Top 3 SCARIEST stalker stories | Halloween Scare-A-Thon (part 2)

[@MrBallen]

Sorry for late upload - a nap went long 😬

[@blueephoenix4534]

It’s a nap kinda day! 😂 Thank’s for the video MrBallen, you’re awesome! Stay safe!

[@karlkroenen8355]

You can be days late and we would all still rush to the video like zombies to brain. Your unique , accept that an the colt will reveal itself haha.

[@joeswanson9790]

I commented Before Mr Ballen 😄

[@MrBallen]

@@karlkroenen8355 hahaha thanks

[@porknbeans7407]

All good bro! Keep it gangster!👍😜

[@dianekirse2122]

When I was 5 a man attempted to kidnap me from the front yard of our home. Even as a 5 year old I knew this man was going to try to harm me and I was able to get away. Now, at age 66 I have a very clear memory of this man, his appearance, car, time of day. If he stood in a line up I could pick him out. Always trust your instincts. Trust your fear.

[@gailderryberry9964]

Im 77 and had a similar experience when i was about 8. The man was probably a college student and spoke to me with an accent i couldent understand. You and i were lucky and smart. I think of him often and wonder what he was saying to me. There was no one outside in any direction and it was winter so windows and doors were closed. I ran to nearest house and pounded on the door. When i looked back he was gone. He had been running toward me. I guess if u survive u have a purpose.

[@randalthor6872]

@@gailderryberry9964 Glad you both made it out ok!

[@coresq_4120]

I don’t believe you’re 66 but I’m glad you’re safe

[@tylerdavis9957]

@@coresq_4120 why would someone lie about being 66? Lol wtf

[@marys1534]

I had a few close calls, growing up in Los Angeles, walking to and from school at a very young age...those things are imprinted on my mind even now from fifty years ago. I can only think that I must have had a very benevolent guardian angel, because I've lived a very charmed life😌

[@RedRaider]

My neighborhood barber was just arrested for selling drugs it’s crazy how I’ve been his customer for 2 years and never knew he was a barber

[@dereklyons6885]

This should have way more likes

[@marlonisaac1]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@vanillagorilla8236]

Just go to show you, you never really know people. All the time your going to this guy and he's cutting hair at night, Scarry !

[@jamestuccillo]

You think they found ALL his pot?

[@jamestuccillo]

Oooh I get it! Lol good one. Now where did I put my lighter?! 🔥

[@yyildirim7363]

As a non-native speaker who watches sometimes English videos, I would like to thank you for the clear pronunciation and pleasant speaking speed. Your videos are the only ones I can watch without subtitles 😄

[@Ritziey]

with extra expressions with hands etc 😆

[@yyildirim7363]

@@Ritziey hahaha 😆👍

[@marlen1409]

Exactly! Thanks from me too

[@NibblerMeeps]

And then there’s those dumb channels that say it as loud as they can, And as Slow as the can like AAAND THEN *waving hands around* THERE.. IS A |\/| O U N A I N L I O N

[@Tmorgan221]

Love how he translated miles into km. I’m sure everyone who’s not an American really appreciates it.

[@summersalt4864]

Except that in #3 - 15 miles is not 80km and 30ft is definitely not 9.1km etc... his conversions are usually accurate so I'm not sure what happened in this story.

[@drowningin]

1mile = 1kilometer?

[@drowningin]

@mrcleandoesit Its easier to convert if you make it 1to1

[@Mrtacocatxd]

hell yea!

[@lukmanambaryanto7979]

i really do appreciate it :)

[@i_took_your_kids2967]

Sam is smart. Sam doesn’t run into darkness when he hears a noise. Be like Sam

[@mrmcnoodle1151]

I have dog

[@DoctorMangler]

Pff, if Sam had been really smart he'd have taken some fat kid with him, you only need to run faster than the other guy!

[@BastardKitty]

Haha!

[@christopherwinget9791]

If Sam was in star trek he'd have any color shirt but red.

[@johnberry5275]

@@christopherwinget9791 I make that joke all the time. I always say that the guy with the red shirt never survives the first 6 minutes of the episode.

[@333pinkitty]

Only Mr.Ballen can literally talk about a stick for 3 minutes and have me on the edge of my seat. You are a gifted storyteller sir.

[@joeymazzarella2504]

I’ve hiked at the Superstition Mountains before. That area has rattle snakes, tarantulas, scorpions, mountain lions…the fact that some dude was walking around the mountains at night in complete darkness just shows how crazy he was. Luckily Sam made the right choice and didn’t go after his flashlight!

[@XenusMama]

Yup… but there’s no big dark forest.

[@macwinter7101]

@@XenusMama There are riparian forests in the canyons with ponderosas.

[@brittanycunningham787]

Do you remember the mining camp restaurant at the base? Did you ever eat there? Also that mountain has always freaked me out there is supposed to be lost gold out there somewhere

[@Skrenja]

Tarantulas are pretty much completely harmless to people.

[@piotreky4790]

Dont u think that if something could steal his fleshlight it could kill him while he was asleep? I know its obvious fake but i like that kind of stories.

[@MochaCrochetsandCrafts]

"A rock fell off a tree." Yes, the rare rock tree sheds its rocks when nervous campers are in the area.

[@corneliawissing7950]

Love your comment! Not being a camper, I've never met a rare rock tree!

[@emilianodelosreyes2203]

@@corneliawissing7950 same hopefully I never see one of those tho.

[@corneliawissing7950]

@@emilianodelosreyes2203 Wonder what size and weight that tree grows it rocks to? If they're square one could build a wall around the tree ...

[@freyjav6055]

This literally made me laugh out loud 🤣🤣

[@Mark-nu5vg]

The closest thing falling out of a tree that would resemble the sound of a rock would be a chestnut. acorn .walnut maybe crabapple and so on.

[@noahsnarleynvideos5826]

When you feel like a crazy person is stalking you, act even crazier

[@michaelalavigne9258]

Me: *hears some creepy noises, then makes even weirder creepy noises to Assert dominance* Monster: “ok dude chill out, I’ll leave your crazy ass alone”

[@zirconblue1249]

@@michaelalavigne9258 lol

[@plops993]

If you don’t want to be a victim, look like someone who is about to commit a crime. Look over your shoulders, look kind of paranoid, but also moving purposefully and confidently. The last thing an actual criminal wants as a target is another edgy paranoid potential criminal

[@lilrascal1382]

Lol

[@SS-hd5jx]

lool true

[@destroyer9817]

The thought of a human stalking a lone camper is 10x more frightening than being stalked by a bear or mountain lion.

[@icantthinkofaname15]

I agree

[@worldisfilledb]

Uh what?

[@icantthinkofaname15]

@@worldisfilledb being stalked by a human is scarier than a bear or cougar. His comment was self explanatory

[@rizhad80]

Bullshit😂

[@suviseshbharadwaj7206]

Spooky yes, but I'd prefer to be stalked by a human than a bear or mountain lion. I don't know enough Brazilian jiu-jitsu to fight off a cougar or bear lol

[@gamergirl2127]

Mr.ballen makes me feel safe and terrified at the same time

[@Trill_life]

Right, I be like a little kid watching these videos at bedtime lol

[@explorationgmer1336]

When u go camp by yourself try to play this video lol

[@xerioussunblade]

Seriously great comment❤

[@adriannamarie01_]

I agree!

[@laurahoward1787]

Its weird right

[@yacket]

I camp like a civilized person, I set the tent up on the family room floor in front of the tv with the dog. Rugged living.

[@MrThaiko]

my man

[@KellyMcnelly333]

Same

[@kiwiguy4764]

I do it primitive style no room service and vending machine in lobby

[@nicholasmasson5868]

I camp at my cottage AHA close enough? Or naw ahah

[@a_littlecrow7155]

My dad would be talking about how. Confused he is about this

[@alanzo2950]

ALWAYS follow your gut instinct! When I was 17 I was at a Fourth of July party & about 2 hours into the party I had this extreme sense of dread. I never left parties early back then. But this horrific feeling kept telling me that I needed to leave. I left the party just before 2 teens were stabbed to death. Never try to argue away that sense of foreboding.

[@bighands69]

You probably sensed that the party had a bad vibe to it without being able to put your finger on it.

[@njay4399]

And people try to say those are instincts, I’m no biologist or doctor, but I don’t believe instincts can predict the future especially when everything seems to be going perfectly well, it’s most definitely something more

[@fancifrance4039]

The gut instinct is a gift. Not everyone has it nor will ever understand it. Don't even bother to explain it to most.

[@debrakleid5752]

@@fancifrance4039 I’ve had a sense of dread or where I sensed something would happen. Once when I was taking my mom to the ER due to a fever and she was on chemo we were in a storm and it was late at night. For some reason I told my mother that I could smell a tornado coming and it did come. It was an F4 tornado/waterspout (was over water for a couple of minutes making it a water spout). It was devastating and caused a lot of damage. One other time I had that same sense and a cluster of tornadoes hit. I’ve lived in Florida half of my life and only those 2 times did I sense it and only those two times did they hit. Also had a sense of dread in 2016. Told my family something was going to happen to me by my birthday which is in December. My birthday came and left and my family surprised me with a visit including my sister from California. On December 19, 2016 exactly 7 days later it hit. I was diagnosed with severe sepsis that nearly killed me and I was hospitalized for a month. My health isn’t in good shape so I’m used to frequent hospital stays but this one was within hours of being fatal without help. Spent time in the ICU as well. I tend to listen to my gut and I go to the ER when it’s really nagging and I have symptoms. Has happened several times and I would find out I had severe pneumonia or whatever. It’s definitely a gift and it should be listened to. My alarm bells have been going off the past week or so and I’m having that sense of dread but with COVID I am not in such a rush but I’m afraid it will get me in the end if I don’t listen to it

[@debrakleid5752]

@NAMELESS INTERNET ADDICT unfortunately

[@TK-uc7dv]

Lesson I've learned from Mr. Ballen. Whenever you decide to do something with a friend/friends and everyone cancels leaving you alone... don't do that thing.

[@thejonatan._]

Especially if it's hiking, camping, or cave diving

[@stygin1060]

Never do or go anywhere you aren't familiar with or where you can't find other people.

[@nancybolyard8020]

😂☠️

[@BrianDillonTucker]

Also… stay out of the forest.

[@tracydoherty9165]

Iv watched a lot of Mr balle s stuff an I can honestly say I have now opened my eyes more to the dangers in this big bad world and I have also learned a lot of lessons from his stories Mr John Ballen you truly are a legend!!!

[@saraparks7040]

Me: Scared of everything and an intense fear of ghosts/paranormal/death Also me: watches this for fun at 2am alone

[@fisty539]

...YOuR nOt ALonEE...

[@misseses9091]

Same lol

[@CelaniSello]

And here i am watching this at Midnight. lol and I get paranoid as hell xD

[@hlongshlongs8729]

Same here! I don’t watch horror movies but I watch his stories and I get so scared 😱

[@gamergirl2127]

Mr.ballen makes me feel safe and terrified at the same time

[@blakesutton4287]

Since finding Mr Ballen, I have learned to never scuba dive or camp. Ever.

[@blossgaming2125]

@Jennifer Taylor camping by yourself with nothing is stupid

[@kinglewis9551]

Exactly

[@marktoledo7898]

On the reels!!!

[@_neophyte]

or work minimum wage in factories with heavy machinery

[@Missykinzz]

And never take your eyes off your kids 😨

[@FrequencyORD]

This dude can make a story about a leaf blowing scary

[@dmanzawsome]

Depends who the leaf is blowing

[@jodyscheppmann8393]

Agreed...but i.love his story telling!

[@thatchedstudios4768]

LEAF BLOWING?! WHERE?!?!!?! 😱😱😱😱😱

[@stephaniejohns5435]

🤣🤣

[@goldiemckernan1189]

He could come to my house and tell me all about paint drying...allll night.

[@l9ino170]

"Sam's firewood runs out at 3am" - the most ungodly hour!!

[@ChaCha.44]

Yup, it’s always at 3am…

[@l9ino170]

@Ruzuchi Wow!! That's not good, hope you get well soon and stay safe, after Mr Ballen anything is possible

[@ChaCha.44]

@Ruzuchi 😳

[@atmywhitson]

@Ruzuchi Very cool but very frightening for you!

[@archangel5627]

3:00am is the demon hour. According to biblical accounts, Jesus Christ’s body finally gave out and died at 3:00pm in the afternoon. The demonic forces enjoy perverting everything Christ like and anything considered holy by inverting it. So the hour of Christ’s death at 3:00pm is now 3:00am which has now become the demonic hour. That’s why 3:00am is such a deadly time to be awake and why so many paranormal things occur at that time.

[@SinFinkleflor]

people who are abused or have had a traumatic experience, this gut feeling is super strong.

[@michaelwilde545]

I'm thinking that I'm likely to never go camping alone again. My new goal in life: Do not do anything that will get me featured in a Mr. Ballen story in the future.

[@cynthiawhite9830]

Yes, 100% yes

[@nermeenhamada6447]

That must be the CUTEST comment here in this video ♥️♥️

[@deejulesdonatha4107]

Wise!!!

[@bcagz9835]

I’ve also learned that chimneys are far more dangerous than I ever imagined, and scuba diving is the most risky activity on the planet.

[@michaelwilde545]

@@OG3XOG After listening to Mr B, I looked up where Bell Canyon was just so I would know in case that happened. Not kidding, I'm in Washington, not far from where that story took place. It's not close to Bell Canyon.

[@Panvther]

*Noise* “huh what was that?” “TiS bUt a RoCk ThAt fElL fRoM tHe tREe”

[@Krakkahhhh]

made me laugh out hard! good one lol!

[@lilyo7982]

That relatable moment when a rock falls from a tree

[@SRMoore1178]

@@lilyo7982 A person in fear could probably rationalize that a dead fish falling from a tree is perfectly normal in those situations.

[@coryholibaugh8124]

Metal gear solid logic

[@modifiedmomma2365]

Tbh I would’ve just assumed it was an acorn 😂

[@mrbulbasore1258]

It's amazing how effective the 'feeling of being watched' is. The natural spidey sense.

[@mrbulbasore1258]

@@penny8579 🤯🤯🤯

[@foxymetroid]

@@penny8579 Or just instinct taking advantage of senses without the person knowing. Saves brain power that might be needed seconds later.

[@mrbulbasore1258]

@Jennifer Taylor 🤯🤯

[@taylorreed1943]

It's light refraction in your eyes. Your brain is intelligent enough to know that the only glassy surfaces you'll see at night are the water reflecting the moon, and some eyeballs. Some people have mastered it, they're usually skilled hunters or trained riflemen though.. youve got to learn what assumptions to make when your brain gives you a clue.

[@glundor]

I know I always wonder if you actually notice subconsciously

[@L33tSkE3t]

I normally hate these types of channels because I suffer from crippling panic attacks (I don’t mean just bad anxiety, they manifest in the form of what I imagine a heart attack feels like and i have been hospitalized for them multiple times) but, Mr.Ballen is just such a comforting person to listen to, that I’m able to enjoy these videos.

[@GoldenDeer_]

Agreed

[@IsThatHuncho]

The biological phenomenon when knowing someone is watching you is known as “gaze detection” or “gaze perception”, neurological studies have found that when you have the feeling you’re being watched, those brain cells telling you that are very very precise, always trust that feeling

[@IsThatHuncho]

@Sub if you are against Antifa and BLM Likely, just crazy how much it happens to actually be someone watching you

[@iiatargetanalyst3046]

Intuition

[@ellasimmons5946]

then why do I feel like I'm being watched every time I watch these videos 😂

[@IsThatHuncho]

@@ellasimmons5946 probably your brain over thinking whats being told in these stories 😂

[@stevemiller4494]

Actually there is a electromagnetic grid that envelops all of us that we cannot see naturally.... And since our mind is electrical we can actually tap into this grid.... That's why when you feel someone that has bad intentions towards you that's because we are all connected on that electromagnetic grid... And if you don't believe me that's how lightning tracks you it literally pulls up your bioelectrical energy up towards the sky then it connects with a circuit of your bioenergy and then you get struck.... Everything in our world is made of energy anybody with the most basic understanding of physics should know this.... So when someone sees you and has bad intentions toward you you're going to pick this up.... Some people will call it psychic energy other people will call it esp but all it really is is natural electromagnetic energy that envelops your body and connects you to the surrounding energies.... That's why you get literally like a spidey sense is tingling sensation.... And paranoia is an unreasonable and ridiculous fear so for example paranoia would be thinking that Napoleon is out in the darkness and he's got a cannon and he's pointing it at you.... That is paranoia.... It's an unreasonable unnatural fear....getting the feeling that you're stalked is not unreasonable or unnatural....

[@UncleSlimJimmy]

"Sam intentionally hadn't brought a tent" Me, a MrBallen veteran: "And that my children is how you get featured on a MrBallen's story"

[@kylergrell3351]

sam didnt bring a tent cuz he was headed to bells cayon. only logical explaination

[@coconutmilkism]

@@kylergrell3351 do you know how to get there?

[@tylerjeb7888]

Sam didn't bring a tent because it's a fake story. The guy took a flashlight from next to Sam while he was sleeping, didn't attack, and then tried to "lure" Sam away from his bonfire in order to attack him? Yeah that makes a ton of sense.

[@UncleSlimJimmy]

@@tylerjeb7888 Well except that it sounds like it was just a few high school/college kids having fun and scaring him. That’s what I think happened.

[@88DNK88]

A tent offers no physical protection from anything except for rain. Having a tarp strung up over you offers the same amount of physical protection as a tent would have = none. So Sam bringing a tent or not bringing a tent doesn’t make him any more or less likely to be featured in these stories.

[@queengorgo3326]

The things I've learned from all the Ballen stories are don't ever go camping, hiking or into isolated areas alone. If the offer sounds to good to be true, then it is. If you feel like you're being watched trust your indistincts. If you think things are being moved around your house someone is probably behind your walls preparing to kill you. If you take up scuba diving into under water caves you will eventually die. Never investigate strange sounds on your own and if people say that a place is dangerous you should stay far away from it and lastly never walk into our attempt to repair dangerous equipment without turning it off completely and having someone with you incase it goes bad.

[@grenadelauncher2376]

This shit worries me so much, I’m always have a handweapon on/near me unless I’m around people.

[@TheChardygirl007]

Also never let your kids out of your sight, even for a moment, not even in the locked car, just tether them to you permanently.

[@loverofawesomeness1]

And dont go scuba diving in dangerous places without appropriate training

[@ryankl1984]

With this information You are now immortal

[@Tiffaloni]

@@grenadelauncher2376 well you should have also learned that you can’t trust people you know

[@zeezee971]

oh my gosh, i can’t believe how smart sam is! i would never of thought moving the flashlight was a trick! i would’ve died instantly.

[@DiamondCake2]

Seems pretty stupid to set up a trap for someone who’s asleep and the first step of your master plan is to steal their flashlight that’s right next to them. If they wanted to harm him they could have when he was wrapped up in a sleeping bag asleep.

[@fgnoyola]

@@DiamondCake2 No sir, u are wrongly assuming the stalker had a criminal mind... that he would gained something logical with his dead, taking his car for example... but there are no criminals in the middle of nowhere stalking random lonely people... what he encountered was a lunatic, and he didn't want to steal from him, he wanted to toy with him... which he did... He was in real danger...

[@sezuin_6577]

​@@fgnoyola Or he was in no danger at all. Sometimes people just want to terrorise another without ever being seen.

[@bullwyn1971]

Sam: "I am going camping alone in the Superstitions." Us Locals: "Bye...I'll let your momma know you loved her."

[@GHOSTLY.GIRAFFE]

now that is cold 😂😂😁😁😁😁

[@dlb478a]

Yup... some ideas are really, really dumb. Especially when you start having second thoughts about it, but still do it anyway. They usually end up making horror movies about those kinds of bad decisions....

[@pooppancake8750]

He was a local lol.... Obviously Bells Canyon is way more spooky

[@CH-dh6ff]

lol im convinced that there’s just a bunch of people living out in the middle of nowhere with no tv or video games to entertain them, so they just troll the city folk who come around.

[@moirahill6397]

Bullwyn1971 You gave me a much needed belly laugh with tears in my eyes. Thank you.

[@jsummers62]

One thing is for dam sure: I am never going into the woods without at least two flashlights that also have guns attached to them and are attached to me.

[@cmacctron7787]

And in a tank

[@Benjamin-uz2dx]

@@cmacctron7787 and the tank has a flamethrower

[@JB-bm1to]

@@Benjamin-uz2dx and the flamethrower has an automatic target lock mechanism

[@atashgallagher1631]

@@cmacctron7787 Power armor, a good high power railgun, a flamethrower, a good old-fashioned tazer sword, meathook attached to a super shotgun.

[@nasebrown3335]

Or u could just go in with a group of professional woodsman while making sure one of them is a badass ex special forces mf Along with a complete moron that no one likes that can be used as a distraction In other words you want to go with Rambo and me.

[@mcphizzle66]

"Maybe a rock fell from a tree." - The brain trying to rationalize

[@mcphizzle66]

I've spent quite a bit of time in the woods. Not once has a rock fallen out of a tree on or near me. Occasionally birdies and other gentle woodland creatures will drop shit on you, but that's a stretch in this situation.

[@samuelcox5016]

@@mcphizzle66 yeah birds are more likely to drop a shit on you.

[@aaliyahpahlow3770]

*us learning that the brain rationalizes from MrBallen*

[@boevans9694]

A bird?

[@Gooseyloo]

i have had sticks fall on my head my friends watched it happened at school

[@RawDawgRandi]

MrBallens ability to create visuals when story telling is on a completely different level from everyone else. I catch myself closing my eyes and completely envisioning the scenery/landscape, which makes it 10x more intense. You are the GOAT story teller!!!

[@blinkth3dog]

He is unparalleled in his enunciation and pacing and ability to give you a clear mental image of the area your right!

[@soul-on-lean]

I was just looking at rick grimes lmaoo

[@mikeaaron175]

I just went solo camping in Oregon and I couldn't stop imagining this guy narrating everything I was doing like something bad was about to happen. Beyond creepy lmao

[@MrBallen]

Hahahah

[@helloall4013]

That would have been torture!😆😆

[@80bbygrl]

Lmao.

[@connieherndon9614]

OMG! I do the same when walking around the lake!😂🤣😂

[@yes0r787]

Mike it's good that you didn't have any strange or mysterious adventures... glad u r safe.

[@Martinw_909]

OMG THE LAST ONE SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME AHHH WHY AM I WACHING THIS AT NIGHT!?!?!?

[@jamesdorn1194]

OMG

[@agony664]

Not at night! 😬 never! Haha!

[@errorcode9814]

I mean, I’m not currently watching at night, but I like to save the demon stories for then. Also yeah I have almost shat myself from some of these.

[@ChaCha.44]

I kinda just told myself only to watch his videos during the daytime only! Lol I’m a wimp, oh well. I can hardly watch his shorts…omg constant jump scares and nightmare fuel! 😳

[@guiniverebehounek6174]

Those are Mr. Ballens rules. You have to watch at night.

[@EvrySingleTime]

I have to give the guy alot of credit- To deduce the flashlight was a trap, while fighting panic that would say "NEED THE LIGHT, NEED THE LIGHT", is a boss move. Ive been in the wilderness and had wierd experiences- as the saying goes "everyone has a plan till they get punched in the face". He performed well even after a punch.

[@massy9437]

i mean its kinda an obvious trap imo that dont take away the fact the kid did a stellar fucking job tho did that shit damn near perfect except for making a big ass fire although i do wonder why he wasnt scared of the lads knife

[@StRiKerhost]

The woods are wierd places at night i live smack dab in the middle of a million acher park the Adirondack mountians to be specific whats scary is when your in the forest and it goes silent no birds no squirrels silence is usually the calm before the storm

[@mojoelite]

What trap? If whoever was messing with him wanted to actually hurt him they could have done it when they got the flashlight and he was sleeping. Whoever it was screwing with him appeared to want to mess with his head and not actually harm him. Ofcourse you never know.

[@alam5055]

@@mojoelite yes, it's totally illogical. If they were by his side to get the flashlight, they could hurt him there and then, not set some stupid-ass trap with the flashlight. So either it was a total lunatic that didn't act rationally or it's wholly made up story

[@ReptillianStrike]

@@mojoelite Typically the goal with planned murders like this isn't to actually kill the person, but to feel powerful or to have fun. The murder itself isn't what's important. How the murder is accomplished is.

[@ASpaceWalk]

As a graveyard shift security officer posted at an open train station, I’ve had one of these unnerving feelings. Funny enough I was listening to MrBallen at the time, but the unsettling feeling would not go away. After my patrol routine, I would just post up in a spot I can see 80% of the site, but my back was faced towards the side street. On the other side were a couple small businesses with gated security and beyond the gates was pitch darkness. I’ve never felt anything like it in the 3 years I worked there, it just happened randomly and was just on edge the rest of the night. Thanks to this video in particular, I will always look over my shoulder when feel uneasy.

[@wendymonkelien-brown579]

I worked the graveyatd shift alone in C-stores for 8 years. I learned the hard way to ALWAYS listen to your instincts. I got lucky as cops showed up before anything happened, but.....

[@heidiroy-boy]

Please people..have a dog with you

[@corbyrobinson3640]

Like button to therapist: "And he uploads three, four, even FIVE times a week!!!"

[@levih.8786]

underrated.

[@Couldnteventhink]

😂😂😂

[@YosiahW]

@@levih.8786 Heavily.

[@haleighsawyer6193]

You win

[@padraig5335]

Lmao

[@kayjay5349]

As someone with an anxiety disorder, I can only hope that my "someone is watching me" instinct does not feel the same as the general feeling of impending doom that I feel several times a week. My mom says to trust my instincts but how can I do that when my instincts are fried? She went to a gas station when she was an older teen and someone got in line behind her. She had that feeling MrBallen describes. She didn't turn around, but paid for her gas and left. She noticed the other person got into their own car just after she got into hers and he proceeded to follow her down the street. She kept making random turns but he kept following her. I forget where she went, but she made it to a payphone and called the police. Turns out the guy had multiple warrants for sexual assault.

[@no_peace]

Yeah "trust your gut" isn't really helpful for like 40% of people But also I think it's possibly more important to train yourself to assert your needs... Like the old elevator example, whether or not you feel anxious getting in an elevator with a stranger at night in a parking structure, don't. Don't get in either way lol. But you have to have some skills to be able to just turn around and leave if there's someone in there. It's really awkward and they may pressure you. People often do things they don't even want to do, and they're trusting their gut, but they don't know how to deal with negative feedback from other people so they go along with it and suffer (Also i know sometimes it's dangerous to say no, too, but that's a whole other issue)

[@sparkysheep]

I have anxiety and I’ve also been in a life threatening situation. When I was 12 I was almost kidnapped. I had to walk along a long secluded road from my bus stop to my dance class, most of the time this was fine, but one day I heard a car coming up behind me but it was *slowing down* and I was hit with the most intense feeling. Hair on the back of my neck stood up, my stomach dropped, and i instantly felt WIRED. Something was WRONG and I needed to get out so I jumped across the ditch by the side of the road and ran up the hill and hid behind some parked cars in a used car lot. As I ran up the hill I heard the sound of a sliding car door shutting and a car accelerating away. When I looked it was, I shit you not, a white van with all the windows blacked out turning the corner by my dance school. It was one of the most terrifying feelings of my life and completely different from the way my anxiety feels. My anxiety feels sick and queasy and I feel mired and helpless. It’s a sticky fluttery feeling. When that car came up behind me the fear was sharp and cold.

[@terrikrucina2023]

ALWAYS BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AS WELL AS YOUR GUT INSTINCTS. CARRY SOME TYPE OF PROTECTION ON YOUR PERSON.

[@ebayerr]

Kay Jay: In 1980,I was living with a girl in south Louisiana. We were driving down the road one evening and got into an argument in the car,so I told her to pull over and let me out.I was going to walk back home. So I got out,walked across the road and started walking in the opposite direction. She then drove off. As I was walking along,a car passed me and then pulled over to the side of the road just ahead of me. Two guys got out of the car and they each had a pipe in their hands and they started toward me. I stopped and knew there was nowhere to go and it was going to be a fight for my life.There was no time to be afraid. But then,unknown to me,my girlfriend had turned around and came back to pick me up. She pulled along side me and opened the passenger door and yelled at me to get in.She turned the car around and sped away from there as fast as she could. She was very upset by what she had seen and of the thought of what could've happened to me had she not turned around and came back for me.

[@hinatahyuuga120]

With sever anxiety it actually a remnant of human life before we settled down in to many civilizations. We where hunter gathers. People who where hyper aware were better at protecting themselves and hunt food. The highnt anxiety isn't bad it just means you are overly aware BUT when you truly are in danger your body will physically react more then just the internal feeling of dreed and doom. For example I was in a sever car accident more then once. I felt it getting into the car all the way up till right before we ended up in the ditch. Hair standing straight up my throat was tight and I was nausea my self. But my mom didn't listen to my complaining about turning back and going home something was wrong or missing

[@otzey]

When the idea crosses your mind to go camping solo at night without a tent, that should be the moment your natural instinct kicks in says "Hell to the no."

[@lesewing]

Makes you perfect prey for something like a mountain lion.

[@errorcode9814]

Is what you do is you keep the biggest knife that you can use quickly, and you keep it near by. And that also goes for if you are just in the forest even if you don’t feel like someone is there, always have a big agile knife on hand… or gun, gun works too.

[@archangel5627]

I don’t understand why anyone would go camping without any protection like bringing a tent. If I was hiking alone; (which you should never do) I would always bring a tent to sleep inside just for the added protection. Even if the tent is just a deterrent , that’s better than sleeping under the stars in the open air.

[@paintedpony2935]

😅🤣😂Bible. It's so cute and nieve that you think a tent will protect you from anything but bugs and snakes.

[@archangel5627]

@@paintedpony2935 Ah yes another smug Internet troll. That’s exactly what I was talking about. Sleeping in a tent gives you some added protection from the elements and the environment. What’s cute is how you pretentiously troll and assume things. I wonder if you can assume getting your teeth kicked in.

[@charleneblack2792]

Why one would go backpacking without a firearm is beyond me. I even take mine hiking. I don't want to be lunch or the victim of a psycho. 😂

[@leifswalling3226]

What would you do if you didn’t have access to a gun?

[@DiamondCake2]

What would you do if you lived in the UK and aren’t allowed guns?

[@EB-wl9st]

Agreed.

[@EB-wl9st]

​@@DiamondCake2not live in the UK.

[@tbct4619]

UK - takes a 9" inch knife or a on axe or make a spear. Or paintball gun filled with marbles...

[@ShadowHunter984]

When he was telling the last story and said that the stranger was about 10 ft. Away I thought he was gonna say that the stranger said "Do you know how to get to Bells Canyon?"

[@kaleyhernandez6810]

Same tho

[@user-dy5ho4sj2w]

🤣🤣🤣

[@markwebster5749]

I was just thinking that lol 😂 😂

[@GeekRaj]

that story is so freaky

[@buckthuun]

Lmao 😂

[@Bunny-pr8gw]

Sam thinking it's a trap as his first instinct, and TRUSTING his gut to not fall for it, is probably the smartest decision I have ever heard anyone make on this series.

[@johnboehmer6683]

That's overblown. If he/they meant to do him any harm, he would have when he was right over him while he was asleep. My best guess is that this was some freak living out in the woods off the grid that had lost his mind in the extreme solitude (if not before that), and was just jerking with this guy.

[@h91rex100]

I find the trap thing pretty unbelievable. Think about it. If their intent was to actually do harm, why set up a trap when they already got close enough to get the kids flashlight while he slept. That would've been the perfect opportunity to attack him. Not while hes awake holding a hunting knife ready for something to go down.

[@srxjoseph]

@@h91rex100 It probably wasn't to harm him per se, but more just to watch him struggle, thrash, scream, etc, plenty of people get off the suffering of others. Since as you said if they just wanted him dead they could of just done it when they grabbed the flashlight, but is less of a game to be enjoyed then.

[@GoldenDeer_]

@@srxjosephyeah it was a game for them

[@farr0nann132]

I been binge watching this guy and not only being entertained but also getting a good handle on my metric conversions.

[@Rekora_Wulf]

You are going to regret it. He's relatively new and your life will lose meaning when your outta content in about three days.

[@farr0nann132]

Yeahhhp. Pretty much already there...the horizon is bleak.

[@Minimojojoy]

I’m right there with both of you! ☹️ But I’m happy to see someone coming to the worldwide use of the metric system! 👌 President Carter couldn’t do it, but Mr Ballen may be the one to finally bring Americans to join us in the metric system! 😄

[@chrisquiett1776]

Lol same here. Leave it to the military to let you know 24 hour clock measures and metric distance. We noobs from the states don’t know shit. And it makes so much more sense than the imperial measurements 🙄 Europe: metric Asia: metric Africa: metric South America: metric Antarctica: who the hell cares? Nobody lives there but still metric North North America(Canada): metric Australia: metric The United States: feet and miles!

[@chrisquiett1776]

@@Minimojojoy Carter got such a raw deal... he wasn’t the best president but he knew his shit and doesn’t get enough respect for what he tried to do 😕 I am more right than you could fathom but Carter just had bad luck with shitty global economy and the “Cold” War he just didn’t have any room to show how he was genuinely interested in keeping everyone alive. Sucks to have him as a failed president when he did everything right. Sorry for the tangent but as democrats go he is one of my favorites

[@MvK-Delta]

Imagine being so brave that u can watch these type of videos in the middle of the night in the middle of a Forrest in a cabin all alone

[@emmmmmveeee]

✨no✨

[@savannahbergen4984]

No thanks

[@mariabags3958]

When he said Chris felt somebody looking at him in the woods. I suddenly felt someone watching me in my bed while alone in my room. I look back and it’s my cat. 😳😂

[@mine8463]

Lol

[@almddmla5577]

Cat wasn't watching you, it was looking at what was behind you.

[@zirconblue1249]

@@almddmla5577 I-

[@amyfender1]

🤣😂

[@Adrian_Lawhon]

damn

[@aarongregory4980]

It’s so bizarre how you can just feel eyes on you. There’s no way you should be able to know but somehow you feel something that makes you uneasy. Despite there being no real logic to it everybody knows what it is and what feels like. I’ve never really sat down and gave it much thought but it’s a very intriguing concept. Edit: ngl didn’t think this comment would get any attention since it was kinda just a random passing thought it thought I would share but it’s pretty cool it got the ball rolling on a nice discussion. Cool seeing so many peoples views on this topic so thanks for the interesting input.

[@Phoenix_of_Sun]

I don't know this for sure, just my thoughts on it. But, I think it is because our eyes see something that we didn't consciously register. Like you scan a tree line and didn't see anything but then you get the feeling that you are being watched. I think its because you saw something in the tree line watching you but it didn't click in your mind. Like when you are looking for something right in front of you, you physically see the thing but for some reason it just doesn't click in your brain.

[@dietrevich]

You don't feel eyes, you feel the presence of another person or animal. It's a subconscious reflex. Our brain can detect minor changes in the general environment around us that we interpret as someone or something in that area.

[@phasus2997]

I believe it has to do with knowing that you are vulnerable or are in an area where you can be easily seen. Maybe also hearing incredibly faint sounds like rustling leaves or sounds that queue a thought of "something is near."

[@ethan6437]

Ngl I like to test this on people sometimes and stare at them from a distance to see what sort of behaviour they examine and honestly I haven’t had any reactions that can confirm this yet I still believe it … mind you my intent was never sinister so maybe if people are staring at you harmlessly it doesn’t trigger any instincts or feelings

[@zZuckerZusatZz]

There are many stimuli that we process unconsciously. For example people who went blind because of a damaged visual cortex (the eyes still work but the brain cannot process it) can still recognize aggressive facial expressions and feel fear because of it. That's because before the nerve signal from the eyes is processed by the visual cortex, it is processed by a small structure that is there to detect hostile intentions and that is completely unconscious. And even so they can't see anything, they can feel hostile faces which is amazing.

[@caitlinallen8400]

Camping tips: always take a large sturdy tent. Never go alone. Collect a large pile of firewood before nightfall. Take at least one firearm and be prepared to use it. Take a dog with you if possible.

[@stoiccrane4259]

Appreciate those tips. Never going alone and at least bringing a fire arm if you do seems like common sense. Unfortunately for Sam it wasn't but at least he survived to tell the story.

[@DominicNJ73]

I'm, generally speaking, not a gun person but I keep one firearm and that's for camping. Only had to use it once, somewhat similar story to Sam's, except when I hear the crunching of leaves I yelled out "I have a gun and I will fucking shoot you" and then I fired a couple shots into the direction from where I heard the leaves. Before the second shot even popped off I heard the running away from my camp.

[@ChocolateMilk..]

@@DominicNJ73 I do the same thing, only from my home. The second anyone approaches my yard I'm blazing those guns like fire crackers on new years eve!

[@CatholicK5357]

In the case of the last story, a firearm being stolen would be even scarier than a flashlight.

[@hikkyhaihikkyho318]

@@CatholicK5357 yeah true, Firearms are comforting to have but can backfire real quick

[@Quadsworth]

This is why I always bring night vision goggles and frag grenades when I’m camping

[@juliomendez1177]

Yeah and dont forget the ak, the bazooka and the m1 abrams tank

[@OptDK]

All I need is my bolt action rifle with a thermal scope

[@Hlkers]

You listen to Team America 24/7

[@fernandoheredia9120]

Bad decision bring heat vision googles way better

[@LDmagnum]

“He puts his boots on and grabs his knife” bro laced up ready to slash shit🤣

[@trevorcoe6320]

On his new york shit

[@jimmys2338]

He said knife not box cutter or razor blades😉

[@user-gx9pd2uj5o]

@@jimmys2338 What?

[@mochibts1408]

Thank you ancestors for giving us “Survival instincts” 🙏🏻

[@rubykohler2531]

Army ? Are you an army

[@philessieisataesthermanoh-7390]

@@rubykohler2531 oooooooxOf

[@aceventura3021]

🙏 is a high five I think

[@Wifebeater6372]

@@aceventura3021 yea it is lol

[@Lol-ll5gh]

I’m always eagerly refreshing Mr Ballen’s page around this time 😅 👁👄👁 Anyone else been here since his first few videos who’s watched religiously? Always the best part of my day, I work night shifts so I stay up a lil after work and wait patiently for a new video 😭

[@laurayoung2280]

Me

[@Main_skullz_hermes_me]

Same! I listen all day at work, I’ve heard each video a few times but it’s all good!

[@ARS-fe5wc]

I’m at work during the time he uploads. But I keep an eye out for notification and stop what I’m doing 😂

[@BamaGrammy]

I watch him every video! I have to wait for the new ones cause Ive already watched all of his other videos! On youtube anyway I dont go to any other social media. They are too busy.(hfa)

[@oliviagrell8491]

I just found out about him a few months ago, really love his video's

[@SighNaps]

There is a good chance that the swoosh sound the man heard in the first story was an arrow/bolt flying past his head. It would explain why he couldn't find the object nearby/didn't hear it hit the ground in a quiet forest.

[@digginggopher]

That would make sense, I wondered why he didn't mention if he found whatever it was when it got light out

[@SighNaps]

@@digginggopher I can say from experience that an arrow passing closely to ones head does sound like a swoosh or even a bit like a sucking sound. I've had it happen twice. Once when I was young (my brother and I were messing around with my uncles compound bow) and once on a white tail hunt as an adult (we had someone in the group that didn't understand not to draw the string unless they were sure there was no one in the brush ahead of them). I'm not shocked that he didn't find the projectile. Arrows can fly far beyond where they are aimed if they miss. I've lost countless arrows in the woods despite knowing the angle and direction they were traveling.

[@deezbackissues2703]

oh shit you're right

[@SighNaps]

@@deezbackissues2703 I wish that I wasn't. Those carbon fiber broad heads that I lost to learn this lesson aren't cheap.

[@wms72]

I thought he was in a room with the door opened.

[@matthewg504]

That flashlight trap is the scariest story (to me) that I've heard you tell so far. Because to me that indicates that whoever that was didn't want to just hurt him(they could have done that when he was asleep) but they wanted to scare, torture and possible kill him. Normal people don't even think about doing that to other people so, or lurk in the woods waiting for the opportunity to do it to someone so whoever that was. was really deranged!!

[@friendlyreptile9931]

Or just scare him :D

[@Skyril2]

I was hoping it was a friend pulling a prank, but they'd have to be seriously committed. Probably it was a serial killer.

[@phangirlable]

@@Skyril2 Like a friend would do something sick like that to a friend. Maybe give him a little scare and then reveal himself but that was a night of Sam experiencing extreme terror and fear for his life.

[@johnboehmer6683]

It kind of takes the sinister threat off of whoever did it just thinking of them back in the brush, sitting there like a doofus for three, four, five hours. Too sissified or mentally gone to say "screw it" and leave, or attack the guy already! Undoubtedly just some freak living off the grid that got threatened when someone was on "his turf", and just trying to scare him off, like the villains in the masks on Scooby-Doo. I could just see him as it goes into the fourth hour, in his little bush whispering to himself, "get ahtta here, you meddling kid!!"

[@juliomendez1177]

Probably just messing around. If they truly wanted to hurt him they would have done so.

[@healthywealthy4620]

I've learned by this channel to never go hiking, scuba diving, go inside caves, be home alone, or leave the house at all.

[@May-jv3px]

basically, just don’t exist.

[@voidofastora6032]

lol not even your house is safe you either get stalkers or worse sinkholes out of nowhere

[@MJ-oi5wb]

LOL

[@JerryEricsson]

Here is the thing my friend. Ignore the stuff that can't hurt you, if you know how to use a gun, carry it if you feel you may need it, after all you are safer to have a gun and not need it, then to not have a gun and need it. Live a good life, use common sense when out and about in the jungle, forest, or major city, if you can always travel with a friend, better yet travel with a girl friend, they are much nicer to have along if nothing happens, they also give you the drive to protect them, it's part of nature, built into our lives as it is. If you are lucky enough, as I was in 1969 and find a great woman who loves you and is a great cook, then so much the better. God how I miss my darling, now gone for a year and 4 days.

[@meagen17]

You haven’t seen the stories of people hiding in the walls in peoples homes.

[@SRMoore1178]

The scariest things in the woods aren't the dangerous animals. I would be more worried about the wild humans.

[@goldiemckernan1189]

I'm from NJ where we have the Jersey Devil down south. If you grew up there, you know all about it and more likely than not believe it. I DON'T DO WOODS!!! There are God-awful things in the woods!!!

[@miratay3221]

Like the movie”wrong turn “

[@thchris]

@@goldiemckernan1189 its tru for i am in the woods most of the time

[@goldiemckernan1189]

@@thchris Well you're way braver than me lol!!!

[@marce4241]

I live in a suburb near Amsterdam, and there'a park there, you would think nothing crazy would happen... but i had the worst day of my life running there

[@wukilla8ee]

My whole life Ive always had that 6th sense to a scary degree, when I was younger I was told/thought it was a gut feeling. As I've gotten older I think it has more to do with energy & somehow certain people can read/feel the energy shifts in a room and/or environment.

[@sherryowens8251]

I can, and it can be in a crowd or home alone.

[@AonnIX]

I think these videos are making my 6th sense overactive 😅

[@sterling5536]

I think some people "send" and some "receive" and it has something to do with a shift in mental focus.

[@dannyfresca1175]

i think you’ve had a hard childhood and had to learn to pick up on small environmental and social cues bc as a small child you never felt externally safe so you developed it as a coping mechanism to your fear and anxiety

[@selrox879]

​@@dannyfresca1175 its true, at least for me. My childhood/teenage were the worst times of my life, now in my 20's im trying to heal but when i say a person is shady, truly it is. Sorry for my english not my 1st language

[@ren-cn8gs]

“so when you have a bad feeling about something you should listen to that” **laughs in anxiety**

[@lostinspace1036]

Omg I must be being watched all the damn time!! I know that feeling, its like when someone watches you theres more of a connection then you think, and I don't think its just when something sees you but when something is putting all its focus on you

[@ren-cn8gs]

@@lostinspace1036 your brain actually senses when someone is watching whether you are awake or sleeping! it’s creepy but there are theories that spirits watch you and give you that feeling. creepy

[@mandibailey9104]

A day in the life 😬😕

[@littleboxxes]

That's why I just don't leave the house anymore.

[@jarrodgrey1611]

@@ren-cn8gs you mean giggles with angst

[@MrSpacelyy12]

Sam's story was quite terrifying. My imagination was running wild with what might have been stalking him but when you said someone wrote "sleep well" definitely indicated that it was a person and not some creature but the fact that they are hanging out on a mountain and is not terrified of being out there in pitch black is scary af

[@jmelkis]

Yeah it sounds like they target campers out there at night and that might explain the disappearances

[@codybassett112]

I’m skeptical of that story for a few reasons though.

[@matthewg504]

I knew it was a person and when he realized the flashlight had been moved I DEFINITELY knew because a mountain lion or bear wouldnt know the significance of a flashlight!

[@galacticbananastopmotions7292]

@@codybassett112 could you list them. I’m not trying to be annoying I’m genuinely curious

[@suemassey5076]

@@codybassett112 what reasons, I'm really curious to know

[@ulziibatbolor9658]

The mountain lion thinking that it's going to eat a nice deer but getting closer and going into complete confusion to see a wierd looking thing on two legs and shoving water down it's throat like a madman.

[@webbess1]

I think mountain lions know what humans look like by now lol.

[@creator4413]

@J. Ngonono lol yes. Btw guys guess what ive backpacked there too!

[@slimyklerburt9590]

like a madcat*

[@Granola_cat]

Just imagine seeing an elk walking on two legs xD

[@sunsetspectre]

*wheeze*

[@Actually_Sas]

Pro tip : A - NEVER go hiking alone B - dont go hiking at all , ever

[@0gsamy]

exactly 😂😂 what’s even the point of hiking

[@GoldenDeer_]

@@0gsamywe go hiking at lot during our big family vacations but there is always like 11 people and people don’t leave others alone. We also hike on very popular trails where there are a bunch of other people. Hiking by yourself in the middle of nowhere and then you camp out there? Hell nah

[@sdwilliams1986]

wow um that's sad to the people who care about it ok

[@grassbackyard3825]

That “gut feeling” “hairs standing on end” “feel like being watched” isn’t something to joke about. It’s called human evolution and that’s a sense we haven’t lost through time. Trust it.

[@rrb396]

Intuition is what I think you meant.

[@lougiacobbi725]

Pay attention to your Kelpian ganglia

[@Moonkitvelvet]

@@rrb396 scientific intuition, even. our brains are capable of something called “thin-slicing” which is essentially your subconscious picking up on patterns and waving a red flag for you.

[@homebase4934]

@@Moonkitvelvet totally agree. Always listen to yourself and trust it

[@staufferjeff9945]

Evolution.

[@Ricardo-cl3vs]

When you watch some of these videos, did you notice how often people survived just because they had this "bad feeling" and decided in the last minute to rather not go into that cave etc.?! Their friends ignored that feeling and perished...

[@karisdietrich1964]

That’s usually how horror movies go...The main character gets a bad feelings says “hey, maybe this isn’t a good idea,” their friends laugh at them and convinces them to go on anyways and in the end they all die. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@bunnio5451]

The premise of all the final destination movies

[@jennifermccain6062]

natural selection at its finest

[@Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access]

I've had to deal with being stalked by bigfoot hunters out here in my woods. They always want casts of my footprints and stuff, it's creepy

[@demonunderyerbed5963]

Yeah i feel you

[@skinnyWHITEgoyim]

I bet uts even creepier when they stop and pick up your poop.

[@markc3986]

Sorry bro

[@CAsHBOoTY]

Aye man if u want I can scare them away for u?

[@mandibailey9104]

Stop being so shy. I just wanna be friends my guy.

[@amdinga561]

ooo this reminds me of another personal story. Years back I was living at my parents' house, which is on a hillside with a bunch of undeveloped land behind it. There was a fire road on top of the hill that I used to hike all the time. I'd try to bring our dog up there on occasion but it always seemed anxious and wouldn't go down the trail unless I really yanked him along. One day I went up to the trail to do some jogging, but then it started to rain so I turned around and start jogging home. My shoe became untied and I bent down to tie it, and there in the fresh mud next to my foot was a mountain lion print. It had only been raining about 10 minutes and I had just passed this same section of trail probably 15 minutes before. Never saw the cat but after that I was on hyper alert every time I was on that fire road. I probably should've packed pepper spray or something but at the time I didn't realize how dangerous mountain lions could be.

[@thejonatan._]

Yikes that's scary, dude. Mountain lions are no joke. The last time i thought a mountain lion was approaching me, I was so scared

[@tneonrider007]

" a rock fell off a tree" ...damn he was trying so hard to convince himself alright

[@mraustralia4899]

That was such a dumb 0iq line he said lmao

[@sfb4144]

Well a bird could easily have brought a rock up there and left it by accident. It's not stupid, it's more rational to think it's your mind playing tricks at night than it is to thing, 'OMG there's a stalker out in the middle of nowhere throwing rocks at me for no reason' lol

[@liztheoneee]

a rock I- 😂✋🏼

[@sormany]

a rock omaybe its a chessnut it would do the same sound?

[@corneliawissing7950]

I just can't persuade myself that a rock can fall off/or out of a tree ...

[@sheagroza]

Footsteps: ** makes noise ** Any character in a horror movie: “Hello?” Sam: Nope. No ma’am! I’m gonna stay away, thank you very much

[@cameronmueller3468]

Mountain lions are extremely curious animals, and although their attacks are rare, them stalking people seems to be more common, one time I was out turkey hunting by myselg and there was a little snow on the ground and I basically walked a big loop, and there was a small feeling of being watched while I was out there, but I ignored it, but then as I looped back to my initial tracks I found mountain lion prints right in the middle of my tracks, it had stalked me for quite a while, so I stopped and waited to see it and I was in camo and I sat down against a tree and about 30 minutes later, I was looking at a bush and I realized a shape that I thought was just a shadow of the bush was actually the face of a medium sized mountain lion with its eyes just transfixed on me. At this point, I truly don't think it was interested in attacking me, after all I'm a big unknown animal, but I think it was just extremely curious and was watching me. But if it wanted to attack it would've had so many opportunities. I basically had a staring contest with this mountain lion for at least 30 minutes, and then it just got up, and sauntered away slowly.

[@ravencranston4478]

"Thats staring contest was fun. Im done now." -mountain lion

[@geezerp1982]

you should of said to the cat "since you like to look, would like to look at my pals " "whos you pals " says the mountin lion " 12 gauge shotgun and smith and wesson " lol

[@missydavis6678]

Yikes!😲

[@joshgee8714]

Why didn't you shot it

[@cameronmueller3468]

@J B I believe there is a limited number of tags available in colorado for cougar, and we sure got a ton of them around, the one I saw was southern colorado near Alamosa

[@jessicamarstella7971]

No joke that last one got me good! I honest to goodness was like "It's okay. He made it. Everything is fine now." 'Sleep well?' "Holy shit!" Never before have I been so rattled by a story!

[@brandonlynn6392]

The realization of "that's a trap" is probably one of my favorite lines out of all the videos. Lol

[@jmickey7077]

Mr Ballen: "He's getting ready for his 7-Day, solo, backpacking trip." Me, an intellectual: "Idiot."

[@Regrettable-Username]

If nothing else that's how you end up in a situation that ends with you cutting off your own limb.

[@craftygnome97]

I'm been debating in my mind whether I'm a coward or those solo backpackers are incredibly naive.

[@shaylamcgrady1048]

An idiot, for sure! It's a really weird thing to do, especially alone. 2miles back and forth is perfectly fine 😂

[@shaylamcgrady1048]

A stick??? So he's hiking alone WITHOUT a kn!f3 OR a pew pew??? Idiot.

[@unnamedchannel1237]

Plenty of people go out hiking in pairs and still end up dead together

[@elementalcatplays6463]

You’re not scared about being alone In the dark you’re afraid of not being alone in the dark I FeLt THaT HaRd

[@ID-hg1pr]

"You're" not "your." "Your" is possessive (ex. "your comment"). "You're" means "you are." Like "I'm" comes from "I am." You're (you are) welcome.

[@elementalcatplays6463]

Fixed it

[@swishingleaves2481]

@@elementalcatplays6463 the second "your" should also be "you´re". You´re welcome.

[@elementalcatplays6463]

Fix fixed that

[@sfb4144]

@@elementalcatplays6463 Bro you forgot to add a comma after the first 'dark.' =)

[@Queen.Helianthus]

I was charged by a sick mountain lion and it was the worst thing I’ve encountered. PTSD up the ass, but still couldn’t be as bad as something a human could do to ya. 😳

[@jengoodwyn2715]

I believe you. That would be utterly terrifying.

[@DiamondCake2]

Bears are much worse, at least big cats will kill you first, bears don’t, they will just eat you alive.

[@h0ck3yphreak]

So this figure gets within 10 feet of Sams' campsite and says, "We've been trying to reach you, regarding your vehicles' extended warranty." xD

[@timdeener8987]

😂😂😂😂

[@aronious291]

You get those calls too?

[@therickestrick5209]

It’s their new aggressive marketing tactics…

[@dragonballnerdts9535]

😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@dragonballnerdts9535]

@@aronious291 every freaking day most the time multiple times a day its now marked as spam likely in my contacts. Sometimes when my adhd son is throwing a fit ill answer hand him the phone and let him screech into the phone. ..... .

[@jennifercordova4775]

MrBallen: "Before you skip this video......" Me: "MrBallen, NOBODY skips your videos"

[@karlsteffen7804]

When does he say, "before you skip this video"? I must have skipped over that part...

[@jennifercordova4775]

@@karlsteffen7804 it was at the beginning of the video I commented on

[@blendzeqiri2384]

True

[@karlsteffen7804]

ummm, no it wasn't. Never once, in any of his videos, that I can recall, did he ever say before you skip this video.

[@karlsteffen7804]

Especially in this video

[@haileyrinck9487]

Mr Ballen: He can't shake this feeling he's being watched Me quietly to myself: I can't fight this feeling anymore

[@ex-navyspook]

"I've forgotten what I started fighting for..."

[@Tommy2shoe811]

Journey ROCKS

[@hollywalters2911]

Lol best comment ever

[@kenallen4175]

REO

[@shards0fwords]

LOL XD

[@Oregun44]

Me and two buddies were long boarding through a park here in Oregon called Minto Brown. It was summertime and because of the foot traffic and bugs we went at 11pm. 10 minutes into our ride we stopped to drink some beer when we heard crunching of twigs and leaves. This park is very lush and forested and you can’t see past the tree line. My friend turned on his flash light and aimed at the blackberry bushes, and standing not 10 feet from us was a cougar. All 3 of us started waving our flashlights and singing at the top of our lungs (we were listening to bohemian rapacity on a Bluetooth speaker) and mobbed out as fast as we could. The irony is that earlier that day I was in a different section of the park and saw a sign saying (cougar sighting, beware of walking alone).

[@YA-jj8wo]

Creative, clever, up beat, and good hearted person. Never complains never makes the channel about himself.. always respects the viewer.JOB Well done Mr. BALLEN

[@Atlas_Atlantis]

From the beginning of the video he talks about how human instincts are something we developed and are buried. My friend once said “Humans have the ability of being able to tell if something that looks human is not human, that means that at some point in time we needed to develop that to survive.”

[@silviomcintosh6075]

Or to mate, lol, There's been dozens of different hominid species, gotta choose the right one though😆

[@Atlas_Atlantis]

@@silviomcintosh6075 true

[@katydidwhat6120]

Your friend may have been referring to what is now called the "uncanny valley effect."

[@christianforsstrom2222]

@@Atlas_Atlantis yea it's only like the last 10000 years we've been the only humanoid species, before that we coexisted for a very long time with other humanoids, some probably very hostile.

[@apexalaska]

@@silviomcintosh6075 Fuck. I think my ancestors mated with the wrong one.

[@blooBerry371]

I love how in the camp video with the stolen torch, rather than be scare and run away or be stupid...the kid was smart, recognised a trap, put his boots on and grabbed his knife and ready for a fight!....not many people are that brave or smart

[@zabrinaholmes4579]

Rick Grimes "Who threw the stick Carl"?!

[@ARS-fe5wc]

This guy has probably got the friendliest comments

[@MrBallen]

I love it!

[@devanhead7676]

@@MrBallen hi love your vid keep up the good work

[@eyden1562]

Unlike the Like button, who only has dislikes and battle scars.

[@ARS-fe5wc]

@@eyden1562 Like button has had a tough life on this channel 😂

[@mobhitta2636]

@@ARS-fe5wc fr that’s the only thing that’s gets abused sometimes

[@everybreakingwave]

I'm a country girl and growing up my friends always laughed at me because I have never been camping in the woods, but after listening to MrBallen's stories, I've never been more convinced I made the right decision!!! 😄🤣

[@bighands69]

I have trekked into the forests in my locality for days at a time all by myself penetrating deep into the forest. Nothing more peaceful than camping at night on your own.

[@AutoSearPin]

@@bighands69 while I think with experience and a dead imagination it’s doable, I’m not going out there without other people or a gun.. Not to say that you shouldn’t camp, but people who do that pay Mr.Ballens bills…

[@grenouillesscent]

@@AutoSearPin your much more likely to be hit by a car or stabbed by a mugger than attacked by wolves or some stupid shit. I hiked by myself for three days and nights deep in the woods and nothing interesting happened at all, despite it being creepy at night. He only thing to be scared of is falling and breaking your leg by yourself, or something boring like that. Life isn’t as exciting as you think it is.

[@Dbshortz420]

Naw you definitely missed out on a great time camping showed me that I like the wilderness more then civilization being able to get away from everything for a while is nice

[@everybreakingwave]

@@Dbshortz420 I love the outdoors, don't get me wrong and definitely prefer it to city life. We even had a small cabin in the wild woods of Alabama growing up that we stayed at a lot, but I always found the darkness of the woods at night very unsettling. The tent just didn't provide enough security for my taste. 😂

[@aidanalano1374]

This guy is literally one of the coolest people on KZbin he was a navy seal which by itself is awesome and now he makes super interesting content on KZbin and has 700k subs. Mad respect to you bro

[@robertburrell5214]

Noob

[@bighands69]

@@robertburrell5214 What is that suppose to mean?

[@J.L.Media.]

That final story is so terrifying and an ideal campfire story.

[@user-sh5qv5kv1r]

I work outside so when I'm on break, I like to wander down cool looking paths. I've done this for years and enjoy it very much. Two weeks ago, I wandered down a natural path that led into the backwoods behind some retention ponds. I stopped to check out a super cool crooked tree but got a horrible, panicky feeling that made me stop. I hadn't heard any noises, I wasn't around private property, and there were no people there. There was no explanation for that rotten feeling. It was so overwhelming that I panic-ran back to the truck, locked all of the doors, and sat there panting for a minute, trying to see what the threat was. There was nothing noticeable but whatever was back there meant bad news. I've never, ever had such a powerful feeling like that before. No questions asked, I was outta there. Just thinking about it makes my body flutter.

[@hyde1893]

always trust yourself! you did damn good! it's scary that you don't know what it was but thank fuck whatever it was didn't get you

[@c.j.9072]

Years and it hasn't never happened before or since I'm guessing I would say something or someone was definitely had bad intentions towards you glad you got out of there. That's the 6th sense I'm guessing?

[@mouthymunchkin2243]

Similar thing. Year's ago my now ex boyfriend and I would go out on his motorbike at night,sit and relax somewhere. One evening, we turned up at a place we'd been a few time's before. This time though, I suddenly started to demand we leave immediately. He was really annoyed at me, but hey ho. Well, the news report the next day, reported that a man had been murdered there!!! Definitely follow your instinct's 👍👍

[@Em-os1yz]

@carol Angel ...was he the one who killed him? 😳

[@mouthymunchkin2243]

@@Em-os1yz no lol 😆

[@strazpichu3508]

7 year old me: "Mom, I'm scared of the bogie man" Me now: "Mom I scared I just watched MrBallen for 3 hours straight"

[@liamsigma5]

I was scared of the boogie man not sure who the bogie man is.

[@ryanwyatt6642]

oh yeah then watch mrcreepypasta

[@travisgartside409]

@Exterminence nerfect?

[@loganwalters5613]

@@travisgartside409 you’re just gonna ask about the “nerfect”?? 😂 pobody pass under your radar

[@haleighsawyer6193]

@me- pushing 30 years old.

[@michelg3811]

Funny how, in the second story, the man was willing to walk half a mile to the spring. Then half a mile back for his water bottle, then half a mile back to the spring… all while being less than a mile from his car. Makes sense.

[@butch7911]

It does sound like a stupid thing to do, but MrBallen has it that the guy was pretty dehydrated, and dehydration can mess with your head as well as your muscles...

[@claudelandi510]

You forgot about a half mile back...and then almost a mile back to his vehicle....Hopefully without the Moose antlers...to keep the mountain Lion from trying to hunt him down...

[@jimmybill1963]

Knew I’d find this comment, it’s the first thing I thought.

[@foreall19]

Being a mile away doesn't mean anything depending on terrain. Think a hike... probably isn't going to be a 15 minute walk to cover a mile. I thought that would be common sense.

[@kannan-sar1758]

Average reddit story in a nutshell

[@sharongrant6498]

As a total city girl, these stories are exactly why I stay out of the woods. Not my lane.

[@brianmettey7938]

Is it just me or is this stuff way better when they show there face while telling the story makes it better

[@oswgzeke]

Their *

[@cindykq8086]

Yes, that really adds to the story.

[@jamesallen5591]

True and proper story telling.

[@sj1164]

Its because humans communicate a lot in non speaking ways. Hand movements facial expressions,etc. It pulls you in more imo

[@jalasword]

The first story had pictures from the walking dead TV show.

[@marierosa5967]

The last one scared the shit outta me oh hell no imagine being paranoid all night thinking someone is watching you and then all of a sudden your fear is confirmed from a stalker writing on your window like wtf👁️👄👁️

[@kylemonnin2071]

And imagine that person literally staying up all night to fuck with you. I’m guessing they realized he was waking up and that why he heard them walking away when we woke up. But obviously it wasn’t a crazy mountain man. I wish in one of those stories that when the person hears them leave they they could then go stalk what was stalking them. That’s also why I want cars in my vehicle that start recording when they sense movement, because I feel like seeing who it was helps because you can put a face to it.

[@kylemonnin2071]

I also wonder if whoever stalked him had seem him pull up and followed behind him sense they went out that same way.

[@cavemanlovesmoke4394]

@@kylemonnin2071 yes just watching dashcam footage makes me appreciate cams

[@breonahamilton]

@@kylemonnin2071 he actually has a video where a man does exactly that. he saw someone on his property and followed them back to their home 😂

[@lesewing]

@@kylemonnin2071 A mountain man could just find scaring the tar out of hikers the only real source of entainment. More then likely it's just another camper that enjoys messing with people and knows that area well. The stalker probably doesn't get many chances like this and wanted to milk it all night.

[@sarahfuller8305]

I had an incident as a teen that nearly qualifies me for a Mr. Ballen video: I was at my boyfriend's house (a few blocks from my house) later than expected because I fell asleep watching a movie. I didn't have a cell phone at the time, so my mom called my boyfriend and was super pissed off at me. I jumped up and decided I'd just walk the few blocks home since it is a quiet neighborhood. Less than five minutes after I started walking, a red jeep pulled up beside me. The driver was a 30-40 year old man, driving alone. He rolled his passenger side window down and asks, "Hey, do you like to party? I can take you to one..." I saw him reach for something in the center console, but wasn't sure exactly what it was. I say no thanks and keep walking while the jeep drives on and turns right. Once the car was out of sight, I picked up rocks from the road so if he comes back I can at least try to defend myself. The jeep loops the block, three times. At this point my hearts pounding and I am looking all around so this guy doesn't drive up behind me. I was crossing the street just around the corner from my house; as I'm crossing the jeep turns the corner and guns it toward me. Right as it would have hit me, I jumped onto the lawn and my mother turned the opposite corner in her car, effectively cutting the jeep off. I jumped in the car and she reamed me, and I told her that she could ground me for the rest of my life because I was pretty sure she had just saved me from a horrible death.

[@DoomVonVictor]

Why didn't your boyfriend walk with you?

[@sarahfuller8305]

@@DoomVonVictor he was almost dead asleep and had to work early the next morning.

[@toxicitycat]

Girl you almost got snatched

[@sebastian-jb6hk]

Fake

[@kingl33725]

Yea, you were just high and that guy was looking for a party because he had to drop off pizzas.

[@ellaadrian1539]

I have watched alot of mr.ballen videos including serial killers, cults, massacres, etc. But the last story about Sam is the one that scared me the most. It is a collection of all my greatest fears like the woods at night, being stalked/watched/followed, and thinking your alone when you are really not. It gave me jitters and anxiety just hearing it and Mr.ballen's great storytelling skills are not helping my case lol.

[@anitarouth6]

This one and Bells Canyon. Nope and nope.

[@landobalboa2607]

I couldn’t tie the like buttons shoe laces together, he was wearing velcro, he never learned to tie his shoes

[@aaaaaaaaaaa7773]

I tried to give him a wedgie, he was wearing underwear.

[@HatTrick.]

@@aaaaaaaaaaa7773 that's what a wedgie Is tho...

[@desmondgeisler-amhowitz759]

what a loser for wearing Velcro

[@Michellee970]

🤣

[@convexpiano]

Is velcro a bad thing? It gets on faster too

[@Luceloupgarou]

Being stalked by a mountain lion is still a hell of a lot less scary than being stalked by a person imo.

[@kazuyetsochev9816]

oh yeah definitely I'd take being eaten by a mountain lion aaaaaaany day of the week compared to what people can do to me..... I've heard enough Mr.Ballen stories to be afraid of people way more than of animals :D

[@unclebaba3463]

My dad told me a story about how he was riding his bike around the forest outside of town with his friend when he was 10, he hears something crunch behind him and they turn around and see a cougar running at them, his friend biked as fast as he could but my dad got off his bike picked it up and ran at the cougar screaming at the top of its lungs. It didn't expect this as it freaked out and fleas back into the woods. Long story short cougars will avoid combat

[@Luceloupgarou]

@@unclebaba3463 Damn, that's scary. An injury for any predatory animal means death by starvation, so most predators will avoid any scenario where they have to fight. It was smart of him to try to make himself look like the bigger threat.

[@remyogun8270]

@@unclebaba3463 "cougars will avoid combat"? Yeah...no...when being attacked by a large mammalian predators, your best bet is to do something strange and unpredictable to unnerve the creature. Most mammalian predators are not going to commit to attacking something that they can't readily comprehend. The reason why you can scare them off by shooting a gun into the air.

[@justarandomchick767]

most cougars will avoid humans too. unless they have cubs but then they are still more likely to scare you off. there's only abount 27 recorded deaths by cougars over the last 100 years or so. fatal attackts are extreamly rare. so yeah id trust that big cat more then any human stalking me in the woods XD

[@tosinsaibu3694]

Whats up with people going camping alone, in the forest.. WTF!!! You play stupid games, you win stupid prizes

[@Ffallingstarss]

I have a friend who did the pct (a 2600 mile hike from the border of Mexico to the border of Canada along the west coast) COMPLETELY ALONE. She even met a guy on the trail who told her he thought he was being followed but brushed it off until after five hours he finally saw a cougar tracking him and she just went “yeah that’s fine” and finished the whole trail by herself and I still don’t know how she did it and didn’t become a 411 case

[@jamesforsyth418]

I use to camp alone when I was homless. It's better then staying in the city. And I didn't really care if something happened to me at the time I just hoped if something or someone attacks me I just wanted them to kill me quickly.

[@librarian8869]

@@jamesforsyth418 That's really sad... I just hope things are much better for you now though.

[@maryr6237]

I used to camp in the forest of upper michigan with my daughter all the time. Not once did anything odd happen. Well except that one late night when a noise woke me and I peeked out of the tent with my flashlight to see a raccoon drinking a sippy cup of left out milk. Damn 🦝

[@jegr3398]

I've done it

[@AshfordsBoulevard]

I was stalked by a mountain lion. There was one that we knew lived near her. I was alone once, heard it growling very low and deep. I turned back twords the house and made very deliberate steps without running back to the house. I could hear it behind me the entire way back to the house. I made it out of the trees, into the house, shut the door, locked it, and looked out the window, and the mountain lion just stood there at the tree line. PS. Those were moose antlers, not elk.

[@lelouchvibritannia4028]

Mountain lions never attack people though.

[@bovinityleak2066]

@@lelouchvibritannia4028have you not read the news

[@calebmurie3051]

*PLOT TWIST* all the stalkers are the Like Button, trying to get vengeance for all the stuff we have done to him.

[@arcader54tdbank55]

ahaha

[@Brandon-th4xx]

His friend "suddenly couldn't go" hmmmm

[@vsp303]

Truth

[@madzazmarland3785]

Like Jason from Friday the 13th movie's

[@gaminganimators7000]

AND WE HAVE TO PRESS THE LIKE BUTTON TO KILL IT!!

[@therealab4]

i love the stories that are like "he hears a strange noise in a dark place and procedes to be like 'screw that i'm out' and doesn't die"

[@johnhodgdon2434]

Because that's what humans really do, not walk directly into potential danger, that's why horror movies seem absurd so often.

[@lignitecole]

8:10 amazing elk antlers……… shows picture of moose antlers 😆