, you have my attention". Great story, worth every minute.

[@fennicfoxbaby5669]

I absolutely love how you read these stories! I listen to these at work (I work the midnight shift) while I work and it makes the night go so much faster. Thank you for creating this channel and I'm so happy you read these stories, as well as making the readings so entertaining.

[@horanghaeapologist]

I love this concept. Nice job as always! Hope you do more stories about ancient stuff though. Like old gods or smth. Pjo/moon knight type

[@tomboy_kisser]

This dude's stories are often among the best. This one's no exception

[@Squigglet23]

love you so much lighthouse, you're the best youtube narrator on the platform. I enjoy all your content but would love it if you were to bring back some new very long stories eg ' think my grandfather might be a psychopath'. One of my favourites is 'I Work As A Security Guard. These Are The Rules To Defend The Tartarus Mall'. It's such an unexpected story. All viewers of this Channel should take the time to listen to the entirety of "There's a Man standing in the corner of my basement". Also the 2 "i work at a half priced voodoo shop" stories are absolutely sensational. LOVE YOU

[@vividesiles3763]

I kinda see his point. But now I don't know if he is awful at his job or extraordinary.

[@jonpagel639]

You make my nights feel so fulfilled with the best story telling out there.. keep em coming. 💯

[@skyknight2003]

Pretty cool to have a narration of a well intended villain.

[@LordNotaek]

I like the emotion you convey with your narration, I’m still working on getting my own just right

[@austinriley8410]

This is the same thought process every practitioner of genocide has used. “My attempts to end the life of all those making things bad for the rest of us will ultimately make all our lives easier, therefore my wanton destruction and murder is justified and worth it.” The guy is fine with the deaths of billions and being the one responsible for them because in some futures it makes the world better for those that weren’t eaten.

[@BBEEYYAA]

I like how no one mentions the mantis at the end like what he was saying has already started.

[@hockeyman8799able]

I love your narrations. And I'd like to add, I think you would do a perfect shaggy voice-over. Please take that as a compliment.

[@LighthouseHorror]

hah thanks!

[@nurthr]

I enjoy you like no other. Your story telling is spot on. Thank you lighthouse horror.

[@NicoleChorney]

Another amazing story. I'm one of the people who probably wouldn't live long in an apocalyptic situation, Hell my best friend has acknowledged that fact in herself and has given her SO permission to leave (think Lennie in Of Mice and Men). While I'm not that fatalistic, all of my issues untreated would leave me miserable and I might wish I had a George to let me go.

[@slevinchannel7589]

I IDENTIFIED the OP here. Its the KZbinr Telltale. I mean, this guy entertains (and entertaining he does) by covering Looneys and Radicals And even hilarious-whackjobs like ‚Kat Kerr’.

[@andreaclark2621]

I can't believe I listened to every one of your narrations already It only took me about 2 months to do it I can't believe there isn't anymore I hope you have more coming out cuz I can't wait You're my favorite narrator

[@kyouhyung]

Incident log: On XXXX, XX, a researcher has been compromised by an infohazard from the drone feed, nearly causing an XK class scenario. Monitoring protocol updated and an AI has been introduced to the monitoring system to automatically detect and warn the administration of any infoharzard or cognitohazard.

[@DesolateLavender]

I did not expect that twist. Well written. Well voiced, too. Good work.

[@mattwood7158]

That was one of the best visual stories I've heard you do, hell anyone do. Bravo 👏 👏!!!

[@kookiekracie1915]

I love this story, I hated how he talked about himself at first, but at the end it all made sense

[@Acetyl53]

Quite the Machiavellian master morality story of death and rebirth. I think we're all beginning to think this way, these days. Fatigue gives rise to Thanatos, death drive.

[@snowfox4704]

“You make your own worst enemy.” “You, and you alone, know your own strengths and weaknesses. You know just what to say to build you up, or tear you down. To do what it takes to make you listen.”

[@TENZEN._.]

This one sounds MARVELOUS! Lighthouse Horror, thank you for the video & the experience with it!!👋😄

[@glitzycorpsllc.Barbie]

Hi my friend. Sorry I'm a complete recluse now. Still 💕 you!

[@TENZEN._.]

@@glitzycorpsllc.Barbie hi, my wonderful friend! You are true to your word ! You are lovely & if course i 💗 u! 😄

[@daniellecharles8224]

This was surprisingly good. Intriguing premise

[@FloridaMan0561]

Great narration and you always share awesome stories too!

[@kalystagutierrez1607]

Oooohhh, this kinda reminds me of the whole Y2K scenario! Although, it was a lot less dystopian and didn't end with the workers rioting to create an entirely different timeline lol

[@abking11]

lol, i was listening to this while driving home from work at midnight, and also i live in reno. n i c e

[@kateg.1386]

This just made my night, thank you for the upload!

[@Thor_the_Doge]

Here's a true horror story that has happened to me more than once: KZbin, through either incomprehensibly evolved AI or hidden mind-reading technology recommends me what i want to watch without me having even said a word about it

[@nombregenerico3677]

Yessss perfect timing LH! Absolutely love your voice and your narrations. 💕 tysm for all that you give us

[@kd_kane9845]

My Man. You just made my day a lil better.

[@GenderlessFurry_They-Them]

Thank you, Bill.

[@lorraineyanez4301]

Aaahhh project looking glass.

[@starsvoltage8846]

I love the piano scores in the stories

[@LighthouseHorror]

Me too! I really enjoy those 🎵 . Pairing the music is my favorite part sometimes.

[@starsvoltage8846]

@@LighthouseHorror do u have someone write those for u? I always wondered. They pair masterfully.

[@SomaShiori]

Love the idea of this tech literally thinking "oh the drones found some sort of Potential Apocalyptic Scenario and it's going to happen rather soon.....I better send an email to the higher ups"

[@nicolehowell6064]

Hearing you say the "ah hundred " sounds so strange . Great story , bugs always set me on edge 😬

[@julyol119]

Whoa! That was awesome! Head of spectre and you did some great work!

[@ryanpeacock9004]

Thanks! (I'm HeadOfSpectre) Pretty proud of this story!

[@julyol119]

@@ryanpeacock9004 As you should be! It was a treat!

[@gregrunyon2858]

This is one of my favorite LH stories!!! Keep'em coming and I'll keep watching and listening!

[@raheenb]

Ahhhh this should be a movie! 💯

[@celitacantrill10]

Really good story Light, thank you so much. Well done as usual.

[@whiskydoctor7477]

Some of these could make awesome movies, or series, this is one of them for sure!

[@Ooh_PieceOfCandy]

Awesome, a creepypasta author that actually knows when to use further/farther❤❤ I really adore all of this author's stories.

[@CelestaDarkdweller]

Yeah... You're welcome The delivery of this line kills me lol

[@masscreationbroadcasts]

This was one of the most memorable Creepypastas. Heard it a while ago the first time, and there are relatively few really unique ones.

[@yllim3170]

Part 350 of thanking the lighthouse horror for their constant uploads

[@amberg4131]

I just love these. The guys voice is perfect. Been hooked since the Tardis mall one:)

[@spacem0nkey29]

First time here. Good story . I could picture it easily. Kept my interest which is hard. Nicely done.

[@tehwicked1]

Groups of stupid people are my biggest fear. Not sure the technical term... Agroupusdoofusaphobia? Something like that...

[@bobbym4811]

Man Lighthouse Horror is absolutely without a doubt at the very top of the story telling game!! Thanks Lighthouse Horror!!

[@miceltusav88]

"The future is worth it" Me, an Ace Combat 6 fan: "Ilya Pasternak?!?"

[@jackalina91]

Wow. How many crazy people have tried to shape the world into their own ideals & been completely sure that they were doing the right thing……? Great story Stephen. You are truly the best narrator on KZbin & I have always loved listening to you but now you are sublime ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🤷‍♀️😎🇦🇺✌️

[@johnshaddick6858]

I can give you a couple of examples. Hitler, Putin, Gengis Khan, Alexander the Great.

[@Khoros-Mythos]

​@@johnshaddick6858 "Putin" LMAO, the brainwashing is seriously baked in. Westerners are so stupid is actually hard to believe.

[@tauniafemrite2963]

I can't believe it took me so long to hear this! Damn! Again, another great narration! Truly enjoy hearing screwed up & scary stories from you! (Edit..... huge insects are just GROSS!)

[@allie_678]

“If there’s one lesson history has shown, it is that you should never underestimate the power of very stupid people left unattended in a large group.” 😂😂😂

[@Klassicgandmore]

Time to fight the bugs

[@dawnstephens9751]

Wow that was just a complete plot twist at the end hell great story! Amazing job on the narration!

[@richellmcknight446]

I've only listened as far as bugs and Reno- I've got news for you, I lived in Reno for a year when I was 20- there ARE no bugs, lol, it's too dry! Hot as hell in the summer, but dry dry dry! No flies, no mosquitos, not even any fleas! I guess the author has never been to Reno!🤣

[@ryanpeacock9004]

I admit it, I live on the east coast.. I've never been to Reno. -_- Would love to go though.

[@lucienthurston366]

The ends justify the means. Can't make a utopia without breaking a few billion eggs. When the bugs devour me, I'll know that it's worth it. Long live Future Probe Guy, savior of humanity.

[@CthulhuRose]

Haha, I'm not the only one hoping he succeeds then! XD Bring forth the Bugpocalypse! :D

[@alexanderzhmurov9624]

@@CthulhuRose accurate profile name then...

[@RiotShieldMan]

"Making the mother of all omelettes, Bill! Can't fret over a few eggs!"

[@anthonyarcanumsanctumregnu9551]

Amazing as usual LH and I'm loving the sound effects :)

[@beckystrohl5539]

And yet another story that hits it's mark perfectly ☺️. Great job to writer and narrator.

[@KingRidley]

You can't write "my palms felt sweaty" if you want me to take you seriously, because every SINGLE time I'm going to think "arms spaghetti." I don't have a choice, but you do. Make the right choice.

[@mirzamay]

🤔..... What?

[@claredyj2015]

Outstanding narration every time! Born to tell stories!! 👏🏻👏🏻

[@s3audi2009]

I love me some lighthouse horror stories

[@FlowerPatchH]

This would honestly make a really cool movie probably

[@nonablouin2606]

I missed this one omg I never miss a episode Bravo great story lighthouse I always fall asleep listening to one of your stories 😴 you have calming voice

[@MrBushMan]

This is probably one of the better stories i have heard

[@frozemoments39]

Absolutely Beautifully Horrific. Bravo !

[@quetinbradley8552]

I love the war of the worlds thumbnail. That is my all time favorite movie and I first watched it at 15

[@psyxypher3881]

And this is why concentrating power in the hands of any one individual is dangerous. This is why when you're monitoring potential futures, you have multiple people doing it so they can't pull this crap.

[@susanhorn6401]

Loving this story so much as I make desserts for Easter dinner tomorrow 🙏😅🥧🍰🍓🍒🍎🍌🍊🥝🍏🙏

[@utkarsh.m7757]

I loved the story and the narration... Truly loved it.. And specially as i am an artist i could totally picture a movie going on in my head... Thank you.. And if it ever happen to be true... And i was actually listening to such message anticipating to see huge creatures while looking out my window.... I would not call you a monster... Rather i would thank you.. For showing me something new.. Something that i only wonder when i look out.. But get to see nothing happening. . .

[@hussienfatal_v_5292]

I'm just getting started and oo my dim light and a nice sip of my fav drink ahhh gotta love it 😌

[@gummybird218]

This was a really good and creative one!

[@Rick.Fleischer]

What a hoot!

[@lovealways4435]

BEST PART OF THE DAYYY❤️😁 our baby girl comes home from the Nicu tomorrow❤️ Happy Easter Lighthouse family!

[@samanthadotson5358]

Wow, this actually shook me 🥰 id take it in stride for the future

[@erictaylor5462]

17:40 Plat error. There are no woods near Reno. Reno sits on the rain shadow side of the Sierras. It's a desert. No trees, no woods. There are trees in the mountains, but they are miles and miles away from Reno. And of course a waste water treatment plant for Reno would not be up hill from Reno. That reminds me: What were Jack and Jill doing on that hill? You don't go *UP* a hill to fetch a pale of water, because you don't put a well on a hill. I don't know what they were planning, but they were not getting any water.

[@GR-bn3xj]

Man what an incredible story. You could have made a series

[@dabunnyrabbit2620]

going back to steal your keys is a paradox. if you didn't run over a pedestrian what reason would you have to go back and steal your keys in the first place. as far as an alternate time line, say you go back and steal your keys, now you have no reason to go back in time, so something would of had to have happened to create this alternate time line, something significant enough to make you go back. a better way would be to go back and make the original target take a detour and rig up a phony pedestrian, that way you will have saved them, while thinking you still hit them.

[@talesfromhickville7152]

"There comes a point in every persons life where they ask themselves. Am i a monster? Or is this what it means to be human..." - i forget

[@dat1guywithicecream]

Was the bullet sun sized or was it just really fast?

[@kampua4life]

Finally a good creepypasta after a long while

[@israelsenen8967]

Thank you for the great Video and I need more! 😁

[@richarduchiha6948]

thank you and I hope you have been well I'm excited for this one yo

[@CosmicErrata]

Chilling. Good stuff.

[@itsumayo]

27:47 You can’t fret over every egg, Jack.

[@Nutriana]

Amazing story, one of the best i heard this year ;)