Top 3 IMPOSSIBLE places people were found | Missing 411 (Part 18)

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @deeblank1687
    @deeblank1687 4 года назад +8317

    First story while he was talking at the very end in the bottom middle of the screen. (9:12 ish) I think it was Neegan

  • @Snozzify
    @Snozzify 3 года назад +11887

    I'm not surprised that the crow guided him. People don't give crows enough credit. They are incredibly intelligent. I made friends with a group of crows, when I was a security guard and sat in an empty shipyard for long, boring shifts. I fed them part of my lunch and once they trusted me enough, they found ways to communicate with me. They are truly amazing creatures

    • @Red.fishnet
      @Red.fishnet 3 года назад +571

      When i found this out a few years back since then I have always wanted to make friends with a crow

    • @Snozzify
      @Snozzify 3 года назад +820

      @@Red.fishnet best way to do it, is to bring them some food. My guys were very fond of popcorn and canned cat food, they really love meaty stuff. Just sit somewhere near, but not too close and stay there. They will make the first step to befriend you, they just got to get to know you and trust you. This may take months, but it's very rewarding when they finally decide that you are a friend

    • @Red.fishnet
      @Red.fishnet 3 года назад +295

      @@Snozzify aah thank you😁😁i will try
      Luckily i have an obsession with popcorn so me and the birds already have something in common💅

    • @Snozzify
      @Snozzify 3 года назад +150

      @@Red.fishnet best of luck to you, just be patient, it'll take some time, but eventually they'll befriend you

    • @lucidinterval8012
      @lucidinterval8012 3 года назад +303

      BRO IM A SECURITY GUARD AND ALSO HAVE A STORY. THERE WERE HUNDREDS THEY WERE IN MY WAY ON SHIFT DURING TWILIGHT SUNDAY EVENING (EERIE NIGHT) AT WORK ALONE. AS I DID MY PATROL, I FOUND HUNDREDS RIGHT IN MY WAY. THEY LITERALLY ALL STOOD QUIET AND LOOKED UP AT ME LIKE AS I APPROACHED AND CAME TO A HALT. "DON'T YOU DARE DRIVE THROUGH US" WAS THE SENSE I GOT. MY ASS REVERSED AND GOT THE F*** OUTTA THERE. THEY NEVER BUGGED ME EVER AGAIN. THAT PLACE WAS HAUNTED TOO. I WOULD HEAR FOOTSTEPS BEHIND ME AS I PATROLLED UP STAIRS. SOMETHING WAS ALWAYS FOLLOWING ME.

  • @shawns.12
    @shawns.12 4 года назад +3296

    That story about the boy legitimately scares the shit out of me. I work with dogs professionally, they don’t do that shit for no reason.

    • @midnightssong8865
      @midnightssong8865 4 года назад +351

      Since seeing this I wonder what the dog saw

    • @ladderking
      @ladderking 4 года назад +250

      you know that people say dogs and cats can see ghosts...

    • @willber318
      @willber318 3 года назад +72

      Maybe a porthole 🤷‍♂️

    • @taydoc8580
      @taydoc8580 3 года назад +404

      Also that they never found the other two is super weird. Dogs are usually crazy protective over their people and kids they know. If someone/something snatched the boy they would've tried to stay near him if not fight off the attacker, but even if they somehow lost the boy they would've eventually found their way home

    • @raptorman1283
      @raptorman1283 3 года назад +232

      But why didn't the dog bark when the kid was first screaming?

  • @kathleenmuchka2559
    @kathleenmuchka2559 3 года назад +8607

    Crows are extremely intelligent animals. I watched them stalk a neighbor for years after the neighbor killed one of the crows.

    • @daniellemorcom8750
      @daniellemorcom8750 3 года назад +214

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 x

    • @jarretstockford6702
      @jarretstockford6702 3 года назад +1416

      Yeah it's been noted that some crows/ravens will even train their babies to hate You if you fuck with them

    • @LoriCrabtree31
      @LoriCrabtree31 3 года назад +570

      I guess they've been tested and have the same cognitive abilities of a 7 year old child.

    • @davidmeigs2152
      @davidmeigs2152 3 года назад +954

      When I was young, I fed some young ravens. They followed me around for the entire time I lived there, and now, some twenty years since I left, I swear I saw one of the two birds. Older and ruffled, but still here. Still following me around the property, lol.

    • @kakarotyung7056
      @kakarotyung7056 3 года назад +677

      I killed a crow and they never left me alone I would wake up at the middle of the night and they were pecking my window then they swarmed my son and nearly killed him then there were hundreds of them on my fences and constantly squawking I had to make peace with them I took off all my clothes and screamed if you want me here I am they scratched me up pretty bad and I let them
      Now days I don't have any problems with them as long as I give them offerings such as mince and seed and grain and a massive bird bath
      I went on holiday for 3 months came back and they swarmed me again and my son we couldn't even get out the car so now I have 16 cats and got my gun licence if they wanted a war they got one I cut down there tree after shooting them all were talking hundreds and they cats ate there remains and I burnt what was left but now I'm haunted by there ghosts my window taps all night even as I'm looking right at it but it only stops when I hit record .
      That's my story

  • @isabelschwab2162
    @isabelschwab2162 Год назад +860

    The crow that led the hunter to the body is so interesting, and it has so many fascinating implications. Crows will hold funerals for other crows. They gather the entire flock together to sit in silence around a dead crows remains. Clearly, the remains of dead crows hold deep emotional significance to other crows. What this means for the crow in the story, is that it not only saw the remains an recognized them as being human,. It also must have thought that human remains are important to other humans, just like crow remains are important to crows. Crows are animals that have been proven to show compassion and altruism to other animals. I think that when this crow saw the hunter, it must have figured "i bet humans will want to find these remains so they can properly grieve" and so it guided the hunter to that stump.
    The thought of an animal sympathizing with human grief is such a touching notion, I would really like to believe that that was the crows intention. Crows and other corvids are amazing animals!

    • @diamonddave16
      @diamonddave16 Год назад +25

      Intelligent birds. Crows look badass when they are together like a forest gang

    • @SparlsOfficial
      @SparlsOfficial Год назад +7

      That is beautiful 😢

    • @mint_soup9743
      @mint_soup9743 Год назад +6

      You're very articulate. Great comment!

    • @michaeldoran4367
      @michaeldoran4367 11 месяцев назад

      HILLARY CLINTON IN THE WOODS BOTHERING CHILDREN AND EATING BABIES!

    • @michaeldoran4367
      @michaeldoran4367 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@SparlsOfficialMASSIVELY GIRTHY KOK SEEN POKING THROUGH A TOWEL AT THE COMMUNITY POOL. THE KOK LOOKS LIKE AN ENORMOUS SNAKE WRIGGLING AROUND IN THE AMAZON JUNGLE. SPECTACULARLY HUGE GIRTHY VEINY ERECT KOK

  • @monnasampaio
    @monnasampaio 4 года назад +4187

    The fact that crows and ravens grieve their dead, makes this "delivering human remains to a fellow human" ever more fascinating.

    • @kevinsaltz7849
      @kevinsaltz7849 4 года назад +82

      That's what I was thinking he just made it a habit to do that from time to time in case someone was looking

    • @josephschneeman5415
      @josephschneeman5415 4 года назад +96

      As do elephants and dogs and plenty of other animals.

    • @jamesbakley5073
      @jamesbakley5073 4 года назад +88

      @@josephschneeman5415 crows have their language. Even with accents like us. They can communicate what death is. Farmers will also kill them and hang them up to keep them from their fields.

    • @EVH596
      @EVH596 4 года назад +175

      @Prison Mike I personally love crows because they’re so lively and intelligent. I get wanting to keep them away from crops and food, but I actually like having them around. Plus, you can actually make friends with them by feeding them, since they can remember faces and even a persons car!

    • @RuinedTemple
      @RuinedTemple 4 года назад +65

      @Prison Mike That man's family & friends might not agree with that statement. If there were far fewer crows, one may never have come across his remains & shown that hunter where they were, then those who cared for him would have never had any closure.

  • @victoriacervantes9239
    @victoriacervantes9239 3 года назад +3064

    The crow was pointing out that “one of your kind died over here.” And since the crows live in the forest they would know how seldom a human dies in their forest and would be wanting to let any other human who came along to the area know what was up. I hope that crow knows that they did a really good job.

    • @snoblette
      @snoblette 3 года назад +165

      I read somewhere that crows also know how to gather belongings and keep them neatly done... May or may not be the case here but when researching crows it blew my mind

    • @karmynking2949
      @karmynking2949 3 года назад +37

      @@snoblette i think it was someone in the tribe, not knowing that he was one of there own or not caring.

    • @bwestacado9643
      @bwestacado9643 3 года назад +161

      Crows are brilliant and I love that they hold investigations when their own die to avoid meeting the same end. Like you, I believe the crow was just like "yo, found one of you dead over here"

    • @drwatson16
      @drwatson16 3 года назад +29

      Or the crow is somehow involved in the disappearing of the guy at first place..what if the crow is evil and the hunter was about to become its next victim? 🤔

    • @bwestacado9643
      @bwestacado9643 3 года назад +80

      @@drwatson16 Lol serial killer crow sick of people making noise in his woods

  • @Ok-bv2kk
    @Ok-bv2kk 3 года назад +12037

    Moral of the story: stop leaving your 2 year olds unattended near the forest!!!!!

    • @williamwill182
      @williamwill182 3 года назад +962

      These people are crazy, i dont know why they think its a good ideia to let young children play away from them near a dense forest, and they get surprised when something bad happens.

    • @janasmith1682
      @janasmith1682 3 года назад +118

      Amen!

    • @DejaB0226
      @DejaB0226 3 года назад +77

      Agree lol

    • @ethansolis3244
      @ethansolis3244 3 года назад +280

      No, the actual moral of the story is not to live by a forest.

    • @garethhawkins6974
      @garethhawkins6974 3 года назад +284

      I know right it's so stupid. I've heard several stories similar to this if it ain't a wild animal doing the killing it's a pedo. So stupid its like the start of a horror film, hey yeah I know I'll just let a baby play in a forest while I take my eyes off the kid and read a book. Most of the cases I've seen have ended 10 times worse than this story and yet they all have one thing in common there wasn't a dad around. I remember when I was a kid whenever my mum or dad took me to the park every time I looked over my dad was constantly watching me and would even come over to me if a dog came close or a potential threat just to make sure and yet whenever my mum took me Id look over and she would be In deep conversation with other woman at the park not paying attention to what I was doing or what was happening. Just saying

  • @CharlotteBlaire
    @CharlotteBlaire Год назад +793

    I really like how Mr Ballen always lets us know what happens to any animals/pets involved in the stories he tells.

    • @Gletenkompleten
      @Gletenkompleten Год назад +2

      Me too. ❤❤❤

    • @-bubby9633
      @-bubby9633 10 месяцев назад

      Dog nutter

    • @BalboaBaggins
      @BalboaBaggins 8 месяцев назад +2

      What about those animals you eat?

    • @zolaii
      @zolaii 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@BalboaBagginsthey died already..?

    • @zolaii
      @zolaii 7 месяцев назад

      @@BalboaBagginsthey died already..?

  • @DeputyDiddle
    @DeputyDiddle 3 года назад +786

    Crows hold funerals for their dead crow brethren. I like to imagine that this one just wanted to let a human know that we've lost one of our own so that we could do the same.

    • @desertparanormal2791
      @desertparanormal2791 3 года назад +15

      It's not the first time it's happened and I'm sure it won't be the last. I've always had an extremely good day if I see a crow or two.

    • @TheLikenessOfNormal
      @TheLikenessOfNormal 3 года назад +12

      Especially if the man was good to the crows it would be trying to tell others he was dead.

    • @mrace1180
      @mrace1180 3 года назад +7

      @@desertparanormal2791 Then you should come to Norway, almost impossible to go a day without seeing a crow.

    • @montanamike7948
      @montanamike7948 3 года назад +1

      They also kill other crows

    • @GrimSleepy
      @GrimSleepy 3 года назад +4

      @@montanamike7948 A gathering of them is called a Murder, after all.

  • @hussssshie
    @hussssshie 3 года назад +2927

    Crows are extremely intelligent and will help people. A friend of mine who was epileptic had a pet crow. One time she had an episode while cooking and Birb (that was its name) turned off the stove and flew to her mother's house two towns away to alert them that something happened and they immediately called police. Turning off the stove probably saved her life, and she never taught Birb how to do that.
    Birb died a year ago or so and we all miss him more than a dog or a cat. They're truly wonderful animals despite the looks.

    • @davidpierce9949
      @davidpierce9949 3 года назад +102

      Bro that one is hard to believe. It turned off the stove?

    • @LuckyBadger
      @LuckyBadger 3 года назад +284

      @@davidpierce9949 I've heard, and actually seen, so many amazing things that crows can do, that I absolutely believe it. They are so smart it's scary, and yes, they can watch what you do and copy it.

    • @poosaay
      @poosaay 3 года назад +162

      @@davidpierce9949 I kinda think its possibly coz the crows in my neighborhood sometimes enter my house wen I play with them n they know how to open the draws and cabinets. it's kinda annoying actually coz they'll open it n then start yanking things out n making a whole mess

    • @MollyFC
      @MollyFC 3 года назад +129

      @@davidpierce9949 I've seen footage of crows opening gates so it's not that weird

    • @aliceem9615
      @aliceem9615 3 года назад +66

      I think they are beautiful

  • @vinchezmo8864
    @vinchezmo8864 3 года назад +1235

    Back in the 90’s my wife and I lived in Nepal. We were trekking near Thangboche when a raven cawing loudly and batting its wings kept following us. Flying ahead and stopping on chortans and a rock wall next to the trail to yell at us, as if warning us not to continue and turn around. Doing so would mean doubling back, adding hours to the trek. We tried to ignore him, but he wouldn’t let up. Being in such a spiritual place we decided to pay heed to the ravens warning and turned around. We later found out that a slide had wiped out the trail just ahead of where we turned around and it was a very dangerous area where other hikers had actually gone missing…. Glad we listened

    • @egyensangpo346
      @egyensangpo346 3 года назад +19

      Damn thats cool . I have heard that thangboche is a really beautiful place .

    • @subhabratadas8419
      @subhabratadas8419 3 года назад +68

      In Nepal , crows are considered ancestors who come back to visit you.

    • @positivepessimist6853
      @positivepessimist6853 3 года назад +38

      Wow, that's amazing! These creatures serve a purpose and have to be respected. Islam teaches that all animals communicate, but that we just don't understand them.

    • @UnbelievableCrimeStories
      @UnbelievableCrimeStories 3 года назад

      Cap

    • @t.mendous7922
      @t.mendous7922 3 года назад +2

      Yikes, that sounds like a close call!

  • @chelleluvseeyore
    @chelleluvseeyore Год назад +113

    The way everything was laid out next to the tree is a resemblance to a Soldiers Cross. It is a way of honoring a soldier who has died in war. Leads me to believe Robert somehow became critically injured and he knew he would not survive so he laid out his boots and items for his own Soldiers Cross as a way of letting his family know, he was a hero to the end.

    • @SrithanPullela
      @SrithanPullela 11 месяцев назад +1

      thats what i thought

    • @liliantyra2761
      @liliantyra2761 8 месяцев назад +2

      One question: why wouldn’t he have propped his bow up by his boots like what would be done with a soldier’s rifle?

    • @chelleluvseeyore
      @chelleluvseeyore 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@liliantyra2761 That's a good question, it's possible he died before he had the chance. ❤‍🩹

    • @Zak_How
      @Zak_How 6 месяцев назад +1

      I thought so too

    • @MichaelWest1996
      @MichaelWest1996 6 месяцев назад +2

      But then where is the rest of his body? There wouldn’t only be a skull

  • @tjpm
    @tjpm 2 года назад +1710

    We must understand that when a dog stands his ground and growls at anything, it means it’s scared but is ready for anything. Kudos to that brave dog. My own dog feels a leaf fall behind her and she will run and leave me to fend for myself… I love her tho.

    • @awg7068
      @awg7068 Год назад +101

      My old boy (RIP) did that with coyotes when I was pregnant and confronted by two of them. His instincts kicked right in, and he was a big boy, so his size and demeanor backed them off. I miss him every day.

    • @StrangeDetectives
      @StrangeDetectives Год назад +32

      She's like: FEND FOR YOURSELF MOM/DAD!

    • @StrangeDetectives
      @StrangeDetectives Год назад +9

      @@awg7068 aw..

    • @awg7068
      @awg7068 Год назад +20

      @@StrangeDetectives He was our good boy, and I swear he sent us our girl that we adopted. She’s much smaller, but a total love like him.

    • @StrangeDetectives
      @StrangeDetectives Год назад +5

      @adriennewrn7068 aww that's sweet

  • @instincthd9509
    @instincthd9509 4 года назад +3968

    This guy can read a whole dictionary and still make it interesting

    • @sherrilllowrey7275
      @sherrilllowrey7275 4 года назад +34

      So true! I’m drawn in every time! Great storyteller. ❤️

    • @waltercalvin2060
      @waltercalvin2060 4 года назад +25

      I totally agree! He knows how to tell a story, even if it's made up, lol

    • @dardarbings2920
      @dardarbings2920 4 года назад +8

      True

    • @joshuagarcia5822
      @joshuagarcia5822 4 года назад +4

      Lmao! #facts!

    • @hosbearanda889
      @hosbearanda889 4 года назад +12

      And he could kill efficiently kill you if you didn’t like it 😈

  • @Oplutmagicman
    @Oplutmagicman 3 года назад +479

    I love how this guys tells the stories like he’s actually recalling the events, super natural feeling

    • @danielstarr9037
      @danielstarr9037 3 года назад +14

      I’ve had history teachers like that and I absolutely love it

    • @seanking502
      @seanking502 3 года назад +9

      He needs to write books, his story telling abilities are top notch

    • @JackTaylor-sm4se
      @JackTaylor-sm4se 3 года назад +7

      just shows how much research he does to be able to give us these amazing stories. Would be better with less ads so I could listen to him while I sleep.

    • @alexortizdabeast8534
      @alexortizdabeast8534 3 года назад +1

      Yea hes great at it

  • @sooffiiaaaa
    @sooffiiaaaa Год назад +57

    Its such a relief when the people in Mr Ballen's stories survive

  • @kalabell12
    @kalabell12 3 года назад +505

    A good friend of mine rehabilitated an injured crow and he brought miscellaneous knickknacks from the woods for years after he was released. ♥️

    • @prodigals6862
      @prodigals6862 3 года назад +15

      Knick knacks or clues 🧐 📝

    • @kalabell12
      @kalabell12 3 года назад +4

      @@prodigals6862 could’ve been either one 🤣

    • @therealdeal3672
      @therealdeal3672 3 года назад +7

      Crows are generous, that way, apparently.

    • @lyndsinreallife
      @lyndsinreallife 3 года назад +2

      This is adorable

    • @StanleyKubick1
      @StanleyKubick1 3 года назад +5

      they're attracted to shiny things. in south america there are crows that share a "treasure room" in the center mass of their communal nest

  • @robloxboy6640
    @robloxboy6640 3 года назад +506

    This guy would make a great teacher,
    He's very good and makes you feel like you want to listen to him,

    • @peepbo3964
      @peepbo3964 3 года назад +3

      Lmao....

    • @JoyceLund
      @JoyceLund 3 года назад +3

      69 it would bed bad if someone made it 70

    • @peepbo3964
      @peepbo3964 3 года назад

      @@JoyceLundoh yeah?

    • @chrisquiett1776
      @chrisquiett1776 3 года назад +1

      Rare talent for sure.

    • @Red.fishnet
      @Red.fishnet 3 года назад +2

      Mr Ballen in the beginning:👐👐👋🙌👏👐🙌👋🙌🙏🙌👋👋

  • @richardmangelmann4975
    @richardmangelmann4975 3 года назад +668

    If there's a dangerous forest next to your home, put a damn fence up

    • @Olivia-pe5vf
      @Olivia-pe5vf 3 года назад +4

      Exactly.

    • @connerbush143
      @connerbush143 3 года назад +18

      Country people don’t use fences. It’s against the country hick code

    • @Josiah.435
      @Josiah.435 3 года назад +9

      i live with 20 acres of forest around me no fences

    • @egorsdeimos3523
      @egorsdeimos3523 3 года назад +15

      Anna was found on the other side of a fence

    • @egorsdeimos3523
      @egorsdeimos3523 3 года назад +23

      Ten fences to be exact, a fence isn’t going to do much

  • @Lisa_resendez4675
    @Lisa_resendez4675 Год назад +43

    I have seriously become addicted to binge watching every single video Mr. Ballen has made in the past years. There has been nothing else that compares to his story-telling capabilities and to keep me entirely enthralled in every single detail of each one. Truly gifted young man you are, Mr. Ballen😊

    • @michaeldoran4367
      @michaeldoran4367 11 месяцев назад

      MEATY VEINY KOK WITH INCREDIBLE GIRTH WHIPPED OUT DURING A 7 YEAR OLD BOY'S SOCIAL STUDIES PRESENTATION! HUGE GIRTHY HOG POKES THRU OVERALLS

    • @ItsMaisyDaisy
      @ItsMaisyDaisy 10 месяцев назад

      He is the best!!

    • @michaeldoran4367
      @michaeldoran4367 10 месяцев назад

      @@ItsMaisyDaisy Power Bottom Dave Rubin generates 8.3Kw worth of power from his power bottom activities

  • @apgambino
    @apgambino 4 года назад +572

    Crows are one of the smartest animals on the planet. They can identify different species and are prone to having funerals for their own kind. This crow probably knew the hunter was of the same species as the skull and called him over so he could put the body to rest. Crows are immensely intelligent, this completely falls in line with something they could do. We love our crow pals #crowfacts

    • @deannamarin318
      @deannamarin318 3 года назад +18

      'Quote The Raven Nevermore."

    • @Thekoryosmenstribepodcast
      @Thekoryosmenstribepodcast 3 года назад +14

      Same with ravens.

    • @thedogman7846
      @thedogman7846 3 года назад +22

      Ravens and crows are our brothers. They have extreame intelligence and compassion

    • @mcrosemasters3060
      @mcrosemasters3060 3 года назад +10

      Lol crows are my favorite bird. Ive always liked them, even before I knew any real facts about them.

    • @corvianthedarktemplar3035
      @corvianthedarktemplar3035 3 года назад +1

      @@thedogman7846 hmmm birb birb birb birb birb birb birb birb birb birb birb birb birb birb birb

  • @CyhAnide
    @CyhAnide 4 года назад +745

    I had a crow yell at me once. I was 17 or 18 at the time. It was perched on my neighbor's gutter while I was filling a bucket to water some newly planted fruit trees--close enough that I thought it was being weirdly insistent--so I yelled back that if it wanted water, it had to come down and get it.
    So it looked at me, watched me step away and motion to the water-filled bucket, then it flew down and drank from the bucket like a good birb. And I guess that meant we were friends now, 'cause it followed me around while I finished watering my trees--to the point where I actually got it to ride on my shoulder for the last couple of trips.
    My mom freaked, though. It was hilarious. She was shouting from the back porch, "THERE'S A BIRD ON YOUR SHOULDER!"
    And I was just... o_o "Yeah, Mom. I can see that. This is my crow friend."
    And then crow friend started hanging out on the porch after I went inside, tapping on the sliding door and cawing for me, so I had to tell it to leave, or else my mom might chase it off with a broom. (My mom's from the Philippines, and really superstitious, so she thought it was either sick or bad luck.)
    So crow friend left, and I never saw it again. Great memory, though. Corvids are brilliant birds.

    • @starcravingmatt
      @starcravingmatt 3 года назад +55

      Crows are good luck here. They are sacred holy creatures that are known to help humans.

    • @RaraZeCat
      @RaraZeCat 3 года назад +19

      Aaw... too bad corvids don’t live where I live... I would like a crow friend... the closest we get to corvids are unaproachable bluebirds.

    • @PsychoticEwok
      @PsychoticEwok 3 года назад +25

      Crows are really intelligent birds they make great pets, used to have to cull them occasionally to stop them eating crops they pretty quickly learned if they landed in the crop fields they were safe from the shotguns

    • @donnyposey5179
      @donnyposey5179 3 года назад +21

      @@RaraZeCat I raised a Bluebird that fell out of its nest and was in the middle of a road. Her name was Clara and she followed me wherever I went. I still miss my beautiful Clara.

    • @pileofsticksingermany1993
      @pileofsticksingermany1993 3 года назад +3

      .... the first thing I thought of was huginn and muninn from norse mythology.
      Two ravens flew from Hnikar’s [Óðinn’s] (Odin’s)
      shoulders; Huginn to the hanged and
      Muninn to the slain [corpses]

  • @JustBethTrying
    @JustBethTrying 3 года назад +716

    I understand the difficulty of watching a child every single second , but I also think that parents and caregivers significantly underestimate the amount of time they look away.

    • @markg1490
      @markg1490 3 года назад +40

      I was shopping with my wife and she went in to try on some clothes. I was watching my 3 year old and looked away for just what felt like a few seconds but when I looked back he was gone. I called him and got no response. I started to panic and called louder. Then I heard this little giggle from within a clothes rack 30 feet from where he was just at. The only thing I can figure is that I was distracted longer than I thought.

    • @Mooses98702
      @Mooses98702 3 года назад +15

      It really does only take a second but I also wouldn't leave my 2 year old anywhere that wasn't totally secured without me watching. Letting your 2 year old run around in a forest is never a good idea whether you're watching them or not. Far too many hazards. But yeah, there's so so many stories like this. I assume you know about Jamie Bulger who's mother was literally holding his hand just moments before he was abducted.

    • @miseee007
      @miseee007 3 года назад +2

      What would you say if you lost your child/grandchild, you would surely not say i took my look off him for a few mins.

    • @Stephen29471
      @Stephen29471 3 года назад +8

      @@llnn1238 helicopter parenting can have its own problems especially with teenagers i agree this woman and many of the other 411 cases are negligent in there task but jumping from one extreme to another is never good

    • @timekiller882
      @timekiller882 3 года назад

      @@llnn1238 what do you mean no. You don’t decide every instance based on YOUR experience

  • @Skyscraper2015
    @Skyscraper2015 Год назад +58

    I have realised if I am feeling hot after a long day working outside then I just need to watch one of Mr Ballen's creepy stories and it sufficiently gives me the chills.

  • @EdTube444
    @EdTube444 3 года назад +659

    The crow alerting a human to the remains of another human is not that surprising. Crows are eerily smart people.

    • @Moonlakes
      @Moonlakes 3 года назад +71

      "smart people" lol

    • @broodyraccoon1
      @broodyraccoon1 3 года назад +15

      Not animals, just little critters in feathers. Lol

    • @rusty1370
      @rusty1370 3 года назад +15

      Smart birds

    • @jae9549
      @jae9549 3 года назад +24

      a flock of crows is called a murder - among other things. but i like this one

    • @st-yz7js
      @st-yz7js 3 года назад +20

      if i were in the position of the hunter i would have thought the crowed killed the man and had a blood lust for me

  • @Bludgeoned2DEATH2
    @Bludgeoned2DEATH2 3 года назад +631

    Crows are unbelievably smart animals for birds, they have shown the ability for complex problem solving. It is absolutely no surprise to me that a crow saw something that didn't belong near its home and alerted someone to it.

    • @MetalGearTenno
      @MetalGearTenno 3 года назад +18

      Ravens are the smartest bird's known to man.

    • @Sequatchiemm
      @Sequatchiemm 3 года назад +8

      else everything to compared sense muchso makes story crow the explain u way that Dude

    • @bestbuddz4349
      @bestbuddz4349 3 года назад +36

      @@Sequatchiemm wtf was that supposed to say

    • @SweetSassyMuffins
      @SweetSassyMuffins 3 года назад +48

      Native Americans believe that crows act as communicators between this world and the next. As someone who grew up with very superstitious Irish parents and hearing stories of the fae and why I was never allowed to whistle at night.. the things you see around you often times should be taken at face value and not discredited, just because we don't hear and see things, doesn't mean they don't exist. Sometimes we try to pass it off as coincidences when we should be listening to what they are telling us.

    • @HelloNewMoon
      @HelloNewMoon 3 года назад +39

      I one saw one drop a crumpled dollar on the sidewalk in front of a dude eating lunch on a bench. The dude got up to grab the dollar, the crown grabbed his whole bag of french fries

  • @danteb1926
    @danteb1926 2 года назад +798

    Considering Crows, Ravens, Magpies, etc. hold funerals for their dead, have a basic understanding of how to use tools, and are able to solve puzzles it’s not too hard to believe that the crow luring the hunter to one of "his" dead was purposeful. Peculiar that it happened on Crow Reservation, probably made it more likely for the crow to help people out due to long human contact.

    • @samanthafairweather9186
      @samanthafairweather9186 2 года назад +22

      I'm an Aussie and I HATE magpies! They will swoop you once, then everytime it sees you, it'll always swoop you, even if there's other people around. They have very good memories,and remember the person that they originally targeted and always go for that person.

    • @puck4801
      @puck4801 2 года назад +8

      @@samanthafairweather9186 Why do they go for that person in the first place, though?

    • @samanthafairweather9186
      @samanthafairweather9186 2 года назад +14

      @@puck4801 normally, it's because it's nesting season and they are protecting their nests. Just walking under the tree can make you a target.

    • @puck4801
      @puck4801 2 года назад +17

      @@samanthafairweather9186 Ah, protective parents! Humans break everything they touch, so that seems perfectly reasonable to me.

    • @caloreen1992
      @caloreen1992 2 года назад +13

      @@puck4801 How are you typing with a broken keyboard?

  • @wallerron
    @wallerron Год назад +9

    The storytelling about the situation with the crow gave me some intense goosebumps.
    Well done!

  • @CarlosGuzman-vi9xw
    @CarlosGuzman-vi9xw 3 года назад +2374

    I can only imagine, that whatever got Eldridge lost, those 2 dogs laid down their lives trying to protect him, God bless those two canines 🐶 🐕

    • @OfficerK7
      @OfficerK7 3 года назад +152

      Indeed dogs will always be mans best friend

    • @andredunhos4097
      @andredunhos4097 3 года назад +35

      Or they got crazed and ate him. You never know

    • @nully4823
      @nully4823 3 года назад +98

      But one question. How come the 2 dogs weren't with the boy? Usually dogs always stay with their owner.

    • @ginabizzarosghosts7831
      @ginabizzarosghosts7831 3 года назад +4

      Definitely.

    • @addd529
      @addd529 3 года назад +9

      @@Creature0022 wtfffff??????????? Yea i think that’s it

  • @R.C.E.MutationsUK
    @R.C.E.MutationsUK 2 года назад +428

    Crows and Ravens are extremely intelligent. A friend of mine nursed a Crow back to good health after finding it very poorly and malnourished, he even put a bird table out hoping it would return back to his garden. And to his surprise, it returned weekly to feed at this bird table and also left gifts for him on the table. A lot of it was just old tat like hair clips or bottle tops but we think it was the Crows way of saying thank you

    • @tylera9665
      @tylera9665 2 года назад +24

      It definitely was, crows are known to like anything that's shiny so like how a cat might bring it's owner a mouse it caught it was probably looking fir things it considered valuable (anything shiny) to trade for food you have to be careful if it brings you something actually valuable though cause depending on where you are you could be charged with theft if it were to bring you something that belongs to someone.

    • @SandraGarcia-lj3bd
      @SandraGarcia-lj3bd Год назад +2

      Precioso , te creo estaba agradecido .

    • @bostontowny4life744
      @bostontowny4life744 Год назад +2

      They are the messengers of the wise one.

    • @Ezio999Auditore
      @Ezio999Auditore Год назад +3

      Bottle caps from Fallout

    • @skreeb
      @skreeb Год назад +1

      @@Ezio999Auditore Patrolling the Mojave Wasteland almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.

  • @amazingsupergirl7125
    @amazingsupergirl7125 3 года назад +411

    When you let your two and three-year-olds play alone in the forest while you’re in the house messing around and not watching them, you can definitely expect bad things to happen

    • @nirangatang7759
      @nirangatang7759 3 года назад +7

      You’re not wrong

    • @1sirhos
      @1sirhos 3 года назад +1

      It was the 40s and 50s. You only know that now because of cases like this, lol. They had no clue back then.

    • @emersonsrandomvideos248
      @emersonsrandomvideos248 3 года назад +10

      I can't believe people so negligent such as in these stories exist

    • @BrennanCh06
      @BrennanCh06 3 года назад +13

      I live on the edge of a national forest, my kids never play unsupervised near it.
      Ever.

    • @DaLilVivi96
      @DaLilVivi96 3 месяца назад

      2 and 3 is still a baby wtf!

  • @shellyscholz1256
    @shellyscholz1256 Год назад +73

    My neighbors bird feeder is always full of many types of birds. The other day there were doves at the feeder who normally leave quickly when a murder of crows come by. But, on this day the crows that arrived didn’t scare away the doves because they were little crows, probably not many days out of their nests. So clearly this was only an attempted murder. Just thought some levity might give someone a smile as it had for me.

    • @alicewilloughby4318
      @alicewilloughby4318 Год назад +4

      An attempted... murder. Grroooooaaan!

    • @UnicornSpoonie
      @UnicornSpoonie 11 месяцев назад +2

      Thank you for that! It may be silly or cheesy to some, but it sure put a smile on my face and made me laugh. I hope you have a lovely new year!! 😀💛

  • @Reesicup
    @Reesicup 3 года назад +1525

    I think the first story, Eldridge was possibly picked up by a wild animal like a bear or something. Probably held him by his clothes (his clothes were torn and tattered when he was found) the other 2 dogs probably chased it to protect the boy and were killed/eaten. Ive heard stories about how sometimes when I young child yells out/cries, it can sound very similar to a baby animal and sometimes an animal's maternal instincts will kick in and it will suddenly recognize the child as a baby . There's a story of a girl who was protected by lionesses because, they think, her cries resembled a lion cub. I think this may have been what happened. The animal picked up Eldridge and ran off, planning to eat him but then began to treat him as it's own young and that's why he was found in an animals den on a bed of leaves. Of course the terror of this and of likely seeing his 2 dogs being eaten would be tramatic enough that his mind would block it out. And of course that's why the 3rd dog would have been terrified and wouldn't turn around. You don't turn your back on a predator.

    • @paulc2138
      @paulc2138 3 года назад +149

      Best explanation I’ve read yet

    • @WickedTeddyBear
      @WickedTeddyBear 3 года назад +78

      Had also the same thought... Only logical explanation I could think of

    • @KingContrary
      @KingContrary 3 года назад +161

      Yeah but why no tracks? Wouldn't there be paw prints in the mud/"sand"?

    • @liselottenormannsrensen7867
      @liselottenormannsrensen7867 3 года назад +82

      My German shepard have had puppies 3 times and she knows what to do when the puppies are "crying" Resently we have had 3 grandchildren and when they cry she does exactly the same. She wants to lick them, be close to them and brings them her favorit toy. She knows when it's a serious cry and when they are just fussy or tired. Animals know so much more than we know❤️❤️

    • @ricardogalano4849
      @ricardogalano4849 3 года назад +74

      you forgot to explain how the Eldridge's last scream sounded muffled like someone stopped him midst scream

  • @heatherconway5191
    @heatherconway5191 3 года назад +511

    Crows are very intelligent.
    They not only have funerals for their dead... but will guide humans to a dead human (like this crow did) so that the human can have a funeral.
    It's also widely believed, especially in native folklore, that a person who has passed alone with no ceremony are lost souls that the crow will carry until that person can be peacefully put to rest.
    The Cherokee tribe of which my family descends, believe crows carry the souls of the dead to their final destination (heaven) once they've been laid to rest. If a crow is making itself known, then it is notifying of someone who needs to be put to rest. If the person has been laid to rest and the crow still lingers, that person has not made it to the after life... something is keeping that person's soul from leaving earth, a lot of times seen as a guardian warning of something bad to come.

    • @endangerdenglish
      @endangerdenglish 3 года назад +8

      They hover over dead beings like vultures, that is all, I have buried three crows on my land, there was only one funeral and that was me taking care of them, birds have hollow bones and they go back to nature quickly.

    • @Chaos_Nova
      @Chaos_Nova 3 года назад +2

      They are smart sentient beings that’s all, none of that supernatural shit

    • @canterburytail2294
      @canterburytail2294 3 года назад +19

      I am part Cherokee on my fathers side and my dad always taught me crows are "good people".

    • @lastraven7205
      @lastraven7205 3 года назад +1

      does your 23&me say you're actually Cherokee? everyone says they are

    • @summers9052
      @summers9052 3 года назад +9

      @@lastraven7205 you do know that Cherokee is like,, the biggest tribe aside from Navaho? so it makes sense that proportionally more people would have traces of that descent

  • @Hella-en5dh
    @Hella-en5dh 3 года назад +397

    Crows are extremely intelligent, maybe it was like “Hey, you know this dude?”

    • @TerryByrd17
      @TerryByrd17 3 года назад +2

      I saw crows trying to eat or chase a little baby bunny today. It was weird.

    • @CC-ok2kt
      @CC-ok2kt 3 года назад +17

      @@TerryByrd17 it’s called hunting, it’s something wild animals, presumably predators, need to do to survive. Hunting is where a predator attacks and kills a live animal, to then eat its body for nutrients. Humans do not need to hunt because we have farms, I guess that’s why you’ve never head of it.

    • @dropdatabase2569
      @dropdatabase2569 3 года назад +8

      At work, we have a trained crow. It comes, knocks on the window, we give it food, it gives us some little things like nuts or screws. All we have to do to achieve such an amazing result was give it food from time to time. Crows are very intelligent

    • @liamg152
      @liamg152 3 года назад

      Bro I'm dead 😂💀

    • @yourdad5799
      @yourdad5799 3 года назад +1

      @@TerryByrd17 That's how nature works man

  • @JesseJames7-8-9
    @JesseJames7-8-9 Год назад +21

    My boyo’s 5 now, but when he was 2 he crawled out of the dog door and went into the back yard. We called and looked all through and around the house to no avail. Luckily we have very smart dogs and they started whining until we found him behind the shed in a 10 inch gap where he was stuck. Wasn’t crying, wasn’t struggling to get out. Just stuck and silent. Brave boy, great dogs 😁

  • @JustMe11392
    @JustMe11392 3 года назад +1725

    I use to go deep in the woods on hikes by myself. On one I hurt my ankle and couldn't walk. After a long night, I didn't bring my phone or supplies I started crawling. Several crows started yelling directly above me. I had taken a different route back trying to shorten the time I had to crawl. My original route would've been nearly impossible because I had to climb down. Anyway the crows moved a short distance away. I just knew I needed to follow them so I crawled and used trees to stand and move upright when I could. When I'd reach them they'd start cawing and move another short distance away. This continued for a few hours until I got to the edge of the forest...where I had parked my car. The crows stayed with me until I was safe then flew away. Sometimes God moves in mysterious ways, but sometimes He's obvious.

    • @lindacarol5982
      @lindacarol5982 3 года назад +67

      I was thinking the other day after watching many 411's that tree's may be some kind of transmitter or portal or something like that. Yeah, I may sound crazy but it was just a thought

    • @JustMe11392
      @JustMe11392 3 года назад +36

      @@lindacarol5982 mysteries abound on earth. Who knows, you might be right.

    • @lindacarol5982
      @lindacarol5982 3 года назад +11

      @@JustMe11392 yes!!! That's true 🤯😳

    • @angelicsprnkles5454
      @angelicsprnkles5454 3 года назад +102

      I don't wanna undermine your sentiment, but crows are incredibly intelligent animals and have been found to communicate, cooperate, and help humans extensively in the past. They also seem to have an understanding of injury and death on what's almost a sentient level, so they probably saw you, realized you were in pain, and then guided you back to your car. Ofc, this could still be attributed to Him, and I don't think you'd be wrong to do so (I'm not personally a believer), but the way in which He intervened is probably even more subtle than you might have imagined. In the above video, it's entirely possible that Robert's belongings were actually placed like that by the crows once again, as they could've found his body and all these things next to him and realized that they were his and wanted to keep them together.

    • @JustMe11392
      @JustMe11392 3 года назад +1

      @@cheekobandit5237 Goodluck

  • @whelpthereitis3958
    @whelpthereitis3958 2 года назад +1511

    I do not doubt the crow knew exactly what it was doing, calling attention to the remains. I was in my kitchen washing dishes one afternoon. I heard a crow calling repeatedly. After a couple minutes of listening, I decided to go look out the window into the side yard. There was the crow, sitting on a tree branch at the level of the window. I said well, what's the problem? The crow looked at me, and flew about 10/12ft away and perched in the top of an overgrown azalea that I had cut back a few days before. The crow looked at me and down into the azalea. I realized there were other birds perched around on the azalea also. There were 2 more crows, a cardinal, a mockingbird, a robin and 2 sparrows all perched around the upper part of the cut back azalea. Some looked at me and down into the bush, others were just looking into the bush. The crow began calling again, some of the other birds joined the crow in calling. I thought it was strange and something was going on, for these birds to be gathered around like that. I grabbed a machete as I went out the backdoor. I went to the side yard and the calling stopped when I came around the corner. All of the birds were looking at me and looking down into the azalea bush. As I eased up to the bush, the birds continued to perch where they were. Different birds at different times, just sitting there looking at me and looking down into the bush. It was like they were saying Look here. There it is. I looked down and didn't really see anything other than dead leaves and bare azalea branches. I actually asked Well, what? How about a clue? What do you need from me? The 1st crow dropped down a few branches, broke a twig from the branch it was sitting on and dropped it, deliberately to a place near the center of the bush. Then I saw what they were trying to show me....there was a very large cottonmouth coiled there in the azalea. I managed to kill the snake. It was almost 5 ft long and my hand didn't close completely around it when I picked it up. The strangest thing to me though was, I had to poke the snake a couple if times, to get it to move out of the azalea. Then it took 2 blows to chop it's head off. The birds never moved. They sat and watched. Once the head was off and the snake was dead, the birds all went about their bird business. I was very thankful. I had 2 small children that played in the side yard everyday. I added a few more bird feeders and baths to the ones I already had around the area. I pay attention to the wildlife/animals around me. They hear see smell and feel things I never will.

    • @karen0karen
      @karen0karen 2 года назад +91

      Wow. That is so amazing.

    • @whelpthereitis3958
      @whelpthereitis3958 2 года назад +141

      @@karen0karen it truly was. My children are now 34 & 37 and I still pay attention to the birds and wildlife. Hasn't let me down as of yet. The cooperation of the different species of birds was something else.

    • @karen0karen
      @karen0karen 2 года назад +72

      @@whelpthereitis3958 I can only imagine how an event like that would change how one saw the world.

    • @Zachary-
      @Zachary- 2 года назад +90

      Birds always repay their debts.

    • @whelpthereitis3958
      @whelpthereitis3958 2 года назад +26

      @@karen0karen you are so right about that.

  • @jonathonjanuary2395
    @jonathonjanuary2395 3 года назад +295

    Why do I keep watching these in the dark, by myself, while trying to go to sleep. First you make me terrified of scuba diving, then caving, now living in general......

    • @CarsonsClips
      @CarsonsClips 3 года назад +5

      Same..

    • @bethrundle98
      @bethrundle98 3 года назад +13

      this is the mistake i am currently making

    • @zalanmokos6066
      @zalanmokos6066 3 года назад +7

      I am also doing this right now and I'm utterly disappointed in myself

    • @aplobb
      @aplobb 3 года назад +5

      Ummm yep...

    • @cliftonmoore9108
      @cliftonmoore9108 3 года назад +3

      @@bethrundle98 same smh in bed in the dark

  • @kadenlags781
    @kadenlags781 3 года назад +483

    i have learned a few things, don’t go by woods don’t go in woods, don’t go scuba diving, don’t go in caves, don’t be alone sounds about right

    • @jaiander1974
      @jaiander1974 3 года назад +13

      I was just thinking the same thing lol. I just binged Air Disasters so the sky is now on my list as well

    • @jacknadeau4889
      @jacknadeau4889 3 года назад +5

      I just decided to don’t do

    • @West_splash-_-
      @West_splash-_- 3 года назад +3

      @@jacknadeau4889 grammar

    • @jeanroland1978
      @jeanroland1978 3 года назад +2

      Lol, but who wants to live like that

    • @gaminganimators7000
      @gaminganimators7000 3 года назад +6

      @@jeanroland1978 me

  • @kristenroberts4502
    @kristenroberts4502 3 года назад +353

    Haha that crow was like “UH, SIR, THIS BELONGS TO YOUR SPECIES. I THINK YOU’VE LOST IT.”

    • @t.mendous7922
      @t.mendous7922 3 года назад +5

      That makes me laugh. You’ve lost IT! Just a normal day with those dumb humans. They lost another one.

    • @pragya3162
      @pragya3162 3 года назад +6

      i shouldn't have laughed sm
      dumb hoomans lost another one

    • @natalysanchez7375
      @natalysanchez7375 2 года назад +2

      😂😂😂 right!!! Bless that crows heart.

  • @biscuitgidoni2804
    @biscuitgidoni2804 3 года назад +326

    Crows are so freaking smart like they remember faces for the rest of their lives, bring gifts to people they like, hold grudges towards humans.. Can even mimic words.

    • @mecoptera
      @mecoptera 3 года назад +23

      Yes, that's why i believe that guys story and i'm 100% sure that a crow could be able to do something like that, heck, even a a dog could alert or call you if something went to shit

    • @amazingsupergirl7125
      @amazingsupergirl7125 3 года назад +19

      I live out in the country where there are plenty of wild animals and I don’t find it hard at all to believe that animals communicate with people

    • @seanrallis6714
      @seanrallis6714 3 года назад +38

      I used to befriend crows in my yard as a child. They are a lot smarter than people realize. They have complex communication skills, and excellent memories. They can describe individual humans to other crows with such detail that those crows can subsequently recognize the person the first time they see them. The crows in your neighborhood will describe dangerous people that have been mean to them, so others can avoid them, as well as describing the nice people who give them food and treats. This is why you may notice, if you feed crows on your property, lots more will show up quite quickly. The ones you fed tell the others about you and your home, that it is safe, and has a human who gives out food.
      Crows also seem to understand death to a certain degree, and hold funerals for dead comrades. If they witness a crow being killed, or find one dead, they will often attempt to recover the body, and have a little crow funeral around it. If they cannot get the body, they hold the funeral near where the crow was killed.
      I would not be surprised if the crow in this story had found the corpse. Then, upon hearing another human in the area, attempted to get the hunter's attention and alert him of his fallen brethren. It didn't understand enough to know it was helping to shed light on a missing person's case and all of the complications that go with it... but, being a social animal that also recovers its dead and witnesses humans doing the same, it probably understood that the humans would want to find the body of their fallen comrade.

    • @biscuitgidoni2804
      @biscuitgidoni2804 3 года назад +13

      @@seanrallis6714 This makes me so happy I didn't know they had a whole language and could communicate human faces, that's amazing

    • @seanrallis6714
      @seanrallis6714 3 года назад +19

      @@biscuitgidoni2804 corvids are fascinating, and a lot more intelligent than people realize.
      For decades, there has been a joke that crows know what guns are, and that they will fly away the second you point a firearm at them. Some believed it to be true from experience, others dismissed it. But science shows that it's not just plausible, but very logical and likely. Given their intelligence and communication skills, it is likely that even crows who have never been fired upon would have heard the stories from other crows and the descriptions of what these weapons look like and what they are capable of. So the next time that farmer tells you that he swears the crows know what his gun looks like... maybe don't laugh him off. He is likely correct.
      EDIT: I bet if we could just bridge the language barrier, they are intelligent enough to look for evidence and help solve murders (find remains in remote, hard to search areas much more quickly). We could employ their help and pay them with peanuts and shiny objects 😂 Is that exploitative?

  • @deraxelturrelkeign
    @deraxelturrelkeign Год назад +16

    For the last story its possible that Robert had befriended the crow at some point and being a military man he may have neatly stacked his belongings before going to bed while camping with the crow seeing this. The crow could have repeated this bedside action with his remains and remaining items near a place he would camp. (From what I know crows are extremely loyal and extremely smart).

  • @noobkiller742
    @noobkiller742 Год назад +494

    The scariest part about all these cases with kids that are ultimately found don’t remember is that speaking from experience as a child under extreme duress and extreme situation your brain will completely repress the memory of your event until it deems your brain is strong enough to handle remembering it, so whatever these kids went through most likely was so traumatizing that they repressed it and may come back later on in their lives

    • @kumaahito3927
      @kumaahito3927 Год назад +29

      Yeah. Most of our childhood (well, any) memories fade over time to begin with, but the brain is amazing at preserving itself, so especially in children, traumatic events can simply wipe themselves out from conscious memory.

    • @Babesinthewood97
      @Babesinthewood97 Год назад +25

      Yes I know, in my late 30s I started remembering things that I don’t want to remember. Everything is stored inside your mind palace, to rephrase Sherlock Holmes.

    • @williamwray9454
      @williamwray9454 Год назад +9

      oh i am 54 remember seeing a couple things, but i can promise you that stuff creates demons inside that will most definitely return

    • @elephystry
      @elephystry Год назад +3

      That’s exactly what I was thinking, maybe when they are older they’ll be able to remember what happened and shed some light.

    • @johnjackson8184
      @johnjackson8184 Год назад +7

      I too was once a child

  • @lindsays7512
    @lindsays7512 4 года назад +483

    Crows are incredibly intelligent. I’ve had some strange experiences with them clearly communicating with me, so I don’t doubt the hunters story

    • @jessicadecoteau1178
      @jessicadecoteau1178 4 года назад +72

      Crows and ravens are highly intelligent and they also grieve their dead so why not alert us to one of our unknown dead?

    • @Nikkie943
      @Nikkie943 4 года назад +49

      they've been known to "ask" humans for help if one of their own gets into trouble and the others aren't able to help (like if they get stuck in sth or are hurt)

    • @marcusaberg5090
      @marcusaberg5090 4 года назад +57

      They have no trouble seeing the difference between a toy rifle and a rifle that can kill them, we've experimented at my grandparents farm if taking a rifle, a toy rifle and alot of other things and walking the same path they only react on the real weapon (same clothessame walk same direction). So they are extremely intelligent.

    • @ohsweetnikki
      @ohsweetnikki 4 года назад +3

      I need the details 🥰 that’s amazing!!

    • @marcusaberg5090
      @marcusaberg5090 4 года назад +12

      @@ohsweetnikki there's numerous videos of crows playing and using traffic lights and so on to crack open food containers and nuts on web my personal experiences is to long to write down so..
      But I wish all of you a 😊HAPPY NEW YEAR and a good fortune for 2021

  • @erynlasgalen1949
    @erynlasgalen1949 3 года назад +358

    As someone who grew up in a rural area, I can tell you that the best way past a three string barbed wire fence is not over it. You go through or even under the bottom wire if you are small enough.

    • @cyndymcfarlin8537
      @cyndymcfarlin8537 3 года назад +3

      Hello

    • @jennifurzoe1302
      @jennifurzoe1302 3 года назад +11

      @@cyndymcfarlin8537 between the middle and top wire for me.

    • @positivepessimist6853
      @positivepessimist6853 3 года назад +6

      I was thinking that.

    • @davidpierce9949
      @davidpierce9949 3 года назад +2

      Exactly.

    • @dn8387
      @dn8387 3 года назад +4

      My small dog runs under electric fencing in exactly the same manner. She’s never gotten zapped.

  • @ayethebeatgooff
    @ayethebeatgooff Год назад +17

    I feel like animals accidentally take children sometimes and when they realize that their victim is a child, they choose not to eat them and instead start to “take care” of them in some of these stories. Him laying in what looked like a birds nest made me think that maybe a big bird picked him up and started to nurture him once it realized he was a baby.

  • @starquaked
    @starquaked 3 года назад +1628

    1st story: What’s the point of “keeping an eye on the child” when you’re too far away to do anything in time??

    • @n.d.4192
      @n.d.4192 3 года назад +67

      Maybe you don't understand the isolation of the country, no one is around so you don't worry about psychos but maybe you should fear Big Foots and UFOs.

    • @starquaked
      @starquaked 3 года назад +167

      @@n.d.4192 Nah I understand not to underestimate the forests of this Earth because they hold many secrets

    • @amarahnavarro6158
      @amarahnavarro6158 3 года назад +14

      agreed.

    • @eleanorap3587
      @eleanorap3587 3 года назад +22

      @@starquaked EXACTLY!

    • @johnstevens9803
      @johnstevens9803 3 года назад +2

      Underneath....

  • @heather173
    @heather173 3 года назад +231

    Our crows "tell' us when there are hawks and eagles, or ground predators around, very helpful intelligent animals who have saved many of my chickens from aerial attack. Always listen to crows- they have a view that we don't.

    • @izrealzeus
      @izrealzeus 2 года назад

      Crows harass me often cawing outside my house along with owls. They are birds of the occult. Hawks are cool and I see them frequently.

  • @daffierpython7755
    @daffierpython7755 3 года назад +1437

    Ya know having a child named Eldritch is sorta a big red flag for strange events

    • @DavidThomas-qq4hf
      @DavidThomas-qq4hf 3 года назад +46

      Not for the 1940's. That's a more common name back then.

    • @daffierpython7755
      @daffierpython7755 3 года назад +7

      @@DavidThomas-qq4hf true

    • @creator4413
      @creator4413 3 года назад +82

      My cousin is named that. 2nd cousin. He's a weird dude. Collects saxophones or something crazy like that

    • @DavidThomas-qq4hf
      @DavidThomas-qq4hf 3 года назад +38

      @@creator4413 hahaha saxophones lol..
      Doesn't he know we are onto smart phones now? Old name, old mentality I guess. (And yes I'm kidding, ik the difference between an instrument and a modern cell phone lol)

    • @avidavi4456
      @avidavi4456 3 года назад +4

      🤣

  • @reallyman9418
    @reallyman9418 Год назад +4

    Great show. Another work day down and all I listened to all day was your stories. Even ones I have heard before. I don't care. It gets me through the day. Love the show, please keep going!!

  • @Mike_Chris066
    @Mike_Chris066 4 года назад +261

    Ever since becoming a dad everytime I hear about a kid disappearing it eats me up inside

    • @ohsweetnikki
      @ohsweetnikki 4 года назад +14

      Same. I’d completely lose my shit.

    • @scottygunz1245
      @scottygunz1245 4 года назад +24

      Right? If my kid disappears in the store for 10 seconds I’m totally ready to commit war crimes

    • @danendesign
      @danendesign 4 года назад +11

      God help anyone who touches my kid, because they'll get no mercy from me.

    • @lyrinis
      @lyrinis 4 года назад +13

      Once my mom tricked me into thinking she disappeared in Walmart when I was 5. I'd always wander off so she decided to teach me a lesson so she hid behind an aisle shelf and made sure she could see me and waited for me to notice she was gone. I freaked out and started screaming and crying and after a couple of minutes she came around the corner and let me know where to go if I ever did get lost in Walmart. I felt so betrayed lol

    • @godssavage3937
      @godssavage3937 4 года назад +4

      Same just had my first Nov. 2 I can def say it hits a whole lot dif now without a doubt.

  • @DROMVS
    @DROMVS 2 года назад +527

    R.I.P to the dogs who probably died protecting Eldredge.

    • @seeingisbelieving3304
      @seeingisbelieving3304 2 года назад +16

      Sasquatch

    • @Nonx47
      @Nonx47 2 года назад +2

      This

    • @Nonx47
      @Nonx47 2 года назад +23

      @Bad Blood & The Common Ground that picture isn't the actual cave my guy

    • @bosst.v.4378
      @bosst.v.4378 2 года назад +6

      @BadBlood_TheCommonGround i find this one a little hard to belive i know crocs need air but arn't croc dens underwater, also the specific mention of a neatly positoned leaf bed, the child had basically no injuries seems less likely to be a croc, however i feel like if the croc got one of the dogs and he was chasing to get the dog back?

    • @MoriacMumma7
      @MoriacMumma7 2 года назад +7

      @@bosst.v.4378 no. Croc nests are usually a mound of earth & leaves with the eggs buried in it. The mother protects the nest & helps dig the young out when they hatch, carries them to the water in her mouth.

  • @lolglolblol
    @lolglolblol 3 года назад +766

    One sentence horror story: the child they found was not actually the one that had gone missing

    • @rebeccathomas245
      @rebeccathomas245 3 года назад +48

      Shapshifting skinwalkers

    • @geronimo9193
      @geronimo9193 3 года назад +19

      Actually one sentence boy falls in to creek gets swept away by water and miraculously survives.

    • @ybstudent1
      @ybstudent1 3 года назад +8

      Thers a story about that already in youtube. Its crazy he knew and stayed quiet.

    • @umyes4944
      @umyes4944 3 года назад +2

      Grandma is a witch!

    • @CyberX-X
      @CyberX-X 3 года назад

      Sounds like 'The imposter' movie

  • @americandad4864
    @americandad4864 Год назад +2

    It’s true , I raised two kids and one learns quickly a “real” scream from a “play” scream.
    Great channel 🇺🇸

  • @KETODiamond
    @KETODiamond 3 года назад +790

    Instructing a 2 yr old to stay in the yard? I can't "instruct" my 2.5 yr old grandson to stay out of the dogs bowls.

    • @RichMcc
      @RichMcc 3 года назад +20

      I hear that

    • @hansorsic7387
      @hansorsic7387 3 года назад +14

      Exactly

    • @NotARegularMom24
      @NotARegularMom24 3 года назад +22

      🤣 you are correct! I have 5 kids and 4 grandbabies and ur exactly right. Lol

    • @Kayel_Muzik
      @Kayel_Muzik 3 года назад +26

      @@NotARegularMom24 you're a hot ass grandma.

    • @valeriehill1581
      @valeriehill1581 3 года назад +8

      Or the cat litter box.

  • @phumlazaca543
    @phumlazaca543 4 года назад +552

    MrBallen: "So that's gonna do it guys"
    Me: *is instantly sad because it's over*

    • @harlowatkins6628
      @harlowatkins6628 4 года назад +5

      And then when I’m doing school work I’m like, “I gotta hurry and find another video or else I will be cursed watching scary videos.”

    • @mereduthgrubb3648
      @mereduthgrubb3648 4 года назад +6

      Im 32 and when i hear him say that i have to supress the 2 year old in me that wants to throw a bratty fit.

    • @Kris_In_A_Box
      @Kris_In_A_Box 4 года назад +1

      @@mereduthgrubb3648 lol same, I'm 12 and I feel this lol

    • @mereduthgrubb3648
      @mereduthgrubb3648 4 года назад

      @@Kris_In_A_Box lol

    • @twinklybubblybits
      @twinklybubblybits 4 года назад

      😅☝🏽💞

  • @jamesmccormick875
    @jamesmccormick875 3 года назад +159

    Crows are extremely intelligent. They are known to leave gifts for people that feed them, they use tools to get food and they use voice signals to communicate with other crows.

    • @welcome2myhappyworld
      @welcome2myhappyworld 2 года назад +1

      I've tried to feed crows a few times, but they always fly away when I get too close or try to gently toss food in their direction :(

  • @bellraven7686
    @bellraven7686 Год назад +9

    What makes me think hard it's that the police in this cases don't investigate furter or if they do, they don't release any information, that's sooooo suspicious and makes me think that not a bear or other normal animal would kidnap the children, this is more than a simple animal, so mysterious.

  • @jpgiles1725
    @jpgiles1725 3 года назад +389

    Was I the only one that was hoping the other 2 dogs were going to be alright as well in the first story he told?

    • @sonjastarr1364
      @sonjastarr1364 3 года назад +37

      I hope they just got scared, ran away, and are perfectly fine somewhere.

    • @jpgiles1725
      @jpgiles1725 3 года назад +5

      @@sonjastarr1364 I hope you're right my friend!

    • @victoriabenton8378
      @victoriabenton8378 3 года назад +1

      Me too.

    • @kodakjack680
      @kodakjack680 3 года назад

      @Allison Hunter angels on earth 🙏❤

    • @coreencasey5109
      @coreencasey5109 2 года назад +1

      As a dog lover I was hoping they found the dogs ok as well.

  • @X1nk3dx
    @X1nk3dx 4 года назад +101

    I’m so happy Mr. Ballen is getting all the love, been here since the start which wasn’t very long ago but you totally deserve every sub you get!

    • @MrBallen
      @MrBallen  4 года назад +13

      Thanks Brandon!!

    • @bryanchipps9374
      @bryanchipps9374 4 года назад +6

      He has seriously blown up beyond belief. I said a few months ago he would hit a mil subs by the new year but he blew that out of the water. I have never seen such growth.

    • @sealofthechomk3433
      @sealofthechomk3433 4 года назад +4

      I remember ‘’ You probably know me from tiktok ‘’

    • @janetac1738
      @janetac1738 4 года назад +1

      @@bryanchipps9374 i say the same thing on every video. its amazing

    • @SimplySamantha333
      @SimplySamantha333 4 года назад +2

      @@sealofthechomk3433 Right!! Same here! Been here since the beginning too! I'm getting notifications for the premiere when its already well into the video, sometimes almost at the end and I have ALL notifications turned on. Is this happening to you or anyone else reading this, as well? I don't know why it's happening to me. I wanna see why and figure out if it's something on my end somehow or if this is an issue to other people.

  • @a.b.c.6717
    @a.b.c.6717 3 года назад +725

    I swear, I spend just as much time in the comments section reading y’all’s stories as I do watching the videos. Good storytellers must gravitate together.

    • @lish4816
      @lish4816 3 года назад +13

      😂I do the same! There are some fantastic stories in the comments section of MrBallen stories!
      (Edited for spelling)

    • @shelia-paulettegarnerrober4355
      @shelia-paulettegarnerrober4355 3 года назад +4

      Me too

    • @sunshinepurple1043
      @sunshinepurple1043 3 года назад +5

      I had a dream last night affirming I'm a good storyteller. Thus seems like confirmation. 💜

    • @cyndymcfarlin8537
      @cyndymcfarlin8537 3 года назад +4

      Absolutely. I've only been watching this for about a week. The comments are so so proof of the human imagination

    • @Serenesuspense28
      @Serenesuspense28 2 года назад

      Agreed! It's now a habit 😂

  • @debbiegodwin4295
    @debbiegodwin4295 6 месяцев назад

    Mr Ballen you are absolutely the best story teller I have ever listened to. I honestly enjoy your stories. Being a single middle age woman that lives alone, your story telling keeps me so entertained!! Thank you so much.

  • @25chadwick
    @25chadwick 4 года назад +373

    I’m a fan of the strange, dark, and mysterious told in story format. Have I come to the right channel?

    • @PugWinter
      @PugWinter 4 года назад +46

      Nah only the normal, light, and obvious here.

    • @damon4206
      @damon4206 4 года назад

      Yeah

    • @LostxArmy
      @LostxArmy 4 года назад +2

      Oh wait I thought this was my book club in China.....
      Wait I live in America

    • @lorriestrickland7448
      @lorriestrickland7448 4 года назад +5

      You've come to the BEST channel!

    • @roninsteel
      @roninsteel 4 года назад +13

      That depends, how do you feel about the like button?

  • @Blalack77
    @Blalack77 3 года назад +66

    The Missing 411 stories/events are some of the craziest, strangest, freakiest and most eerie I've ever heard... Very interesting and creepy. I'm pretty new to this channel - I started watching a week or two ago. A couple of days ago, I was watching one of Paulides new videos and he mentioned a collaboration with Mr Ballen. I thought, "That sounds familiar..."

  • @Vexington
    @Vexington 3 года назад +598

    how do people feel ok taking their eyes off young children? my dad said when i was two, he blinked and i had decided i wanted to run off into traffic. toddlers are supernatural beings.

    • @jaelenbby
      @jaelenbby 3 года назад +18

      Fr idc if it’s for a second I’m not taking my eyes off my child

    • @elsie3724
      @elsie3724 3 года назад +87

      @@jaelenbby it’s really easy to say that. Accidents happen and parents will blame themselves hard enough without others talking about how they would “never”

    • @princev1bes166
      @princev1bes166 3 года назад +8

      I agree- I don’t let them play in our own small backyard w/o me. I don’t trust their judgment- which usually leads to accidents

    • @feralon9570
      @feralon9570 3 года назад +9

      I couldn't imagine being on the porch reading a book while my three year old granddaughter wonders the yard alone. I won't even take my phone in the yard with me. When we are outside we are playing together.

    • @d-meth
      @d-meth 3 года назад +16

      @@feralon9570 people weren't always so neurotic.
      I remember that I was allowed to go out in the yard and play by myself at 3, I would ride my bike or something. That was in the 80s.
      I was allowed by the fireplace too.
      Never hurt myself. My mom says I was a very responsible kid, she was proud that she could leave me home alone and drive to a store real quick. 🤷🏼‍♀️
      Kids used to be a lot more self sufficient back in the day. In the 50s 5yo kids had jobs, selling newspapers for example.
      Now it's common for 5yo to ride in strollers and wear diapers at night 🤦‍♀️
      Nobody held my hand in the woods either. My mom joked that it's lucky that I have a good sense of direction because she'd get us lost 🤣
      Anyway when you have a big property you treat the immediate area (say 15-20min walk) as a backyard.
      Even now in 2021 most kids are allowed in their fenced backyard on their own with parents only checking on them periodically.

  • @ShufflingShannon
    @ShufflingShannon 10 месяцев назад

    Mr. Ballen, I really love how you never blame the parents or adults watching the kids when they go missing in these stories. Sometimes kids do just vanish and it's no one's fault. You're a good man 👍🏼

  • @sandrafaith
    @sandrafaith 3 года назад +74

    The crow story is so unsettling, but crows are so intelligent. The fact that Robert was a member of the Crow tribe is enough to give me goosebumps.

    • @T.H.E.O.2024
      @T.H.E.O.2024 3 года назад +11

      solved the last one.
      First lets exclude what could not have happened or is extremely unlikely with logic.
      1. he was not shot,..the canyon would echo the report.
      2. he was not lost ,.. special forces team members do NOT get lost in common woods.
      3. most likely not physically overpowered by another human being as he was a special forces guy and you average attacker would be a little threat.
      4. If no other human contact took place HE placed the boots and belt and bunched up jacket upon the ground.
      5. It is common for a soldier to remove their belt and shoes to lay down and nap wadding up the jacket for a pillow. "I've done it a million times exactly as he had"
      6. There was set time to meet his sons when he had missed that time it was either because he was already dead or started with no intent to return. " figured it out yet"???
      What happened:
      The father as many veterans do ,..killed himself.
      he went into the woods, found a spot he liked and very carefully and meticulously laid down, slit his wrists and proceeded to bleed out rather painlessly.
      his body was over time eaten by scavagers.
      he killed himself in this way so he could get insurance for his family,.. instead of suicide he was just missing "after a few years insurance pays that as a death.
      The bow is interesting but understandable,.. he simply dropped it himself after leaving sight of the boys,..why ,..why carry it any further? he had no intent on using it.
      How may you ask did I figure this out ,..
      because I too am a special ops vet and almost did the same exact thing 4 years after getting out,.. this is my veterans' ruclips.net/video/ubN6Ot5TVFI/видео.html card.
      p.s. the crow part is supernatural or just a rubbish detail ,..however, if one believes in such things his spirit manipulated the bird to screech at the hunter who found the body as the father wanted his body found "then the insurance pays immediately."

    • @circleviii1801
      @circleviii1801 3 года назад +6

      ​@@T.H.E.O.2024 Thank you for your service and your response. I think that your version of events is probably very close to the truth and quite intelligently put. It makes me sad to hear that the reason you know this is through your own experience but I am glad that you are here today. I may not know you but I can tell that you provide a great service to this world even if it isn't always appreciated.
      I think that the part about the crow is probably true, though, as well, as it seems unlikely that a hunter would find the remains of a person (of which he had no knowledge of prior) and to fudge some fantasy story. I have known crows that could speak like humans and apparently they are unlikely to forget human faces, which is an absurd ability when you really think about it as cross-species identification is very difficult! Just look at any two golden retrievers you don't know (or any animals of the same sub-species) and try to identify which one is which just on appearance alone! What the crow was trying to communicate is entirely a mystery, however. It seems clear that it wanted this hunter to discover these remains but why it wanted this will probably never be known. Perhaps it is something as simple as there was something shiny underneath the jacket that it wanted and needed the humans help to fish it out lol.

    • @Oldsport216
      @Oldsport216 3 года назад

      It's predator

  • @StomaticMonk
    @StomaticMonk 4 года назад +101

    Crows are EXTREMELY smart. I could see one trying to lure a person to something like that.

    • @masterplanet429
      @masterplanet429 4 года назад +9

      Well, a group of crows IS called a murder

  • @RoarOfWolverine
    @RoarOfWolverine 3 года назад +60

    I love the way Mr. Ballen stares directly into the camera when he speaks about the crow staring at the man. This is what makes his channel grow so fast in popularity and subs. You seem so relaxed when you speak, which puts the listener into a relaxed state.
    Mr. Ballen doesn’t come across like some narrator reciting some story from a script, nor a teacher or a lecturer. He always seems like a good friend sitting in your living room telling you a story like he experienced or witnessed it himself.
    Youre very authentic, a natural talent; that’s not something you learn. You either have it or you don’t.
    When I first came across your channel, very early on because your subs were very low, but I could tell even then you would take off.
    I showed my wife some of your stories and told her that I suspect you’ll do well and become popular. I wasn’t wrong. Your traffic grows every day and I believe it will continue. I can tell that you really love what you do here and that also transfers to the listener and they also,love what you do. Keep up the good work Mr. Ballen.

  • @CrazyxAngel93
    @CrazyxAngel93 11 месяцев назад

    I suggested to my whole family this channel and now me, my mom and my brother watch it regularly. ❤

  • @donlange1491
    @donlange1491 2 года назад +650

    I think it's pretty fantastic that this guy went from special forces to being a great storyteller. There's not very many videos I haven't seen from this guy. Good job Mr Ballon

    • @christopherhallwood6761
      @christopherhallwood6761 2 года назад +9

      You do realize that special forces train you in philosophy and that’s why he is so successful in this, right? He understands your mind more than you do.

    • @pannonianbrute
      @pannonianbrute 2 года назад +49

      @@christopherhallwood6761 I’m pretty sure you mean psychology…..I would hazard a guess that they have little use for Hegelian dialectics.

    • @christopherhallwood6761
      @christopherhallwood6761 2 года назад +2

      @@pannonianbrute google the definition of philosophy… but yes, psychology does tie into philosophy as well.

    • @haleyv132
      @haleyv132 2 года назад +14

      He was a Seal, not Special Forces

    • @jonp2968
      @jonp2968 2 года назад +9

      @@haleyv132 "The United States Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Teams, commonly known as Navy SEALs, are the U.S. Navy's primary special operations force and a component of the Naval Special Warfare Command."

  • @Villagecookies
    @Villagecookies 4 года назад +557

    Can we give this man an award for his intro he makes you laugh then gives you anxiety 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @L0B0_1
    @L0B0_1 2 года назад +287

    crows are some of the smartest birds, they remember people years after having met them, they will hold a grudge for years against a certain human and they harmed them at some point and if you’re kind to them they will be kind to you. Also not to mention the fact that they are an empathetic species. Incredibly smart birds

    • @yazajag
      @yazajag 2 года назад +11

      Also I learned not too long ago that crows can speak and repeat speech like some tropical birds. I've heard a crow speak, forgot her name but a woman had a barn crow and was training it. Her videos are on RUclips, really sorry I don't recall the name.

  • @TheMpo1986
    @TheMpo1986 10 месяцев назад

    Can we all appreciate Mr Ballen doing this video in a rainy forest? It really sets the mood.

  • @bernardbryzendalisayacua7321
    @bernardbryzendalisayacua7321 3 года назад +525

    Fun fact:crow's and wolves are actually like really close with each other the crow's would occasionally play with cubs of wolves and sometimes even call wolves when they find a dead animal and share it with them and the wolves would return the favor of not eating them

    • @RavenWolfferyn
      @RavenWolfferyn 3 года назад +49

      They can also lead wolves to carcasses that have skin too hard to break open with their beaks and have the wolves tear it open and they eat the remains afterwards

    • @whitexchina
      @whitexchina 3 года назад +56

      Sounds like the relationship of hyenas & vultures, in Africa.

    • @jrisso6
      @jrisso6 3 года назад +36

      Odin was often depicted with his two ravens and his two wolves. This relationship must be be ancient

    • @felixgrunberger915
      @felixgrunberger915 3 года назад +12

      They even form tight bonds with crows sometimes "cilling" with the wolves they played with when they were young

    • @jaslyncorbett9112
      @jaslyncorbett9112 3 года назад +7

      Ty for that, very interesting. I luv writing & plan to research crows recently after hearing another intriguing fact about crows... So cool ty have a nice wkend

  • @lightbeingform
    @lightbeingform 2 года назад +173

    My inner John Douglas is really working on that second one. The fact that another toddler had gone missing in the area before points to a human predator. Their preverbal age is the perfect cover, as well as the small community where everyone is involved in searches… a community member could be one step ahead of the investigation and return the child ‘unharmed’ without arousing suspicion. It’s too similar to other cases.

    • @ceepally
      @ceepally Год назад +14

      That theory makes a lot of sense

    • @tanyanea
      @tanyanea 7 месяцев назад +4

      That makes sense because the first boy had a lot of "that's crazy,you're at fault mom/dad,less noise being made about it" energy and the second one probably scared the weirdo since a lot more people went looking and it was a bigger scene,he left the girl probably because he saw he will not get away with this one.
      I have both a daughter and son and it's actually a bit sad that people are more motivated if it's a young girl rather than a young boy 💔

  • @michelleb2725
    @michelleb2725 3 года назад +514

    During my Mother’s funeral, as the procession was coming to the burial site, I sat down first. Then a murder of crows were screeching so loud it was deafening. They kept going until the Priest said to me that was my mom communicating with me, then they went completely silent. Now almost 20 years later, in March, the month of my mom passing, Crows show up everywhere. It’s my mom and it’s comforting to hear them sing. ❤️

    • @adylan612
      @adylan612 3 года назад +9

      That's beautiful. I love hearing when loved ones continue communicating with us after departure.

    • @chickfinnegan8969
      @chickfinnegan8969 3 года назад +6

      I believe the sight of a cardinal has a similar meaning.

    • @gabriellashimone6546
      @gabriellashimone6546 3 года назад +12

      Crows are my favorite birds. We have a number that come and eat the grapes from the vine that grows on the electric wires coming into the house. I think of them as the crow grapes. I talk to them all the time in gentle tones. I also toss them things to eat on occasion. Honestly, I like them and their conversations better than I like most people.

    • @sueme1954
      @sueme1954 3 года назад +5

      @@gabriellashimone6546 they love soup bones and cooked chicken bones.

    • @gabriellashimone6546
      @gabriellashimone6546 3 года назад +6

      @@sueme1954 ooooo they also seem to love fish and chicken sausage

  • @greyfoxwalker
    @greyfoxwalker 5 месяцев назад

    #1 the Crow is now my all-time favourite story! Just made a new fan from South Africa!

  • @LuiBei1994
    @LuiBei1994 3 года назад +711

    Children: exist
    Bigfoot: "its free real estate"

  • @AlyseA1689
    @AlyseA1689 3 года назад +437

    I can not imagine letting my 3 year old little boy play by himself in the woods. I feel so awful for how horrid that grandmother must feel

    • @dr.pepperoni5415
      @dr.pepperoni5415 2 года назад +34

      He had 3 dogs with him. 2 gave their life for him. He wasn't alone.

    • @AlyseA1689
      @AlyseA1689 2 года назад +24

      @@dr.pepperoni5415 true and that’s amazing the loyalty and love that dogs show is extraordinary. Doesn’t change the fact that he didn’t have adult human supervision and that is different. I’m so glad he did have the dogs though it may have been even more of a tragedy if not.

    • @JordanS215
      @JordanS215 2 года назад +7

      He wasn't, he was at the creek, in sight.

    • @dominick253
      @dominick253 2 года назад +2

      3? Damn I was thinking like 6-8... So sad.

    • @howdareyouexist
      @howdareyouexist 2 года назад +1

      @Darkfarfetch mother animals whose young perished recently

  • @hitmonchan9607
    @hitmonchan9607 4 года назад +546

    "Oh thank god the kid was okay I-- WAIT THE DOGS"

    • @hksize
      @hksize 4 года назад +63

      i really feel like something attacked the dog and the kid was trying to help it, that's why he screamed and followed in the direction that it was taken

    • @ocellaris1271
      @ocellaris1271 4 года назад +8

      Sasquatch killed the dogs

    • @Docwilson91
      @Docwilson91 4 года назад +51

      I thought the same thing. I’d like to think that the dogs did their best to protect the kid from what ever took him even if it meant death.

    • @sootymode3453
      @sootymode3453 4 года назад +5

      @@hksize big brain

    • @gamergrill4933
      @gamergrill4933 4 года назад +17

      I mean dogs would obviously made a lot of noise if something strange would attack or come to them, maybe the grandma didn't heard the dogs, or just thought that the dogs were just playing, while in mean time they were trying to protect the child

  • @Hayden-Nix03
    @Hayden-Nix03 6 месяцев назад

    Thank You for another great one!

  • @HellHell71
    @HellHell71 2 года назад +49

    The way you described the interaction between the hunter and the crow gave me chills

  • @jennifermenth-pavel1260
    @jennifermenth-pavel1260 3 года назад +247

    I have listened to several podcasts and radio shows about missing 411. In the cases where toddlers were lost most of the parents/caregivers claim to have only left the child for a few seconds or minutes. The chances of these ppl telling the truth are slim to none. My friend works security at a local mall. Whenever someone looses a child they all say the same thing as the ppl in the 411 stories! Most of the time they find the children by using all the surveillance cameras. Just about every time they look at the footage where the person actually lost the child the mother/caregiver got distracted and the child was unattended for 10 to 15 minutes or even longer in some cases! When it comes to a toddler a mall is as dangerous as a forest. No toddler should ever be left alone even for even a second. Whether they can wander into a forest or an ocean of ppl they can disappear in seconds. You have to be vigilant with a toddler because they are mobile, trusting, and a target for all predators, human and animal alike.

    • @jackmiddleton2080
      @jackmiddleton2080 3 года назад +1

      I thought for a second you were saying the parents were getting rid of their children (killing them) and making up that they lost them after looking away for a few seconds.

    • @jennifermenth-pavel1260
      @jennifermenth-pavel1260 3 года назад +17

      @@jackmiddleton2080 No, Lol. I think they lie because they're embarrassed or feel guilty about being so irresponsible. Let's face it there are posters and pamphlets all over schools, doctors offices, police stations and the local fire Department warning parents just how dangerous it is to take your eyes off a small child for a second. Unfortunately some ppl have to learn the hard way.

    • @jennifermenth-pavel1260
      @jennifermenth-pavel1260 3 года назад +6

      @@antoine6717 That's a very worthy question to say the least!! When listening to the cases some of these parents do things with their children that I would never even consider doing! It's like watching a scary movie, I call them stupid as im listening. It blows my mind that parents can be so completely irresponsible and careless with such young children. It most certainly makes you wonder. I love to hike in the wilderness and I have been followed/stalked by coyotes and wolves. They will follow you not necessarily because they're hunting you but you have unwittingly come close to their den or babies. I just keep moving when it happens. Nine times out of 10 nothing comes of it but I believe a small child left unattended is an open invitation thay can't resist.

    • @elizabethfontanez6630
      @elizabethfontanez6630 3 года назад +15

      When he said “grandma” and “she didn’t have it in her to follow him” my mind was like girl you know damn well you weren’t paying attention to that child.

    • @jennifermenth-pavel1260
      @jennifermenth-pavel1260 3 года назад +7

      @@elizabethfontanez6630 When I was listening to a 411 podcast I was screaming at the screen just like a scary movie calling the parents stupid! I would never let a small child out of my sight out in the wilderness or leave a 7 year old in charge of a toddler. If you do that at your house, no matter what the neighborhood, CPS will crawl up your butt and make themselves at home. How is it that these idiots think its ok to do out in the wilderness where there are mountain lions, wolves, coyotes, bears etc??? It blows my mind. Lol

  • @wolfgirl1722
    @wolfgirl1722 2 года назад +144

    I saved a baby crow from a busy sidewalk/road (it had fallen off the curb) in the summer of 2016. I still have a great relationship with those crows to this day, every time I go back for the summer. I really like crows and ravens. Very very intelligent birds.

    • @damorea2006
      @damorea2006 Год назад

      i thought you were going to say that the crow blessed you and now you live a happy life

  • @GailEarlam-tb2in
    @GailEarlam-tb2in 9 месяцев назад

    Love your work.Very informative and understandable.and helpfull

  • @quest4adventure495
    @quest4adventure495 3 года назад +243

    Robert was probably mortally injured, and he took off his things and wrapped up his ID/wallet so that if animals ate him someone could possibly still discover his things, and figure out what happened to him.

    • @jaquelinezini
      @jaquelinezini 3 года назад +36

      I believe this could be quite possible, but why wasn't he found during the search, though??

    • @Koolkidkonga
      @Koolkidkonga 3 года назад +16

      The hunter made it sound like he was in the middle of nowhere with all the thick brush - maybe the searchers never went in there

    • @fiestasalsaquinceanerabail2391
      @fiestasalsaquinceanerabail2391 3 года назад +23

      @@jaquelinezini people are fallible. i’ve looked for a sock before that was literally right in front of me the whole time and I just didn’t notice. plus like the other person said he was probably covered by stuff

    • @techwatch1228
      @techwatch1228 3 года назад +29

      @@fiestasalsaquinceanerabail2391 They had many sources out looking for him. His remains were found close to their camp. Search and Rescue teams are very professional. The family went looking for him after the official search was over. Never smelled decaying body. I say he was killed, remains takin away and his remains brought back at a later date. Btw his ID and social security card were in his wallet but had zero water damage. The money was not damaged.

    • @ZebraChanda
      @ZebraChanda 3 года назад +10

      I think so too but I think he was injured after the search was called off. Its possible he had some type of mental episode with his history and he left the immediate area that day during his episode. He was then able to survive due to his training for weeks or even months before being fatally wounded and arranging his items.

  • @torirae414
    @torirae414 3 года назад +349

    Maybe he was reincarnated as a crow.
    If not, that crow is just a justice-loving bro.

    • @PsychosisCandy
      @PsychosisCandy 3 года назад +57

      He became The Crow
      “People once believed that when someone dies, a crow carries their soul to the land of the dead. But sometimes, something so bad happens that a terrible sadness is carried with it and the soul can't rest. Then sometimes, just sometimes, the crow can bring that soul back to put the wrong things right.”

    • @PsychosisCandy
      @PsychosisCandy 3 года назад +6

      @soul Tis a comic book and movie.
      Very dark. Very good.

    • @Gioachina0279
      @Gioachina0279 3 года назад +1

      @@PsychosisCandy i loved this Movie ♥

    • @maltafirechild6273
      @maltafirechild6273 3 года назад +1

      I was thinking the exact same thing..of reincarnated ..

    • @CherriPye3.14
      @CherriPye3.14 3 года назад

      Cute! I like that theory 👌

  • @kourtneykilpatrick8028
    @kourtneykilpatrick8028 3 года назад +303

    He tells the stories like he was there

    • @Godkingzeus.69
      @Godkingzeus.69 3 года назад +1

      Is that a bad thing?

    • @ilasq
      @ilasq 3 года назад +4

      @@Godkingzeus.69 no

    • @charle7537
      @charle7537 3 года назад +6

      He was

    • @tobysus6569
      @tobysus6569 3 года назад

      You made my day🤣

    • @Wazza25
      @Wazza25 3 года назад +5

      Plot twist .. he was , hes the one using his skills as a super soldier to make ppl vanish.
      Joke 😁

  • @rottweilerfun9520
    @rottweilerfun9520 Год назад +1

    I can't lie, that like button business is beyond old. I click it before I even start the video. I already know that it's going to be good.
    Mr.Ballen , Jay Williams from Let's Live Life , and Hal from Sharks Happen are all gifted storytellers.

  • @bonniejoy1504
    @bonniejoy1504 3 года назад +260

    As a mum I’m so pleased they found the little boy thought it was going to end horribly, I think the beautiful dogs died protecting him

    • @redcrimson1028
      @redcrimson1028 3 года назад +2

      @Promotional Inc. that had nothing to do with what happened white people like to believe that Aliens and Big Foot are real but refuse to believe God Exist, funny🤣

    • @redcrimson1028
      @redcrimson1028 3 года назад

      Hey Bonnie you are pretty!!! Love the Red Lipstick

    • @Aunix
      @Aunix 3 года назад +5

      @@redcrimson1028 Life on other planets is way more likely than some old dude in the sky that controls everything in the universe lol

    • @flohwalzer
      @flohwalzer 3 года назад +3

      @@Aunix big foot?? lmfaoo

    • @redcrimson1028
      @redcrimson1028 3 года назад

      @@Aunix today's something a white person would say. Let me know when u actually come in contact with Aliens and tell me about your trip around the galaxy that is if they let u come back.

  • @dr.biscuitbitch2115
    @dr.biscuitbitch2115 4 года назад +216

    I knew the internet was a gateway drug. Never knew I'd be addicted to the strange dark and mysterious...
    delivered in story format of course

  • @vivalestrat6907
    @vivalestrat6907 3 года назад +600

    I'm starting to believe that a giant eagle or hawk is out there picking up babies and dropping them off a few miles away.

    • @melimelomelis
      @melimelomelis 3 года назад +70

      Lmaoooo 😭 why does that make perfect sense tho

    • @corablue5569
      @corablue5569 3 года назад +20

      I have to agree!

    • @Collins1118
      @Collins1118 3 года назад +52

      With a small child it is certainly possible

    • @joysanders59
      @joysanders59 3 года назад +34

      Would explain the cases w no traces.

    • @samb7370
      @samb7370 3 года назад +36

      Dude yes! I just saw a HUGE bird of some sort fly right by my mother’s head while we were out gardening could easily pick up a ten or twenty lbs kid - they take animals all the time

  • @wolpertinger.
    @wolpertinger. Год назад +3

    The crow story is eerie. For many, crows are seen as a bad omen- an omen of death. Though many indigenous tribes see crows as symbols of knowledge or guidance. Both fit depending on how you wish to see it.

  • @stormy439
    @stormy439 3 года назад +297

    On a solo hike near Big Pine, I kept getting messed with by a hilarious crow every morning. LOL, on my first morning at about 5:30am, I was still knocked out, this crow had tipped up to just 6 inches front of my face on the other side of the screen and gave the loudest "CAW!" I ever heard! Yep, I gave that darned crow EXACTLY the response it wanted! He perched on that old pinion just a cracking up, bouncing and flapping until I simply started laughing too! I left him a whole snack bar for getting me good, BUT I LEFT THE WRAPPER ON and winked at him as I walked by. For 5 mornings I had the best morning coffee companion I've had in my life.😃💖

    • @Wexos
      @Wexos 3 года назад +23

      haha leaving the wrapper on is funny, im sure he understood the joke and managed to take it off XD

    • @mikez650
      @mikez650 3 года назад +30

      I live deep in the bush and I have a bunch of crows that come daily. One of them says hello like a human. Freaks me out everytime.

    • @robertarmitage5493
      @robertarmitage5493 3 года назад +9

      Hahaha thats one of the best story's I've heard in a while (apart from mrballen of course)

    • @kamilareeder1493
      @kamilareeder1493 3 года назад +4

      One time during a heatwave a gave a crow some water and he remembered me ! :) I was eating lunch outside in the same spot and he brought me a gift of a stick wrapped in some silver streamers.
      He was all puffed up and pleased with himself so I thanked him profusely. I saw him again a few times and he even brought his wife once . So polite lol

  • @markusstevens6071
    @markusstevens6071 4 года назад +287

    Yo I love how he looks right into the camera makes it feel like he’s actually talking to you

    • @finalgirl16
      @finalgirl16 3 года назад +5

      @Leonora Zeneli viewfinder... ? Lol a lot of youtubers look at the viewfinder to see themselves

    • @finalgirl16
      @finalgirl16 3 года назад +1

      @Leonora Zeneli uhhh take it up with them i guess.

    • @thereisnopandemic
      @thereisnopandemic 3 года назад

      Jerez, Get a room already

    • @abbyallgood9375
      @abbyallgood9375 3 года назад

      Yeah he's real dreamy

    • @Steph-sk3xb
      @Steph-sk3xb 3 года назад

      Makes me feel bad for just listing while I'm gaming instead of interacting back 😂

  • @lesflynn4455
    @lesflynn4455 3 года назад +200

    "when they returned the cross was gone." Yep, that's because the crow's job was done. Crows and ravens are the most intelligent birds, and it was showing the hunter where the remains of Robert were. I know it sounds a bit far fetched, but I wouldn't be too surprised if Robert's possessions found in the balled up jacket were collected and put there by crows too.

    • @bosshoge4844
      @bosshoge4844 3 года назад +3

      Not far fetched. Crazy smart and helpful crows

    • @yomommashaus
      @yomommashaus 3 года назад +7

      LOL what?! I would be very surprised if animals had rolled up a belt, a jacket, and neatly placed everything like that! Likely someone else had done this, either a killer or someone who found his remains later, brought them to a clearing and set them up out of respect or something.
      The crow story is from a hunter who was scared. I would take it with a grain of salt smh

    • @hallucinati
      @hallucinati 3 года назад +1

      And the thumbnail never happens

    • @alexarias5717
      @alexarias5717 3 года назад +3

      @@yomommashaus someone just finding his remains and placing them respectfully is nice, but it's odd they themselves wouldn't call authorities. They are probably the one that took his arrows if it's true ig

    • @DiligentX
      @DiligentX 3 года назад

      @@alexarias5717 I’m getting an accidental h
      Shooting, I feel like a hunter mistook him for an animal, realised what he’d done and out of respect left his thing neatly etc, then left to avoid man slaughter charges.

  • @sylviajean51
    @sylviajean51 2 дня назад

    Crows are very intelligent and have an extensive vocabulary. Thanks from Washington.