This is a record you don't want to break | Top 3 places you CAN'T GO & people who went anyways
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- Опубликовано: 14 май 2024
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#3 -- "Under The Pier" -- 0:34 -- They all stood and watched anxiously as it floated by...
#2 -- "Spillway" -- 4:36 -- The hole in this lake is nightmare fuel
#1 -- "The Escape" -- 7:55 -- Behind the door lies a series of deep holes...
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You are at the end. Nothing more exists beyond this. Promise.
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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!! ☠︎
12:18 OSCAR THE GROUCHHH
Mission passed respect+++
Good eye!!!!
Hahaha good job👏
Why don't I see it?
I still can't see it
Although Tommy was being an idiot I think we really need to respect him for telling his gf to not save him so she wouldn't die
He had a heart, but not a brain.
@@jonseon5952 👏👏
Yeah. I'll give him props for that.
she couldn't save him anyway, what he did was tell her "don't be the fool i am/was" lol.
@@jonseon5952 trump supporter sorry mate couldn’t resist.
The signs: don’t swim
The owner: don’t swim
The bartender: don’t swim
The other staff: don’t swim
His girlfriend: don’t swim
Tommy: _swims_
That's the theme here...
- Lol, Tommy said, lmao
The Alligator: Hey, the water is nice 🤗
Tommy: dead
Stop spoiling.
I remember when Tommie got attacked by the alligator. It actually happened in Orange TX, about 20 miles from Beaumont. I moved to Orange literally a week before it happened. According to witnesses at the bar, they told him there was a large alligator in the water, he yelled "f--- that alligator!" and jumped in.
He sounds like a less charismatic Jake Paul
so stupid of him
Candidate for the Darwin Awards.
He sounds like a douche bag
Ahhh darwinism claiming the knuckle draggers from the gene pool.
Out of all these stories, Emily's story with the spillway was the most infuriating of all. A life lost over something that you should really have enough common sense to stay away from. It's practically like the drain in a bath tub, what would you expect to happen when you approach it? Condolences to the family of all 3, such horrible ways to die...
It sounds messed up but I don't think she wanted to see the next day
Worst water slide ever 1/5 on google maps.
Agreed! Really feel bad for her though. Must have been terrifying once she realized it was too late.
Darwin Award
Im afraid to go to graduate school..... it seems everyone who does in mr Ballens stories becomes a complete moron
What I’ve learned the most from theses stories is, if you’re crawling into a tight space, never let your shoulders go all the way in unless you’re comfortable staying there forever.
What I've learned is never crawl into a tight space unless it's a cardboard box in the middle of your living room to scare your cat, that's about as risky as I want to get with tight spaces.
Or just simply not crawl into tight spaces
Next month on Mr. Ballen-
"What Hunter Willoughby didn't realize, as he crawled into that narrow space up to his shoulders, was that......."
Sometimes I hear Mr Ballen narrating my life during my day and I feel like I’m going to unsuspectingly end up in one of his videos.
What I’ve learnt or taken away from these videos is to not go outside.
People who squeeze themselves into supertight spaces never cease to amaze me, what do they expect to happen?
These are people who have always had something on the other side to save them, I'm guessing...
i guess they learn from movies where protagonist is crawling up in small spaces.
@@zeuxlaught2797 Mission Impossible: Tom Cruise is sneaking into a lab, and to get to the restricted access, quickly crawls through a vent, but gets stuck.
The next hour of the movie is just him getting more and more panicked as the team asks, "Can't you get out??" "I TOLD YOU!!! I CAN'T get OUT!!! Ehh!!... EGHH!! AHhhHH!! Whahahhhaaha!!!!"
They're probably thinking if they can get in, they can just get out lol
@@bentonrp That would actually be a cool idea for a movie. Spend the whole first act showing him being a badass and then at the end of the first act he gets stuck.
I think we can all agree that Ray was thinking of absolutely nothing while doing this. You gotta be totally empty headed and ignoring every single survival instinct ever to do something like that
Tommy was the prime example of "nothing has ever happened to me, so I'll be fine" being an incorrect statement. I imagine the last thing going through his mind (besides the alligator's teeth) was "Oh god, I should have listened to everyone else."
if i die in some absurd fashion, i want this man to talk about it
Foreal tho
Same
Make sure it's in your will, the competition is fierce
Easy peasy lemon squeezy...just go cave diving. Something always goes wrong.
Me too it would sound interesting but I don't know what my death would be ?
"Ray thought one of the pillars would be the perfect hiding place"
Ray was right.
Lol! I can’t not hear all these kinds of comments in Morgan Freeman’s voice now :D
Fuckin way she goes....
@@rockywright3174 … friends of the road, Bud. Way she goes…
He sure did out smart them cops. Didn’t he?
Well... he wasn't wrong... He DID avoid jail for the rest of his life. ;o)
Listening to the story about the man Stuck in the pillar was literally causing me to breath irregularly as if I was running out of air, entirely involuntarily lol
I unexpectedly started yelling NO NO NO NO NO as my chest tightened 😩
Me too really kicked in my claustrophobia
Wow. People who did stupid mistakes. But you never called them stupid or being condescending out of respect. I really appreciated that. Good for you.
While trying to avoid a prison cell the dude ends up imprisoning himself in a far worse way.
right, I thought about how he'dve given anything to be in jail instead of in there...
How true! He got imprisoned, tortured, raped, and gave himself a life sentence! ...and the death penalty was issued, too.
@@bentonrp umm.. everything but raped....
and also burned alive!!!!!!
@@dineshpadhi9421 Yeah, roasted ! ... maybe not raped, but like, raped by the walls...
@@bentonrp the walls are his cell mates instead of the soap getting dropped he dropped himself
Tommy wasn’t attacked. He basically offered himself to the thing.
Honestly Emily too. I feel bad and all that, but she really did it to herself.
I’ve noticed that a lot of these stories are just about people who chose to totally disregarded all warnings and take foolish risks.
Yo based
Lol. Yep. Pretty much.
Pretty much lol. Any human being, even an extremely drunk or high human being will see the word “alligators” on a sign and be like “no sirrrrrrrrr” Lol. That alligator made his home under that pier hoping a Tommy fell in lol...but he lucked out and got a super Tommy 😂
I often am amazed at how many people who's advice is rejected, are still keen to help the person who has foolishly gone into danger. They still have mercy.
I just looked at the Lake Berryessa spillway on RUclips and that thing is monstrous. I am really impressed Emily was able to hang on for 20 whole minutes, I would have lasted about one.
I'm astounded that she even got all the way out there. When I was a kid my family would take us kids out to watch the water when it was high.
@@mehrimazedehwow, Ight bro speak the truth! 😢😂
Right?!!!! 20 minutes?! That's a seriously impressive feat. Too bad it wasn't enough... I just gave all of my kids an educational warning. Don't ignore the signs telling ya to NOT do a thing.
All three are winners. The first guy actually got to go swimming. Emily sure got a good look at the spill way, and Ray didn't get arrested. 'WINNING'
Bro well done! Dark but still amusingly true .
He's out of line, but he's right.
“Play stupid games win stupid prizes.”
Someone said, 'Go big or go home.'
You ever hear the one about the guy who swam in a Yosemite national park geyser pool? The signs around it said, absolutely no swimming.
yeah whether it's good or bad someone getting what they wanted gives me the same feeling
The last one made me feel sick physically. That's just like being in a coffin and buried alive - can't breathe, can't yell for help, can't move.
Was a crazy day at work when that happened , I was security at that winco on 10th an k
@@HK-SmoHKe I remember being there and smelling something that I hadn't before. I joked with my husband that it smelled like a dead body, even though I hadn't smelled one before. He said it was probably a sewer issue.
This definitely put me in that pillar.....i felt his suffering.....
@@catbravo994 swear to god you were there
@@Htown_babyyyyy The store is near my house. Thankfully I didn't go shopping the day the guy ran into the store.
I feel bad for Tommy’s girlfriend. Imagine how scary that would be to watch your loved one get attacked and killed by a gator and there was nothing you could do. Even if she called police they wouldn’t be able to help.
Yeah but hopefully she took the horror and learned to start dating smart men.
Bro shut up stop spoiling keep ur comments to urself
@@barbarahomrighaus6852damn
@@barbarahomrighaus6852 what a horrible thing to say
@@barbarahomrighaus6852 some things you just keep in your head Barbara 🤣
When Emily decided to go towards the spillway, my first thought was, “Oh no. Girl, you’re weightless in water!”
Emily looking at the signs " No Imma see what this death is about "
"It won't happen to me" the last words of every dumbass.
@@sboz86 natural selection works:)
The only signs she took seriously were the ones that said "Live, Laugh, Love"
Why are some smart people so dumb???
It’s like she look the death demon in the face and said one moment sir
I knew Tommy would go swimming anyways. His facial hair screamed, “hold my beer”.
Lol
I'm reading the comments while I listen idk what's under there yet but my guess is it's a crocodile or an alligator
It really does
Well put!
@firefighterchick11...Best comment Ever. That one cracked me right up. Thanks
I was getting claustrophobic just listening to Ray's story. Being surrounded by a ton of people and can't move and being smothered to death. Has to be one of the worst ways to die. I HATE CROWDS LIKE THAT HAPPEN TO ME RESENTLY AND ALL I KEEP THINKING ABOUT WAS THIS IS GONNA BE A MR. BALLEN STORY. I will never go through that walkway at that game again. Your channel is saving lives. GREAT JOB!
That just happened a couple days ago at Halloween Itaewon.. 😭 154 people smashed to death... by people..
I almost started to hyperventilate after hearing the last story, OMG! What a horrible way to die!
_"The name's Tommy. Where I'm from, I'm the local badass..."_
_"My name is Emily. Where I'm from, I'm the local genius."_
_"My name is Ray. Where I'm from, I'm the local Escape Artist."_
*"With our Powers combined, we are...*
Dead.
THATS TOO GOOD
Criminally underrated comment.
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾Nice
Made me LOL
Clever indeed. Three incredibly non-clever people.
Pro tip: Hiding in verticle shafts is really dumb. Also, before entering ANY tight space, concider; "how can I get out of there."
This last really bothers me because the police were already gone
"How can i get out of here?" is to rational of a question for some. 🤦♂️
Blown away by that man's stupidity... The bar has been raised again.
This can't stop me because i can't read!
Its hard to understand how he thought he could possibly get out if he had to fight to get in. Yes I know some people are just stupid but we can't over look that he may have been stuffed into that pillar! Maybe something happened and the cop involved was afraid he would be fired or arrested over it and stuffed the body down the pillar not realizing he was still alive! Multiple possibilities to this one!
This is honestly the series I didn’t know I needed. Now I’m obsessed and about 5 hours deep thinking that complete and utter stupidity of humanity knows no bounds
The man was destined for the alligator's mouth and none of those naysayers were going to stop him. I must say Victoria certainly dodged a bullet, if she had kept dating or married that hard-headed fool she probably would have gotten herself physically hurt or worse. Thank goodness, he didn't convince her to hold hands and jump in together like some people do, or she may have been dinner too.
At least he had the right mind to tell her to GET OUT!
@Witty Witty you go and wrestle with either a alligator or crocodile
@Witty Witty She would have also died if she'd tried to save him. Also, he told her to get back out of the water. What happened to him was nobody's fault but his own.
@Witty Witty This has nothing to do with gender. It was his stupidity that got him into that situation, if the roles were reversed, it would have been her stupidity. Just say you hate women because you can’t get a girlfriend, because that’s so obviously clear from the fact you blame an innocent women for a man’s stupid action.
@Witty Witty shut up
The "trapped in small spaces" ones are the worst. I get chills of horror imagining what those people felt.
I honestly would have been like fuck it, let the cops find me. I'm dumb but I'm not that dumb
Same
He was a meth addict and that stuff makes you feel invincible. Once you have been up for days you cannot think straight anymore. Even though he was in there for five days, he most certainly died that first day. Probably in the morning, it would be hot already. We cannot be outside for more than a half hour before we feel like passing out. That had to have been awful, poor guy.
YES! This channel seems full of "death by small spaces" which is my greatest fear! The anxiety is sickening but I can't stop watching them :/
Yeah well, the criminals who do it hiding from the cops get no sympathy from me.
His new intro should be “if you’re a fan of the strange, dark, and abusing the like button, then this channel is for you because that’s all we do here.”
I spite yee with a thumbs up to all.
Today's intro didn't encourage abuse of the like button. He straight up told people to share their acid with the like button. That is the opposite of abuse!
Haha just maybe!
@@Exedus20 acid eye drops sounds like one helluva time
@@MrBallen You are the best storyteller I’ve ever heard man! Honestly the best thing to relax to after a long day of work and study! Keep up the incredible work!
The only way out for Emily when she realized she was being pulled closer to the spillway was: diving in a few feet and swiming away from the spillway - under water, for the current was stronger on the surface of the water.
About 1992 I went to a conference in New Orleans and the hotel was booked, so I was lodged in a related hotel way east of the city. The parking lot out back was surrounded by a chain link fence and warnings posted every 15 feet or so warning not to climb over due to alligators. Good advice.
There’s an old saying - “If you’re gonna be dumb, you’ve gotta be tough.”
if you get knocked down you gotta get back up!
I ain't the sharpest knife in the drawer but i know enough to know.
@@noelwhite6650 if you're gonna be dumb
My grandpa said this all the time
@@PRIME_MINISTER_OF_DN ya gotta be tough
Imagine seeing a small hole in a random part of a building and thinking “I should crawl in there”
It's like he knew he had to get out of the gene pool 😆
@@jsmith8904 🤣
Stories like that literally make my rib cage and chest hurt like phantom anxiety pain. Haha
😂😂😂
entering places was likely his way of being.
The thought of hanging there with that much water raining down on you and knowing this could be “it” - makes my stomach flip something not good.. Bless all of their souls. Good story telling Ballen!
Ray is the definition of natural selection
Emily is the literal embodiment of "curiosity killed the cat"
And satisfaction didn't bring it back
Well she wasn't a cat so that's not literal whatsoever really.
@@philmitchellboxing8661 "literal embodiment" of a phrase, bud. not a fucking cat??😂
@@goblinxgf1123 not literal then
@@philmitchellboxing8661 i'm not explaining these words to you, if you wanna act oblivious go for it lmao
The majority of these stories honestly make me think “Why? Why would you possibly want to put yourself in any of those places?” I get curiosity but jeez
Many of these stories involve people who are only in those places because their uncaring bosses required it. Then there are people who go to these places because they're convinced they're going to have fun.
Genetics. That's why you are alive, ur kids will probably live to reproduce, and there will be less ppl around them doing this dumb crap as long as there's still natural selection.
Because they were going for that elusive Darwin award!
It's elusive because there are already so many dumb people beating them to it.
Curiosity killed the Tommy
When I hear this I never knew how many people go missing just going on innocent adventures 🥲 changed my wild life forever 😂🤣
I was there at the Lancaster story. Everything went back to normal literally the next day. Everyone went about their business and had zero idea what happened earlier I couldn't get it out of my mind every time I went back in the store
Again, loving the conversions, thank you! They make it so much easier to picture!
That man really ran from the cops and gave himself the death sentence instead.
Yeah man holy shit jail aint THAT bad fuck
he didn't put enough stats into intelligence, or maybe he was suffering from a nasty debuff of some sort. Meth?
Over a stolen vehicle 🤦🏻♀️
Pretty methed up if you ask me.
3rd story: why didn’t he know not to do that?! If you have to put 1 arm up to even fit down the hole, how tf are you planning to get back up in that position? I just...🤦🏾♀️
And like? Was he planning on living there? The police had left. When was he planning on leaving? lol
@@JessicaSmith-yg9cn I think he was either high or he was murdered and stuffed in there
@@Ruebz_f30 he crawled in himself.
Criminals are usually dumb in general. He simply was, one of the dumber ones.
I think his only thought as that he didn't want to go to jail . He was Only thinking of where to hide, not about leaving his hiding place. That is one sick story!
These stories (been binging) too often share a common thing. Signs say "keep away" or "danger" but gives no reason or seem benign. We see those signs too often where there are no dangers, or people are just being vain about kids being kids.
I like the signs in Iceland, they tell you how you will die if you proceed beyond a certain point. Changing warning labels from "walls of text with kind words" or "keep away", to "YOU WILL DIE HERE" saves a lot of lives.
My lawn obsessed neighbor has a "keep away" sign, so does the weirdo in the nearby woods who will shoot you on sight.
Who else loves the introductory theme music to these videos ? I love it ! Love all your videos Mr Ballen.Totally addicted .
It's called Epic Drama by Yunuet
What has to be going through someone’s mind to shove themselves in this tight ass tomb without realizing they wouldn’t be able to get out is beyond me
Drugs?
Nothing. All these people deserve to be nominated for Darwin awards.
@@georgianikolidaki8262 that was my thought exactly. Especially gator dude, he should not have offspring.
I would think the crawlspace would have sufficed but clearly I don't think big-I mean tight- enough.
Maybe he just fell?
“The black water was calm
And quiet” is the only description i need to know im never going into that water
Well, why was the water black to begin with, I mean really? That in itself would make ME not want to go in it!
Yes
@@barryallenflash1 Mud and other sorts of things.
If the water is black I’m not going in it
Black from the night sky would be the reason you gronks😂
This makes me realize before you do some thing out of your element from Bungie to cave diving know how to work the equipment and the math even if you have someone helping you. I’ve done, cave exploring, white water rafting and river board, bungee jumping and large zip lining. They may not be super extreme but I check everything that’s in my space.
I live in Lancaster and that was such a sad thing that happened. I just started watching your videos and was going to suggest this one. So happy you did it.
Stories about people getting irretrievably trapped in tiny spaces are the only thing that make me feel physically ill. It is just too terrifying.
Same!
Felt a panic attack coming as the story was going!!!
Mr Ballen just tells the stories too well to not feel it!!!
Same here! Why?
Just why would anyone think that forcing yourself down a narrow space is a good place to hide? Or do anything for that matter.
Same here Julaine. My chest tightens up and I have to breath deep.
@@DominicNJ73
Same here ! The very thought of being in that horrific situation gives me panic attacks, making me want to claw for air !
An overwhelming amount of stories involve people wanting to go to places that are littered in danger signs, because they think they're special, and then regretting it for ever. There's moral here
We have signs in Australia warning of our salt water crocs and people still go into the water or camp next to river banks......it usually ends badly
Humanity at it's finest.
actually they regret it only for a brief time.
@@Stephan5916 I like to think of it as natural selection. 🤷♂️
@@unnamed715 exactly ! I really believe that every one of the story's is simply a classic example of natural selection. In every one of the story's by making extremely stupid decision those people essentially killed themselves, I mean the men from the first story was probably warned that there is an alligator IN THE WATER!!! what else do you need!!
This one gives me the sweats ,story # three 😱😱😱😳
Thanks for the visuals Mr Ballen!
I work at Winco and the pillar story was a MAJOR source of gossip when it happened. To this day we playfully tell each other they're gonna get thrown in the pillar if they do something wrong. :D
Has anyone ever thought that perhaps MrBallen has also saved lives from posting these stories? People either took more precaution in their adventures (cliffs, diving, chimneys etc) or just plain didn't take the risk. Thanks Mr B!!
It's probably true. I was just on a mountain bike ride in the desert heat and as I got further and further into this ride away from civilization I thought about Mr. Ballen a bit and turned around a little earlier than originally planned.
Except telling you to replace eye drops with acid 😂
But you are correct. I’m sure a lot of people are taking advice from these stories about being more careful and following safety rules and such
You're true. I live far away from mountains so I don't know much about the mountain safety. After these videos I realized how stupid and reckless I was when I went hiking on the mountains. I will be much more careful the next time.
Not long after I was married, my hubby took me fishing. We got out of the boat and were standing in thigh deep creek water near a drop off. When we look back we are horrified about how stupid we were. I wasn't from croc country but he was. I had no idea there were crocs in that creek, and he being blaze never gave it a thought. There is a God and when our time is not up, it is not up. No crocs that day. I also swam in the Sepik River in PNG. I kept asking the locals about Crocs - nah - no gat puk puk [crocs] And into the water we'd jump and float down to the next pier [It's a fast flowing river]. I kind of figured that the locals must have known whether they were safe or not. Now I know that the locals are sometimes the ones who should know better but become too complacent.
Why, WHY do people do things like this? The last one really got to me.
SAME. It made my claustrophobia kick in REALLY bad. I was sitting just....OOOH No.
@@robzyalise6566 I was mostly thinking "Why do you look at that pilar, that tiny opening that goes straight down and think you can go in there and out again while you have to go upwards". Some people just deserve whats happening to them....then again all the people in these stories deserved it cause they all did incredibly stupid things. Who the F goes to swim to a massive hole in a lake while one warning after another tells you "DONT GO THERE". Why would anyone think you can go to the edge with the water pouring in and not get sucked into it....some people..gjees.
SAME! That last one made my chest feel tight 😖
@@Jorendo No matter how you look at it, it is unnecessary to say they deserved it. Are you out of your mind or do you have zero empathy for either the person who lost their life or that person's family mourning?
@@Jorendo It is their own fault that they died like that, but that does not mean they deserved it!
Wow over 8 millions subscribers.. I’ve been watching you on FB all these years! I’m here to stay! Ty for such great real stories
I love this guy's stories I respect you so much thank you for your service
One minute after jumping in the water….Tommy cared.
OH WAIT. I CARE NOW! THE WATER MADE ME CARE MORE!
Lol yeah well deserved in my opinion
This just confirms that you should always listen to your bartender. Sincerely yours, a bartender. And for MrBallen's sake, please tell the like button to do otherwise
I don't get why they didn't tell him he couldn't swim???? Like I'd definitely think it over if someone told me there's huge alligators even if I was a cringe "rule breaker"
@@Emot10ns The story didn’t make it obvious maybe but no doubt the reason not to go swimming was surely not obscured. I can’t believe no one said, there are alligators in there. Tommy’s concrete was just missing some rebar.
That first guy was an absolute idiot, but at least he told his girlfriend to get out of the water. He knew he couldn't be saved and didn't want her to get eaten too.
If I were the bartender, I would have called 911 right when he started walking towards the river.
He had be doing that for years and the guy who owned the restuarant was his friend so when he was told he couldn't do it he didn't care.
I wonder why the didn’t straight up say “there’s alligators in there”
@@yams.4308 it apparently did, some people are just destined to die in dumb ways because telling them they can't just makes them want to do it more
@@alonedownthere47
Oh
Your channel is one of my favorites ♥️
I like how in all of Mr Ballen's videos about "Top 3 places you shouldn't go and people who went anyway" the top place people shouldn't go always turns out to be something like a wood chipper, a nuclear power plant or an active military base instead of something like "The cursed halls of Castle Greyskull" or "The final resting place of Christ".
Keep up the good work! 👍
The name of this episode should be “play stupid games, win stupid prizes”
Yup people aren't to smart lol
@Chris Tombs 😄👍 You beat me to* it!
@Chris Tombs lol Oh Did I Effend...,, you ?and bring**@ out the troll in you for a mispelLing!?? I'm,"$%! sorey about that Grammor Natsi
Facts
I’m crying 😂😂
The only bad part of these videos is when you hear "So that's gonna do it, guys".
and y'know the people who died while making a simple mistake. Which didn't really happen here (all these deaths were very avoidable), but in other videos it has.
I know I hate that it has to end ….. and it’s like during the real nail biters even though he is the one telling the story for some reason his voice and actions are still my “ safe place “ lol his personal story was very tense to get through 😬
I know right??😊☺💜😉
HEART-BREAKING !!! :((
Right?? 😪
I’m so engrossed in the way you tell your stories and the footage that I’ve never ever noticed any secrets and I reckon I’ve watched hundreds of your videos 😂😂
Same. Lol.
In Dallas, a BBQ place was being demolished to make way for newer development (a Best Buy and some others are there now). As they tore it down they came across the smoked leather encased skeleton of someone that had, sometime in the past, tried to break in via the flu over the smoker. No one knows who it was or when it happened.
The thought that's bad for me is my dad and I met there for lunch dozen's of times over several years. I wonder how many burglar marinated brisket sandwiches I ate there.
Every time you do one of these “guy wriggles himself into a tight spot and dies there...” stories I have these crazy physical reactions, I have to move, fling out my arms, stand and jump around while breathing deeply. I will never ever try to wriggle into anything, but that is definitely high up on my list, if not the topper, of greatest fears.
Claustrophobia. The idea of being pinned somewhere and unable to move my arms/stand up at will terrifies me to my core.
Oh my god have you heard the story of that guy who got stuck in a sewer pipe with rats? He went face first into the pipe and got stuck with his arms by his sides so he literally couldn’t do anything, and rats started EATING HIS FACE!! it was the most horrified I’ve ever been reading a true story
I’m so claustrophobic that I can’t even watch movies where someone is in a tight spot and can’t move. I’ve gotten panic attacks and actually felt like I was in that position myself.
@@kaedancecharon6649 yeah,when I hear those stories, I don't need to fling my arms like op but I do take REALLY big deep breaths and get so anxious a là pre-panic attack! I'm not a fan of people crowding me, and if I have a blanket pulled up over my arms- I can't handle someone leaning over me or holding down the blanket for one reason or another, I GOTTA get those arms free 😝😫 it's a very scary and real feeling that I feel like ppl that don't have it just dont understand 🤷♀️
Ugh... literally, EVERY spelunking story!! I’m like, “Yeah, fuck THAT!! They’re dead...”
I was walking through mountains yesterday and was going to climb over a load of big boulders to get closer to a waterfall but because i have been watching your videos recently i changed my mind. You tamed me bro.
Good move.
I like the way you worded it
Good man. No need to get closer. Appreciate it from a distance so you can live to talk about it with others.
Great decision you probably would have made it to this channel.
“You tamed me bro”🤣
You never disappoint.So happy ur still doing these.Till next time...
When I was a kid my best friend, who was in a wheelchair, fell into a spillway behind our houses. We lived in the deep N. MN forest. The water surface was like glass but, the undertow took him unbelievably fast. It looked like he was shot out of a canon. I'm an excellent swimmer but, not that good. We were 8 years old when this happened. I felt so guilty, I couldn't even look his mom in her eyes. She ran over to me and Bearhugged the hell out of me. Then she apologized to me! My brain was like, wth is going on here. I didn't understand her mindset until I became a parent. I lost my own son 8 days before his 12th birthday. They, (my son and dad), were coming back from hunting during a blizzard and 2 semi's lost control and $hit went sideways real quick. By law, they were not supposed to be driving in any high profile vehicle when the wind exceeds 50-55 mph but, they ignored the law, because they were behind schedule. Sorry, for the long story.
Morgan Freeman narrating Tommy’s life:
“But in fact, he DID care, it turns out Tommy cared very much”.
🤣🤣🤣 This SHOULD NOT be as funny if I didn't have such an imagination 🤣🤣🤣🤣
🤣
He didn't care for long though
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Who all read that in Freemans voice😂☠💀
I used to feel boring for not doing exciting stuff like spelunking and cave diving but this series has changed my mind. I’m totally good without crawling into tight spaces 👍
Yeah, those activities are for the young & dumb. I like living!
Seriously ‼️‼️ I don't get it like who in their right mind likes to crawl into tight spaces for any reason whatsoever??? I don't have claustrophobia but suffocating in a tight space is literally my biggest fear.
The most exciting thing I've done is skydiving and I'm even reconsidering doing that again after watching this channel. Human error makes you question everything.
Makes you feel really smart right?
Agreed
Truth is stranger than fiction. In a movie when somebody is about to do something dumb and the creepy music plays, we all shout -don't go there, but it still happens.
In real life watching these vids makes you realise that people are really studip.
Yes surely john must be saving lives through these stories !!theyre so descriptive they makr youre hair stand on end especially the cave diving ones . I believe those people with little experience of diving havent a clue about how quickly and how spectacularly things can go wrong in deep water withno light and sediment how quicklyyoucan become disorientated and make the worst possible decisions !!
That third story must’ve been such a horrible way to die. That is the stuff of nightmares 🤢😱
I can't even imagine! 😳
Almost worse than being mauled and eaten alive by an alligator
@@brazeification2 imagine knowing you re going ti dye and being foodless and waterless
Should have just turned himself in and lived to reform himself. Oh well.
@@marlonquintana3466 Give me liberty or give me death. No jail = big brain IQ69420 move
So what I've learned today is... There is a reason for the do not swim signs on Texas rivers because they're full of alligators, don't ignore a battery of warning signs while swimming towards a giant drain, and don't steal cars and jump in random holes while running from the cops.
People tend to associate gators more with Louisiana and Florida, but we do have a ton in Texas.
@@f3uibeghardt522 definitely. I lived in texas for a while and went hiking as frequently as I could and traveled as well, and never saw an alligator, I actually forgot there every were any there!
that fool was probably tweakin no way any sober person would hide for 7 hours and find 2 hiding spots
It sure doesn't stop the illegals from crossing to America!
@@deslhorn I'm not sure what part of Texas you were in, but they inhabit the Southeastern region of the state, which is much greener and full of water and cypress swamps. A good place to see them is Brazos Bend State Park. There's a million of them there. Hell, I remember fishing there one time and accidentally catching a turtle, then a massive alligator saving me the effort of having to cut the line by swallowing the turtle whole.
Omg I can't sleep without watching u and hearing your voice thank u ❤
Love your videos Mr BAllen
That last story really disturbed me. I can't even imagine what that was like to get stuck in such a tight place. I know he was a criminal but no one deserves to die like that. All alone, suffocating in a hot dark space knowing there is nothing he could do.
my brother and sister in law work at this very winco, and had already been employed when Ray died in the pillar. They really believed he must've got away. My brother was in the staff office when he ran in and said he saw him get to the roof access, but they didn't know where he went when they looked for him and he wasnt on the roof. honestly it still gives me the creeps
Well obviously he didn’t deserve that but his stupidity like the others had it coming
“no one deserves to die that way”... really? Do you know about the Holocaust, or WWI? Many people have died under far worse conditions- and not because of a single thing they did wrong. Dude was an idiot.
@@corablue5569 are you really trying to compare this to the Holocaust right now 😂 stfu
@@kaseyaceves6997 You are making my point for me- thank you.
The way that perp died inside the pillar is one of THE WORST for me! Ugh! I freak out when I'm stuck and can't move (I have Claustrophobia - fear of tight spaces) and just hearing Mr Ballen's description of how that guy died made me feel EXTREMELY uncomfortable!
If ever I can choose how I die, I sincerely hope it will be peacefully in my sleep and if not that, then it must just be really fast within seconds.
Drowning, burning, suffocating, suffering with illness or worse ways of dying really scares me.
You're so brave to tell these hideous stories in light of your very own close call! You're my hero buddy! ❤
MrBallen: "he could smell a horrible overwhelming smell"
Oh dang here we go
All the good ones start like that.
Reminds me of fnaf
I thought immediately: that's a decomposing body!!
I'm sorry but I couldnt help but laugh
just waiting for him to throw a curve ball one day - "and it was just someones mouldy food left in the sun"
I love how he doesn’t come out and say these people are idiots, but it’s kinda implied.
LOL
Nah, its implied
My first video from MrBallen and I caught that right away that most of these "victims" were kinda DUMB!
Yes. These people are idiots!
@Jim Eagle excuse me?
I 💜 your channel keep it coming. 💜
that last story has stuck with me ever since i watched this video
Mr.Ballen’s stories teach me how there’s a diff between having fun and being dumb enough to ignore all danger signs. It’s there for a reason , not for decoration purposes.
Exactly. Don't know why people choose to ignore the signs🤷
@@amatije probably to sue the establishment later smh -
@@dreelusion 😂
*Doesn't fit in the pillar*
"Better just force myself in inch by inch."
*Gets stuck*
"Wait a second, maybe I've made a mistake."
Ikr? You'd think the, "Wait! I'd have to put my hand up over my head' would be enough for him to be like, 'nawww!'
The first story is crazy. Like if a bunch of people are telling me not to go swimming in a river, I'm probably going to be like you know what. I probably shouldn't be swimming in the river. Also side note, you are the best RUclipsr for the strange, dark and mysterious delivered in the story format ❤
Lake Berryessas Glory Hole.... That spillway was oddly accessible for so many years. I've been there hundreds of times and it always amazes me that it was that easy to just swim up to. It has since been blocked off by fencing of sorts but I've spent many of drunken days swimming at Berryessa and that Glory Hole is no joke.
When u feel sorry for the lives lost but wanna scream "why???"
I really dont feel sorry for these. They arent tragedies.
Don't be sorry. Natural selection at work. We don't have that enough.
It would be worse if these people were able to breed. Spread their stupidity to their kids by gene and example.
We're already putting up way too many warning signs and stuff. Allowing the terminally stupid to take a big dump right into the gene pool.
@@KaeYoss Wow. that's so terrible to say.
@@KaeYoss Wow. that's so terrible to say.
@@Itsastrangeday too bad
Jail usually seems like the worst endpoint (minus death) but can you imagine how bad Ray wished he had just gone to jail after he realized there’s no coming back from this.
Considering how bad cops are at searching based on these stories I am pretty sure Ray didn't need to go in the pillar. He was safe from finding where he was...
I thought the same thing too
@@momchilandonov At least he found a good hiding spot. It was so good nobody could find him even when he wanted to be found.
@@momchilandonov they did not know they were up against the World Hide 'n Seek Champion.
Prison was definitely the preferable options there.
Watch this every day in hooked🤗💯💖
Alligators normally don't do that, I'm from that area. Usually they just steal your crab bait or try to eat your small dog. When they get 9 feet or longer, then common sense usually tells you to stay away from it. Logic should help you understand that you can't win a fight with an animal that's much bigger than you (especially underwater). I don't think he was stupid. He was drunk, obviously stubborn, and unlucky all at the same time. For the record - I don't know the poor guy, but i remember when this happened.
The stuck in a tiny space and can’t escape stories raise my anxiety but I can’t stop watching.
What blows me away is the number of people that get into a tight space then keep going until they are completely wedged. Ugh
it was the middle of summer too. we get it up to about 115 usually. he baked forsure
Same . Honestly like what tf dude jail isnt that bad just go to jail ffs . Died a nightmare death over dumb shii
Me too... I cannot understand people that go exploring caves and squeeze through tiny spaces... esp underwater..... 😫
It literally triggers one my phobias and he does it so often in his stories and its awesome everytime. Whenever a story has someone drowning or stuck in a small space I literally start thinking what if that was me and I get rigid with fear. Love it!
When you’ve binged MrBallen to the point you’re caught up on all content...and then a fresh upload drops 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🍾
Yep
Same, now I’m trying to watch all the shorts
Very true
Ohhh Yesssssss🙌🏼🖤🙌🏼
.....however have watched them multiple times 😆 this one will be no different! Cannot help myself, I enjoy rewatching with people & seeing instant enjoyment!😁
@@genaro8390 that is where I'm at 🙃
I love these vids! Reminds me I'm not simply a bag of rocks sometimes.
Tommy's story reminds me of that cartoon where a kid skateboards into a minefield saying: "You can't tell me what to do."
But I do respect that his last words were to tell someone else to save themselves.
I think the bubbling of the water when he initially jumped in was just a lot of big trumps he had stored up through the day and he was passing gas in the river. And the alligator was just a coincidence, I believe he got in the river to hide a few sneaky little trumps from his girlfriend
I've always had an unreasonably strong fear of dam spillways. The combination of being really unsettled by the thought of swimming near large, mostly submerged structures, and the fact that its literally just a big hole that can suck you in and kill you makes me so stressed. I don't understand how anyone would want to swim near it, especially when it is actively sucking in water.
They're far enough away to not get caught in a current, but yeah I would never go if it was actively sucking water
It goes down? No it don’t go down. IT DO GO DOWN!
The woman is a 41 yr old graduate student. She isn't a teenager, she is 41. She is smart enough to be a graduate student but ignores multiple ☢️ signs and cautions but chooses to disregard all of them. Smh
@@caitchri2426 classic
@@ellybean5868 It sounds like a suicide to me.
MrBallen could be talking about how carrots disappeared from his kitchen and make it a 20 min story and I would still listen to it.
I completely see this
They were stalked by the celery...
Ok, but if it was a MrBallen video it would have a super creepy backstory like someone living in the walls ala Parasite, but to be nice they only stole his carrots
@@zac3392 haha!! I laughed way too hard at this! Good one!
Missing 411
Soooooooo many stories about people getting trapped in narrow, tight places, wow!
Natural selection love it :)