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  • Опубликовано: 14 мар 2021
  • Periodically videos on our main channel (@MrBallen) have to be removed.... But to pull 1 story requires pulling the whole video, which usually includes 2 other "good" stories. Today's video is an example of one of those "good" stories that was unfortunately caught in the content police crossfire.
    This story was in Part 5 of the Missing 411 playlist on my main channel 👇
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    100s of people go missing every year under BAFFLING circumstances inside national parks and forests across North America. 1 former police detective, David Paulides, has researched 1000's of these cases, and some of them are truly mind blowing... Today we will look at 3 of these strange cases.
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    #1 -- "Larry Davenport" -- 0:18 -- Missing man describes the very strange thing he saw in the forest
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Комментарии • 7 тыс.

  • @Wren7893
    @Wren7893 2 года назад +3773

    If I ever disappear and/or die in a strange, dark, or mysterious way, I give Mr. Ballen full permission to talk about it in story format.

    • @heidi2166
      @heidi2166 2 года назад +45

      Yes and at least some of the money he makes off of it should go to your family

    • @joymike6408
      @joymike6408 2 года назад +23

      👍😆😆🤣☠️👻💯
      #metoo

    • @Marion._
      @Marion._ 2 года назад +7

      Yes

    • @JordanS215
      @JordanS215 2 года назад +6

      🖤

    • @huntclanhunt9697
      @huntclanhunt9697 2 года назад +70

      Same but I fully expect to be mocked if I was stupid.

  • @CoryFiscus
    @CoryFiscus 3 года назад +3998

    I can't help but wonder what MrBallen's search history looks like with some of these images he uses
    like "naked man curtain wrapped woods"

    • @Hay_Bay
      @Hay_Bay 3 года назад +139

      This deserves more likes

    • @xMinniex15
      @xMinniex15 3 года назад +114

      Hahaha this is my search history after watching his videos 😂

    • @Jv-mj6vu
      @Jv-mj6vu 2 года назад +12

      😝🤣🤣🤣

    • @kaylanek1
      @kaylanek1 2 года назад +18

      Lol this is gold XD

    • @gregpatzkowsky8431
      @gregpatzkowsky8431 2 года назад +6

      ROFL

  • @carmengogeidnas9670
    @carmengogeidnas9670 Год назад +287

    The best part of your storytelling gift is that many people in pain (both physical and mental) are able to escape through the sound of your voice, describing people and places. Thank you for giving those of us in pain a brief respite from our aches and misery. Thank you Mrballen.

    • @modimplez
      @modimplez Год назад +13

      You couldn't have said it better

    • @sherrilynnevonch
      @sherrilynnevonch Год назад +11

      Exactly what I need and why I like his show. Also keeps my mind from going into a noodle.

    • @kg-Whatthehelliseventhat
      @kg-Whatthehelliseventhat Год назад +2

      How ya feeling lately? More good days and fewer bad minutes? I sympathise and empathise. If u would like 2 chat, I'm here 4 u. No bs nothing funny.

    • @That1KiddJD
      @That1KiddJD 9 месяцев назад

      I’ve been feelin’ that vibe and seein’ this comment as well as some others feel it too, is relieving and so true

    • @whitevii1533
      @whitevii1533 9 месяцев назад

      bruh he's just reading

  • @dawnwalker2084
    @dawnwalker2084 2 года назад +285

    I was raised and live in Nc now and there are alot of these kind of stories and also ones where people are trying to find someone that they are talking to and be in the same place but neither see each other. I seriously believe what my Granny used to tell us that there are spots here in our state more than anywhere else in the world called 'inbetweens'. Every one of my older relatives have stories about these places. I never took much thought of it and always said they were telling us this to keep us from going to certain places or to scare us to not sneak out. Until my brother, who is seven years younger than me, had an experience in a strange part of the road in our area. He was walking home from a friends house one day which was about a mile down the road and called our mom to let her know. It looked like rain so she said she would go get him. There was this one cury spot on the road that always gives you a weird feeling when you pass it. He was on the phone with Mama the whole time she was going to get him. She got to the spot where he said he was and he was not there. He couldnt see her and she couldnt him. She thought he was playing a joke on her and she lost the call from him and after about 30 minutes she came back. We spoke to all of his friends and they said no he really was walking After about 4 hours he was walking into the front yard.. He thought he had only been gone no more than 15 minutes but it was actually 4 hours. True story I swear! He was not playing or pretending it was for real. His watch was 4 hours off from everyone elses.

    • @aaronengland5622
      @aaronengland5622 Год назад +31

      Somebody said something earlier that reminded me of old legends about the "Little People" and now I swear every story I read gives me little people vibes. Stories like these are very common in both the Americas and in western Europe. Cultures in these areas usually associated these occurrences with small trickster beings that were known for causing disappearances, confusion, and bad luck.
      Very interesting story by the way. Thanks for sharing.

    • @mickeyoshea2035
      @mickeyoshea2035 Год назад +23

      I believe you and your family. I came looking for this type of comment. Around those parts there is a lot of mystery and 'magic' for lack of a better word.
      The Great Dismal Swamp is also filled with the unexplainable. Many spirits of Lumbee, other Indigenous Native people and self liberated enslaved Africans and endentured Scottish folks around there too.

    • @dawnwalker2084
      @dawnwalker2084 Год назад +7

      @@mickeyoshea2035 There are some crazy ones here. I can't say if I experienced any but I've seen it happen.

    • @christophghost206
      @christophghost206 Год назад +11

      I'm in Delaware and there's a lot here too. The woods where I grew up is a big one. There's a lot if stuff in there and idk what's going to happen now that they tore half of it down to build houses for the rich transplants

    • @iiluvmusic98
      @iiluvmusic98 Год назад +5

      @@christophghost206 which woods? I’m also from Delaware and would deff like to explore them

  • @phillipseifert694
    @phillipseifert694 3 года назад +675

    In today’s media saturated world, I never thought I’d be watching someone telling stories
    It’s fascinating and I’m addicted

    • @iimeel3582
      @iimeel3582 2 года назад +14

      I feel very much like u.. A few months ago I wouldn't have dreamed to watch MrBallen' stories. Bcuz I usually like to watch stories with filming actions.. But MrBallen tells these very exciting dramatic stories so well to the point where I'm addicted too.. Lol!

    • @Daddy007111
      @Daddy007111 2 года назад +7

      We allowour mind and imagination to help bring the story Mr Ballen tells to play out. I grew up reading books every night before bed probably you guys are readers too.

    • @carieevans3787
      @carieevans3787 2 года назад +1

      Riiiiiiiight!!!

    • @Jtanonimato
      @Jtanonimato 2 года назад +5

      We aren't that different from the old times, when the people of the village would gather aroun a fire and tell stories, a traditional as old as time. We just do on a different way, but the essence is the same. And make us humans.

    • @WillBlindYouWithLight
      @WillBlindYouWithLight 2 года назад +2

      What
      I might make a channel some day

  • @zoemason3845
    @zoemason3845 3 года назад +1037

    While we're all trying to solve this case, There's some confused person out there scratching their head wondering where their curtain disappeared to 👀🤣

    • @imabot2117
      @imabot2117 3 года назад +26

      I always tell my friends that we're really drunk the previous night to give me back my curtains😂never gets old

    • @brooksgray5947
      @brooksgray5947 3 года назад +8

      🤣

    • @anonymoushobo3121
      @anonymoushobo3121 3 года назад +17

      The part about the "shower curtain" was odd xD. If I were an investigator involved with that case though, I would want to absolutely scrutinize that "shower curtain" in every way possible. It makes me wonder if you could analyze the specific material it was made of and then use that to potentially narrow down where/when it was manufactured? And by what companies? Hmm, maybe they still have it locked in some old evidence room, guess I'd doubt that though. They probably tossed it without thinking about anything weird going on as discussed here.

    • @elmerbefuddled2156
      @elmerbefuddled2156 3 года назад +5

      Dang black bears! 😡

    • @wendywarrior2264
      @wendywarrior2264 3 года назад +9

      The like button took it and gave it to him!

  • @jcfc8197
    @jcfc8197 Год назад +51

    I’ve spent my whole life living in the Appalachian Mountains. Mainly in the town of Big Stone Gap VA, but I have family in TN, NC, and WV. The Appalachian Mountains hold many, many secrets, and I doubt we will never figure them out.

    • @cowboyofscience7611
      @cowboyofscience7611 Год назад +2

      Same here except in North Georgia. These mountains are very mysterious!

    • @shongololo7850
      @shongololo7850 Год назад +1

      Ever figure them out*

    • @jcfc8197
      @jcfc8197 Год назад

      @@shongololo7850 not as of yet.

  • @gothcookie13
    @gothcookie13 2 года назад +63

    As someone from the mountains of NC. There are lots of really old abandoned cabins way off in the middle of nowhere. Behind my fathers property, about a mile through the woods there is a old bridge that has no road, its collapsed but if you walk the main beams to cross and make to the other side... There is a long abandoned one that sounds a lot like this one. Lots of cool stuff there. Like really old candle lanterns made out of what looks like brass.

  • @katandpapa
    @katandpapa 3 года назад +5735

    Having a rough day, dealing with Cancer and a handful of other issues...you help get my mind off of the pain and discomfort. Thank you! BE SAFE,GOD BLESS!🇺🇸🙏❤

    • @suzannenichols6900
      @suzannenichols6900 3 года назад +195

      God bless you Dave. Will keep you in prayer. 💕

    • @lynnh4923
      @lynnh4923 3 года назад +109

      And Dave I will also keep you in my prayers! 🙏🙏✝️

    • @Yahpah
      @Yahpah 3 года назад +116

      Cancer is a bit**!! I know u can beat it!! I’m praying for u!! God bless you!!

    • @evesyiem6160
      @evesyiem6160 3 года назад +66

      The Lord will heal you...you are in my prayers 🙏

    • @606808909
      @606808909 3 года назад +48

      God bless you Dave, hope you are feeling positive and will like many others have said keep you in my prayers. 🙂🙏

  • @disizbilly
    @disizbilly 2 года назад +1615

    I grew up and continue to live half an hour away from Roan Mountain on the TN side and I have never heard this story told with more detail and eloquence. Very well done sir. ..and I'm here to tell y'all there are a loooooot of strange stories from the top of Roan Mountain

    • @carieevans3787
      @carieevans3787 2 года назад +73

      Oh wow really? There's more stories from this area? Interesting.

    • @Kammreiter
      @Kammreiter 2 года назад +68

      Please tell them here!

    • @bmw328i8
      @bmw328i8 2 года назад +38

      I was planning on going up there in a few weeks to hike! How is it?!

    • @disizbilly
      @disizbilly 2 года назад +62

      Most of the stories I've heard are second hand. Pretty much like any other isolated area, folks can get into some weird stuff. Mostly the rumors of occult activity and such but not much to worry about if you stick to main trails and recreation/camping areas.

    • @disizbilly
      @disizbilly 2 года назад +50

      @@bmw328i8 the hiking is spectacular. This area has numerous hiking trails from super easy to advanced. A main trailhead entrance to the Appalachian Trail in nearby Hampton is also a fabulous area to hike. Lots of hostels and other hiker-centric businesses nearby as well. Enjoy

  • @jo-eo9ld
    @jo-eo9ld 2 года назад +460

    When I was a teenager me and my friends attended a church camp in the mountains of North Carolina. we were old enough that we were allotted chunks of free time during the day to explore and hike. Me and my friends, maybe 5 of us go into the forest and just walk and walk and walk- we had gotten deep into the woods and were off on an incredibly small trail that seemed to not get a lot of use. And we were far away from any other campers or people, which is saying something because there were hundreds of teens at this camp. I don’t remember if we actually wandered off of the hidden trail or not but we stumbled upon a strange, round wooden cabin that was up off the ground several feet like it was on stilts. Of course being asshole idiot teens we immediately thought- screw whoever’s cabin that is’ privacy : let’s go inside ! We walk up the steps and peer into the window, it’s a very small cabin inside and there doesn’t appear to be anyone in there, at least from the open space that was clear from the front windows. We tried the door, it was unlocked and easily opened. We go inside. It is perfectly neat and clean, there’s no clothes or personal belongings or photos around at all. There is furniture and a neatly made bed but it didn’t really look like someone was living or even staying there… it almost looked like a hotel room which had been reset and cleaned by a maid. We’re all standing in the main room for just about a minute now when i can tell the other kids are wanting to go look in the closet and beyond the several doors into other rooms when I notice something: there is a very small lamp on a small table in the back of the room, and it is on. I freeze. I tell my friends : that lamp is on, either someone was recently here or they are currently here. Why would a lamp be left on 24/7 in a cabin isolated in the middle of the woods if no one was staying there? It wouldn’t be. I felt a sense of panic- this wasn’t a feeling like we had accidentally intruded on someone’s property. This was a bad feeling… like we shouldn’t be here or someone bad was going to find us soon. I convinced my friends to leave and we all ran out and far away from the cabin back to the main trails. No other campers had seen or even knew about this cabin and it wasn’t on any of the camp maps or anything… like it wasn’t supposed to be there, and like we weren’t supposed to find it. Anyways that’s it but I still think sometimes who tf was in that cabin in the middle of nowhere

    • @Prof.Tarfeather
      @Prof.Tarfeather 2 года назад +39

      That's really a really experience. Glad you trusted your gut feeling? It wasn't your property anyway, even if you weren't necessarily breaking and entering.

    • @addo2419
      @addo2419 2 года назад +9

      wow!

    • @oneoflokis
      @oneoflokis 2 года назад +7

      👍👍

    • @celticc3003
      @celticc3003 Год назад +44

      I live in the mountains/foothills of North Carolina probably about 40 miles from Roan Mountain. I grew up playing in the woods and I’ve seen plenty of “strange stuff” If you have hiking experience and want to hike our mountains……….don’t go. If you have no hiking experience, don’t go! These mountains know us and will generally protect us

    • @celticc3003
      @celticc3003 Год назад +33

      Sorry hit wrong button………….sometimes strangers suffer a different fate. I don’t know why. It’s a wild and strange place and not the place for beginners. Be careful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @kirbed9486
    @kirbed9486 8 месяцев назад +33

    there are rules you must follow, when you are in the woods, here are some:
    - Never enter buildings in the woods
    - Never go towards the sounds of screaming
    - Never climb up the staircases
    - When you feel the tree line’s gaze, do not acknowledge it, and get to safety immediately
    - No sudden movements, do not look like prey
    - Never go into the woods alone, always bring a friend and stay close together
    - Leave before it’s dark

    • @Zyryne1
      @Zyryne1 4 месяца назад

      And silver jewelry. Because this sounds like fae activity. 😊❤

    • @rickylee4228
      @rickylee4228 Месяц назад

      “Nothing good ever happens in the woods.” -Norm MacDonald

  • @YourMomsFavoriteCommenter
    @YourMomsFavoriteCommenter 3 года назад +1305

    Dr: "Larry, you have acute brain."
    Larry: "Thanks Doc 🥰"

  • @PUCK.GUN.LAWS1
    @PUCK.GUN.LAWS1 3 года назад +463

    As someone from north Carolina there is random cabins and barns all over the place that are old and abandoned

    • @FriedChairs
      @FriedChairs 3 года назад +50

      True. Sometimes you find just a chimney in the woods as the only remaining part of a cabin.

    • @MsBELLE7
      @MsBELLE7 3 года назад +48

      I would avoid those places like it was piranha infested waters.
      I would say like the plague, but we've all seen how that was treated over the last year.

    • @dejamesola
      @dejamesola 3 года назад +8

      Okay this is true. But apparently there is no cabin in the proximity of which these men were searched for. How do you explain that?

    • @iceeeuuuu
      @iceeeuuuu 3 года назад +24

      @@dejamesola there’s a cabin it’s simple. He had a curtain.. lol

    • @mojosodope45
      @mojosodope45 3 года назад +9

      Any state has random abandon cabins and barns. North Carolina is not special.

  • @EQOAnostalgia
    @EQOAnostalgia Год назад +45

    Strange things definitely happen in forests. I grew in the middle of one and myself and all of my friends by the time we grew up, and left that place had A LOT of creepy stories about sightings and even hearing parties at that would stop like the push of a button when you entered into the tree line where the sound was coming from, just to start back up again when you left... i myself heard those partying noises for most of my childhood and assumed every summer it was just some random teens. Until my cousin and i crossed the field and hit the tree line and it just... turned off like a light switch, TWICE. We went back to our camp, heard it again, went back to the tree line and it just stopped dead. Again, like a switch was flipped. CREEEEEEEPY SHIIIIIIT!
    I have since looked at the area on google maps and i still can't tell where it could have possibly come from without us seeing them or walking in their path. The voices even interacted with my cousin who shouted out, and they shouted back...

  • @morrisellington1865
    @morrisellington1865 Год назад +10

    I just discovered these videos, I'm retired and live alone and this is a great way to occupy some of my time. Mr. Ballen is an excellent storyteller who really connects with his audience. I look forward to reading many more of these really interesting stories.

  • @pennilesswriter1556
    @pennilesswriter1556 2 года назад +1637

    You probably won't see this. I just wanted to say I appreciate your kindness to the family who requested you remove the other story. It's not much to us to enjoy these creepy tales, but I'm sure for that family it means everything. It shows your character as man being respectful of the people who live these "stories". Makes me love you even more!

    • @DJMack33
      @DJMack33 2 года назад +30

      What was the story that was removed

    • @pennilesswriter1556
      @pennilesswriter1556 2 года назад +88

      @@DJMack33 Telling you would completely defeat the purpose of Ballen removing the story for the sake of the family. Sorry. Plus, it's been so long I honestly can't remember even if I wanted to 🤷‍♀️

    • @DJMack33
      @DJMack33 2 года назад +67

      @@pennilesswriter1556 it was the Michael Eugene case.

    • @Tw0Dots
      @Tw0Dots 2 года назад +66

      @@pennilesswriter1556 Knowing about it and telling the story in a RUclips vid for millions to see are 2 different things, luckily they actually gave an answer and said the name anyway lmao

    • @Tw0Dots
      @Tw0Dots 2 года назад +9

      @@DJMack33 thanks bro

  • @JackTaylor-sm4se
    @JackTaylor-sm4se 2 года назад +1262

    the cabin has to be real because how else would he have found a curtain to use as clothing? Did he just find a window in the middle of the forest and take its curtain? I think not

    • @sacv27
      @sacv27 2 года назад +130

      I don't think anybody is doubting that the cabin was real, they just can't explain where he found the cabin/how they missed it. Could be as simple as he walked much farther than he can recall, or as strange as walking into sort of portal into a parallel universe where there was a cabin and then returning somehow. The first option is the most likely of course.
      I guess a random third option could be that he found the curtain anywhere else (RV, trash, whatever) and his addled mind concocted a cabin story. But the coincidence of this happening to someone else around the same time is what makes it really weird and for me kind of makes the idea of a parallel universe more intriguing than it would be otherwise.

    • @culhwch4168
      @culhwch4168 2 года назад +24

      They could see where the curtain was made. Is this story really legit?

    • @salmonjanet
      @salmonjanet 2 года назад +27

      I guess no one else other than myself has seen a tree that grows sheets. Come on. Where else do they come from. 🙄

    • @gotdatazz123
      @gotdatazz123 2 года назад +61

      @@salmonjanet your mommas house, atleast that's where I like to get my sheets

    • @nathanbowman706
      @nathanbowman706 2 года назад +41

      There is a cabin on roan mountain, it's close to the summit. I stayed there one night when I was thru hiking the AT.

  • @ragethevictorious3060
    @ragethevictorious3060 Год назад +56

    Ironically it's like we got 11 new stories to binge again, to be honest it worked out for EVERYBODY LOL!! My favorite RUclips channel by far is Mr Ballen. I know everyone above and below this comment agrees. Thank you 💪🏾

    • @kaitlynirwin8900
      @kaitlynirwin8900 Год назад +3

      I was so happy to see him post about these hidden gems !

    • @Himanboy
      @Himanboy Год назад +3

      I just came from that community post lol

    • @externalboss9404
      @externalboss9404 Год назад

      He is one of my favorites, but my favorite is still steve cash, r.i.p :(

  • @melissamurphy7320
    @melissamurphy7320 2 года назад +31

    I believe the cabin story. Over 40 years ago my 4 teen friends and I were walking out in the country where no houses were close, but we were super familiar with the area and hiked it for years, and it was around 2 miles away from home, we came upon a cabin that had never been there, it was visibly old and frightening to us girls. A few weeks later we go back, we couldn't get it out of our heads, but it was completely gone, only the remaining overturned tree was there that had been in the front yard. 3 of us are still good friends all these yrs later and still remember it clearly.

    • @elizabethgrant9833
      @elizabethgrant9833 5 месяцев назад +1

      Sounds like “time slip” stories I’ve heard.

    • @StormOfMaat
      @StormOfMaat 3 месяца назад

      Melissa, I am I suppose fairly close to roan mountain.
      But, my birthday is tomorrow! And on it, I would like to hear you sing the Celine Dion song "all by myself". Would you or any of your other trusted friends be willing or able to sing it?

  • @jbzeigler
    @jbzeigler 3 года назад +688

    First and foremost, I'm completely addicted to the strange, dark and mysterious, delivered in storied format.
    Secondly, it's awesome to see someone respectful enough to remove stories from their own RUclips Channel.
    Thirdly, it's great to hear someone create little scripts about the 'like button'.
    Fourthly, I'm not sure "thirdly" is a word. Or "fourthly".

    • @djlogic83
      @djlogic83 2 года назад +13

      I don't think anyways is a word either but he says it all the time

    • @MjaySenoj
      @MjaySenoj 2 года назад +7

      first if all, i like to use the phrase "of all".
      Second of all, i also am unsure if thirdly is a word XD

    • @salmonjanet
      @salmonjanet 2 года назад +8

      @@MjaySenoj it's probably not proper. Boo on us English speakers. 😂😅

    • @VylePhinder
      @VylePhinder 2 года назад +25

      Fifthly, I can assure you that thirdly, fourthly, and fifthly are all words. You had it right :)

    • @daddad1062
      @daddad1062 2 года назад +5

      @@VylePhinder thanks for letting people know that thirdly, fourthly and fifthly are words. It’s not hard to figure it out if you don’t know because when you type those words they pop up without a spell check. Now the folks who didn’t know these words were really words can start using them. 😜

  • @I_Stay_4_SKZ
    @I_Stay_4_SKZ 3 года назад +218

    I live fairly close to Roan Mountain, bout 45 mins away, & I literally get creeped out every time I’ve been up there.

  • @evanhainey2101
    @evanhainey2101 2 года назад +173

    Had a really weird similar experience with one of my friends while we were hiking. He just walked away from the group while we were all yelling and screaming at him. We had to call the authorities also and they couldn't find him where we had last seen him. He was found a day later and didn't know why he abandoned the group. He also said he heard something following him in the woods and he just closed his eyes and started praying while something that sounded bipedal circled around him.

    • @cheriep2959
      @cheriep2959 Год назад +5

      How did that end

    • @evanhainey2101
      @evanhainey2101 Год назад +23

      @@cheriep2959 the sherrifs found him the next day walking on the highway. He didnt have a reason as to why he walked away from the group. He said he thought we left him cause we were in the water with and then we were just gone. It was really strange cause he was not himself when he walked away from us and because its a hostile environment to get lost in.

    • @kellymcdonell9687
      @kellymcdonell9687 Год назад +7

      Wow, how weird!

    • @evanhainey2101
      @evanhainey2101 Год назад +1

      @@kellymcdonell9687 i kinda wonder if it was a black bear or mountain lion that was checking him out. It could also be haunted slightly. I have found many civil war era bullets and arrowheads in the river and hill near it. Just have to wait till the first frost to go explore that area. Mainly because the cotton mouths, copperheads and rattlesnakes. They are every where on the hill side and a land mark i named God's Stairs is on that same hill side. I always find peace in all the chaos. Most of the reptiles, fish, and animals seem to understand my intentions. That im just passing through; ive only had to run three times in about 30 run ins with black bears, bobcats, mt lions, reptiles, and the unknown/paranormal.

    • @aaronengland5622
      @aaronengland5622 Год назад +1

      Ahhh, been there. You get laughed at when you say something bipedal that was heavy enough to be a small horse ran up on you.

  • @ArtByHazel
    @ArtByHazel Год назад +14

    Thank you for your service as a navy SEAL and now a great storyteller for those who survived and no longer with us.

  • @blakkcigarstud
    @blakkcigarstud 2 года назад +869

    Man, this dude can tell a story! Has got me looking over my shoulder and seeing stuff out of the corner of my eye! Glad I found your channel.

    • @bigdaddy2343
      @bigdaddy2343 2 года назад +27

      Imma tell you one of the scariest things I ever read in the comments. Not me...
      "I'm a 21 dude, home from school.. So my kitchen faces my enclosed yard. You can only access it through our street to street rear garage which was boarded off due to a renovation. The other way is a breezeway along the side of my house. I got up around 315a to get a drink. There wasn't any cups clean. So I decided to wash a dish. I just happened to peep out the window. I saw a man in black with a black hood. Face could've been painted white. Idk it was dark he was staring up at my window. I put my head down and looked up again after a long sigh and pause. He was standing in the middle of my yard and he put his finger to his mouth like Shhhh. I dove to the floor. I crawled to the kitchen door. It was locked. I ran through the dark and checked the front door. Locked. I began going upstairs. And there was a super loud inhuman shriek and glass breaking outside. It woke up my Dad, my 19 yo bro, my 15 yo bro both stocky dudes. And the 4 of us looked out Front. On our porch was our last name plaque ripped off the wall and unknown broken glass on top of it. Nothing was missing to break made of glass. I told my dad and Bros what had happened. We all slept in one room. The next Day a sheriff was knocking on our door. A neighbor called and said on their way to go run they saw a man in a black hoodie, black pants was peeking in our front window at 630a. Nothing happened since. In July it will be 11 months"

    • @sneakyheathen4164
      @sneakyheathen4164 2 года назад +18

      I listen to him when I go to sleep, I just found the channel 2 weeks ago. I have bad dreams and nightmares regularly, but I do know one thing, my ass will NEVER go cave diving ☠️

    • @lindseytabar9408
      @lindseytabar9408 2 года назад +4

      Me too!! I’m seeing things out of the corner of my eye day & night & freak myself out.

    • @swiggyv9569
      @swiggyv9569 2 года назад +5

      Lol yall high while you watch this too

    • @ceceestanford2050
      @ceceestanford2050 2 года назад +1

      Me too especially when I watch it at night..

  • @mrballenshorts
    @mrballenshorts  3 года назад +953

    Please read caption! Yes I previously posted this, but it was pulled down. Now it’s being reuploded after being edited. Please read caption!!

    • @_seekingthetruth_1447
      @_seekingthetruth_1447 3 года назад +23

      Let's gooo! Thanks bud. This is one that had me frustrated because I couldn't find it. This story is REALLY strange and now it makes sense that I couldn't find it when I searched.
      Next stop, share, share, share!

    • @lauracatha3625
      @lauracatha3625 3 года назад +23

      These are truly some weird stories. It sounds like they're getting possessed by something or there's a house in a time slip or alien abduction. I have no idea. So, so many possibilities of what could've happened. Truly eerie, it makes me scared to go out into the wilderness which sucks because nature is absolutely beautiful.

    • @EveHyland-in8jb9ti9y
      @EveHyland-in8jb9ti9y 3 года назад +23

      It feels like forever! Missed your strange, dark & mysterious delivered in story format Mr Ballen. Blessings from Scotland. 🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌹

    • @Coach_Vedo
      @Coach_Vedo 3 года назад +17

      Greetings from Croatia man! We love you here! 🇭🇷

    • @astrolad747
      @astrolad747 3 года назад +3

      Yes pls

  • @TCGhottie
    @TCGhottie 2 года назад +30

    Having a rough day at home and as a mother of two little ones on my own it’s hard to find an escape. But I am here and ballens videos bring me comfort his story telling. And I know the rest of you reading this probably feel the exact same way. Love you guys! Hang in there your not alone! Thank you ballen!

    • @ElizabethBattle
      @ElizabethBattle Год назад +1

      I hear you, sister. I was a single mom for 12 years. But I live in a cabin in the woods, so it's probably a good thing that MrBallen didn't have a channel yet!

    • @Rizz_guy
      @Rizz_guy 9 месяцев назад

      Wassup baby girl

  • @tammyblount3910
    @tammyblount3910 2 года назад +6

    I recall hearing another story you shared about a boy who said he was in a cabin having dinner with some man. Yet his family who had searched for him, told him that there was no cabin. And the loss of time was another issue. This story is very similar to that one. Possibly a glitch in time. I’ve read many stories of accounts that are so similar. Usually the person thinks they were gone for a short amount of time, only to find out that the person had been missing for a few days or even a week. Thank You Mr. Ballen for Sharing yet another great story. I love them! 💜🥰

    • @saumayachauhan289
      @saumayachauhan289 Год назад +2

      That is exactly the story I thought of when I heard this one. It could have been the same phenomenon.

  • @sunniglover9116
    @sunniglover9116 3 года назад +338

    “Don’t know where you got the large curtain from Larry, but you’re alive so we’re ok with it...”
    Dead... I can’t even 💀😂

    • @randomrealistictone2231
      @randomrealistictone2231 3 года назад +6

      The cabin is an SCP. 😆😆😆

    • @sunniglover9116
      @sunniglover9116 3 года назад +7

      @@randomrealistictone2231 Someone has dropped the fictional ball letting Larry steal the curtains. 🤣

    • @davinattbaker1436
      @davinattbaker1436 3 года назад +2

      @@randomrealistictone2231 what is a scp?

    • @smokerofthydookie7379
      @smokerofthydookie7379 3 года назад +7

      @@davinattbaker1436 it stands for secure contain protect its a big thing of monster like entities called cryptids i would recommend searching scp on RUclips and watching some video about them there pretty cool

    • @davinattbaker1436
      @davinattbaker1436 3 года назад +1

      @@smokerofthydookie7379 ok thanks

  • @glenndouglas8822
    @glenndouglas8822 3 года назад +617

    The Ballen is back, it seems like it's been months instead of a week🤣😂 I've suffered withdrawals 😂🤣 respect from England ✌️

    • @janehealey6688
      @janehealey6688 3 года назад +15

      Haha hi there my fellow Brit 👍😛 That indeed has been one long week without a Ballen fix! (feels more like 4 weeks lol) 😂 xx have a great day 👍

    • @glenndouglas8822
      @glenndouglas8822 3 года назад +6

      @@janehealey6688 Thank you very much for such a nice reply. Thank you. You, yourself have a wonderful day, keep out the rain and wind and take care ✌️👍

    • @mrjw7398
      @mrjw7398 3 года назад +9

      Well, I feel I should also express my thanks from England too! I'm running out of his content after binge watching!

    • @hunterwise9412
      @hunterwise9412 3 года назад +5

      Glenn Douglas, I also have been experiencing “Ballen Withdrawlin” and it’s not pretty! I’ve done things the past week I’m not proud of just to get a little taste of some of his Tic Toc videos as my wife has banned me from social media..... : )

    • @glenndouglas8822
      @glenndouglas8822 3 года назад +3

      @@hunterwise9412 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂✌️

  • @dianeambrose683
    @dianeambrose683 Год назад

    Always interesting! Thank you!

  • @bornwithbsguards
    @bornwithbsguards Год назад

    Oh this is good stuff! Thank you Mr Ballen 🙌this is a treat! ❤️

  • @HowlinWilf13
    @HowlinWilf13 3 года назад +166

    I've learnt several things from these 'missing' stories from Mr Ballen - the US and Canada have some truly stunning scenery; there certainly are some deeply weird things going on out there; and, the good citizens of North America are very, very good at responding to alerts about people going missing! Good ol' USA. Lots of love from England.

    • @Janellabelle
      @Janellabelle 3 года назад +12

      Hey, that's nice. Some rare love from our motherland! Much love to you and England as well! 🇺🇸❤🇬🇧

    • @seanmolony-redstickastro238
      @seanmolony-redstickastro238 3 года назад +1

      Learnt?

    • @HowlinWilf13
      @HowlinWilf13 3 года назад +9

      @@seanmolony-redstickastro238 Haha, sure! Google it. It appears to be one of the differences between British English and American English. Vive la difference!

    • @HowlinWilf13
      @HowlinWilf13 3 года назад

      @@Janellabelle XXX

    • @beccathompson9490
      @beccathompson9490 3 года назад +2

      Intelligent life out there besides us and someone's going to great lengths to hide it.

  • @theenchanteduniverseoflife1450
    @theenchanteduniverseoflife1450 3 года назад +250

    Who else is happy that MRBALLEN is back

  • @brennanarmacost1762
    @brennanarmacost1762 8 месяцев назад +4

    How could a cabin in the woods, where he acquires a bed sheet, be a hallucination? Whenever I hear about people being found with no memory with no clothes, or in this case, a bed sheet, I think there may have been foul play involved. That's really scary!

  • @candacedixon6443
    @candacedixon6443 9 дней назад

    Everytime I think I've watched almost every episode, I stumble across another gem! Thank you for your hard work and dedication to telling the world these stories ❤😊

  • @Doggowoofenbark
    @Doggowoofenbark 3 года назад +612

    Cabin was an extraterrestrial space craft, disguised as a cabin to those being brought in.

    • @janicoofficial4106
      @janicoofficial4106 3 года назад +18

      Whoooooa

    • @changelingman9687
      @changelingman9687 3 года назад +93

      then the aliens just minding their own business and chill in the woods in an inconspicuous cabin. And some naked dude walks in and they're like "Oh man! Not again"
      Fucker takes their curtain and walks out and they like "Should we go after him?"
      "Nah, it's his now, lets get the fuck out of here before more hobos show up."

    • @archangel5627
      @archangel5627 3 года назад +36

      The cabin was a portal to an alternate dimension which acts as a gateway for inter-dimensional temporal space demons to come and go as they please. These demons and the dimension they inhabit is insanely scary.

    • @unclefudgevapes1141
      @unclefudgevapes1141 3 года назад +54

      @@archangel5627 Where do you get your weed?

    • @archangel5627
      @archangel5627 3 года назад +50

      @@unclefudgevapes1141 the Inter-Dimensional Temporal Space Demons provide it of coarse! 😂

  • @mmmm69420
    @mmmm69420 3 года назад +101

    Literally don't know what I would do without these..they've got me through some tough times..very grateful for you, John.

  • @grapekooolaid
    @grapekooolaid 2 года назад

    Good on you mate! Glad you have respect for the family of all the people you tell stories about

  • @NorthernGreenEyes
    @NorthernGreenEyes Год назад +3

    A perfect way to start my Tuesday!
    I hope you can get back to covering the missing 411 stories in 2022-2023
    It's so fascinating to me.

  • @crimemastergogo7878
    @crimemastergogo7878 3 года назад +986

    You are going to be the best grandpa when your really old.

    • @KimberlyBishh
      @KimberlyBishh 2 года назад +4

    • @xxxxevilwolf9893
      @xxxxevilwolf9893 2 года назад +5

      Yes he really is

    • @zestymango4487
      @zestymango4487 2 года назад +3

      *Dies*

    • @meeshu6156
      @meeshu6156 2 года назад +20

      I don't want to be a grammar nazi bu- *you're*
      Sorry

    • @crimemastergogo7878
      @crimemastergogo7878 2 года назад +15

      @@meeshu6156 I was born in a land where English speak as a second language so yeah... Thanks for the correction mother of English medium school.
      Please correct this comment too I'm very bad with English grammar.

  • @marywegrzyn506
    @marywegrzyn506 2 года назад +33

    I have an older dog on Heart Meds n he takes water pills twice daily causing him to have to go out in the back yard to pee often, n every night while I'm binge watching Mr. BALLEN every night I am now afraid of going out at night. 1, 2, or 3 a. m. , I sometimes see shadows or hear strange noises that I never did before n Mr Ballens frightening TRUE stories run thru my mind every single night n I can't stop watching all his videos. I'm hooked.

    • @stephanieaskew771
      @stephanieaskew771 2 года назад

      There's been a few I have to wait till the next day to watch it. Some spook me out pretty bad...lol

  • @Jillybeans140
    @Jillybeans140 10 месяцев назад +1

    Ty for honouring that persons family request, shows that you’re a decent guy.
    I listen to your podcasts, but I love these filmed stories the best xx
    Ty for all you do.

  • @lalababy1152
    @lalababy1152 Год назад +1

    I lived in Lenior NC …. These woods are scary!!!! The feeling you get when walking into these woods is creeepy.

  • @Footy_Fan
    @Footy_Fan 2 года назад +148

    I don't know if you are one of my heroes more for your sacrifices as a Navy SEAL, or as an incredibly gifted storyteller. All I can say is, I am so grateful I found your channels. God bless you, Brother.

  • @katmack4215
    @katmack4215 3 года назад +245

    I love that Dave Paulides gave his blessing for Mr.B to cover his Missing 411 cases..😏 this channel is just about the only one that gives Paulides his dues 👍 and is as respectful towards both the missing and the families

    • @funkyfiss
      @funkyfiss 3 года назад +2

      Yes I like it too!

    • @missladybob4208
      @missladybob4208 3 года назад +2

      Katreni. I agree

    • @709mash
      @709mash 3 года назад +7

      Agreed. Also respect taking the vid down about Michael. The family didn't want it up, which is totally understandable.

    • @pattywilsonwilson406
      @pattywilsonwilson406 3 года назад +2

      I absolutely agree!!!

    • @pattywilsonwilson406
      @pattywilsonwilson406 3 года назад +3

      I was agreeing with the person who said MrBallen gave justice to Dave Paullides stories!! I have a lot of respect for both men!!

  • @jamesrobbins4506
    @jamesrobbins4506 Год назад

    It's amazing how respectful you are towards the family's of the videos you make not alot of RUclipsrs are like that respect to you my man

  • @528Circle
    @528Circle 8 месяцев назад +4

    I’ve been diving into quantum theory and 4th/5th dimension (and beyond) - I’m sure it’s because my awareness is heightened to that sort of thing, but some of these unexplained things seem plausible if you can wrap your mind, at least contextually, around what those dimensions might be like.
    Just found this channel and I love it!

  • @katjagolden893
    @katjagolden893 3 года назад +110

    My son got me started watching your channel. He is in
    His 10th week of BootCamp
    .He was asking how your channel was doing? I said growing He also want me to say hi from Cole Hawkins

    • @ryanlogue7970
      @ryanlogue7970 3 года назад +2

      Its blowing up like the MOAB tell him!

    • @pawlpoche8736
      @pawlpoche8736 3 года назад +5

      Tell cole I said hi!
      I was in the military. The 10th week of boot camp means he’s done soon. Good luck

    • @katjagolden893
      @katjagolden893 3 года назад +4

      @@pawlpoche8736 - I will do that. The kid 🧒🏼 has said in every letter & Sunday phone calls that he is having fun’ 😂 he is treating it like the Summer Camp he never went to. And I know this is true bc I would have been the same way. He is happy he isn’t eating the MRE’s as much any more. Graduation is April 9th but we can’t go bc of this flipping Covid 😷. It will be Live Streamed though.
      Thx for your kind msg 😆

    • @katjagolden893
      @katjagolden893 3 года назад +1

      @@pawlpoche8736 - thank for your service!!! 🥰😘What branch were you in & what was your job?

    • @pawlpoche8736
      @pawlpoche8736 3 года назад +1

      I was a Radioman

  • @laurafedora5385
    @laurafedora5385 2 года назад +149

    They were looking for Bells Canyon
    This channel is proof that even as grownups, we still like having stories read to us :)

    • @mavisschaffer7789
      @mavisschaffer7789 2 года назад +7

      I was wondering if Bells Canyon was gonna be mentioned... good one 👍😁

    • @jenfern6490
      @jenfern6490 Год назад +4

      Excellent comment !! Bells Canyon story is scary!

    • @Anadune0903
      @Anadune0903 Год назад +3

      bells canyon story scared the sht out of me :D

    • @meggi8048
      @meggi8048 Год назад +2

      such a meme

  • @ericlambart536
    @ericlambart536 2 года назад

    Dude I'm on such a binge watching your videos, earlier I was doing dishes(no dishwasher) and I just felt so vulnerable, like I was being watched. And I swear I could hear your voice narrate, "and unbeknownst to him....", really spooked me so I left the task for a later time.

  • @TNcatlover33
    @TNcatlover33 2 года назад +1

    Love that you’re doing this. My home town is 15 min from The Roan. Spent many a day in those mountains. We went for school trips often. I’ll never forget going one year in May. We had on shots and T shirts and when we got there there was about 5-6 inches of snow. We were all out having a snowball fight in shorts and flops.
    We used to go to the rhododendron garden with our iron skillet and cook a big breakfast for right on top of the mountain. I still see the fog and it was soooo cold! Thanks for the memories

  • @mr.awesome4474
    @mr.awesome4474 3 года назад +34

    I loved the photoshop of the guy in the fores wrapped in his "bedsheet" lol

    • @AlisonBryen
      @AlisonBryen 2 года назад +4

      That cracked me up too. It would have been even funnier if it had been labelled [REAL PHOTO]...

  • @melinmm3280
    @melinmm3280 2 года назад +237

    Great! Was searching in this area to purchase land, and my favorite listing has a 100 year old cabin on it! I may pass on it now..

    • @saraperry6586
      @saraperry6586 2 года назад +25

      I’m a local realtor in this area and I get a little weirded out sometimes showing land because it can be spooky up in the woods.

    • @skippylenny7119
      @skippylenny7119 2 года назад +39

      And you have to keep replacing the Damm curtains! Lol

    • @25oxendine
      @25oxendine 2 года назад +19

      @@saraperry6586 You must be pleased with the way that the prices of real estate have in many cases doubled or even TRIPLED throughout our region. These investors are ravaging our region and harassing nearly all of us with their constant low-balling and subsequently jacking up the prices of our properties. Looks like California 2.0. Before long I look to see that life-long residents will be priced out of their own towns

    • @elavke5441
      @elavke5441 2 года назад +3

      Why? You should at least go check it out.

    • @elavke5441
      @elavke5441 2 года назад +2

      @@saraperry6586 I think it would be great.

  • @LadyCorax
    @LadyCorax Год назад +21

    From the 1983 news article: 'He was wearing a curtain, that was it,' Hollifield said. 'There was an old house above where we found him and evidently he found that curtain on one of the walls.'
    Not a magical shack in the wilderness. A house in a fairly residential area.

  • @laughingmask3118
    @laughingmask3118 2 года назад +25

    My two cents as an admittedly superstitious man: the cabin is in an otherworld, like in Celtic Mythology or similar mystical stories, and he was drawn there for...some reason and then released and whatever drew him there didn't allow him to remember everything that happened between him leaving his friends and him being found.

    • @oneoflokis
      @oneoflokis 2 года назад

      👍👍

    • @aaronengland5622
      @aaronengland5622 Год назад +1

      Now that you mention it these stories kind of remind me of legends about the "little people". Some groups of Europeans have nearly identical stories of similar beings.

    • @hayanah7525
      @hayanah7525 6 месяцев назад +1

      Or a tear in the Quantum fabric, unstable vortex, seems like a good place for people that investigate the paranormal to go.

  • @jarredhagie838
    @jarredhagie838 2 года назад +75

    I live less than 5 min away from roan mountain, spent my entire life hiking these mountains around my house and honestly there are thousands of stories of strange occurrences/abductions and murders. I remember hearing the Davenport story growing up. I truly love your videos sir and I look forward to watching them each night. I'm still kind of in shock hearing you tell a story that happened in my back yard. Amazing job Mr. Ballen thank you

    • @backwoodsb2049
      @backwoodsb2049 2 года назад +2

      Tell ‘em opie

    • @kthearcher3357
      @kthearcher3357 2 года назад +2

      No kidding...not that Skidmore Missouri was my backyard, but driving back roads while working for farms. None of the farmers have me the details Mr Ballen did though. Glad I stopped driving through that place!

    • @operatorspectre7428
      @operatorspectre7428 Год назад +1

      Also live very close.. the woods here are a mysterious place, but i have yet to have any scary experiences within them.

    • @Archer-Sterling
      @Archer-Sterling 6 месяцев назад +1

      My grandfather came from Roan co. NC. Is that where Roan mt. Is?

  • @ally6364
    @ally6364 3 года назад +180

    I’m gonna go with thinking there probably is a Cabin out there somewhere.

    • @HowlinWilf13
      @HowlinWilf13 3 года назад +25

      Me too! Otherwise, just where DID that curtain come from?

    • @dawndanielle9948
      @dawndanielle9948 3 года назад +27

      But is the cabin in our dimension?

    • @ally6364
      @ally6364 3 года назад +22

      @@dawndanielle9948 well if it isn’t then those curtains are inter dimensional travellers.

    • @tjalliemicheaux3719
      @tjalliemicheaux3719 3 года назад +9

      But, IF material items, such as the shorts Larry was wearing, could go to another side/dimension (or where ever), why couldn't something like curtains come back? IDK just saying...

    • @dawndanielle9948
      @dawndanielle9948 3 года назад +7

      @@tjalliemicheaux3719 but he said the military was involved in the second search.I think if there's a cabin military technology would find it. I'm not claiming to know a for a fact there are portals or some kind of time slips but I believe in the high strangeand mysterious. There are so many things science at our time now just can't explain..Then even in the scientific community there are disagreements. Now there changes being made to what
      was fact 20yrs ago . I think if ppl slip into these " dimensions" only natural that stuff can too can too . That's why I had made a comment about the curtains being tested. I.would luv to hear those lab reports.

  • @slaphappynbama1
    @slaphappynbama1 Год назад +2

    I usually watch you on my tv and can't comment but, i'm on the computer today haha but i wanted to stop in and say that i love your videos. You are a natural story teller and it's awesome to listen to you tell the stories. You're probably my favorite person to listen to on youtube.

  • @519forestmonk9
    @519forestmonk9 3 года назад +595

    Like Button: “Oh no he’s back...”

    • @Bradlifer
      @Bradlifer 3 года назад +4

      519 ftw lol

    • @CaioPdeSousaN
      @CaioPdeSousaN 3 года назад +1

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @greatjob83
      @greatjob83 3 года назад +3

      😂😂😂he’s always so mean to the like button😂😂

    • @ryanlogue7970
      @ryanlogue7970 3 года назад +3

      Pretty sure that like button offed himself by now lol

    • @Fayleafowl
      @Fayleafowl 3 года назад +2

      Oh GOD no I only got a week off.
      The like button

  • @jackielackey5988
    @jackielackey5988 3 года назад +387

    I think it’s great that you respected Michaels family to respect their wishes

    • @sparrsheila
      @sparrsheila 3 года назад +58

      Like I mentioned above, michael would be 46 now, so I’m wondering why they requested story to be taken down. Also story was in many newspapers , so curios request

    • @mikeyfpv5128
      @mikeyfpv5128 3 года назад +43

      @@sparrsheila because they don't want Mr Ballen making money off his story, unfortunately.

    • @sparrsheila
      @sparrsheila 3 года назад +8

      @@mikeyfpv5128 interesting

    • @slothjones2612
      @slothjones2612 3 года назад +3

      Micheal who?

    • @mikeyfpv5128
      @mikeyfpv5128 3 года назад +4

      @@slothjones2612 Michael Reel or something

  • @Cecethegreat425
    @Cecethegreat425 Год назад +2

    Classy guy….family asked him to remove the video and he did to be respectful…:.MrBallen, you never disappoint!

  • @Adrien_sl9t
    @Adrien_sl9t 2 года назад +1

    Your videos give me chills and scare me about everything but i love this it is actually telling me how to survive these creatures and other things

  • @badjuju9722
    @badjuju9722 3 года назад +105

    Why did the family want the video taken down? You do such a great job, you’re always fair, respectful, sympathetic, kindhearted and friggin awesome! Either way, thanks for the videos, huge fan!

    • @gaia8840
      @gaia8840 3 года назад +8

      I mean, most his videos are about old stories, this one is probablu really emotional and is really recent for them. They probably don't want to be reminded that their love one had disappeared and someone making a video about the theories of what happen when they themselves are still chocked.

    • @gaia8840
      @gaia8840 3 года назад +6

      Sorry my bad wrong story I was still on another story. I mean probably just a traumatic event that they don't want to be reminded off or someone making more money off of it. Even for movies you need to have to be allowed by the family. Some don't want that wich i can get

    • @changeintheair9648
      @changeintheair9648 3 года назад +5

      embarrassment for family member or was traumatized so doesn't want anything up that will remind him (Michael) of what happened. OR don't want press /newspapers showing up wanting interviews.

    • @709mash
      @709mash 3 года назад +10

      It's understandable, and good on him for taking it down. Fair enough.

    • @andygarza8132
      @andygarza8132 3 года назад +5

      @@gaia8840 then don’t go looking for it... lmao. It’s weird how in today’s society, we accept that people don’t hold dominion over themselves and their actions, and how they decide to react to things. It’s no one else’s jobs to cater to anyone else’s sentiments or feelings. Honestly, I say fuck it. The family ought to be happy they got their kid back and stfu

  • @gmacka6333
    @gmacka6333 2 года назад +28

    I met some great story tellers while serving in the military, (its great for morale to have a story teller with you).
    But Mr Ballen, you take the cake.
    What an amazing teller of stories you are. I bet the guys you served with loved having you around to spin a good yarn..
    Please keep em coming. My wife and I can literally sit for hours listening to you tell these stories.
    They're great for a quiet weekend at home on a snowy or rainy day.

  • @markbarlow9351
    @markbarlow9351 2 года назад +15

    I love your stories man!!! God bless you. And god bless the person having a rough day. Cancer is awful! Keep on fighting. You got this 🙌🏾🙌🏾🌻

  • @stacy5319
    @stacy5319 2 года назад

    My son showed me the video of the stuffed tiger, which still brings me to tears of happiness, got me addicted. I've watched EVERY SINGLE VIDEO you've uploaded and now on my off days from work, I binge watch all of your videos... again. I love them. Keep it up! I listen to you on my 50 minutes drive to work. I'm addicted

  • @FluffRainbowDash
    @FluffRainbowDash 2 года назад +34

    Mr. Ballen would make for a good history teacher.

    • @davidbuben3262
      @davidbuben3262 Год назад

      Probably so. We had a really good one. Mrs. Brooks. 9th grade through 11th. She read us The Hobbit. And had us re-write the U.S. constitution from scratch. Including amendments.

  • @gelflingfay
    @gelflingfay 2 года назад +290

    There was a child who went missing and said they were at a cabin with a lady who told them if they wanted they could stay forever. The kid said they wanted to go home. Surprisingly they were allowed to leave. When the child was found and they brought rescuers to where the cabin is supposed to be it was not there. But the child new the path and there was no way they were in the wrong place.

    • @sneersh9107
      @sneersh9107 2 года назад +86

      That's like some interdimensional shit right there

    • @jonslg240
      @jonslg240 2 года назад +44

      Yeah, the most likely explanation is something supernatural or aliens. I doubt the kid made it up or dreamed it, or that the kid just made a mistake and didn't know where it was. That's just too unlikely.

    • @metalahhhhhhhhhhhh
      @metalahhhhhhhhhhhh 2 года назад +34

      Sounds like fairies/sprites medieval accounts and stories are full of stuff like that, very similar to alien abductions

    • @webdapeeps9015
      @webdapeeps9015 2 года назад +21

      Sniff…Sniff……i smell buchit

    • @seanpizzo8256
      @seanpizzo8256 2 года назад +11

      @@webdapeeps9015 I literally just uncontrollably lmao'd at that just now. Thanks.

  • @bettybrown1303
    @bettybrown1303 Год назад +2

    ty mrballen been missin your vids!

  • @colleen9003
    @colleen9003 9 месяцев назад

    I love your storytelling! Thank you for a respite from the pain and discomfort of cancer. I appreciate the high quality of your speech.

  • @k.c.6415
    @k.c.6415 3 года назад +617

    Alternative reality. They walked into some wormhole into another dimension.

    • @diablomom
      @diablomom 3 года назад +11

      Obviously! 😉 but really

    • @GoddamnManbat
      @GoddamnManbat 3 года назад +37

      As a North Carolinian, it's weird here. From the shore to the peaks.

    • @clintbeastwood6149
      @clintbeastwood6149 3 года назад +22

      You telling me there is a worm hole in my state ?

    • @GoddamnManbat
      @GoddamnManbat 3 года назад +5

      @@clintbeastwood6149 why do I know Tony Hawk as a NorfCacka cat?

    • @NaderVaderYT
      @NaderVaderYT 3 года назад +2

      Mm hm, mm hmm um sure sure wormholes 😂😂😂

  • @jennakennedy3403
    @jennakennedy3403 3 года назад +22

    Yess You don't know how much I needed this right now my mental health is at an all-time low I need something to watch. Your videos are the most distracting therapeutic thing when RUclips is dry with no content

  • @shadowfox9747
    @shadowfox9747 2 года назад

    love your Chanel. keep it up. Thank You

  • @ellieburridge1199
    @ellieburridge1199 2 года назад +5

    I’m here rewatching stories because we’ve been cut back to 1 strange, dark & mysterious delivered in story format a week. Without an intervention or anything i speak for us all we want our weekly dosage back.

  • @Xzallion
    @Xzallion 3 года назад +30

    As frustrating as deleting the old videos is and having to move the stories that weren't removed, thank you for respecting the families wishes. Now accept another view of me possibly watching the same part twice, and another like.

  • @jjzacharyiv
    @jjzacharyiv 3 года назад +704

    Ladies and Gentleman! Mr Ballen is back with the strange, dark, and mysterious!!!

  • @diodeone1
    @diodeone1 Год назад +22

    The Appalachian mountain range is the oldest in the world. NO sea fossils have ever been found on them meaning they have never been under water. Mt. Everest has sea fossils at it’s summit. I grew up in Asheville, NC. There are countless tales of some really weird shit in those mountains, some of which I personally experienced. But the mountains have a stunning beauty and will always be home to me.

    • @adamclark9253
      @adamclark9253 Год назад +3

      It's been under water

    • @ElizabethBattle
      @ElizabethBattle Год назад +5

      Dude, I have lived in the Appalachian mountains all my life, and sea fossils are all over the place, even on mountain tops. And we had a thriving salt industry a century or more ago, because ancient oceans left huge underground pockets of salt water. Natural gas drilling always taps into these oceanic remnants, so brine tanks are common at natural gas wells.

  • @michaelgreene7019
    @michaelgreene7019 9 месяцев назад +1

    I won't go into a lot of detail as I've held my experience for a long time now, but I live in TN not far from Roan Mtn and we used to go ride atvs over there, although I didn't just get up and walk off, I got lost but I have 100% experienced this cabin and all and when I seen this story it brought back all of the feelings and emotions from what happened to me. The way you tell stories is badass.

  • @rk12395
    @rk12395 2 года назад +45

    I live about an hour or 2 away from Roan Mountain, it’s a beautiful place especially at the summit. A year ago I was up there hiking after a snow storm no one was nearby, I was 4-5 miles southbound on the AT and my dogs and I heard a woman’s voice from behind a rock but nobody was nearby.

    • @warriormanmaxx8991
      @warriormanmaxx8991 2 года назад +2

      @Ross Kimbirl - re: "southbound on the AT" = Those of us who speed read comments get stuck with acronyms only the author knows. Too much trouble to SPELL out what "AT" is ??

    • @whatwhale5888
      @whatwhale5888 2 года назад +4

      @@warriormanmaxx8991 Sounds like a you problem

    • @veruschkadahmer1805
      @veruschkadahmer1805 2 года назад +1

      @@warriormanmaxx8991 well, using my capacity of deduction, I think that AT may stand for Access Trail or something along the lines

    • @cdinabrokenradio6039
      @cdinabrokenradio6039 2 года назад +5

      It stands for the Appalachian trail

    • @sarg778returnscodm7
      @sarg778returnscodm7 10 месяцев назад

      @@cdinabrokenradio6039 yes, it stands for Appalacian trail because it's in the Appalachian mountains, pretty sure.

  • @ricktherrien8235
    @ricktherrien8235 2 года назад +99

    “Don’t know what your doing walking around with that curtain on you and I don’t think that cabin exists but your alive and we’re okay with it”
    This was gold!! LMAO!!

  • @xnormalxoxo
    @xnormalxoxo 2 года назад

    I found your channel less than 1 month ago and I've already watched sooooo many videos. Im addicted already. Apparently I love the strange, dark and mysterious 🤣🤣

  • @RedSox4JC
    @RedSox4JC 2 года назад +4

    I used to live in Arizona, so the first thing I thought of when I heard this that there could have been a vortex of some kind that affected those two individuals in a very serious way and put them in some kind of trance. But as far as the cabin goes, I'm not sure what to think of that.

  • @TheNormExperience
    @TheNormExperience 2 года назад +26

    Thank you for respecting Michael & his family’s request! That shows a lot of integrity.

  • @Alfreder28272
    @Alfreder28272 2 года назад +216

    *when it’s just one of those days, you don’t wanna wake up, everybody’s ducked, everything sucks, but MrBallen uploads*

    • @lesliea.7174
      @lesliea.7174 2 года назад +5

      I caught that limp bizkit 🙌🏼 nice one!

    • @gloriasheppard7747
      @gloriasheppard7747 2 года назад +3

      I caught it too!! Until MrBallen uploads, you just wanna break stuff!

    • @expressisverbis854
      @expressisverbis854 2 года назад

      D U C K E D

    • @davedadopefiend1985
      @davedadopefiend1985 2 года назад +2

      You got backwards, Pal. It's "everything is ducked everybody sucks". Glad I was here to correct this massive mistake;)

  • @ehunter7783
    @ehunter7783 2 года назад +2

    It's those crazy Sascabins, whole log cabins that move and wandering the forests, they lure unsuspecting hikers into their living rooms (bellys) and then chuck them back up a few days later.

  • @honorladone8682
    @honorladone8682 Год назад +1

    I'm hooked on these lovely story's...

  • @dalemiller78dm
    @dalemiller78dm 3 года назад +97

    A life long friend and I had an experience walking in the woods at night at his dad’s property. Standing at a known landmark for a few minutes talking we took about 8 to 10 steps towards the direction of a hay barn on top of a small hill. There was a flash of light and in a split second we were at a spot that we shouldn’t have been at. We walked fast back to his house and looked at the clock and we lost about 1 and 1/2 hours of time loss that to this day we cannot explain.

    • @HelgaGrace2007
      @HelgaGrace2007 2 года назад +32

      Something similar happened to my husband growing up. He and his brothers and the neighbor boys were plYing capture the flag, with my husband's driveway being the meeting spot. They all decided to meet at 5 p.m., my husband and his group showed up, and waited for an hour but the other group never showed... when my husband went into the house, his older brother who was leading the other group cam in about 30 minutes later and asked "hey why didn't you guys show up?" My husband said "we did! We were there for an hour, and you guys never showed" his brother said "we were there at 5, you weren't there" and my husband said "NO...WE were there at 5, waited for an hour and finally just left because we didn't want to wait for you." Turns out both groups showed up, but couldn't see eachother, like they were in different realities or something.

    • @zelo533
      @zelo533 2 года назад +6

      Was your rectum a bit loose after that incident ?

    • @Chelsea_._
      @Chelsea_._ 2 года назад +3

      @@zelo533 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @huntclanhunt9697
      @huntclanhunt9697 2 года назад

      Diagnosis: resonance cascade.

    • @ksmlcisme
      @ksmlcisme 2 года назад +1

      Wow !

  • @christopherbennett3425
    @christopherbennett3425 2 года назад +147

    Growing up in the Appalachian mountain range from the Smokies to the Blue Ridge and all through the hills of Tennessee and North Carolina as we call them, many Skeptics will disbelieve that there ever was a cabin but I can tell you there are cabins out there that people can walk within fifty feet of and never see. And even some of our major tourist attraction areas in those mountains still have areas where nobody goes. A lot of our folklore and legends many say they are just myths or scary campfire stories. But a lot of us locals and old families that have been there for Generations still say there are some things that you can't explain and happens within those hills. My family line is rooted deep in those beautiful mountains goin back to days that historians cant even get the correct history. And usually nobody listens. But to each their own opinions. And that's why our region has so many disappearances that can't always be explained. Those mountains hold secrets. Roan Mountain and black mountain and mount Mitchell and Chimney Rock and Devil's Courtyard up on the Blue Ridge and Linville Gorge are embedded deep into old folklore and old families and Native Legends. All are major tourist attractions but yet all are also notorious for many many disappearances and things that have happened that can't seem to be explained. And most of the Unexplained has either happened to people that are not from there and just visiting or have just recently moved there and don't know the local region. But I guess that's what makes it so attractive.

    • @jaysalazar4977
      @jaysalazar4977 2 года назад +12

      I do believe chosen ones and often children are allowed into the places that noone else can see and are offered to stay forever...because their future has a terrible pain... but if there's is a good thing to come out of u being in the 'seen' world , u go back and are considerd brave...
      Kinda like seeing the oracle in the matrix movie. Something so familiar but at the same time in a magic and secure fortress..even though appears normal from inside to the kid or ' lost one' There's something like an optical illusion or chameleon type structure that makes it safe.
      I live in Scotland but was a little kid in Appalanchian mountains...and Something used to draw me out the dirt tracks ...in the nights thru the corn field ..out up thru the woods.
      I dont know all I seen and what was real and what was dream ...I lived there very young....but I mabe was almost saved from darkness or was totally saved from darkness...or I went to save others from darkness. I mean evil..or something...
      The magic or mabe native Americans came to me. Alot of pain is life and with alot of pain you get alot of nurture from kind of angels.
      Mabe our dreams of childhood are the real reality of EXSISTENSE...and our adult life is just a 100..200 year long lesson.
      Anyway this story and these comments make me more intrigued than ever to go back.
      And why do people liable it occult or Witchcraft or skinwalker...alot of powerful beings hidden in the wilderness do not kill unnecessarily or for thrills ( as is done in the monetary world ) but for necessity...and pay thanks for the sacrifice. Never let any suffering.
      I do believe the Native Americans were experts at living undisturbed by finding secret entrances or dips between two hills or banks...or by finding dejavu mirror trails to fool people into thinking they've covered this track before.
      If the Nazis wiped out freedom and any anti-nazi fighterers in Europe and in France in ww2 and won the war ...I would guarantee the Resistance would have found a way to live hidden ..underground or in a far away secluded area.
      Now this is a big mabe...whether its native american...or an Atlantean race or even a modern Underground spy secret service...something lives hidden in the American protected areas...and am sure alot of loners do too ...looking for something other than our modern controlled government assisted /constrained living.
      I hope to see west Virginia one day again 🙏.

    • @harveypresnell8616
      @harveypresnell8616 2 года назад +6

      Yeah this is scary I live near the blue ridge and very close to where the myth of the moth man

    • @MrGobears5263
      @MrGobears5263 2 года назад +5

      Thanks for the info. Very interesting stuff.

    • @dillonpearce1205
      @dillonpearce1205 2 года назад +18

      @@jaysalazar4977 The Appalachians in the USA are the same mountain range as the Scottish highlands. They were all connected back before the continets all spit up. They are also one of (if not the oldest) the oldest mountain ranges in the world.

    • @mariedriskell8752
      @mariedriskell8752 2 года назад +1

      So I bet you could curl Mr Ballens toes with more stories, huh. ?

  • @johnwinbun2645
    @johnwinbun2645 2 года назад +1

    I use to live a stress free life … until I found your channel and instantly became hooked and binged watch your videos lol now I’m convinced my house is haunted and I can’t sleep anymore ! Lol keep up the great work !

  • @shirleyhill9578
    @shirleyhill9578 Год назад +1

    Spooky. Different dimensions. You are so funny as well. Always look forward to your stories. All my friends call me crazy as I believe in all your stories. I have had many strange experiences myself but everyone pats me on my head but I am not the crazy one.

  • @dehartfamily3091
    @dehartfamily3091 2 года назад +37

    I live in Appalachia, and vacation on Roan every year, the old TVA cabins. These are creepy in their own right, creepy and wonderful. Nice to see a story here about this area.

    • @dehartfamily3091
      @dehartfamily3091 2 года назад +1

      @RAMBO JOHN J The cabins are the old cabins - modestly renovated, that the workers used to stay in. When we first vacationed there I noticed the walls in each cabin hold pictures of the workers, some of whom never left alive. The interiors are dark wood, and the grounds are well kept but austere. You really get the feeling this was the experience of the workers. It’s just a great setting for someone like me who loves to tell ghost stories.

  • @gollee123
    @gollee123 3 года назад +26

    I was worried I thought maybe something strange, dark, or mysterious happened to you 😭😩 glad I checked your other channel!

  • @ajmpatriot4899
    @ajmpatriot4899 2 года назад +7

    This is the third story from MrBallen I’ve heard of someone making a b-line to and through the forest, only to show up later and far away or never to be seen again. With no memory of the events.
    WTF?
    What takes over their mind?
    And why?

    • @summerbrooks9922
      @summerbrooks9922 2 года назад +1

      Appearantly, he hit his head or got a head injury prior to the strange event.

  • @danadoozer9990
    @danadoozer9990 2 года назад

    This is such a bizarre story and I'm deeply intrigued! I see that this was posted some time ago, I wonder if this was ever solved!

  • @kiburicheusi6995
    @kiburicheusi6995 2 года назад +457

    The curtain was real. Therefore it is completely impossible for it to have been a hallucination. I would have collected that curtain as evidence. And with all of our technology today, I would have it forensically tested.

    • @mrknarf4438
      @mrknarf4438 2 года назад +20

      Probably would have returned the same results as just a normal curtain. He could have found it abandoned in the woods, I guess, but it was certainly worth a try.

    • @Bleak5170
      @Bleak5170 2 года назад +48

      There was no secret cabin but there was an abandoned house which the cops did find near where Larry was located. Not sure how this very real house, seen by several people, turns into a creepy, non-existent cabin. He also was not found by other hikers. He walked up to another house which did have people living in it.

    • @davidmlong63
      @davidmlong63 2 года назад +4

      same thought

    • @ilike5595
      @ilike5595 2 года назад +7

      @jay ninteeen what? how was he racist? he just said there's no cabin?

    • @soggybread1989
      @soggybread1989 2 года назад +4

      @jay ninteeen bruh

  • @teenat511
    @teenat511 3 года назад +117

    Whenever I'm doing anything now.. I tell my brother, I DO NOT WANT TO END UP AS A BR. BALLEN VIDEO!! He says that if anything does happen to him I HAVE to contact you so he's a Mr. Ballen story! 😅😂

    • @DirtyDink
      @DirtyDink 3 года назад +8

      I decided after watching Mr Ballen that i would never go in a cave again.

    • @teenat511
      @teenat511 3 года назад +11

      @@DirtyDink I will never scuba dive! I'm also rethinking camping!

    • @alysac5926
      @alysac5926 3 года назад +4

      Yup! National Parks now terrify me!

    • @shhshepherds6319
      @shhshepherds6319 3 года назад +7

      Lock your doors, windows, plus if ya take a shower- have a knife- geesh, Mr, Ballen has changed my life

    • @BoxGamesYT256
      @BoxGamesYT256 3 года назад +4

      @@shhshepherds6319 From now on il never leave my house cuz the like button is coming for me

  • @thelmatucker8244
    @thelmatucker8244 2 года назад +1

    Started being a stay at home mom again. The first time around I felt so depressed and bored cleaning all day. Listening to these videos keeps me entertained and happy!

  • @kathyyoung9539
    @kathyyoung9539 2 года назад

    I ya John thanks for your service and your a hell of a story teller.

  • @TheZackingram
    @TheZackingram 2 года назад +39

    I was on Roan Mtn last week. It’s one of my favorite places. I will say Ive camped and hiked there alone and I’ve felt a presence but it’s always just seemed like a spiritual place to me. The cabins are all at the base of the Mtn and it would be a hell of a hike with no clothes from the top. The rhododendrons were blooming last week and it was beautiful!

    • @guitarguy5
      @guitarguy5 2 года назад

      That is a good point. I was thinking it was one of the hiking shelters, but perhaps they were too far below the top of the mountain.

    • @lisamichelle8413
      @lisamichelle8413 2 года назад +2

      Rhododendrons growing wild ?? It must be paradise 🥰🌺🌿