Can you imagine how Disch's partner felt when he was told that he was so dull he may have bored a man to death?

For the American bases, you have to be psychological and medically screened before doing a tour on the ice, particularly if you are going to winter over - tours of duty range from 6-18mo. After that, you have to rotate off the ice and back to the real world for at least 6mo. Together, McMurdo (coastal base) and Amundsen-Scott (S. Polar base) support ~3000 personnel over the summer research season but crash down to skeleton crews for the winter with less than 150 and 50 personnel respectively. Closest thing to living on a distant colony until we get back to the moon (and go to Mars). A fun tradition at Amundsen-Scott base is every year when the last transport out goes wheels up and the base is isolated for the next six months, the crew has a viewing party featuring all three versions of "The Thing."

I read a article about people who work in Antarctica and they develop a kind of madness due to the isolation. This could be anything from random crying to forgetting what they just did. A few would even try to wander off. But they were easily found given how flat everything is in the interior. One guy got on a treadmill and wouldn't get off. He kept saying he was walking home.

If the line of footprints was as straight, regular and purposeful as you report then he was clearly making towards something definite which he could see. People walking blindly because of fog, whiteout conditions, smoke, injury etc will walk in a wide circle. We would all do it because the pace on our dominant leg side is fractionally stronger and longer than on the other. We unconsciously correct by visual input, that is what keeps us walking in a straight line over distance. Sure, balance keeps us upright and straight over a short distance, 10 - 20 yds, even when 'blind' but over 100 -200 yds you will see a definite curve. So, by implication, he was either walking to investigate something out of the ordinary which was visible and stationary or he had made a definite decision to walk towards a visible landmark until he dropped

Really tried to give that cold atmosphere feeling and blizzard weather conditions through this drawings…..mm anyway hope you like ^_^

I love the Antarctica as a setting for creepy stories ever since I watched The Thing. The isolation and extremely harsh conditions make for a really atmospheric place. At The Mountains of Madness is also a good example of that.

my theory: the soviet defection angle is right. It was preplanned. In 65 the soviets had capable helicopters, and had publicly launched at least one helicopter carrying naval vessel. If he walked dead straight to the skiway where air drops occured, it is plausible he picked that spot and they came and scooped him up, hence lights and noise and purposeful track, or perhaps they had a cheeky operating base near the pole which is why he hinted he was off to see his friends.

I appreciate the respect for the victims at the end of each video. That’s just class.

Absolutely love the animated drawings. It's just the right touch to pop them into life.

"The combination of secluded conditions, dealing with the same individuals day in, day out, the unbearable weather and depressing lack of daylight..." Sounds a lot like a typical winter.

In summer of 1979 I was at Byrd surface Camp and had the opportunity to go inside the old under snow base which by that time had been abandon. In the doctors room we found a raft of photos Laid out on the bed as if someone had been looking through them. The person with me who had been there the previous season commented that he was sure that they had not been there before. This was later confirmed by another person who had also been there at the time. On the top was a series of photos of Carl at the mid winter party I still to this day have a copy of the photo. Later that week while chaining the ski way which involves two dozers towing a length of chain down the ski way to level out any bumps in the snow for the aircraft My name was called out a number of times. This is in the cab of a dozer with the other dozer 100 meters away on the other side of the ski way When I stopped and asked the other operator if he had been calling me he laughed and said no you have just met Carl, all the new comers to Byrd meet him at some point.

I have one for your strange deaths category. When I was in high school in the late eighties, two friends found the body of a young man missing since 1986. The town I grew up in, and no longer reside in, is a port city on the shore of Lake Superior in upper Michigan called Marquette. It is a mining area where tough men scrap iron from the earth and ship it on railroad to Marquette where it is loaded onto huge, ocean-worthy ships for transportation to east coast furnaces via the St. Lawrence seaway. You may be familiar with the most famous sinking of one of these ships in heavy gales in November in the late 70s; the Edmund Fitzgerald. Over the years, Marquette has been home to a variety of docks used for loading the mined ore onto ships. The largest of these structures were built in the 1930s and used a series of gigantic, upward facing chutes where ore was dropped into from the railroad on the top. The chutes then tip forward and drop the ore into the waiting ship’s hold below. There exist now, and while I was growing up, two of these docks left in Marquette. One is defunct and the other operational. The defunct, hulking structure Was an attractive local destination for teens eager for urban exploration when I was growing up. Huge black pools of unbelievable, dredged depth line the base and the columns and lofty heights give the inside the feel of a great dilapidated cathedral. More entrepid adventurers who braved rickety steps unused for many decades were treated to dizzying heights and a beautiful view of the harbor from atop railroad tracks 80 feet above the water. A lack of real barriers made entry relatively easy for teens looking for a thrill in the small town. I remember a bent chain link fence which dipped into the water and was no obstacle at all. My friends and I had all been in the ore dock many times and managed to escape unscathed so that it had become almost mundane and more often than not we would set about to fishing near the older, burnt out wooden dock nearby. Then one day in October of 1988 things changed. It was autumn and the, bright fallen leaves were starting to crisp and turn brown where they lay. Two friends of mine, eager for entertainment had decided to spend the evening down at the waterfront, fishing and goofing off around the ore dock. As The early coming darkness of late fall began to creep in, this was near the end of the month and Halloween, they decided to climb the creeping wooden stairs to the top and have a look over the harbor in the fading twilight. Strolling along the tracks at a lofty height, the two enjoyed the spectacle of sunset over the big lake until they reached the end of the dock and the lookout point. Eventually, they the determined to head back to where the stairs from below abutted the edge of the dock. It was twilight now, and the cold of a late autumn evening along Superior was setting in. One of the boys walked dangerously close to the edge, unafraid due to familiarity and kicked stray iron ore pellets over the edge to hear them drop and splash or echo down the enormous chutes lining the side of the dock. Strangely, a pellet kicked down chute 60 failed to echo as it hit the bottom. He leaned over and saw something, many feet down in the chute. It was long, unkempt hair. Startled, he jumped back with an expletive and called the other boy over. In the tight light, they soon realized they could make out a human head and hands. Years later, my friend recalled how the body appeared, “it had long hair grown over the face with the eyes cast downward so that all I could see was the top of the head, the fingernails were grotesquely long, I could see the hands folded in front. The boys looked on in morbid curiosity for a short while then quickly made their way down the dock. They debated what to do. They were at the very least trespassing and at worst breaking and entering and neither was unknown to local police for petty teenage crime. Finally, they found a pay phone and called in A tip describing what they had seen anonymously. Police were dispatched and recovered the body in chute 60. Local papers described it as that of a transient man who had disappeared two years earlier in 1986. They said he died of exposure and that he had been named Tim and was 17 at the time of his disappearance. Little more information was provided at the time and I can find very little about this case online. Only a short blurb on the history of the ore dock describing this story as an “urban legend”. Except it’s not an urban legend and a man named Timothy Lane really did disappear in 1986 and was found two years later in the chute on the ore dock in Marquette’s lower harbor. I remember at the time my friend telling me about the state of the body. He said it looked as if the hair had grown down over the face, and the nails grown long as if the man had been trapped for some time, alive, imprisioned in the ore chute. This haunted me I remember; wondering if this boy not much older than us had died alone and cold, starving or in thirst, screaming out at the bit of sky he could see through the far end of the chute. How had no one found him? How did no one miss him? I have long since moved from the area. Security improvements and waterfront development now prevents trespass at the old ore dock. I hadn’t thought of this story in many years until watching your channel and it suddenly came to me in rush of memory. I googled around but found only what I have said, the urban legend blurb. Thanks for you channel. I don’t really expect you to make a video of this story, I just needed to share it for some reason. RIP Tim

Great video. Have you heard of someone called Rodney Marks? He was an Australian astrophysicist working in Antarctica who died under mysterious circumstances from methanol poisoning. If you put his name in Wikipedia's search engine, his biography comes right up at the top of the list. It's quite possible that Marks was Antarctica's first murder victim.

"The Thing" got him...

For a couple of weeks now, KZfaq has been putting Bedtime Stories on my list of recommended channels to watch. Today, I had the time and inclination to check your channel out. Oh my god! Why did I wait?? This place is a gold mine of creepiness! I instantly hit that "subscribe" button and the little notification bell as well. Great work!

The biggest tragedy is that you don't have a bigger following, you are amazing and every video is sooo well done and thought out. I an forever a loyal follower.

I love your choice of stories, your voice, the way you narrate. One of my favorite stories channel!

I couldn't ever really care how many subscribers a KZfaq channel has until I came across this awesome channel with somehow less than 4000 subs. I'm happy Bedtime Stories is finally getting recognized for how great it is.

I love the the way you tell these stories,the drawings, & your voice. They all fit so well together & are very enjoyable. For that Thank You

Having been left a tidy sum of money in an inheritance i decided to have the holiday of a lifetime! I found a travel company that offered exclusive & very different trips & i was torn between the Silk Road Route or the trip to Antarctica by ship I plumbed for Antarctica! It was in 1988 & the trip was almost £2,000 - a fortune then but i had always wanted to go. A flight from the Eng/Scottish borders to London, another flight to S. America to join our ship. It was just incredible! There were only about 30 passengers & we were given ( to keep) our thermal clothing, our accomodation was comfortable & the food amazing! Seeing Icebergs in so many hues from pink to lilac, turquoise, blue & black streaks ( due to mineral deposits) was breathtaking! Also the hight of the cliffs of snow were mindboggling! Sailing through ice arches like an ice cathederal were unreal! We stopped at a few Ice stations & met personnel, scientists & researchers, one of them even gave me a meteorite because i said my hobby was stone & gem collecting! I was thrilled with my decent sized Meteorite & still have it today. They are easily found on Antarctica but i was still amazed with my gift. The people at the stations told us about some odd happenings seeing figures out in the distance, when everyone was accounted for in the station!! Sometimes these figures just stood watching, not moving then they'd disappear. Quite a few of the stations said the same thing. Even contacting other stations to see if anyone was missing but since they can be 100mls apart it wasnt likely to see one or two figures out in the snowy distance just standing there watching. No one ever ventured out to see who or what they were but being told these things do occur & are best ignored, no one knows if they are just some sort of phenomena but it's still unnerving for new people! We heard a few different odd & wierd stories from the other stations too & some think it could be hallucinatory due to the temps, cold, snow, isolation etc It was a brilliant holiday i'll never forget & worth every penny i paid even though it was very expensive! Ive since heard that a few of the places we visited are out of bounds now. Not available to visitors... ??? Anyway, should anyone get the chance to go to this mysterious continent then GO! Btw the company i went with was Jules Verne Adventures ! Not sure if its still going but they did do some amazing trips! Cheers 🇬🇧👧

Wait - who offered the judgment of Disch's boring partner, and honestly - would an a-hole co-worker (even given the conditions) make you stolidly walk straight into death? I need to know, because I might be at risk...

This one of the things I’ve always wanted to do, work in Antarctica . But hopefully I don’t stray too far away from camp alone.

the opening shot of the icicles are perhaps the best icicle illustrations i've ever seen... i can't even do them that good. your illustrator has much talent.

I'm so thrilled to see you posting new stories frequently. I've checked out a number of channels with true mystery stories but the others try to oversensationalize with poor production value. You give the known facts, analyze proposed explanations, and leave it to the viewer to ponder. And you do it with very well researched, well written stories with great voice and graphic artistic interpretations, and seamless editing. Just an all around top quality product with a lot of work put into it. Thank you all!

I have always wanted to go to Antarctica, but one of the things that scares me is most likely what happened to Disch; going over the edge. It happens a lot down there, that's why you have to pass a psychiatric evaluation if you go to Antarctica in winter. My belief is he just had enough and walked until he died.

2:22 "...Often have POLAR-izing views..." Okay. 2:26 "Some appreciate the ICE-olation." You're doing this on purpose!!!

It's cold and snowing here and the early hours of the morning perfect for this story. Andy England

I'm watching this - but it's not my bedtime! I'm a wild and crazy guy!

Well, it's clear he realized he was infected by The Thing and sacrificed himself to save the others. He is a hero!

This channel is so underrated

After a snow several years ago, I noticed there were odd footprints in my front yard. They were birdlike but very large. By the time I thought to get my camera phone and take a photo they were almost melted but the photo clearly shows the size and the shape of the print. I placed a ruler beside the print and the print was a bit larger. The ruler was 15 in. Interestingly there were only four sets of prints, so whatever it was apparently came from the roof or the sky, landed and walked, and then took flight again. This happened two years in a row. I have no idea what that was but I'm glad i wasn't out there when it passed by. Many people have told me that I was pranked, but that is absolutely impossible given the location and the fact that there were no prints or tracks leading up to, nor away from, these footprints.

Study admiral Byrd's expedition into the Antarctic there are things there that go beyond understanding.

Antarctica receives a surprising amount of snowfall. There are sub-polar regions that receive more than 20 inches _rain equivalent_ per year and the continental average is 6.5 inches _rain equivalent_ ... That equates to 280 inches and 80 inches. Actual polar amounts are only around 26 inches of snow but it NEVER melts: an inch and a half of pack ice per year adds up. More dangerous is that at such low atmospheric moisture levels, metals such as mercury and copper in the sea water can electrostatically sublime into the atmosphere and become part of the air you breathe. It is impossible to filter these out in such conditions.

Funny....when I tell people that Antarctica is a dry desert and it almost never snows there they look at me like im crazy. Some of the layers of snow there are hundreds of thousands of years old. It averages 1-2 inches of snow per year. But sometimes will go several years without any snow at all. Very strange and intriguing.

I have to ask if you guys have ever heard of the The Valley Of The Headless Men? I just stumbled across it when researching the region. There are apparently a number of other actual mysteries related to the area as well. Awesome channel btw

Having seen videos and reports of penguins apparently purposefully and inexplicably wandering deeper in the Antarctic interior (a death sentence even for them) I'm inclined to wonder if a similar phenomenon occurred here.

I can’t watch these before bedtime so I listen when I’m cleaning my house. I get so involved in the stories that before I know it, everything is clean, seemly with no effort! How is that possible ?

This channel deserves more attention and subs, the quality of the videos is the quality that you'd find on a Netflix show. Keep up the great work!

You guys are the best. I love how you use a plain, matter of fact tone that lends authenticity to your story, and makes us believe it too. Your presentation is low-key, yet still compelling. The narrators of many of these horror channels try to get all dramatic and emotional and will even imitate the voices of the people in their stories. When they act like that, it sends the message that they don't really believe what they're saying, and think they have to persuade and wheedle us to sell the story to us. A thing of true value sells itself. If somebody obviously feels the need to work really hard to sell it to you, it's probably not worth what they say it is.

I have just finished binge-watching your All Episodes playlist. I don't understand why you have only 30K subs, because you deserve 100 times that. I've shared your channel across all my social media and will go to your Patreon page next. Not since Rob Dyke have I seen creepy, dark, unexplained, mysterious, and deeply horrifying (looking at you, 25 Cromwell Street) done so masterfully. I enjoyed your telling of the familiar stories, such as Dyatlov Pass and Hinterkaifeck mysteries, as much as the new ones such as The Watervale Runner and What Killed Olivia Mabel? Bravo, gents, bravo. *Standing Ovation*

Fun fact: -40 degrees in either system, is the same temperature.

No one has mentioned he could have been murdered or accidentally killed in an argument, the rest of the crew (all friends), just made this story up,it's not hard to dispose of a body in Antarctica is it. People do not just vanish into thin air,he ended up somewhere, and that somewhere will probably never be known.

I’ve watched almost every one of your videos over the past week, and I’m in love- your work is just incredible!

Love the stories! These have become my favorite thing to listen to when I'm at work.

You know how much I love this channel? I'm actually waiting to watch this so it's a little treat after work tomorrow!

I worked in the Antarctic for 10 years and have been to Byrd surface camp. It is no longer there. It was dismantled in the 90’s. There is also a Byrd subsurface camp. It’s an interesting place.

When I watch your shows, I'm afraid I don't listen to the intro music as much sometimes, because I play the classic late-1980s Unsolved Mysteries theme instead. Thank you for bringing back the feeling, at least, of the greatest television show of all time, through your stories.

There is very naive speculation that he should not consider suicide as he was 'successful'. Just after revealing he was sharing shifts with extraordinarly dull and supposedly sub-intellectual guy. For ambitious person, being paired with an idiot far away on the other end of the world is almost mortally degrading and an important reason for depression.

I'm from Brazil. Congrats for your channel. I knew about it a few days ago and i'm liking a lot. Good video :)

This was an amazing video. I'm so glad to support you guys.

He was called. Called to R'lyeh.

I'm with the suicide thing, but what bothers me about that is all the had to do is keep following that direction the footprints leaded. But then again they started to get covered up but something tells me that his body would have been found in line with the direction of travel. Also as you said that a british navy person working for russia was picked up from the Antarctica. What if they had the ability to send a plane to land on that field to pick him up and then leave quickly to one of their bases on the continent (which they had).

Yay, they’re back!

I recently discovered this channel and why it has only 24k subs is astounding. Great storytelling and wonderful art.

What about the story of the British DH4 pilot and observer who landed in the desert in Iraq in the 20s . Their footprints lead away from their aircraft when discovered by by search aircraft of the same squadron. The footprints continued for about 75 to 100 yards and then stopped. Upon examination the aircraft was found to be in good condition with the instrument panel in working condition and the main gas tank and reserve with plenty left to return to base.

Before you started giving theories and you described the feet tracks how they were an intended track with direction and purpose my initial thoughts were someone picked him up. That he had planned to meet someone there to get him out of there. Then you began theorizing and you mentioned possible Russian affiliation i began my own theory. He had became so bored, lonely deprived of some type of purpose. Maybe he was contacted at this time by someone offering a way out something that sounded to good to be true and probably was. After the monotony of being in his environment he excepted there offer requesting to be picked up 4 to 6 miles sw of the facility. I think most likely helicopter with a drop basket or ladder to keep from landing. But even with that there should have been some evidence of shuffling around to get picked up. But thats my best guess. Its just hard to explain the tracks stopping abruptly. Have you ever whiteness rain coming down heavy but just right ahead it stop? You can see exactly where its raining and where its not. It could be that the snowing was this way filling in the rest of the trail. Or he could of simply slipped into a deep hole in the ice, investigating the lights and sounds mentioned.

I remember hearing about this case before, really strange.

He said "It was all planned" He probably had a stockpile of supplies and warm clothes stashed somewhere along the path he walked. Could snowshoes have masked his regular footprints after putting them on after reaching the stash?

You deserve 1 million subscribers, I’m surprised lots of people don’t know about this channel

Excellent story! I'm proud to be a patron of this excellent channel!

Who does the artwork for your videos? They are incredible!

The defection theory makes the most sense to me. If he was taken to a nearby base, then he could have missed his dog and asked them to lure his dog out, too. And that message, later on, could have been to his family, letting them know he actually was alive.

Don't know what is going on with KZfaq... I've previously watched all of the Bedtime stories. Now, for some reason it's now bringing back the video's as unwatched!!! I'm so happy to see them all again while waiting for the new ones! 💖

I was literarily just watching 4 submarines when I refreshed my page. This is so awesome

The Antarctic is a classic setting for stories, be the "The Thing" or H.P. Lovecraft's "At The Mountains of Madness." I enjoy how your channel uses art, strong storytelling and music to present each episode. And I especially like how you present the pros and cons of each theory and not simply declare there's a supernatural explanation for everything.

I am really impressed by this channel. The presentation is highly professional and fair. The music is atmospheric and adds to the script. Very good work.

A thriller/horror-adventure game set in Antarctica would be amazing. Doesn't have to be a horror game, but it would easily keep a creepy atmosphere throughout the game. :P

This story got to me! Especially since all those theories have plausibility.. it's a very cruel ending to say the least.

Is it possible that he walked into a tear in the dimensions? There have been cases where that kind of thing has been said to happen. Great video as usual and you totally deserve 100,000 subscribers.

Seems straightforward enough to me. The poor fellow had had enough and wandered off. Fell down a crevice which was then hidden by the subsequent blizzard. He's down there and, as the ice shifts, his preserved body will resurface in a couple of thousand years or so. Thus engendering a new mystery for future generations - who was this man?

I keep coming back to this one, very strange

I love everything about this show, including the excellent intro theme.

U are my new favourite KZfaqr!! ❤ from Malaysia

I've binge-watched every video on this channel over the weekend. Thank goodness there's more content on the way!

Ive just realized that i have never listened to this channel right before i went to bed.

I am a recent subscriber, and I have to say that I love your work. I have went back and watched all of your videos, and it is obvious that this team is working well together and that quality is the top priority. Keep it up!

John Carpenter's The Thing main theme plays in the background..🎵🎵

I’m too old now and have kids and responsibilities but as a young guy I regret never going to Antarctica for a season to work or whatever but really stay there and get a feel for the place

I love these stories, bring on more. 😁

He became a traveling companion to The Doctor.

What a fantastic channel, I'm so glad I came across it. Thank you so much! Brigitte from Canada

I literally love your videos, so incredibly well made and entertaining

My explaination is that he had a mental breakdown not just because of his colleagues, but because of the tough conditions that drove him, as he couldn't take it anymore. He most likely tried to get to a helicopter at the ski-way where supplies were being flown in, and he most likely either got out or died waiting for the helicopter to come.

Perhaps he encountered a malamute being pursued by a Norwegian helicopter.

“Except for a single set of Footprints in the Snow” rooooooll credits

If he lost hold of the handrope, and thought he'd done the walk enough times to make it, he could have easily gotten lost and ended up walking way longer than he thought. In the deep, harsh white out conditions, youd be amazed how youd mistake one mile for four. Im talking as someone from a Canadian town where whiteout conditions has the weather network telling us to tie rope between our door and garages, because people will and have get lost just going that short, familiar walk, think 'im sure its just a bit further' and end up frozen to death in the woods.

I would LOVE to go there.

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Ironic, I'm watching this during a summer heat wave.

This channel is awesome you've earned yourself a sub! I'm going to show you to all of my friends and family!

Between lack of daylight, extreme isolation, and living and working in the same small area he probably went a bit nutty. Antarctica postings are notorious for being full of heavy drinkers, mainly because there just isn't much else to do when you're not at work.

*Alright new vid!!* I would say he just lost it and wander off into the white abyss, a mancicle fo archeologist to find

I thought today was going to suck, guessed wrong. Thanks for the upload my good sir!

The possibility of a ridge or crevice or ditch being where the footprints disappear could have made sense. And his dog coming to look for him - regardless of whether he enticed it or did nothing at all is not unheard of.

My favourite episode yet. This channel just gets better and better. Just amazing content and something for everyone, whether you believe in the paranormal or not.

Very classic case of being homesick. Nothing mysterious He went to landing strip hoping to catch a nonexistent plane. There are no mystery in this at all, as there are numerous reports of US soldiers in Afghanistan leaving their base after quiet breaktown, walking calmly for some distance then getting shot by rebels.

Man I remember you only had 16k now you have like 24k subs congrats.

Do one on the "Luz Mala"...(traduccion Google) I've worked on the Pampas and althought never saw one, they firmly believe in this. An orbe? A probe? Bad light is one of the most famous myths in the folklore of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. Some called him the legend of the good light, also known as the ghost inside the lantern. It consists of the nocturnal appearance of a bright light that floats low above the ground. It may remain motionless, move, or in some stories, chase the terrified observer at high speed. Many times it appears at a distance close to the horizon.

I can't see him intentionally leaving his beloved dog behind who went looking for him. Makes me feel so sad for both.

I think that when his footprints stopped he could of went on an aircraft like a helicopter and taken away by obducters or a secret society he was in. That could also explain how people heard odd noises and lights because the aircrafts engine or propellers would make noise as the lights would help them see. If you look at a plain they have red and green lights on the side.