The Mysterious Risley Encounter

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For several weeks in March of 1978, a quiet and unassuming community in the north of England became the site of a media circus, following an inexplicable incident. Who or what was the mysterious figure reported to the authorities, and did it ultimately contribute to the death of its only witness? This week, we recount the mysterious Risley Encounter.
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[@graceonthewater]

I'm laughing my ass off at the idea that the man made this story up as a way to excuse getting home late. Wife: "Honey, where have you been?! I've been waiting for hours!" Husband: "Uhhhh I got stopped by an alien robot and it shot an energy beam at me." Wife: "Oh ok." If he'd really wanted to lie to placate his wife, I think he would've said he stopped to help someone with a flat tire or something normal, instead of inventing a monster.

[@chriscarter8593]

im laughing my ass off at the idea that anyone believes this nonsense.

[@TheLithp]

I doubt that's the real explanation, but as ever, bizarre & implausible hoaxes are still more reasonable than things like "interdimensional traveler."

[@RealBelisariusCawl]

Drunk excuse? Believable. A sober person buying it? Not so much.

[@danieltravis5082]

We've got some full fedora OWNED BY FACTS AND LOGIC skeptics here

[@Beforezzz]

​@@chriscarter8593 You don't have all the answers.

[@Hexsyn]

Okay what kind of alcohol are these people drinking that they think being drunk could alter his perception THAT MUCH lol

[@isaiasm.4192]

Moonshine mixed with battery accid?

[@heatheryllanes6925]

It cant Drunk is just the fall back argument skeptics use when they can't use the he made it up argument

[@ME-ex3yz]

The kind that was spiked with psychedelic drugs, I suppose

[@stephenpemberton9943]

Panther piss

[@timsydlowski5208]

When swamp gas and weather balloons have been discredited then discredit the witness by any means necessary. I love when photos are blurry and you can’t make out things clearly for whatever reason and they say you need a great deal of evidence and discount the photos but when they are clearly visible in a handful and experts say no tampering was found by photography but discount the clear images as being too visible therefore also discredited. Do I know what is going on? Absolutely not, but we are very arrogant thinking we are the brightest of any other group in our history and that there is so much we don’t know even with our giant leap forward in society in regards to understanding both the cosmos and our planet with much hidden in caves and underground and in bodies of water of all types across our planet. Less then 10% of the ocean has been studied and just know we couldn’t agree how to get through a global pandemic and discounted science every step of the way. So it’s any wonder why they wouldn’t tell us if it is indeed provable. No toilet paper would be the least of our problems if this subject ever gets a clear answer. I can just hear it “ don’t approach the Alien crafts or try to apprehend one.” American : you can’t tell me what to do..... I ain’t a no sheep so stick it in your back foot you socialist. Fake news fake news!!! 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ Seriously, can you imagine the aftermath of that press conference??? God this country ... and world needs an enema.

[@white_heat.truth76]

Fotunately for Ken, the cops knew something wasn't right and continued to look for answers to this incident.

[@ThePresidentofMars]

But did anything come of it?

[@truckie0710]

i do think so, too. the way they handle it seems like they did believe in Ken's story however, there ain't much to go on especially that the facility seems to brush the incident off.

[@dracorex426]

His hand was quickly burned without any source of flame, his radio was fried, and he got cancer? And all this was right outside a nuclear facility? And he was drunk? And there was someone in a body covering silvery outfit with what looked like a black void for a face? And the people at the plant investigated the area thoroughly, were unsurprised, wouldn't let anyone near, and were weirdly defensive? And there was a dead rabbit with no obvious injuries? And it was night? Sounds like a radiation leak, someone in a hazmat suit, and a bit of hallucination or skewed perception.

[@atarian345]

A lot of hearsay and conjecture. Makes for a good story though

[@PumperKrickel]

Very much agree

[@SpiderkillersInc]

I’m honestly thinking a ghost killed by radiation.

[@Avenuewriter]

Radiation was detected in the area, but it was only 3.6 roentgen. Not great, but not terrible.

[@CallmeDaddy21]

A radiation leak that caused his hands to burn immediately and fry his radio takes at least 5000 rads. It doesn't make sense for his hand to be the only thing that burned. And also, if he did get exposed to that much radiation, he would've been dead within 3 days as he slowly melts into nothing.

[@24934637]

It's been a long time since 'police stations' where you could walk in and report crimes existed anywhere near where I live. Nowadays, you have to call 999 and report the crime on the phone where you'll be given a crime reference number and nothing will be done about it, unless you happen to offend someone online, in that case you'll be going to jail!

[@ME-ex3yz]

The energy beams and the damage they caused remind me of the tale of the Greenham Common women's camp that was protesting against a nuclear plant in the 1970s iirc. They too reported strange sensations and burns that were thought to have been caused by some sort experimental energy weapon. Would be cool to see a Bedtime Stories recounting of that incident.

[@truthseeker2321]

I never heard of that one, but it's interesting. Maybe a continuation of said experiments in this story?

[@stuartd9741]

The US military was/has been experimenting with microwave energy weapons. This works by emmiting a [directional] microwave beam towards a crowd (protesters). This crowd experiences pain & discomfort - which increases the closer one gets to the microwave transmitter. Which is usually mounted on to an RV /tank type of vehicle. The idea is "no touch" "non physical" crowd control. There were a few videos of it on you tube few yrs ago. Doubt theyre there now as Google censors stuff now☹️. Could try searching for them.

[@LTPottenger]

Tingling and stange sensation is what you feel when taking a large dose of radiation.

[@karlmeyer9473]

@@stuartd9741 No. Just go on to "Directed Energy Directorate" website. They're part of the Airforce Research Lab.

[@karlmeyer9473]

@@LTPottenger or had a good sniff..

[@flashstudiosguy]

Silver suit? Atomic Energy Center? Hostile and Evasive Attitude? I'm gonna say that a former employee met a nasty accident and was forever sealed in his suit by radiation and now haunts the area.

[@marhawkman303]

Or maybe the reason the figure had a black "face" is because it was some sort of protective mask.

[@stuartd9741]

This is my theory also. Like a ghost forever to repeat the traumer. Only thing that confuses me is the bright light/energy burning Edwards hands and the blown radio. Ghosts don't normally interact with the witness? Unless it's some sort of polgergiest?

[@marhawkman303]

@@stuartd9741 I don't think it's a ghost myself. I wonder what they'd have found if they'd run a Geiger counter over his truck though...

[@cattibingo]

Sounds like a mgs boss

[@marhawkman303]

@@cattibingo Glowing Iguana?

[@Artofficial1986]

lmao at first I was like - that looks like a fire safety suit ... yup

[@SteelyBud]

Simon's writing is great. I'd never heard of the Risley Encounter, so I didn't know what was going to happen; the introductory scene had me asking with increased anxiety, "what?! What happened? Who's that guy? What did he see?!" as the story slowly built. Masterful storytelling!

[@1FokkerAce]

Multimillion dollar lawsuits are a POWERFUL reason for denial. If a ghost/alien story gets your company off the hook..... go with it.

[@marhawkman303]

yeah no real point in drawing attention to yourself if the "victim" is happy to blame someone else.... who doesn't exist.

[@pajtmvorvndeifneif]

Please increase 🙏 frequency of your uploads. There are so many stories to be told...I can't bear this 😭 long wait anymore

[@devashish8588]

😣😣😣🤗

[@h.calvert3165]

It must take a long time to produce the superior artwork, though. 🎨

[@burtbiggum499]

Nah once weekly is fine

[@EphemeralProductions]

They are all very busy and a couple of them have kids. They make uploads whenever they can.

[@bryanmchugh1307]

WOW! Another instant classic from the extremely talented OP's.

[@kiwikiwi9671]

Omg I’ve been waiting since I began binge watching!

[@jimtheedcguy4313]

That's how my BT obsession started 😁

[@JuanHernandez-dw4vq]

It's obvious that the alien took the shape of big John. Those damn clever aliens.

[@neopagan1976]

Thank you for the new episode, guys! I so love your story telling style. 😍😍😍😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰💞💞💞💖💖💖💖

[@pratumvulpes6217]

The description of this being has a striking similarity to the Solway Firth Spaceman, namely the bright white/silvery full body suit with a dark visor and both being seen in the UK. It seems that whatever might have been encountered in 1978 was a lot less benign than the Solway Firth Spaceman, however.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Bedtime Stories, can you do the Mokele-mbembe?

[@boobiemcgee6996]

They are baaack!

[@thedoruk6324]

7:21 - For the ones whose so curious about this weeks particular [ *abomination* ]

[@bigsquatch125]

I’ve been a listener since practically the beginning and this is one of the best “scary” podcasts...IMO. Keep up the great work guys! Thank you!

[@hunter18489]

LMAO THAT NEWSPAPER WHACK! Also; thank you for the amazing video!

[@elric5158]

Reminds of that one Scooby doo episode

[@marhawkman303]

The writers from the original Scooby Doo run were less creative than modern audiences think. It's just that a lot of the references they made are lost on modern audience.

[@josi4251]

This is one of my favorite channels on KZbin.

[@auveus5036]

sounds like radiation damage, damaged his DNA, led to cancer or something, and he died.

[@janetlieb2507]

Feel bad for him. He suffered and died. Radiation

[@SimpleSamProductions]

Excellent quality content, as always.👌👏

[@walkingdad6978]

Love this narration, content, graphics and ambience.....never disappointed gentlemen, well done on another top notch story 👍

[@numbdigger9552]

So basically a staff member pulls a stupid prank, he is walking back to the facility and over the road when this guy sees him and stops. The guy in the suit looks at the car and the light is reflected from his eye protection. The guy in the suit walks off and through a small door in the fence. At some point through all of this the radio short circuits and burns the drivers hand. Aftewards his drunk state twists things up. The security staff try to shoe the cops away because they want to hide the fact that a staff member did something so stupid. The guy has a ptsd attack when he is on the same piece of road again. He also develops kidney cancer at some point in his life, which could contribute to all of these encounters.

[@aaroncook2052]

Honestly its really not that much a stretch. Weirder combinations of events have happened.

[@bjamiork]

YES! I actually was just wondering this morning when we'd see a new video from you :)

[@DK-cy5mt]

Atomic energy establishments in the UK are guarded by the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, who are armed on patrol, so it wouldn't have been security guards. Fantastic episode though.

[@bradleyboyer9979]

This was a heck of an introductory AA story.

[@D_S_88]

Finally!

[@kenjack6674]

For a couple of minutes I thought it was going to be about Risley.what was a remand centre, is now a prison ...but I can tell you it wasn't called grisly Risley for nothing ....

[@ann-mariepaliukenas19]

I thought it was going to be too.

[@leftfieldparlays2946]

Yes! It's been 4 weeks but already looking forward to the next 20 mins 👻

[@Anti-Villain-Wolf]

Glad to see you guys back!

[@michaelbruns449]

"Phasers On Stun" > 7:28 😂 Rupert Holmes/Lindsay Wagner > 4:15 😂

[@mangoldm]

So all we have is one man’s story, some flattened grass and a dead rabbit?

[@이동연-c6d]

I missed you so much!

[@jimb1801]

Thank you my brother and I always enjoyed sightings with ron white and unsolved mysterys

[@chrishealy1622]

Always enjoy your work, Greetings from 🇮🇪

[@kenspiracytheliedetector8955]

I could really relate to this story. I remember 1978. I had a similar encounter only it was slightly different in that I was taller than the mysterious figure I encountered. I was dressed in gold and if I remember correctly the figure was wearing s cheap imitation copper blue suede suite. I tried to get him to join me for some pancakes at Perkins but he didn't seem interested. "Maybe some other time," he said as he vanished into a nearby wooded area. Anyways, another well told tale. Keep it up, lads!

[@Ambassador1701]

"Many speculate that was to explain away to his wife, when he came home drunk." You mean Ricky Gervais speculated that.

[@lewiscarroll6986]

Loving the videos!

[@RealBelisariusCawl]

15:00 I’ll be honest. I’ve been drunk before. REALLY drunk. Pass-out-in-the-woods-with-friends-for-hours drunk. I’ve never been so drunk that I could have hallucinated whatever that was. The notion of it being a drunken lie to pacify an angry wife, followed by the sober decision to double down? That makes much more sense to me. Either this was something he actually saw, and the details may or may not be totally accurate; or he was just trying to insult his wife’s intelligence and it apparently didn’t work because she took it hook, line, and sinker.

[@stephaniefarlow1128]

Seriously they used the “ drunk excuse” SMH 🤦‍♀️ . Closed minded fools. If they only understood this strange world .

[@stevemyers3082]

The people who say that drinking alcohol is what caused him to see the silver man have clearly never drank alcohol before. That's not how being drunk works, especially if he's sober enough to drive home.

[@bunberrier]

Anything to cite? A news story from the time? A witness statement? I am curious to know more but couldn't find anything.

[@frogisis]

The prevalence of glowing red eyes makes me think that whatever phenomena these sorts of things are, they're "fitted to" humanity in some way, either generated by humanity as some kind of collective tulpa or interpretation of something we can't otherwise perceive (whether physically present or entirely entoptic), or crafted as hand puppets by mischievous alien beings who are having fun tormenting the local animals (I would suspect the little big-headed guys aren't the "real" aliens, either-The real alien would probably be the machine intelligence of the UFO itself). Most of the things described in stories like this seem a little too conveniently tailored to human sensibilities for them to just be going around like that all day or having a life outside of us. Though maybe they literally don't-A lot of these encounters could easily be with "real" creatures that simply live in inner space like the mental version of your gut bacteria, making up the ecosystem of your subconscious and mocking the distinction between hallucination and real encounter. That wouldn't explain the physical phenomena, unless you're willing to entertain being "dragged" to a timeline where those are the things that happened. (Colorlessly glowing eyes are scarier anyway... Watch, that's what _I'm_ gonna eventually encounter, now)

[@Northern-Sounds]

Interesting video, Thankyou. ✌️🤗❤️

[@mizzourita3896]

This feels very much like crouch end...

[@lawrencesears]

Awesome. I love the narrator's voice!! And the story.

[@Interiapl85]

I wish you could upload more often, love you videos x

[@demisavage77]

Love this channel, you guys are the best, thank you for another great video!

[@janetlieb2507]

Reminds me of the giants in the book Return Of The Giants about aliens in Israel. Author is Barry Chamise.

[@Steverino322]

3:27 lol the guy at the desk looks like Harrison Ford. HA as soon as I unpaused I found out his name is actually Harrison xD

[@austinharding9734]

ever seen the movie Phenomenon? the flash of light he saw was caused from his cancer. the burns an marks, thats cancer too, in fact, the cancer made him hallucinate the whole thing that was just an example but point is be weary when speculating scenarios, its always good to be unbiased and show skepticism, but i think it would be sufficient to simply remind us that all that correlation is not the same as causation

[@elainebines6803]

It was boxing night 1980 that I witnessed a UFO which turned out to be the rendlesham incident. A lot happening obviously, around that time.

[@chrisnorman9980]

Sometimes the “rational” alternate scenarios offered by the skeptics and experts sound more of a ridiculous stretch than the paranormal occurrence.

[@Jigglebomber]

This story reminds me heavily of "Dark" Netflix series, a small town with weird small yet disturbing incident happening with suspicious relation to an nuclear facility

[@phatman3573]

Only thing I can think of is the firemen playing a prank..,they may have had the silver fireproof suits and I would imagine not a lot going on around there in the 1970s…

[@mikeyourbag8997]

Great story

[@robertsollory7475]

How about doing one on the Enfield haunting in 1977?

[@filmandfirearms]

I think pretty much every man can think of a more believable and less alarming story than "I was attacked by some weird 8 foot tall thing in a silver suit and that's why I'm late." There might be a rational explanation, but that isn't it

[@crazyhorse360]

Time to shit myself up before bed! Cheers for these chaps!

[@OTERO81]

The alien suit look like it was from among us lol

[@csj9619]

The eight-footer "alien feller" was only some dude in his cosplay get-up on the way to a swinger party.

[@fien111]

Everyone gangsta till the Scooby Doo villain shoots laser eyes

[@1000wastedwords]

Ahhhh. This was so nice to listen to on this cold, rainy night while I cook some soup. So satisfying.

[@jamessherriff8896]

Wasn't this story covered in an issue of Fortean Times a couple of months ago?

[@mr.e6033]

I love this channel!!!

[@CordellPotts]

Why did no one ask Big John. With the details given he shouldn't have been hard to track down.

[@mierbeuker8148]

Lol, that was my very first thought, before he even got to the part that the dude was in fact drinking until late that night. And the only excuse he could come up with in his drunken state, was this hilariously stupid story. He did not expect his wife to take it this seriously, and drag his ass to the police station to report it. Which also explains perfectly why he was so reluctant to return to "the scene" with the police officers. It was because he was scared they were going to expose his idiotic excuse to his wife. XD XD

[@garyreid6165]

Great narration and images, as always. Is what the man saw on the road an extraterrestrial or a prank gone wrong? It is difficult to say because of the circumstances. The radio in the van that was destroyed should’ve been looked into a little further as well as the health condition of the man. Was his health brought on because he was frightened by what he saw that night or was he afraid of being chastised harshly by his wife because he was drinking and had come home late? And what about the pain in his right hand? He died from cancer of the kidneys, but what was the cause of the cancer? I guess medical science had not found anything in 1978.

[@RehanaF13]

It he was drunk, it’s surprising how he could drive safely home. And no one is 8 feet tall. How do you explain the same strange feelings he would receive when he would arrive back at the same spot of the incident? And the cancer? Way too many things to argue here on saying he was drunk.

[@leebug3424]

This video is the only thing that comes up when searching for this incident?

[@colinbrigham8253]

Thanks spooky 🤗

[@ВалариПетровский]

I read about this years ago i think its in the book The Humanoids by Charles Bowen.

[@adrianburchell8075]

was the fireman ever questioned by the police?

[@damnedlegionaire]

So Ken was drunk enough to see shit that wasn't there but was sober enough to safely drive his van home. _Right..._

[@moch.farisdzulfiqar6123]

Ken is a Slav

[@larryjohnson150]

Right?!? I’ve been blackout drunk multiple times and have never imagined things that weren’t there, I’ve also done my fair share of mushrooms and acid and even that shit has never made me see something that was there, all it does warp what you actually see.

[@jessicatrask5608]

and show up at the police station and successfully convince them to believe and follow him. Doesn't sound like drunkenness was an issue.

[@jonnyjonny2926]

Moronic cynical comment based on ignorant assumptions. You're not smart or cool.

[@damnedlegionaire]

@@jonnyjonny2926 Never claimed to be either.

[@stephensedlon8414]

"Then proceeded to walk right through the chain link fence" Who else pictured the T-1000 melding through the bars at that moment?

[@matthewzablocki5310]

Me lol

[@Xbalanque84]

Well, I certainly am now.

[@bobrobert1123]

I drink alot of booze and I've never seen a monster while drinkin.

[@devashish8588]

😆😀

[@acedianihil8208]

@Zooted Ludes nah dog I mean after a couple days of drinking and amphetas ill get strange visual stuff going on and irrational anxiety over shit i know that im not really seeing but still scares me cause it feels like its there but i dunno if that stuff is the same deal

[@aimeem]

You know what will cause real hallucinations is cough syrup -- dextromethorpan. And not fun hallucinations, like mushrooms or LSD give you. I remember having a nasty cold and being on a deadline for work, and seeing, like, ape-aliens in white coats. Who were telling me I should give my ex another chance. It was the weirdest experience lol. It didn't feel real at all though. It was more like, "Note to self: STOP DRINKING COUGH SYRUP STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BOTTLE."

[@gotdangedcommiesitellyahwa6298]

Yeah, for real. I've seen the back of my friends car turn into a monster at night, but that was after some questionable grass that was most likely laced. But never from just drinking. It's usually when you start mixing things that shit gets crazy.

[@bobrobert1123]

@@gotdangedcommiesitellyahwa6298 its just a convinient excuse for the pigs to cast doubt on witness testimony.

[@bloodsiphon4695]

Why didn't someone just ask Big John if a van stopped in the middle of the road as he crossed it? Case closed.

[@Kersich86]

they for sure did... but than you cannot make a video about it 🙂

[@Kainlarsen]

It's possible he might have felt guilty about causing all that trouble if it was him, and perhaps never came forward out of embarrassment.

[@rheinhartsilvento2576]

@@Kersich86 Sure, but there's loads of questions: if Big John had indeed donned his silver suit that specific evening, was he in that specific spot - to be seen by the van driver? Is there a side gate in the metal fencing at that spot? Or not? How tall is Big John? Also, how much did the protagonist drink exactly? Because it's very unlikely that it was so much that he'd have visual and sensory hallucinations of this magnitude. Also, the destroyed radio and burnt hand were not hallucinations. So yeah - too many factors to just sweep the incident under the carpet.

[@sbird8675]

@@rheinhartsilvento2576 The Big John thing seems like a cover up. It wasn't revealed until years after the incident, despite police at the time doing a thorough investigation, and it relies on some pretty major coincidences (specifically the radio spontaneously combusting just as Big John crossed the road). My guess is that when the rumours didn't stop, and Kenneth Edward's declining health seemed to prove his story, they decided to try to sabotage his character by accusing him of being drunk and creating the prank story.

[@rheinhartsilvento2576]

@@sbird8675 Yeah, tbh, this sounds a lot more plausible. I feel that in a good number of these extraordinary cases, there are more or less effective attempts at cover-up, minimization and /or character assassination of the protagonists. Most people are incurious and lazy, and once a "common sense" explanation is planted in their brain, they will just parrot it, without attempting to actually fact-check or investigate anything. But will go on to be "sure" that such and such "can't " happen.

[@Moni100691]

Is it just a coincidence that Harrison at the front desk resembles Harrison Ford

[@shengyi1701]

Instead of Greedo, he encountered Silverado!

[@ThatGuy182545]

Even more interesting, is it just a coincidence that the names of the couple are Ken and Barbie (Barbara)?

[@alexroselle]

"We had a slight malfunction, but, uh... everything's all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here now, thank you. How are you?"

[@shengyi1701]

@@alexroselle who is this? What’s your serial number?

[@dylanbell268]

@@shengyi1701 [science 80] 1C 3C R34 M

[@Clenched.Cheeks]

Oh man what a gift. I'm currently on a ferry on my way to a new job promotion on Vancouver island, just watch some dolphins swimming along the boat, came back to my truck, and saw I've got a new bedtime stories for tonight. What a perfect day.

[@aurevoiralex]

Yep, sometimes we get to cash in all our Good Karma points in one go! :D

[@chadatchison145]

Fantastic man, congrats on the promotion. It's nice to hear positive stories during these crazy times, plus the dolphins make a nice and pleasant addition. :)

[@topcat2166]

Good luck with new job m8👍

[@MrSWGrant]

What part of Vancouver island? I’m in Victoria

[@countofdownable]

Visited there 12 years ago.

[@rubberneckinc.8937]

2 things 1. You gentlemen are amazing storytellers. Your videos never ever disappoint. Thank you 2. Poor Ken. What a horrible thing to happen to him. Rest in peace.

[@davidmcallister329]

Lights off, pillows fluffed and Bedtime Stories playing......good night all

[@thebeamerdreamer]

Good afternoon

[@g_y.rtz420]

its 9am nothings working im still awake oh god send help

[@gruntspy44]

Thsts how I roll

[@nathancegorach9738]

This guy gets it

[@xoloft]

You forgot shorts open socks ready

[@russellst.martin4255]

Aren't you aliens a little too old to be playing with Ken and Barbie?

[@BigfootWithMemes]

I'm glad we bigfoots are in the North American woods far away from there

[@ashleybrooke2087]

@OcasioCortez 4prez2022 Maybe voice to text? I'd be more concerned about getting Internet service out in the middle of nowhere. That's probably why they come close to human settlements; wi fi access.

[@kampfgruppepeiper501]

It’s cute that incels have a voice through yt

[@cryptidhunter9933]

@@ashleybrooke2087 thats scarey

[@cryptidhunter9933]

@OcasioCortez 4prez2022 spying maybe?

[@janelleskavinsky7629]

Thanks Mr.Bigfoot. I'm a huge fan, could I get a photo?

[@nooctip]

Oh great I'm late, and my breath smells of booze. The wife will be so pissed. I know I'll tell her I was zapped by a maybe alien. She'll buy it.

[@STRAKAZulu]

I remembered reading about this a long time ago, but couldn’t remember anything in detail. Thanks for refreshing this old bat’s memories!

[@tannercryder9324]

I can't find the story anywhere, is it purely fiction or an actual report?

[@lars69420]

I remembered when this channel was good and they actually tried

[@jesusisminenow]

@@lars69420 I bet you're really fun to be around.

[@magicvampirelver1321]

@@lars69420 yeah all the early episodes were really good

[@p.k7191]

dude they still do?

[@cannibalculture4499]

I've never been sober enough to operate heavy machinery AND hallucinated someone or something walking THROUGH solid objects. I just don't believe that it's all a big coincidence and he was just drunk. No way.

[@theneonseal6792]

As I said to another commenter: I usually believe that something entirely rational has happened in accounts of the unusual, but in this case, the rational story has more holes than a Star Wars script written by J. J. Abrams. It's easier to believe in a case of atomic experimentation than the whole mess of drunk/prank/conicidence offered up as an answer.

[@mattteee2973]

What heavy machinery? He was only driving a Sherpa van. The bigger doubt would have been a bunch of bored coppers not immediately nicking him when he walked into a station smelling of booze and telling them he'd just been driving

[@kawadashogo8258]

I wonder if maybe the silver man didn't walk through a solid object at all, but through a gap in the fence. When I was a kid, the playground of my school had a part of the fence where it still appeared to be attached to the fence post but actually was disconnected from it so you could pull it away like a curtain and walk through. Me and some other kids used it as a shortcut to get home, as my house was in that direction and the alternative was walking all the way around the baseball field. Perhaps the fence around the fire station had a similar thing, a slight gap where it was disconnected from the fence post so you could pull the fencing away like a curtain and then put it back in place once you've walked through. To a guy watching this in the dark from his vehicle and while allegedly slightly intoxicated and already a bit freaked out by what he was seeing, a guy walking through a gap in the fencing might appear to be walking directly through the fence. I'm not saying I think this is what definitely happened; I just think it's plausible. Of course that doesn't explain the radio and the burns on his hand though.

[@olivermarijuanajones1584]

Even IF there were some technicians playing a trick on him, and in his inebriated state he hallucinated a Big Metal Spaceman, how does that explain his hands being burned by the suddenly red-hot steering wheel?? Very odd, this one...

[@Nimish204]

That was just excessive power heading the steering wheel.

[@ChazZeromus]

I hate it when I accidentally shoot cancer-rays when pranking people in my hazmat suit

[@J3diMindTrix]

Yeah I'm getting the impression that 'big John' is a cover up story

[@EphemeralProductions]

And the exploded radio.

[@lewisdoherty7621]

If you saw how Inspector Clouseau tried to fix his car cigarette lighter, then if the technician tried to fix his radio, well...

[@brendanward2991]

The Big John story is clearly an attempt to put the incident to bed: "Nothing to see here, folks!"

[@jwbaccaro]

That's what I was thinking...

[@Szpagin]

Still more probable than aliens.

[@cryptosporidium01]

@@Szpagin shhhhhhh don't tell them about Ockham Razor and all that, they want to believe ! 😂

[@aaroncook2052]

@@cryptosporidium01 I believe in alot of things, but honestly the Big John story mostly checks out.

[@freelancepear87kakkoka11]

it's funny how almost always the skeptic explanations are more nonsensical than the paranormal explanation. like first of all what alcohol causes hallucinations like that? maybe absinthe but who tf drinks that shit? besides even if Ken was drinking absinthe he wasn't just driving a car, but he drove to a police station and managed to convince the police that he had experienced something strange. at this point he should have been caught driving under the influence, but of course he didn't since he was sober at that time. and when it comes to the fireman, what the hell was he doing walking in a dark road wearing the fireman suit? do the skeptics not understand how a prank even works? if he pranked the students at the dormitory then he did it and was done with it, there was no reason for him to walk around a dark road and assume that some random passerby is going to notice him and react to his presence in a funny way. on the other hand this case does have some interesting details, there have been other cases where people around the world have reported seeing these strange metallic men who do not have articulated limbs. similarly these encounters involve the metallic man turning towards the witness, looking at them and continue their journey (not to talk about the weirdly specific radiation damage and the messing with electronics).

[@viridisxiv766]

"i dont need a tinfoil hat. i have surfshark" :D

[@Markovian_]

Loving the animated art of the usual artist.

[@jorenthar9186]

Are you guys psychic or something? Not 2 hours ago I was thinking to myself that there hadn't been a new Bedtime Stories episode in quite a long while... And then you release one an hour later...

[@devashish8588]

Same☺️

[@dibdap2373]

Maybe you're psychic.

[@puppetguy8726]

It seems a bit strange that the police handled this matter so seriously and thoroughly.

[@finderoftheunknown4295]

They probably knew something was suspicious about the power plant

[@brunneng38]

Sadly, google searches of these stories almost always result in learning they’re debunked or just Creepypasta type stories.

[@janetlieb2507]

Why???? Deserved investigation!!!

[@puppetguy8726]

@@janetlieb2507 Police usually don't handle such matters so seriously.

[@Adino1]

@@brunneng38 Yeah, these are basically just ghost stories. Though there has been a few uploads I believe are 100%, just a few.

[@ghostlamps]

This synced up perfectly with my actual bed time

[@DavidPigbody]

Please don't have a bedtime

[@weirdautumn]

Same

[@SabrinaAlleyne]

Same but I didn't watch it until this morning because I didn't want to scare myself.

[@thomasgreen1557]

Me too wtf

[@ghostlamps]

@@thomasgreen1557 he knows when we all start getting sleepy

[@professor.moriarty9803]

*silver man, exist Ken but this time he's Scottish: "aye muppet think yar flash bloody gordan blocken dah roud aint ya..." *moving his foot off the brake

[@mariemarie2888]

god please don't from everyone who is Scottish

[@DizzyDarko666]

@@mariemarie2888 as a Scottish person I agree, don't. Just don't. Please.

[@daveryder9617]

How many of these stories would end differently if every witness just charged at whatever they saw...fists, clubs, or whatever's at hand swinging!

[@annakaraski9171]

Wait wait why is no one talking about this "sealed dorm" where they were "isolating" students to "study" circadian rhythms?!?!? Uh that alone sounds weird AF

[@truthseeker2321]

Funny how it took several years after the incident, to come up with this story, and " Big John" isn't it?

[@cocolime6496]

not really it sounds like a typical medical or psychological experiment

[@erichumphreys6656]

No its part of thier training, incase the plant is on fire or cant get out

[@theneonseal6792]

@@erichumphreys6656 It was a science experiment. Not training.

[@rheinhartsilvento2576]

@@truthseeker2321 Exactly