These ancient ruins swallowed him whole

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  • Опубликовано: 25 янв 2022
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  • @tyriqueengel-stevenson3154
    @tyriqueengel-stevenson3154 2 года назад +368

    We miss you Mr. Ballen!

  • @John-ym9ht
    @John-ym9ht 2 года назад +113

    Something tells me he probably didn't stay on the designated trail. Imagine being alive but stuck down in a rock crevice, injured and finally everyone else just goes home.

    • @judydavenport9636
      @judydavenport9636 2 года назад +24

      I couldn't imagine the feeling of despair and hopelessness if something like that happened.

    • @Nerdpainter
      @Nerdpainter 2 года назад +12

      thats so fricken scary. i cant even imagine. this channel gives me anxiety lol

    • @RaoulDukeSr
      @RaoulDukeSr 2 года назад +6

      Proper planning prevents piss poor performance, I know that sounds cold especially considering this poor man's story. However always be mentally prepared for anything, and be physically prepared for as much as humanly possible in the moment.

    • @RaoulDukeSr
      @RaoulDukeSr 2 года назад +1

      @Ray J you are absolutely right Raymond, I agree....shit can/will happen. P.s...everyone loves ya !

    • @zalinabrooks1198
      @zalinabrooks1198 2 года назад

      Horrific

  • @vknglion
    @vknglion 2 года назад +150

    After accidentally finding your channel a little over a month ago here on RUclips, I have officially managed to see every single one of your videos. All stories, from spooky, to diving, to the 411 phenomenon and everything else you have posted on RUclips.
    It took a while, but, finally managed to get it done.
    Thanks for all the great content.
    I eagerly await your new stories.
    Thank you.

    • @tkhoops934
      @tkhoops934 2 года назад +16

      Now comes the worse part where you sit itching yourself day after day in high anticipation for the next story. It truly is it's own form of torture xD welcome to the ballen gang!

    • @ryanbuckley5529
      @ryanbuckley5529 2 года назад +5

      I found him years ago when he only had Navy SEAL stuff up, I think it was only 4 videos but they were really cool to see! I know a couple SEAL’s so I just wanted to hear him talk about it. Then all the sudden he posted a video of him telling the Snowboarding trip where he saw the black shadow person! I was extremely surprised to hear him tell that story after the military stuff. Unfortunately the SEAL community is very harsh on teammates that talk about their service! Some get a pass most don’t... they pretty much hammered him until he took those videos down. Witch in my opinion sucks! Because I love listening to anybody talk about their service. And he didn’t act all big and bad or like he was better than other people, he just talked about it. Oh well, I’m just making conversation🙏🏼 sounds like your a true fan so wanted to chat with ya. Hope you’re having a wonderful day!🤙

    • @tubesnstuff6491
      @tubesnstuff6491 2 года назад +2

      Same I actually got done to quick.

    • @steveaustin5399
      @steveaustin5399 2 года назад +5

      They found dale's remains September 2020.

    • @lindam9018
      @lindam9018 2 года назад +2

      @@steveaustin5399 Was he still in the same area? I guess I'll have to try and find it. Glad his family at least has that.

  • @zarahjoyce5143
    @zarahjoyce5143 2 года назад +71

    Man, vanishing stories are extra painful especially for the family left behind

    • @steveaustin5399
      @steveaustin5399 2 года назад +6

      They found his remains September 2020.

    • @pamelak7924
      @pamelak7924 2 года назад +2

      @@steveaustin5399 thank you

    • @Baseballisbest67
      @Baseballisbest67 2 года назад +1

      @@steveaustin5399 where ? What was conclusion ?

    • @steveaustin5399
      @steveaustin5399 2 года назад +2

      @@Baseballisbest67 search dale mesa verde colorado. It said his remains were found. He was a skeleton, but the police didnt mention foul play. But it is still weird nonetheless...

  • @mickideg1837
    @mickideg1837 2 года назад +64

    I'll be happy when you get back to making videos. Missing the few a week. That's way better than merch and all the other things IMO! Wishing you best of luck on all you do.

  • @christines8
    @christines8 2 года назад +13

    This one haunted me for a while. My husband was a wildland firefighter for the park at the time, and we were actually living in Mesa Verde. My husband helped with search and rescue efforts and accompanied the search dog teams. They found nothing. It really was like he had just vanished. One of the theories was that he had fled the country. It was especially scary for me because I hiked the Spruce Canyon trail just the day before which overlaps part of his route. I have followed the story for years, and they did recently find his remains in an off limits part of the park. It is believed he wandered off trail.

    • @toxxicx
      @toxxicx 2 года назад +2

      i wonder if that was actually him calling for help, and if so then why didn't they find him sooner

    • @UnscrupulousAgitator
      @UnscrupulousAgitator Год назад +1

      Thank you

    • @fabiangracia6344
      @fabiangracia6344 Год назад

      Where were his remains at?

    • @christines8
      @christines8 Год назад +2

      @@fabiangracia6344 I don't believe they ever made that public because they didn't want others going off trail, but I believe his remains were found recently by a hiker who also went off trail in a restricted part of the park.

  • @A-BroTradChinese
    @A-BroTradChinese 2 года назад +28

    It’s just hard to imagine when someone just vanished without a trace...truly disheartening

  • @plasma-
    @plasma- 2 года назад +4

    hope everyone reading this has a good day!

  • @sallyannwheeler6327
    @sallyannwheeler6327 2 года назад +5

    Miss your stories and the way you tell them perfectly. Hope you and your family are well. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️🌎🇺🇸

  • @amatije
    @amatije 2 года назад +39

    Hoping that we'll get a new video from you this week. Miss your stories

    • @louren8545
      @louren8545 2 года назад +4

      I knew that baby would be the end, smh

    • @amatije
      @amatije 2 года назад +3

      @@louren8545 Can't put all the blame on the family. John already had kids when he started the channel

    • @Emma88178
      @Emma88178 2 года назад +2

      @@louren8545 He has three kids. That baby is not his first....

    • @louren8545
      @louren8545 2 года назад

      @@Emma88178 That doesn't negate that with the addition of another that he could be busier.....

  • @BizKit167
    @BizKit167 2 года назад +19

    Mr ballen is number one on telling scary stories in youtube. No wonder he got millions of views. Keep upload great content we're all waiting for it.

  • @bertbollinger6080
    @bertbollinger6080 2 года назад +15

    Ready for more great stories Mr Ballen, thank you!

  • @katymontalvo9059
    @katymontalvo9059 2 года назад +5

    I miss the longer stories where I would get really into them and feel invested in the outcome. And you0 are such a great story teller thank you for telling us stories that we actually like scary, spooky mysterious dark unknown wonders. Keep up the good work, I hope to see some new 10 minute or longer stories, pretty please, lol.

  • @SixMiracles-uj1zp
    @SixMiracles-uj1zp 2 года назад +5

    Mr. B could simply read a Chips Ahoy bag and make it absolutely enthralling. Not many have that gift.

  • @jessicaclark9703
    @jessicaclark9703 2 года назад +29

    If you’ve ever been to Mesa Verde, or any of the sites in that region it isn’t surprising that someone could just vanish. They are cliff dwellings.

    • @discountbobross5700
      @discountbobross5700 2 года назад +1

      Yea they closed the one in the picture down because of the rock but we got to see the other ones which was cool

    • @darwinsom957
      @darwinsom957 2 года назад

      I've been but I'm still surprised. The various catacombs...

    • @jessicaclark9703
      @jessicaclark9703 2 года назад

      @@darwinsom957 I spent 6 weeks in the region on an archaeology dig. I’ve only been to Mesa Verde once, but yeah, it’s breathtaking. But I don’t really find it that surprising that someone could simply disappear. Those were some pretty steep cliffs.

    • @darwinsom957
      @darwinsom957 2 года назад

      @Jessica Clark oh That kind of disappear! Oops sorry.
      It's a special place. My mom was an Anthropologist and we took some of her ashes there (not many, ashes are pollutants)

  • @AFall3nAng3l
    @AFall3nAng3l 2 года назад +2

    IM SOOOO EXCITED ABOUT YOUR PODCAST!!! You'll definately have plenty of fans in Perth tuning in! We love you here down under! We're all having withdrawals from not hearing your stories these past 2 weeks!... and i can't wait to hear your next story.. very intrigued after reading ur post bout it!

  • @Norita72cox
    @Norita72cox 2 года назад +2

    Mr. We The People miss you, don't forget us your loyal suscribers! We know is worth waiting for you to come back, we have a void in our lives without you.

  • @stephlyons3812
    @stephlyons3812 2 года назад +12

    He most likely fell between two rocks in a hidden crevice or something. Man that's gotta be a really horrible way to go. He probably heard the people who heard him but just couldn't locate him.

    • @chriscoker7794
      @chriscoker7794 2 года назад +2

      They found his body in 2020.

    • @lol-zi4if
      @lol-zi4if 2 года назад +2

      @@chriscoker7794 better than never

    • @chriscoker7794
      @chriscoker7794 2 года назад +1

      @@lol-zi4if my wife used to tell me that the early bird got the worm, I'll tell her that I come to get something else entirely.

  • @Ste_Brit
    @Ste_Brit 2 года назад +7

    Probably in an unseen crevice. That’s the most logical conclusion

    • @drd6893
      @drd6893 2 года назад +1

      Or he was taken away by …. Dun dun duuunnnn….
      Aliens!
      lol

    • @thatguy7683
      @thatguy7683 2 года назад

      Nah nah nah, it was dem there rakes

  • @tumble07able
    @tumble07able 2 года назад +6

    Hey Mr Ballen !!! I've been waiting to hear from you !! In the meantime I watch Old videos just to get my dose of the strange, dark and mysterious !!!

  • @DoubleAplusJ
    @DoubleAplusJ 2 года назад +65

    I waited so long for that 30 seconds. Lol I hate getting attached to a content creator that consistently produces until they suddenly just disappear. I totally understand that it's hard to continue finding things to care about and research, especially as the view count goes up and they start to over think it and stress over if it's a good enough story, if they have good work/life balance, etc. I think if Mr B just took a step back and put out ANY old story once a week again, he would see it's his story telling technique that is so popular, even if the story isn't super strange, dark or mysterious.

    • @bwomped4010
      @bwomped4010 2 года назад +5

      Yeah same I think his story telling skills are what makes him so popular

    • @JeffDonnelly
      @JeffDonnelly 2 года назад +1

      He did that once before and the fans trashed him for it.

    • @ivansomarriba3929
      @ivansomarriba3929 2 года назад +6

      Don’t forget he is working on his podcast! He had a video about it a while back! He said he has brand new stories to go with it.

    • @zaniiite
      @zaniiite 2 года назад

      I totally second this!

    • @drd6893
      @drd6893 2 года назад

      I know. I miss the stories too. We were so spoiled when he was uploading 3-4 times a week
      I guess bc hes gotten so famous he is busy with that. With other things being offered
      Makes me kinda miss the old days
      The old mr ballen

  • @jameswells2684
    @jameswells2684 2 года назад +2

    Thanks Mr. B. Looking forward to your next long story

  • @braxtonturner8569
    @braxtonturner8569 2 года назад +8

    Hope life is well John!

  • @pearlwhite3009
    @pearlwhite3009 2 года назад +1

    Thank you, MrBallen, for all your great stories! 🤩

  • @wonkawilly5573
    @wonkawilly5573 2 года назад +2

    Early morning ballen out of control.

  • @Twistedmetalmachine
    @Twistedmetalmachine 2 года назад +44

    Man soon you’ll have to do a story as to why Mr Ballen hasn’t posted in weeks!!! 😂

    • @ladytashal8028
      @ladytashal8028 2 года назад +7

      He said that he's putting a podcast together, but there might be a video sometime this week. Check the community tab he explains it all.

    • @laytonb
      @laytonb 2 года назад +1

      Hey, that's rude.

    • @marcy6161
      @marcy6161 2 года назад

      Um, he also recently added a 3rd child to the family, and he is kicking off a podcast, so ease up. We all love his stories, and have a weird mix of sadness and anxiety/anticipation when we have to wait a whole week for another one, but we are all adults, and will make it through without being rude.

  • @harrismustang2813
    @harrismustang2813 2 года назад +7

    What's up Mr. Ballen... hope all is well and can't wait for the next great video you upload for us... thank you sir...

  • @allisonpayne9010
    @allisonpayne9010 2 года назад

    Morning to the best story teller ever!

  • @patshankle3281
    @patshankle3281 2 года назад +4

    Can't wait for any of your new ones. I've seen every one of yours several times.

  • @lisacraig1894
    @lisacraig1894 Год назад

    Thanks for the shorts!

  • @amandawalski4407
    @amandawalski4407 2 года назад

    100% agree! We miss you! 😥

  • @aniruudhh
    @aniruudhh 2 года назад +2

    Imagine you go there in the future and suddenly hear a weak voice shouting for help 😳

  • @brookeesteppollock8841
    @brookeesteppollock8841 2 года назад +2

    Love your videos mr. b!

  • @nawkai514
    @nawkai514 2 года назад +1

    MAN I MISS YOU SO MUCH 😭😭

  • @calkayfield
    @calkayfield 2 года назад

    You are very much missed, i keep my fingers crossed you will start doing more video's again soon, you saved me during lockdown thank you Mr Ballen ❤

  • @michellenuzzello3015
    @michellenuzzello3015 2 года назад

    it burns me up to hear that SO MANY PEOPLE HEAR SOMEONE CALLING FOR HELP.....and fkn LEAVE THEM!!...what in the actual FUK!?!?....

  • @jmh2105
    @jmh2105 2 года назад

    Truly, Thank you for so much great content told in such a personal way! if it is a matter of whether you are appreciated...You certainly Are. iF it is more personal...God Bless you & your Family. There is always a place for a person with Real talent, who works at it.

  • @ZeppelinTheRott
    @ZeppelinTheRott 2 года назад

    Any morning with a Mr.B upload is a good morning for me. Now I have somthing to enjoy with my coffee. Thanks Friend!

  • @Shanknbabies
    @Shanknbabies 2 года назад +3

    I just wanted to let you know that I put you on passively in every room of the house so I can always hear a story no matter where I am. Only for you. Get them views and that RUclips cash, homie.

  • @pimpdaddypete
    @pimpdaddypete 2 года назад

    You should start tagging a link to the full video with the shorts.
    I love your mystery series.

  • @alesiahowington5507
    @alesiahowington5507 2 года назад

    Thank you for the video!!!

  • @TheStoryMakerYT
    @TheStoryMakerYT 2 года назад +2

    We haven't seen you in a long time
    Welcome back :)

  • @chirincreative9946
    @chirincreative9946 2 года назад

    Love your content

  • @livvmartinez7645
    @livvmartinez7645 2 года назад +1

    Happy to wake up to this 🙂🙂

  • @hannahflorido4530
    @hannahflorido4530 2 года назад

    Thank goodness ur back!!!!!

  • @xdowlandx
    @xdowlandx 2 года назад +1

    Yeaaaah boi new ballen is always ballin!

  • @jamescook16
    @jamescook16 2 года назад

    Yeah man
    I would have to say you are my favorite You tuber and favorite story teller of all time
    You are super entertaining
    So ive been binge watching your channel for almost two months
    Alot of the stories you have told ive read or have heard of or seen in a documentary or a show on tv (reenactment of something that happened) and ide much rather you tell me the story because it reminds me of being a kid and hearing stories from a story teller in school or camp fire stories or sleep over stories etc and it peeks my imagination so much just listening to you tell these amazing stories (fact or fiction)
    Have you done the moth man prophesies
    If not you would be amazing at that story
    Apparently a whole town was plagued by an owl like figured (to say it loosely)
    One more thing I cant wait to see your podcast😊

  • @knightofren101
    @knightofren101 2 года назад +4

    I saw this on tv once and i think the theory the police had was that he fell in to one of the ravines along the trail .

  • @imaginations_by_ash
    @imaginations_by_ash 2 года назад

    I've been missing your vids! 😭😅

  • @kgb.russia.official.6640
    @kgb.russia.official.6640 2 года назад +1

    I just started watching your videos for fun and now' iam addicted

  • @smeep1735
    @smeep1735 2 года назад

    This is wild love ya Ballen

  • @beno4848
    @beno4848 2 года назад +1

    it’s a scarier story when you’ve been to this place

  • @slipknot6789
    @slipknot6789 2 года назад

    The problem with the search was it was only a "huge search". It really needed to be "massive". Love your channels. Can't wait for the new story tomorrow, as well as, the podcast!

  • @sksupply
    @sksupply 2 года назад +1

    Been on that trail many times and never heard of this. Very interesting.

  • @mirandascott8058
    @mirandascott8058 2 года назад

    We miss you!! Iv went through all of your videos

  • @jessehardin8500
    @jessehardin8500 2 года назад

    I definitely prefer the full stories over the shorts!!! Not criticizing just personal opinion

  • @benjaminsilvers5861
    @benjaminsilvers5861 2 года назад

    You make the best videos doughnut!

  • @davidwalker2798
    @davidwalker2798 2 года назад

    Post on the main I need to listen to you at work and I’ve already watched all your stories🥲🥲

  • @nymom8204
    @nymom8204 2 года назад +1

    Making my day!

  • @MoistBread964
    @MoistBread964 2 года назад

    Waiting on that podcast drop 🥰

  • @JDoe001
    @JDoe001 2 года назад

    It’s awful to yell for help…to have none come. 🥺

  • @melaniesmith3047
    @melaniesmith3047 2 года назад

    I binge watched all your episodes like they were a box of chocolates and now I'm stuck watching TWD reruns while I wait for your next awesome video.

  • @shadow_finder_xd8778
    @shadow_finder_xd8778 2 года назад

    Come back man we miss you

  • @joannaandrews7487
    @joannaandrews7487 2 года назад +1

    Where have you been hiding mr.ballen. we've missed you

  • @wenis-me9678
    @wenis-me9678 2 года назад +1

    Nothing vanishes without a trace...

  • @koko23u
    @koko23u 2 года назад

    We need a new video of the strange dark and mysterious in story format
    We Miss You Mr B

  • @drewharper1891
    @drewharper1891 2 года назад

    You know this is old, when John has no bags under his eyes. My point being, John works his a** off. 🤘

  • @connoradams9591
    @connoradams9591 2 года назад

    MrBallen please do more long videos on your main channel on the missing 411 phenomenom

  • @lovedusk._.
    @lovedusk._. 2 года назад +2

    Nice video but it's kinda sad

  • @AimeeAimee444
    @AimeeAimee444 2 года назад +1

    Dale’s remains were found a few months ago.

  • @steveaustin5399
    @steveaustin5399 2 года назад +1

    Im going to mesa verde ruins Feb 4th. Wish me luck. Going on a road trip from Dallas, to santa fe, to mesa verde, grand canyon then las Vegas. 😳

  • @michaelcannon1698
    @michaelcannon1698 2 года назад

    Mr ballen is king of you tube.

  • @rohandas5137
    @rohandas5137 2 года назад +1

    He is in my kitchen, washing some dishes 🙃

  • @myopinion4108
    @myopinion4108 2 года назад

    ANOTHER ONE! YAY!! 🤗

  • @Allison_Chaynes
    @Allison_Chaynes 2 года назад +1

    Mrballen!!! Good morning, Sir!!!!!

  • @scummymummy5955
    @scummymummy5955 2 года назад +1

    Don't wanna ruin it for Dale, but my neighbor looks just like this man and his name is Dale. He also told us he has no family. I WONDER.

  • @MissouriPA
    @MissouriPA 2 года назад

    I’ve been there & it really is bizarre for someone to get lost or disappear from the trail that leads from the gift shop area down to the ruins… It’s a very short walk & not at all challenging. When we went, it was on our way back from a ski trip in Colorado & I was having to wear a knee brace at the time. I had a little difficulty climbing down into one of the pits, but other than that, no problems at all.

  • @LucicPower
    @LucicPower 2 года назад

    Dale: Yum Yum eaten up.

  • @jaswagg85
    @jaswagg85 2 года назад

    Please release a new video on your main channel, I've been having withdrawals for almost two weeks 😩

  • @jarrydevans1062
    @jarrydevans1062 2 года назад

    When is the next full length video?

  • @atomsplyter
    @atomsplyter 2 года назад

    man give me a red bull and an adderall, i promise to find him

  • @redpillaware5101
    @redpillaware5101 2 года назад

    Mr Ballen will be back and he will have a new horror story about no sleep and crying babies.

  • @robbyboogz
    @robbyboogz 2 года назад

    Would love to see a Mr Ballen podcast with some interesting guests.. maybe David Polites?

  • @angelmarie2337
    @angelmarie2337 2 года назад

    Where are the full videos

  • @jmac5951
    @jmac5951 2 года назад

    Is there a complete episode on this disappearance?

  • @YLDUMBASS
    @YLDUMBASS 2 года назад +1

    It says that this was posted 18 hours ago when I only just got the notification saying it was just uploaded- weird…. BUT AT LEAST I SAW THE VIDEO

  • @steveaustin5399
    @steveaustin5399 2 года назад +2

    His remains were found in sept 2020 mrballen!!!

  • @macgrath4423
    @macgrath4423 2 года назад

    I like ya style

  • @sovietkrab1871
    @sovietkrab1871 2 года назад

    where is this place?

  • @arkang3l80
    @arkang3l80 2 года назад

    Still watching your videos now

  • @Rymdis
    @Rymdis 2 года назад +1

    Don’t go hiking and don’t get lost!

  • @ALayne08
    @ALayne08 2 года назад

    Scary and sad that he could be heard but not seen.

  • @kurtleftridge6530
    @kurtleftridge6530 2 года назад +2

    Maybe he slipped through a sinkhole of some kind. I wonder if they used dogs to search for him? It's still strange that he disappeared.

    • @baneverything5580
      @baneverything5580 2 года назад +1

      SEPTEMBER 2020 Seven years after a Texas man vanished while on a hike at Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado his remains have been found 4.2 miles from where he was last seen. Mitchell Dale Stehling, 51, had set out in June 2013 for a short hike to the park's Spruce Tree House, a 130-room archaeological site with eight ceremonial chambers, known as kivas. The man's wife, Denean Stehling, speculated that her “directionally challenged” husband, hiking without water or a map on a hot and sunny day, might have been misled by a sign pointing to the Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum and inadvertently went off trail.

    • @kurtleftridge6530
      @kurtleftridge6530 2 года назад

      @@baneverything5580 Interesting/God rest his soul.

  • @ibbumpin7650
    @ibbumpin7650 2 года назад

    Dale vanished just like MrBallen uploads 😔

  • @lorrainecampbell9202
    @lorrainecampbell9202 2 года назад +1

    Nice to see you back, we miss you.

  • @Anita-k
    @Anita-k 2 года назад

    This guy has a talent, I'd wanna have.

  • @fewhite100
    @fewhite100 2 года назад

    Everyone involved must have night terrors.

  • @ravenravella1000
    @ravenravella1000 2 года назад +1

    FULL-LENGTH VIDEOS ARE A GREAT LOSS..........WE WANT YOU BACK!!! :((

  • @blurhiley2070
    @blurhiley2070 2 года назад

    Thats New Mexico for you.

  • @HongNguyen-wc5te
    @HongNguyen-wc5te 2 года назад

    Mesa Verde?