Top 3 stories that sound fake but are 100% real | Part 2
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- Опубликовано: 14 янв 2021
- This NEW series will examine the weirdest stories I can find, that are totally true... topics will range dramatically, but the story will always be interesting!
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☠︎ Found the secret easter egg in today's video? Be the 1st to comment what it is and where it occurs in the video, and you will get pinned!! ☠︎
It’s at 11:30 Mr potato head in the clouds :) edit: love your videos Mr. Ballen!
Damn you saw this first by far, well done!🤩
sorry it took me so long to do this... but you CRUSHED this... fastest by far!
Darn it I just saw right before Mr.Ballen pinned
@@ajporsche953 I found it at 11:35
Where is it?? I can't see it!!! 😢😢😢😢
I will never find “the secret” in any Episode, cause i’m always too invested in the stories and forget to even look for the secret.
I thought that too and I found it today...Mr potatohead is at 11:28 in top cloud
Same here just found my first today
Same! I’ve found it before when I went back a second time. Never the first!
@@justinzeiler2294 Everybody keeps saying that, but I just can't see it 😕
Same bro same.
shoutout to mike for changing his life around and becoming a better man
69 likes😐
Not an easy thing :(
Yeah
I bet his life was very stressful wondering everyday if they were coming to get him. Everytime someone knocked on the door you would think you are gone for 13 years.
Who the fuck is that
Kudos to Mike's Judge for realizing he had stepped up, changed his ways, and became a better person.
Kudos to Mike Judge as well for giving us king of the hill
@@riggz5496lol I was thinking the same thing when I first read this comment
I was also very happy when I heard that! Righteousness was served! 😊🙂👍❤️
I LOVE that story of Mike.
A man who turned his life around and the court that recognized it and let him be.
That was wholesome, nice way to star the video : )
He was probably not really a bad guy but was thrown into a difficult situation he didnt know how to handle at the time.
Same
Can we just take a minute to admire the fact how mrballen has gone out of his way posting almost every day this week to make up for last week.
Damn i didnt even notice. The mans a legend
And did you notice no one complained about it!!! The most humble RUclips channel 🥰🥰🥰
Thank you!!!
This man has a special thing that not a lot of people have, And it's called quality content.
@@MrBallen we notice your work
In the first story I think the judge did the right thing... It wasn't his fault that they didn't come pick him up. and besides that if he actually stayed out of trouble that whole time and became a better man it would be a serious mistake to throw him in jail at that point. It would have been no different than breaking a fixed man all over again
Fuck that, the nigga got away with robbery.
Another reason justice system is joke
Also if he did goto jail. I can almost guarantee he wouldve gone back to crime after getting out. Like most criminals are forced into.
HUGE uncommon judge W
It just makes me wonder how many other times the justice system has screwed up and the person remained in jail.
@NYyankeeboi Too many. There's too many that either weren't talked about enough or at all (both not found out and that never got media attention) alone.
Innocent until proven guilty is no longer the philosophy. It is solely a legal 'term' that is used to help a small minority; then lawyers and judges point to and say "Look the system works!" (More judge than lawyer issue ofc).
The system is not just fucked. It's absolutely broken. Like every other civilized culture, rehabilitation should be the goal - not punishment. Private prisons are to thank: which has capitalism to thank... Yay, USA??!? We're number 1 (I believe solely in incarcerated people, what other relevant stat. Please. Someone, please make me happy and let me know i dont live in a shithole [However, us citizens are still privileged. I will always acknowledge/recognize that. But I will strive for better. But not just for me, for everyone that didn't consent to being born.] ':(' )?!???
I love how the first one is actually super uplifting and has a great story and meaning, I love whenever you sneak those in a video
remember its *strange* , dark and mysterious.
Ava is such a badass she set a world record in her sleep
That's chuck Norris type shit
@@CHUCKSCHUMACHER Or Brian Blessed
*Ewa
@@nur0din Don't bother, no one in comment section checked the right writing for her and Ewa Wiśnierska became Ava and sometimes Eva. Happens a lot with slavic names. Mr Ballen said it mostly correct, what is rare on YT. Most youtubers rarely apologise for mispronunciation of slavic names/surnames in comparison to French or Spanish. And besides Ewa isn't well know in Poland or even in town where she was born, which is really sad.
If by badass you mean dumbass.... I agree.
Ava’s paraglide story was one of the craziest survival stories I’ve ever heard.
That’s definitely a story for the show: “I shouldn’t be alive”.
Throw in a botched helicopter rescue and it'll fit right in
69th like
Fake story
@@janitor8884 lol why u mad
Definitely 🤟👽
The story of Ava was absolutely insane. I can’t imagine experiencing something like that and coming out virtually unharmed. Incredible.
Imagine she had a Gopro that filmed it all
It's fake, look up bob. And the meridian. It was never him to hit it.
The Trumps...name says it all
Actually she wasn’t the first human (although definitely the first paraglider). 1862 a scientist took a balloon and open basket above 30,000 feet. In 1911 the US Military sent a guy up in a closed basket and rubberized treated fabric balloon (rather than the silk) to 72,000’.
@@dxshawn532 its not fake , you look it up
I love the stories where people survive things they shouldn't. It's too bad Ava was unconscious when she was up that high... but I am so very glad she survived. What a legend.
Someone else had commented this also that I just read and I just wanted to reply with what I said to them..
It would have been absolutely terrifying and would have left her completely traumatized had she been awake and experienced some or all of the ordeal she went through.
Just my opinion. But I believe I'm right.
It was like the hand of God just plucked her out of certain death and sat her back down when it was safe. It was like winning the lottery 4 or 5 times.
@@jennak.8541maybe bein high up in the clouds look nice to some mfs
I feel like it’s even more incredible that she was unconscious, and makes the story even more fascinating because she woke up in the sky! Like one of those dreams where you wake up feeling like you are falling but she actually was!
Being unconscious was probably the only way she survived her ordeal.
The cold and wet of the storm is probably the reason she lived through the high altitude lack of oxygen. “Not dead till your warm and dead.” Is a phrase on ambulances. Cold can reduce oxygen consumption in the brain essentially preventing anoxic brain damage/death. There are Records of people surviving falling into frozen lakes for hours underwater when revived properly.
Honestly, I love hearing these stories told by him. Like he isn’t monotone but he isn’t overly dramatic either
Hes good with telling story utilizing hand movements.... you can tell he was an operator for Special Operation Forces SOF just by them alone .... watch when a story involves someone using a riffle, simulating a riffle with his hands.... its subtle, but its a common method that the standard soldier isn't taught .. brave warrior elite 🐸 man
He has all the qualities of a master storyteller.
His story telling skills sit perfectly in the Goldilocks Zone!
That was a great way to describe him.
He's just a matter of fact.
The Jail guards in 2013: “hey uh, there’s no one in the cell.”
The court: “say sike right now.”
Lol
Ok so I laughed for real at this!! Idk why this hit my funny bone so hard
Is it "sike" or 'psych?'
@@noninoni9962 potato potado
🤣
I'll bet Mike actually did serve 13 years. 13 years of fear, unease and anxiety. That's why he changed his life.
Huge props to Eva’s team for leaving the radios on over 45 minutes after seeing her sucked up into the sky, just in case. It’s same-same respect to both. Respect for nature’s magnificent power to keep her aloft so long - a cloud made tangible is quite a colossus to behold; while equally respecting their teammate’s tenacity and ability to ride that ride and come out alive.
“We’ll leave the radio on, mate, you just let us know when you’re finished tickling the bellies of the gods.”👌
Why would they turn-off radios? They still need them to coordinate ground control & the post-contest cleanup
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@@electrictroy2010of course it's you again. The incessant child like trolling and baiting is obvious and lame
@@electrictroy2010 I guess its believing in what movies are portraying - the first thing the characters do is turn the radios off so its super dramatic when someone responds in the last second. Then being surprised and prasing that reality is not so dumb
@@electrictroy2010Maybe they don't normally leave the radios on all the time, to preserve the batteries. Like, maybe the protocol is to check in once every hour or something. OTOH, you'd expect the ground crew to have a radio in the car/truck that doesn't have battery limitations.
The most ironic part about the first tale is that not going to jail reformed him far more than his sentence actually would have
Edit - Ive spent a whole year now getting responses from guys who clearly didnt read my first post in the replies I shall repeat it here:
"Nobody is arguing that the entire concept of prison should be banned. I was using the story to point out how shit the American prison system is at reforming offenders"
You can all stop accusing me of wanting to let all criminals, no matter how severe, get off Scott free.
Truth
But we know he's a very rare case. More commonly, more businesses would be robbed if a person is not sent to jail. People don't usually "turn their life around" after they commit armed robbery. Society is much safer with those violent criminals in jail.
@@BornIn1500 Nobody is arguing that the entire concept of prison should be banned, I was using the story to point out how shit the American prison system is at reforming offenders
@@sernoddicusthegallant6986 Abolish prisons
Guananteed if he ended up in prison he wouod become a habitual re-offender! All u learn in prison is how to become more of a criminal, to not trust the system and develop a hatred for authority. Not to mentiom the lifetime mental health problems you suffer.
Too bad prisons are more focused on punishment than rehabilitation. But thats how industrial prison complex works and how these privatized prisons make $$. Its the revolving door that keeps them in business.
This man was successful in life BECAUSE he didnt soend those 11 years behind bars like an animal.
Ava set out to maintain one record and ended up setting an even crazier one.
Since she is German it's probably Eva.
@Phoenix down 777 LMAO
@Phoenix down 777 what?
@Phoenix down 777 we know for a fact u are self projecting and behind ur screen there is a obese kid with no social life underwear covered in cheeto hating on others
@@witchclub why you gotta call me out like that.....lol jk jk
The last story is amazing, and although lucky that she wasn't conscious while being frozen at such a high altitude, it's too bad that she wasn't at least a TWEENY bit aware of what had happened to her!
Idk, might've been a blessing cause of the nightmare fuel it would've left her with.
I agree with you. It would have been absolutely terrifying and would have left her completely traumatized had she been awake and experienced some or all of the ordeal she went through.
How to spell her name?
3, 4, even 5 times a week, the good ol' days!
i just started watching 2 weeks ago, and theres one video where the like button joke is about promising 3, 4 , even 5 videos a week 😂💀
@@MrRobot-cp2hnI watched that one too a couple weeks ago 😂😂😂
Fr i wish it was like that still
Love what Mike did. He did what prisons fail to do everyday on his own.
Dude....so true. That guy would've come outta jail WORSE than when he entered. Jails and prisons in the U.S. only teach people how to be better criminals.
Imma call him not-Prison Mike
@@elliebrinegar6568 Yea our prison system sucks.
@Lieutenant General Talias That is what prison does to you.
@Lieutenant General Talias That is called life.
Mike's story is so wholesome, I'm glad he found the right path in his life. What a lucky man.
Yup.
Ava’s story was huge news here in NSW Australia. Strangely, this is the first I’ve heard of the family from Victoria doing the runner.
Shout out to Ava for setting the world record of the highest person ever
Pretty sure the highest person ever is still Snoop Dog
I would humbly like to challenge that record. Last night I smoked almost a full quarter ounce, & I am positive that I was far higher than Ava was! Although, I don't think Ava puked as much as I did either!
What did she smoke for the record?
@@houser2094 dead people
The name of the Chinese Paraglider was He Zhongpin, he was struck by lightning at 5900 m (19,000 feet) and he was 42 when he died.
FUCKING hell
Zeus took him
Fake news
fake news and the female
Ride the Lightning!
The theory about the paraglider is that due to the low temperature and her losing consciousness, her body and brain went on "stand by" mode, consuming almost no oxygen at all. This effectively protected her from long-term brain damage and death.
Would it be possible that the updraft brought oxygen with it, so that the air above the storm had a higher oxygen content than would be expected for that altitude?
That actually makes perfect sense about the theory of how the paraglider survived. Similar to when someone who's drowned in an icy lake, can sometimes be revived. And she would be having more oxygen intake then someone underwater. But you're right the low temperature along with her lower consumption of oxygen, when she passed out, is what saved her life. And regarding the question as to whether the updraft would bring oxygen with it, it wouldn't be enough to make a difference the air is too thin at that altitude. It was the cold temperature and her unconscious state that reduced her body's need for oxygen, temporarily.
@@minerat27 The air at 32,000 feet is not “deoxygenated” or anything like that. The composition of the atmosphere that high is pretty much the same as it is at the surface. The problem is that the air pressure is so low that the amount of oxygen in each breath is not enough to sustain normal human life. The theory stated above is that with her body in this “standby mode,” the small amount of oxygen per breath was enough to keep her alive.
Yea, I wondered about her unconscious state. I saw another story about a guy who survived being picked up by a tornado because he was knocked out and unconscious.
Question is someone had to be up there watching while Ava was unconscious, how would they know what’s going on while Ava is literally out 🤔
I had a friend that fell off a mountain that was equivalent to maybe 4 stories high. All he remembered was him falling and landing. In other words he fell so fast he wasn't breathing and when he hit the ground , it knocked the wind back into him. I think a lot of times when people are freefalling, they die from lack of oxygen. They don't feel the impact...they don't panic. They die
Like people who jump off the Golden Gate Bridge or other popular suicide spots.
Fell off a Mountain ? Like a cliff-part ? I'm not being a weisenheimer, and thank god he survived, but how did he fall off of a mountain ? I live in Colorado and have climbed a heck of a lot but . . . . you mean like a bit of a cliff ? Thinking about having the wind knocked back into you. I've had it knocked out of me ( which is scary ) , but. . .
I fell out of a tree and couldn’t breath when I landed, so I’m sure the wind gets knocked out lol
i hope it for them. i knew a guy he fell from 9 high. and i insure u he felt it
@@nineplusnineis1869 good lord ! Is he disabled ?
I have been glued to your stories! I’m a medic and most outcomes are uplifting. It’s helping with PTSD
So in 13 years nobody did a roll call and reliezed he wasn't in their prison...HOW SWAY...HOW ???????
Seriously
F'n ridiculous. SMH
And that man got a better life for that when he would have become a drug dealer after getting out after 13 years if not for that error.
Prison makes more criminals rather than reform them.
They give those who could have changed a hopeless dead end life and those who couldn't change deeper into criminality by introducing them to their "associates".
And this man was sentenced 13 years while if a white guy did the same he would have been given community service.
Good ole government workers we pay for. Like just go to any town in USA ask a local how well the government takes care of thier roads? You will hear oh they suck shit. Yet we want them to take care of our health care ?
ava: worst case scenario my training session gets cut short
mother nature: that’s what _you_ think
I was thinking she might want to reassess that worst case scenario.
Mother Nature: 😎 Challenge accepted.
😂
Rodan: Imma end yo courier
Lmao
Just a quick note to say I appreciate this channel. My son turned me on to it. You are now my wind down time/bedtime story teller. Thanks 🙏
I could listen to Mr Ballan story's all day long and not get tired of listening to em...It's like he tells em so good that I feel like I'm right in the places that the story's took place. I wouldn't want to be but he does a fabulous job with each and every one of em....
The police face when they realized that mike wasn’t in jail for 13 years 😐
😂😂😂🤦🏾♀️ that’s how u know most of em are assholes
Tax dollars going exactly no where
We’re paying taxes to support him, while he isn’t even in prison, he’s out in the real world, well, paying taxes.
at least he didn't rob any more stores
@@kaliajones2631 some but not all
Mr Ballen story telling skills are unmatched. Get this man a Netflix series
Add David Politis in a a few episodes? Special Guest?
Straight the hell up dude
Thank you!!
I'd watch that in a heartbeat
Yes!!
I’m glad Ava was ok God bless you Ava!❤️You are brave!
Holy moly! Hard to believe she made it out of that storm alive after all that. Incredible story. -The first man I'm so happy he wasn't put into prison because he did an about face in his life. - The family's story is bizarre, hope they are still okay but would like to know what really happened for them.
HEIGHT RECORD without air or assistance was 1862 at 36,000 ft. That’s higher than the hang glider girl went.
- - Henry Coxwell and James Glaisher in a balloon filled with coal gas. Glaisher lost consciousness during the ascent due to the low air pressure and cold temperature of −11 °C (12 °F).
@@electrictroy2010 its not official record to my understanding. Its just estimation not actual number. It was obviously lot harder to measure accurately what altitude they were in at time. It estimated they were between 31,200 ft to 35,800 ft not actual exact number. Basicly as first guy passed out the other one just before same happened to him managed to hit the valve to let them descent
John Ballen: No human had ever been that high and survived before.
Snoop Dog: Am I a joke to you?
Yes.
Willie Nelson: Am I a joke to YOU?
@@BU1Lander 😂😂😂
@@BU1Lander Tommy Chang: I've been doing it since the 70's
*Chong.
Mike did what prisons rarely do, actually reforming his life and turning himself away from crime. Not only is it respectable but very impressive. I have a feeling that if he went to prison for it, he would not have changed. Some people deserve that second chance at life.
Exactly, only to the people who do small crimes so they can change their ways
Thank you. I’ve changed my life around. My crimes centered around a drug addiction and it took me many years and many trips to jail to wake TF up. I didn’t think I’d ever be able to do anything with my life as a convicted felon but hard work really does pay off.
Very well expressed! ♥️
i agree...unless you kill someone...and then no you deserve to at the very least be locked up because like....that victim doesn't get a second chance why should you? but he didn't do a kill so its cool got himself out of that life before the point of no return so that's respectable
@@metalmario1231 This was definitely best case scenario.
I ❤ Ava’s story and that picture at the end too. Life can be amazing 🌼
How crazy is it that Mr Ballen could tell a story everyday and not run out of stories to tell!! We are in a sad world!
If he ever wanted to, he would be great at voice acting and narrating audio books and etc.
Totally agree! If he has the time. It would be nice money!
He’s just great in general
no time for that we need 3,4 even 5 videos a week
Your voice is pleasing to hear. I anxiously wait for your videos. I am glad all is well with your daughter. You are a great storyteller.
Dude, Ballen asmr?? I’m here for it
The paraglider was probably in like a frozen stasis, where her body's need for oxygen had been drastically reduced...regardless, you really don't get luckier than that.
I was juat thinking that
She probably froze so quickly that she didn’t freeze to death.
This sounds wrong. I think I’m trying to say something else.
Yea, that's when you start freezing to death.
My thoughts as well. It's the same reason people sometimes survive sneaking into the landing gear bays of commercial flights.
Absolutely miraculous
That story about Ava was absolutely incredible. That is an absolute miracle that she was able to go that high and survive the whole ordeal.
The last one surprised me the most. It’s a miracle and I’m so glad she could live to tell the tale
Things I've learned from Mr Ballen: no cave scuba diving, and no hang gliding
Add no hiking and mountain climbing to that list also
You forgot Rafting in the Alaskan rapids.
You also forgot no caving
No existing somewhere
Just throwing this out there, no hate, but it’s technically paragliding not hang gliding :)
Paragliding is a big wing above you, hang gliding is the giant triangle of fabric you are suspended below and are technically two very different forms of flight
Everybody's talking about Mike, but Ava's story is by far the most amazing!
Yesss
they also ignored facts about Mike’s case that would make them sick…but hers is much better overall
But Mike's is definitely funny. Just shows another side if ineptitude the law system has. I don't even wanna hear the "he could have turned himself in after he realized they just forgot about him".. yeah.. ummm.. how about.. F*** THAT lmao.
She didnt really do anything, it was all just chances shes just lucky. Mike actually reformed his life and became someone a community looks up to.
That part in that order
I need to see that last story made into a movie
Great story/truth teller. You have a good narrator voice. Think about recording books for us to listen and enjoy. Great content as well. Thanks
The first story warmed my heart and it reminded me of this one quote, “Never judge anyone shortly, every saint has a past and every sinner has a future”💯
Wow, that´s a great quote.
Did you mean warmed?
@@TeamHeapMI yeah my bad lmaoo
@@chanceneck8072 thanks!!
Whose quote is it? I love it!
Ava’s story is Fkn awesome. It seems like her being unconscious at that altitude was absolutely essential to her survival. Very ironic
Reminds me of the chef on the titanic that survived because of his booze lol
yep, also the combination of the glider and it opening up abruptly shaking her internals acting like a defib unit or maybe she was hit with the perfect amount of lightening to re-create that affect without frying her
amazingly lucky
being frozen while falling unconscious probably helped, there is many tales of people that stopped breathing in freezing temperatures for up to an hour but medics manage to get them breathing again and they survive without any brain damage.
seems like she went through a similar process but the falling fast and the jilt from the chute re-opening somehow cased her heart to kick in and circulate oxygen, which is why the jilt woke her up
even if not for the physical, the mental! Can you imagine waking up in that? The panic and shock could kill you
Yep absolutely amazing , i feel an angel rescued Ava.🙏🐇
Ewa’s story gave me goose bumps all the way through listening to it. It was even more powerful for me because I intend to pursue paragliding as the hobby. I will definitely avoid flying when there would be storm forecast. Ewa was incredibly lucky. Anyway, thank you MrBallen for telling the story!
I started to lol on story #2 that was my theory also. It happened to Swedish twin sisters in the UK. They threw themselves into traffic. It's a crazy story with video. Look it up.
That first story was actually pretty wholesome
No no. ,You don't. , First on instagram , now here. No no. Not here ,
R/CursedComments
SATAN
Thanks...satan
Aight
That woman clearly has the most bad-ass guardian angel in the world
Exactly! I was just commenting a similar thing.
@@chanceneck8072 He or she should apply for overtime and hazard pay.
Or she
@@bat8559 When you're right you're right.
Seriously though
Great road sign behind you John🤪I love Mikes redemptive story. May God continue to bless you and your family.
I appreciate so much that you put the kilometers on screen. LOVE your videos!
His stories are what’s gonna carry us through 2021
Yup. He carried us thru 2020
🙏🙏🙏
@@Hundredacredaycare uh yup
I wholeheartedly believe this.
hopefully they will have a happy ending .
People have been known to survive drownings and similar events when they were extremely cold. You are more likely to survive drowning in cold water than warm. My guess is that this is how Ava survived her asphyxia. Her body temperature dropped, slowing down all metabolic activity esp. in her brain, and that prevented her death. That and of course, not getting struck by lightning or a 737 flying over the storm.
True but its lucky hail didnt hit her in the head
tell that to jack dawson from titanic
Jack didn’t drown, he froze to death
@@SinfullyHera you right
lmao imagine sitting on an airplane looking out your window and you see a woman in a paraglider fly by
The last story was scary, that woman had angels keeping her safe in their wings…god had literally blessed her with the wings of a survivor! 🤯🤯
Three awesome true stories. Thank you Mr. B a l l e n. The last one was really amazing to hear over 3,000 ft in the air and she survived. That's miraculous.
When I was a med student I had 2 patients in the psychiatry ward with the same condition. 2 sisters. Both would file complaints about neighbours constantly and at one point police realised they were delusional. When they were separated younger sister became normal and discharged but elder sister was diagnosed with psychosis.
There’s a level of trust that siblings have so it really can make sense how the younger sister truly believed that the other sisters delusions were real. Crazy how our brains work
The fact that he went to an abandoned road while it was raining near a creepy forest... now thats DEDICATION
Thank you for recognizing that
@@MrBallen No problem man I could never do that😆
I love the extra dedication for the sign in the back that says your gps is wrong
🏆 😆
@@MrBallen I have a suggestion for a video series 3 stories from different countries as that would be pretty cool hearing about the other places around the world that's terrifying
Love the strange dark and mysterious 😅 so happy I discovered your channel! Thank you!!
Who else thought he said "the Trump family" when he said "Tromp"
me and i was looking for this comment
Facts
@@sev8608 I was too 😂
I made the same comment just now. I thought he said Trump family but knew I heard wrong when he said hard working.
Yep I thought that.
God did Mike a solid on that one. So happy he took that opportunity for the blessing it was and turned his life around.
Definitely
I didn't know the judge that looked at his case that decided to not send him to jail was named "God". Weird name but ok.
@@bostontowny4life744 came here looking for this comment. Looking for the guy who hates religion so much he just never misses an opportunity to snark on social media. You are that guy today, congrats! You’ve changed no minds and made no points but you sure are predictable!
@@ladyjaysindeore1113 I came looking for that comment too lol. Thank you for eloquently dropping truth. God bless you 🕊
God had nothing to do with it. Mike is the one who turned his own life around.
Every story you tell gives me absolute chills! I love it!!!
Ava's story was so miraculous!
Man this guy is the best I’ve watched every vid and I still can’t get enough of him😂😂
Thank you!!!
He definitely is the best at this.
Same
Same dude, only found this guy a few weeks back and addictively watched every single one without sleep well over 24 hours.. now my wifes into these! Keep em commin man!
Yeah same, but im trying to stop because i get really parinoid after i watch it so. But i cant stop watching.
Oof
I nearly dropped my phone when you started the Tromp family story.
I remember on that day filling up my dads car with fuel at a service station in Barnawartha (just south of the Victoria/NSW border), we were heading from Shepparton, VIC to Wagga Wagga, NSW.
seeing them there (by memory they were in a little black Peugeot) they were absolutely frantic, filled up there car with diesel, ran inside and flew out of there, then reading about them in the news a few days later.
Honestly haven’t thought about it since until now.
The judge for Mike's case is a good man💯
Aww, love stories like that first one. Nice to have a spot of sunshine every now and then on this channel, lol
It’s crazy how much I love this Chanel that I didn’t even read the title, just clicked immediately lolll
Hahah thank you!
It's a sure thing.😎👍
I watch every video within 2 hours of posting 😂
I doubt I’m alone
Me too
@@tylerjordan8633 you’re definitely not
alone!! I never look at the title either! I watch every video!! 😂
Yo God ligit said "step into my office for a moment. You're not in trouble we just need to talk"
Dudeeee 😂😂😂🤣😂🤣
@Bob Ross The last one I believe.
Pity the other guy _was_ in trouble though eh
I literally fell asleep to this story time! Thank youu xxx ❤️
Hey cool fact of the case is that, it being so cold and the fact that she fell unconscious most likely is the only reason she is alive. When you are unconscious especially in a situation such as this one your body doesn’t need nearly as much oxygen to survive for extended periods of time, along with the below freezing temperatures that also slow many bodily functions that more than likely aided in keeping her alive especially because of the altitudes that she reached she wouldn’t have been able to survive more than 10 min that high up without any special breathing equipment. This is not to mention that fear and stress force you to use more oxygen and adrenaline also plays a role in your reserves.
I was thinking the same thing. It makes the most sense. I came to the comment section to see if anyone else was thinking this as well and I found your comment. Have a nice day.
That's why there's the medical expression "They're not dead until they're WARM and dead!"
Was thinking along the same lines
Shoutout to Mr. Ballen for having an article by New York Post, graduating college, finding your purposes (military, storytelling, THEN skyrocketing to the platform you're on and becoming a top listened to podcast on Spotify) and for your beautiful family. I'm grateful that you survived. You're gifted in a variety of ways! If any of you haven't researched Mr. Ballen, you should. Storytelling comes latter of what he's great at!
Sincerely.
God bless you and your sweet family. You are an inspiration to me. Thank you for serving our country. Thank you for sharing about depression and how you got help. And also thank you for putting a name to the Sunday scaries. Love you stories. When you are speaking I can just picture what is going on. You are an awesome storyteller!! So glad you are here. Keep these stories coming!!!!! Thanks for the hard work you, wife, and staff do. I surely appreciate it!!
Love this series these have to be the coolest stories so far
Mike: "Judge, can you please take me to jail?"
Judge: "No. We already have you in jail."
Mike NOT at jail: "I guess I'm free?..."
Story about Ava: HOLY CRAP! That was a wild ride.
Big time
@@MrBallen This reply made my already good day awesome!
She is beautiful too 😍
Ultimate adrenaline junky extreme sport that one....those storm chasers might wana give it a go. It's amazing she survived!
You know, at first when i heard Mr. Ballen mention what we should do to the like button, I thought it was silly and annoying, now I look forward to hearing what outrageous things he wants us to do to the like button. It grew on me.
She should be in The Guinness World Record books for flying so high with out engines.
The guinness world rec books..was great ..but now feels cheap....it became a joke when ...dumb shit would go on the book🤣🤣🤣🤣.. now it should be called " the dumb world rec book"literally anything now wil go on it
@@rusty1370 I mean even if something is dumb, if it’s a world record it deserves a place in the books
@@fandomtrash7505 😅😅😅i guess
True lol
Realistically speaking that’s already been broken
That young lady surviving 32,000 feet is just crazy!! So glad she made it!!
Super happy for Mike! Good for him! And good on the judge!
Dude if Ava had like a 4k resolution GO-Pro when she went through all of that it'd probably be one of the craziest things caught on camera by a person I would've loved to watch a POV recording of that
This story reminded me of a pilot, perhaps on a British airways flight, who was sucked out of a broken cockpit window. Amazingly an air hostess, who was in the cockpit at the time, managed to grab hold of his foot. She held onto him as he lost conciseness due to lack of oxygen. The other pilot descended into a more favourable atmosphere for life and the man somehow managed to survived this. Crazy!
That's one that I've never heard🤯
That was a crazy story! I recommend watching that one for all the incredible details!
I saw a documentary about that actually!! Crazy stuff
He even returned to duty after recovering 😳
I hope Mr B covers that story
Ava learned the new definition of “worst case scenario”
The crazy part is she lived so there are worse scenarios. I wonder if people who think the experienced an alien abduction actually got caught in something like this.
yeah technically it's a best case scenario of a worst case scenario, which is crazy
Wonder how she did survive?. I guess her breathing stabilized and was extremely minimal given that she was unconscious. She likely wasn't breathing anywhere close to what she would be had she been awake and in total fear and adrenaline. She's basically asleep and thus very very calm with small breaths.
I can't really explain the temperature one though.. -50.. for about an hour?..
RIGHT?!
Your story telling fills me with anxiety some times. Well done.
Love your videos my man. All your stories are so enthralling and you do a stellar job setting them up.
That said, that lamp story is one of my favorites. Wasn't the first I had heard it and everytime I do it blows my mind away. Your version of it is far and away the best. Thanks for the fantastic videos.
That first story is cool because it kind of answers the question of whether prison sentences are meant as punishment or rehabilitation.
yeah but it’s important to note that this was a uncommon occurrence and the entire prison system does not reflect that
its a punishment. alot if people come out even more messed up.
@@orafranc Majority of them.
That's so true 😮
The best rehabilitation is a chance at gainful employment that can sustain a family. Give a man something to work for and watch what he does. Rob him of that ability to do that, watch how desperately he reacts. The more invested we make men into society, THE BETTER.
Turned my life around in the year 2000 also, was released from high school after serving my full term.
Haa😆
Mike's was a great redemption story. I was hoping you'd do the one about the family from Melbourne. As for Ava, I think her metabolism shut down from the cold which meant her organs required less oxygen. Still amazing though.
The metabolism doesn’t shutdown. When cold the heart beat slows (causing loss of consciousness). The blood flow constricts, so the heat stays in the center of your body
@@electrictroy2010 No, but cold is known to greatly slow down destruction of cells in the brain that would otherwise die from lack of oxygen. I've never heard of it before in someone subjected to sudden extreme altitude/low pressure, but you hear of it with near drowning victims occasionally. They're underwater for 20 minutes or whatever, but are able to be revived later with little to no lasting effect. Only in very cold water.
But I'm shocked she didn't suffer worse from freezing.
I'm s happy for Mike and his family. Ava's story is just WOW!! It was definitely Not her time. I'm glad she's safe.😀
OMG! Avas story is unbelievable! It was probably a blessing she lost consciousness to spare her an anxiety attack... but imagine if she had been awake to see it all. Her lack of consciousness is also probably what saved her. She was just letting the air currents do what it wanted w her. If she’d been awake, she may have made a move that would throw her into a deadly spiral. How surreal that must’ve been.
HEIGHT RECORD without air or assistance was 1862 at 36,000 ft. That’s higher than the hang glider girl went.
- - Henry Coxwell and James Glaisher in a balloon filled with coal gas. Glaisher lost consciousness during the ascent due to the low air pressure and cold temperature of −11 °C (12 °F).
@Mrs Blume Do you have a pain fetish? If you were conscious you might stiffen up and break all of your bones.
@@electrictroy2010 36,000 - is that the flight attendant?
Even if he wasn't in jail at the time, it still had to effect of him turning his life around. Throwing him back in would be super counter productive. Glad he's out living his good life!
New prison sentences be like "yeah, you get 13 years starting... whenever we show up. Get yer shit together and maybe we won't. Who knows. I dunno"
True... also, the fact that he was living and working meant that he was contributing positively to society and paying taxes. Had he been in prison for those 13 years, just housing and feeding him would have used thousands of dollars per year, with him likely having a harder time transitioning to life as a law-abiding citizen once he was out.
@@ciomaria6137 I can't (but actually can unfortunately) believe it took nine months and the media attention for him to win his freedom from the system. Mike had more than proven himself reformed in his actions. Our system seems like it just wants punishment and penitents instead of repentance and reform. Good on that judge for his decision.
@@danielkinton7193 I agree, studies have shown that certain prisons do nothing for reforming criminals, and the convicts are just released and eventually go right back. Good on this man for turning his life around and this judge for recognizing it.
@@Dragonprincess21 prisons are businesses
Best story teller around these YT streets Thanks another good story time
Oh, the good old days of MrBallen.
I am happily rewatching.
HTF did she survive? Imagine your plane was passing and you saw that scene outside your window 😱
That was what I was thinking and imagined people taking pictures of her passed out floating in the air
That was terrifying.
probably similar to how people who drown can sometimes be revived 45 minutes later. the cold air probably tanked her metabolism and put her into a state of suspended animation.
@@jebes909090 a what?
@@kestrel.89 a witch harry. either that or hypothermia.
Mike sounds like a great guy to be around, I hope more people can look up to him and make good decisions like he did :)
Yeah, except for the time he terrorized Burger King employees with a gun in order to steal money. It’s great he turned his life around though.
@@gwenjackson8583 Poverty and desperation can cause people to make some unfortunate mistakes. This is why we need rehabilitation, not incarceration.
@@junejune9619 true. But poverty and desperation is not an excuse to act immorally. And we need incarceration along with rehabilitation. We can’t allow criminals to live among us while they are being rehabilitated. I guess I just have deep empathy for victims who have to suffer the scars of their victimization for the rest of their lives.
Uhh he robbed a Burger King.