Top 3 IMPOSSIBLE places people were found | Missing 411 (Part 13)

[@Lineandsinker87]

11:44 Freddie gonna get ya

[@kimsimmons7340]

Noice man

[@ncrpmovies8360]

Bro

[@Thefortniteking12345]

WAIT WHATTT I WAS FIRST!!!!

[@caydenmarty6290]

it was uploaded 5 minutes ago. How did you find it at 11:44. Thats not how time works

[@ronanstewart1248]

I'm 2 minutes late nooooooooooooooooo

[@Thedude2283]

Things I’ve learned from Mr. Ballen, 1. Stay away from the woods 2. Stay away from swamps 3. Don’t go in caves 4. Don’t go scuba diving 5. Don’t go hiking 6.Don’t go scuba diving in caves, the woods or in a swamp while hiking

[@RecklessGenesis]

And still bad things happen in cities , just as much risk

[@123thebasics]

😄😄🤣🤣🤣🤣ROFLMAO 🤭🤗🙌🏾🙌🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@pheresy1367]

That's the exact advice my mom always gave me, and it's also exactly what my dad did routinely.

[@adaliamills8907]

yeah, it’s scary.

[@moonju3695]

also no matter what, don't be alone

[@lizgreer6888]

About the animals helping him... my dad was a radio operator in the Navy during the Korean War. A part of his job was to communicate when a person was saved from the ocean. He'd take down their story to communicate to headquarters. Many stories involved either whales or dolphins protecting them by interacting with them, helping them stay afloat and saving them from sharks. It doesn't surprise me at all that animals would protect a small child.

[@Heavyisthecrown]

That’s amazing! Men like you dad should have written books about their incredible stories! 🇺🇸

[@brandondanforth8342]

dolphins are know to be really intelligent creatures, to the point that they actually realize someone is in danger and, yes, actively try to help them. Not sure if its documented in woodland creatures but it's possible I'd imagine. still wouldn't explain how the boy traveled that distance in such a short time. A true mystery but one with a happy ending at least.

[@monilangeKootenays]

Dogs too

[@Michael-mv3kc]

Probably just raccoons looking around trees. Happens a lot in the woods at night

[@RMR1]

Sea turtles have been known to do that as well. There are several confirmed reports of turtles assisting stranded swimmers and divers, including one in 1974 where a turtle found a shipwrecked woman in the Pacific Ocean. The turtle not only stayed with her for two days, but towed her and helped keep her afloat until she was rescued by the Philippine Navy. The turtle didn't eat the entire time it was with her as they need to dive to find food. Dozens of sailors confirmed that the turtle stayed with her up to the moment she was pulled from the water. It then turned around, swam away and disappeared under the waves. Pretty remarkable.

[@sepiasmith5065]

"Everyone thought someone else was watching him." LITERALLY. so important to recognize that habit. I'm personally not good with kids but my mom absolutely loves kiddos and whenever I've tagged along to some place with kids, I've been making the conscious decision that, when I go chill in the background, I will watch the kids who stray. When a kid runs off to the side of the yard or behind a tree while everyone else is paying attention to the crowd, I watch for that kid. Makes me feel happy and thankfully nothing bad has happened, but it's something I can do that fits my comfort zone AND really helps.

[@scourge8097]

@@MidwestFarmToys Never good enough though!

[@brennanarmacost1762]

You are somewhat good with kids to go into protective mode like you do!

[@sarahl4914]

That’s so awesome! I’m that way with my nieces and nephews. I don’t trust anyone to watch my kids besides my husband, like when I run to the bathroom etc.. I’ve done it a couple times just to come back out and everyone thinks my kids are with someone else. Nope never again.

[@lexititus2323]

I’m the same way, I’m the mom in every group I’m in, always. My husband and I have a system where we split the kid responsibilities between us. We talk about it before we leave the car, with the kids. So, if he takes the responsibility of the oldest, we tell her “hey, daddy is responsible for you today, if you need anything or need help or get hurt, look for him if he’s not already there” and I tell my youngest the same thing for me watching him. When we are at pool parties or the beach or literally anywhere, he watches one, I watch the other, we don’t watch the other persons kid so as to avoid that “mob mentality” problem between us, and to avoid us both paying attention to one kid and not the other. This system works BEAUTIFULLY for us, and has actually let us be able to handle a problem before it became bad. Like one wandering too far when we are hiking, if it’s my kid for the day, I walk after them and keep them safe. If we are at a park and a kid is climbing and it’s my husbands kid, he can be right there to catch them if they slip. Swimming with my youngest who hasn’t had lessons yet, I can snatch him up when he loses his footing and he doesn’t accidentally drown himself. Of course, we are always aware of everyone in our family unit and communicate with each other, but we have our assigned roles and responsibilities already clearly talked about before we even exit the car, and that cuts wayyyy down on the chance of an accident happening. However many more kids we have, we will still use this system because it’s so effective

[@sepiasmith5065]

@@lexititus2323 That's fantastic!!! I'm so glad you've got that worked out. Everyone having their dedicated responsibility helps a lot.

[@donw8321]

Could you imagine going camping with him? " hey, you guys wanna hear a story?"

[@kyleepalmer8882]

True. That's the same with my uncle best stories ever

[@Reesethepiec]

Oh hey fellows UwU

[@jeffreymoses3782]

Having heard some of these stories... screw camping bruh

[@kalechip9074]

@@Reesethepiec eat dirt please

[@CommonCentrist82]

The Marine Corps ruined camping for me. That being said, no I wouldn't want to be at a campfire with Mr Ballen.

[@walksaselk40]

Trainer: "Sorry I think my dog made a mistake" Dog: "Know your place, human..."

[@austinchasteeny]

LMAO idk why but I read the dog in the arbiter's voice

[@walksaselk40]

@@austinchasteeny I didn't intend that but I can't picture it any other way now

[@mrsx7944]

@@walksaselk40 they should always believe a bloodhounds nose.

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Always trust your pup.

[@jamesreney2210]

Dogs' noses, regular, non-blood hound, are never "wrong", they're about, 10,000 times more sensitive than our noses, it's just that in some cases the scent that they're on, can become over-shadowed by another very strong scent(s) in the overall scent, "painting", that is detected by their nose. Bloodhounds, however, are different from other dogs' noses. Because of their own unique genetics and, Humans, doing very selective breeding for well over, 2,500, years, Bloodhounds, have a scenting ability that surpasses us by, 100,000, times ! They have even been known to follow a scent trail as old as, 5, days. Even after, 3-4 days of rain, bloodhounds, have found what they were tracking !! Some people think that they get their name because they, "smell" blood. That's not the case. They got their breed name, because, during the time of the, Romans, only a, "Patrician", a person of, "noble blood", was allowed to own them, that's really the true reason why they are called, Bloodhounds.

[@prismatica8416]

I love how this channel isn't over dramatized. No scary music, no low voices, no weird cadence to his speech, and he doesn't act like obviously made up stories are true.

[@trevormichael4906]

Eh. There’s a creepy tone he sets up. That low note in the background. The photos. It’s creepy lol

[@YouLikeKrabbyPattiesDontYou]

...the stories... _are_ true. he always says at the beginning if a story is a fictional one he's telling.

[@melaniealice7006]

Yeah, and no bloody little goblins lurking in corners or dudes wearing hats like it’s 1996

[@slightlyblickedup]

@@trevormichael4906 lol he’s saying he’s not a creepy pasta internet story teller, he finds real cases and missing 411 cases and present the stories.

[@slightlyblickedup]

@@trevormichael4906 and obviously there’s pictures 💀 he labels the ones that are real and specific, so we know which ones are stock. This man can’t be hated on that’s an L

[@exluna5041]

I went out in the middle of the night, in the middle of a storm, in the middle of the woods, looking for my dog…I can’t imagine going home for the night while a child was missing.

[@puck4801]

A dog and a kid are two very different things, and one's a lot nicer to be around than the other. Makes perfect sense to me.

[@puck4801]

@Mrs Blume Oh, no, when I said one's a lot nicer to be around than the other... I meant the dog's the nicer one, lol.

[@WhateverDude38]

@@puck4801 yeah, a dog won't tell you that you're fat. Lol

[@caitb7089]

Everyone just watches a toddler run into the woods like ‘he’ll be fine :)’

[@emilieb.7838]

Hahah I thought the same thing … 😆

[@sarahsmeadows390]

Cait B: I wondered if those at the family get together who saw the toddler chase the cat into the woods actually thought someone else was watching and keeping up with the toddler. Usually that's the case. And, at the time the toddler was chasing the cat those watching him run off into the woods after the cat didn't think much about it because they subconsciously thought someone else was watching after the toddler.

[@zuperzoniko6365]

@@sarahsmeadows390 They wanted to see him get BEATEN by bigfoot, CHASED by dogman and fingered by TROLLS! They are the gatekeepers of the Kryptids so it's their duty to lead unsuspecting visitors to their watery DOOM they get rewarded for it in blood 👍

[@Klasyck]

Phite Weople

[@fractale4322]

@@zuperzoniko6365 You're not a cat person then...

[@brandyb2931]

That bloodhound was like "My nose knows bro."

[@keithadoodle]

"If you are calling me a lair we are going to have words."

[@DGonz0-]

That's why I like dogs and hate cats. Cats will lead you wrong, dogs will follow loyally.

[@JamesCharIes]

I swear I've heard "My nose knows" before...

[@thecontrollerofbots4099]

@@DGonz0- na cats just won't try

[@mckennaschmitt1921]

@@DGonz0- nah a cat would just insult you and go take a nap

[@dumbblonde1299]

The cows could be moose? I'm from rural NH and moose seem to really like bogs/swamps. Moose are terrifying, they're incredibly large and have creepy long faces. If I was 2 years old I might mislabel them as cows.

[@PurpleUnicornBarf]

Thats what I thought too! & moose can be a bit moody lol, so he was wise to fear them

[@easy_sheetmusic_play_along]

My first thought is that it was moose he saw.

[@Doniameche]

How did he get on the tree without getting wet

[@olasundahl6130]

In Sweden the female moose is actually called a cow so technically...

[@Cushingura]

@@Doniameche Maybe he was dry because he sat on a moose, and when it started to run through the swamp, he grabed the next available tree. And there he hung till he was found.

[@animalatlas1]

Nobody gonna talk about where the cat went in the first story lol.

[@cheapnchic5013]

Cow got the 🐱

[@thejaded]

There was no cat 🤔

[@animalatlas1]

@@thejaded there was that is where the boy went into the woods , following the cat

[@noellemcclain]

Right

[@Love_Peace_Giver]

"The cat is lost, it just doesn't know it" 🎅🎅😺

[@robpridemore4350]

If my two year old is lost in the woods I'm not going to bed lol. Get ready for a long night of walking.

[@ittz-xrxvenge2818]

@@haili9704 Don't matter thats your son

[@ittz-xrxvenge2818]

@@haili9704 Still don't matter I would kill myself if I didn't find my own son anf god knew that he would so god made him survive

[@galowinslow4114]

@@ittz-xrxvenge2818 ok bud

[@tonycrabtree3416]

@@haili9704 Again, you’re missing the point. OP would look and look again.

[@tonycrabtree3416]

@@haili9704 You apparently don’t have kids....

[@ElectricBlueCrayfish]

Things ive learned from MrBallen: Dont go anywhere

[@zhenshailemo4591]

Same😞

[@novahittingthegroundrunnin9933]

I always wanted to visit Yellowstone park 🥺 🤣

[@Anti_0117]

you cant stay inside either, even if ur in a 'safe' neighbourhood, the only safe place are attic crawlspaces

[@Matty80822]

@@Anti_0117 and even then there's probably a creep living behind a false door who's been there for 2 years

[@topbunkbandit6646]

Or just don't do anything. Just don't exist, works for me

[@shitimcheckingoffmybucketlist]

I started watching MrBallen about 1 year ago and these disappearance stories freaked me out. Then I got inspired to help those who have lost their loved ones find them. I joined a big search organization and I went on my first search today. It's truly incredible how so many people are willing to come together and help out when someone is missing. It makes you believe in humanity. I will definitely continue this type of "work". Thank you MrBallen for inspiring me to do this.

[@TheAlchemist1089]

Wow you're awesome!

[@datman3416]

I feel like some of them just wanna be the person to find a dead body

[@lisasaunders3410]

That’s amazing!

[@ShermanMark1]

You are A True hero to Humanity! 🥇

[@charruz]

What search org please

[@samarthinks2984]

Alternative take on Story 3: Bud was SUPER annoying, so the others pulled a like button-esque murder and put him the only place they KNEW no one would find him and lied on the official report.

[@harveyweinstein349]

dude I was stumped but you just fuckin nailed it.

[@jnljnl345]

Why wouldn’t they just dump him in the water tho

[@squishish]

Everyone was in the building..... unless everyone wasn't.

[@samarthinks2984]

@@jnljnl345 People always make murder needlessly complicated

[@JackReacheround]

@@jnljnl345 higher chance his body would be found when they searched for him.

[@brindlebucker4741]

Concerning Bud. I was in the US Army 8 years- 11C MOS (mortars/infantry). We had a guy in a platoon I was in. He was a pretender. He was always wanting to slip away from actual soldiering and go play 'Rambo'. Sneak around by himself and see what he could get into. We were in the field once (Hohenfels, Germany), and this was a big Mechanized Unit with Bradleys and 113s all camped out in the Battalion Staging Area before we engaged with the OPFOR. It had snowed and it was about knee deep. This dude told his squad leader he was going for a piss and was gone for hours. Finally, the Platoon Leader gets a call on the radio from Battalion HQ/TOC saying they had this dude over there and that he was 'lost'. Dummy had slipped out of our Platoon A/O and decided he wanted to try to sneak up on the Pogues over at Battalion. And he did... sort of. But he couldn't find his way back in the dark (and on a field exercise, you're in black-out dark conditions), so he was forced to walk into Battalion HQ and basically tell them what a Soup Sandwich he was. LOL, Platoon Leader woke up the Platoon SGT and made him go pick the dude up. They made a detour on the way back and Platoon SGT smoked him beside the tank trail in the snow for a half hour while explaining to him what a f--- up he was. But, anyway... Given this Bud guy was kind of outdoor type and was looking forward to this assignment, it wouldn't surprise me to find out that he simply took it upon himself to walk to the top of that mountain because... it's there. He probably underestimated the distance (hills and mountains are bedevilling when it comes to guessing how far away they are). He probably fell into that crevice and got stuck the same way Jessica McClure fell into that well back in the 80s. You'd never think someone could fall down into such a tight space, but there it is.

[@StrangeScaryNewEngland]

Another perfect example is the Nutty Putty Cave incident

[@eugeniaskelley5194]

Or the other soldiers he was with killed him and shoved him in there. Dumping him in the water runs the risk of him floating and his body coming to shore.

[@katiegarrison9414]

Thank you for your service and y’all were better than me. I was Air Force and while we also had idiots, they somehow don’t seem as bad 😂

[@jsmith434w]

@@eugeniaskelley5194 yes, plenty of cover ups in the military. LaVena Lynn Johnson Vanessa Guillén This crap literally happens.

[@idid138]

That's what I thought, he fell & wedged into that crevice or he was murdered & stuck there by his mates. Weird they didn't find him in that big search.

[@karengilchrist9774]

Am I the only one who is fascinated by his hand gestures? They add so much to the stories.

[@jimmythompson8919]

He might’ve taken a class on hand communications. Politicians are constantly using it to emphasise their points and make you believe them or side with them. It’s a psychology trick to make you feel and think certain things subconsciously

[@karengilchrist9774]

@@jimmythompson8919 he actually mentioned something in one of his early intros about his hand gestures. '...Strange, dark and mysterious in story format with (?) Hand gestures' (can't remember what he called them). I just find them fascinating.

[@hollystiener16]

IDK. But I am not at all.

[@trumtrum5136]

@@jimmythompson8919 Hand movements while communicating are a pretty natural thing to do

[@trumtrum5136]

I don't know anyone who hasn't told or explained with hand gestures before

[@brendandarcy8188]

I can't remember what I used to do before I watched Ballen's strange dark and mysterious tales delivered in story format 3,4 or even 5 times a week

[@alexvazquez5278]

😆😆 same

[@dexterst.jacque4540]

This comment is 100% true. What a boring life I had.....

[@HelloNewMoon]

I know. I have even read all of the 411 books and seen both movies before I ever found him but he tells them so well I still watch it all

[@meadowsasmr600]

I'm addicted too and only just found this channel 😂

[@Cookie4811Mau]

You posted this a month prior to me seeing this. I don't know where I've even been all my life without these videos. 😂🤣

[@Wiss7]

Congrats for the 1M subscribers 🎉 u deserve more👏 keep up the good work

[@randomsomeone2929]

Omg I'm a fan!

[@ceefaxz7443]

wtaf he was at 989k last week

[@mouadbenhaddi7498]

Well deserved 👏

[@wilco8729]

21 minutes later and I'm here to. Love his story's

[@christophercarmona4177]

My butt is itchy

[@tiffanye9776]

Well, its confirmed. Our woods have random portals we can travel thru. Only shitty part is that you'll never know where you'll travel to. Odds are you'll end up still in the woods..somehere..

[@mikedeeter2507]

With no shoes on

[@A.dive.into.myown.psyche]

@@mikedeeter2507 they’re on some foot fetish shit

[@deyonna352]

@@mikedeeter2507 and with no pants occasionally

[@Egghead1199]

Or Sacramento

[@raulnovoa9009]

Crazy talk

[@serpentinious7745]

The phenomenon where the more people are around the less likely any one is to offer help is called the Bystander Effect. This is what's at play when you see videos of people dying in the street and no one helping. *To combat the Bystander Effect* don't call out to the crowd, single someone out. Pick someone, anyone, and call out to them specifically. The people around you aren't heartless, so if you single out individuals instead of asking for volunteers they will help you. This could save your life so remember it!

[@marcellepesek3038]

Thanks for that advice, sure it makes sense. Hope we won't need to use it, but good to know. Greetings to you all, from California.

[@joshmattingly8056]

Yes thank you. All advice for survival is welcome. These little moments can turn into big ones if not handled properly. It is scary to think everyone would just stand around assuming "Someone else has got it handled." >.< But I know it to be true.

[@serpentinious7745]

In psychology classes we watched security footage of real people in these situations and were horrified to see everyone walking by ignoring them. None of us could believe that no one was helping and thought we'd never be so heartless. But then ask yourself "how many times have I driven past a stranded motorist without stopping? What excuses did I give myself?" It's the exactly the same thought process at play, which is a terrifying bit of self realization.

[@beasttitanofficial3768]

I was taught this in my flight attendant course and also in sefarer school. In an emergency, you can't just shout a command into the crowd and hope someone does it, you have to look around, quickly scan the crowd, find someone who looks like they could do the job and give them the order, make them repeat it. If you say "somebody grab that fire extinguisher!", either no one will do it or everyone will try to do it at once.

[@lawrencemorris2261]

I was influenced by that effect once. It's really a matter of being too passive/not being assertive enough. Confidence really changes things.

[@crusaderofthelowlands3750]

What I think might have happened to Bud: Since it was a clear and mild night, Bud figured he would make most of it and wanted to enjoy the peace and quiet after finishing his patrol. So he started wandering around until he stumbled upon a large boulder. He climbed on top of it and sat down to get a nice view. After a while he decided to go back and jumped off the boulder on the opposite side, right into the crevice. Although it was a clear night, it was still dark out and it may have been dark enough for him to not spot the crevice.

[@SPORT2932]

My boss is taking his 11 year old daughter hiking this weekend. I immediately told him to give her a whistle and get a satellite phone. Tell her to stay on the trail and not wonder off. He said the hike is about one mile long. 🤭 But I still had to fill him in on multiple stories from MrBallen.

[@mrsx7944]

If someone is hiking with a child, they should tie a rope around both of their waists so they're constantly connected. Ppl laugh but it works. A whistle is a good idea too. And mace.

[@Petem7668]

@@mrsx7944 for a second I thought you meant giving the children mace

[@peepholepeople4490]

I’m pretty sure she was saying to mace the kid

[@bostonrailfan2427]

how many changes of underwear did your boss need?

[@thehutch7728]

Peephole People that’s what I do on hikes. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@MrAbsalomdavid]

Me thinks Bud's "buddies" on the island know a bit more about what happened to him than, "he went out on a patrol." (3rd story)

[@lesewing]

Yeah, quite possible they all hated Bud. People keep a lot of secrets.

[@DerDrecksack87]

@Ed Eddy it would make sense IF you leave out the time aspect. It would take a lot longer for him to go/be transported there than his patroling would take, so the others would most likely start searching for him or alarm HQ right away, a spy would never risk his mission by killing an unsignificant grunt, especially by not disposing of fhe body in the water where he might never been found, but doing the extreme effort of carrying him on the mountain? I do believe the others had something to do with it and they were all in on it, nobody knows if he really disappeared they day they called it in, might have been the day before giving them ample time to carry him up (explains why he was under a rock, if thrown in the water the helos or coast guard might have found him with the injuries responsible for his death, now it is probably a cold case, doubt after all these years and element exposure they find a 100% cause of death), if nobody else is around u only have their side of the story.

[@orbnaes]

@@DerDrecksack87 My theory is he found this small spot and wanted to prank his buddies by hiding there, then got stuck and died.

[@creatureofthenight852]

@@orbnaes that's hopeful thinking

[@TheDsRequiem]

@Ed Eddy I was thinking that too tbh

[@kirikakirikakirika]

Bloodhound: Am I a joke to you?

[@plugboijohnny]

Apex😎

[@zachfarnitano3496]

my untrained hound mut got out somehow and followed me miles to the intercoastal off scent alone... crazy lol

[@mollyjoy7820]

Hounds are the BEST!

[@hytxzifguy5384]

My giant skinwakker black wolf do like greyhounds

[@mollyjoy7820]

@@hytxzifguy5384 Did you mean to type “skinwalker”? I’m not familiar with that specific breed, though it’s rumored wolf “owners” are notorious for overcompensating.

[@anthonywandowicz8084]

I'm noticing very young kids are found a live and all adults are found dead

[@tobysus6569]

Maybe demons like children and they don’t hurt them

[@Nomadcreations]

In Many Alien abductions, The Very young Children seem to be Brought Back Unharmed, One kid In another vid laughed at what happened & Wouldnt Say any More about it

[@alexroy6797]

Because adults are witnesses children are not as they might not know what they have seen

[@georgecostanza831]

@@alexroy6797 exactly. they want us out of the forests!

[@cosmicmuse2195]

Hopefully over the years a lot of the children involved in these stories will be able to articulate what happened and we get some more insight into it.

[@sowhatnow8927]

That little kid who walked 30 miles is a beast. I hope he’s growing up okay and maybe he can write a book if he remembers anything.

[@eggy4ever]

Yea

[@raebsen]

A lot of times the kids never remember

[@agoodnight9169]

A kid can't walk that far. It's a mathematical impossibility. Likely not a man either.

[@collieee2957]

@Ed Eddy had the exact thought, you don’t randomly say nothing hurt you repeatedly if nothing happened.

[@carolannroberts]

He didn’t walk 30 miles, he was transported somehow

[@Tinkerbell9332]

If I saw a 2 year old running into the woods I'd still look to make sure someone else is getting him, and if they don't I'm going after it! I can't believe that happened like that!

[@GGhi8976]

chasing a cat. its probably a kitten to a bobcat or a cougar. or the cat ran off into some where that the kid got stuck.

[@taniaelliott4078]

They also didnt seem to care that their kid was chasing (tormenting, since he is two and doesnt get gentleness and boundaries) a poor cat either. And slept instead of searching themselves. I get that from the search party but I know i would be getting a torch and looking all night.

[@Tinkerbell9332]

@@taniaelliott4078 For real though!

[@ImpulseACE]

Savior: "How exactly did you get here?" Kid: *looks at CIA/Witch/Bigfoot/Sirenhead/Slenderman shaking their heads* Kid: *shrug*

[@MisokoFukumoto]

The CIA got me 💀💀💀

[@williamcooper8139]

kid: it was the boogyman

[@fake_spoof]

That's a good one

[@iselfdestrukt7338]

I'm 80% sure that Siren Head would have killed them. Edit: You forgot The SCP Foundation

[@unknownunknownfreak3209]

Wendigos

[@Hannah-gc4cy]

"He was chasing a cat." "He was chasing a cat." "I WAS OVER ON THE BENCH."

[@katecross4612]

“The Nazis…” 😂

[@smashbash2673]

And where were you? Well I was over on the bench!

[@teacookieYT]

I MADE A SALAD WITH CRAISINS

[@12bravo57]

Since Rowan was 2yrs old & there were no cows out there, I would’ve shown him pictures of multiple possible animals including cows & asked him “Were these the “cows”?” Would’ve been worth a shot to see if he confused cows with something else.

[@joshhinton3774]

Yes this would have worked

[@travisdysart4761]

Big 🕊️ Bird watch out

[@loriehill6956]

What if he heard something that sounded like a cow?

[@piripiwalker-grace1046]

Nah they were witch doctors cause they live in those kind of places and they wear skulls of dead animals as mask and hats that’s what he could has seen and mistook it for a cow

[@yesnt8907]

or ask him to draw what he saw

[@CarlosLopez-bm7yg]

Title:”.....missing 411...” me: LETSSSSSS GOOOOOOO FINALLYYYYYY. I miss the 411 cases

[@s.s_444]

would you say ‘you’re missing’ the 411 cases 😏

[@kyleallen1309]

Yooo facts bro!!

[@missjody4142]

,

[@Deedeememee]

My favorite too!

[@BBSYDmom]

Me too!!!

[@TheChroniclesOfYarnia]

I lived in Pennsylvania growing up. I’m 7 years older than my brother and 6 older than my sister. We used to practically live in the woods. One day my brother didn’t come back. I just had a bad feeling and I felt I should get out of the house and go look for him, even though my parents we just waiting for him like it was every other night. I left my sister at the house and I walked the tree line I didn’t see any sign of him. So I walked into the woods , I ended up going left . We always went right. Always ...left boarders the Pennsylvania game lands and with our land and the game lands it’s just too much land , too much unknown. About an hour in I hear him, as soon as he saw me he came running, calling out for me🗣 Sissy in between sobs. he was just so happy. he had bloody palms and knees from falling in the brush. He just kept telling me about the cow man that was mean to him. He said the cow man tried to put him in the drain. We had horses and a lot of land and quite a few deep drains in odd places. The drain he was talking about was a mile from our house and deep enough you could fit a grown man easily. He said he didn’t want to go in the drain and wriggled out of the cow mans grasp and ran behind the horse pasture by the where the dogs could reach him. He said he was so scared he just sat down with one of the dogs and didn’t stir until he heard me. He was about 7or eight years old and described the cow man as very hairy but with long breasts like a grandma. But he was adamant it was cow man.

[@queenjayneapproximately]

Holy God that's terrifying. I'm so glad you found him.

[@DaroriDerEinzige]

Wait, you walked so far to get to the Dogs?

[@stevebuffinton1094]

Dang dude.

[@certifiedanxiety3126]

Ask your brother if the image "cowman in forest" on google is the same thing he saw leading him into the drain. It looks to have the same characteristics you're mentioning.

[@DaroriDerEinzige]

@@certifiedanxiety3126 ... You basically solved the mysterie.

[@Addipose]

I remember when Rowan went missing. I used to live a town over from Richmond in NH. I’m pretty sure I had neighbors and maybe a family member who joined the search. I was only fourteen at the time, so it was a while ago, but I distinctly remember my mom telling me about a missing little boy a town over, and I remember the name Rowan. Guess it’s a small world after all...

[@familytsang419]

ssuurreee

[@Addipose]

@@familytsang419 Dude, I legit lived in New Hampshire until I was 22. I was born in a little town called Gardner in Massachusetts about thirty to forty minutes away from where I lived in New Hampshire. I went to the local highschool and then Keene State College. I worked for a year at a local grocery store there called Hannafords in Rindge, NH while I was in highschool and I worked as a hostess at a restaurant called Margarita’s in Keene, NH, among a lot of other places. I don’t like posting exact places I’ve lived or have worked online due to past trauma around harrasment. I get some people post this kind of stuff like “oh yeah I was totally there” for clout and likes, but I legit lived there and vaguely remember this happening. I roll my eyes at it half the time too, so I get where you’re coming from. Whether you want to believe me or not is up to you but think twice before you decide I’m a liar.

[@Wocajon]

@@Addipose Wow, it’s not like you were claiming Mr Ballen got it all wrong and YOU found Rowen all by yourself! 😂 I believe you fwiw.

[@Addipose]

@@Wocajon Thank you!

[@PHE4_]

Wow small world!!

[@TimeturnerJ]

That last one just sounds like murder to me. It was a small group of people on a lonely island, without much to do - tensions might've been high between them, if they didn't get along that well. Maybe the others were all in on it - we only know the story as told by them, after all. Who knows if the poor guy even intended to go on patrol at all? They could've just killed him, hid his body (and very well, too - they knew the island perfectly after all, and they would've known where he wouldn't be found) and made up that story to cover their tracks. That sounds far more likely to me than anything else.

[@kimmycupreacts]

I feel like instead of that, he could have seen something. Went to investigate it. Whatever he saw scared him so much he hid in that tiny boulder area, then got stuck and died in there.

[@Phenomatron]

@@kimmycupreacts maybe it could very well be he saw the crevice area that was open beforehand and the boulder fell on him and pinned him in there killing him or w.e too. Its impossible to know

[@Wrong896]

They could have just thrown him into the water off the big cliff he was on instead and that would have worked just as well and it would also make it more likely that others will think it was an accident

[@TimeturnerJ]

@@Wrong896 Throwing a body in the ocean doesn't actually disappear it as fully as people seem to think it does, especially if you do it near the shore. Give it a few hours, and that body would wash right back up. Hiding it somewhere where you _know_ it can't be found sounds like a safer bet.

[@Wrong896]

@Timeturner they could have waited for a day or 2 then reported him missing so his body could have rotted a bit then sunk to the bottom of the ocean and they all thought at first he fell into the ocean so that would have just made them think he fell in even more if they killed him that would have just been a better option they probably just didn't kill him remember this did take place in ww2 we have no idea how long he was really missing if they did kill him and that would have just worked better or they could bury him

[@mileschristophermorales]

When I was 2 or 3 I remember running off out of my grandparents backyard and running through back yards in the community, stopping to play with any kids or play equipment I found. To me it was so much fun and I spent the whole day and evening running and playing. This was along a forest too but thank god there was sand boxes and play equipment in the backyards I was exploring to keep me entertained enough to stop me from running into the woods. I had no concept that I was doing anything wrong - I wasn’t thinking about the night time or getting cold - I was just living in the moment having a blast. My grandparents and parents were so scared and shouting for me and eventually found me (I think a neighbour must have spotted me). It is so easy for a young kid to run off in a split second. I should have never been in the backyard without a fence keeping me in and someone out with me. I 100% believe I would have easily and happily ran deep into the woods never to be found again.

[@kristopherboice197]

Last guy was clearly murdered and hidden there by his counter parts.

[@wrosebrock]

Surprised he didn't mention that as a theory

[@creatureofthenight852]

Exactly what I was thinking. Really wish i knew more but that whole story is on the word of those 4 battle buddy's. Pretty sad

[@wrosebrock]

Some of the other stories are seemingly unexplainable though, like the kids ending up in impossible places

[@keithadoodle]

@@wrosebrock I assume the military search group questioned it as well but without any evidence they can't do much. I wonder what the names of the people there with him were.

[@WillVroo]

Is suicide not possible as well? Maybe he didn't want anyone to have to come across his body. Was an autopsy done on him?

[@tylertheguy3160]

I found this channel the other day and I'm totally hooked. I love how he tells the stories. The overall lack of cheesy theatrics makes it feel like a buddy you'd know in real life is telling you the story, which makes for a more genuine experiance in my opinion.

[@ericblair9756]

Absolutely man, don't binge his vids tho because you'll feel empty having to wait a whole day for new content 😅

[@melaniesmith1186]

I just found his channel the other day and I’m hooked as well. So genuine unlike so many other KZbinrs. Just so real and friendly. He needs more attention!

[@katmack4215]

Well Mr. Guy..u are very lucky! You've got some very good binge material available to watch..some catching up to do. Enjoy 😉

[@CyhAnide]

Not gonna lie, I was seriously hoping that last one would end as a 40-year-long hide-and-seek epic, and that the dude was actually alive under that boulder, prepped to execute the world's greatest jump-scare.

[@Boogbama123]

LOL

[@amberpare3681]

🤣🤣🤣

[@DiscoTimelordASD]

Haha - Same!🤣

[@cianvandergrinten9245]

Lmfaoo

[@f1guremedia]

Why do I feel like this actually happens in the video ( I haven’t watched yet )

[@missjoi007]

So proud that I'm a part of the 1 million who love the strange, dark, and myterious delivered in story format. Congrats, Mr. Ballen! 🥳

[@lisalalonde7051]

I second that!! So thankful I found MrBallen’s channel.

[@glennt69lol]

I'd really HATE to be that LIKE button 👍

[@hehfhhf9906]

Lol yeah me too ballen is on 🔥

[@itsMe_TheHerpes]

hello, how are you?

[@DB-cx6uc]

@@itsMe_TheHerpes ?

[@Alexandra_Wolf]

My first thought of 5 men alone on an island was a “lord of the flies” situation. That is a long time with the same people on a seemingly lawless land.

[@sabinekarlsson8803]

That's what I thought too, plus "I hope they will get along with each other". :-/

[@xminusone1]

Its a Nice book tho.

[@JJones-cl4dm]

hey baby

[@koretmulder6316]

I was thinking that too, but then I realized, if they had killed him and wanted to make sure his body wasn't found they could have just chucked it off a cliff into the ocean. Done.

[@scubasam4255]

i mean military they where prob ready for the stint. plus there where worse places to be stationed around that time. i think japanese scouting party bumped into him after landing from a sub. so they jacked him up hid his body and bolted. tho wild guess and again why not toss him in the ocean is still a question

[@ladylizziskywalker]

That last story... my husband I talked about it and thought of all the what ifs we could think of and what we conclude is that either we aren't being told the whole story or the other guys killed him. Maybe an argument, something went wrong, they all lured him up there, unalived him then hid his body and made it look as if they guy fell in and got stuck and succumbed to the elements. There is no possible way of someone coming to the island, getting into a scuff, ualives dude, hides the body, then leaves off the island all in an hour without being seen. Doubt dude fell in, got stuck and then died. The other guys did it and covered it up to make it look like an accident on the dudes behalf. The only theory that would make any sense. Anyone else agree?

[@coryevert2224]

Thats definitely the most probable answer

[@zaneplatt3533]

@@coryevert2224 Why do you doubt that he fell in and died?

[@coryevert2224]

@@zaneplatt3533 how many people do u personally know that have tripped and died? The human body is pretty tough and falls break bones yes, the idea of a middle aged healthy person being instantly killed from a fall just isn't likely... i just think that out of all the possibilities that one is the least likely.... idk just my opinion though... I guess there is freak accidents 1 in a million type of deal but even a heart attack and falling in a hole seems more plausible

[@Bigfoothawk]

​@coryevert2224 These stories are not that common, so yeah it is rare.

[@rockymccanless6363]

The last guy Bud, was obviously killed by one of his comrades. They were all in on it.

[@lyndsann3309]

What I’m thinking too

[@1mataleo1]

That’s almost certainly the case. They stuffed him in there. I was thinking the same thing. They were all in on it

[@SinfullyHera]

Maybe that’s what “they” want you to think...

[@d9e240]

I came here to post that. It was either a Russian reconnaissance unit that got caught by Bud and left no witnesses or the fellow soldiers did it.

[@georgedewald3597]

Agreed

[@eyesofstatic9641]

Dang! Over a million fans of strange, dark and mysterious delivered in story format! Congrats!!

[@BarryHWhite]

Hell yeah !.

[@TinMan445]

For the first story, I grew up with a swamp behind my house, and kids can run through a swamp way faster than an adult because they don’t sink so much on peat moss. As far as the cows, maybe he saw some deer haha

[@andrewfrawley18]

There’s no way that those other soldiers didn’t kill bud and wedged his ass in that Boulder.

[@2LargeHounds]

There was a war going on. There was a battle on Attu Island, about 100 mi away, the year before. A Japanese patrol from a boat or submarine could have happened upon him and hid his body.

[@andrewfrawley18]

@@2LargeHounds that’s seems a little far fetched, but we weren’t there so we’ll never know

[@mrsx7944]

@@andrewfrawley18 I'm guessing you've never been in the military. They most definitely did NOT kill their fellow soldier.

[@andrewfrawley18]

@@mrsx7944 you have too much faith in the military/humans in general. People are garbage, how many accounts of sexual abuse come out of the military let alone the ones that get swept under the rug.

[@mrsx7944]

@@andrewfrawley18 do you he many ppl are servicing in the US military? The ratio of abuse cases versus the amount of ppl is very VERY low. And yes I do have faith in the military because I was in it for ten years. And my niece just graduate from West Point. Ive seen the good first hand. There are a lot more good soldiers than bad.

[@benh.9556]

Gotta say for the most part when it's little ones you only tell stories when they are ok. I appreciate that. I love your videos but wouldn't wanna hear about little kids dying. I know it happens but still, keep up your work!

[@WonDodoBebe]

You know the guy is a good story teller when he doesnt need creepy music and sounds or barely any creepy pictures to make you feel uncomfortable... he isnt even using a creepy voice and nothing about his demeanor is creepy... but I'm still creeped out lol

[@jsjs-qw3ss]

Lol he’s good at telling stories, I work with few military guys and their good with describing things and telling stories like this guy

[@theonethattrystuff1026]

Omg i just realized that😂😂

[@inzizh]

yup!

[@cat6926]

There was creepy music and sounds playing at a low volume wth is this comment

[@cat6926]

@@WonDodoBebe All you need are headphones, I'd say more people watch YT with them than not. I'm perfectly fine, just can't stand BS and your comment wreaked of it.

[@joncbartlett]

Personally I’m leaning towards the theory that Bud’s fellow soldiers killed him, hid his body, and made up the story of him disappearing during a patrol.

[@MYshamanEYE]

Story 3 is an easy solve The soldier went to the far end of the island scaled to the top to look out over the water as far as he could see ,.. while standing on a boulder it shifted and tumbled,.. this then fell on top of him pinning him in the space between rocks, perhaps killing him outright. nobody would have known the position of every boulder even if familiar with the island so they assume it was always at the bottom and the body had been stuffed tightly in the crack between,... EASY NO BRAINER

[@lordcommandernox9197]

@@MYshamanEYE Why are you copy pasting your THEORY onto every comment? Please do tell us more about the island. How old are you?

[@uchemaxwelligwe3762]

I accidentally bumped into Mr Ballen channel, and I've been stuck with it ever since. Good job .

[@tiffanyhopp8840]

A lot of these story’s have weird beasts peaking behind a tree, swamps, and them ending up really far from the original place they were staying

[@johnphillips5310]

Bruh it's all a scam to sell beef sticks!

[@ptltproducingtomorrowleade7339]

PTLT PRODUCING TOMORROW LEADERS TODAY SOUTHERN HORROR STORY KING THE DOG

[@user-hp7qn1em5m]

"Where the wild things are" Is the only explanation for me...

[@mistuniverse2018]

Moo

[@DLBMOS]

www.londonderrynh.net/2010/10/missing-2-year-old-in-richmond-south-of-keene/27397

[@czarekaj1098]

The cows in the first story were probably a moose. Even a female moose can be terrifying because of their size.

[@Luminousreign]

Moose would have killed him lol, especially a female. Maybe deer or antelope? But probably misidentifying something predatory in the area that is black and white.

[@777-e1p]

Doesn’t explain how my man got to that area though. The swamp was chest deep in grown men, little guy was two years old. Even if by some miracle he made it across without drowning he’d be at least wet/muddy surely.

[@tactic34wot52]

@@777-e1p live in the bayou west of baton riuge and i can confirm aint no way in hella 2 year old is gonna get through water up to a mans chest without being wet or not have a single speck of mud on him, and add to that moose deer and such dont dwell in swamps

[@sitcomsTV]

Water come and go... doesnt that happen in swamps? One day at the beach looking front to the ocean, when i went back I was surronded by sea water. I was in a small sand island without realising what was happening.

[@tactic34wot52]

@@sitcomsTV thats not really common in swamps that deep ya sone of the water does occasionally go but not all of it and if it did go the boy would be absolutely covered in mud

[@melissajarnigan2116]

So many times, when you hear stories like this, they all talk about seeing “animals” watching them but never hurting them. Just like the story of the woman who had gotten separated from her brother, had seen these “things, beings that were human like” watching her but never harmed her.

[@jamiebraswell5520]

But why do these "things" abduct these children to start with? There is no way that these children can end up where they are found, not on their own. In this case, the child experienced fear at these "animals", even though he says they never hurt him. Some stories indicate a more friendly entity, but here the child felt no comfort and was scared. Whatever the case, i don't find these "things" to be good. Not in my opinion.

[@tdc3477]

@@jamiebraswell5520 Well there are stories of these "things" actually protecting these children and making sure they stay alive, whatever these are they hide very well

[@itsMe_TheHerpes]

that story with the kid, is a straight up horror story. seriously, what actually happened there ?

[@ratboy4097]

And there’s a lot of people going missing and ending up in swamps, what’s with the swamps

[@camronfox6636]

IF something like sasquatchs do exist, there infant survival rates probably low so there might be an instinct to protect small thing similar to them. High thought for ya 😂

[@zoanth4]

As a dad of a 2 year old, i was so relieved to hear he was ok!

[@Nick_Ramirez89]

After watching 15 episodes from this channel I learned that the world is a very dangerous place.

[@AKIRIMUSIC]

I don't typically like horror stuff but MrBallen has really pushed me into a trance and I'm LOVING IT Thanks so much! I can enjoy horror stuff n' whatnot with my family now!

[@RationallySkeptical]

This isn't "horror." True stories are classed as true crime or missing persons cases, not horror.

[@benjaminhurley1823]

I like how he kinda lightens the mood if it gets kinda "scary"

[@angiegarcia8768]

His voice is very pleasant.. even if his stories r a bit mysterious lol.

[@samuraijackoff5354]

It feels like the time when you wake up and was making coffee but your dad stops you and tells you about what happened in the newspapers.

[@allson1000]

His TikToks have scary images, I am scared when I watch. I like him on you tube better✌🏻

[@noco3126]

At the risk of being "that guy", I need to offer one correction: It wasn't "mob mentality". It's the "bystander effect". While both require groups of people, these are different psychological phenomena.

[@Arkylie]

Thank you! Yes, it's the idea that the more people available to help, the lower your chances of any one of them actually helping. Because each one thinks that someone else will do something. People have been overlooked while dying, or been actively murdered with dozens of spectators doing nothing to help (or summon help), due to this effect. It's also why we were trained, in First Aid class, to point at a specific person and say "You! Call 911" and "You! Go find a defibrillator -- an AED" or the like. Give the responsibility to one person specifically; less chance of delays.

[@dirkferguson7353]

You’re not that guy pal

[@TheNelly77]

Nah, you're not "that guy" when you're actually correct - especially when you're not being disrespectful.

[@nikki1400]

The bystander effect is why I always get help when someone says "meh someone probably already called" this could be anything from something dangerous on the road, to seeing an abandoned dog that needs help. Trust me, no one has called for help yet! Be the person!

[@Brian-sz7lo]

It's really the parents fault. If they were busy, they should have assigned someone to watch the 2 year old. Especially if they're near open areas

[@adamperez6730]

The way he says it so calmly makes it creepier....

[@newfoundling9275]

You know you watched to many of his videos when you see something off and you begin to hear his voice narrating the situation.

[@gigglyme2001]

I literally started doing that today!!

[@camdenlabonte6412]

Bruh I’ve done this too

[@Mrs.Pena-1]

LMAO...FOR REAL!!!

[@arcadian3090]

most relatable comment I've come across.

[@thomasabecket3944]

@New Foundling This juuuuust happened to my brain.

[@Armymanstan98]

*Sees MrBallen Notification* "OMG ITS HAPPENEING. EVERYONE STAY CALM."

[@MrBallen]

Hahaha

[@kimsimmons7340]

@@MrBallen bro u reached 1mil sub good job man

[@nathan7627]

@@kimsimmons7340 wait what, last time I check he was at 700k Jesus

[@kimsimmons7340]

@@nathan7627 yea man hes growing so fast

[@user-ue3mi5uu9r]

Im your 100th like

[@bradbradford8576]

In story 3, why does everyone seem so certain the boulder didn't shift? That would be my first thought. It doesn't make sense that he would climb in there and stay in there on purpose when he could just climb out and be found so easily, what a mystery!

[@stephanim2436]

If my 2 year old was missing in the woods...I'm STAYING in the woods. NOT going inside for the night. Good Grief!

[@user-wj3up9ih3z]

b e a r Edit: if a bear wanted to kill you it could. Like a bear literally gonna hit you like your an enemy it's farming in game.

[@vaporiiz]

@@user-wj3up9ih3z the hell is your point?

[@richardhodel1834]

Exactly what I thought. And why would the search party officials just be like, "awe it's dark out, we are just gonna have to call off the search till the morning"!? WTF!? If a 2 year old is out there somewhere all alone you would think as night set in the search party would grow even more vigilant and search with even more determination not just go home and go to bed. And yes if that was my kid I would be out there searching all night long too!

[@stop4690]

"oh no i couldn't find him" "let some animal eat him im sleeping"

[@JerezIwiski]

Your not gonna find anything in the dark plus your just gonna get lost yourself so your just gonna backtrack efforts on finding your kid.

[@likebutton6676]

Why did a homeless man choke me yelling Mr Ballen said so

[@Ishouldnthavebeensopublic]

This is great. People are making like button accounts now 😭😭 please keep commenting this was great

[@likebutton6676]

@Joseph Mcbride oh God no

[@pingweeneycos660]

I'm not homeless I live with L.O.V. it may an abandoned warehouse but it something!

[@s.l.faulkner1758]

Now thats funny

[@hobbyhopper3143]

I love the “not real” photos MrBallen uses as illustrations. The last few I remember are Anaheim cops looking for a kid in the Rocky Mountains, Italian police in Ohio, Natalie Dormer lost in the woods, and Brad Pitt on patrol in Alaska. As fascinating as MrBallen’s stories are I get a real kick out of these Easter Eggs!

[@hannahkillian689]

I saw the Yellowstone eruption from the movie 2012 being used for the Mt. St. Helens eruption in another video.

[@skinksinthecity]

Joe & Tommy from Swamp People in this one.. pointing over yonder👍😁

[@MollyFC]

Like how he used a photo of Major Winters from Band of Brothers in this one lol

[@spiderboo464]

Wow! You guys know your stuff! Impressive 😆

[@TheMelindaEmanuel]

He uses Rick from The Walking Dead fairly often too.

[@majirayne1063]

As a person needing search and rescue twice ( don't ask) it amazes me that SO MANY people come out to help find strangers

[@Silver-Sliver]

Being surprised when lost humans end up 'unbelievably' longer distances away than anticipated seems a reoccurring theme.

[@Mega_1719]

ya

[@ps3sucks2011]

Or a swamp

[@unicamel4474]

Well read the title homie

[@unicamel4474]

That’s what we’re here for

[@McSnezzly]

That’s what’s makes it a missing411 case

[@miguelvaldez3913]

"for two days they looked all over that island for bud." yup been there before.....

[@thomasabecket3944]

@Miguel Valdez I had a husband who'd do that.....

[@bassman6211]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jamesford3928]

Yeeeeeees!

[@lukaskillian8607]

Yeaa boii 🌿💚

[@Zqytium]

These videos scare the hell outta me but I can’t stop watching them

[@dandamrick9801]

7:50 This is exactly why one of the "Troupe Leaders" are supposed to "bring up the rear".

[@Rancid_Sanity]

Sounds like one or all of those guys on the island killed him and hid his body and made up the story

[@janniepate5533]

No

[@Rancid_Sanity]

@@janniepate5533 yes

[@daveparsons6956]

Deffo.

[@paulsoto652]

Interesting

[@waragainstmyself1159]

Bingo

[@lenaymoore5337]

My little girl and I were thrilled that Rowan was found safe, but then she says "but what happened to the cat?" Lol

[@van5395]

No she right. What happened to the cat!!!😨

[@HarryToeface]

There never was a cat 😱

[@RebelGarage23]

Huh

[@gravellane150]

If I’m gonna guess it seems like Bud’s army friends killed him and stuffed him in a hole as far away as they could- He could have been dead for days before they called it in to base for help. But I watch too much Dateline and CourtTV.

[@Finn_OConnell]

Yeah where is da cat

[@whosthegreatersin]

The only logical thing that happened to Bud in the last story is that the other 4 men on the island with him murdered Bud and put him in the hole. I say this because he was found 4.5 miles away from his post stuffed in a tiny hole. There was no one else on the island but the 5 men on a nearly flat terrain but the one mountain. The men killed Bud and put him in the hole because they knew once he was reported missing that a search team would come looking for him, along with helicopters. So in best efforts not to be caught the other 4 men most likely took Bud 4.5 miles from the station up the mountain to be executed and put in the tiny crevice. I say in my opinion he was either forced for lured there in a premeditated murder because it would have been quicker and much easier than the 4 men having to drag his body 4.5 miles and up a mountain. I think Bud was forced up the mountain and executed by the other men he worked with. They knew the landscape, they knew the protocol when a person goes missing, his body was found up a mountain 4.5 miles away from the station and only the 5 men on the island. I think they reframed from killing him and throwing his body in the ocean in fear his body would be discovered or washed up somewhere, I'm sure there were also search and rescue boats on the scene to look for him as well. This is only my opinion of what happened to Bud, Your welcome

[@lolnerou1784]

I was literally on your page trying to find something that I haven't already watched and this video came up! Great timing 8D

[@albinvelander2168]

well.. this one you certainly haven't seen

[@Someperson1522]

I've watched maybe all of his videos so I felt the same way lol

[@bmoresbeast]

Good shit bro.

[@remindertostayhydrated602]

Remember to stay hydrated today everyone!

[@MadiBarness]

Thank you. I'm about to drink my third bottle for the night right now lol

[@kaiwilliams8886]

Thanks man

[@gaminganimators7000]

Thanks

[@ApplePie-dr5pt]

nobody is born cool.. except of course, you. ty for looking out for people

[@adammm321]

Remember to stay hydrated hydrated

[@samanthal9754]

*me in heaven* "BUD HUSTON?" Bud: "yes?" " Tell me everything" *pulls out notepad*

[@emilymariacolacox1509]

oh fun now when i die ik what i'm gonna do 3/4th of my time, lmao thanks

[@AndyDaClimber]

I think the other men he was there with didn't like him, maybe they tried to kill him so he hid and got stuck, or they tried to throw him over and he fell into that space.

[@NODnuke45]

@@AndyDaClimber Under the circumstances it seems hard to believe that if no one else was there at the time, that they had nothing to do with his death. Or possibly he got stuck under that rock somehow, but by the time he was found and his body was skeletonized it was no longer apparent that he had been stuck or how.

[@DeanaElena]

Haha! This was my exact thought while listening to the story too!

[@meltvanaarde6196]

@@AndyDaClimber I agree to that one. After a long time, everyone wanted Bud gone for some reason never told. Not everyone was in the station. They knew the island so well, knew exactly where no one would look. Crammed the poor man in there, cooked up the story and played along.

[@ladypizzalover4310]

Maybe there’s a reason we see spaceships “accidentally” picking up cows 😂😂😂

[@zacharypendragon49]

I’d die laughing if aliens were actually revealed to be cow like humans, and the quote from South Park from their grey aliens comes to mind where the aliens say that the cows seemed to be the most intelligent creatures on the planet lol.

[@sophiakonstantin1248]

Thank goodness MrBallen adds humor before and after these horrible acts, helps me settle my nerves. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@gracevictoria5352]

I'm surprised this man ain't in jail for the stuff he puts the like button through.

[@valeriepfeifer7777]

😂😂😂

[@imagine5275]

Police love him too much, one of these days he’s gonna end up on Missing 411😈😈

[@queenjayneapproximately]

I bet he's on a watch list 😂 way too many trigger words

[@SatanikanataS]

I went hiking with my wife and kids at a state park that had a small forested area in an otherwise dull plains region. Once entering the forest, there's an eerie, magical sense, like you're in another part of the world. Much cooler, darker, and a general sense of strangeness. We hiked up the mesa, and on the way back through the forest on the return trip, there stood a massive cow, deep in the woods. Just slowly moving around, completely out of place. We took the long way around it.

[@isabellind1292]

Omgosh! The poor cow! There are no wild cows! He must have gotten lost. I was travelling down the highway one miserably rainy night all alone when I saw a giant pig running down the side on the highway on the grass. I was worried he'd run out onto the highway but I had no way to corral a giant pig on the loose. I hope he found his way home (and the massive cow too, lol)! 🐷🐄

[@buckin.]

@@isabellind1292 did u even watch the video

[@isabellind1292]

@@buckin.?

[@buckin.]

@@isabellind1292 theyre not cows that ran off and got lost, they’re figures that appear to be cows

[@isabellind1292]

@@buckin. Did you even read the comment I was responding to? Hello?!

[@synical2935]

BALLEN HIT 1 MILLION round of applause for him he deserves this we love you man

[@thewcrobinson]

The fact that his oldest vid is about 11 months old is mind blowing! 🤯 People work YEARS for a tenth of the subs! I love it!

[@allson1000]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@evanabbott2737]

Yes!!👍😁

[@billybatchelor6889]

Backwards hats off Sir Ballen!! Watched every one

[@draconix4131]

Alternate story: Rowan gets taken in by wolves and the wolves take the kid back unharmed and well fed.

[@alecprogamer3105]

Big ass brain.

[@isacborn1438]

Then how the hell did he get on that island? I don’t really think he sat on the wolves back and they swam over there with him and just dropped him off

[@johnphillips5310]

What if he's a changeling?

[@ufopilotFPV]

Discarding anything supernatural it leaves humans as the explanation. How's about ( takes deep breathe) there happened to be a child predator operating in and around the area. He/she may have been watching the party. As Rowan chased the cat and got seperated the predator took their opportunity. Realising that they have been rumbled very quickly by all the noise from the party goers searching they decide to hide the child , take him to a spot that he can't escape from, remove his shoes. Tell the child that if he ever tells he will be killed. The child could obviously talk and understand so could be threatened like that. Child is rescued, makes up story although the fear bit is real.. . . . I do hope rowan can remember when he grows up.

[@Axemcaxington]

Hatar 09or it’s called a joke

[@becca6957]

Mr Ballen and Bailey Sarian would make one of the best collabs to ever exsist

[@rockycombs6266]

Omg yes!

[@pinacolada1393]

Ouuu that would be satisfying.

[@ashthebibliophage]

Yesssss!

[@tlujan777]

The stuff dreams are made of lol

[@norah4943]

This comment needs to be pinned

[@alisonproductions218]

This guy says find the secret in the video Me:just listening , *CRAP*

[@hownottoadult1014]

I though it was one of the strange animals coming out, nearly had a heart attack

[@lilmarrz]

@@hownottoadult1014 🤣🤣

[@alexshaputis3230]

Same 😂 or I will see the secret, and think wow that’s weird. Then hours later remember what is it lol

[@Yamiwood]

Your channel just constantly teaches me why I’m right to not go outside

[@totalrobot]

Responsible Parenting 101: "Rowan, stop harassing the cat."

[@crypticworld7400]

This channel is being slept on... Underrated !!!!!!

[@xzandergraves2413]

Jesus loves you.

[@InfamousCrimeLocations]

I would have to say a channel like his with over 1 million subscribers and getting 300,000 or more views every video is not being slept on. There are thousands of channels getting way less views than him

[@InfamousCrimeLocations]

@@seanhokanson4115 Totally agreed. If anything, my channel is one that is slept on. Lol

[@InfamousCrimeLocations]

@@seanhokanson4115 Thank you man! Appreciate it.

[@Stusam]

1.13M subs maybe not buddie

[@jeanettecroft856]

Your the best ,you help me sleep most nights ,your voice is mesmerising xxthank you xx

[@SevenSixTwo2012]

Back in WWII days, "weather stations" often had other military objectives than weather, like radar or relaying signals. It's possible he spotted some movement up there on the hill (which would be a good observation vantage point) and went to investigate. That movement could've been German, Japanese or even Russian special ops who were there observing the "weather station" and collecting data. Once he had made them, they probably had no other choice but to neutralize him and hide all the evidence under that rock, then retreat back to their submarine with whatever data they had already collected. In WWII, weather stations were a prime target for attack and intelligence gathering.

[@zacharygiles2984]

The Japanese were in Alaska so that is a possibility

[@zrtpolis]

Why wouldn't he warn his team? he was never supposed to go far from the station

[@k.b.peterson8022]

I think it's more likely the team killed him for whatever reason and then lied about it.

[@JoeTAC]

I think it's very possible that the boulder just rolled over him and within an hour he already suffocated to death under the weight. A skeleton may look like it could fit under a boulder, but with the added flesh to it, it's really possible he was stuck. If it was on the other side of the mountain too, then no one would have heard it happen.

[@thatbiguy1975]

@@JoeTAC that might be a good explanation. i just figured murder

[@TheCatWrangler]

I really appreciate the little details you put in, like the conversions to km and the captions about whether a photo is real or a stand in photo. These things are really nice for the viewer. Thank you!

[@EpsteinNoSeppuku]

ngl, that last one sounds like it could have been a murder and coverup.

[@keelinrosedoyle5179]

Yeah was thinking the same thing. Sounds like his so called friends new exactly were to put his body since they did know the island like the back of there hands

[@aaronsmith4940]

@@keelinrosedoyle5179 but why

[@feixiart8537]

@@aaronsmith4940 there are so many reasons to kill a guy in your group

[@wanderingtravels8812]

Thank you for sharing. I’ve been watching your videos faithfully for several years now.

[@mcdawgg8519]

You need merch, John. Trademark the T shirt.."Im a fan of the strange, dark and mysterious...delivered in story format."

[@grumpushominidae2123]

This comment needs to be pinned!

[@tomato7955]

naw thats lame af...thats a little long for t shirt

[@evabarrett956]

Yes!!

[@luvme4me2012]

I would definitely sport that

[@tylershimek6806]

This is an amazing short idea!

[@matiowanviver8403]

I like to think the cat saved that little boy by turning into a man lion and carrying him.

[@mgbell4917]

or maybe he lured him out there......

[@jerryknuckles736]

Bloody witches, no doubt. Lol

[@imchessman6107]

d r u g s

[@sarasouza2775]

So cute, i love it

[@sarasouza2775]

He would have remembered it, though

[@nico_meiko]

Things I have learned from MrBallen..: 1. Don't

[@mammamia89]

7:00- this story has Disney's Snow White in the woods vibes... but creepier

[@superpattheboss963]

Everybody askin "where's the like button?" No one's askin "How's the like button?"

[@cl7510]

Poor like button, gets no respect round here. Dislike button probably has more friends.

[@crater3539]

@@nostaIgiaholic wow your an incel

[@p_e_t_e]

@@nostaIgiaholic there's this new thing they call humor. you should google that. and that username, are you an edgy kid or a sociopath? lol!

[@vallereshelton7855]

Poor like button at least he gets a pat on the hand all the time but thats all he gets :(

[@czechshitycontent2149]

How is like button?

[@tealblues2723]

If I were interviewing the children post experience, I'd ask them to draw a picture of what they saw--like the "animals" they saw. I think that would be somewhat revealing.

[@The-LongRoad-Home]

I think that's a beautiful idea however you just have to be absolutely sure you want to see it...I think my curiosity would get the best of me🙌🏼

[@MaoTheMage]

I think he said Vermont... Swamp... Cow shaped... Moose maybe? Caribou? Moose are huge, bigger than you would ever think until you saw them up close, and they tend to live or pass through swampy envirionments. They could navigate that deeper water easily. Google: The best places to look for moose in Vermont are in the bogs and wetlands of the Northeast Kingdom, particularly at West Mountain, Wenlock, and Victory Basin Wildlife Management Areas, as well as the Conte National Wildlife Refuge.

[@susanbrown2909]

Asking a child of two to draw a picture..not many can actually draw a line at that age..very few;a bit older maybe.

[@tealblues2723]

@@susanbrown2909 Right! I'm referring to older children, of course, that have been returned. I wasn't technically speaking about THIS two year old. In the Missing 411 series, some older children have been found and have seen "things"---like the "robot grandma" in the cave a child was taken to---I would have liked to hv seen the drawing of her.....

[@Rqptor_omega]

*draws a wendigo crawling like the rake*

[@Taybug]

People getting lost in the woods and seeing things peeking around trees seems to be a really common theme among these stories. Fuckin creepy to think about man.

[@Harshtian]

Roin:*Hears the word cow ALSO Roin: *PTSD flash backs*

[@dsaf9372]

Lol