Top 3 people SWALLOWED ALIVE by the forest | Missing 411 (Part 23)

100s of people go missing every year under BAFFLING circumstances inside national parks and forests across North America. 1 former police detective, David Paulides (‪@canammissingproject‬) has researched 1000's of these strange cases, and documents them in his book series called Missing 411.
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#3 -- "Many Animals" -- 1:09 -- A boy turns up in an impossible location
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[@zincminer]

When I go missing, I want MrBallen to say about me, that I was in 'great physical shape' before I was lost

[@v3ry.fvcking.c0nfus3d]

Same

[@predawka]

your pfp - new mrballen story about how an adopted daughter got stolen by a bunch of dudes in a wasteland and a traumatized drug addict collects a search party to find her

[@spiritmatter1553]

Just say I was fantastically good looking for my age!

[@maggiejane7915]

😆 ....

[@savahbejin7511]

I want him to say I was the life of the party and everyone loved me. Everyone who goes missing seems to have that personality.

[@DickLongFlop14]

The saddest day in the world is when you realize you are all caught up with mr. Ballen videos and have to wait for the next upload for more

[@treectrice9180]

Agree to the max

[@Sick_Boy]

Sad for you, but not for Mr. B or the channel 😉🍻

[@jaimehurley4476]

Amen

[@ladydove1000]

I got there and was in withdrawal lol

[@theprimalbeast6908]

Bout to start a support group.

[@doc_sav]

One under-mentioned thing about cases that fit the Missing 411 criteria - None of the people who are found alive after (mostly kids, from my readings), ever remember details of what happened afterward. The kid is never like, "I went for a walk, but then I couldn't find my way back, so I just kept walking and looking for everyone. I was walking for days, and I was so hungry and scared and cold, and I cried so hard." It's always "Oh, the animals brought me to this place and fed me for a few minutes, then you guys came and found me" or "We were hiding from the ape men and then we fell asleep inside of a log and when we woke up, the little people were looking at us from the bushes and it was really funny" or "I don't know how I got up here. All I remember is walking right here before I saw you". I get that kids can't always process traumatic events, but by the same token not every child is going to react to a situation the same way, so to me it is a bit strange that none of them have ever been able to provide any kind of cogent narrative timeline.

[@C-SD]

my friend says it must be the fae

[@corinnewolfe963]

I think sometimes it’s a matter of not being able to comprehend what happened and not being able to explain it. Like one story Mr. Ballen told a guy went camping with his kids (2 & 4) and his brother and he got shot in the head while sleeping and when the brother went to see why the one daughter was crying and not being comforted both the two and for year old kept saying “wet, wet” when they saw their uncle. They were sitting in a pool of their fathers blood. They didn’t have the words or comprehension skills to really be able to say what happened. I think that a lot of kids may just not really understand what is or was happening so they can’t tell us or it’s a lot scarier and creepier than it needs to be because their magic brains fill in the gaps they can’t figure out Edited to say I do also think strange things happen in the woods that don’t have a comprehensible answer so that’s true too as well but imo kids just see the world through story books and sometimes to be able to handle what they’ve been through they make things into fairytales (coming from someone who as a child used maladaptive daydreaming and fantasy books as an escape from childhood trauma and made my life a movie plot line in my head to deal with what I was going through)

[@UwU-xk5cx]

not all, I remember reading one about a little girl who remembered the entire time (I think it was 4 days) and said that something like she accidentaly got lost and while roaming the forest she found another girl so she called that other girl and after playing that other girl helped her survive the night, find what to eat and find the way out, she says that it was an imaginary friend but it didnt make sense how an imaginary friend knew survival tricks as what to eat and were to sleep as well as the way out, it was certainly possible that it was an imaginary friend created to cope with the fear of being alone and that the decisions she took were by luck the right ones, by luck she chose the right type of berries to eat and not some that were poisonous, by luck she chose the best places to sleep in which neither cold or predators wouldnt find her, and by luck she found a way out which wasnt easy since she got out by going through the forest a long way and not by going back to the relatively near place she initially where she initially entered, but she was in the forest for like 5 days I think and she was like 4 years old I think

[@billalreda6881]

Or all of this stories are simply fake and where made to amuse us

[@doc_sav]

@@billalreda6881 If you've looked into this at all, these are all verifiable stories that are carefully vetted. I think there are 10+ books worth. Regardless of cause, the stories are real.

[@pattibramley3911]

This channel has really convinced me to never go hiking, scuba diving, camping or camping. It’s just a good thing that I don’t do any of those things.

[@WanderingMarissa]

Extra camping for emphasis. 😂

[@tyarnold4088]

​@@WanderingMarissaI noticed that too. It's like his brain skipped with fear. Lol.

[@jengoodwyn2715]

Especially the camping!

[@snoopybrown9326]

Oh! You forgot cave diving in that list. No cave diving for sure!

[@AJH8713]

It's strange how the kids are usually found but the adults typically aren't.

[@willtobin7645]

Somethings out there we don’t understand

[@resilientspirit735]

My thoughts exactly :/

[@Bongobongobongobongo]

It's strange but I think somehow wild animals are more accepting/ willing to help younger children than adults for some reason. You always hear about children being helped by wild animals such as wolves or lions, but adults usually end up being killed. Very strange.

[@jmoney7289]

@@Bongobongobongobongo as an adult the animals know you should know better than to be in the situation you are kids they just see as like damnit okay I'll take you in

[@Thanos9378]

@@Bongobongobongobongo Actually they will eat human children,there are no rules in nature.It eat or get eaten.

[@X23CRIMZY]

He’s got the plaid shirt He’s got the backwards hat He’s got the strange dark and mysterious in story format Edit: MOMMY IM FAMOUS

[@doctorjohnsmithchloecharlo6711]

That be true

[@tararitz7005]

You forgot the strange part 😉

[@JSwanKilowJ]

it can only be one man...

[@jessicaacosta8899]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@genacrooker9768]

That's our one,only, never to be copied , wonderful, awesome incredible,best storyteller that we all 💕 love 💕Mr. Ballen !!!

[@erikgilson1687]

It's interesting to me how when kids get lost in the woods they always hallucinate being surrounded by animals that never attack them while adults hallucinate other people that they seemingly can't communicate with. I've never seen that reversed

[@CrudeConduct666]

Theres a story he told where a kid goes missing in the woods and says he heard lots of people but he was staying quiet because of the "trolls" or something weird like that

[@jackwderryiii1821]

And one girl spoke of "tramps", which I thought was oddly archaic, but i don't remember how old the case was.

[@erikgilson1687]

@@jackwderryiii1821 I think that one was from the 30s-40s tbf

[@jackwderryiii1821]

@@erikgilson1687 yeah, you"re right. It was def back in the day

[@jerryrocketandthegogogirls3517]

Probably not a hallucination man. So yeah pickle yourself on outta here boy ! 👦 boo hoo 😢 yummy yummy 😋 get on your knees and pull out your favorite candy bar to ease the pain…

[@ab935]

Stay on the trail. There is a situation where deep holes(could be mine shaft, abandoned well, or just a big hole) get filled in with branches and leaves over the years. They look like solid ground, but may give way if you step on them and then down you go, swallowed up by the earth. Tree wells are another similar hazard that happen in winter.

[@abyssmom2692]

Simple and yet one of the scariest possible outcome!

[@patrickboyle6727]

That could very well be what's happening in a lot of these

[@UncoolForYou]

The underworld's filled with lost souls. As you said stay on the path.

[@walterbrunswick]

@@flyingcow1343 right? between this and Bigfoot, Bigfoot sounds like the better option

[@eugeniaskelley5194]

Wouldn't the dogs pick up your scent.

[@ricg.4435]

Wouldn't it be nice to one day find out what happened to all these missing folks?

[@Yusa25]

yeah in the after life you can

[@ThreeEyedMonkeyMan]

They got lost

[@sunnyxiu7564]

Aliens.

[@Dram1984]

Alien bigfoots

[@mr.hanger]

@@Dram1984 ghosts of alien bigfoots

[@cedricspencer8147]

I wish every documentary was narrated by Mr. Ballen. Never a dull second.

[@alansmith109]

Now you got me thinking of MrBallen doing a collab with David Attenborough.

[@ashleyclark1746]

Facts

[@weezyano3379]

All Factz💯 I could see him in Movies Also💯💪🏿🔥 it’s something about his voice also that makes him tell the story better than anyone else💯

[@weezyano3379]

And He would Also Change The Game If He Makes his Own Documentary’s about his Intake on The Situation’s🔥🧑‍💼💯❤️ And He Always Giving Factz an the key points in the story that also makes anything he talks about interesting and your glued to your chair,sofa, an in my case the bed🤣🤦🏾‍♂️💯 Me an my wife🤣 once we put it on his channel at night we wake up early in the A.M an it played maybe 15 or 20 videos🤦🏾‍♂️💯

[@PlAiNJaNe521]

The man can tell a story.

[@Censord]

As a member of the Blackfeet tribe (our reservation is in Northern Montana). I can attest to the beauty of my home state.. and the power it holds. Things happen in the forests and national parks that can't always he explained.. People going missing, footsteps turning into deer tracks definitely not stuff to take lightly..

[@nikicarrie4071]

Thank you. Do you believe in skin walkers ? I think I possibly had an experience thank you

[@mightymidget5571]

I went to visit a friend on a reservation in Montana, and when I saw the Steen's range, I could feel the sheer power of the place. Usually where there is beauty there lies Danger and I respect anybody that can live in a place that powerful

[@sethbishop6890]

@@nikicarrie4071 what happened can you recall?

[@victoriabritton7895]

@@nikicarrie4071 I'm interested in your encounter!

[@nikicarrie4071]

@@victoriabritton7895 omg it was so scary. My daughter was about 21/2 at the time . My husband was at work. It was about 11-12 in the middle of the night. I was listening to kali MA mantra and this huge eerie hawl came right beside my window. My window was the size of the wall so it was very scary bc I was thinking it could get in somehow. I have never heard anything like that before ever. It was not normal at all. It came back a second night too. When my husband got home about 20 or 30 minutes later it stopped completely. He didn't believe me. It also tapped on my back door. I swear. It was inhuman. It was something else. I was too scared to loom but that's immediately what came to my mind . I was scared

[@kissing.herbs.]

Poor Orville. He was hyptohermic and that's why he took off his shoes and in his confused state walked off. I believe the searcher who saw him was the last person to see him alive and he could've potentially saved his life had he gone up to him, as Orville definitely died that same night due to exposure.

[@merrickmiller1224]

That's what I think happend too.

[@josephringling769]

That's not fair to that searcher. If that person didn't respond to all those physical attempts to get his attention and it was me I wouldn't have chased after him either. It was getting dark and who knows how further ahead he was. They may have been looking for 2 people instead of 1 had he risked it.

[@unknownuser8454]

@@josephringling769 He had gear and warm clothes, so y would it be 2 ppl?

[@sykotikmommy]

@unknownuser8454 what he was saying is that if the searcher who saw his tracks, then saw him, followed and tried catching up to him, that searcher could have potentially been another missing person who needed to be searched for.

[@Deadhammer218]

@@unknownuser8454 Orville CLEARLY didn't want to go back. What the searcher was supposed to do? Knock him out and carry his body throught the mountains, or follow him who-knows-where through the night and get lost too?

[@je3421]

The only thing more panic inducing than getting really lost in the woods, is losing someone else in the woods while you are out with them.

[@hoodedk9955]

Facts! I can't speak on behalf of losing a person but the first time I brought my English shepherd camping he bolted and my younger English Shepherd chased after him. I nearly had a heart attack running all over calling them, but after what felt like an hour(prob more like 5-15minutes) the little one heard me and came back with big man trailing behind her. I'm not even religious, but thank God my babies came back

[@je3421]

@@hoodedk9955 Its a truly sinking feeling in your chest, knowing theres not a magic button to locate or bring someone to you, or in your case your dog. I've also been lost with my dog, and although you arent any less lost, it doesnt feel quite so desperate when you have your sidekick, which also can get you even more lost following your dog. Lol.. There are few situations that feel like that, but it's truly good for people to go through it (getting lost and finding your way), so they understand just how small and insignificant they are, and just how vast and consuming nature is.

[@je3421]

@@hoodedk9955 Isnt it interesting though how time changes in those moments? What feels like an hour, might only be a few minutes, time seems to slow to a crawl.

[@Pinkhippo0607]

So true! I would be scarred for life!

[@whitneyferoce4870]

Yes horrific..i grew up going into the woods..took my sons all the time...one day we came across a giant rotting stump and i got closer the whole ground around it was caving in there was what i guess was a giant den or cave it was weird. If one of my sons went to it without me they would have fallen into it.

[@tajos703]

Kudos to David Paulides. He’s done a brilliant job of gathering these stories & fuelling our curiosity for these mysterious cases.

[@mopar_dude9227]

No, he has done a great job cherry picking information about cases that are easily explained so he can con people like you out of money to buy his books and movies. The guy is a complete joke in the search and rescue field. He has had seasoned search and rescue professionals get up and leave his talks because he is so ill informed on the subject. All of these cases can be explained by people making mistakes, animal attacks, and other people doing harm on the one missing. It isn’t Bigfoot or UFOs, it is just the fact that the wilderness is a very dangerous place, even for the most experienced outdoorsman, and it also a great place to hide a body.

[@tyrionp7433]

@@mopar_dude9227 we-Todd-it

[@tajos703]

@@mopar_dude9227 I didn’t say anything about the validity of what someone might ascertain from these stories as people can come up with many explanations, & I understand as many do the possibilities of related animal interaction, hypothermia, head injury, etc. I’m speaking of the wonder that we can appreciate from the unexplained. I’m sure that David Paulides questions & ideas aren’t causing trained Search & Rescue & other related supportive fields to give up or neglect their responsibilities.

[@andreaarchaeology]

@@mopar_dude9227 💯💯💯

[@BabelTruth]

@@mopar_dude9227 So he basically picked ones with strange circumstances that have valid explanations but fails to tell you said cases are resolved. His 1st documentary I wasn’t terribly impressed by. Seemed like a guy making wild assumptions about what happened. 2nd documentary “The Hunted” was actually a decent film cause you had actual search and rescue teams and law enforcement giving their experiences about these things. Supposedly David and John here are going to collaborate about certain cases. David made a video about that and came off like a total douche bag. Like he was the morally superior between himself and Mr Ballen. Think David is a bit jealous because Ballen does such a better job at telling stories. He’s gotten to 2 million subs in like 4/6 months.

[@kevinmalone3210]

Barbara's case is baffling. How can someone just disappear in plain sight? Even if a wild animal grabbed her, she would've let out a scream or yelled out. The only thing that I could think of is the guy she was with, Jim, killed her and was able to pass the polygraph test. If not, she decided to disappear on her own, and start a new life someplace else. Who knows really.

[@xxxhalo4everxxx]

even if jim killed her, how the hell would she disappear without a trace?

[@nic7864]

​@xxxhalo4everxxx i bet he killed her somewhere else then went to the trail to make his story believable.

[@frankjones3671]

Fouls plays byJim who killed her knew how's toos fools police as everyone's !! Lie detectors as wells !! As it is not reliables!!

[@snizzern4530]

I know, im the murderer

[@nofool9621]

We have these disappearances in our culture too. I am from the North-east of India and we have the same phenomenon where people just go missing in the forest and are never seen again or are seen miles and miles away and nit remember anything. They traversed huge, rugged, impossible to climb or go through places with ease and no injuries but a few scratches and are always hungry. I've known, I believe all grown-ups in my state know this. In our language, the entities that carry(we say they're carried) these people are called," Khaw Mu," which I believe is some kind of a spirit of the jungle/forest. It feeds those people with berries, larvae, sometimes tree barks, brings them to rivers to drink, carry them through huge/high rock faces, cliffs etc. which they would never be able to go through even with ropes, gears. There is an almost exact similarity between what we experienced in our culture and what these people in the US went through. I believe its the same kind of entities or spirits that does this. Crazy to think that we have similar experiences though far apart in distance, culture and places.

[@cdes1776]

Thanks for weighing in. I think stories like this from all over the world wouldn't be remiss. Not everything is about the U.S.! ...from Canada

[@ROT4RYfc3s]

Can we just appreciate that Mr. Ballen is the only KZbinr who puts his ads in a great place in-between stories instead of randomly anywhere in his videos.

[@davidbatey1932]

I don’t think it works like that

[@ROT4RYfc3s]

@@davidbatey1932 yes it does, they get to pick the amount of ads and when they're added.

[@suffertheyshall]

Yup

[@trina4205]

It’s perfect! And I appreciate it!! Markiplier does it with his ‘3 Scary Games’ series (and maybe others), it’s perfectly timed so the ad doesn’t interrupt the middle of each game. If it’s not done purposely it’s a wonderful accident lol.

[@jabhead6250]

Mr.Ballen for prez 2024

[@JakeTheVikingFranklin]

2 Million HYPEEE!! Congrats man!

[@_tim.]

hi jake

[@limitless1157]

pog

[@sugarycobra1552]

i'm happy he got here

[@Y_o_u_12]

Niceeeeee

[@gcrumps]

I recently joined and can't stop watching New best Channel

[@waterparks116]

It's so frustrating for someone on the outside of this story looking in, like myself, to understand why these people are going missing, it must be unimaginable for their families...I say a prayer after I watch these missing 411 videos.

[@michaeldoran4367]

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[@dianar.1220]

So far I have heard three stories from Mr. Ballen where children somehow travel many miles alone ending up in complete solitude claiming that they saw animals near them. This reminds me of my cousin who disappeared at the age of five for three days in a mountain. Everyone searched for him and a man miles away who didn’t know my cousin was missing, found him surrounded by plants with sharp spikes which no child could have been able to get into on his own. People rumored that it was a witch that had taken my cousin and placed him in the center of these plants. I recently asked my cousin (now an adult) what happened and he says he doesn’t remember.

[@courtneyobyrne5309]

It’s so weird that the kids are usually found in these situations but the adults are never found, usually.

[@2dogs1cajun]

If you read or watch the real 411 stories, sadly only a few children are found alive. The stories are amazing though when the children are found and where they are found.

[@nicholasbacon1215]

:)

[@KingMikey17]

@@ladycountess2972 nah, they only post like once a month

[@peytonmac1131]

Good reason to really carry a GPS on you at all times in the forest.

[@jstopes6814]

@@peytonmac1131 or to hang a lanyard with a tracking device around each kid's neck

[@tac0049]

“They were REALLY worried, so they went to bed” hahaha great friends 😂

[@feros2185]

i have been waiting for three years, please, make another video :(

[@hoosk490]

@@feros2185 He/She will one day.. one.. day

[@feros2185]

@@hoosk490 hopefully

[@michaell.8687]

rest in peace

[@KyaniMosaic_Crone]

My husband just said this is why women live longer than men 🤣

[@Frankie2012channel]

There IS an explanation for the shoeless man walking away and not reacting. When people suffer from hypothermia, they become completely lost and bewildered. They are 'out of it' and don't react to people talking or yelling at them. You have to literally grab them and pull them back with you to get them to stop walking. This is crucial because they're spiraling down into loss of body functions with the lowering of their core temperature. I saw many survival videos and they always pointed out the 'signs' of hypothermia and one of them is just the person walking and walking and not responding to people 'like they are in a daze'. I figure he walked away and off a cliff somewhere and his remains were eaten by predators.

[@jj_hoolio]

Yes, and taking shoes off while suffering from hypothermia is called paradoxical disrobing. However, the searcher said the campfire had still been warm when they found it. Seems strange to have been by a fire long enough for it to just barely burn out, then leave the campsite literally minutes before a searcher finds it. Very strange timing.

[@vansetproductions1948]

I would imagine that if that was Orville and he did have hypothermia then he wouldn't get very far. They never found any trace of him though. Although perhaps snowfall just made it too difficult...

[@DB-xe3ws]

​@jj_hoolio it's missing 411. Boots are always found but never the person lol. Most of his stories have the same theme 😂

[@Didine_007]

@@DB-xe3ws That is always the most creepiest part of The Missing 411. When clothes etc. are found folded up neatly

[@DB-xe3ws]

@@Didine_007 😄

[@mattchambers8413]

I wish Mr Ballen would go back to the Missing 411 stories. It's crazy to me that he gives David such a great boost, but if you watch David's channel you'll see that he is not a fan of being mentioned. Word of mouth, Dave...that's good business

[@azlucky1762]

When I was out training for wilderness firefighting, a guy stumbled out of the woods when we were going down a trail. He said he'd been lost in the woods for 3 days, seemed really happy to find us, he tagged along with us as we were heading back at the time. We offered him some water & a MRE. I'll never forget how relieved he sounded when he saw us and came over. This was way out in the woods near Mount Hood, Oregon.

[@yourinnerlawyer4035]

What happened?

[@cliffordpogue4280]

I'm from Oregon and can confirm you will get lost quick af out there

[@creator4413]

@@cliffordpogue4280 can also confirm! I generally try to do that though

[@digitalwayfarer7404]

I hate to tell you this, but that was a Bigfoot pretending to be a human. They impersonate us sometimes so they can get free MREs and granola bars and stuff. You got conned.

[@Christina-71]

Check out David Paulides KZbin channel, Missing CanAm Project. He just did a video on several of the many strange disappearances on Mt. Hood.

[@petestanly7612]

I live in Washington and my childhood friend/neighbor is a missing 411 victim. Was at an outdoor party. Got completely naked except a fanny pack with basic survival gear. Walked into the woods and was never seen again. They found her tracks which randomally just stopped like she flew away. The whole night she was telling people "I can fly" you can look up her case her name is maureen Leianuhea aka anu kelly missing from cougar washington. I still am her neighbor and am reminded of her every day when I drive home and pass her memorial. You should do a video on her

[@marquismcghee]

You have to message him directly... to bring it to his attention Sorry to hear about your friend... I can't imagine what the neighborhood and everyone close to her went through

[@johnlime2610]

Was she on drugs

[@chriscosby1561]

@@johnlime2610 of course she was on drugs 😂

[@chriscosby1561]

Was probably somebody at the party Washington got alot of fucked up people there.

[@Mochi._.i]

That poor man in the last story was so obviously hypothermic and in some sort of trance state because of it. He died that night, I'm convinced. He came so close to being rescued.

[@happykt]

As a veteran in the U.S. Army, who camped many of time when I was younger, it always stuns me when people go camping, hiking or hunting alone, or hike/hunt around dusk. Going out in the wilderness in suboptimal circumstances is setting yourself up for failure (injury or death). I haven't hiked in awhile but if I do, I will have a whistle, a fixed blade camp knife (like an Esee Izula or Mora), a full sized Swiss Army Knife with a saw, knife, a fully charged phone, a map, a compass, trail markers, Bic lighter, firestick, food, water, emergency blanket, and will be dressed appropriately. I would also never hike by myself, not only because I am female, but because its just foolish to risk your life like that.

[@michaeldoran4367]

PEENUS FLAVORED SPORTS DRINK. LOGAN PAUL COMES OUT WITH A PEENUS FLAVORED DRINK AND SELLS TO HOMOSEXUALS! MASSIVE VEINY KOK ON THE LABEL. ONLY INGREDIENTS ARE PEENUS SWEAT AND GROUND PUBES!

[@michaeldoran4367]

Peenuses dangling down like a rain forest. Hundreds of dangling peenuses. Monkey runs and jumps off a cliff qand grabs a peenus! The monkey swings and jumps from peenus to peenus and goes across the whole forest off flaccid peenuses

[@gabiparadisee6112]

me and my anxiety are huge fans of the strange, dark and mysterious delivered in story form👏🏽

[@August_loves_rats]

Same

[@lilylegacy3362]

Lol same

[@numget620]

Same

[@mikemuller59405]

I hear that!!🤣

[@JB-hh5rw]

Hahaha samee

[@MelaNone]

These stories are the highlight of my week, 3, 4, sometimes even 5 times.

[@DefilarTheGreat]

Clever girl...

[@morganbarfield108]

Every story you’ve told about hunting, hiking, camping etc has taught me to never be an avid hunter, hiker, camper and god forbid if you know the land incredibly well, be going there for years, you’re definitely going to disappear. It seems the people who never hunt, hike or camp seem to be found safe with nothing wrong but if you’re an “avid” any of these, you’re done.

[@nikicarrie4071]

Same. God loves fools its been said

[@yourfavoritgremlin]

I've been hunting since I was 4 years old and I absolutely refuse to go hunting alone cause 1 I'm a female and 2 the woods is absolutely terrifying.

[@lisahinton9682]

Once again, you've had me glued to the stories as you tell them. You've got a gift. We all appreciate you so much.

[@omirg23]

It sucks when it remains a mystery. Can’t even imagine for the families.

[@treectrice9180]

I. NEED. CLOSUUUUUURRRRRE.

[@DavidMartinez-ju3eh]

Yes

[@ladycountess2972]

Omg girl if u like scary channels check out RezTKF his channel is amazing an his voice is perfect for horror narration 💯🔥👍👍

[@nicholasbacon1215]

gg for the family's

[@Brain200]

@@nicholasbacon1215 how is it good game for the families are you ok?

[@alliehunter6092]

This dude deserves so much appreciation for his constant videos👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@MrBallen]

Hahaha thankyou Allie!!!!

[@alliehunter6092]

@@MrBallen of course! You deserve it!!

[@jeradwheeler1324]

@allie hunter true that🤞🏼

[@carlovincetti4538]

Bummer I think I have seen them all now. In less than a month.

[@pipfox7834]

thanks for the stories. A BIG thankyou for continuing to give Dave Paulides Missing 411 research a plug, its important that his findings on weird events are better known.

[@mirrrstery]

This is by far my fav series not just on this channel but on KZbin. Easily. It's so fascinatingly horrifying and just peaks my curiosity. Thanks for the quality content Mr. Ballen!!

[@blackswangothika8920]

Honestly ive lived in the woods for over 30 yrs and as much as i love to hike and camp, theres always a little voice in me that is always reminding me to always plan for anything unforseen.

[@ml8117]

SAME!

[@Daevoz]

All you gotta do is accept that anything & everything is always subject to change no matter where or what just always

[@SynnJynn]

Smart... cause most of these stories end bad cause of over cconfidence

[@masterreaper115]

a good tip for hiking/anything in the wild, it sounds hoakey but NEVER disrespect mother nature. I dont care how much youve trained in survival or how well you prepared/packed dont EVER think that you can handle anything. There are 411 cases of career rangers and marines that spent 20+ years hiking the same area of woods who then vanished in it.

[@blackswangothika8920]

@@masterreaper115 i totally agree. Never try to predict, outsmart or play with mother nature. Respect the life who dwell in it and the paths of those before you.

[@medalz-_-]

Everybody gangster until the strange, dark, and mysterious is delivered in story format

[@df1phantom]

😂😤 right!

[@robertbamza7253]

I never want to go camping again 😭

[@pacc9116]

thanks for making me smile

[@justinmordini7627]

Facts 😂

[@cainross4097]

Stop stealing other people’s comments for likes

[@sewerwat3r]

still rewatching these and the changes the channel has made is incredible! and it just keeps getting better from here?! happy belated new year!

[@theequalizer9154]

Sometimes, a large animal attack is so quick you cannot shout out and they do drag you off. Or, when someone wants to disappear on their own, they can do it. There have been cases where there were Mass searches for missing persons, and some decades later, some of those missing persons were discovered, living a different life.

[@synthelia7564]

So I'm watching this with my mom, and for the second story we were so confused as to why the dogs didn't pick up her scent at ALL. Like not even up until the spot where Jim claims she disappeared. To this, my mom said, "What if she never even made it to the hike?"

[@christwarrior8899]

Yes, I've read some comments that are coming to this conclusion as well, I concur.......

[@anyssachorvat7]

Also him being very cooperative and taking the polygraph test doesn’t really prove anything to me. Polygraph tests aren’t reliable and if this guy did kill her, there’s a possibility that he could trick the test and pass. It did seem like he was responsible for her disappearance.

[@ollielynch4733]

Anyssa Chorvat agreed, I don’t like to make assumptions but the fact he was so willing to take a polygraph makes me think he already knew how to manipulate these already unreliable tests.

[@kgmsosa8230]

dat Jim guy killed her Source: jus trust me

[@TheGreatBeheado]

@@kgmsosa8230 Just stop. You aren't funny or edgy.

[@duoblox6927]

I love how everyone is watching this right now and nobody has finished

[@traviscook5144]

I can’t unread that

[@xxhitormissxx2370]

and I'm sure someone already found the secret. that challenge has been added to my bucket list

[@MrBallen]

Hope y'all enjoy it!!!!

[@shay2218]

💜

[@cleoharper1842]

@@traviscook5144 Hahahaha yeah me too

[@StarlitMoss]

Would like to hear more of these about strange creatures. It's really odd that we just sometimes see people taken by these things that we know nothing about. It makes me wonder what else we may have not discovered yet.

[@cdes1776]

I've been scrutinizing my thoughts on events like this and how *SO* many people report these occurrences, especially the idea of "portals" in dense forest. Indeed, there is so much more unknown/unseen than we can imagine.

[@michaeldoran4367]

Peenuses dangling down like a rain forest. Hundreds of dangling peenuses. Monkey runs and jumps off a cliff qand grabs a peenus! The monkey swings and jumps from peenus to peenus and goes across the whole forest off flaccid peenuses

[@michaeldoran4367]

​@@cdes1776NAKED MAN IN SPANDEX PANTS SHOWS THE BULGE TO THE YOGA INSTRUCTOR! THE WHOLE YOGA CLASS TAKES TURNS POKING THE BULGE WITH STICKS AND OTHER ITEMS. BIG KOK AND BALLS CURLED UP INSIDE YOGA PANTS

[@Soundofsilver2007]

What’s scary is how many of these kidnappers and killers who haven’t been caught, have sat and watched similar videos/docs of their victims.

[@michaeldoran4367]

PEENUS FLAVORED SPORTS DRINK. LOGAN PAUL COMES OUT WITH A PEENUS FLAVORED DRINK AND SELLS TO HOMOSEXUALS! MASSIVE VEINY KOK ON THE LABEL. ONLY INGREDIENTS ARE PEENUS SWEAT AND GROUND PUBES!

[@ankylosaruswrecks3189]

These people are all just getting lost on their way to Bell's Canyon and they need some directions.

[@jkash2614]

And no matter how many times they ask, they get no answer.

[@LTPottenger]

underrated comment

[@cheekymarmoset]

SCREAMING

[@tberry79]

Man, I’ve watched a lot of MrBallen’s videos, but I don’t get the Bell’s Canyon references. Does anyone have a link to it they can share?

[@highandtight5544]

DO YOU KNOW HOW TO GET TO BELLS CANYON?

[@kingkongkoda]

I can’t believe people find the secret in your videos. I’m wayyy too into the story. My favorite channel by far 🙌🏼

[@cleoharper1842]

Yeah I gave up on that a long time ago. I'd rather have the story but even my concentration is old.

[@jamescook5487]

Same

[@earthwaterfall1498]

I'm too busy listening and reading comments.

[@Pocketsx]

Hi king Kong Koda 😊

[@jessicahenry222]

Lol me too!

[@kaitlyntackett3100]

I LOVE hearing stories about Montana. I know I shouldn't enjoy these ones as much, but being born and raised here it makes me dive deeper into what's happened in the state. Thank you MrBallen!

[@thank_goodnessXXX]

I love listening to these stories while on my lunch break, sitting outside in a little wooded area that we have just adds to the creepiness feeling 😁

[@thegallimimusman8069]

Why do I feel like this guy would be a great history teacher

[@stephanieclark1487]

100% I agree as a person with a history degree.

[@freakyhorrorghoul]

At this point people should just stop saying “No way they could go there, lets head back.” After all of these cases of people being found miles away

[@lydiapool1656]

So waste time and resources, looking in spots where 99.9% of time nobody could be there. Ya, waste time looking in those spots losing valuable time looking for them in legit locales. Smart. Ur genius

[@MichaelBrandonMcCartney]

@@lydiapool1656 99.9% aren't found where people THINK they will. They're lost remember. Even if true, just f*** the .1%? Lots are found miles away from what was assumed. Why be rude to someone who wasn't & had a point

[@stevegoldstein3402]

@Eternal Cowboy that’s Tim Poole

[@lethimdohisworkforyou1177]

@@MichaelBrandonMcCartney Yeah but nobody in real life thinks like that, only where it's highly likely that they will find someone is where they would go, not some big hill/mountain where they most likely aren't there. Also these are some cases across the entire country not everyplace is like these situations.

[@MichaelBrandonMcCartney]

@@lethimdohisworkforyou1177 yes, you're right in most cases people go downhill (the path of least resistance) but a lot of times in the case of kids they constantly underestimate the distance they can go as well as the rugged terrain they write off as impossible for them, yet we see it happen. I understand the most logical places being most important to deploy your resources though. Some should be set aside for the most unlikely though. Desperate situations make people do what they normally couldn't

[@karolinamura]

John, this playlist is my favorite to listen while sleeping and here I am again at the end of it, still listening while drinking my coffee. Thank you for covering 411 subject and doing this with such efficiency and talent. The legend of storytelling

[@traceybeerling4776]

Hi John another bunch of great stories . I just love your channel it's amazing. Thanks for sharing with us love to you as always Tracey 💕 UK xxx

[@keving.8353]

I nominate him for a permanent host for "Unsolved Mysteries." Robert Stack would be proud!!!

[@ricktherrien8235]

Hey good call. He would be the only one who could ever replace Rob.

[@trixiecox6433]

Really good call.

[@2Bad4YOUuu]

Aye! I'd watch that! 😄👍

[@jamesreney2210]

John could also easily replace the late, Dennis Farina, in the role that, Dennis, did such a fine job of doing for several years before his own untimely death,

[@wally6398]

OH SHIT! Thats a good idea.

[@moonriver3390]

I don't understand why anyone would “dislike” MrBallen 🤷‍♀️

[@andrewlawton9440]

It is the family of the like button.

[@christopherbrown7766]

They hate'em cause they aint him

[@angelatheriault8855]

Of course no one actually dislikes MrBallen! The dislikes are from absent-minded people who have accidentally hit the wrong button by mistake.

[@oAgL214]

They wish they were as cool as him!

[@tallpaska5913]

@@angelatheriault8855 They then went caving or hiking...

[@rinsedpie]

This Barbara Bolick story has been a mystery for so long, I first heard about it 5 7 years ago; Jim could never be considered as suspect? Why?

[@issacwubbena2616]

Bro quite literally explained it in the video.

[@rinsedpie]

@@issacwubbena2616 explained how? Jim just merely said hey i didnt know i was with her and then not with her

[@vontx299]

Been binge watching foe the last couple weeks. Good work and thank you for your service

[@jacobgonzales6830]

Anybody else like the video as soon as they click on it with out even listening first because they know they're going to love it like all the others?

[@treectrice9180]

Yessir

[@TheBoxergirl03]

Absolutely...every time 😎

[@hayleyhughes2870]

Then you should be in the missing 411 books, because you're lost friend! Hahaha

[@crazycatladyoftullamore5176]

Always!

[@srice8959]

Every time just to make sure I don’t forget to do it

[@BushidoMusicOfficial]

MrBallen should have a spotify because of the quality and fluency of his stories

[@abbiekriticos1199]

That would be siiiick

[@luckyhands4995]

Yes plz

[@culturebreath369]

Everyone should like your comment.

[@ryangarcia5684]

Pin this

[@chuckiecowley1372]

Please do it

[@serenam.6385]

YES! I love seeing the Canam Missing Project out there like this!

[@phlebgrl6064]

One of the things that makes your show unique is that you don’t usually use pop culture movie references like most of the other channels on KZbin. Please keep doing your story shows just as they are, and you are phenomenal!

[@lludmilla]

Who else thinks scary stories and missing 411 are THE best ones? Such a story telling talent that leaves me paranoid for the next 5 days! Lol

[@spiritualtaurus7942]

Yep, been waiting for Mr Ballen to do more missing 411, been ages.👍

[@TheAshleighash]

THE best!

[@oatlord]

Almost all the 411 stories boil down to poor initial search response, possibly lies or incorrect information from single witnesses, or some form of mental issue in suspect. There's like only 1 or 2 of the stories that I've heard are legitimately spooky.

[@imrighthere1643]

@@oatlord then you haven't been listening long enough

[@oatlord]

@@imrighthere1643 been a reader of 411 stories since the first book. I'm pretty skeptical of most of them. A ton are "so and so was with so and so who says the other person just vanished!!!! How is that possible?"

[@coopermikesell8931]

He is probably the best I’ve ever heard tell stories

[@jhonwayne1003]

Will have to agree, he needs a series on Netflix Or Discovery channel.

[@alysonminica1988]

Definitely agree. I love listening to his content on the way to work during my 1hour drive

[@bluelazyprofileguy1122]

@@jhonwayne1003 I think so too

[@Lvrzaubrey]

I know!!!!!

[@Courtrhebekah]

He needs a haircut. He looks like an insurrectionist.

[@katiebeganovic3091]

I come to my boys school carpool line an hour early sometimes an hour & a half, with everything going on I want to get my kids as soon as possible, watching you’re videos really helps me pass the time; it’s my favorite time of the day knowing I can sit & watch you’re videos and take a moment to relax! Thank you 😊

[@ciscoescobar3413]

What more could you ask for. He's the whole package, when it comes to storytelling. U ROCK MAN!

[@tameramorrison8966]

This just dropped and the masses are here! It's like we're all getting together. Thanks, Mr. Ballen.❤

[@MrBallen]

Thank you Tamera!!!

[@lisalalonde7051]

Yes, I totally agree! nothing brings people together like the “stories with your friends around the camp fire” vibe MrBallen is so great at giving people through his awesome videos.

[@sillylilly4794]

I can just see us all around the camp fire while he tells a story. In the morning we all crawl out of the same tent grateful we had him to protect us. haha

[@ghornet1599]

I get nightmares from these vids, but i am STILL ADDICTED

[@ladycountess2972]

Youd love RezTKF 💕

[@killintime8431]

It happens

[@aliciajodi]

Lmao same. I thought something was watching me from outside randomly

[@killintime8431]

Oh my gosh that is scary scary stuff

[@chillwithtee9636]

I get anxiety 😩😂😂

[@ijmcnaught]

I am hooked lol missing 411 has always peaked my interest, so thankful I discovered Mr Ballen, glad he's got a big audience so more people hear about these curiosities, people go missing a lot

[@Bruuba]

Dear John, please make more of these. These are my favs!

[@aeonfluxcapacitor77]

I can imagine running a channel that requires you to research a lot is tough, but thank you nonetheless. You have a gift, and I appreciate your sharing with us.

[@alansmith109]

He really does have a gift of telling the strange, dark, and mysterious in story format doesn't he?

[@HellsFireChick]

David Paulides has done the painstaking research, on all of these 411 cases. Mr. Ballen has a wonderful spoken word presentation.~

[@montanamike7948]

I'm kinda sick of all the brown nosers kissing this guys ass.

[@rustinstardust2094]

The third story reminds me of a missing persons case which took place in the city. A woman - normal, had a job, house, fiancé etc. - disappeared while heading to the bank. Her car was found in the parking lot, but no sign of her. Her fiancé was being interrogated, her family was suspicious, etc... A *month* later she was found living among the homeless, looking homeless herself. She didn't know who she was, and doctors found evidence of head trauma from around the time she'd disappeared. They'd found some of her blood or DNA on a large rock or broken wall in the bank parking lot she'd disappeared from. They figured she must have been assaulted, hit in the head and that was how she lost all sense of who she was and ended up being homeless. I wonder if that last guy could have endured something similar. And I wonder how many homeless people started out as just regular people who got hit in the head and forgot who they were...

[@Amar1338]

Excellent point

[@h91rex100]

Im still curious who the mystery person was walking around at night barefoot. If it was orville and hed just forgotten his name as a result of head trauma, hed still respond to someone yelling for him and firing off a gun. Unless the accident somehow left him deaf

[@Lordoftheswollen]

Taking clothes off is usually a sign of hypothermia but he had just made a fire. Seems like whoever it was was trying to avoid detection.

[@brianfigueroa4752]

That sounds very similar to Mr. Ballens "Emily Upp" Story.

[@finished6267]

Ugh. Really?

[@greyscout01]

I appreciate that you, unlike other channels, give due credit to Missing 411 and David Paulides. It made me an instant fan.

[@liamf2367]

Can you please do more of these if there are more stories this is my favorite series love the channel 🖤

[@danishdutchdeadly1198]

Mr. Ballen: "The forest swallows." Me: *Immediately goes camping*

[@Hold.My.Tacoss]

😭 hell yeah

[@defjam137]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@albinomacedo1503]

That’s all i need to know

[@connorrhino3083]

Ur done for

[@suzannebertussi3370]

You animal!

[@TTatham]

Who would think listening to someone talking is one of the most interesting things on youtube these days

[@kaydiglawson7767]

Don't be jealous you didn't think of it.

[@HistoryBuff1973]

Thomas, YT has become a garbage pile. It's nice to find something not bashing Men, not related to politics, not related to the environment, just a great job telling a creepy set of stories that make you think. I love channels like this.

[@nickallison420]

@@HistoryBuff1973 i agree

[@Fayleafowl]

We have time plus he is entertaining.

[@jkash2614]

I usually hate listening to people talking. But these vids are great! 🤔🤷🏼‍♀️

[@angrycat943]

The last story of the shoeless man could be a case of a sudden episode of schizophrenia, sometimes adults that are prompt to this mental condition aren't even aware and all of the sudden can get confused, hear voices, etc, and easily get lost. Actually many homeless are people lost from their families that could have a mental condition. I know a story of a young man in Tijuana that went out for a run, he was perfectly normal, and he disappeared. Six months later, he was recognized as looking like a homeless al dirty in the street, he even had dreadlocks in his hair, the family took them to a mental hospital and he got fully recovered.

[@cdes1776]

Why does everyone automatically jump to 'it's mental illness or psychosis'? When we simply can't explain an event it's likely logical or 'the mysterious' as we like to say here.

[@lindareese4579]

Thank you for your stories..your a wonderful story Teller...

[@Sophie-gj1mt]

If a child vanishes into the forest, it’ll be: 1. In some remote national park 2. Within seconds/and or under impossible circumstances 3. They’ll be a HUGE search that turns up nothing. Until days later, the searchers, either many miles away/in a location impossible to reach for the child, they’ll be found 4. They won’t remember anything

[@sarahmoon-sapp1195]

And that about sums it up

[@chantellebishop8541]

But whyyy?! It’s always refreshing when they are found 😭🙏🏼

[@gypsyrose8485]

They ussually end up under a pile of dirty clothes, under the staircase... True story about my neighbor, the whole search n rescue team including a hellicopter was on duty..... about 7 hours later. The first line of this sentence occured

[@sableempire9654]

Lol. True in the Southern Hemisphere as well.

[@linseyc.6602]

@sophie yes so true! And... 5. The dogs can't find any scent 6. There was no evidence of them in the location they went missing at

[@kristophsayavedra7985]

David Paulides is a fascinating person - everyone who checks out a video on missing 411 cases should certainly check his channel out after.

[@surfpsych]

CanAm Missing Project ✔

[@oliviatree]

Paulides ignores a lot of pedestrian facets to disappearances to make sure every case fits his Big Spooky conclusions, however. He's fun, not as much fun as Mr. Ballen, but just be aware.

[@gm2353]

@@oliviatree please elaborate on David Paulides "ignoring many pedestrian facets of the investigation".

[@KristyAnn143]

Does anyone else who watches David’s videos have a broken heart for him losing his son? My heart hurts for him still and I think of him and Ben often. What a bond they had. How strong of David to continue on so soon after his tragic loss.... blessings and prayers to the paulides family, losing a child is hard enough losing one to suicide is absolutely unbearable 💔

[@douglasnyquist2933]

@@gm2353 he's not about embellishments that really gives the feelings of being there. He also doesn't have voice intonation and hand gestures. That being said his site and stories are fantastic.

[@tobybeasley2079]

--- - I love your show ....your my favorite story teller....your a terrific speaker ....thanx !

[@AverMiller]

I love these stories, ther are so spooky and interesting the way you describe them in so much detail!

[@kevincampbell9526]

I'm still hungover from the 'stray cat king'.

[@ericgregory5449]

agreed might be my favorite mrballen video ever😂 just kept getting better

[@Nobe_Oddy]

BUAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!

[@bgee461]

Been dodging that one for a few days, will watch ...

[@mrsbets8112]

I still haven't seen it, the reason is I had to go through All the videos I didn't watch

[@certified_pinapple_cookie6044]

69th like 😏

[@megantwining9221]

Please make a podcast that’s like an hour long because I listen to these while working as a janitor and I’d love to just hear you talk about the STRANGE DARK AND MYSTERIOUS for hours

[@HAZYHEAUX]

Same!! lol and I work as a janitor too 😊🤗

[@NonBathingApe6969]

I work in the custodial arts. Janitors, they are nothing 😆

[@HAZYHEAUX]

@@NonBathingApe6969 i like to call myself a custodial engineer 😂😂

[@NonBathingApe6969]

@@HAZYHEAUX hahaha

[@___.__._.Ayla._.__.___]

Y’all are so cute, thank you for your service. Janitors are unsung heros ☺️

[@jenncoppes1260]

Nobody can tell a story like Mr Ballen!! I wish you would make more long stories. I've seen everything you've done already!!! Yeppers, I'm hooked!!

[@tmg06d]

I just finished this entire series. Loved it. More please!

[@fleshylattice]

I think the guy in the second story killed Barbara. Maybe he never even took her there and that’s why they couldn’t find her scent, something is wrong with that story...

[@stoiccrane4259]

Yeah, just sounds completely off. If she fell into a ravine or something the search party should've been able to see it.

[@Haza371]

Yeah, if even several sniff dogs can't pick up her scent, in forest where there are less disturbing scents and the track being being fresh, she wasn't there to begin with

[@KDu400]

Agreed!

[@ChickenFerLei]

I agree!! She was with this guy, not her husband, and then goes missing? Come on....

[@kanapki4368]

Maybe she saw something then climbed a tree an had a heart attack an that's why the dog lost the scent

[@BnBLion.]

The weirdest trend of 411 cases are they always seem to take their shoes off, especially in the snow

[@erinp4121]

Hypothermia

[@cali.girllivinnnevada8]

yep that’s true hypothermia makes you feel the sensation of warmth so you tend to takeoff your clothes.

[@jillianc7485]

@@cali.girllivinnnevada8 True, however, a person would literally be incapable of traveling more than a few hundred yards if their hypothermia were in that late of a stage. They would be very close to death- which is why it doesn’t make sense that those ‘stripped’ clothes are never found near the body

[@nicholasbacon1215]

you don't?

[@SicFromTheKush]

@@jillianc7485 define 'near', but if youre right and its all like 400 metres/yards away from the body, maybe not hypothermia. The weird part is when the shoes are arranged or set up neatly, thats something else

[@corazonandarilho]

Gratitude for all the conversions 💛 People from the rest of the world appreciate it greatly.

[@RH-tv9hk]

Shame on the investigators who ruled out Jim just because he stuck with his story and took a polygraph. Unfortunately I don't think this is uncommon.

[@jenniferb.awesome]

Exactly! I think he did something to her and dumped her body before getting to the hiking trail. That would explain why the tracking dogs couldn't pick up her scent anywhere on the trail or even at the beginning of the trail.

[@svoboda7466]

If the dogs did not pick up her scent, she was not there.

[@svoboda7466]

@@jenniferb.awesome Yes, exactly!

[@RH-tv9hk]

@@svoboda7466 that is not necessarily true.

[@geralddorrian100]

I’m a fan of the normal, light, and obvious delivered in a sing song voice

[@treectrice9180]

I love this comment... This is me as well, but I keep turning to Mr Ballen like an addict

[@bonehead007]

watch a sitcom..lol

[@bigbrisk8423]

Lmfaoo if ballen does a musical episode ima die

[@calebmurie3051]

Lol a very underrated comment

[@ryanshawmont]

Check out That Chapter Mikey sings a beautiful song theertey tree times brighter

[@kellyjames5125]

Its wild how easily you can get turned around. I went hunting with my dad and young son one morning, we had marked the trail to the blind and knew the area well, and even though it was still dark we parked pretty close to where we were hunting, and it was pretty much a straight shot. It was maybe 1000m walk to the blind. The trail we had marked was through the woods, but it wasn't super dense or brushy. Easy woods. We wanted to make it as easy as possible to get to the blind because it was my son's first hunting trip. All of a sudden the marks we had set up were just gone and we were like in a completely foreign area and the brush was suddenly so thick we could hardly walk through. We stopped right there and went back to try to find the last marker, because they were so close together we couldn't have been more than 10 feet from it. Nothing. It was like everything around us was brand freaking new. We ended up in a huge clearing I had never seen trying to make our way back in the dark to our marked trail. My dad was saying how this doesn't make any sense because it looked like a clearing he'd seen pretty far from where we were when he was scouting the place, but it felt like we had only been walking for maybe 800m at that point. After what felt like 15 minutes, but was actually close to an hour, we were in yet another clearing with the sun coming up. We just sat down and I remembered I had dropped a pin on the blind on my Google maps. Duh. I opened it up and we were SO FAR from the blind it was ridiculous. We had actually managed to somehow circle all the way around it and were like a mile away. My main focus had been keeping eyes on my son (having heard enough missing 411 stories) I was physically holding on to his jacket collar, while my dad led us through the briar and impossibly thick trees. At one point, because I had the map on my phone, I went a little bit ahead (maybe 10 feet) with my son and when a turned around my dad was just gone. The sun was up at this point. What the HELL. I called out for him and he was like 30 feet away in the wrong direction. We found the blind and sat there for a while but I'm sure whatever noise we made scared any deer away, so we started back for the truck after about an hour and a half. On the walk back, because the sun was up, kept an eye out for the missing markers so we could replace them so we wouldn't get lost again the next day. My dad figured some teens or something probably moved them as a joke. THEY WERE ALL THERE. Plain as day. We couldn't even find the super dense area we stumbled upon. Just the same easy peasy forest we expected.

[@carrielombardi3317]

This is actually very terrifying to me. I avoid camping and hiking because of this shiz. My Dad was a Hunter's Safety instructor for like 30 years. It happens more than anyone realizes.

[@dlbstl]

That is a nightmare. You should contact David and John about it. Thanks for sharing. Your story is so interesting.

[@brujachingona2175]

THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME!!!!! Reading or listening to Missing 411 stories, the most seasoned, experienced people, who've taken all the precautions, are armed, marked trails, carrying plenty of provisions, end up disappearing altogether or found dead months later. Absolutely terrifying! Thank you for keeping your dad and son safe! Your forethought and caution kept all y'all alive.

[@khaztheconfuser1466]

Blame the Fae

[@ASMR-soothingsounds]

Wise you kept a hold of your young son at all times during the hike in...

[@daren9774]

Love your videos man. The most bizarre stories I’ve ever heard

[@favJ-qq2ef]

Mr ballen, we love these missing 411 and i wish they carried on :( they are what got me hooked on your channel and your storytelling never fails to put a clear picture of the whole scene in my head, no other youtuber has done, we all miss these videos please maybe some more :)

[@snizzern4530]

Let me kidnap some kids, he'll be making new 411 content shortly

[@michaeldoran4367]

MEATY KOK WHIPPED OUT ON A PUBLIC BUS. HUGE GIRTHY HOG SEEN BY A SEARCH PARTY

[@jaywa101]

Id like to know wtf is up with 821 people who dis-like these brilliantly told, fascinating, engrossing and quirky stories. MrBallen is a likeable guy, a really talented story-teller in the truest tradition with a voice like liquid gold that is both comforting and colorful to the ear. Keep doing what you do so well John. You're already a legend.

[@NotAJ-yn3xe]

Beware of the bots

[@matthewnewton301]

Its probably because so many people..for one reason or another..have the attention spans of a curious Flea...Like alot of today's Social Mediocrity wannabes..they're probably Jealous...Mr B...draws you in..holds your attention and informs..in such a likeable and interesting way...for me.. hes the Cats whiskers..when it comes to his story telling...its a genuine skill to amass...so many..in such a relatively short time..4mill+..tells you all you need to know.😊👍

[@realtsarbomba]

Maybe because sometimes he seems to unnecessarily keep dragging on..

[@samsupercreature2006]

make that 990 dislikes

[@no_peace]

It's probably because missing 411 is total BS. But it counts as engagement anyway. I would doubt he feels hurt by it and it doesn't hurt the channel

[@murphyking79]

I had a cousin who vanished in the wilderness. They NEVER found him. My family said one min he was there helping pick up sticks next minute he was just gone. The family searched for years other people helped for about 2 weeks. To this day family does not know what happened to him.

[@guyinpajamapants6892]

Sorry for your loss.

[@Michigan1]

That sucks!!! When its a kid - FR I go in the woods w my kids (quite a bit) - Never let a single one outta my sight, i dont let them play by the tree lines (if were by the water or something) - just how ya gotta be

[@charliehustle9726]

I had a niece and nephew who got lost in the woods and was abducted by a crazy old lady who I guess was on the adrenochrome tip luckily my nephew was calm and didn't panic and left a trail of bread crumbs and ended up pushing the old hag in her oven and they escaped with there life's

[@captainsmuffins540]

@@charliehustle9726 lol sounds like a story I heard growing up but on a real note tho, I’m happy they’re safe

[@charliehustle9726]

@@captainsmuffins540 yeah it made the news his name was hansard her name was gretchen the hag was clinton no that's not right it was Hillary but yeah it was a tramatic event the damned thing about was the hags cottage was made of candy

[@kingsoren2010]

My first thought when I read the topic....sinkhole. Love the way you tell stories. So immersive. You make me feel like I'm sitting across the table from you, drinking my favorite cup of coffee with my undivided attention. Actually, that's what I'm doing right now.

[@xtscarfacem8255]

These missing 411 stories got me hooked!!

[@Endymion766]

the story about Barbara is really sad, its like she never existed and was always just a fake memory in people's heads that knew her. Literally just poofed from existence.

[@masonarcher2998]

Hear me out on this, but to your point, what if this happens (people disappearing) because a past timeline was changed resulting in some people vanishing from existence? Literally no idea how that could happen, but I’m afraid our world is far stranger than most can imagine. Anyways, just a thought to roll around.

[@Endymion766]

@@masonarcher2998 thats an interesting concept. It could explain things like the Mandela effect.

[@georgiosmoraitis3102]

Or...taken..for some reason !!

[@CarassiusAu]

@@masonarcher2998 Doesn’t that mean Barbara’s belongings would vanish too? All the money she earned should be gone as well

[@Xerxzes]

@@masonarcher2998 if that happened then the people wouldn't remember her

[@ahmedsido5838]

When you leave all that you're doing to just watch Mrballen then you know it's good youtube content.

[@karloneill1291]

@@maxboya why hate, if you don’t like don’t watch never mind comment.

[@Venomous734]

@@maxboya lol... You're so full of s***! Before giving life advice too total strangers you know nothing about while flexing your superior intelligence because you watch "magnesium chemical adaption videos", it's critical you fix the following mistakes.... Your watch history is full of Mr Ballen videos, your comment history is all Mr Ballen videos, there is not one title on KZbin related to "magnesium chemical adaption", did you mean 'adaptation'? Get over yourself, you're not as superior as you think.

[@lizzierose8809]

Coming back to watch the missing people series because I find them so interesting, I'd love to see some new ones MrB

[@Jokus2509]

The first thought I had after hearing that Donna felt sick and Jim still wanted to go was "Oh, so he poisoned Donna and is going to kill Barbara somewhere, great ...". Maybe it's because not long ago there was a story on here were a psychopath killed his mother-in-law in an elaborate scheme, but as a police officer I would've definitely spend some more time focusing on Jim.