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- Опубликовано: 27 апр 2024
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☠︎ Found the secret easter egg in today's video? Be the 1st to comment what it is and where it occurs in the video, and you will get pinned!! ☠︎
4:19 MR BEAN BOTTOM LEFT!!!
OMG YAYAYAY
BRUH HOW
Well done!!!!!
@@floof3176 lol
@@floof3176 IDEK
I’m absolutely convinced those crows have the other half of that pendant that says friend, this story is just that wholesome.
My favorite story too.💖😍
Made me tear up love it
I’m absolutely convinced at least one of those crows is being mechanically controlled by the nerd boy across the street that has a crush on her... what’s his name again? Jo..jus.. OH Jimmy Neutron!
Birds aren't real
Just woke up and saw this! Good morning to me!!! Lol
Just wait till Gabby gets older and somebody breaks her heart. It’s not gonna be her dad or brother that shows up to beat them up, it’s gonna be a murder of crows 😂
I was actually thinking heaven help anyone who tries and hurt her lol
😂😂😂😂
Imagine being a purse snatcher and grabbing this girls purse and then having an entire murder of crows descend upon you
Emma-Maybe THAT'S why it's called a "murder..!..."
That could be a horror movie.
The tortoise story wins my heart. The little boy missed his precious friend for 30 years and he was finally able to meet her. He was able to be a kid once again with her. I can't imagine the joy on his face 😭 😍
PEENUS FLAVORED SPORTS DRINK. LOGAN PAUL COMES OUT WITH A PEENUS FLAVORED DRINK AND SELLS TO HOMOSEXUALS! MASSIVE VEINY KOK ON THE LABEL. ONLY INGREDIENTS ARE PEENUS SWEAT AND GROUND PUBES!
Absolutely ❤(:
I imagined he saw her and yelled out “MANUELLA?!?!?”
30 years I'll be apologizing every second 😂
Crows are awesome…
The fact one was following her close enough to realise she had dropped something, then completely forgot about it, had enough care towards their human friend that they would return the lost item to them - having cleaned it first!!!
What a beautiful moment of compassion between species 🥰
I think the most interesting is that crows can somehow "describe" humans to other crows, so crows who've never seen that person might still recognize them.
They what
@@KarlSnarks they can - they will also remember if someone repetitively does something horrible to them/a friend - they tell their friends/children and they can target the same person for generations.
Animals are far more sentient than most people realise.
@@CharliStar_"Animals are far more sentient than most people realise."_
Human beings are amazing creatures, but our arrogance often gets the better of us, especially where intelligence is concerned.
@@KyrieChii they are more sentient than most people realise…. What is your point..!?
I realize this is a deviation from normal dark content... But I just couldn’t help it, the crow story was so cool I had to build an episode around it!
Were here for anything you post😂
It really is awesome and so are the others! You are a natural story teller that makes everything good to listen to! I wish teachers could make education this interesting!
And we are glad you did!
I first heard about gabby and the crows when I was hospitalized and it was the first thing that made me smile in months. It’s absolutely worth a whole video devoted to it. Thank you
Where did you find the sheep story from new Zealand . Big dude from Australia . Love you and your stories. Sorry, just has to rectify this one. It was lucky to be able to live . cheers to all
The crow story was literally the best story I have ever heard and 100% made my entire day brighter
Sameeee so cute
ikkkkk and they washed the lens capp 😭
Same 😁
I knew there was a reason I liked crows. Always have been drawn to them. Now and even better reason. Awesome!
Okay, I have to try and feed my neighborhood crows now.
The crows getting emotionally attached to that family warmed my stone cold heart. I'd absolutely love more animal stories! 🖤
Sadly the true end of the story isn't great. The amount of crows she was feeding started causing problems in the neighborhood attracting vermin and all the crow feces started covering the neighbors houses. The neighbors started filing complaints with the city.
That crow story got me teary-eyed. It could be my hormones but I'm not ashamed. It was so touching. I love animal stories like these.
I suddenly want a crow pet 😅
I literally cried and then said man my hormones must be crazy today and then I saw your comment and was like hey, I’m not alone! Lol
I cried too!
Not your hormones, just a sign of a good heart. It reminds of one of those stories of the faithful dog who, come hell or high water, Will not abandon their disabled owner. Several of these out there. It’s a little sign of heaven itself.
I thought it was my hormones too because I'm 8 mo pregnant 😂
Okay, but legit can we all agree the mom is so sweet and a really great mother? Like, not getting angry and instead just goes 'We'll just buy them their own food and feed them'. Seriously, I've seen parents that would get angry at their kids if they tried that, saying it's a waste of food but her mom was so kind about it and her daughter learned a valuable lesson about being kind to all species. Amazing parenting; she's a good mother, I have high respect for her.
Totally agree, but to add the kid probably got her love of nature and birds from her mom. If the moms a photographer she definitely enjoys nature and wildlife. Super cool story for sure.
Yeah my parents dont let me feed birds 😢
Mom of the decade for sure. 🥰
@@TomboyfrmSaturn just feed the birds, and then train them to attack your parents.
Edit: spelling
Totally agree 👍 👏 👌 🙌 💯
The absolute best thing about the crow story is those crows will continue to tell the generations after about the kindness that family has shown them.
and if gabby has kids she'll probably bring them around the crows and the crows might treat them as friends. and if that kid has kids and does the same thing and their kids do the same thing and so forth, then this human/crow friendship will last for centuries. it's amazing to think about.
They're one of my favorite animals
@@nameofthename yes and eventually the humans will forget about the crows, they wont know how to get food any other way anymore so they starve :(
who knows, maybe eventually we'll have a good relationship with crows 🤷♀️
One day they'll find something really valuable, and give it to the family, like a bitcoin or something.
The way you ended with “because that’s what best friends do” restored the lack of serotonin in my brain. 😊
I absolutely love how your true personality and humor shines through in your videos while you still deliver content in the most captivating way. So thankful that you do what you do and share it with the world. ❤
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Omg I died at that part 😭❤ so sweet
Omg that park legit made me smile so much! 😂
When I was growing up one of my neighbors had a pet magpie, a bird somewhat like a small black and white crow. They had rescued it when it was a baby because it fell out of its nest and the mother would not accept it back. It was not caged but it spent most of the time near the house and learned to be very friendly and even affectionate. It even learned to talk - it would mimic people's speech. It had a vocabulary of 25 to 30 words.
That is awesome to know.
Wow both stories of the magpies is so Intriguing! I never knew they could mimic speech and sounds, learn something new everyday thanks guys 😃
That's awesome
As an Australian, magpies are known for attacking your head (only because people unknowingly walk near their nests) - but I still think they’re cool
Magpies are part of the corvid family! So they look somewhat like crows because they’re in the same family! :)
Gabby: **drops pieces of food outside**
The crows: _A BLESSING FROM THE LORD_
I have that exact same reaction whenever one of my nieces or nephews drop a chicken nugget and aren’t quick enough to retrieve it. 😆
Apex 😂😂😂😂
LOL
GOD BE PRAISED! **English God-Like Music Overhead**
@@glorygloryholeallelujah 🤣🤣🤣🤣
This man tells the scariest, strangest stories and he managed to make me smile over a story about crows. Well done, Mr. Ballen.
Best one man
Seriously😂😂
I know! Me too! He truly does have a gift for storytelling!!
What a great story. Odin is pleased
The Murder stories are the best. (Yeah, Crow pun!)
OMG! I know this was 2 years ago. But please bring back these types of wholesome videos.
ikr where is the whole side channel of wholesome, light, and uplifting content told in story format
I'm a fan of the wholesome, light, and uplifting delivered in story format as well :).
After all the tales of the strange, dark, and mysterious delivered in story format, it's nice to get stories that just put smiles on peoples' faces. Thanks, Mr Ballen!
I loved the crow story. I had a crow friend when I was a kid. We would exchange shiny things. He would follow me when I rose my horse, doing loop de loops and flying upside down. One day my little sister and I went to walk in the woods, and the crow landed on a bush in front of us and started screaming and flapping his wings aggressively. We couldn't understand why he was mad at us. More and more crows flew down and started screaming at us and we finally just ran away. We went back some time later, and on a tree just past where the crows had stopped us were huge claw marks. They were fresh and oozing tree sap. There were a couple big catlike footprints in the soft mud by the tree. We got our dad to come look and he confirmed it was from a cougar. The crows stopped us from walking right up to it!
That’s really amazing, crows are incredible.
Wow!! Amazing!
😳 Glad ya'll were saved. 🥰
Cute story!!
Animals of God
Not gonna lie, the crow story hit me right in the feels...
Same! Dammit I almost cried 😂
"In the feels"?,love it.
Same
Me too!!💖
👊😭🤟💯
I love the crow story, when my children were little, my son & me went out for a walk & spotted a baby crow sat in the middle of the road, we kept putting it back on the path but the little crow kept going back onto the road, my son who was about 7 at the time begged me to pick him up & we took him home, we had tinky bird for about 4 months he came when we called him & he used to sit on the back of my dining room chair & give us all kisses. My son entered a fancy dress competition & went as a scarecrow with a broom handle pushed threw the arms of an old shirt & Tinky bird sat quite happily on his shoulder, eventually we gave him to the local petting zoo & they then re-released him back into the wild, so everytime I see a crow I say hello Mr Tinky bird xx
That last one with the crows and lil girl, made me cry. Awe...... so sweet.
Just imagine Gabby being in her 20s, moving to the city, walking home one night and being approached by a mugger or some other evil doer. Then just before she gets attacked, 20 crows come out of nowhere and rip the bastard to pieces. What an awesome story!
Would that would fall under the category of "happy dark?" 🤔🤔🤔🤯
Holy shit, she's a super hero and we're watching her backstory!
She's like the real life Itachi Uchiha
I was actually expecting something like that as the ending to this story.
this had me rolling, hilarious!! lolololol
It's honestly adorable that if you're nice to crows they'll be going about their day they'll see something shiny and think about you. I barely even have people in my life like that. Lol
Isn't that the truth! So heartwarming!
😥 I know! I feel the same!😥
Truth!
That’s an awesome way to get to the heart of the story. Now I’m gonna think about you when I see shiny stuff.
The crows in my yard take apples to the top of the barn and watch them roll down for entertainment I guess
As someone who has been in New Zealand for 16 years and mostly grew up here, I can confirm that Shrek is indeed ~still~ a national treasure. We miss him dearly and he still gets mentioned semi-regularly in our pop culture and media.
He lived a very glamorous life after being found. As MrBallen said, he met the then-Prime Minister Helen Clarke, but also became the subject of several children's books, and regularly appeared on TV and at charity events. Not only that, but he also had a brilliant and shining personality - he loved children and was great with the elderly!
I remember that when he died, it made national news, obviously. He had to be put down due to age-related illnesses at the ripe old age of 16!! There was a memorial service for him at a church in Tekapo, and there's a bronze statue of him in a Shrek-themed park in Tarras, Central Otago on the South Island. There are actually two statues of him now; the sculptor who made the first simply couldn't get enough of his muse.
Rest in Peace Shrek, you were, and still are, an icon and a national treasure. We miss you.
Yo, stories about reuniting with long lost pets are more effectively therapeutic than any therapy session.
So, what I’ve gathered is that if I’m nice to a crow, they will tell their friends I’m cool and they will hang out with me. I love this.
I think this is going to be my new make friends strategy. Seems more likely to work than pretending to be rich to gain human friends...
I have always loved crows I believe they are the eyes of our ancestors watching over us. I have allways treated them with respect
This is awesome bc I lose shit all the time lol
Hopefully the crow with find someone’s money for me
My wife's mother was an old crow
Only a story teller of the strange, dark, and mysterious can make me want a crow as a pet.
"This one's Bloody, and this one's Dagger."
Same!
The crow one...I enjoy all of your stories. This was my favorite of all the stories, though!!! I grew up surrounded by nature and animals, and this one was just so heartwarming to me. Thank you, John!
Same.. trying to figure out a feeding site now 😂😂
Damn right 😂😂😂🔥🔥🔥
The story about the crow and the trinkets- omg I loved that so much 💕
All these stories were all so funny and wholesome, imagine being the coolest kid in the neighborhood being best friends with a bunch if crows…so wholesomeeee
My mom use to feed these two crows ( most likely a boy and girl mates) she would talk to them on the porch day after day. She eventually taught them to say hello or they mimicked her. This went on for years. After she passed, my mom left me her home. I would get gifts left on the front porch. I didn’t feed the crows like she did but the new neighbors had a little son. He would feed them. The child told his parents that the crows would say hello to him. Lols I never told them that my mom taught them that. I wanted them to think it was a magical happening ☺️
What a lovely thing for you to do. 🙂👋🇦🇺💕
Babe, something magical was happening, thanks to your mum ❤ thanks for sharing such a lovely story x
That's so beautiful 🙏💕💕💕
That melted my heart. 😥🥰❤😌
Wow...thats beyond cool
Shrek only came back because he knew he finally needed a haircut...
And there was only one barber he trusted 😂
Shrek really said " behhhhhh" and dipped
Yay
Love that! Hahaha!
@@wolverine8238 he was just going through his emo phase and wanted to grow his hair out
Chris u nailed it bro, 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Love these stories. Regarding the Shrek story, the crazy thing for me isn't so much the big wool. It's the fact that the owner found him 6 years later not far from the farm. You don't often find animals that ran off.
That turtle story is one of the most remarkable animal stories I've ever heard. Imagine being stuck in an attic for 30 years, then someone finds you and you're like, "meh, no worries."
An frank was in an attic for a while too 😊
@@brandongallo7495 anne*
Good thing turtles have smol brains.
@@meatofpeach :(
@@meatofpeach actualky it’s a tortoise and they can be actually quite intelligent
Am I the only one who got emotional about the crow story? It's just so damn wholesome
😩😩😭😭😭 It’s a beautiful story.
My heart turned a flip. So very sweet. 🥰
No. I wanna get me some crows
You are not. I am currently plotting to make friends with neighborhood crows.
@@JsPrittyKitty lol, me too. I already feed the birds, even the seasonal hummingbirds. I have a few crows that come to eat the seeds from the ground but I'm gonna change things up just for them 😁
And that is why I absolutely LOVE crows. They're so smart
I've watched hundreds of your episodes and this has got to be my favorite one! Thanks for making my Saturday brighter! 💙💙
My grandma found a crow with a hurt foot on her screened in porch, she let it stay there and gave it food and water while it recovered, it was always bringing her stuff. It would leave and stay gone for a week or so at a time, but it always came back and it always brought her gifts when it did. This went on for the rest of my grandma's life, when she died, the crow quit coming back to the porch, but we saw it around her house for years.
What a cool story! Thanks for sharing.
I would love for Mr Ballen to tell your grandma's story
They are such cuties
I love this, such a good little story makes me happy
Imagine if the crow showed up at the funeral. That would honestly be pretty cool
“Because that’s what best friends do” absolutely love these stories ❤️
Best line of that story
i'm gonna cry
❤
I love stories like this. I wouldn’t mind at all if you added these to your repertoire!! 🥰🥰
I just have to say, I love stories like this. Strange, dark and mysterious are by far my favorite, but these ones are a nice change of pace and I hope you do more of them ❤
That crow story is so wholesome
I know! So neat
They are so smart and intelligent that was beautiful story I enjoyed them all. That sweet tortoise 🐢 too.
Crows understand water displacement!
Most adults don't even know what that is!!
Crows will also mock you sometimes if you're trying to "caw" to them.
Kinda freaky
@@MarshalSmith1 I would like to think the majority of adults know what water displacement is...well I hope anyways...lol but yea crows are amazing creatures man...i didn't kno they would mock u tho...i did see a story where these college kids did research and taunted crows with mask on and even once released the crows would recognize them on campus without the mask on and attack...
@@bgva4349 I know crows can remember faces, but behaviour and other physical characteristics... jesus.
Today’s episode is like from an alternate universe: “If you like happy, wholesome and heartwarming stories told in story format then you’ve come to the right place. If that’s of interest to you, I’d suggest you bake the like button’s favorite cookies before drawing them a nice, warm bubble bath.”
Cute!!
Haha
😄🤣
I could totally see that 😆
That's right!!! Be nice to the like button.
Bro how you gonna make me cry over crows? 😭 Seriosuly loved these stories, thank you
More wholesome stories, please!! This just made my day!
Same 😊
The fact that he has to clarify in his title that **THEY ALL LIVE** shows how dark most of MrBallen's contents are LOL
@@bigredswife4646 If someone gets triggered or has a mental breakdown over a sheep dying form old age after a long and happy life I think that person needs to get off RUclips and seek professional help.
@@bigredswife4646 The first story has a fatality? I thought the first story is all about Shrek the runaway sheep. There's absolutely no death there
@@aymara9152 oh I agree... honestly in retrospect I wish I hadn't have even left my original comment
@@bigredswife4646 Of old age, not from being killed. Were you expecting the sheep to live forever? LOL
MrBallen knows how important animals are to people who love them ♥️👍
The Ballen community is gonna be able to recognize each other by the murder of crows following each of us now.
Right!🤣
Right On, RIGHT ON!
For real I feed the stray birds ill have to start putting stuff out for the crows and ravens too
Thats gonna make it easy to find you guys 😂 guess you're gonna be my family for more than the strange dark and mysterious. It'll be the murder of crows too 🤣
Was thinking the exact same thing! 😂
I feed the crows at work every time I see them. They always know what time my breaks are & what car I'm driving (I've changed cars a couple times). I love them so much. One has mange or something, for last couple years & I always make sure that one gets food, especially. I noticed there's always this other crow that keeps nearby that one, taking care, not leaving it behind & making sure not to steal it's food. I love how they look out for one another. They stole my heart ❤️
Making friends with a crow is soooo on my bucket list!❤
That tortoise woke up and was like "I'm going to be immortal today"
This story got me feeling cuz I have an Aquatic turtle that I rescued and I know she's probably going to be taken care of by my kids since their life span is 30yrs and she's only like 4. :3
@@MsSwitchblade13
Let him free!
😂😂😂
yes
Bahaha yep!
Dang, that sheep had a more exciting life than me. Living on a comfortable farm, then spending years surviving in the woods, then travelling the entire country and being famous.
well dam,, lol,, when you put it like that I actually feel jealous of the sheep!
@@sonnyroot748 🤣 me too
Behold the flesh
For real.
Lived in a cave
That crow story is actually amazing and so heartwarming
Mr.Ballen...
Once again you totally made my evening with this video.
Out of all days, today happened to be a day, that had me feeling a bit down about my fellow humans and how they sometimes treat each other, in a not so nice manner.
The sheep story made me smile from ear to ear, however the crow story is what made me feel so much better about humanity. What a beautiful, refreshing and amazing story.
Thank You for doing you and helping many of us, to have something to look forward to with your stories.
The variety and the way you tell them is what make your channel the very best.
I listen to this channel, Medical Mysteries, Run Fool and Bedtime Stories, But this channel is still my favorite podcast.
My dad passed away today. We have been listening to your stories. I needed an uplifting one today thank you
I'm so sorry for your loss, Jamie.
Sorry for your loss
Dang that sucks man
Jamie, So sorry for your loss.
jamie takin that fat L
I can confirm, Shrek is still a national hero, years after his death.
RIP 😔
10 years ago
He's an absolute f legend 😂
Does that mean Fiona and Donkey are also dead ? Damn
Shrek yeah
People don't realize just how smart Crows and Corvids really are. I really want to befriend my local crows.
I think we need a heartwarming Sunday upload from you every week!
I'm not even mad to take a break from the strange, dark and mysterious to look at something sweet, wholesome and fascinating.
Well said! But that like button isn’t safe...
@@kalvin9479 Never!
@@kalvin9479 nobody is save
Relief at last for uplifting stories! 😀
@Jacob Blankenship uhhh wut
that crow story got me misty eyed, we don’t give animals enough credit
Nope we actually put them in small pens torture them their whole lives and then chop them to tiny pieces and eat them. Humans don't give animals enough of anything.
Me too.
So, I’m not alone that one had me crying too. I love crows!
@@miguelmagana3691 truth, which is why I don’t eat meat.
@@nikkid7963 good we shouldn't be violating these individuals they are intelligent too
Crows are literally like the goth, emo, and punk people that I know. They look so edgy but when you get to know them, they're very sweet, caring, protective, and thoughtful. They're very understanding and nice. They're the complete opposite of how they look. It's amazing.
I was already immediately impressed that the crow brought back the lens cap - meaning it was following her close enough to notice - but when he said it CLEANED it for her, it blew my mind. I knew they were super, super smart, like learning to use tools type smart, but I don't always think about their ability to be compassionate. Such beautiful, sweet birds. Ravens too.
Crows: oh hey that’s human people stuff, put it in the feeder, she’ll love it.
My kitten jumped on my lap and placed a dried leaf on my keyboard, its now in a little glass box, that leaf is my most prized possession.
My larger cat, Oreo, leaves a friggin dead bird in front of my bed every single morning and screams at me until I get up and look at it SMH it's so friggin annoying and disgusting but I can't help that I find it amazing and adorable that he leaves me these gifts every single morning I even put a bell on him so he would scare the birds away before getting them but he's just too damn good not to mention he's big enough to beat up squirrels
@@seanvanglahn4002 Haha here is your breakfast human, yeah they move so slowly the bell doesn't ring, only way to feel slightly less guilty is to be strict on a curfew so he cant get them at night at least the birds have a chance during the day lol, im lucky my guys fav food is rabbit and mouse, though he will go for anything that moves luckily its rarely a bird.
I can never find the secret...
@@MizzzFizzz haha well at least I could sell a rabbit pelt 😂🤣😂 can't do shit with the birds and I constantly gotta get rid of them all sneaky so my neighbors don't see and get all freaked out SMH
It would be cool to have a video series called “wholesome Wednesdays” where he covers more positive stories to help balance out the strange, dark, and mysterious delivered in story format
Yes please!
I second this
I agree 1000%
Yes, please!!! 🙋♀️
I agree.. The wholesome, uplifting and inspiring delivered in story format.. 😁
I've heard all these stories, but love how Mr. B tells them so listened anyway. Smiled through the entire set!
I really enjoyed these 3 short stories. Thank you so much for sharing them.
Lmao. The crow seeing the mom leave her camera lens cap: "Dammit gabby's mom. Always leavin shit around. Alright, lets wash this off and get it back home."
Hahah!!!
😆 🤣 😂
😂 I am alone reading this comment and I laughed out loud
'Gabbys Mom!' Bwahahaha!
Exactly what her name would be...
Of course!
🤣🤣🤣
I love crows. When I was about 12, I was walking with my mom in a storm where we found a baby Crow with no mom around. After trying to release him several times with him having panic attacks, we end up keeping Charlie. I had him until I was in my 30's. He was amazingly sweet, feisty, playful and incredibly intelligent. He's been gone for years, but I still miss him every day.
This made me tear up, so precious r.i.p. Charlie
@@omithesuccubus Thank you!! 🙂
@Shelbi Patterson Thank you!! 🙂
My mom and I saved an injured crow one day and took him in to help him heal. When he got better he didn't want to leave us, but we took him to a bird sanctuary where he'd be safe. He was a good bird.
That’s awesome!
That’s why you are such a good storyteller! You love telling all stories!
I used to work at a wild bird hospital when I was a teenager. At the end of the day, crows ended up being my favorites.
I really love the crow story and yes, totally believable.
I taught my daughter to say good morning to them on the way to school everyday and feed them. I know they’re watching over her when I’m not there.
My grandmother saved a crow with a broken wing when I was a kid. Once he was fully recovered we let him go. 2 weeks later he started dropping off "gifts" at our home. We only know it was him because we witnessed him do it. He continued to drop off gifts randomly for years. Crows are my favorite animal of all time. They are ridiculously intelligent, and logical. Just absolutely astounding.
Simply amazing! I'm surprised crows are not more well known this phenomenon.
I wonder if they would defend you if something were to attack you in your yard
@@magicpyroninja that's a really interesting thought. I wonder
I saved a parrot when I was a kid it couldnt fly, but it flew away after we nursed him back to full health in two weeks. I still miss that parrot.
You can teach them to talk when they are young, but if you release them into the wild the other crows will kill it.
Imagine if this was the first MrBallen video you saw, got hooked, and decided to check out the rest of his channel💀💀💀
🤣😆💯 the person would be so damn depressed.
Haha can you imagine 🤣🤣 what happens to the like button alone would freak them out 🤣
Oh....oh no.
😄😂
@@amore9003 Exactaly what I'm thinking 🤣🤣🤣😜😁
The crow story is absolutely amazing ♥️ by far my most favourite 😍
LOVE the crow story! I’ve always thought crows were pretty dang cool, but crows that bring you beautiful baubles, returns lost belongings AND cleans up your crumby messes??? I’m in love 🥰
Mr. Ballen: "Today, let's talk about a murder...of friendly crows."
Isn't that such a weird name for a group of animals?? I personally like a pride of lions.
That crow story is the coolest thing I’ve learned all year
Ditto!!
You should check out Secrets of the Whales. Just came out on disney plus. Same vibe.. a killer whale shares dinner with a diver it's so amazing!
I'm now convinced I want to make some crow friends and as I get older I forget where I place things!!, 🤣😂🤣🤣
@@Floridagirl_life I think it’s so intriguing how some animals display such human-like emotions. I’ll have to check that out. Thanks!
@@jules-marcdavis6843 😂 if only I could befriend a crow & I’d never have to search for my car keys again
Awww, how sweet were the crows!? I also like to think they've got the "friends" portion of the "best friends" necklace, that's so cute!!!! 😭🤧
Love these stories. But the one about Gabby and her mom and the crows was amazing.
When I lived in Seattle. I used to park my car everyday and eat my carne asada fries for lunch. This crow would always sit there and watch. So I started throwing him french fries. After a month or so as soon as I would park for lunch. He would fly over and land on my driver's side window and we would have lunch together.
I met a Rook who did that.
The Plaza, Limerick Rd Mallow lreland.
He would follow my car into the car park and sit on my wing mirror. When l came out of the food place he would be waiting on the roof and fly down and walk back to the car chatting to me....purring type noises....then back up onto my wing mirror and take food from my hand so gently....l miss that bird. I think they poisoned them...(The Local Council)
Awesome!
@@amandadonegan2137 that's awful. I'm sorry to hear that.
@@amandadonegan2137 murder!
The crow story hit me right in the soft spot☺️ I think we should all say a big fat “thank you” for Mr Ballen coming into our lives to both leave us sleepless in the middle of the night and so gracefully and effortlessly putting a smile on our faces. 💫
agreed!
Same in this year really think we needed this
I love the uplifting stories And I’m so glad you had them on your show. I needed that change of pace and I think I will always remember the story of the turtle which made me smile,but the story of the crows made me look different differently at a whole species. Thank you.
I loved hearing such unique stories today, when this popped up in my feed!
Shrek fulfilled his life's purpose and had fun doing it lol.
oh yes can't 4get about shreak, wonderfull, I'm so pleased all came good 4 him, he did well bless him 2 😊💕
:)
Naw Shrek was just in high-school and got sick of people telling him to "Cut his hair".
Shrek is love Shrek is life
I feel for the person who messes with them. Imagine gabbys friend pushes her and a murder of crows swoops down for revenge. Awesome.
Ha! My thoughts exactly. Any foes would meet their end, Hitchcock style lol
Absolutely! I just wrote something similar & then saw your comment 👍
I actually thought that was going to be the story about the girl and the crows! Seems like I'd heard of that story about revenging crows beating up some bullies before. Thanks again Mr Ballen for ziggin where I thought you were gonna say!🇺🇸
I need to find some crows
I have heard of ppl trying to always chase crows off there property, then in return the crows started crapping on their car and their car alone.
Last story is the sweetest 🥹
Absolutely lovely to hear the friendships between the crows and the people ❤
Poor Shrek. All he wanted was to be a free thinker, live his own life and leave the mindless flock behind 😂
Shrek lived the dream!!!
Hilarious!
@@andrewbecker9062 yes! When they go so long without a hair cut, their bones can fracture/break.
I'm so happy he's ok! This was a lovely story!
I don't know why the crow story made me tear up. I guess I need more friends like this in my life...you know, the non-transactional, thankful, grateful types.
What a whole mood. After many attempts and failures, I finally have one, and she’s amazing 🥰 literally the best.
Same! 😢
Yeah, I feel like that too
P.s. nice username XD
@@TomboyfrmSaturn Thanks :)
To Croissants & Coffee:
Don't we all.
I grew up in Wichita, Kansas.
Our city has been plagued with crows since day one. I can attest to how intelligent they are.
They are also quite vengeful to people who park cars under trees where they roost -- even if you park elsewhere later.
I know this from personal experience. Once, in 1988, I was rehearsing The Merry Wives Of Windsor at Century II and I mistakenly parked under their favorite tree two nights in a row. They singled out my car for the rest of the run, even if I parked half a block away.
Another time was in 2003, when I parked in my driveway near the mulberry tree behind my new apartment on North Topeka street. After parking on the street in front of the apartment for about a week, did they finally let up.
Then, about a year later, my friend came over and parked in my driveway. Once I learned where he was parked, I told him he should move it but he waved it off and sure enough, that night, his red truck was whitewashed. There was hardly a spot to see through on the windshield and his bed looked like it had a white bedliner.
Those damn birds punished me for it and pelted my car for days after that -- not to the degree my friend got it, but they actively went out of their way to fly around the house and bomb my car out of spite because they knew he was MY guest. They left my upstairs neighbor's car alone.
I tell you, those birds are smart!
In the 1980s, they covered the football field of my downtown high school to a point where I couldn't see the ground many, many times.
The city used to pay a guy to drive around downtown to fire off a sonic cannon to scare the crows away.
The first year they would fly away for about a half hour and then return.
The next year they would move for about fifteen minutes.
By year three, the newspaper did a story on the guy and people wrote editorials about how it was wasted money because the crows would only fly away until he drove past.
He is no longer on the city payroll.
Many people have suggested a bounty, but BB guns don't kill crows and city leaders don't want people firing pellet guns off all crazy in town nor do they want to have people trapping or poisoning birds that may not be crows.
I've lived many places and have never seen anything like the crow population in Wichita.
Seriously, it's like something out of a Hitchcock film!
They eat roadkill, trash and about anything they can find. Disgusting birds!
They are extremely smart and aren't friendly to the people who live near the Arkansas river or the downtown area.
Still, it is nice to hear an uplifting story about them for a change, but I don't know of any native Wichitan who doesn't have a negative facial expression when they hear the cawing of a crow.
(If someplace has it worse, I'd like to know.)
I'm currently living a mile from downtown and I just heard a crow cawing. You can't escape it. I only took note of it because I'm currently writing about those hideous creatures.
All a person can do in Wichita is tune it out and hope a murder doesn't single out your vehicle as their next object for target practice.
Best to you-
Beautifully told stories! Thank you so much!
You should create a new "happy" or "wholesome" playlist for these kind of stories !!
That would be great
It’d be a good offset to the “strange, dark and mysterious”. “If you like happy, wholesome and heartwarming stories, you’ve come to the right playlist. If that’s of interest to you, I’d suggest you bake the like button’s favorite cookies before drawing them a nice, warm bubble bath.”
@@PrincessBast That’s absolutely awesome!!!
Yes
YES!!!
I bet everyone who watched this is going to be trying to make crow friends from now on 😏
you bet your ass I will!
Lmao guilty 🙋🏽♂️
Point me to the nearest flock jack!
Ahahaha i was literally thinking about going to my local graveyard where they hang out and trying to make some crow friends.
A lot of crows gather around the area I work and I’ve dropped crumbs for them before. This story makes me happy 🥺 and I’ll continue to leave them a little something every so often though I’m sure all the trash ppl drop around here is prob enough 😂
That tortoise story is amazing and yeah crows are way smart. Love it. 😊
The crow story was my all time favourite story ever and brought tears to my eyes. Absolutely astonishing and beautiful ❤
Manuela is THE highlight of my week. That just made me so damn happy. She was just living in the closet 🥺 just chilling....for 30 YEARS 😂
She don’t need no man
Any other type of pet would not have survived that.
Tortoise: an entire closet? just for me? thank you so much i will live here and guard it dutifully
Living her best life 😊
I had a friend who lived in Seattle, and she did crow rehabilitation and fostering. When she passed away, the crows all came to her windowsill and mourned for weeks. They still come back every now and then, just in case she might come back. 😭
That crow story is so sweet and cute and oh my goodness I can’t believe the bond they share that’s incredible!!!!😮❤
I like the happy, positive stories. We need that in these dark, stressful times. I enjoy BOTH types of your stories! Thank you.
“Bc that’s what best friends do” I’m tearing up Bc a fickin crow returned a camera lens cap 🤦♀️😂
Me too!
Same 😭
I am too. I’ve always wanted to be friends with wild birds.
Me too!😂
“...because that’s what best friends do.”
What a heart-swelling story.
The crow video is THE BEST!! That’s what best friends do! ❤❤
I absolutely am hooked on the original content, but this made me smile so much. I would love more stories like these mixed in for sure. Thanks Mr. Ballen.