Top 3 IMPOSSIBLE places people were found | Missing 411 (Part 18)

[@deeblank1687]

First story while he was talking at the very end in the bottom middle of the screen. (9:12 ish) I think it was Neegan

[@MrBallen]

Winner Winner!!

[@appleduzgames5183]

GG

[@NoNameHell0]

@@MrBallen i Posted to late damn

[@aslynbudde6922]

Mr. Ballen is an amazing channel.

[@colleenc.9900]

Nice one! 👍

[@Snozzify]

I'm not surprised that the crow guided him. People don't give crows enough credit. They are incredibly intelligent. I made friends with a group of crows, when I was a security guard and sat in an empty shipyard for long, boring shifts. I fed them part of my lunch and once they trusted me enough, they found ways to communicate with me. They are truly amazing creatures

[@Red.fishnet]

When i found this out a few years back since then I have always wanted to make friends with a crow

[@Snozzify]

@@Red.fishnet best way to do it, is to bring them some food. My guys were very fond of popcorn and canned cat food, they really love meaty stuff. Just sit somewhere near, but not too close and stay there. They will make the first step to befriend you, they just got to get to know you and trust you. This may take months, but it's very rewarding when they finally decide that you are a friend

[@Red.fishnet]

@@Snozzify aah thank you😁😁i will try Luckily i have an obsession with popcorn so me and the birds already have something in common💅

[@Snozzify]

@@Red.fishnet best of luck to you, just be patient, it'll take some time, but eventually they'll befriend you

[@lucidinterval8012]

BRO IM A SECURITY GUARD AND ALSO HAVE A STORY. THERE WERE HUNDREDS THEY WERE IN MY WAY ON SHIFT DURING TWILIGHT SUNDAY EVENING (EERIE NIGHT) AT WORK ALONE. AS I DID MY PATROL, I FOUND HUNDREDS RIGHT IN MY WAY. THEY LITERALLY ALL STOOD QUIET AND LOOKED UP AT ME LIKE AS I APPROACHED AND CAME TO A HALT. "DON'T YOU DARE DRIVE THROUGH US" WAS THE SENSE I GOT. MY ASS REVERSED AND GOT THE F*** OUTTA THERE. THEY NEVER BUGGED ME EVER AGAIN. THAT PLACE WAS HAUNTED TOO. I WOULD HEAR FOOTSTEPS BEHIND ME AS I PATROLLED UP STAIRS. SOMETHING WAS ALWAYS FOLLOWING ME.

[@shawns.12]

That story about the boy legitimately scares the shit out of me. I work with dogs professionally, they don’t do that shit for no reason.

[@midnightssong8865]

Since seeing this I wonder what the dog saw

[@ladderking]

you know that people say dogs and cats can see ghosts...

[@willber318]

Maybe a porthole 🤷‍♂️

[@taydoc8580]

Also that they never found the other two is super weird. Dogs are usually crazy protective over their people and kids they know. If someone/something snatched the boy they would've tried to stay near him if not fight off the attacker, but even if they somehow lost the boy they would've eventually found their way home

[@raptorman1283]

But why didn't the dog bark when the kid was first screaming?

[@kathleenmuchka2559]

Crows are extremely intelligent animals. I watched them stalk a neighbor for years after the neighbor killed one of the crows.

[@daniellemorcom8750]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 x

[@jarretstockford6702]

Yeah it's been noted that some crows/ravens will even train their babies to hate You if you fuck with them

[@LoriCrabtree31]

I guess they've been tested and have the same cognitive abilities of a 7 year old child.

[@davidmeigs2152]

When I was young, I fed some young ravens. They followed me around for the entire time I lived there, and now, some twenty years since I left, I swear I saw one of the two birds. Older and ruffled, but still here. Still following me around the property, lol.

[@kakarotyung7056]

I killed a crow and they never left me alone I would wake up at the middle of the night and they were pecking my window then they swarmed my son and nearly killed him then there were hundreds of them on my fences and constantly squawking I had to make peace with them I took off all my clothes and screamed if you want me here I am they scratched me up pretty bad and I let them Now days I don't have any problems with them as long as I give them offerings such as mince and seed and grain and a massive bird bath I went on holiday for 3 months came back and they swarmed me again and my son we couldn't even get out the car so now I have 16 cats and got my gun licence if they wanted a war they got one I cut down there tree after shooting them all were talking hundreds and they cats ate there remains and I burnt what was left but now I'm haunted by there ghosts my window taps all night even as I'm looking right at it but it only stops when I hit record . That's my story

[@isabelschwab2162]

The crow that led the hunter to the body is so interesting, and it has so many fascinating implications. Crows will hold funerals for other crows. They gather the entire flock together to sit in silence around a dead crows remains. Clearly, the remains of dead crows hold deep emotional significance to other crows. What this means for the crow in the story, is that it not only saw the remains an recognized them as being human,. It also must have thought that human remains are important to other humans, just like crow remains are important to crows. Crows are animals that have been proven to show compassion and altruism to other animals. I think that when this crow saw the hunter, it must have figured "i bet humans will want to find these remains so they can properly grieve" and so it guided the hunter to that stump. The thought of an animal sympathizing with human grief is such a touching notion, I would really like to believe that that was the crows intention. Crows and other corvids are amazing animals!

[@diamonddave16]

Intelligent birds. Crows look badass when they are together like a forest gang

[@SparlsOfficial]

That is beautiful 😢

[@mint_soup9743]

You're very articulate. Great comment!

[@michaeldoran4367]

HILLARY CLINTON IN THE WOODS BOTHERING CHILDREN AND EATING BABIES!

[@michaeldoran4367]

​@@SparlsOfficialMASSIVELY GIRTHY KOK SEEN POKING THROUGH A TOWEL AT THE COMMUNITY POOL. THE KOK LOOKS LIKE AN ENORMOUS SNAKE WRIGGLING AROUND IN THE AMAZON JUNGLE. SPECTACULARLY HUGE GIRTHY VEINY ERECT KOK

[@victoriacervantes9239]

The crow was pointing out that “one of your kind died over here.” And since the crows live in the forest they would know how seldom a human dies in their forest and would be wanting to let any other human who came along to the area know what was up. I hope that crow knows that they did a really good job.

[@snoblette]

I read somewhere that crows also know how to gather belongings and keep them neatly done... May or may not be the case here but when researching crows it blew my mind

[@karmynking2949]

@@snoblette i think it was someone in the tribe, not knowing that he was one of there own or not caring.

[@bwestacado9643]

Crows are brilliant and I love that they hold investigations when their own die to avoid meeting the same end. Like you, I believe the crow was just like "yo, found one of you dead over here"

[@drwatson16]

Or the crow is somehow involved in the disappearing of the guy at first place..what if the crow is evil and the hunter was about to become its next victim? 🤔

[@bwestacado9643]

@@drwatson16 Lol serial killer crow sick of people making noise in his woods

[@monnasampaio]

The fact that crows and ravens grieve their dead, makes this "delivering human remains to a fellow human" ever more fascinating.

[@kevinsaltz7849]

That's what I was thinking he just made it a habit to do that from time to time in case someone was looking

[@josephschneeman5415]

As do elephants and dogs and plenty of other animals.

[@jamesbakley5073]

@@josephschneeman5415 crows have their language. Even with accents like us. They can communicate what death is. Farmers will also kill them and hang them up to keep them from their fields.

[@EVH596]

@Prison Mike I personally love crows because they’re so lively and intelligent. I get wanting to keep them away from crops and food, but I actually like having them around. Plus, you can actually make friends with them by feeding them, since they can remember faces and even a persons car!

[@RuinedTemple]

@Prison Mike That man's family & friends might not agree with that statement. If there were far fewer crows, one may never have come across his remains & shown that hunter where they were, then those who cared for him would have never had any closure.

[@hussssshie]

Crows are extremely intelligent and will help people. A friend of mine who was epileptic had a pet crow. One time she had an episode while cooking and Birb (that was its name) turned off the stove and flew to her mother's house two towns away to alert them that something happened and they immediately called police. Turning off the stove probably saved her life, and she never taught Birb how to do that. Birb died a year ago or so and we all miss him more than a dog or a cat. They're truly wonderful animals despite the looks.

[@davidpierce9949]

Bro that one is hard to believe. It turned off the stove?

[@LuckyBadger]

@@davidpierce9949 I've heard, and actually seen, so many amazing things that crows can do, that I absolutely believe it. They are so smart it's scary, and yes, they can watch what you do and copy it.

[@poosaay]

@@davidpierce9949 I kinda think its possibly coz the crows in my neighborhood sometimes enter my house wen I play with them n they know how to open the draws and cabinets. it's kinda annoying actually coz they'll open it n then start yanking things out n making a whole mess

[@MollyFC]

@@davidpierce9949 I've seen footage of crows opening gates so it's not that weird

[@aliceem9615]

I think they are beautiful

[@CharlotteBlaire]

I really like how Mr Ballen always lets us know what happens to any animals/pets involved in the stories he tells.

[@Gletenkompleten]

Me too. ❤❤❤

[@-bubby9633]

Dog nutter

[@BalboaBaggins]

What about those animals you eat?

[@zolaii]

@@BalboaBagginsthey died already..?

[@zolaii]

@@BalboaBagginsthey died already..?

[@vinchezmo8864]

Back in the 90’s my wife and I lived in Nepal. We were trekking near Thangboche when a raven cawing loudly and batting its wings kept following us. Flying ahead and stopping on chortans and a rock wall next to the trail to yell at us, as if warning us not to continue and turn around. Doing so would mean doubling back, adding hours to the trek. We tried to ignore him, but he wouldn’t let up. Being in such a spiritual place we decided to pay heed to the ravens warning and turned around. We later found out that a slide had wiped out the trail just ahead of where we turned around and it was a very dangerous area where other hikers had actually gone missing…. Glad we listened

[@egyensangpo346]

Damn thats cool . I have heard that thangboche is a really beautiful place .

[@subhabratadas8419]

In Nepal , crows are considered ancestors who come back to visit you.

[@positivepessimist6853]

Wow, that's amazing! These creatures serve a purpose and have to be respected. Islam teaches that all animals communicate, but that we just don't understand them.

[@UnbelievableCrimeStories]

Cap

[@t.mendous7922]

Yikes, that sounds like a close call!

[@DeputyDiddle]

Crows hold funerals for their dead crow brethren. I like to imagine that this one just wanted to let a human know that we've lost one of our own so that we could do the same.

[@desertparanormal2791]

It's not the first time it's happened and I'm sure it won't be the last. I've always had an extremely good day if I see a crow or two.

[@TheLikenessOfNormal]

Especially if the man was good to the crows it would be trying to tell others he was dead.

[@mrace1180]

@@desertparanormal2791 Then you should come to Norway, almost impossible to go a day without seeing a crow.

[@montanamike7948]

They also kill other crows

[@GrimSleepy]

@@montanamike7948 A gathering of them is called a Murder, after all.

[@tjpm]

We must understand that when a dog stands his ground and growls at anything, it means it’s scared but is ready for anything. Kudos to that brave dog. My own dog feels a leaf fall behind her and she will run and leave me to fend for myself… I love her tho.

[@awg7068]

My old boy (RIP) did that with coyotes when I was pregnant and confronted by two of them. His instincts kicked right in, and he was a big boy, so his size and demeanor backed them off. I miss him every day.

[@StrangeDetectives]

She's like: FEND FOR YOURSELF MOM/DAD!

[@StrangeDetectives]

@@awg7068 aw..

[@awg7068]

@@StrangeDetectives He was our good boy, and I swear he sent us our girl that we adopted. She’s much smaller, but a total love like him.

[@StrangeDetectives]

@adriennewrn7068 aww that's sweet

[@noobkiller742]

The scariest part about all these cases with kids that are ultimately found don’t remember is that speaking from experience as a child under extreme duress and extreme situation your brain will completely repress the memory of your event until it deems your brain is strong enough to handle remembering it, so whatever these kids went through most likely was so traumatizing that they repressed it and may come back later on in their lives

[@kumaahito3927]

Yeah. Most of our childhood (well, any) memories fade over time to begin with, but the brain is amazing at preserving itself, so especially in children, traumatic events can simply wipe themselves out from conscious memory.

[@Babesinthewood97]

Yes I know, in my late 30s I started remembering things that I don’t want to remember. Everything is stored inside your mind palace, to rephrase Sherlock Holmes.

[@williamwray9454]

oh i am 54 remember seeing a couple things, but i can promise you that stuff creates demons inside that will most definitely return

[@elephystry]

That’s exactly what I was thinking, maybe when they are older they’ll be able to remember what happened and shed some light.

[@johnjackson8184]

I too was once a child

[@Ok-bv2kk]

Moral of the story: stop leaving your 2 year olds unattended near the forest!!!!!

[@williamwill182]

These people are crazy, i dont know why they think its a good ideia to let young children play away from them near a dense forest, and they get surprised when something bad happens.

[@janasmith1682]

Amen!

[@DejaB0226]

Agree lol

[@ethansolis3244]

No, the actual moral of the story is not to live by a forest.

[@garethhawkins6974]

I know right it's so stupid. I've heard several stories similar to this if it ain't a wild animal doing the killing it's a pedo. So stupid its like the start of a horror film, hey yeah I know I'll just let a baby play in a forest while I take my eyes off the kid and read a book. Most of the cases I've seen have ended 10 times worse than this story and yet they all have one thing in common there wasn't a dad around. I remember when I was a kid whenever my mum or dad took me to the park every time I looked over my dad was constantly watching me and would even come over to me if a dog came close or a potential threat just to make sure and yet whenever my mum took me Id look over and she would be In deep conversation with other woman at the park not paying attention to what I was doing or what was happening. Just saying

[@Oplutmagicman]

I love how this guys tells the stories like he’s actually recalling the events, super natural feeling

[@danielstarr9037]

I’ve had history teachers like that and I absolutely love it

[@seanking502]

He needs to write books, his story telling abilities are top notch

[@JackTaylor-sm4se]

just shows how much research he does to be able to give us these amazing stories. Would be better with less ads so I could listen to him while I sleep.

[@alexortizdabeast8534]

Yea hes great at it

[@kalabell12]

A good friend of mine rehabilitated an injured crow and he brought miscellaneous knickknacks from the woods for years after he was released. ♥️

[@prodigals6862]

Knick knacks or clues 🧐 📝

[@kalabell12]

@@prodigals6862 could’ve been either one 🤣

[@therealdeal3672]

Crows are generous, that way, apparently.

[@lyndsinreallife]

This is adorable

[@StanleyKubick1]

they're attracted to shiny things. in south america there are crows that share a "treasure room" in the center mass of their communal nest

[@chelleluvseeyore]

The way everything was laid out next to the tree is a resemblance to a Soldiers Cross. It is a way of honoring a soldier who has died in war. Leads me to believe Robert somehow became critically injured and he knew he would not survive so he laid out his boots and items for his own Soldiers Cross as a way of letting his family know, he was a hero to the end.

[@SrithanPullela]

thats what i thought

[@liliantyra2761]

One question: why wouldn’t he have propped his bow up by his boots like what would be done with a soldier’s rifle?

[@chelleluvseeyore]

@@liliantyra2761 That's a good question, it's possible he died before he had the chance. ❤‍🩹

[@Zak_How]

I thought so too

[@MichaelWest1996]

But then where is the rest of his body? There wouldn’t only be a skull

[@instincthd9509]

This guy can read a whole dictionary and still make it interesting

[@sherrilllowrey7275]

So true! I’m drawn in every time! Great storyteller. ❤️

[@waltercalvin2060]

I totally agree! He knows how to tell a story, even if it's made up, lol

[@dardarbings2920]

True

[@joshuagarcia5822]

Lmao! #facts!

[@hosbearanda889]

And he could kill efficiently kill you if you didn’t like it 😈

[@robloxboy6640]

This guy would make a great teacher, He's very good and makes you feel like you want to listen to him,

[@peepbo3964]

Lmao....

[@JoyceLund]

69 it would bed bad if someone made it 70

[@peepbo3964]

@@JoyceLundoh yeah?

[@chrisquiett1776]

Rare talent for sure.

[@Red.fishnet]

Mr Ballen in the beginning:👐👐👋🙌👏👐🙌👋🙌🙏🙌👋👋

[@R.C.E.MutationsUK]

Crows and Ravens are extremely intelligent. A friend of mine nursed a Crow back to good health after finding it very poorly and malnourished, he even put a bird table out hoping it would return back to his garden. And to his surprise, it returned weekly to feed at this bird table and also left gifts for him on the table. A lot of it was just old tat like hair clips or bottle tops but we think it was the Crows way of saying thank you

[@tylera9665]

It definitely was, crows are known to like anything that's shiny so like how a cat might bring it's owner a mouse it caught it was probably looking fir things it considered valuable (anything shiny) to trade for food you have to be careful if it brings you something actually valuable though cause depending on where you are you could be charged with theft if it were to bring you something that belongs to someone.

[@SandraGarcia-lj3bd]

Precioso , te creo estaba agradecido .

[@bostontowny4life744]

They are the messengers of the wise one.

[@Ezio999Auditore]

Bottle caps from Fallout

[@skreeb]

@@Ezio999Auditore Patrolling the Mojave Wasteland almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.

[@sooffiiaaaa]

Its such a relief when the people in Mr Ballen's stories survive

[@CarlosGuzman-vi9xw]

I can only imagine, that whatever got Eldridge lost, those 2 dogs laid down their lives trying to protect him, God bless those two canines 🐶 🐕

[@OfficerK7]

Indeed dogs will always be mans best friend

[@andredunhos4097]

Or they got crazed and ate him. You never know

[@nully4823]

But one question. How come the 2 dogs weren't with the boy? Usually dogs always stay with their owner.

[@ginabizzarosghosts7831]

Definitely.

[@addd529]

@@Creature0022 wtfffff??????????? Yea i think that’s it

[@CyhAnide]

I had a crow yell at me once. I was 17 or 18 at the time. It was perched on my neighbor's gutter while I was filling a bucket to water some newly planted fruit trees--close enough that I thought it was being weirdly insistent--so I yelled back that if it wanted water, it had to come down and get it. So it looked at me, watched me step away and motion to the water-filled bucket, then it flew down and drank from the bucket like a good birb. And I guess that meant we were friends now, 'cause it followed me around while I finished watering my trees--to the point where I actually got it to ride on my shoulder for the last couple of trips. My mom freaked, though. It was hilarious. She was shouting from the back porch, "THERE'S A BIRD ON YOUR SHOULDER!" And I was just... o_o "Yeah, Mom. I can see that. This is my crow friend." And then crow friend started hanging out on the porch after I went inside, tapping on the sliding door and cawing for me, so I had to tell it to leave, or else my mom might chase it off with a broom. (My mom's from the Philippines, and really superstitious, so she thought it was either sick or bad luck.) So crow friend left, and I never saw it again. Great memory, though. Corvids are brilliant birds.

[@starcravingmatt]

Crows are good luck here. They are sacred holy creatures that are known to help humans.

[@RaraZeCat]

Aaw... too bad corvids don’t live where I live... I would like a crow friend... the closest we get to corvids are unaproachable bluebirds.

[@PsychoticEwok]

Crows are really intelligent birds they make great pets, used to have to cull them occasionally to stop them eating crops they pretty quickly learned if they landed in the crop fields they were safe from the shotguns

[@donnyposey5179]

@@RaraZeCat I raised a Bluebird that fell out of its nest and was in the middle of a road. Her name was Clara and she followed me wherever I went. I still miss my beautiful Clara.

[@pileofsticksingermany1993]

.... the first thing I thought of was huginn and muninn from norse mythology. Two ravens flew from Hnikar’s [Óðinn’s] (Odin’s) shoulders; Huginn to the hanged and Muninn to the slain [corpses]

[@amazingsupergirl7125]

When you let your two and three-year-olds play alone in the forest while you’re in the house messing around and not watching them, you can definitely expect bad things to happen

[@nirangatang7759]

You’re not wrong

[@1sirhos]

It was the 40s and 50s. You only know that now because of cases like this, lol. They had no clue back then.

[@emersonsrandomvideos248]

I can't believe people so negligent such as in these stories exist

[@BrennanCh06]

I live on the edge of a national forest, my kids never play unsupervised near it. Ever.

[@DaLilVivi96]

2 and 3 is still a baby wtf!

[@Skyscraper2015]

I have realised if I am feeling hot after a long day working outside then I just need to watch one of Mr Ballen's creepy stories and it sufficiently gives me the chills.

[@apgambino]

Crows are one of the smartest animals on the planet. They can identify different species and are prone to having funerals for their own kind. This crow probably knew the hunter was of the same species as the skull and called him over so he could put the body to rest. Crows are immensely intelligent, this completely falls in line with something they could do. We love our crow pals #crowfacts

[@deannamarin318]

'Quote The Raven Nevermore."

[@Thekoryosmenstribepodcast]

Same with ravens.

[@thedogman7846]

Ravens and crows are our brothers. They have extreame intelligence and compassion

[@mcrosemasters3060]

Lol crows are my favorite bird. Ive always liked them, even before I knew any real facts about them.

[@corvianthedarktemplar3035]

@@thedogman7846 hmmm birb birb birb birb birb birb birb birb birb birb birb birb birb birb birb

[@danteb1926]

Considering Crows, Ravens, Magpies, etc. hold funerals for their dead, have a basic understanding of how to use tools, and are able to solve puzzles it’s not too hard to believe that the crow luring the hunter to one of "his" dead was purposeful. Peculiar that it happened on Crow Reservation, probably made it more likely for the crow to help people out due to long human contact.

[@samanthafairweather9186]

I'm an Aussie and I HATE magpies! They will swoop you once, then everytime it sees you, it'll always swoop you, even if there's other people around. They have very good memories,and remember the person that they originally targeted and always go for that person.

[@puck4801]

@@samanthafairweather9186 Why do they go for that person in the first place, though?

[@samanthafairweather9186]

@@puck4801 normally, it's because it's nesting season and they are protecting their nests. Just walking under the tree can make you a target.

[@puck4801]

@@samanthafairweather9186 Ah, protective parents! Humans break everything they touch, so that seems perfectly reasonable to me.

[@caloreen1992]

@@puck4801 How are you typing with a broken keyboard?

[@JustBethTrying]

I understand the difficulty of watching a child every single second , but I also think that parents and caregivers significantly underestimate the amount of time they look away.

[@markg1490]

I was shopping with my wife and she went in to try on some clothes. I was watching my 3 year old and looked away for just what felt like a few seconds but when I looked back he was gone. I called him and got no response. I started to panic and called louder. Then I heard this little giggle from within a clothes rack 30 feet from where he was just at. The only thing I can figure is that I was distracted longer than I thought.

[@Mooses98702]

It really does only take a second but I also wouldn't leave my 2 year old anywhere that wasn't totally secured without me watching. Letting your 2 year old run around in a forest is never a good idea whether you're watching them or not. Far too many hazards. But yeah, there's so so many stories like this. I assume you know about Jamie Bulger who's mother was literally holding his hand just moments before he was abducted.

[@miseee007]

What would you say if you lost your child/grandchild, you would surely not say i took my look off him for a few mins.

[@Stephen29471]

@@llnn1238 helicopter parenting can have its own problems especially with teenagers i agree this woman and many of the other 411 cases are negligent in there task but jumping from one extreme to another is never good

[@timekiller882]

@@llnn1238 what do you mean no. You don’t decide every instance based on YOUR experience

[@Lisa_resendez4675]

I have seriously become addicted to binge watching every single video Mr. Ballen has made in the past years. There has been nothing else that compares to his story-telling capabilities and to keep me entirely enthralled in every single detail of each one. Truly gifted young man you are, Mr. Ballen😊

[@michaeldoran4367]

MEATY VEINY KOK WITH INCREDIBLE GIRTH WHIPPED OUT DURING A 7 YEAR OLD BOY'S SOCIAL STUDIES PRESENTATION! HUGE GIRTHY HOG POKES THRU OVERALLS

[@ItsMaisyDaisy]

He is the best!!

[@michaeldoran4367]

@@ItsMaisyDaisy Power Bottom Dave Rubin generates 8.3Kw worth of power from his power bottom activities

[@Bludgeoned2DEATH2]

Crows are unbelievably smart animals for birds, they have shown the ability for complex problem solving. It is absolutely no surprise to me that a crow saw something that didn't belong near its home and alerted someone to it.

[@MetalGearTenno]

Ravens are the smartest bird's known to man.

[@Sequatchiemm]

else everything to compared sense muchso makes story crow the explain u way that Dude

[@bestbuddz4349]

@@Sequatchiemm wtf was that supposed to say

[@SweetSassyMuffins]

Native Americans believe that crows act as communicators between this world and the next. As someone who grew up with very superstitious Irish parents and hearing stories of the fae and why I was never allowed to whistle at night.. the things you see around you often times should be taken at face value and not discredited, just because we don't hear and see things, doesn't mean they don't exist. Sometimes we try to pass it off as coincidences when we should be listening to what they are telling us.

[@HelloNewMoon]

I one saw one drop a crumpled dollar on the sidewalk in front of a dude eating lunch on a bench. The dude got up to grab the dollar, the crown grabbed his whole bag of french fries

[@kadenlags781]

i have learned a few things, don’t go by woods don’t go in woods, don’t go scuba diving, don’t go in caves, don’t be alone sounds about right

[@jaiander1974]

I was just thinking the same thing lol. I just binged Air Disasters so the sky is now on my list as well

[@jacknadeau4889]

I just decided to don’t do

[@West_splash-_-]

@@jacknadeau4889 grammar

[@jeanroland1978]

Lol, but who wants to live like that

[@gaminganimators7000]

@@jeanroland1978 me

[@heather173]

Our crows "tell' us when there are hawks and eagles, or ground predators around, very helpful intelligent animals who have saved many of my chickens from aerial attack. Always listen to crows- they have a view that we don't.

[@izrealzeus]

Crows harass me often cawing outside my house along with owls. They are birds of the occult. Hawks are cool and I see them frequently.

[@jackiemiller3139]

I'm a veteran and I watch these every dayyyy. I wish I could work with you or start my own channel. This keeps me going. The power of observation.

[@EdTube444]

The crow alerting a human to the remains of another human is not that surprising. Crows are eerily smart people.

[@Moonlakes]

"smart people" lol

[@broodyraccoon1]

Not animals, just little critters in feathers. Lol

[@rusty1370]

Smart birds

[@jae9549]

a flock of crows is called a murder - among other things. but i like this one

[@st-yz7js]

if i were in the position of the hunter i would have thought the crowed killed the man and had a blood lust for me

[@a.b.c.6717]

I swear, I spend just as much time in the comments section reading y’all’s stories as I do watching the videos. Good storytellers must gravitate together.

[@lish4816]

😂I do the same! There are some fantastic stories in the comments section of MrBallen stories! (Edited for spelling)

[@shelia-paulettegarnerrober4355]

Me too

[@sunshinepurple1043]

I had a dream last night affirming I'm a good storyteller. Thus seems like confirmation. 💜

[@cyndymcfarlin8537]

Absolutely. I've only been watching this for about a week. The comments are so so proof of the human imagination

[@Serenesuspense28]

Agreed! It's now a habit 😂

[@Hella-en5dh]

Crows are extremely intelligent, maybe it was like “Hey, you know this dude?”

[@TerryByrd17]

I saw crows trying to eat or chase a little baby bunny today. It was weird.

[@CC-ok2kt]

@@TerryByrd17 it’s called hunting, it’s something wild animals, presumably predators, need to do to survive. Hunting is where a predator attacks and kills a live animal, to then eat its body for nutrients. Humans do not need to hunt because we have farms, I guess that’s why you’ve never head of it.

[@dropdatabase2569]

At work, we have a trained crow. It comes, knocks on the window, we give it food, it gives us some little things like nuts or screws. All we have to do to achieve such an amazing result was give it food from time to time. Crows are very intelligent

[@liamg152]

Bro I'm dead 😂💀

[@yourdad5799]

@@TerryByrd17 That's how nature works man

[@wallerron]

The storytelling about the situation with the crow gave me some intense goosebumps. Well done!

[@erynlasgalen1949]

As someone who grew up in a rural area, I can tell you that the best way past a three string barbed wire fence is not over it. You go through or even under the bottom wire if you are small enough.

[@cyndymcfarlin8537]

Hello

[@jennifurzoe1302]

@@cyndymcfarlin8537 between the middle and top wire for me.

[@positivepessimist6853]

I was thinking that.

[@davidpierce9949]

Exactly.

[@dn8387]

My small dog runs under electric fencing in exactly the same manner. She’s never gotten zapped.

[@richardmangelmann4975]

If there's a dangerous forest next to your home, put a damn fence up

[@Olivia-pe5vf]

Exactly.

[@connerbush143]

Country people don’t use fences. It’s against the country hick code

[@Josiah.435]

i live with 20 acres of forest around me no fences

[@egorsdeimos3523]

Anna was found on the other side of a fence

[@egorsdeimos3523]

Ten fences to be exact, a fence isn’t going to do much

[@jamesmccormick875]

Crows are extremely intelligent. They are known to leave gifts for people that feed them, they use tools to get food and they use voice signals to communicate with other crows.

[@welcome2myhappyworld]

I've tried to feed crows a few times, but they always fly away when I get too close or try to gently toss food in their direction :(

[@JesseJames7-8-9]

My boyo’s 5 now, but when he was 2 he crawled out of the dog door and went into the back yard. We called and looked all through and around the house to no avail. Luckily we have very smart dogs and they started whining until we found him behind the shed in a 10 inch gap where he was stuck. Wasn’t crying, wasn’t struggling to get out. Just stuck and silent. Brave boy, great dogs 😁

[@biscuitgidoni2804]

Crows are so freaking smart like they remember faces for the rest of their lives, bring gifts to people they like, hold grudges towards humans.. Can even mimic words.

[@mecoptera]

Yes, that's why i believe that guys story and i'm 100% sure that a crow could be able to do something like that, heck, even a a dog could alert or call you if something went to shit

[@amazingsupergirl7125]

I live out in the country where there are plenty of wild animals and I don’t find it hard at all to believe that animals communicate with people

[@seanrallis6714]

I used to befriend crows in my yard as a child. They are a lot smarter than people realize. They have complex communication skills, and excellent memories. They can describe individual humans to other crows with such detail that those crows can subsequently recognize the person the first time they see them. The crows in your neighborhood will describe dangerous people that have been mean to them, so others can avoid them, as well as describing the nice people who give them food and treats. This is why you may notice, if you feed crows on your property, lots more will show up quite quickly. The ones you fed tell the others about you and your home, that it is safe, and has a human who gives out food. Crows also seem to understand death to a certain degree, and hold funerals for dead comrades. If they witness a crow being killed, or find one dead, they will often attempt to recover the body, and have a little crow funeral around it. If they cannot get the body, they hold the funeral near where the crow was killed. I would not be surprised if the crow in this story had found the corpse. Then, upon hearing another human in the area, attempted to get the hunter's attention and alert him of his fallen brethren. It didn't understand enough to know it was helping to shed light on a missing person's case and all of the complications that go with it... but, being a social animal that also recovers its dead and witnesses humans doing the same, it probably understood that the humans would want to find the body of their fallen comrade.

[@biscuitgidoni2804]

@@seanrallis6714 This makes me so happy I didn't know they had a whole language and could communicate human faces, that's amazing

[@seanrallis6714]

@@biscuitgidoni2804 corvids are fascinating, and a lot more intelligent than people realize. For decades, there has been a joke that crows know what guns are, and that they will fly away the second you point a firearm at them. Some believed it to be true from experience, others dismissed it. But science shows that it's not just plausible, but very logical and likely. Given their intelligence and communication skills, it is likely that even crows who have never been fired upon would have heard the stories from other crows and the descriptions of what these weapons look like and what they are capable of. So the next time that farmer tells you that he swears the crows know what his gun looks like... maybe don't laugh him off. He is likely correct. EDIT: I bet if we could just bridge the language barrier, they are intelligent enough to look for evidence and help solve murders (find remains in remote, hard to search areas much more quickly). We could employ their help and pay them with peanuts and shiny objects 😂 Is that exploitative?

[@Villagecookies]

Can we give this man an award for his intro he makes you laugh then gives you anxiety 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Wolf-kk9cu]

We need to

[@havynandabby]

Yes like how dose he do dat

[@mikaelorri6758]

Anxiety?

[@girlnullbytes5171]

Agree .. Never going in the woods again 🤣😰

[@OutlawPiRu420]

What is Anxiety???

[@L0B0_1]

crows are some of the smartest birds, they remember people years after having met them, they will hold a grudge for years against a certain human and they harmed them at some point and if you’re kind to them they will be kind to you. Also not to mention the fact that they are an empathetic species. Incredibly smart birds

[@yazajag]

Also I learned not too long ago that crows can speak and repeat speech like some tropical birds. I've heard a crow speak, forgot her name but a woman had a barn crow and was training it. Her videos are on KZbin, really sorry I don't recall the name.

[@shellyscholz1256]

My neighbors bird feeder is always full of many types of birds. The other day there were doves at the feeder who normally leave quickly when a murder of crows come by. But, on this day the crows that arrived didn’t scare away the doves because they were little crows, probably not many days out of their nests. So clearly this was only an attempted murder. Just thought some levity might give someone a smile as it had for me.

[@alicewilloughby4318]

An attempted... murder. Grroooooaaan!

[@UnicornSpoonie]

Thank you for that! It may be silly or cheesy to some, but it sure put a smile on my face and made me laugh. I hope you have a lovely new year!! 😀💛

[@heatherconway5191]

Crows are very intelligent. They not only have funerals for their dead... but will guide humans to a dead human (like this crow did) so that the human can have a funeral. It's also widely believed, especially in native folklore, that a person who has passed alone with no ceremony are lost souls that the crow will carry until that person can be peacefully put to rest. The Cherokee tribe of which my family descends, believe crows carry the souls of the dead to their final destination (heaven) once they've been laid to rest. If a crow is making itself known, then it is notifying of someone who needs to be put to rest. If the person has been laid to rest and the crow still lingers, that person has not made it to the after life... something is keeping that person's soul from leaving earth, a lot of times seen as a guardian warning of something bad to come.

[@endangerdenglish]

They hover over dead beings like vultures, that is all, I have buried three crows on my land, there was only one funeral and that was me taking care of them, birds have hollow bones and they go back to nature quickly.

[@Chaos_Nova]

They are smart sentient beings that’s all, none of that supernatural shit

[@canterburytail2294]

I am part Cherokee on my fathers side and my dad always taught me crows are "good people".

[@lastraven7205]

does your 23&me say you're actually Cherokee? everyone says they are

[@summers9052]

@@lastraven7205 you do know that Cherokee is like,, the biggest tribe aside from Navaho? so it makes sense that proportionally more people would have traces of that descent

[@lindsays7512]

Crows are incredibly intelligent. I’ve had some strange experiences with them clearly communicating with me, so I don’t doubt the hunters story

[@jessicadecoteau1178]

Crows and ravens are highly intelligent and they also grieve their dead so why not alert us to one of our unknown dead?

[@Nikkie943]

they've been known to "ask" humans for help if one of their own gets into trouble and the others aren't able to help (like if they get stuck in sth or are hurt)

[@marcusaberg5090]

They have no trouble seeing the difference between a toy rifle and a rifle that can kill them, we've experimented at my grandparents farm if taking a rifle, a toy rifle and alot of other things and walking the same path they only react on the real weapon (same clothessame walk same direction). So they are extremely intelligent.

[@ohsweetnikki]

I need the details 🥰 that’s amazing!!

[@marcusaberg5090]

@@ohsweetnikki there's numerous videos of crows playing and using traffic lights and so on to crack open food containers and nuts on web my personal experiences is to long to write down so.. But I wish all of you a 😊HAPPY NEW YEAR and a good fortune for 2021

[@stormy439]

On a solo hike near Big Pine, I kept getting messed with by a hilarious crow every morning. LOL, on my first morning at about 5:30am, I was still knocked out, this crow had tipped up to just 6 inches front of my face on the other side of the screen and gave the loudest "CAW!" I ever heard! Yep, I gave that darned crow EXACTLY the response it wanted! He perched on that old pinion just a cracking up, bouncing and flapping until I simply started laughing too! I left him a whole snack bar for getting me good, BUT I LEFT THE WRAPPER ON and winked at him as I walked by. For 5 mornings I had the best morning coffee companion I've had in my life.😃💖

[@Wexos]

haha leaving the wrapper on is funny, im sure he understood the joke and managed to take it off XD

[@mikez650]

I live deep in the bush and I have a bunch of crows that come daily. One of them says hello like a human. Freaks me out everytime.

[@robertarmitage5493]

Hahaha thats one of the best story's I've heard in a while (apart from mrballen of course)

[@kamilareeder1493]

One time during a heatwave a gave a crow some water and he remembered me ! :) I was eating lunch outside in the same spot and he brought me a gift of a stick wrapped in some silver streamers. He was all puffed up and pleased with himself so I thanked him profusely. I saw him again a few times and he even brought his wife once . So polite lol

[@jonathonjanuary2395]

Why do I keep watching these in the dark, by myself, while trying to go to sleep. First you make me terrified of scuba diving, then caving, now living in general......

[@CarsonsClips]

Same..

[@bethrundle98]

this is the mistake i am currently making

[@zalanmokos6066]

I am also doing this right now and I'm utterly disappointed in myself

[@aplobb]

Ummm yep...

[@cliftonmoore9108]

@@bethrundle98 same smh in bed in the dark

[@Reesicup]

I think the first story, Eldridge was possibly picked up by a wild animal like a bear or something. Probably held him by his clothes (his clothes were torn and tattered when he was found) the other 2 dogs probably chased it to protect the boy and were killed/eaten. Ive heard stories about how sometimes when I young child yells out/cries, it can sound very similar to a baby animal and sometimes an animal's maternal instincts will kick in and it will suddenly recognize the child as a baby . There's a story of a girl who was protected by lionesses because, they think, her cries resembled a lion cub. I think this may have been what happened. The animal picked up Eldridge and ran off, planning to eat him but then began to treat him as it's own young and that's why he was found in an animals den on a bed of leaves. Of course the terror of this and of likely seeing his 2 dogs being eaten would be tramatic enough that his mind would block it out. And of course that's why the 3rd dog would have been terrified and wouldn't turn around. You don't turn your back on a predator.

[@paulc2138]

Best explanation I’ve read yet

[@WickedTeddyBear]

Had also the same thought... Only logical explanation I could think of

[@KingContrary]

Yeah but why no tracks? Wouldn't there be paw prints in the mud/"sand"?

[@liselottenormannsrensen7867]

My German shepard have had puppies 3 times and she knows what to do when the puppies are "crying" Resently we have had 3 grandchildren and when they cry she does exactly the same. She wants to lick them, be close to them and brings them her favorit toy. She knows when it's a serious cry and when they are just fussy or tired. Animals know so much more than we know❤️❤️

[@ricardogalano4849]

you forgot to explain how the Eldridge's last scream sounded muffled like someone stopped him midst scream

[@lolglolblol]

One sentence horror story: the child they found was not actually the one that had gone missing

[@rebeccathomas245]

Shapshifting skinwalkers

[@geronimo9193]

Actually one sentence boy falls in to creek gets swept away by water and miraculously survives.

[@ybstudent1]

Thers a story about that already in youtube. Its crazy he knew and stayed quiet.

[@umyes4944]

Grandma is a witch!

[@CyberX-X]

Sounds like 'The imposter' movie

[@ayethebeatgooff]

I feel like animals accidentally take children sometimes and when they realize that their victim is a child, they choose not to eat them and instead start to “take care” of them in some of these stories. Him laying in what looked like a birds nest made me think that maybe a big bird picked him up and started to nurture him once it realized he was a baby.

[@whelpthereitis3958]

I do not doubt the crow knew exactly what it was doing, calling attention to the remains. I was in my kitchen washing dishes one afternoon. I heard a crow calling repeatedly. After a couple minutes of listening, I decided to go look out the window into the side yard. There was the crow, sitting on a tree branch at the level of the window. I said well, what's the problem? The crow looked at me, and flew about 10/12ft away and perched in the top of an overgrown azalea that I had cut back a few days before. The crow looked at me and down into the azalea. I realized there were other birds perched around on the azalea also. There were 2 more crows, a cardinal, a mockingbird, a robin and 2 sparrows all perched around the upper part of the cut back azalea. Some looked at me and down into the bush, others were just looking into the bush. The crow began calling again, some of the other birds joined the crow in calling. I thought it was strange and something was going on, for these birds to be gathered around like that. I grabbed a machete as I went out the backdoor. I went to the side yard and the calling stopped when I came around the corner. All of the birds were looking at me and looking down into the azalea bush. As I eased up to the bush, the birds continued to perch where they were. Different birds at different times, just sitting there looking at me and looking down into the bush. It was like they were saying Look here. There it is. I looked down and didn't really see anything other than dead leaves and bare azalea branches. I actually asked Well, what? How about a clue? What do you need from me? The 1st crow dropped down a few branches, broke a twig from the branch it was sitting on and dropped it, deliberately to a place near the center of the bush. Then I saw what they were trying to show me....there was a very large cottonmouth coiled there in the azalea. I managed to kill the snake. It was almost 5 ft long and my hand didn't close completely around it when I picked it up. The strangest thing to me though was, I had to poke the snake a couple if times, to get it to move out of the azalea. Then it took 2 blows to chop it's head off. The birds never moved. They sat and watched. Once the head was off and the snake was dead, the birds all went about their bird business. I was very thankful. I had 2 small children that played in the side yard everyday. I added a few more bird feeders and baths to the ones I already had around the area. I pay attention to the wildlife/animals around me. They hear see smell and feel things I never will.

[@karen0karen]

Wow. That is so amazing.

[@whelpthereitis3958]

@@karen0karen it truly was. My children are now 34 & 37 and I still pay attention to the birds and wildlife. Hasn't let me down as of yet. The cooperation of the different species of birds was something else.

[@karen0karen]

@@whelpthereitis3958 I can only imagine how an event like that would change how one saw the world.

[@Zachary-]

Birds always repay their debts.

[@whelpthereitis3958]

@@karen0karen you are so right about that.

[@starquaked]

1st story: What’s the point of “keeping an eye on the child” when you’re too far away to do anything in time??

[@n.d.4192]

Maybe you don't understand the isolation of the country, no one is around so you don't worry about psychos but maybe you should fear Big Foots and UFOs.

[@starquaked]

@@n.d.4192 Nah I understand not to underestimate the forests of this Earth because they hold many secrets

[@amarahnavarro6158]

agreed.

[@eleanorap3587]

@@starquaked EXACTLY!

[@johnstevens9803]

Underneath....

[@JustMe11392]

I use to go deep in the woods on hikes by myself. On one I hurt my ankle and couldn't walk. After a long night, I didn't bring my phone or supplies I started crawling. Several crows started yelling directly above me. I had taken a different route back trying to shorten the time I had to crawl. My original route would've been nearly impossible because I had to climb down. Anyway the crows moved a short distance away. I just knew I needed to follow them so I crawled and used trees to stand and move upright when I could. When I'd reach them they'd start cawing and move another short distance away. This continued for a few hours until I got to the edge of the forest...where I had parked my car. The crows stayed with me until I was safe then flew away. Sometimes God moves in mysterious ways, but sometimes He's obvious.

[@lindacarol5982]

I was thinking the other day after watching many 411's that tree's may be some kind of transmitter or portal or something like that. Yeah, I may sound crazy but it was just a thought

[@JustMe11392]

@@lindacarol5982 mysteries abound on earth. Who knows, you might be right.

[@lindacarol5982]

@@JustMe11392 yes!!! That's true 🤯😳

[@angelicsprnkles5454]

I don't wanna undermine your sentiment, but crows are incredibly intelligent animals and have been found to communicate, cooperate, and help humans extensively in the past. They also seem to have an understanding of injury and death on what's almost a sentient level, so they probably saw you, realized you were in pain, and then guided you back to your car. Ofc, this could still be attributed to Him, and I don't think you'd be wrong to do so (I'm not personally a believer), but the way in which He intervened is probably even more subtle than you might have imagined. In the above video, it's entirely possible that Robert's belongings were actually placed like that by the crows once again, as they could've found his body and all these things next to him and realized that they were his and wanted to keep them together.

[@JustMe11392]

@@cheekobandit5237 Goodluck

[@deraxelturrelkeign]

For the last story its possible that Robert had befriended the crow at some point and being a military man he may have neatly stacked his belongings before going to bed while camping with the crow seeing this. The crow could have repeated this bedside action with his remains and remaining items near a place he would camp. (From what I know crows are extremely loyal and extremely smart).

[@jeffholcomb4729]

Crows are EXTREMELY smart. I could see one trying to lure a person to something like that.

[@masterplanet429]

Well, a group of crows IS called a murder

[@tsunamiaz2101]

My dad told me when I was little he had taken me to a park that had trees all around the playground and the playground was the furthest away from the parking lot and park benches which is where my dad was at. He told me that he ended up seeing several men in the tree line stand and watching me swing on the playground and he came bounding over to me immediately. He said the men looked like they were going to swoop me up and run into the forest. My dad had me slung over his shoulder sprinting back to the car. He said he would never forget that feeling he had when he saw them. It freaked him out. My dad has seen a lot of crazy shit too. He had a story about a sasquatch too. RIP Dad....

[@retrochronic44]

Do you recall other stories he's told you and how did the men look? Or did he not describe them

[@RosinaEmilyW]

I imagine that the trauma of seeing that might have led to the sighting of a mythical creature. I hope he wasn’t too disturbed by it.

[@donlange1491]

I think it's pretty fantastic that this guy went from special forces to being a great storyteller. There's not very many videos I haven't seen from this guy. Good job Mr Ballon

[@christopherhallwood6761]

You do realize that special forces train you in philosophy and that’s why he is so successful in this, right? He understands your mind more than you do.

[@pannonianbrute]

@@christopherhallwood6761 I’m pretty sure you mean psychology…..I would hazard a guess that they have little use for Hegelian dialectics.

[@christopherhallwood6761]

@@pannonianbrute google the definition of philosophy… but yes, psychology does tie into philosophy as well.

[@haleyv132]

He was a Seal, not Special Forces

[@jonp2968]

@@haleyv132 "The United States Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Teams, commonly known as Navy SEALs, are the U.S. Navy's primary special operations force and a component of the Naval Special Warfare Command."

[@bellraven7686]

What makes me think hard it's that the police in this cases don't investigate furter or if they do, they don't release any information, that's sooooo suspicious and makes me think that not a bear or other normal animal would kidnap the children, this is more than a simple animal, so mysterious.

[@bernardbryzendalisayacua7321]

Fun fact:crow's and wolves are actually like really close with each other the crow's would occasionally play with cubs of wolves and sometimes even call wolves when they find a dead animal and share it with them and the wolves would return the favor of not eating them

[@RavenWolfferyn]

They can also lead wolves to carcasses that have skin too hard to break open with their beaks and have the wolves tear it open and they eat the remains afterwards

[@whitexchina]

Sounds like the relationship of hyenas & vultures, in Africa.

[@jrisso6]

Odin was often depicted with his two ravens and his two wolves. This relationship must be be ancient

[@felixgrunberger915]

They even form tight bonds with crows sometimes "cilling" with the wolves they played with when they were young

[@jaslyncorbett9112]

Ty for that, very interesting. I luv writing & plan to research crows recently after hearing another intriguing fact about crows... So cool ty have a nice wkend

[@kristenroberts4502]

Haha that crow was like “UH, SIR, THIS BELONGS TO YOUR SPECIES. I THINK YOU’VE LOST IT.”

[@t.mendous7922]

That makes me laugh. You’ve lost IT! Just a normal day with those dumb humans. They lost another one.

[@pragya3162]

i shouldn't have laughed sm dumb hoomans lost another one

[@natalysanchez7375]

😂😂😂 right!!! Bless that crows heart.

[@25chadwick]

I’m a fan of the strange, dark, and mysterious told in story format. Have I come to the right channel?

[@PugWinter]

Nah only the normal, light, and obvious here.

[@damon4206]

Yeah

[@LostxArmy]

Oh wait I thought this was my book club in China..... Wait I live in America

[@lorriestrickland7448]

You've come to the BEST channel!

[@roninsteel]

That depends, how do you feel about the like button?

[@reallyman9418]

Great show. Another work day down and all I listened to all day was your stories. Even ones I have heard before. I don't care. It gets me through the day. Love the show, please keep going!!

[@HellHell71]

The way you described the interaction between the hunter and the crow gave me chills

[@torirae414]

Maybe he was reincarnated as a crow. If not, that crow is just a justice-loving bro.

[@Frakkis]

He became The Crow “People once believed that when someone dies, a crow carries their soul to the land of the dead. But sometimes, something so bad happens that a terrible sadness is carried with it and the soul can't rest. Then sometimes, just sometimes, the crow can bring that soul back to put the wrong things right.”

[@Frakkis]

@soul Tis a comic book and movie. Very dark. Very good.

[@Gioachina0279]

@@Frakkis i loved this Movie ♥

[@maltafirechild6273]

I was thinking the exact same thing..of reincarnated ..

[@CherriPye3.14]

Cute! I like that theory 👌

[@daffierpython7755]

Ya know having a child named Eldritch is sorta a big red flag for strange events

[@DavidThomas-qq4hf]

Not for the 1940's. That's a more common name back then.

[@daffierpython7755]

@@DavidThomas-qq4hf true

[@creator4413]

My cousin is named that. 2nd cousin. He's a weird dude. Collects saxophones or something crazy like that

[@DavidThomas-qq4hf]

@@creator4413 hahaha saxophones lol.. Doesn't he know we are onto smart phones now? Old name, old mentality I guess. (And yes I'm kidding, ik the difference between an instrument and a modern cell phone lol)

[@avidavi4456]

🤣

[@americandad4864]

It’s true , I raised two kids and one learns quickly a “real” scream from a “play” scream. Great channel 🇺🇸

[@zacharystranahan9087]

When my brother was a kid, he went missing. At the time he was living on a hill over looking a golf course. For a couple of hours he was gone. Finally a restaurant several miles away called the police about a strange boy who was in their restaurant vacuuming. Because my brother was and still is obsessed with vacuums, everyone knew this had to be him. When they got there they realized the restaurant was several miles away. And that was the crow's view. In reality, the way the town was back then the only way to get to that part of town was to drive down the hill, and drive all the way around. There's no way he could have covered that distance in that amount of time. When he was asked how he got there he said he had crossed the big street. Meaning he somehow crossed the interstate without getting a single scratch.

[@sandrafaith]

The crow story is so unsettling, but crows are so intelligent. The fact that Robert was a member of the Crow tribe is enough to give me goosebumps.

[@T.H.E.O.2024]

solved the last one. First lets exclude what could not have happened or is extremely unlikely with logic. 1. he was not shot,..the canyon would echo the report. 2. he was not lost ,.. special forces team members do NOT get lost in common woods. 3. most likely not physically overpowered by another human being as he was a special forces guy and you average attacker would be a little threat. 4. If no other human contact took place HE placed the boots and belt and bunched up jacket upon the ground. 5. It is common for a soldier to remove their belt and shoes to lay down and nap wadding up the jacket for a pillow. "I've done it a million times exactly as he had" 6. There was set time to meet his sons when he had missed that time it was either because he was already dead or started with no intent to return. " figured it out yet"??? What happened: The father as many veterans do ,..killed himself. he went into the woods, found a spot he liked and very carefully and meticulously laid down, slit his wrists and proceeded to bleed out rather painlessly. his body was over time eaten by scavagers. he killed himself in this way so he could get insurance for his family,.. instead of suicide he was just missing "after a few years insurance pays that as a death. The bow is interesting but understandable,.. he simply dropped it himself after leaving sight of the boys,..why ,..why carry it any further? he had no intent on using it. How may you ask did I figure this out ,.. because I too am a special ops vet and almost did the same exact thing 4 years after getting out,.. this is my veterans' kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5OxZ4KqarmJfKs card. p.s. the crow part is supernatural or just a rubbish detail ,..however, if one believes in such things his spirit manipulated the bird to screech at the hunter who found the body as the father wanted his body found "then the insurance pays immediately."

[@circleviii1801]

​@@T.H.E.O.2024 Thank you for your service and your response. I think that your version of events is probably very close to the truth and quite intelligently put. It makes me sad to hear that the reason you know this is through your own experience but I am glad that you are here today. I may not know you but I can tell that you provide a great service to this world even if it isn't always appreciated. I think that the part about the crow is probably true, though, as well, as it seems unlikely that a hunter would find the remains of a person (of which he had no knowledge of prior) and to fudge some fantasy story. I have known crows that could speak like humans and apparently they are unlikely to forget human faces, which is an absurd ability when you really think about it as cross-species identification is very difficult! Just look at any two golden retrievers you don't know (or any animals of the same sub-species) and try to identify which one is which just on appearance alone! What the crow was trying to communicate is entirely a mystery, however. It seems clear that it wanted this hunter to discover these remains but why it wanted this will probably never be known. Perhaps it is something as simple as there was something shiny underneath the jacket that it wanted and needed the humans help to fish it out lol.

[@Oldsport216]

It's predator

[@AlyseA1689]

I can not imagine letting my 3 year old little boy play by himself in the woods. I feel so awful for how horrid that grandmother must feel

[@dr.pepperoni5415]

He had 3 dogs with him. 2 gave their life for him. He wasn't alone.

[@AlyseA1689]

@@dr.pepperoni5415 true and that’s amazing the loyalty and love that dogs show is extraordinary. Doesn’t change the fact that he didn’t have adult human supervision and that is different. I’m so glad he did have the dogs though it may have been even more of a tragedy if not.

[@JordanS215]

He wasn't, he was at the creek, in sight.

[@dominick253]

3? Damn I was thinking like 6-8... So sad.

[@howdareyouexist]

@Darkfarfetch mother animals whose young perished recently

[@CrazyxAngel93]

I suggested to my whole family this channel and now me, my mom and my brother watch it regularly. ❤

[@lightbeingform]

My inner John Douglas is really working on that second one. The fact that another toddler had gone missing in the area before points to a human predator. Their preverbal age is the perfect cover, as well as the small community where everyone is involved in searches… a community member could be one step ahead of the investigation and return the child ‘unharmed’ without arousing suspicion. It’s too similar to other cases.

[@ceepally]

That theory makes a lot of sense

[@tanyanea]

That makes sense because the first boy had a lot of "that's crazy,you're at fault mom/dad,less noise being made about it" energy and the second one probably scared the weirdo since a lot more people went looking and it was a bigger scene,he left the girl probably because he saw he will not get away with this one. I have both a daughter and son and it's actually a bit sad that people are more motivated if it's a young girl rather than a young boy 💔

[@phumlazaca543]

MrBallen: "So that's gonna do it guys" Me: *is instantly sad because it's over*

[@harlowatkins6628]

And then when I’m doing school work I’m like, “I gotta hurry and find another video or else I will be cursed watching scary videos.”

[@mereduthgrubb3648]

Im 32 and when i hear him say that i have to supress the 2 year old in me that wants to throw a bratty fit.

[@Kris_In_A_Box]

@@mereduthgrubb3648 lol same, I'm 12 and I feel this lol

[@mereduthgrubb3648]

@@Kris_In_A_Box lol

[@twinklybubblybits]

😅☝🏽💞

[@michelleb2725]

During my Mother’s funeral, as the procession was coming to the burial site, I sat down first. Then a murder of crows were screeching so loud it was deafening. They kept going until the Priest said to me that was my mom communicating with me, then they went completely silent. Now almost 20 years later, in March, the month of my mom passing, Crows show up everywhere. It’s my mom and it’s comforting to hear them sing. ❤️

[@adylan612]

That's beautiful. I love hearing when loved ones continue communicating with us after departure.

[@chickfinnegan8969]

I believe the sight of a cardinal has a similar meaning.

[@gabriellashimone6546]

Crows are my favorite birds. We have a number that come and eat the grapes from the vine that grows on the electric wires coming into the house. I think of them as the crow grapes. I talk to them all the time in gentle tones. I also toss them things to eat on occasion. Honestly, I like them and their conversations better than I like most people.

[@sueme1954]

@@gabriellashimone6546 they love soup bones and cooked chicken bones.

[@gabriellashimone6546]

@@sueme1954 ooooo they also seem to love fish and chicken sausage

[@ShufflingShannon]

Mr. Ballen, I really love how you never blame the parents or adults watching the kids when they go missing in these stories. Sometimes kids do just vanish and it's no one's fault. You're a good man 👍🏼

[@Vexington]

how do people feel ok taking their eyes off young children? my dad said when i was two, he blinked and i had decided i wanted to run off into traffic. toddlers are supernatural beings.

[@jaelenbby]

Fr idc if it’s for a second I’m not taking my eyes off my child

[@elsie3724]

@@jaelenbby it’s really easy to say that. Accidents happen and parents will blame themselves hard enough without others talking about how they would “never”

[@princev1bes166]

I agree- I don’t let them play in our own small backyard w/o me. I don’t trust their judgment- which usually leads to accidents

[@feralon9570]

I couldn't imagine being on the porch reading a book while my three year old granddaughter wonders the yard alone. I won't even take my phone in the yard with me. When we are outside we are playing together.

[@d-meth]

@@feralon9570 people weren't always so neurotic. I remember that I was allowed to go out in the yard and play by myself at 3, I would ride my bike or something. That was in the 80s. I was allowed by the fireplace too. Never hurt myself. My mom says I was a very responsible kid, she was proud that she could leave me home alone and drive to a store real quick. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Kids used to be a lot more self sufficient back in the day. In the 50s 5yo kids had jobs, selling newspapers for example. Now it's common for 5yo to ride in strollers and wear diapers at night 🤦‍♀️ Nobody held my hand in the woods either. My mom joked that it's lucky that I have a good sense of direction because she'd get us lost 🤣 Anyway when you have a big property you treat the immediate area (say 15-20min walk) as a backyard. Even now in 2021 most kids are allowed in their fenced backyard on their own with parents only checking on them periodically.

[@Mike_Chris066]

Ever since becoming a dad everytime I hear about a kid disappearing it eats me up inside

[@ohsweetnikki]

Same. I’d completely lose my shit.

[@scottygunz1245]

Right? If my kid disappears in the store for 10 seconds I’m totally ready to commit war crimes

[@danendesign]

God help anyone who touches my kid, because they'll get no mercy from me.

[@lyrinis]

Once my mom tricked me into thinking she disappeared in Walmart when I was 5. I'd always wander off so she decided to teach me a lesson so she hid behind an aisle shelf and made sure she could see me and waited for me to notice she was gone. I freaked out and started screaming and crying and after a couple of minutes she came around the corner and let me know where to go if I ever did get lost in Walmart. I felt so betrayed lol

[@godssavage3937]

Same just had my first Nov. 2 I can def say it hits a whole lot dif now without a doubt.

[@quest4adventure495]

Robert was probably mortally injured, and he took off his things and wrapped up his ID/wallet so that if animals ate him someone could possibly still discover his things, and figure out what happened to him.

[@jaquelinezini]

I believe this could be quite possible, but why wasn't he found during the search, though??

[@Koolkidkonga]

The hunter made it sound like he was in the middle of nowhere with all the thick brush - maybe the searchers never went in there

[@fiestasalsaquinceanerabail2391]

@@jaquelinezini people are fallible. i’ve looked for a sock before that was literally right in front of me the whole time and I just didn’t notice. plus like the other person said he was probably covered by stuff

[@techwatch1228]

@@fiestasalsaquinceanerabail2391 They had many sources out looking for him. His remains were found close to their camp. Search and Rescue teams are very professional. The family went looking for him after the official search was over. Never smelled decaying body. I say he was killed, remains takin away and his remains brought back at a later date. Btw his ID and social security card were in his wallet but had zero water damage. The money was not damaged.

[@ZebraChanda]

I think so too but I think he was injured after the search was called off. Its possible he had some type of mental episode with his history and he left the immediate area that day during his episode. He was then able to survive due to his training for weeks or even months before being fatally wounded and arranging his items.

[@debbiegodwin4295]

Mr Ballen you are absolutely the best story teller I have ever listened to. I honestly enjoy your stories. Being a single middle age woman that lives alone, your story telling keeps me so entertained!! Thank you so much.

[@jpgiles1725]

Was I the only one that was hoping the other 2 dogs were going to be alright as well in the first story he told?

[@sonjastarr1364]

I hope they just got scared, ran away, and are perfectly fine somewhere.

[@jpgiles1725]

@@sonjastarr1364 I hope you're right my friend!

[@victoriabenton8378]

Me too.

[@kodakjack680]

@Allison Hunter angels on earth 🙏❤

[@coreencasey5109]

As a dog lover I was hoping they found the dogs ok as well.

[@Blalack77]

The Missing 411 stories/events are some of the craziest, strangest, freakiest and most eerie I've ever heard... Very interesting and creepy. I'm pretty new to this channel - I started watching a week or two ago. A couple of days ago, I was watching one of Paulides new videos and he mentioned a collaboration with Mr Ballen. I thought, "That sounds familiar..."

[@KETODiamond]

Instructing a 2 yr old to stay in the yard? I can't "instruct" my 2.5 yr old grandson to stay out of the dogs bowls.

[@RichMcc]

I hear that

[@hansorsic7387]

Exactly

[@NotARegularMom24]

🤣 you are correct! I have 5 kids and 4 grandbabies and ur exactly right. Lol

[@Kayel_Muzik]

@@NotARegularMom24 you're a hot ass grandma.

[@valeriehill1581]

Or the cat litter box.

[@barebeautyessentials3323]

My grandfather who was a vetenary officer in Kenya after leaving the British army after WW2 loved animals and always said that we could learn a lot if we paid more attention to them. My grandmother is now 101 years old and still tells me that every now and again when we sit at the headland and watch all the birds and dogs etc.

[@RoarOfWolverine]

I love the way Mr. Ballen stares directly into the camera when he speaks about the crow staring at the man. This is what makes his channel grow so fast in popularity and subs. You seem so relaxed when you speak, which puts the listener into a relaxed state. Mr. Ballen doesn’t come across like some narrator reciting some story from a script, nor a teacher or a lecturer. He always seems like a good friend sitting in your living room telling you a story like he experienced or witnessed it himself. Youre very authentic, a natural talent; that’s not something you learn. You either have it or you don’t. When I first came across your channel, very early on because your subs were very low, but I could tell even then you would take off. I showed my wife some of your stories and told her that I suspect you’ll do well and become popular. I wasn’t wrong. Your traffic grows every day and I believe it will continue. I can tell that you really love what you do here and that also transfers to the listener and they also,love what you do. Keep up the good work Mr. Ballen.

[@X1nk3dx]

I’m so happy Mr. Ballen is getting all the love, been here since the start which wasn’t very long ago but you totally deserve every sub you get!

[@MrBallen]

Thanks Brandon!!

[@bryanchipps9374]

He has seriously blown up beyond belief. I said a few months ago he would hit a mil subs by the new year but he blew that out of the water. I have never seen such growth.

[@sealofthechomk3433]

I remember ‘’ You probably know me from tiktok ‘’

[@janetac1738]

@@bryanchipps9374 i say the same thing on every video. its amazing

[@SimplySamantha333]

@@sealofthechomk3433 Right!! Same here! Been here since the beginning too! I'm getting notifications for the premiere when its already well into the video, sometimes almost at the end and I have ALL notifications turned on. Is this happening to you or anyone else reading this, as well? I don't know why it's happening to me. I wanna see why and figure out if it's something on my end somehow or if this is an issue to other people.

[@nizitamaruvaka2294]

Members of the crow tribe likely treat crows very well. That being said, it is not unlikely that a crow would point out the remains of a dead human to a living human. Crows and ravens have been proven to be extremely intelligent.

[@LacesLawless]

I've heard they're at least as intelligent as a 7-year-old human

[@SylvesterLazarus]

Crows were observed to intentionally lure wolves to vulnarable animals so they can hunt them down and then eat what remains of the carcass after the wolves leave. If they see humans as predators, that crow might've tried to lure the hunter to a human corpse to earn their trust or it might've recognized humans searching the area before and pointed out the remains to one of them when the hunter was alone.

[@nooneinparticular469]

Just jumping in, as a member of the Apsáalooke council, to clarify that Crow culture and religion have very little to do with actual crows. It’s a misnomer. We’re monotheistic, and God sends us spiritual guides in the forms of many animals. Do we like birds? Sure. Birds are cool. But we’re not especially reverent to them beyond what any non-bird-hating person might be.

[@tamijeffcoat5462]

Yes, I have had crow friends in my neighborhood.

[@theunicorn1167]

I know that crows lead wolves towards prey, and the wolved leave a little flesh on the prey so the crows can also eat. I wouldn‘t be surprised ir that crows recognized that a human died there and therefore led another human to it

[@wolpertinger.]

The crow story is eerie. For many, crows are seen as a bad omen- an omen of death. Though many indigenous tribes see crows as symbols of knowledge or guidance. Both fit depending on how you wish to see it.

[@DROMVS]

R.I.P to the dogs who probably died protecting Eldredge.

[@seeingisbelieving3304]

Sasquatch

[@Nonx47]

This

[@Nonx47]

@Bad Blood & The Common Ground that picture isn't the actual cave my guy

[@bosst.v.4378]

@BadBlood_TheCommonGround i find this one a little hard to belive i know crocs need air but arn't croc dens underwater, also the specific mention of a neatly positoned leaf bed, the child had basically no injuries seems less likely to be a croc, however i feel like if the croc got one of the dogs and he was chasing to get the dog back?

[@MoriacMumma7]

@@bosst.v.4378 no. Croc nests are usually a mound of earth & leaves with the eggs buried in it. The mother protects the nest & helps dig the young out when they hatch, carries them to the water in her mouth.

[@wolfgirl1722]

I saved a baby crow from a busy sidewalk/road (it had fallen off the curb) in the summer of 2016. I still have a great relationship with those crows to this day, every time I go back for the summer. I really like crows and ravens. Very very intelligent birds.

[@damorea2006]

i thought you were going to say that the crow blessed you and now you live a happy life

[@dr.biscuitbitch2115]

I knew the internet was a gateway drug. Never knew I'd be addicted to the strange dark and mysterious... delivered in story format of course

[@josephschneeman5415]

It is potentially the best format on youtube!

[@TheMpo1986]

Can we all appreciate Mr Ballen doing this video in a rainy forest? It really sets the mood.

[@bobbywinston116]

lets all give respect and love and prayers to any parent who lost a child. I couldn't imagine the sorrow and anxiety driven adrenaline id feel

[@SKC193]

It’s something you never “get over”. You just learn to live with it.

[@elizabethkrupski5424]

I couldn't find my 5yr old playing hide n seek one day in the house. She wouldn't answer me. After 15 min pure terror and panic set in. I ran outside yelling her name. 4min later she comes out from her hiding place in the house. I could've cried. Couldn't imagine losing a kid in a forest or large area. Terrifying.

[@Ouzzles]

lesson for humans: don't live by a forest and don't let ur kid play next to them. lesson aliens or big foot or whatever: don't leave ur new adopted child in a cave, it will be taken.

[@mangoqath]

lessons for big foot 😭🤣

[@moomu3255]

can you imagine their horror when your newly adopted baby is gone... omdays you made me smile first time today :D

[@karisdietrich1964]

Hey! Bigfoot is a gentle creature

[@jamie8037]

I live by a forest but this is Ireland which of course is very safe

[@techwatch1228]

@@jamie8037 Drunk bigfoot

[@kennyney2326]

You never want to end up an “actual photo” on his stories

[@addd529]

A tip is to never have a picture of yourself get taken so then he won’t be able to get an “actual photo” of you

[@addd529]

@Tumour Consumer well after all the hate he has for the like button… it’s deserved. Cmon

[@blainebrown8824]

I'm gonna start telling people I dony like that I hope I see them in a MrBallen video one day.

[@hansorsic7387]

@@blainebrown8824 easy Lucifer

[@blainebrown8824]

@Ayden Masters Being a smart ass doesn't work as well when you get the spelling wrong....

[@destinybryner7267]

I grew up in Dunbar in the early 90s and I never heard these stories. That's just crazy

[@-jon-477]

What gets me, so many times when people go missing in national parks, deliberately placed objects like boots, belts, folded clothing are often found. Many times miles away from where the person should have been. Missing weapons seems to be a theme as well. Such a strange phenomena , all these missing people.

[@stevesmith2171]

Back in 99 I was up in Colorado in the middle of nowhere and found a set of boots and a shirt and pants folded and placed on a rock. Now I'm going to see if there was a person that went missing in that area around that time.

[@rebeckahaapala3680]

@@stevesmith2171 Did you find out if anyone was reported missing in that area?

[@lil4440]

@@stevesmith2171 And???? I gotta know!

[@ParagonEos]

Steve, did you find anything out?

[@jasonhorton]

Ok now I’m awake

[@fxdeFN]

hi

[@Brtt4849]

Ok

[@sarnin1]

Good morning then

[@Ains-zt6zg]

😂

[@chubschobanov]

you were at a tfil video this is crazy i commented on your comment lol

[@Mod0308]

I’ve had a neighbors dog alert me to his dog brother being stuck in an access point to a culvert before. It was the coolest animal experience I’ve ever had

[@eddiehockley4144]

I love you vidios

[@GailEarlam-tb2in]

Love your work.Very informative and understandable.and helpfull