Father once told me about the best bus driver he ever had, when he was going to school. He was all-round nice guy and a great driver. Nobody could drive on the icy roads the way he could. One time when there was a international hockey championship on TV, he drove like a mad man, finishing the route in half the standard time, while driving in snow and ice. It was only after he retired that they found out that for his whole life of driving bus, he actually never had a driving license. Every annual medical check-up, he just talk his way out of it, for almost 40 years.
@@checkedchecked7771 soy beta male: sir you CANNOT drive the bus without a drivers license! we need to get your medical check up, and get you immediately fir- sigma bus driver: no
If he could drive the bus perfectly why didn't he just sit his test somewhere else and pass it with ease? Lol. And was your father at school for 40 years? 😂
@@maurilacrasocial6986 Me too, "of course not he fucked up and the patient bled to death" any minute now. Really surprised he managed to do a good job, specially since he let his assistants do all the real work up to then.
Qxir didn't touch upon it in the video but Demara, when all the injured soldiers were brought in, ran into a different room for a few minutes, skimmed a medical textbook, then successfully performed all the surgeries right after. He apparently had a photographic memory.
He apparently had photographic or at least really good memory and so before the surgery’s he looked up the operations in a medical textbook and memorized them.
@@qiff6667 Charisma's useless. If you want speech then its super easy to get speech 50 early on with skilled trait, which is all you need until late-game. And barter is pretty useless especially if you know where to get caps quick.
The fact he actually saved those soldiers' lives is amazing. Edit: so I posted this years ago and forgot about it. Didn't mean to be a spoiler. Nowadays youtube on mobile cycles the top comments while the video plays if you are on portrait mode, so you can't even escape it by not opening the comments. I am truly sorry
@@philthornton1382 Good point. Also given what was stated in the video, he did have some basic medical training and did get that doctor to draw up a 'how to' guide for him. That latter point about the how to guide makes me think that while he obviously wasn't going to medical school or anything like that, it seems he did make some effort to learn a little... even if that was just so that he could keep up his con longer. Which in turn makes me wonder if he actually spent some of his time looking over anatomy books or something along those lines but not stated in the video. At the very least, we probably shouldn't think of this in the same context as we would a 14 year old kid trying this stuff.
Sad really, the man broke the law so many times, and lived so much of his life as someone else, seamingly just to have a place in society people would view as respectable. Im happy his story ended on a high note.
He should've gone to medical school and become an actual surgeon after that! He seemed really successful in every job he faked, he was a real renaissance man.
You do realize you need a four year college degree before being accepted into medical school. Then another four in med school and two in residency before you become an MD. Then another to be a full surgeon. I know because a friend is one, specializing in upper body reconstruction. Who knows how he managed to treat those injured Korean sailors. He must of had help from other corpsmen.
@@JohnnyXanax In fairness, a lot of those years in school are spent learning things that will never be useful in the actual field. It's usually just the last couple of years, or select courses that are actually beneficial to the job at hand, and even then the most important aspect is the on the job training such as the residency in the case of a medical profession. Even then, depending on the intelligence and skill of the individual, they could potentially pick it up in a much shorter time frame. In the case of medical jobs, it's largely just for liability reasons, (and because there's a lot of idiots who can get that far), that the on the job training lasts so long. Beyond that large portions of the education are more for the purpose of communicating within the industry, such as knowing the proper terminology to talk with coworkers and nurses to avoid confusion. There's also the case of needing to know the effects of various medicines and their dosages, but some of that can be obtained through on the job training, and how much you'll need that knowledge varies from specialty to specialty. In the case of this man, surgery is definitely difficult, but it's also a case where the majority of the education likely wouldn't be necessary so long as he had sufficient knowledge of human anatomy. Particularly if he had his aide handle most of the "simpler" tasks like post op care. Keep in mind it was also during war time, in the 50s, so medical knowledge was less advanced, and "best practices" wouldn't have applied as much because when you have to save multiple lives, you have to focus on the most important aspects before moving on.
Because if he had kept going he could and like would have genuinely hurt someone at a certain point. Patching up some serious wounds is one thing. But beyond that? No way. What if you had a life threatening condition, and he was _your_ doctor?
6:51 I was expecting "eventually, he shot himself" Despite the shit he got himself into, rebranding himself for the 100th time turned out to be the better choice
My son was treated by a bogus pediatrician “Dr” André Esterhuizen back in the '80's in Kempton Park, South Africa. He solved the medical issues, but some other kids died under his care and he was sentenced to 18 years in prison. It turns out that he had quite a history. Upon his arrival in Kempton Park, he turned up at the local commando (a civilian force army unit) in a colonel's uniform, and became the colonel in chief. He also became the chairman of the local medical board, and was only bust when a secretary could not spell his name to send him an invitation to the annual ball, and tried looking him up in the medical register and he did not exist. At another time this same character had started a scuba diving school in St. Lucia, and of course was the chief instructor without any training. He also served as the chief pilot of his own parachute school, having learned how to fly by reading instruction manuals. A real wayward genius.
So you're telling me that this man got into the canadian navy, became a surgeon, SAVED LIVES, then got fired (understandably). THEN HE DID IT AGAIN BUT THIS TIME AS A FECKING MAX-SEC PRISON GUARD! This is the best person I have ever seen.
This just goes to show that there are a lot of people who lack motivation, but possess intellectual abilities far beyond what they are ever given credit for. This guy could have been a surgeon, a real one, and clearly had quite the nerves to be able to perform under immense pressure, as well as the ability to pick up complex ideas quickly, and put them into practice. Imagine what he could have been with a little bit of direction, and guidance early on.
@@SalmanM190 Actually it's also true for being a surgeon and a doctor. The schooling gives you plenty of knowledge but it's the residency where the real learning starts.
I think both are REALLY important to being a surgeon. I don't want a surgeon that doesn't know what a tibia is or one that hasn't touched a scalpel before.
@@hermanthehunter6170 then there's always that small percentage of people that suck no matter what. Personally I'm with you my doctor especially my surgeon is one career I want as much knowledge involved as possible.
When he said the Canadian navy quietly dismissed him because they basically let some rando head of surgery for an entire navy ship I lost it, especially when the door was opened to him picking his nose. Qxir's sense of humor is fucking awesome.
To think this guy faked his way into being so many things and yet still somehow did all these things flawlessly he’s a damned genius in all the wrong ways
The biggest natural genius I have ever seen. Imagine not even finishing high school yet being able to perform multiple successful surgeries in the middle of the Korean war.
@@Antics456 Most deaths are caused by cardio vascular problems. At least he didn’t die a husk shell with dementia. It would be pretty cool to be like +200 with no health problems. You’d probably look like a mummy.
I don't know wheather to be impressed by this guys skills or be mortified that this noob performed an exellent job on a proffesion which takes years to be able to practice.
So. Joins a cult, gets kicked out, joins the army, deserts, joins the navy, deserts, joins the canadian navy and does a good job gets thrown out again, becomes a prison guard and goes to prison. This was quite a life story. I think this would do better as a TV series than a movie.
While 'Catch Me if You Can' was a great film the man it was based on didn't do pretty any of the things he claims to have done. And that's the best con he pulled off, getting everyone to believe his tall tales later on, genius! I still think Demara's life would have made a far better film, there's loads of stuff documented that he actually DID do unlike Abagnale.
This was my uncles favorite RUclips channel. He introduced me to this channel a long time ago - pretty early on, and it's become one of my favorites too. My uncle and I would get drunk and watch the new episodes together. Great fun. His favorite video on all of YT was WWII on Meth... must have rewatched it dozens of times. Unfortunately, my uncle was admitted to a hospital 8 weeks ago for Covid, and two days ago he lost the battle and passed away. Watching these videos will be bittersweet moving forward, but I'm grateful to Qxir for entertaining my uncle so much and giving us another activity to do together before he passed. My uncle was my best friend, and the closest thing I had to a father. Thank you for the memories.
Sigma male: abandons post, reemploys as surgeon, successful approves his surgeries with help from no one, gets his name in the paper, gets caught, get off with no punishment
Sells story, bets bored, becomes a maximum security, gets caught cause someone recognised him from the story, arrested, circles back to the beginning doing religious jobs again
nah nah, it's: Joins the US Army, Leaves, Joins the US Navy, Leaves, becomes a teacher, gets busted, becomes a lawyer, sneaks off with Canadian doctor's info, joins RCN, performs miracles onboard a Canadian Warship, quietly dismissed upon discovery of his lack of paperwork.
Finding out a nobody with no degree stole your identity AND hailed as a national hero AND did better job than you is probably one of the worst way to hurt someone's ego
@@ronal8824 GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEADGET OUT OF MY HEADGET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD
I remember in the early 90s it was a lot easier to talk your way into a job than now. In the 70s my dad got hired on the fire department thanks mainly to having family already working for the state and city. He eventually took training to be an EMT and drive a ambulance.
the travelling conman with a stack of aliases is pretty much a relic of the past now, it would be near impossible to adopt someone else's identity and go unnoticed in public.
I met a guy in north Dakota who literally did this exact thing, look up James Douglas Pou. At the time he went by Doug Pou and was a carpenter. We found out from a client who did background checks that he was THE James pou, infamous in the 80s/90s and fully named James Douglas Pou. He was airborne rescue and went awol, faked his death, escaped prison, started a new life, never seen since. There's even a movie based on his life, though I never got to meet him again to ask about it. Pretty sure he dipped out once he knew we found out who he was
Your animation is just so perfect. The four frames around 01:01 where you go from well off family to poorer family to him growing up to be 16 years old and then leaving his family are genius!
If he enjoyed being a doctor/surgeon & he's proven to be talented at it then why not let him keep helping save wounded soldiers lives on some level? I understand that he shouldn't have got away with impersonating a different doctor & all but to not help him to become a real doctor was a waste of talent 🤦🏼 Clearly he was damn near a genius to pull off all the things he did!
Right? Send the man to medical school on the Navys money, have some contract so he wont just skip out again, and let the dude live a life that excites him and saves others
I think the reason is that society cannot condone "fake it till you make it" attempts. The training for life saving personnel is there for a reason, and managing to dodge that and still make a career in that field can put innocent people, in this instance helpless patients, at risk of losing their lives.
I think it's liability reasons. If something went wrong they would be liable for knowingly allowing a man off the street to perform highly technical/specialized surgery work which would be very bad. If they hired a degree'd medical doctor from an accredited school who then went on to fuck up they would have plausible deniability.
There's actually an episode of M.A.S.H. based on this man. The episode is called "Dear dad, again" and at the end when the imposter is revealed he directly references Demara by saying "I can do it all, be a doctor, a teacher, a lawyer. I just don't have the patience to go to school, I want to be someone right now."
Great illos. in this one , Qxir ! For the drawings to be "so basic" , you spot on capture expressions and nuances of feeling perfectly and hilariously . Bravo , pal ! You are my favorite Mick on RUclips ! 🎱
This is amazingly similar to the story of Frank Abagnale (of "Catch Me If You Can" fame). Impersonated several professions, including airline pilot, doctor, lawyer, school teacher, etc. Except, strictly speaking, he really was a lawyer as he actually did pass the Bar exam. lol
4:34 picture with ship number 127 and explosions in background is the USS Begor during the Hungnam evacuation, also known as the Miracle of Christmas, was the evacuation of United Nations forces and North Korean civilians from the port of Hungnam, North Korea, between 15 and 24 December 1950 during the Korean War. Wikipedia Start date: 15 December 1950
right after the guy at the end said “i didnt realize the holes were as big as the grand canyon” i get an ad for grand canyon university. thank you ad placement.
I can not wait till they make a movie about this guy! His escapades and endeavours could establish a miniseries! The fact that he was a great surgeon is pure icing!
Dude wasn't even a surgeon and did a better job than most surgeons. That's impressive, maybe they should've let him go to school and get his qualifications.
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:( i was gonna follow on twitter but ur susd
why dont you make a playlist of the kinds of videos you recommended at the end :o
WHEN THE SURGEON IS SUS??!?!
Isn't this the guy on what "Catch me if you can" is based on?
@Qxir
IMPASTA?
“fake it til you make it” is a much more dangerous idea when you have to do surgery on wounded soldiers
to be fair, he did make it
@@rocketsetch he was pretty fuckin good too
Only dangerous to the soldiers*
Well, if it works...
Atleast he made it
This guy did more in his life with no qualifications than most people do otherwise
Me twiddling my thumbs with a law degree 😌
@@MissLaBoeuf well keep twiddling lawyer
If only you could get qualifications through experience and work as well
Turns out you can do more stuff when don't have to study for years to do the job.
@@MissLaBoeuf ha, you wish
Father once told me about the best bus driver he ever had, when he was going to school.
He was all-round nice guy and a great driver. Nobody could drive on the icy roads the way he could. One time when there was a international hockey championship on TV, he drove like a mad man, finishing the route in half the standard time, while driving in snow and ice. It was only after he retired that they found out that for his whole life of driving bus, he actually never had a driving license. Every annual medical check-up, he just talk his way out of it, for almost 40 years.
sigma male does a better job than legally qualified drivers and does it as his entire career
@@checkedchecked7771
soy beta male: sir you CANNOT drive the bus without a drivers license! we need to get your medical check up, and get you immediately fir-
sigma bus driver: no
@@TACTIK00L Sigma bus driver: Shut up the international hockey championship is airing.
Absolute Chad.
If he could drive the bus perfectly why didn't he just sit his test somewhere else and pass it with ease? Lol. And was your father at school for 40 years? 😂
This man was literally the best at NOT being himself, I can't decide if thats depressing or impressive.
well, he manages to be a chaple in the end and live a live he wants
very ironic
It's borth. Imdepressing
@@joeligma4721 Dimpressive
“Be yourself” is actually terrible advice.
He's like that person who keeps creating new characters in an MMO.
wait do people really just make one? i usually have like 20+
Role players when they die:
@@orektez I'm that guy. I make ONE lol. idk why. My brother is the same as you 20+ and still plays most of them better then my one
@@orektez how the fuck of people play more than 20+ and keep up with all of it. I’m guessing they don’t see grass cuz otherwise no fucking way
@@LiquidLight1111enjoyment and curiosity in builds 1 character is probably you devoted to your 1 character
I won’t lie I didn’t expect him to actually successfully complete the surgery it’s fuckin nuts How good he was at it
Ngl I was like "He is going to say he was joking any second now".
But you know god has quite the sense of humor when stuff like that happens.
@@maurilacrasocial6986 Me too, "of course not he fucked up and the patient bled to death" any minute now.
Really surprised he managed to do a good job, specially since he let his assistants do all the real work up to then.
Qxir didn't touch upon it in the video but Demara, when all the injured soldiers were brought in, ran into a different room for a few minutes, skimmed a medical textbook, then successfully performed all the surgeries right after. He apparently had a photographic memory.
He apparently had photographic or at least really good memory and so before the surgery’s he looked up the operations in a medical textbook and memorized them.
Seriously, I was expecting Qxir to pull one of his fake-outs the entire time he was describing the surgery.
When you put all your points into maxing Luck and Charisma in FNV
But charisma is actually useless in New Vegas, better just to put it in speech or barter
@@LibrarianOfLeng still, the dude maxed out his speech and barter, maxed out luck, and took the good natured trait.
@@LibrarianOfLeng it isnt, is just not as useful as luck.
And somehow managed to get a very good medicine skill level as well
@@qiff6667 Charisma's useless. If you want speech then its super easy to get speech 50 early on with skilled trait, which is all you need until late-game. And barter is pretty useless especially if you know where to get caps quick.
The fact he actually saved those soldiers' lives is amazing.
Edit: so I posted this years ago and forgot about it. Didn't mean to be a spoiler. Nowadays youtube on mobile cycles the top comments while the video plays if you are on portrait mode, so you can't even escape it by not opening the comments. I am truly sorry
I was repeating on my mind that Qxir was just joking and some terrible shit happened but no, that was actually true lmao
The man was the true thing, just didn't wanna go through school
Just imagine how good of a surgeon he could have been with proper education.
@@kennedytheretard975 yep... I thought the twist was coming
I mean, he had a proper education...he was just self taught lol
At this point, I'm just amazed how he can say "Impostor" so calmly...
SUSUSUSUSUSUUSUSUSUSUSUSUSU
Sus😳
Amogus
You've been seeming sus lately
MUNGUS
When "I have no qualification but over 2000 hours of work experience" is not the answer your employer wants to hear at the job interview.
honestly, how poetic. his final identity was his real one, becoming the thing he always wanted to be.
Oi
I know you've had your acc for 8 years but do you mind if I have that pfp?
@@cptcool-__-7501 sussy impostor lol
@@wdjh3434 amogus
@@pleasecontactme4274 MUNGUS
Honestly, this is a sad story. He just wanted to be someone belonging to something. Luckily no one was hurt like most medical imposters.
Given how many people get hurt by trained medical people, its goddamned amazing that he didn't kill anyone.
@@whyjnot420 not knowing what he was doing to an extent probably helped, very risk averse techniques etc
@@philthornton1382 Good point. Also given what was stated in the video, he did have some basic medical training and did get that doctor to draw up a 'how to' guide for him.
That latter point about the how to guide makes me think that while he obviously wasn't going to medical school or anything like that, it seems he did make some effort to learn a little... even if that was just so that he could keep up his con longer. Which in turn makes me wonder if he actually spent some of his time looking over anatomy books or something along those lines but not stated in the video.
At the very least, we probably shouldn't think of this in the same context as we would a 14 year old kid trying this stuff.
It kinda has a happy ending though, he finally found a job under his own name that he enjoyed
Sad really, the man broke the law so many times, and lived so much of his life as someone else, seamingly just to have a place in society people would view as respectable. Im happy his story ended on a high note.
He went full circle. He ended up doing what he had tried to do at the very beginning.
He should've gone to medical school and become an actual surgeon after that! He seemed really successful in every job he faked, he was a real renaissance man.
You do realize you need a four year college degree before being accepted into medical school. Then another four in med school and two in residency before you become an MD. Then another to be a full surgeon. I know because a friend is one, specializing in upper body reconstruction. Who knows how he managed to treat those injured Korean sailors. He must of had help from other corpsmen.
bro would've rivalled da Vinci in history books if he was born in the 1400s
Sometimes it’s more convenient to just pretend you’re qualified
@@JohnnyXanax In fairness, a lot of those years in school are spent learning things that will never be useful in the actual field. It's usually just the last couple of years, or select courses that are actually beneficial to the job at hand, and even then the most important aspect is the on the job training such as the residency in the case of a medical profession.
Even then, depending on the intelligence and skill of the individual, they could potentially pick it up in a much shorter time frame. In the case of medical jobs, it's largely just for liability reasons, (and because there's a lot of idiots who can get that far), that the on the job training lasts so long. Beyond that large portions of the education are more for the purpose of communicating within the industry, such as knowing the proper terminology to talk with coworkers and nurses to avoid confusion. There's also the case of needing to know the effects of various medicines and their dosages, but some of that can be obtained through on the job training, and how much you'll need that knowledge varies from specialty to specialty.
In the case of this man, surgery is definitely difficult, but it's also a case where the majority of the education likely wouldn't be necessary so long as he had sufficient knowledge of human anatomy. Particularly if he had his aide handle most of the "simpler" tasks like post op care. Keep in mind it was also during war time, in the 50s, so medical knowledge was less advanced, and "best practices" wouldn't have applied as much because when you have to save multiple lives, you have to focus on the most important aspects before moving on.
Joins Canadian navy:
Preforms life saving surgery
Refuses to elaborate
Gets discharged
The dude preformed surgery and had a 100% success rate.
Why didn't they just keep him?
Identity theft is a crime so yeah...
Because if/when he failed it wouldve been a big scandal which would lead to tons of firings
Because if he had kept going he could and like would have genuinely hurt someone at a certain point. Patching up some serious wounds is one thing. But beyond that? No way. What if you had a life threatening condition, and he was _your_ doctor?
@@brieb402 works with me, clearly he was good at it
We're very lucky that you're not the one in charge of employment for surgeons, especially onboard warships.
6:51 I was expecting "eventually, he shot himself"
Despite the shit he got himself into, rebranding himself for the 100th time turned out to be the better choice
when in doubt fake it out
My son was treated by a bogus pediatrician “Dr” André Esterhuizen back in the '80's in Kempton Park, South Africa. He solved the medical issues, but some other kids died under his care and he was sentenced to 18 years in prison. It turns out that he had quite a history. Upon his arrival in Kempton Park, he turned up at the local commando (a civilian force army unit) in a colonel's uniform, and became the colonel in chief. He also became the chairman of the local medical board, and was only bust when a secretary could not spell his name to send him an invitation to the annual ball, and tried looking him up in the medical register and he did not exist. At another time this same character had started a scuba diving school in St. Lucia, and of course was the chief instructor without any training. He also served as the chief pilot of his own parachute school, having learned how to fly by reading instruction manuals. A real wayward genius.
This sounds like the shortened script of a Qxir video.
@@zorktxandnand3774 I just hope it's all true - very little info out there, and it's all from memory.
@@dougerrohmer did you just make this up?
@@dougerrohmer yep you sure did
@@saulgoodman7858 'Fraid not.
So you're telling me that this man got into the canadian navy, became a surgeon, SAVED LIVES, then got fired (understandably). THEN HE DID IT AGAIN BUT THIS TIME AS A FECKING MAX-SEC PRISON GUARD! This is the best person I have ever seen.
My great Uncle sailed with him, on the Cayuga. He told me many stories about Demara, no one was the wiser on board.
@@sierrajuliet8718 You should write a book / website with the stories
This just goes to show that there are a lot of people who lack motivation, but possess intellectual abilities far beyond what they are ever given credit for.
This guy could have been a surgeon, a real one, and clearly had quite the nerves to be able to perform under immense pressure, as well as the ability to pick up complex ideas quickly, and put them into practice. Imagine what he could have been with a little bit of direction, and guidance early on.
That's because nobody but your mother cares about what you "can" do, only what you do.
Reminds me of an episode of "Drake & Josh."
Because that was an episode of Drake & Josh "Paging Doctor Drake, S3
E8"
Remember how Drake bell pretended to not be a child creeper
@Hey_It’s_Veronica all i remember from that show is Peruvian puff peppers
That was exactly my first thought.
You calling me a liar?
*I AINT CALLIN YOU A DOCTOR*
Further proof that work experience is more important than taking classes on those things.
If only that was the case for a lot of professions (except yk, being a surgeon or doctor)
@@SalmanM190 Actually it's also true for being a surgeon and a doctor. The schooling gives you plenty of knowledge but it's the residency where the real learning starts.
@@MNNski yeah, but I prefer to have surgeon and doctor that actually went to school rather than self learned.
I think both are REALLY important to being a surgeon. I don't want a surgeon that doesn't know what a tibia is or one that hasn't touched a scalpel before.
@@hermanthehunter6170 then there's always that small percentage of people that suck no matter what. Personally I'm with you my doctor especially my surgeon is one career I want as much knowledge involved as possible.
Respect that man has balls off steel taking on all those roles, whilst not having a clue, he learned quickly 👏
Seems like wherever he was in life, he enjoyed it to the fullest. Honestly impressive how well he pulled it off
I didn’t expect this to be reasonably wholesome.
Near the end I thought he committed suicide
When he said the Canadian navy quietly dismissed him because they basically let some rando head of surgery for an entire navy ship I lost it, especially when the door was opened to him picking his nose. Qxir's sense of humor is fucking awesome.
Oh I thought he was doing lines of coke. Picking his nose makes a lot more sense.
That's basically how Homer Simpson got off the time he sunk a submarine 😀
@@solsol1624 "It's my first day!"
"The man who would reappear was Ben Jones"
Me: What
Surprise!
'Sup Ben
That's funny! Dan from Nebraska 🇺🇸
oh shit
Lol 😂
"When an Imposter Is Put On the Spot"
"very poor choice of words"
📮
To think this guy faked his way into being so many things and yet still somehow did all these things flawlessly he’s a damned genius in all the wrong ways
The biggest natural genius I have ever seen. Imagine not even finishing high school yet being able to perform multiple successful surgeries in the middle of the Korean war.
Another great video! Thanks Qxir!
Oh wow, all around, a happy ending. Poor guy just wanted to be someone important.
i still dunno why you make observations and just spoil shit for ppl
like its not even a "comment"
other than dying at 60, sure
@@Antics456 Most deaths are caused by cardio vascular problems. At least he didn’t die a husk shell with dementia. It would be pretty cool to be like +200 with no health problems. You’d probably look like a mummy.
atleast he became himself in his final moments
I'm pretty sure everyone is someone.
Oh god one look at the title and my mind was already filled with the agonizing pulsing noise that is the Among Us drip remix song.
Can you put a link?
Thanks, my mind didn't even think of Among Us, and now that's all I can think of.
Yes
@@charredolive yes
when ferdinand demara is sus
The title is quite suspicious. Reminds me of that game with colourful astronauts.
Suuassssss
Amogus
I was trying to find a comment which references the video with a popular games about fixing stuffs in space. Thank god I found it.
Space Station 13?
SUS SUS MOGUS SUS SUS AMOGUS SUS
I don't know wheather to be impressed by this guys skills or be mortified that this noob performed an exellent job on a proffesion which takes years to be able to practice.
"Haha, anyway, that's how I lost my medical license." - The Medic, 2011
So that entire scene in the first Mr. Bean film where he's in America and finds himself performing heart surgery
That's the first thing I thought of, too.
C'est bon!
@@tyrstone3539
Oh oui! Plus fort!
Vas-y! Continue!
So. Joins a cult, gets kicked out, joins the army, deserts, joins the navy, deserts, joins the canadian navy and does a good job gets thrown out again, becomes a prison guard and goes to prison. This was quite a life story. I think this would do better as a TV series than a movie.
Correction. Monastic Order not a cult.
@@silverhawkscape2677 so, a mainstream cult?
@@zrspangle No its not.
And it all ends with him becoming a Pastor. A REAL pastor this time finding contentment as himself.
While 'Catch Me if You Can' was a great film the man it was based on didn't do pretty any of the things he claims to have done. And that's the best con he pulled off, getting everyone to believe his tall tales later on, genius!
I still think Demara's life would have made a far better film, there's loads of stuff documented that he actually DID do unlike Abagnale.
This was my uncles favorite RUclips channel. He introduced me to this channel a long time ago - pretty early on, and it's become one of my favorites too. My uncle and I would get drunk and watch the new episodes together. Great fun. His favorite video on all of YT was WWII on Meth... must have rewatched it dozens of times.
Unfortunately, my uncle was admitted to a hospital 8 weeks ago for Covid, and two days ago he lost the battle and passed away.
Watching these videos will be bittersweet moving forward, but I'm grateful to Qxir for entertaining my uncle so much and giving us another activity to do together before he passed.
My uncle was my best friend, and the closest thing I had to a father. Thank you for the memories.
Rip
sorry for your loss
Is this real?
I am genuinely shocked at how ridiculously competent at *everything* this guy somehow turned out to be. Jesus christ.
This guy would have made an incredible undercover agent for the FBI.
He knows what he was doing with that title
Sus amogus
Oh absolutely
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Sus you are
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Can we all please pay more attention to the award winning animation held at 2:27
The fluttering hat killed me.
Sigma male: abandons post, reemploys as surgeon, successful approves his surgeries with help from no one, gets his name in the paper, gets caught, get off with no punishment
Sells story, bets bored, becomes a maximum security, gets caught cause someone recognised him from the story, arrested, circles back to the beginning doing religious jobs again
absolute mad lad
nah nah, it's: Joins the US Army, Leaves, Joins the US Navy, Leaves, becomes a teacher, gets busted, becomes a lawyer, sneaks off with Canadian doctor's info, joins RCN, performs miracles onboard a Canadian Warship, quietly dismissed upon discovery of his lack of paperwork.
This story is honestly kinda heartwarming. He lived a crazy and eventful life, but ended up happy in the end
Finding out a nobody with no degree stole your identity AND hailed as a national hero AND did better job than you is probably one of the worst way to hurt someone's ego
you need some serious help
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@@svalis1068 *shaking and crying* ahHha… imM - poSter
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I remember in the early 90s it was a lot easier to talk your way into a job than now. In the 70s my dad got hired on the fire department thanks mainly to having family already working for the state and city. He eventually took training to be an EMT and drive a ambulance.
Pretty much, sadly most of these people don't even know the world has changed thinking it's just as easy today
@@commisaryarreck3974 Commisar? what the frack are you doing here!? There's orks to kill!
I absolutely love con-man stories because people like that tend to live the most interesting of lives
Loving his chaotic and interesting lifestyle and he became someone he wants to be in the end, props to him
the travelling conman with a stack of aliases is pretty much a relic of the past now, it would be near impossible to adopt someone else's identity and go unnoticed in public.
I met a guy in north Dakota who literally did this exact thing, look up James Douglas Pou.
At the time he went by Doug Pou and was a carpenter. We found out from a client who did background checks that he was THE James pou, infamous in the 80s/90s and fully named James Douglas Pou. He was airborne rescue and went awol, faked his death, escaped prison, started a new life, never seen since. There's even a movie based on his life, though I never got to meet him again to ask about it. Pretty sure he dipped out once he knew we found out who he was
This actually had a happy ending I was not expecting that.
Amen to that.
A damn shame he didn't make it through medical school clearly he was gifted and could have done well!
This dude is the embodiment of gigachad. He can literally do any job, and get any job.
Damn. When he does something the first time, he REALLY gets a taste for it. It's almost like he steals identities out of pure habit.
The doctors and nurses: there's an impostor among us.
among us 📮📮📮📮
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@@jarjarwest7729 osug
Except the imposter is wholesomely adroit and surprisingly well-intentioned, proving their worth in the field and thereby redeeming themselves.
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Your animation is just so perfect. The four frames around 01:01 where you go from well off family to poorer family to him growing up to be 16 years old and then leaving his family are genius!
This dude maxed out his luck and charisma
And ADP
One of the more wholesome videos on this channel.
7:10 That pouting disapproval is great lol
If he enjoyed being a doctor/surgeon & he's proven to be talented at it then why not let him keep helping save wounded soldiers lives on some level? I understand that he shouldn't have got away with impersonating a different doctor & all but to not help him to become a real doctor was a waste of talent 🤦🏼 Clearly he was damn near a genius to pull off all the things he did!
Right? Send the man to medical school on the Navys money, have some contract so he wont just skip out again, and let the dude live a life that excites him and saves others
I think the reason is that society cannot condone "fake it till you make it" attempts. The training for life saving personnel is there for a reason, and managing to dodge that and still make a career in that field can put innocent people, in this instance helpless patients, at risk of losing their lives.
Yeah, but once a liar always a liar.
That's very naive. Especially since this is the military we are talking about
I think it's liability reasons. If something went wrong they would be liable for knowingly allowing a man off the street to perform highly technical/specialized surgery work which would be very bad. If they hired a degree'd medical doctor from an accredited school who then went on to fuck up they would have plausible deniability.
He saved those soldiers lives , He did good. Bounced back every time. Inspiring.
This man had more identities than the spy in TF2
Medic spy
There's actually an episode of M.A.S.H. based on this man. The episode is called "Dear dad, again" and at the end when the imposter is revealed he directly references Demara by saying "I can do it all, be a doctor, a teacher, a lawyer. I just don't have the patience to go to school, I want to be someone right now."
I think this is my favorite story I’ve heard you tell thus far. Such an amazing tale
4:52 - Great Animations as always!!
It’s not even an animation
I was waiting for the, “... I’m only kidding. Of course he botched all the surgeries!” at 5:10 but was legitimately shocked when it didn’t come! 😆
I mean, in a way it's a nice story with an happy ending. Those guys survived and he finally found peace with its own identity
yeah, they should make like a cartoon or an anime about him or something
@@georgiishmakov9588 why.
I LOVE a good story like this. Conmen are my favorite kinds of criminals.
I knew you weren’t joking. The amount of material I have to teach MYSELF for my engineering classes is insane. I pay too much for this school 😒
If you more content like this, Dr Death is a surprisingly good show. Based on real life events in USA.
Google up Alec Baldwin. He sure fucked up!
@@OpusBuddly ooof
@@OpusBuddly eh, more like the prop guy fucked up
Great illos. in this one , Qxir ! For the drawings to be "so basic" , you spot on capture expressions and nuances of feeling perfectly and hilariously . Bravo , pal ! You are my favorite Mick on RUclips ! 🎱
I have seen ZERO comments saying, “The imposter is sus!”. I’m proud of you guys. Good job.
when the imposter is sus 📮
SUS 📮😳
Yooooo shout out to Huntsville, TX where you either move to to go to university or prison. I miss my days there (as a student, of course lol).
This is amazingly similar to the story of Frank Abagnale (of "Catch Me If You Can" fame). Impersonated several professions, including airline pilot, doctor, lawyer, school teacher, etc. Except, strictly speaking, he really was a lawyer as he actually did pass the Bar exam. lol
I hardly think a Catholic monastery qualifies as a "fringe religious group."
There all cults bro. If you can’t see it then it’s already too late for you. Muhahaha
@@midnightrider9016 How's highschool
What's the difference between a cult and a religion? Tax exempt status.
@@DarkElfDiva Still not "fringe", it's somewhat mainstream
@@specialopsdave And that's the pity.
What a coincidence, I was just on a Qxir binge too.
Just ran out of Tales from the Bottle vids, too.
Friday just went from good to great. :D
Damn this guy was trying to get the lying high score
3:58 man saved 16 people and this was basically his only surgical education? where tf can I get this book?
The fact this video has no Among us jokes in it makes me very happy
I've had a shit week but I'm glad Qxir is here to cheer me up with other people's stupidity
Take your pity party attempt elsewhere
@@KD-kl4sx ??? Wtf do you mean?
@@hothhead5677 Don't bother. It's just some edgy kid.
@@SonofTheMorningStar666 Yeah
It reminds me of the movie "Catch me if you can" where Leonado DiCaprio's character impersonates a surgeon but he can't stand the sight of blood.
Plot twist: this man was responsible for all previous Tales From the Bottles.
4:34 picture with ship number 127 and explosions in background is the USS Begor during the Hungnam evacuation, also known as the Miracle of Christmas, was the evacuation of United Nations forces and North Korean civilians from the port of Hungnam, North Korea, between 15 and 24 December 1950 during the Korean War. Wikipedia
Start date: 15 December 1950
" He was no surgeon...he was just a guy! " 😄😄
Oh, I thought the universal questions would include "can I do it/pull it off"
He should have just got a medical degree at that point, imagine how good of a surgeon he would have been if he was actually trained
This proves to me luck is a real life stat, he passed his luck checks easily.
right after the guy at the end said “i didnt realize the holes were as big as the grand canyon” i get an ad for grand canyon university. thank you ad placement.
This guy really just did his thing his own way. I’d say he was an absolute hero in terms of not giving a damn.
Always a good day when he uploads
You already know what you did
WHEN IMPOSTER IS SUS 😳
0:53 I was literally poudering what situation could accour where you can't talk your way out of it and immediately thought of a surgreon.
Someone told him at a young age "you can be whoever you want to be!"
I can not wait till they make a movie about this guy! His escapades and endeavours could establish a miniseries! The fact that he was a great surgeon is pure icing!
Dude wasn't even a surgeon and did a better job than most surgeons. That's impressive, maybe they should've let him go to school and get his qualifications.
How did he do a better job than most surgeons??
Qxir: "so he joined the military in 1941"
Me: "1941? Please be more specific."
😂😂😭
alright, he joined the military BEFORE the giant shitshow in December. Probably after May, though.
Absolute legend, literally saved lives
I had a buddy in high school who had never driven anything bigger than a Civic and didn't even hold a license bullshit his way into towing a $200k 28ft boat with a GMC 2500HD Duramax. Dude backed up and aligned the hitch perfect first try without a lick of help, hooked up and went through a small town and parked first try.
I consider myself a pretty good bullshitter, got my current job as a surveyor with it and been doing great, but my boy was a fucking god of making the world work for him.