Top 3 places you CAN'T GO & people who went anyways (and survived!)... | Part 20
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- Опубликовано: 8 июн 2024
- Everyone lived... barely.
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#3 -- "Scalding Caldera" -- 0:36 -- The odds of this happening are basically zero
#2 -- "Underwater Building" -- 4:52 -- Friends investigate odd structure in middle of ocean
#1 -- "Thalassophobia" -- 11:33 -- Predator in the deep ocean comes up to say, "hi"
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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!! ☠︎
basket ball 7:12
Edit top right shirt button
Comment is so overused
Wat do u mean¿
good job you are fast🔥🔥
@@joshuajames1345 thanks
How did you find the secret at 7:12 when you found it 3 minutes after the video was posted? That's some skill yo!
Imagine your a nuclear power plant worker doing your thing then all of a sudden a man appears in the middle of your cooling apparatus
With a wetsuit and full dive gear on! 🤣🤣 I was thinking the same thing! It must have been such a strange sight for the workers. I mean, talk about random!
Jus like that gta 5 mission
Poor guy.. all that added paperwork and security reports he had tp do.
😳 I'd just make this face lol I've done alot of research on nuclear power 🔋😅 chernobyl was insane and I highly advise of looking into it 😅
@@jhd4699 cayo perico?
Guy fell in a volcano and lived. He should never waste a penny gambling again, his luck is spent for life.
My first thought was I hope he learned a lesson, because that'll NEVER happen again.
And if he had to pay back his rescue his money was spent for a while
That ain't luck, that's the Grace of God right there brother.
@@dimetrekorsikov5643 😒
@@analogmatrix1442 not to mention the fines for going over the safety barriers..!
Chris was in the Navy. He and his friend tied their boat to a yellow buoy -- anyone with any basic training in seamanship knows a yellow buoy means the zone they are in is hazardous and to stay away (this includes dangerous submerged structures). Suing the power plant is absolutely ridiculous. He's lucky he's alive given his foolishness.
I think the first guy who ignored the guardrail when he went to see the volcano 🌋 in Hawaii was the one in the Navy.
It doesn’t really matter though.
Mr. Ballen said that Chris, and his friend Robert(story #2) had been diving together all their lives. Which would mean they knew what the yellow buoy meant. They looked at each other decided not to find out what was written on the buoy, and went diving down to the underwater structure anyways.
hey deliberately ignored reading what the first There was a 2nd warning sign(mesh covered opening) that was clearly more serious than the first one.
Instead of being adults about it they again made the decision that they’d ignore the signs, and proceed past the mesh covered opening into the unknown.
This happened in 2015. All they had to do was
Sw back to their boat, get on their smartphones, and find out what those underwater structures were.
The actual arrogance, and audacity a person has to have to sue the company whose warning signs YOU intentionally ignored not once, but twice. And 👐🏽surprise surprise👐🏽 you almost died because these warning signs weren’t just decorations, but actual signs trying to keep people from being total dumb fuks. This dude is fuk!ng arrogant. What a twatwaffle.
Ya should be rewarding the power plant for their design and unintentionally saving their life with what basically amounted to a failsafe for people that ignore warning signs
Imagine all the people working in the plant wondering how some scuba diver appeared inside their plant just swimming around in the Reservoir
Yeah, I respected him until that part came around… I mean I still have respect for him, but I no longer feel bad about what happened. What a dingus lol
@@RustyNips OMG right? You’re just having a normal, mundane day at work, and suddenly home boy surfaces screaming for help and then he sues your company. What a day!
This series just show how stupid people are ignoring the warning signs. They able to survive is a miracle but their stupidity and the audacity 🫠
In the last story it seems like the squid group learned that the diver wasn't worth fighting because he was able to fight off three of them. He's a legend to the squid community as well 😂
I was thinking the same, the third squid must have given offa signal to deter others or that it's not 'easy prey' Inhte wild if something fightsback it'shardly ever worth thetrouble
best comment
Probably just tasted bad
"You got spunk kid, youre alright with me."
They were probably like "what the fuck kind of fish is this? I can't bite it and keeps hitting me? What the fuck?"
Can you imagine the level of entitlement you’d have to have to ignore all the safety precautions set by a company and then have the audacity to sue them when you get hurt?
And to cap it all he wants to be compensated for being a total Dick.
Gorilla glue girl comes to mind. 🤣
It's called a liberal state of mind lol
@@galatians-2.20 Time to emerge from the orange haze and free yourself, cultist. Not everything is about politics.
@Lindy T yeah they should have signage on all sides, not just the surface buoy. Probably needs better barricades too
Things I’ve learned from Mr Ballen:
1. Don’t go scuba diving
2. Don’t go in caves
3. Don’t scuba dives in caves
Basically "don't be an idiot"
You forgot the most important rule. Dont like the like button 😂
That's correct..... we never know what's in store
Also, no going to volcanoes
Don't like the 'like' button...
And don't leave your home.
Can't believe the guy in the 2nd story is suing instead of thanking his lucky stars he didn't die after choosing not to read the warning sign prior to his reckless series of behaviors. Just goes to show how this society does not punish those people who file ridiculous lawsuits.
They should definitely have it marked and blocked off better. The net is probably still displaced from them going in
Not reading a sign I kinda get. Intentionally removing a grate is insane
Right he literally tore off property of the power plant to get in there 😂 he is a joke
My anxiety usually reduces once I notice that the story is still being told through the perspective of the person in the situation. Specifically when they are alone and we're being told details of their thoughts and actions. Because the only way we could know about these details is if the person survived to tell the tale. Unless there were recordings found to give a good idea of what had happened. But usually hearing phrases like "they realized/realizing they, they thought/they were thinking, their reaction, they reacted, etc" or any other specific details that the person was feeling/thinking about, could only be told from their perspective.
Edit: I accidentally pressed enter before I finished writing.
Have made the same observations. You can kind of tell if the person about whom the story is being told, is currently deceased or not.
Note: I accidentally click "Enter" whilst still typing, frequently. No worries. 🤘😎
"The squid became frustrated..."
@Denise David Well how do _you_ know he didn't ask the squid?
@@bloodyneptune the squid was actually interviewed later
Why watch/listen to these kinds of channels if it's making you anxious. You might develop panic attacks if you can't handle the stories.
The nuclear power plant had a buoy for warning, the houses with a mesh, a creepy looking tunnel and they still went in. He lost the right to sue when being that stupid.
Yeah, but....... *Florida Man.*
All of Darwin’s rules go out the window in Florida. Lol
I agree. What a douchebag
Should just be happy he didn't die.
I agree. If you make a stupid decision and someone else's smart decision saves your life, you shouldn't sue them.
@@marewere agreed! That was his reward! Getting to keep his life!
Squids: begin ripping a 15ft shark apart
People: let’s get closer and video them
The squids should have been more persistent
Yeah, just listening to him tell this story has my nerves shot.
You see it rip the guts out with that beak yeah man gnarly! Get a shot!
Right. Who throws tuna in and sees it violently disappear. Same with a shark. Then decides to jump in. People and their superiority/EGO
@@sheilagravely5621 m
Those squids are amazing. They must have communicated to each other that the man was dangerous and they were just watching trying to figure out the level of threat.
Squid #1: this man has to be some kind of god
Squid #2: yeah, he’s already fought me off once. Where’s Jeff?
Jeff: 😵☠💀
I think I agree with the power plant, even if there was signage attached to the walls of the underwater structures they probably would’ve ignored those as well. Just like everyone who ignores the fences, other kinds of signs and even verbal warnings/instructions. I’m obviously glad they survived though.
Another thing they fail to see is the massive power plant on the shore..
Imagine being so entitled you break into a companies equipment, survive the experience with your life because they had a non typical system, then sueing them. I swear some people need something to do with their lives
Makes me wish they used the typical system.
If things look like you are not supposed to enter them, at least fucking find out what they are before deciding if you have to enter. This goes double for diving. I mean how stupid can you be.
They need to get their asses kicked
He deserves everything that comes his way.
The plant corp should sue the diver for trespassing
"Eager to get into the giant squid infested waters" will never be a phrase used to describe me.
Hahaha
Lol. Same!!!
Seriously! So much nope...
good for u
@@simonfox_8559 good one
Bravo to those police and rescuers who didn’t give up, even though the odds were a million to one of the victim still being alive they kept trying and achieved the impossible 👏
yeah risking their lives for some idiot... glad nobody else got hurt in that story!
Literally, almost hard to feel sorry for some of these people who feel like they can do what they want w/o repercussions. Some of these incidents or deaths can truly be prevented.
It’s nice having a video once in a while where people don’t die
@@Persequimur_Umbras people don’t deserve to die for bad decisions, your such a heartless asshole jfc “he should’ve died, it’s not fair that their life wasn’t taken for making a bad decision 😡” death isn’t the only way to learn not to do something
@@saddaddytentacles9897, why does society *need* to suffer people who make idiotic mistakes…?… Those other ways fall far short with their track record, in inspiring change, when compared to a near death experience. If they fail to gett the message then the next event will be bigger & cause more damage to those around them.
@@saddaddytentacles9897
Yes, they do. Why should anyone get to avoid natural consequences?
Don't worry, they still leave with an award - the Darwin Award.
@@saddaddytentacles9897
And like Brent so eloquently points out, it's a necessary learning experience. Failing to learn from a near death experience is the quickest way experience death.
It's nice of you to want to shed a tear for humans, the worst species, on the planet.
I got so happy! Yay survival
Ok, the squid 100% communicated with each other that he was inedible.
facts. Either cant or its just too much work for that size prey. then the others all started making fun of him
@@masterreaper115 They just killed a 4M shark before...
maybe they know plastic is toxic
@@gravito1573 He probably meant that the squids communicated that it was too much effort for a prey that small.
@@genericereal oh my bad
There's barriers in dangerous places, such as volcanos, for a reason. Some people just can't connect the dots.
I really hate people who try to sue someone/someplace for their own ignorance, especially when they disregard any safeguards that are in place.
One thing I have learned from these videos is there is a very fine line between being adventurous and just plain dumb.
Amen!!
Nah. It's a very obvious line.
Yep, that dude knew better not to jump over the safety railing but he did anyway. There was a small part of me hoping that he'd actually fallen all the way down and meet his fate. Lol
Pretty big bold line if you ask me. Kind of a Darwinistic intelligence test.
Indeed
Let me get this straight. They witnessed a 14 ft shark being eaten alive by a pack of blood thirsty squids and moved closer to it? LMAO man that sounds horrifying
Natural Selection at its finest.
I know right hahahahah
@@christophermueller9764 Its called getting the perfect shot. I would have done the same. Mainly because i like nature, .......and im dumb asf.
But at that rate there'd be no film. Squid are terrifying. I thought it was going to eat his face
And sounds stupid too
Anyone else binge watching all these episodes and glad you don't go where you're not supposed to go? 🙋🏻♀️🤯
I don’t even go places i am allowed to go
For a couple days now lol
@@relent-lass7510 Right 🤣🤣🤣. And I especially have enough sense to NOT go diving down hundreds of feet underwater and then into a cave. Underwater.
It'll definitely give you a healthy respect for warning signs, LOL.
My high school zoology teacher told us about this story when we did a section on mollusks. He had us dissect a smaller bait species and told us squid were essentially underwater painted dogs/ wolves and should be given the same respect in the water that we would give a pack on land
The scuba diver who goes where he shouldn't go, doesn't die, then sues the company because he takes ZERO responsibility for his own actions...wtf?!
This is why so many company’s just allow for fatal disasters, no one would have ever known if they had just chopped him up into the coolant system with some kind of turbine or pump.
the story is not clear at all, its hard to find good information about it, the company says he removed the mesh and he swam intentionally into the intake pipe but Blake and Le Cun don't mention any of it, they say they swam near does buildings when they felt the current and for one of them, it was too late to get out. the only warning was that buoy that said "stay 100 feet away" there was no sign stating does structures underwater are deadly dangerous.
the reason for suing could also be to prevent this from happening again, this was the second time this happened.
Florida Power and Light has not a good reputation, they had over 40 lawsuits and a lot of deadly incidents.
At least it didn’t end with the pump of death! Lol
Idiotic comment. A nuclear power station has orders of magnitude more responsibility than some random person. They didn't even grate their intake.
While I agree that he has personal responsibility and went past their deterrents, he needed no tools to do so and the plant did the bare minimum. One buoy and a mesh covering is hardly enough in case of a storm for example.
My mom is 81 years old and she wanted me to tell you your stories are very interesting and she loves them and you are a great speaker.
Yes, and he tells them without having to look down and read. What talent!
@@realcanadiangirl64 well it’s not all one take tho
That's so sweet omg--
Everybody like this get this man's mom tge reply she deserves
Your mom has wonderful taste! Mr. Ballen is definitely an expert storyteller, and his voice lends itself perfectly to telling interesting and mysterious stories. 👍😁
The...amount of humans that seem to need EVERYTHING explained in crayon to NOT do something (and that still doesn't stop alot) ...is amazing to me
From one Heather to another, AMEN!
😂😂😂 facts
I wish I could say the same but nope , Not amazed at all.
MY HUSBAND AND I WERE LEGIT RIGHT THERE WHEN THE GUY FELL INTO KILAUEA!
We were at the place he fell an hour before he was and were eating at the Volcano House which is a hotel and restaurant on the summit of the volcano which is about 100ish yards from where he fell. We saw the police and lights from the rescue team trying to save him.
Actually Edit: he must have been there and fell in about 10-15 min after my husband and I were. They were searching for him when we were in the restaurant and the when it got dark is when we saw the police and lights from the rescue team getting him.
Holy s-
“The squid became frustrated”
Squid: Why won’t fleshy-flesh go rip-rip?! 😡
More like, "Why is this potential sustenance not consumable?", uttered in BBC accent ;)
@@iguanaco21 "It appears this humanoid has coated itself in some kind of unpalatable casing... I suggest it shall not be consumed." - the squid leader, possibly
😂
nah man the other squids stopped because the squid 🦑 on his head told them he doesn't know where bells canyon is
😂😂😂😂
Fun fact about squids having a gag reflex: Their brains are donut shaped and their esophagus actually runs through their brain. If they eat too large a bite they literally get brain damage.
thank you for teaching me a new thing today!
@@perezchrist97rene That's it? You see some random text spooge from a total stranger and it is fact? (it may be,..) but I would never assume so from one random source!
@@WoodysAR well i had fun reading it
@@WoodysAR ...you can google it. Maybe they googled it. I googled it. It’s true. Who pissed in your Cheerios this morning? 🤣
I would most certainly have brain damage if this were the case for humans
Glad the mask on the diver helped. Perhaps because the third squid couldn't bite into his flesh, it signaled to the others that this "prey" isn't food or able to be bitten, maybe thinking that he just had tough skin that couldn't allow them to reach flesh, but it was just the mask.
Darwin award goes to...Chris disregard the warnings and sue the plant? Hope he doesn't get a dime
That squid story is horrifying
I bet the squids realized that the man was to dangerous to try and keep attacking.
Not only could they not pierce through his ”skin”, but he also kept on fighting back in ways most fish cant. Hitting, grabbing, punshing...
They probably decided he was not worth it, and instead watched in curiosity as he swam to safety.
Yeah, was wondering surely if you dug your fingers into it's flesh hard enough it would puncture into the squid
Thought the same thing.
Squid 1: This food fights back!
Squid 2: Maybe it's not food?
Squid 3: No, definitely not food. Might be a predator, watch it.
It was a lost cause for the squid. Humans = not food.
What confused me most about that story is how there wasn't a single mention of a divers knife. I don't think any diver would go underwater without one, and that would be basically perfect for cutting a relatively squishy flesh thats wrapped around your body.
Yeah. Maybe he hit the squid where it hurt, and it went like, "whoa, wait a minute here, let's try some sharks and seals instead instead of this nastly little hard-shelled thing."
*Jumbo Squid:* _"The hairless apes are a mystery to us. They have impenetrable armor and they can hit back when we try to slowly devour them."_
@@SirHavok 🤣😅
How do they know what a regular ape looks like. Never seen a monkey venturing off to their waters
Poor squids were just hungry
I don't know why but I all read that in Sir David Attenborough's voice 😹😹😹
@@SirHavok yeah you tell em slav gael
In the first story, John survived the fall but how did he survive the heat for that long?? It still must have been unbearably hot
He must have been high enough from the bottom to not feel the heat.
@@meghanmisaliareither that or he was at a height where the heat was lesser or maybe the ledge was also protecting him from some of the steam
Also normally story telling videos that have a lot of screentime with the storyteller are boring without other visuals, but something about the way he articulates and motions and expresses stuff makes the story more involved.
If these videos have taught me anything it's that nobody can ever put up enough warnings and deterrents to keep scuba divers or cave explorers from getting killed because they're stupid. Somebody will always ignore the sign and move the mesh.
Evolution requires that we poke at the edges of our experiences. Like how did they figure out they can eat blowfish.
@@vvtor how many watched others eat and die from eating blowfish 🐡 and thinking " nah, I can do it better " until they found out what the dangerous parts of the fish are.
People also forget how often we learned from observing the wildlife and land around us where we are trying to survive. For blowfish, I’m willing to bet that if there is another predator out there that would eat it (in or out of the water, although I’m not saying that I know anything about that - in fact I wouldn’t be surprised if they have none - but maybe if a bird decided to try and eat a dead one?) that whoever decided they were gonna try used them as a cue. Or yeah it could have been anything, it’s just lessons I’ve been taught. I live in the middle of nowhere in the subarctic and am super interested in learning to live off the land as much as I can but I have to really listen to everyone’s stories and teachings. So many are about observing the things around you and going from there. I find we lose that narrative a lot of the time and focus on humans alone.
@@vvtor don't worry. his stupidity is gonna finish him off sooner or later. or maybe an executive at the powerplant will 😁
@@SuperBethification That is a bunch of nonsense. You can observe a honey badger get bit by a poisonous snake and survive...it doesn't mean you should think the snake bite is safe for humans too. You can watch a deer devour poisonous plants and live, but don't do what they do. Beyond the absolute basic common sense stuff that are true for most animals and/or should already be understood for a human with a functioning frontal cortex, watching how nature does things really doesn't provide you with a whole lot of information.
Learn survival, but learn from the mistakes and successes from 10,000 years of recorded human history not from some stupid bird you saw in a tree.
Being slowly eaten alive by a giant squid is a fear I didn’t know I had.
Argh the description of the squid beak pressed up against his face.
😂
Yeah me too... My biggest fear is Great White sharks...Untill now...seeing these f**** squid tore one up like nothing FML.....
As he was describing how they catch prey I was thinking “noooo don’t tell us what happened to the man”.
me too, if I caught one of those squids f the rod, I'm yeeting that thing over the side of the ship
The power plant lawsuit was like “it’s your fault that I’m stupid!”
Always shocked how Mr. B manages to swallow the instinctive “like a suicidal moron!” that one must inevitably feel telling these outrageous stories. Damn impressive!
It never ceases to amaze me how people who deliberately IGNORE the warning signs only to get hurt & then sue the companies for they’re stupidity.
I hate to be that guy dude but.... it's "their"
@@betorockmetal Please, be "that guy".
@@betorockmetal I kinda like the way he worded it. "They're" = they are. So... "they are stupidity" meaning they are the embodiment of stupid.
Although I doubt it was meant that way........
*their
you're very right
Moral of the story: Safety rails are called “Safety Rails” for a reason
Well, for SMART people at least
Emphasis on the SAFETY
They aren’t safe at all lol
Love the "Bells canyon" reference which I also learned about from one of your other videos. You're the BEST Mr. Balllen! Love your videos man!
Gotta rewatch this series about twice a year😂 You know you got a good story teller when the audience knows what happens but still wants to listen
Company: Puts up signs and a fence around the opening
Random guy: Ignores signs, rips away fence, and goes in
Also random guy: Sues the company for not having enough signs…
I hope the only cheque he got was a reality check not to be an idiot. He better not have gotten a penny
Reminds me of the gorilla that was killed because of a terrible mother. WHY DID HARAMBE HAVE TO GO😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
@@galaxypickle4395 they coulda just tranqed the gorilla out did have to kill it unfortunately we live in a world that supports stupidity nowadays.
Didnt* have to kill it typo srry lol
They probably put up 100 more warning signs after that. They should've known there are plenty of stupid people out there. I bet the 2 guys wont go in anywhere without checking for warning signs now as well.
@H N I heard about that, the lady should feel horrible. She literally got her mom killed horribly my lions/tigers.
The most terrifying thing in this video is learning that a high-security nuclear powerplant can be successfully penetrated by Joe Sixpack and a scuba rig
Our power grid is another gaping vulnerability. Any random person could climb a chain link fence and access transformers and other infrastructure that supply power to the huge pumps needed to cool spent fuel rods. Don't think for a second that Russia, North Korea, Iran, and China are unaware of this fact. They likely all have sleeper cells waiting for command to execute pre-planned attacks.
@@overclucker go back to bed.
@@seanm8496 PAPA HASNT FINISHED HIS STORY YET
The plant was built in the 70s, give them a chill.
Btw sounds like a fun water ride
I have thalassophobia. A lot of people think it’s just fear of sea creatures, but it’s really fear of deep, open water (sometimes as well as creatures or what might be in it). While I’m naturally afraid of predatory/dangerous creatures, my actual fear is just of the depth and vastness of open water. I’m terrified of how deep it may go, of sinking into “holes” or deeper areas that may be there unbeknownst to me, and of unknowingly being pulled further from land. This fear developed over time and now I won’t go near open water. I also have a similar fear of space (outer space) and the vastness and darkness of that. Needless to say, I also stay away from going into outer space 🪐 😂
thank you for sharing your experience. i am writing a book where the main character has thalassophobia, but because i only have arachnaphobia, i had been imagining the ocean as if if was full of spiders to help me get in her headspace.
Thalassophobia may be my greatest fear
After 20 videos I finally went back and liked them all...fantastic content and I've LEARNED so much about diving, how certain machinery works, job positions, the ocean...A+ work my guy!
Buoy: DON’T GO IN
Metal Grates: DON’T GO IN
Divers: This sign doesn’t apply to me because I can’t read. Also I’m gonna sue you guys because I can’t read.
Wait why can’t he read? Did Sir Ballen say that?
@@hairlesscat6458 lol it’s just a meme online for people doing dumb things when there are warnings.
Reminds me of that kid in another video who jumped a fence and ignored a sign on some cliffs while vacationing in Hawaii. Spoiler: he died.
His mother petitioned the county or local goverment to put a grate on the hole that sucked him in and out to sea. They replied that he should have stopped by the fence and read the sign and realised he didn't know better than the locals who put up those and respect the power of nature.
@@hairlesscat6458 You're pretty dense, dude.
@@Viraie I remember that one, yeah I could not believe when his mother tried to do that.
People surviving in Mrballens stories???😱 thats a real rare case
indeed
For sure you can not doubt that
Yea i thought those squids would have killed the diver
God is Great
The first one got me like
Oh 😮wow!.....so, happy ending? Ok
I love the call backs from other episodes! I’ve heard the Bells Canyon episode so I got it but I love when I can tell he’s doing a callback that I don’t know then when I come across the episode he’s referring to I get all excited like,” oh snap! I get it now,LOL!”
The most outrageous part of these 3 stories is the audacity of the diver, Chris, suing the power plant for "not putting up enough signage". Hey, if you have to rip a grate off a window to go trespassing into a building, UNDERWATER, you don't NEED a "sign". STOOOOPID!
I can’t believe the diver from the second story had the audacity to try and sue the plant when he CLEARLY was negligent and beyond- he earned his way into that situation and should just be grateful he survived... unbelievable 🤦🏼♀️
Yeah people can be negligent about a lot of things. But driving past the power plant and being so close to it is actually pretty cool tbh
Yeah the scuba diver wasn’t thinking of his family. Call BS sure. He was thinking of his payout for his own negligence. Hope the company counter sues for trespassing.
Honestly! Audacity with a capital A !!!
He was banking on the company doing what others companies do. Pay out so the company isn't ruined by public opinion. Most companies have good attorneys and the public knows better, so this doesn't work as well as it used to. Thank goodness, because we all lose if a company has to pay out big.
People who take deliberate, irresponsible risks should not be given one red cent.
Imagine having warning signs and barriers in place and then nearly getting killed for not heeding the warnings -THEN try to sue the company that tried to warn you in the first place!
RIGHT?? The audacity!
He broke open barriers specifically designed to keep people out. Completely at fault for this
I really hope they threw the case out or laughed him out of court...
Was he even injured? Or is he suing to have his wetsuit dry cleaned cos he pooped in it
@@loribernardisunwell9663 they did
Was there ever a documentary or something that talks about the squid incident with footage? I bet the footage of the squids and the shark was crazy too!
The guy who survived was the main character like how do you you survive multiple puncture wounds to your neck and survive being bitter on your head as well even WITH scuba gear it’s just crazy
@@Ja7nD03 IKR! The whole thing felt like a movie!
The young soldier despite him gotten into such an "obviously fatal situation" and still survived and got to a full recovery honestly made my day
Bloody hell, that last story is 100% pure nightmare fuel
Pretty sure I've seen that documentary. Worst part is, when dozens of Squids circling around that diver and watch him with their giant eyes and all of a sudden begin to flash their lights, just right before they started attacking. Really freaked me out.
I’ve been in deep murky water (Puget Sound) many times, and there is ALWAYS a sense of being small and vulnerable as I descend into the void. I find that that feeling makes the dives more intense (and thus more fun, in a way), than many other places I’ve been diving.
Great icon👍
Oi
Agreed
Ya, those squid were all staring at him as he swam away like...the fuck was that inedible punching thing? The legend still lives in the Humboldt community, flashed throughout the deep seas.
Great comment haha
😂😂 kmsl
That was epic 😆
Lol... I bet it does
Said the squid, “That punching thing was the scariest thing I’ve ever encountered” as something says behind it, “Do you know the way to Bells Canyon”?
Oh my gosh! How terrifying to be 60 ft below underwater and these squids are literally trying to kill you😱 Imagine if he had recording equipment on his gear and it captured his ordeal. Now that would add to his legend status indeed! Glad he survived! God is good all of the time and all of the time, God is good! 🙏🏽💪🏽
I'm willing to bet that the squid stopped attacking him in the final story because they were astounded that not only were they not seeming to damage the strange creature they were attacking, it was also able to actually fight back against two of them. They likely had never encountered such resistance before.
"He was physically okay, but mentally, he was a train wreck."
Hella relatable.
Ha! I'm both! 🏆
@@NorthernGreenEyes same! 🏅 ill all the way 🏆
since when was mental disabilities a contest>
@@lungmud931 It's obviously not, we're simply using humor as a coping mechanism, It's not that serious
@@briancarron6612 well at least 70%of the people I know is either dead from suicide of Overdose, depressed and suicidal 247 or dealing w bipolar, substance abuse disorder, BPD, schizophrenia the list goes on but sure have fuck with you're "your joke"
I think the squid story might be one of the most terrifying things I've ever heard.
Alex is a savage. Glad he made it. That would be such a horrific way to go.
Like fighting actual aliens man lol, I would shit my pants.
Yes,terrifying
This is a literal nightmare! People don't understand why my only fear is being attacked by an octopus...I will be saving this clip for JUST those moments!
The squids most likely signaled the rest that the man wasn’t food so they just let him go.
I respect him for fighting lmao. I think if I had dozens of squid trying to eat me, I’d freeze. Shit I’d probably take off my breathing mask so I could drown to death instead of being slowly eaten. They could eat my dead body instead.
Things I've learned in listening to Mr. Ballen stories:
- Don't go into caves where I only barely fit.
- Don't go into caves underwater where I only barely fit.
- Don't ignore a sign or other warning that says, "stop."
I was very happy at first to hear that Chris had survived but when I heard he tried to sue the plant because of his own foolishness I took it all back. Maybe he didn’t deserve better.
John not only managed to survive falling into the Caldera of a Volcano, but he also survived in a MrBallen's video. A true rarity.
Yeeeessssss! #this
I was #101. Ty ty.
Its shocking right.
Bet he didn't survive Military. FIRST day he has off he breaks the law! Probably got kicked out.
ikr..they're the one that "mehh" at the warning sign on the buoy. he should be grateful that the company made their nuclear system that safe.
The audacity of Chris is at Karen level.
“We trespass all your warning but it’s your fault”
he was a Kyle
Agreed, also a product of the money-is-king society because he might be a super cool guy, not entitled at all but he just doesn't care what people think and doesn't care about the nuclear-power company so he tries his luck with a lawsuit to get some cash for his life and loved ones...
@@cybercastor6873 If he would do such a thing he ain't a super cool guy. I like how you did that in order to justify and make it seem like any person can become so entitled. No those types of ppl have major issues. They may be fun and make you laugh but doesn't make them super cool ppl. Anyone can have a dynamic personality certainty things make you a douche period.
To be fair, the power plant (or it's constructors at the very least) does bare some of the responsibility for not securing the structure in a way that makes it so a random diver can't easily gain access, as they were able to here. Sure there was a warning on the single buoy, but they can't disregard the possibility of someone not seeing it or associating it with the structure. It can be argued that not having clear warnings on the structure itself at least identifying what it is, and at the very least not having the mesh covering the openings secured in place in a way that they can't just be easily pulled aside is negligence on behalf of the operating body of the power plant/whoever was hired to construct/maintain the structures themselves.
So while I'm not in any way saying the divers weren't at fault, nor that they weren't playing stupid games to win stupid prizes, from a legal standpoint it's on the owners to make blatant hazards clear to those unknowing and to put reasonable safety measures (I would argue that a mesh grate that isn't fixed to anything and could easily be pulled aside doesn't fit that criteria) in place to avoid such accidents.
So while you might find such a lawsuit ridiculous, there definitely seems to be merit to it based on what limited information is given in this video if for no other reason than to make sure nothing like what happened to them can happen to anyone else.
My thoughts:
Just a theory; the squid’s stopped their attack because the one squid thought they couldn’t bite him (goggles) without being fought against.. 😅 horrible situation to be in
For those of us in the Military...John Created a Safety Brief...glad he made it to tell the story
The squid literally communicated with each other and said " did y'all see him square up with us? I'm good." And left him alone 🤣🤣
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This comment is great!!😂
rofl... y'all goofy as hell
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Hahahah
This man just drops the “Do you know how to get to Bell’s Canyon” line, so those who are binge watching fans of the strange, dark and mysterious delivered in story format understand the insider reference. Love that.
I’m still laughing at that and I’m 3 minutes in the video😂
It made me chuckle 😂😂 poor like button must be #triggered
RIGHT?! 🤣 that hit me so hard, I literally “laughed out loud” lol like no he did NOT just do thattttt 🙈 I swear, I love this channel and this guy way too much 😄🤓😍
I love this man's content so much. He's alot better than rick and morty about supplying content for fans💀
creepy story of that stalking guy asking for bell's canyon...
You are a wonderful storyteller!! You really are!
What a great story teller this man is, his kids are so lucky
Things I’ve learned from Mr Ballen:
-Don’t be a moron.
-Don’t jump into literal actual volcanoes.
Unless you are Empedocles.
One has to wonder why you thought it was a good idea to jump into an active volcano
@@ianh1504 That’s what *I’M* wondering!
yEP im traumatized withouft even being in the situation ..i learned that dont take risk dont let curiosity kill you
Soon you’ll learn “Don’t be a diver”
I was 100% sure that the 3 buildings underwater right next to one another was gonna be spongebob, squidward, and patrick’s house. All I can say now is that I am 100% disappointed
Ohh yay ye 100% spongebob squidward and Patrick
Obviously none were pineapple shaped
I thought it would be the entrance to an alien base where preparations for Earth's invasion were underway! (Maybe next time...)
Funny thing,even Patrick Starr is smarter than those two dummies.
You learn something new everyday! I didn't want to run into squid before this and definitely don't now lol! This man was so lucky to escape.
I dissected a baby squid in high school and actually cut myself on the beak on accident and that was when I knew I could not win a fight with a squid
Here’s an interesting fact regarding that outflow pipe from the power plant. I live in the area and I metal detect the beaches. There is a shipwreck from the 1600s out in the water past that underwater building. Nobody has ever been able to find it, but treasure has been found in the water and on the beaches there for decades.
Things I’ve learnt from Mr Ballen:
1. Don’t go near water.
2. Don’t breathe water.
3. Don’t go over safety railings.
4. Don’t live or go near creepy or haunted houses.
5. Don’t trust people.
7. Dont go in to caves. Oof. The stories he told. Terrifying.
3A. Don't go over safety railings into water.
Don't go into the mountains alone
6. Don’t go into dense woods or forest alone
Never trust weather forecasts
The power plant is now thinking... *”Remind us again why we DIDN’T go with the spinning blades of death design?”* 🤔
Edgi.
@@finished6267 I mean blades are just metal things with sharp edges, so yes it would have been edgy
"Remember the *mess* it makes and how we puked all day when we had to clean up after that last diver?"
Seriously. I was sooo happy the guy lived but as soon as I heard that he sued, I was so disgusted with him.
@@Rachel......... Exactly. I don't understand how they are such "experienced" scuba divers when they ignore a buoy and a mesh covering? I've never been scuba diving and I'm not an engineer and that site just screams "water intake." It's not like it was something mysterious hundreds of feet down. And while the mesh was on all sides and the openings were too big for their bodies to make a seal, it still reminded me of this video: ruclips.net/video/AEtbFm_CjE0/видео.html
Everyone should be extremely careful about diving near drains, mesh, grates, etc. Both of these guys need to reevaluate their diving knowledge. Doing stupid things like this could not only result in their own death, but also the death of their friend or possibly one or more rescue workers.
I would compare the lawsuit to someone using something in a failed suicide attempt and then suing the manufacturer for it just injuring them without killing them. It's that stupid.
Man, after binging the playlist, this one's such a breath of fresh air.
Chris’s story would make a perfect hero/villain origin story
Chris: ''let's sue the company for my own stupidity.'' Guy should be happy he survived, not look to gain something at the expense of someone else. The warnings were there, they just ignored them.
I agree. How can you see especially when you didn’t have any actual injuries? What’s the money for???? Just don’t do it. You abuts went somewhere you shouldn’t have been, just learn from it but don’t sue the company because you were neglect. I’m sure any other diver knows better( hence why this hadn’t happened) he was just irresponsible.
there were a buoy and a mesh grill that they decide to ignore and blatantly rip it off. no way is the company fault
This is pure arrogance and proves how ignorant it makes stupid people. It's not enough to just ignore the warnings that's for other people but then to sue the plant is nothing but Narcissism.
ignored? Hell they pushed them out of the way and plowed through....
I think there should be a rule that if you do something STUPID to cause a situation where you need to be rescued, the state should sue you lol. Didn't read safety signs? SUED. Fell inside a volcano cause you crossed the safety line? SUED. Got attacked by tigers cause you got out of the car knowing the only rule is to NOT get out of the car? CATCH THIS LAWSUIT.
The only thing that coule have made the final story scarier is if the squid asked while attached to his face, "do you know how to get to bells canyon?!"
😂😂 lool good one
Lol That Alone Would Kill Me😂
😂😂😂 now that would've been a story!!
😂😂
lol
Ahh I’ve been binging your videos I’m happy to say it’s so great to hear the guy in the first story survived and made a full recovery people really make some dumb decisions that cost our lives. It’s nice to hear about the few who are lucky enough to live.
The last story was terrifying, but really freaking awesome. Glad everyone survived.
"He thought about his family and his kids." So he wasn't thinking about them when he decided to remove the safety grill of an unknown structure and proceeded to go into it without a second thought?
I can kind of see why he would.
I mean, how would they know it was THAT dangerous.
For all they knew, it was just an abandoned building. There wasn’t a sign on the building itself.
And the owners know people do driving around those waters
@@izzojoseph2 So, literally warning people to *stay away* is not enough for people to simply *stay away* ?
Mr. Ballen has an entire playlist about idiots like these (with the ocasional tragedy like the squid thing), that decide to ignore the safety precautions and get themselves hurt or killed.
If people cannot be trusted to simply not do this kind of thing, people should all be locked up and/or lobotomized, that way they wont do these stupid things.
@@wolfancap6897 ~ I agree but you misunderstand. If they don’t see the sign, like kids not caring about the warning no trespassing.
But I do agree
@@izzojoseph2 They saw the warning buoy, but they decided to ignore it, the same thing goes for kids ignoring signs, its on their heads.
I never trespassed as a kid because my parents taught me not to go into other people's property without permission, if other parents dont teach their kids not to tresspass its on them if their kids get themselves killed in a dangerous place, and on the kid for not thinking about what they are doing.
This argument about kids is extremely stupid, parents should teach them not to do this kind of thing because its impossible to make something 100% foolproof, especially if there are kids involved.
@@wolfancap6897 ~ I missed that they saw the warning bouy.
Wasn’t listening that intently
In that case I recent my previous comment ( somewhere up there).
Literally No One:
These 3 Divers: "Oh these things are eating a big shark alive , we must get into the water to watch this, and be about 2 feet away while we do it.... this will be great"
After feeding it bait & getting their attention. Solid plan. 👍🏼
At that point i didnt really understand how they were alive up to this point in life. Their level of decision making should had ended them long ago.
If he didn't put "and survived" in the title I would 100% have thought the guy would've died.. that was terrifying
I remember the story another retired SEAL told of a Sea Lion “playing” with him in the Coronado Bay. His summary was that no matter how comfortable you are in the water once you enter it you become low on the food chain.
I've watched so many MrBallen videos that I now can hear in my thoughts MrBallen narrating everyday mundane activities.
Somewhere in the depths of the ocean: 'Hey Bob, d'you remember that time when dinner punched you in the face?' 🦑
Bob: “I was kinda hoping to forget that one.”
Ajajaja...! Nice...!
😂😂
😂🤣😂🤣😂
"sure do..that little bastard"
More sharks show up "hey look it's bob ..you eat breakfast yet bob? Or did it kick your ass?"
Fun fact- squid brains are donut shaped because their oesophagus pass straight through it. This is why they only take tiny bites of food. Hence the 'gag reflex'.
This is amazing, thank you for sharing 😂
That's fascinating, thanks for sharing!
Awesome! I love learning about this kind of stuff.
That’s disgusting in a way, thanks for sharing!
Thank you! That's interesting.
You're a great storyteller. I listened to you earlier today but when people get stuck in places, I'm horrified. Glad these folks survived!
These are probably my fave videos of yours ❤❤ they're so addicting
The squids got nervous because they thought they saw a Japanese torpedo boat, but then the diver, with tentacles wrapped around him, asked the squid if they knew how to get to Bell's Canyon. Totally spooked, the squid darted back to their cars at the bottom of the sea parking lot.
I see what you did there
Now that is what really happened!
Underrated comment
I snort laughed so hard. 😂🙏
Lol!
"...and survived."
Me: "Huh, that's new."
Plot twist!
I predict thousands of likes on this comment.
@@FriendlyAC130Online Let’s see then
Those squid are ducking smart just how they sneak up on the guy, how they get more aggressive with each attempt on the guy, and then just letting him go when he fought three of them off
First story reminds me of when I visited Yellowstone. I was at Norris Geyser Basin (the adjacent campground is great if anyone is planning a visit), and I had to yell at three different tourists who went off the boardwalk, and were walking on the thermal features. They were incredibly lucky they didn't fall through. If they did I doubt the park would have been able to recover their bodies.
I can't stand people who intentionally disobey, ignore, warnings and then cry ignorance when things don't go their way. Take some responsibility Chris.⁸
*Chris D'elia
The dive guy? TBF, the only warning appears to have been some small-print on a buoy, that divers coming from far enough away could not notice at all.
@@PoochieCollins except he saw the buoy and chose not to read it, then proceeded to break into the building. That doesn’t give him the right to sue.
@@mandik2050 : this case is a gray area, but flimsy warnings have gotten people successfully sued. Disney made a big payout to a family that lost their child after they went into water that had a sign saying not to go in it but didn't warn of deadly predators in the water. Ballen did another story of a group of kids who explored a floating deck that turned out to be infested with a certain type of spider, as they were told to stay away but not why. Even in the story here, the company could've put warning signs around the underwater structure.
@@mandik2050 the buoy was not enough of a warning for something like that there should have been more signs that were clearly stating danger and stating what danger like to have. The poor man thought that he was going to die horribly and he never sees his family again because they didn't have enough warning signs around so they knew for a fact they could die so yes it is Good grounds to sue and Chris should not have had to go through that if they would have better sighs. People make mistakes so show some more compassion for him.
The most surprising part was when he said "and survived."
It says on title (and survived) 😂
I guess your reading ability is about the same as Chris' and Robert's.
@@bradsmith6019 can’t see that part of the title on mobile unless you’ve already clicked on the video
@@NocturnalNugget2
correct. you shine enough light where darkness overpowered the area in their mind to scare it away.
You can usually tell by the language he uses. Like in the 2nd story, how would we know that guy was believing he was going to be sucked into a turbine or blades if he wasn’t going to survive.
OKAY, this is where i draw the line 😂. I've been binge watching Mr. Ballen for over a week and these last 2 have to be the scariest story's yet, imo. The ocean is beautiful but there's no way in hell i would get in it past my knees. If we were meant to be in water that deep, we'd have gills n fins. Nope. Never gonna happen. These story's are terrifying.