The tape recording they found will give you CHILLS
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Күн бұрынWARNING, there is a distressing audio recording starting at 8:33 -- I describe it right before I play it, so you can mute the actual recording and still understand the story.
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#1 -- "S.O.S." -- 0:42 -- A distress signal was found inside a deadly valley in Japan
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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!! ☠︎
@silentscope47 2 жыл бұрын
InGen logo 4:24
@Unknown-yn6fq 2 жыл бұрын
Congrats
@saralynn518 2 жыл бұрын
I don’t know what that is, but I do know someone can find a sharpie and mark the false rock. Or more likely chip away at it so it’s not similar!!
@expo_pkmn 2 жыл бұрын
Nice one!
@RocketDraco47 2 жыл бұрын
Nice mate 👌
@ericswatzell2470 2 жыл бұрын
thats what i was refering too lol
@fuckyoutube8747 2 жыл бұрын
The fact that no one has removed false rock or put an engraving on the real one is just mind blowingingly stupid to me
@AdrienneMint 2 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@edelleaa 2 жыл бұрын
i don't understand why there aren't markings on the hiking trail... isn't that a common thing in every country? a simple marking on that rock would save lives...
@pillaridha 2 жыл бұрын
maybe its a sacred stuff that japanese people believe to not to disrupt the "god's playground"
@raymondjames9451 2 жыл бұрын
@@pillaridha the gods played kenji
@MarblesSoda 2 жыл бұрын
@@raymondjames9451 bruhh xD
@alonedownthere47 2 жыл бұрын
"i can assure you, cutting down a tree with an axe is harder than you think" this guy owns 200 flannel shirts, you have to believe him
@glizzygoblin1933 2 жыл бұрын
😭😭underated
@cchuro4689 2 жыл бұрын
You have to punch it with your fist then make a planks than make those planks into a crafting table then make some sticks with planks then get three planks and 2 sticks to make a axe
@Metalheaddude683 2 жыл бұрын
It's not as easy as doing it with a chainsaw, But I have done it before, It's a lot more challenging but it is doable.
@kaitlynturtlee 2 жыл бұрын
Lmfaooooo for real
@ASHERUISE 2 жыл бұрын
Though I think birch trees would be easier than most at least.
@joehendrix8442 Жыл бұрын
Seems like they can save alot of lives by just posting a sign saying "NOT SAFE ROCK" or "FLASE SAFE ROCK"
@goldminer1772 Жыл бұрын
the one issue is that the Japanese are very spiritual and because this was in the "mountain of the gods" one can assume that the land is somewhat sacred to them and any "man made" items could be seen as bad luck or something else to anger the gods. Or this was in the 1980s with very poor safety measures in place unlike today where if you climb 2 meters without being trained can get you in trouble
@brandonroberts13 Жыл бұрын
Dynamite works too
@mandalorianmama Жыл бұрын
Right??? I'm listening to this thinking like bruh just post some signs!
@redwolfcanisrufus Жыл бұрын
Legit just got done saying that to the person listening to the story with me :😀
@ElizabethBattle Жыл бұрын
Exactly! I keep wondering why park officials do not mark false safe rock in some way.
@sirridesalot6652 Жыл бұрын
I just watched this again. Even without signage there's a huge warning that you've gone onto the wrong trail. That warning is the bamboo forest. If you're on a trail and you come to a bamboo forest after passing what looks like Safe rock, then you know you're on the wrong trail. Don't enter that bamboo forest; turn around instead and go back.
@carlrogers8678 Жыл бұрын
I tend to think that these people purposely took the wrong trail to see where it would go. Lord knows I've done it a few times. Wait. I have a much better story of my scout friend and I getting lost in Ressica Falls Scout Reservation in the Pocaco Mountain range, Pennsylvania. We made it out eventually by following moss on the trees to the north. Good thing we were scouts but this trip took us a day and a half and there were many moments where we thought we would never get out.
@TomAS-wm5mn Жыл бұрын
makes sense, but these incidents happened years ago, and were not well known, or thought the trail went into the forest,
@tomirab Жыл бұрын
The "bamboo forest" mentioned here is actually sasa, it looks more like thick, tall, dense grass, which can grow to different heights. Which is why it's so effective at trapping hikers - it grows in a downward direction, so it's not impossible to follow its path, but if you try to go back up, it pushes against you. In the recording the man says "The sasa is deep, can't go up", so it wasn't that he ignored the "forest" to get trapped by steep cliffs; most likely he started to descend via what seemed an innocent enough growth, and by the time he realized this is not the right path, he could turn around. Interestingly enough, there were two Japanese reporters covering the case who got trapped in exactly the same way and had to get airlifted from their position.
@user-yp6kn2uw4k Жыл бұрын
@@carlrogers8678 Did you also wrong turn behind your Pennsylvania false safety rock in the Pennsylvania forest??🤪😵💫
@carlrogers8678 Жыл бұрын
@@user-yp6kn2uw4k yes. Yes I did. I need help. I am turning my life force over to you immediately.
@WebHead18 2 жыл бұрын
"Should we put a sign on False Rock?" "Nah, this'll be funnier"
@jfiyibclfjvqdcx6426 2 жыл бұрын
Hahahahaha..lmao
@jfiyibclfjvqdcx6426 2 жыл бұрын
U whites are hella smart
@alpinenewtplaysgames4509 2 жыл бұрын
I was thinking this while watching. There must be a reason they don't.
@marisakennedy777 2 жыл бұрын
@@alpinenewtplaysgames4509 A sign would ruin the natural wildness look of the mountain. Which is more important than saving idiots from a dramatically horrible death.
@riftvallance2087 2 жыл бұрын
Caution" death rock", or "unsafe rock " if you prefer subtlety.
@geel4148 2 жыл бұрын
At first I was like ‘oh goodie they found the two hikers’ then I was quickly reminded that i’m a fan of the Strange, Dark and mysterious delivered in story format..
@britneymarsh6320 Жыл бұрын
I was thinking the exact thing 😂
@kingofkingstm1 Жыл бұрын
Lmao the best comment
@mindyeden8269 Жыл бұрын
That sums it up just perfect!
@traceyventurehhs239 Жыл бұрын
Hee hee, me too 🤣🤣🤣
@BuzzedNinja12 Жыл бұрын
This comment made me actually laugh out loud
@PKMNTrainerWilson Жыл бұрын
I like that he converts measurements and places them in the subtitles, additionally, the fact they hang around for a decent amount of time is nice too. Overall, Mrballen is the best 😂
@JohnnychimpO907 Жыл бұрын
Coming from someone who lives in a massively forested area (interior Alaska), and the way the entire clearing is described, along with the logs.. VERY much sounds like it was a logging area in the past, where they cut down birch.. hence the fairly equal length logs, and the big open clearing… Nobody in a dire survival situation would bother to cut equal length anything, they would simply get whatever they could find. The voice on the recorder was also definitely male and not female.. it’s just a crappy ancient recording plus it’s damaged by the elements. My money says Kenji found a bunch of tree tops, left behind from previously logged birch where the logging company had kept just the best parts of the tree and left the tops. He used his final bits of strength to drag those logs into the open clearing and made his sign. Think about it… It’s his tape recorder, he went alone, it was found with all his belongings, and the voice on the recorder is male and is already verbally stating SOS.. and then that was also the signal found in the clearing made out of birch logs, with a partial skeleton next to it that turned out to be him.
@kaymarham5486 Жыл бұрын
Excellent deduction.
@KaiWills Жыл бұрын
A good deduction but it still doesn’t account for two things - why would the birch logs be stacked up in a clearing over 100m away from the actual cutting site? From the dense description of the forest it seems like there hadn’t been any vehicles in the area, so it’s certainly confusing why people, likely on foot, chose to move these logs over 100m by themselves. That area was still quite deep into the National park, so I don’t think it can be surmised as a logging operation because they’d have to lug these logs incredibly far, even through dangerous terrain, by hand. Geographically, there are also different routes you could take to said birch forest that wouldn’t require you to lug the logs so far, all the way to that clearing and then all the way out from there. The other thing I find odd is his cause of death not being published. Dying of animal attacks, dehydration or starvation, even poisoning are all things reported about lost hikers. I don’t see a plausible reason why they’d withhold the information surrounding his death, and confuse the body for a female with type O blood. It might be possible they never actually found his body, and instead found the body of a woman that was missing, and decided just to say it was Kenji’s in an effort just to “solve” the mystery.
@Blinkbmj27683 10 ай бұрын
Okay got you but after all this mess of trying to figure out how these logs were made shouldn't the people at said logging site come forward to lessen the confusion? And shouldn't the police know about said logging area? But regardless you make good points, I'm just confused about this
@prdurnion83 10 ай бұрын
@@KaiWills Oh, oh! I can at least partially answer this; my father used to haul logs for a local sawmill, and when logs or trees are too far from the truck - usually due to impassable terrain - they'll use a yarder. A yarder is basically a cable with ropes and pulleys used for pulling logs uphill or out of difficult terrain. When a yarder is disassembled, it leaves very little behind to indicate it was there, and police would have to know what to look for. There is a great diagram on the usda dot gov slash forestmanagement slash equipment-catalog slash cable dot shtml that shows what a particular kind of yarder, called a skyline, would look like and the terrain it's used on... valleys. Now throw in the fact that this is a national park in Japan and protected by The National Parks Laws, any logging could be considered illegal if it targets a native species. But that doesn't mean illegal logging taking place in a remote region outside of the prying eyes of government officials isn't taking place. The logs could have been abandoned in a hurry, left the 100 meters away because that's where they were being gathered by one line to be picked up by another. Still relatively far-fetched but still within logical reasoning.
@pockysmoky3246 9 ай бұрын
@@Blinkbmj27683Most definitely but if the logging site was still successful someone would be there. I'm guessing they might have done it illegal because of the bamboos and normal tress and had something big to make in mind. It automatically failed and they just decided to wind up leaving a few of those birch trees. Birch trees can reach up to 40-50 years and someone mentioned in the comments the decomposition might have slowed down and that's why they still look white and neatly done. Trees don't disappear that fast. Personally, as someone that tried cutting tree logs in the age of 14-15 the axe was pretty heavy and I was cutting the actual tree logs. I'm guessing birch trees would have been a bit easier since they have soft bark and can be pretty thin. Imo, it could have been Kenji and police just didn't search enough to find the axe. You can get a relatively small axe, means way more energy to cut but it's still possible.
@sandyclaws5247 2 жыл бұрын
If the SOS has been there for 5 years.... I kinda feel like people haven't been looking very hard, for anyone, or anything.
@TheKkf1015 2 жыл бұрын
yeah that kinda sums up Japan's police force honestly
@LynnCochran71 2 жыл бұрын
Mhm..5 yrs and all those planes and helicopters that fly over but Nobody saw it... 🤔
@Gaybraham.Lincoln 2 жыл бұрын
It's like looking for a needle in a haystack. This isn't someone's back yard they're searching
@gfdchugh 2 жыл бұрын
@@lemr88 they probably think that if someone dug or recovered those body they will do another work for some dead people anyway 😅 they are really lazy like most police are 😂
@LadyTarasque 2 жыл бұрын
@@lemr88 There are volunteers that sweep for bodies and people who haven't acted yet.. no need for police to get involved (unless I suppose there's something suspicious about a death). Also it's time consuming.. can't just blindly go wandering around looking for bodies lest you get yourself lost.
@michaelharper7856 2 жыл бұрын
They really should write "This is not the safe rock" on the rock.
@antoniomessina7308 2 жыл бұрын
Has to be preventable lmao
@C2O4 2 жыл бұрын
Unsafe rock
@theentrepreneur8751 2 жыл бұрын
Simple, yet genius 👏
@rosalia4770 2 жыл бұрын
Fr!!
@franklinsfriend2035 2 жыл бұрын
Duh!!!
@MyChinton Жыл бұрын
hey Mrballen just wanna say thanks for not having any swear words in all your videos. it allows me to comfortable chill out with the fam knowing that nothing rude is going to come out of your mouth. thanks man. love from Australia 🦘
@johnscanlon2598 10 күн бұрын
The Why files is another clean good one
@demolitionwilliams7419 9 күн бұрын
Same. And yes the Why Files are awesome too!
@GriseldaBlanco305 Жыл бұрын
I don’t know anything more scarier than having to accept your fate as most Mr Ballen story participants always must do 😰😰😰🙏
@cypherusuh Жыл бұрын
Having to get tortured before you lose all hope and accept your fate
@Dutchfalco 2 жыл бұрын
"False Safe Rock" sounds way too innocent, I'd go for 'Doom Straight Ahead Rock'.
@MrBallen 2 жыл бұрын
Fact
@thechillgaurdian427 2 жыл бұрын
DEATH ROCK
@diyardley5213 2 жыл бұрын
Someone needs to blow up false safe rock - it's costing too many lives.
@s1ckend 2 жыл бұрын
"Bring your own logs rock "
@somebodyiusedtoknow6567 2 жыл бұрын
This is not the rock you are looking for .....
@cuboidbirdsgaming1100 2 жыл бұрын
“A lot of people seem to be getting lost at that rock. Should we put a sign there?” “Nah, that’s stupid.”
@susieturk1 2 жыл бұрын
Hahaha oh you have to much common sense. I mean come on.... 😉
@svampebob007 2 жыл бұрын
I sometimes think that people are getting dumber, but then I realize humans are generally not too bright and are actually getting slightly more clever? I mean read all the comments suggesting that, are you telling me that NOBODY had though of that until relatively recently? (apparently it's pink with reflectors now)
@svampebob007 2 жыл бұрын
@@dandy-dani that's what I gathered from the comments here, I don't know if they put sings at the flase rock telling people they got it wrong, but apparently they made the real rock visible in day and night time. I would love to hear all the reasons why this was not done earlier.
@danny.55 2 жыл бұрын
@@svampebob007 the best way is reverse psychology. From what i see, people will do things if there is big NO to do. But if you tell them to do they will not try to do.
@shelia-paulettegarnerrober4355 2 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing!!!!
@lucymacdonald7601 Жыл бұрын
The SOS signal may have been constructed by professional loggers to mark the area where hikers are most likely to get lost. This would aid the Search and rescue teams to find the area faster.
@BunnyQueen97 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, the first thing I thought when I saw the picture was that it’s weird that the trees are cut on both ends and trimmed if he was in the state he was in.
@ErimlRGG Жыл бұрын
Yeah a good way for the first two people who notice the SOS sign to look into it and then ignore because they know that was already there.... Not sure how that would be helpful besides the first person found there
@lucymacdonald7601 Жыл бұрын
@@ErimlRGG Common sense on both sides. If I was a lost hiker and came upon an SOS sign constructed in an obvious clearing on the side of a mountain, I'd be making myself as comfortable as I can in that spot until search helicopters can be heard and seen. Of course Search and Rescue will be aware of that clearing and that clue to search that area first. Common sense saves lives.
@xWingzTV Жыл бұрын
Nah, this was a huge story back then in the media if it was loggers they would’ve came forward…
@AKDHFR Жыл бұрын
@@xWingzTV i would say the two people were trolls, they made the sos sign and send some signals and told the searcher that wasn't them.. as for kenji he died of himself bcs pf exhaustion idk about the tape.. There are a lot of case like this in Japan that's just looks dodgy.
@phlebgrl6064 11 ай бұрын
I get so engrossed in your stories that I never wind up finding the hidden secret in the video!!
@PhilRewa 9 ай бұрын
Hidden secrets?
@phlebgrl6064 9 ай бұрын
@@PhilRewa MrBallen’s videos from two years ago contain a hidden secret, like a little pop up. If you find it you post the time stamp of where you found it. I’ve only found a few myself.
@rachelreneer56 9 ай бұрын
That's me. Every video. 😂 It is to good a story.
@tajavillasenor5923 8 ай бұрын
What hidden secrets??
@phlebgrl6064 8 ай бұрын
@@tajavillasenor5923 In MrBallen’s shows from two years ago there is a hidden secret, like a tiny pop-up that shows up. You’re supposed to post the time stamp and what the pop-up is. He doesn’t mention it until the end of the story. The contest is obviously over, but I have found a few! Have fun looking!
@cas4040 2 жыл бұрын
Why don’t they just put a sign saying “wrong way” or “this rock is a liar”
@rudolf895 2 жыл бұрын
Same thought or just destroy the fake Rock
@zambachoo 2 жыл бұрын
This was in the 80’s though surely there’s one now
@karthavya1440 2 жыл бұрын
it's just business, they want to improve their travel industry, it's business
@sigsin1 2 жыл бұрын
Right? Or blow it up.
@consciousrosin 2 жыл бұрын
Gotta feed the giants
@LonelySandwich 2 жыл бұрын
Hearing John giggle during his intros while trying to be serious makes me laugh every time
@tommydoherty4558 2 жыл бұрын
Hey man don’t be so lonely 🥺
@tyburvandeezo8218 2 жыл бұрын
@@tommydoherty4558 it's OK...it's only a sandwich
@Wataburgr 2 жыл бұрын
You’re not so lonely with this comment
@ladysuda3807 2 жыл бұрын
IKR?
@KyliRN6 2 жыл бұрын
Same for me. 😂
@rubi6643 Жыл бұрын
Seriously I’ve listened to many story tellers here in youtube but you’re the only one i follow. What a gift you have in telling your stories. Love yah
@kinseypietrasik8518 Жыл бұрын
the little giggle at the start made my day better so thank you.
@Valkyrinator 2 жыл бұрын
why has nobody put up a sign saying "This is NOT safe rock. Safe rock is over there. -->"?
@jazdj04 2 жыл бұрын
So simple isnt it?
@babybug2023 2 жыл бұрын
It’s a natural landmark so there’s probably hesitation about “defacing” it
@kazamocon4324 2 жыл бұрын
Some idiot could move the sign to the safe rock
@B_bang22 2 жыл бұрын
@@babybug2023 that's stupid just put some god damn signs or something around it if they don't want to mess with the rock itself
@desireeturner680 2 жыл бұрын
@@B_bang22 exactly!! You’d think they’d want to PREVENT further deaths and maybe help a few people out by putting up a sign!
@rwdonohue 2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: John wears his baseball cap backwards to make himself more aerodynamic in order to control his accidental takeoff when he uses too many “air quotes”.
@MrBallen 2 жыл бұрын
Hahahah
@ashtenrosaschi7749 2 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@GeoRell 2 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@kylie2648 2 жыл бұрын
Omg that's Gold mate love it
@jasminejones9937 2 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't be surprised 😁
@forrest9881 9 ай бұрын
It’s insane how easy it is to get turned around when hiking. I once hiked for a few hours on a larger loop with branch offs in the Olympic National Forest in WA, but the markers were really worn 1/2 through the loop. It started to get ambiguous and overgrown & you could no longer discern what was a branch off and what was the main loop. It was getting later in the day and I was so close to turning back around to retrace our steps- but thankfully we decided to walk legitimately around the next corner and it was the start of the loop 😩
@rubber800 Жыл бұрын
Love that you are getting into mysterious and strange stories in Asia, there is a wealth of bizarre things that happen in South east asia.
@cassini4052 2 жыл бұрын
It's incredibly sad to think that whoever built that SOS signal perished despite their best efforts, but it really is incredibly fortunate that that signal saved the lives of those two men years later.
@SexyEarHole 2 жыл бұрын
If you ever think you're lost in the woods, never scramble down a cliff you might not be able to get back up. So many stories of people getting stranded like this.
@missybekind5022 2 жыл бұрын
That's exactly my thoughts, either have rope, & climbing gear, OR don't attempt it!! 🤔
@Quantium Жыл бұрын
The single video that got me hooked. Well done MB.
@shelleycummins1835 10 ай бұрын
Mr Ballen video I have watch so many times over, over and over again 🤣 Just the best storyteller ever... I've looked for more like him but never tops Ballen. Always looking forward to new videos.
@JamesBiggar 2 жыл бұрын
It would have been a struggle on his own if the logs were freshly cut. They'd weigh a lot. But it's not that unbelievable, especially if the logs were cut previously by someone else and left behind. Maybe they wanted to build themselves a cabin and gave up. Who knows. But what isn't likely is that the lost hiker had an axe to cut them with. My guess is the logs were cut years prior, left to rot and dry out, which made them much easier to handle. Unlike most areas in Japan, Hokkaidō isn't affected by the rainy season so summers tend to be drier there. Just speculating from experience working in the woods.
@korcidiamond3623 2 жыл бұрын
Yet the odds of there actually laying the perfect amount of logs to build SOS. Crazy.
@nomdeplume5446 2 жыл бұрын
@@korcidiamond3623 yes, but there could’ve been more logs that weren’t used near the other birch trees.
@617wax 2 жыл бұрын
Thought the same thing - super common actually.
@AlexChangsan 2 жыл бұрын
@@cannabiscraftsman1278 he's just saying his Opinion Dumbo,xd
@617wax 2 жыл бұрын
@@korcidiamond3623 There we’re definitely way more logs than be needed if they were cut down previously to harvest later.
@ddalton8754 2 жыл бұрын
Leave it to Japan to have a “Safe rock” and a rock that looks like “Safe rock” but is not safe rock, it is “false safe rock”
@DzinkyDzink 2 жыл бұрын
Well it is clearly "false" - even says so in the name, why would you follow it?
@nickvanhouwelingen 2 жыл бұрын
They have a used undies vending machine at the top of the mountain
@reboundrides8132 2 жыл бұрын
@UC04_tpJwgm_rCfwjdqPJJAA because it’s a rock and doesn’t introduce itself to you bRuH. There is no sign and they look exactly the same. Unless you were a local how could you know that?
@mask938 2 жыл бұрын
And leave it to the idiots to not mark the impostor.
@MaddieFrankX 2 жыл бұрын
Every person has two rocks in his life and he decides which one to follow.
@Triplerhythm Жыл бұрын
Don’t know if anyone has mentioned it yet or not, but you’re an amazing storyteller. 😮😂
@BosshdOG 29 күн бұрын
Listening to the quality and style you tell stories progress over the years is amazing. Thank you mrballen you truly are amazing
@annaw7297 2 жыл бұрын
Putting signs up at 'safe rock' and 'false safe rock' would just take the fun out it I guess!
@themumblingdumpling2838 2 жыл бұрын
What's the point of hiking if you're not gambling with your life, amirite /s
@Apathetik 2 жыл бұрын
@@themumblingdumpling2838 😂
@markj.a351 2 жыл бұрын
I've taken the wrong routes on mountains in Japan a few times (even landed in a really sketchy situation once). The routes are often only marked with a little bit of pink cord tied to a tree or something. Easy to miss and aren't alays clear which way they mean for you to go.
@spookyactionatadistance1316 2 жыл бұрын
How about knowing your level of expertise and not going on a potentially deadly hike if you're not qualified.
@stopboolinme9501 2 жыл бұрын
@@spookyactionatadistance1316 are you seriously trying to gate keep walking through the woods, acting like its a survival scenario anytime theres dirt underneath your shoes? Holy shit bro, you have to be a boomer
@Adays810 2 жыл бұрын
Stories like this one and the previous one (where the man got trapped in a ravine while hiking) about people being saved by the tragedy of the person before them, always get me worked up. It makes the person's death mean something in the end and that it wasn't for nothing. A bitter-sweet ending.
@alonedownthere47 2 жыл бұрын
true but i was sent by the way that pilot said "it's a good thing you made that sign, if you hadn't done that you probably would've died!" *cut to the guy that made the sign*
@amiller7764 2 жыл бұрын
Was thinking this exactly!
@MaryJones-vn9zt Ай бұрын
Awesome storytelling! Very expressive! Love this!
@Nufftaly 10 ай бұрын
You're such a great story teller my guy. 🙂🙂🙂
@BobGymlan 2 жыл бұрын
You know what, maybe it’s best to just avoid valleys.
@MrBallen 2 жыл бұрын
Might be a good idea 🤭
@strangelove0108 2 жыл бұрын
Pretty much never go hiking, camping, drinking or even just walking. Also, don’t live in a haunted house. Stay in bed and binge Mr Ballen videos.
@udayvarma756 2 жыл бұрын
Ok
@gloomy7566 2 жыл бұрын
@@strangelove0108 smart u should be in a horror movie that is smart
@jessicad5392 2 жыл бұрын
Bamboo....Headless....Yup, avoid ALL valleys.
@anadubar4819 2 жыл бұрын
Some 15 to 20 years ago, I went out with my friends and got to know this young lady. Her brother had just gone missing on a hike through a natural park up to a volcano in Borneo. Her eyes were red from crying and she was obviously in a very bad state. Her parents were on tv all the time, and they got the money to start a huge rescue operation. The jungle around that volcano was very thick and it was easy to get lost. The rescuers did not find the boy, but they found FOUR other hikers who also had gotten lost. Two of them were still alive, and two were skeletons.
@hereliesbaio 2 жыл бұрын
@@jellyfishi_ Bombalai volcano in north east Borneo
@jmelkis 2 жыл бұрын
@@jellyfishi_ I have done a lot of joking and I will say that with most mountains in the US, it’s fine, but some mountains are certainly more “hostile.” Indeed the mountains seem alive in that sense, and so I do wonder with some calamities if some people have angered the spirit of the mountain so to speak.
@JacquelineUnderwood 2 жыл бұрын
@@jellyfishi_ so I'm going to ignore the rest of it because I'm not getting into a debate on personal beliefs but you are aware there's a lot more to climate change than just forest reduction right? In fact, currently the ocean absorbs more carbon dioxide than trees do, albeit with dangerous effects (it causes acidification of the water). Yes forests help reduce carbon dioxide therefore offsetting (a tiny amount) of our own pollution but we're the reason climate change is happening so quickly, cutting down forests really just adds insult to injury.
@travelerforever8849 2 жыл бұрын
There were many disapperances. Even a simple hike can end as a disaster. So many high profile cases and last case, a boy missing for 10 days in Grik jungle, Malaysia. Pity the boy only 10 years old. The search still conducted looking for him
@gge9824 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve read about the bodies left on Everest. I can’t imagine just hiking over dead bodies and maybe see the bodies and opt to *not* do the mountain but that’s just me.
@sherylg9955 Жыл бұрын
Your intros crack me up. Binge watching for a few days now. Love your story telling style. Found you thru @divetalk
@ArtByHazel Жыл бұрын
Amazing storytelling Mr. Ballen. Be careful in the forest.
@redmanish 2 жыл бұрын
Someone needs to spraypaint a big red “NO” or something on False Safe Rock for Pete’s sake! These incidents were preventable!
@darren2585 2 жыл бұрын
Or red x
@Heyhunniesbuffytimmons8513 2 жыл бұрын
Yes I thought the same thing except a big ❌
@whocares269 2 жыл бұрын
@@Heyhunniesbuffytimmons8513 sooner or later, someone will think "x marks the spot" and it will do more harm than good. A massive red NO, maybe some Japanese 'no entry' sign?
@MsLilly200 2 жыл бұрын
How about a giant red skull and crossbone sign instead.
@NiaJustNia 2 жыл бұрын
Just go with road signs 🚫
@jasonmc7058 2 жыл бұрын
Someone should really put a sign on the rock that says “Danger! This is not the rock you’re looking for.”
@teebee9903 2 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing. Simple fix.
@TheAbortionWhoLived 2 жыл бұрын
And put it next to the actual safe rock to prank some fools
@alfredcampbell4908 2 жыл бұрын
The rescue workers need to justify their jobs I guess.
@courtlandstavley6178 2 жыл бұрын
Or just name them Mr Ballen (safe rock) and the other just a picture of the Like button….then you’ll know lol
@cannonscritiques812 2 жыл бұрын
EXACTLY ! like many of our Parks you can follow a blue Trail Mark or a green painted trailmark and look for the trees as you go....... Time to tear down the False rock !!
@jasonbourne5886 8 күн бұрын
Thanks mrballen, I don't hit the like very often but i appreciate every story 😎
@Laizig Жыл бұрын
The second I saw false rock I was like “this is what dynamite was invented for” and thus thought stayed with me all the way.
@sitara2783 2 жыл бұрын
My theory: there was some illegal logging in the area and after the op was abandoned, some trunks were left behind, which Kenji then (by superhuman desperation) managed to drag into alignment. Whatever happened, I'm glad the SOS helped those two hikers later.
@AuTo69420 2 жыл бұрын
honestly birch, especially white birch is an incredibly soft softwood, even a rock is sufficient to fell the trees
@riftvallance2087 2 жыл бұрын
Gee there are so many people that go missing thier maybe he ran into a group of lost hikers. You know team effort.
@paavobergmann4920 2 жыл бұрын
There are "survuval saws" made from wire. One of those might have completely rusted away within 5 years.
@AuTo69420 2 жыл бұрын
@@paavobergmann4920 hell, you wouldn't even need that, I shit you not, a shoelace would suffice with white birch
@backintimealwyn5736 2 жыл бұрын
exactly, it's obvious.
@RM-ed1if 2 жыл бұрын
Kenji must have recorded that SOS so that he could have played it out loud for searchers in order to save his voice. Pretty smart.
@LadySuchiko 2 жыл бұрын
Damn that's a good idea
@sherlytle1057 9 ай бұрын
U spoiled me with 2 or 3 episodes a week & while I'm proud of u that u have a podcast, I honestly hate that u now only have 1 vid per week. My solution, starting my binge from epi 1. Ty again 4 all u do & may God continue 2 bless & keep u. ❤❤
@belladonna131 11 ай бұрын
THAT WAS REALLY GREAT. AND A REAL MYSTERY. THANK YOU FOR FEATURING THIS. EXTREMELY INTERESTING. ❤
@cannons2daleftofthem253 2 жыл бұрын
I feel like there's a fairly simple solution to the Safe and False rock confusion.
@MikeMichaels1987 2 жыл бұрын
Me too. Take both of the original rocks down, build a new rock which has the words 安全な岩 Anzen'na iwa painted on it, then build another rock which has the words 偽の金庫の岩 Nise no kinko no iwa painted on it.
@HolyEyeWasHere 2 жыл бұрын
@@MikeMichaels1987 Green check mark on one, red X on the other 👍 Edit: * A red circle with a diagonal line through it might work better than an X.
@MikeMichaels1987 2 жыл бұрын
@@HolyEyeWasHere No
@josephthompson2462 2 жыл бұрын
@@MikeMichaels1987 just remove one of the rocks lol
@MikeMichaels1987 2 жыл бұрын
@@josephthompson2462 That would just anger the Gods
@shamboface4459 2 жыл бұрын
I love that little chuckle 😂😂 “but only serve him fermented herring *chuckles*”
@sharonbull4303 2 жыл бұрын
I love when he does that!!!!
@moshpitfuneral 2 жыл бұрын
They're great moments when he can't take what he says seriously
@stargaze2232 Жыл бұрын
I’ve spent all day watching your videos man and I am not disappointed a lil freaked out but very interested 😂
@abbypederson3580 4 күн бұрын
I’ve been binge watching for like the last two weeks, and just was thinking about how scary hiking is but I live in the black hills in South Dakota and I bet there is some pretty wild stories from the area, I hope you see this and hope to hear a few stories about them. Keep up the great work!
@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 2 жыл бұрын
Hearing the actual voice clip gave me absolute chills, you can truly hear the despair in his voice
@MarsTheFourthPlanet 2 жыл бұрын
found ya again bruh
@mrknarf4438 2 жыл бұрын
Ah, mustacheless guy, we meet again. You've changed your channel's banner?
@i5879 2 жыл бұрын
Oh hey it's you
@panem1562 2 жыл бұрын
Oh no, you're a magician that magically appears everywhere
@DankDaHerbalist 2 жыл бұрын
@@jynx3978 😂
@Mypenisissmallbut 2 жыл бұрын
The thing I’ve always wondered about SOS signs is; after they get rescued, do they destroy the sign? Or do they just leave it there for other helis to see it and stop by and search for someone who’s already been rescued.
@dezignateddriva 2 жыл бұрын
it gets recorded on the ledger of completed side quests. thats why you should never rely on someone else's pre-constructed SOS sign. you'll be waiting at an old save point.
@rileyguy7168 2 жыл бұрын
Your name is genius
@lornaramson5079 2 жыл бұрын
I wondered the same thing!
@brina5064 2 жыл бұрын
@@dezignateddriva O: ! Not forgetting this
@daughterofyah6209 2 жыл бұрын
@@dezignateddriva 😲😲😲
@musicjunk8266 Жыл бұрын
I've seen loads of wood piles in forests in the UK. Presumably loggers chop up wood and leave the piles for some future date when they collect it. Pretty sure if push came to shove a lone person could pick these up and form a sign out of them.
@shannonrutledge8872 Жыл бұрын
@music junk that is likely the case here. But I bet it was tough moving those logs. They probably dragged them. Or if they were smart, maybe put pieces of bamboo under the log & roll it? Like the Egyptians did moving those huge pyramid blocks?
@mattnar3865 Жыл бұрын
@@shannonrutledge8872 If the logs had dried out it would have been slightly easier, also the logs were trimmed, smooth log is easier to drag
@spacejockeyindustries 3 ай бұрын
This dude is perfect for his podcast! Even if you're not aware of the YT channel, I could understand getting addicted to his podcast due to his natural story teller voice!
@loucannon5445 2 жыл бұрын
Not just chopping that many trees - even if they’re under a foot diameter, bucking and dragging them is a whole different deal. (You should do a story on the coral castle - look it up, it’s nuts).
@deannacrownover3 2 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid, the Coral Castle was locally known as "Ed's Place". I'm from Homestead, and know that it's built on nine intersecting ley lines. Very fun place to visit!
@deannacrownover3 2 жыл бұрын
@Eli Edwards Agreed. That was just cold as ice.
@HeleneOrraggan 2 жыл бұрын
@Poppa Perc Yessery!! Hahahaha! I had that joke popping back in my head (but without the going hungry' part) when I was reading the first 250 comments!!
@frankalbujas1025 2 жыл бұрын
Probably why the coral castle was removed from its original location its not at the same spot any longer.
@J_Honor_ 2 жыл бұрын
I feel like there was something supernatural with that coral castle 🏰🤔👻 facts though, even though it's my opinion lol 😆
@CarnageXtreme 2 жыл бұрын
I've watched so many of these videos that my nightmares are now narrated by MrBallen.
@madelineshaw4658 2 жыл бұрын
LMAO ME
@zachscott1142 2 жыл бұрын
Good one haha
@JamalFuckinKilla 2 жыл бұрын
That's fuckin awesome, dude!!!
@REDJESTA 2 жыл бұрын
Lol.. good call.!!😄
@mariaowens593 2 жыл бұрын
@@zachscott1142 3rig3sfs3gi3rivfrfze3uffwgwf3
@NickDees96 6 ай бұрын
I nominate MrBallen for the best storyteller of the year. Buddy, you’re headed in the right direction. More stories please.
@crystaldragon471 Жыл бұрын
What if the birch trees had already been cut down by a logging operating or someone preparing a cabin site? I know from experience; it is perfectly reasonable to think one person can muscle around a limbed birch tree, and if the area he built the SOS sign was cleared, but surrounded by overgrown forest, I think it's pretty obvious the trees were already cut down.
@jimjankswankson 2 жыл бұрын
Why didn’t someone just put a sign on the rock that says “WRONG ROCK CAUTION WRONG PATH”? And have it point people in the correct direction.
@Jorendo 2 жыл бұрын
That would make way to much sense to do!
@graedot 2 жыл бұрын
I was just wondering why it wasn't marked "Wrong Rock, Not Safe!"?0
@Janellabelle 2 жыл бұрын
That's too easy
@tommytomthms5 2 жыл бұрын
spray paint one red one green? (color-blind people are already facing other danger while hiking so may have other ways of knowing available)
@Emma88178 2 жыл бұрын
They actually have that now, Mr.Ballen just forgot to mention it in the video.
@smarty5680 2 жыл бұрын
Mental note to self, 'When constructing a HUGE SOS in emergency, expect delay's as long as and up to 5 years'
@tsunamimal88 2 жыл бұрын
Duly Noted lol
@NA-xg7lf 2 жыл бұрын
Smoke signal too if you can it can be seen from more angles
@scottricklaroque7428 2 жыл бұрын
With that kind of tools and energy just build a huge ladder to finish going down the mountain.
@dorothyedge2747 2 жыл бұрын
Lol 🤣🤣
@jamnbryan1 2 жыл бұрын
@@scottricklaroque7428 being that he was stuck on a cliff ledge, it's extremely unlikely that were trees on it for him to make a ladder with even if he had the tools and strength/energy
@elisteele574 Жыл бұрын
I love this channel.
@jamiemcdaniel8155 Жыл бұрын
Great job on your video 👍
@mostomosto2409 2 жыл бұрын
I was wondering why wouldn’t anyone bother to just spray paint it “false safe rock” … and that could have saved all the tragedies that happened to lost hikers.
@mostomosto2409 2 жыл бұрын
@rezmoir like one should ask; big everything they have spirits. Okkkaaayyyy. And then what do humans have ? Electric circuits ? 🥸
@Emma88178 2 жыл бұрын
They do that now
@mostomosto2409 2 жыл бұрын
@rezmoir then how about a big warning board infront of the rock! Or maybe even engraved on wood plank placed at front of the rock. Any sign or indication even beside that could have helped achieve the same purpose i.e to save these human tragedies. Agree?
@mostomosto2409 2 жыл бұрын
@@Emma88178 that’s even good. it’s better late then never
@lucianomorano3394 2 жыл бұрын
it probably is marked now. but in the 80s not many people had died yet and so no one marked it
@danacam71 2 жыл бұрын
After watching so many of these hiking and diving gone wrong stories, I will happily sit on my couch and eat snacks. Mr Ballen can eventually do a story about a girl who blew up eating too many couch Funyons. Lol Love this channel !
@WorthlessDeadEnd 2 жыл бұрын
I love Funyuns!
@thralzoss1943 2 жыл бұрын
Until society crumbles and you're forced to find sanctuary in the woods. Complacency will get you killed, you better start practicing bushcraft skills asap because the world-"humanity" is only getting uglier
@ld1065 2 жыл бұрын
Well there was an old lady that spontaneously combusted on her chair at home
@ihavenoideasforanamesothis581 2 жыл бұрын
@@ld1065 is there a story abt it anywhere?
@ld1065 2 жыл бұрын
@@ihavenoideasforanamesothis581 google mary reeser
@leilabrown9292 9 ай бұрын
You are the best story teller! I want to put Portuguese captions so my friends in Brazil can follow you
@TwizzlerGirl 11 ай бұрын
I love when Mr Ballen leaves in his bloopers and giggles 😂
@Heretic1408 2 жыл бұрын
The saddest part of each and every story told by Mrballen is hearing the dreaded line "so that's gonna do it guys" at the end 🥺🥺🥺
@sweetkristina28 2 жыл бұрын
I couldn't agree more
@kass_G59 2 жыл бұрын
“This imposter is called; false safe rock” had me dying 💀
@olegtkachenko5128 2 жыл бұрын
False prophet in the mountains of Japan.
@krimzlk2353 2 жыл бұрын
sus
@michealkouptsov4136 2 жыл бұрын
Deadasssss istgggg
@kewuo 2 жыл бұрын
amogus
@joejack1452 2 жыл бұрын
Omfggggg 💀
@user-in8bg1rc1j 27 күн бұрын
i haven't knew this story ever! that is quite mystery!! as a japanese,Thankyou for sharing this story,Jhon!
@KJGG-fw3qt 2 жыл бұрын
I got lost in a big national forest, for 2 days with an old friend of mine, in my early 20's. Everytime I hear a story like this it terrifies me and I feel so bad for them. I just can't imagine never being found and just waiting out there till you die. I really feel bad for all the people that are never rescued. Another great story @MrBallen !!
@kingayy9267 2 жыл бұрын
Glad you and your friend made it out safely!
@elizabethmallory9978 2 жыл бұрын
Damn! Im so sorry! What a nightmare.... Did you give up outdoor adventures?? Im so glad you and your friend have a happy ending (sorry to use this term. Why did it have to be used and twisted to mean weird sh*t!?). Even though you were lost for 2 days, I hope that what happened during that time has left you intact and not in any category that would cause Ballen to tell your story.
@liadadamo9765 2 жыл бұрын
I’m so glad you were found. I hope it didn’t leave any lasting trauma 😘😘
@robertfeldbruegge6694 2 жыл бұрын
Moral of the story: always be sure you have a way to climb back up, before jumping down and getting trapped. This is at least the third Mr Ballen story where this has happened.
@allexgarcia7312 2 жыл бұрын
Good point lol
@agerven 2 жыл бұрын
A collegue of mine got in a similar situation in South America, when he decided to go for a solo hike in a non-tourist area. Fortunately he was spotted by a helicopter and saved after two days. Being native to western europe he told me he had not realised how quickly you can get off the grid in a dangerous situation in an unknown country.
@aloysiusdevanderabercrombi470 2 жыл бұрын
@@allexgarcia7312 nothing funny about it
@Lindseyisloony 2 жыл бұрын
You'd think that would just be a natural instinct but there always has to be a few idiots who have no sense what so ever. Remember the guy who died inside a sculpture cause he dropped his phone inside the leg of it and went after it even though it was very very obviously no way to get back out? Crazy. But not as crazy as the SIX people in China who went in to a pit toilet after a phone. A woman dropped it and her husband went to get it for her. He passed out so his mother jumped in. She passed out so the wife jumped in too. Three more people followed, all had to be rescued cause there wasn't a way out and the husband and his mother died.
@evelynwilburn4801 2 жыл бұрын
@@Lindseyisloony man that couldn't be me I'd brain storm for at least 20 minutes of a way to get in and out or just get help
@littlegirl3263 10 ай бұрын
I love your bloopers!
@kingdomofgarvin3432 9 ай бұрын
Keep it coming
@hapax-si2fd 2 жыл бұрын
So why don't they turn " false safe rock" into " pile of rubble with a backstory"? 🤔
@topcatcornerboy9266 2 жыл бұрын
Right🤔
@blackberrymidnight 2 жыл бұрын
Exactly!
@SuperTicklemonsters 2 жыл бұрын
Or maybe spray paint "Hey knucklehead, this ain't the rock!"
@abogs7848 2 жыл бұрын
Or an Aluminum sign with reflector paint that says false safe rock
@TrackerRoo 2 жыл бұрын
@@SuperTicklemonsters Paint it red and just have a ranger go out every month to touch it up so everyone knows red rock bad.
@MaestroMephisto 2 жыл бұрын
“Safe rock” and “False Safe rock”…hmmm.. you’d think the island authorities would maybe put a SIGN on each of them instead leaving people to wonder which one they’ve found. 🤦🏻♂️
@Daus-fg9ub 2 жыл бұрын
They can develop solar panels but not a simple wooden sign in 1980s? Idk,but maybe the height of the mountain is the main reason they don't want to just go and build a sign there?
@TheSchmiddler 2 жыл бұрын
Hokkaido is the second biggest island of Japan, it's not run by a different group of people. There is also a chairlift that goes most of the way to the summit.
@technicalout9547 2 жыл бұрын
I came here to make that same supposition. 🤦🏻♀️
@kyotorobato 2 жыл бұрын
They did put a sign and ropes to guide people down the right path after this incident.
@MaestroMephisto 2 жыл бұрын
@@kyotorobato - That’s good, but it seems to be a thing in every society to always wait until something bad happens to make changes. Know those two rocks look very similar, signs should have been there so this kind of thing wouldn’t have happened to begin with. 🤷🏻♂️
@vanessacatagnus3770 Жыл бұрын
I love Mr. Ballens laugh ❤️
@mirandascott8058 9 ай бұрын
Oh how I miss finding the random things in your videos, and you uploading to three times a week!
@broganworthington8991 2 жыл бұрын
Why not make a sign that says “DO NOT ENTER, FALSE SAFE ROCK”
@blem88 2 жыл бұрын
You would think that would try to add literally anything telling you which one is which, wouldn’t you 😂 “nah I mean, it’s quite far tho…..”
@krystalcheetah 2 жыл бұрын
Would have to be multiple signs because of the languages. And can also go against the environment or be damaged.
@soul_2828 2 жыл бұрын
Because god knows who’s going die first for not doing research before heading there
@_Yeeboi_ 2 жыл бұрын
@@krystalcheetah then shouldnt they just destroy the rock?
@krystalcheetah 2 жыл бұрын
@@_Yeeboi_ true, but the rock may be protected on the area of endangered species. Or removing the rock could start a landfall. Nature is difficult to control
@co8008 2 жыл бұрын
The voice recording also specifies that the man in the recording "can't move" because he's "stuck in bamboo". "Kenji's" body was found laying on the ground. If Kenji was trapped to the point of immobilization, how did he put the recorder back in his backpack and under the tree roots, far away from his "body"?
@LilPoopsie 2 жыл бұрын
Probably on drugs..
@yoriichitsugikuni6970 2 жыл бұрын
Maybe that's why he was screaming. But how did he use it doe
@swizzleproxi4810 2 жыл бұрын
@@LilPoopsie that's not nice to presume that
@AVA-ee4pk 2 жыл бұрын
I thought he left is stuff back to explore
@quiets_place4918 2 жыл бұрын
i think it was three different people but in the same situation because he wasn't his voice and it was a female body but it was his stuff in the bag so kenji mite still be on the ledge
@angelalarry1808 10 ай бұрын
So adorable the whole video and little Olivia got to push the button
@danu9278 Жыл бұрын
His giggles 😭💖
@ameliaearhart666 2 жыл бұрын
I’ll always say how much I dislike unsolved mysteries because they drive me insane, yet I will still watch every single creepy mystery story he uploads, and still act surprised at the end when I can’t figure it out.
@babbit09 2 жыл бұрын
Like watching an episode of unsolved mysteries: Narrator at the end of an episode: "The case remains open to this day" Me: "WHAT"
@SocialDemocraciaPT 2 жыл бұрын
driving insane... check!
@zoey1811954 2 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@DanielHenrys 2 жыл бұрын
I've hiked this range several times. The trail up to the top is completely obvious. No way you could get mixed up now. I guess that event has forced them make more efforts to mark the trail. So don't be afraid to go here. It's a very simple, straight forward, walk up without any requirements for mountaineering skills.
@LilySaintSin 2 жыл бұрын
That's good
@Gnurklesquimp Жыл бұрын
I thought it was a bit strange to rely on clearly misleading natural landmarks, glad it's accounted for now
@aminimoose3971 Жыл бұрын
This is totally a Wendigo, it's a trap.
@SammyDingusJr Жыл бұрын
Ok random forest entity! Heading there now
@delightfulblueberries7405 Жыл бұрын
@@aminimoose3971 I hope your joking lol
@planes3333 Жыл бұрын
I like it how there is a sound effect for knocking on the door and also the key in the lock
@alpschild Жыл бұрын
Can we just shave false safe rock into the shape of a panda? 🎋🐾 That's about to be your only company if you enter that bamboo forest.
@eternalmiasma5586 2 жыл бұрын
“Safe rock and false safe rock” is something straight out of a welcome to Nightvale episode
@hansgruber9685 2 жыл бұрын
It sounds goofy because it’s a direct translation.
@marnivee8992 2 жыл бұрын
When you’re expecting delicious pizza but get served fermented herring…you’ve just experienced the false safe rock.
@michaell6807 2 жыл бұрын
Fermented...🤢
@GingeRenee 2 жыл бұрын
Fermented herring that kills you!
@carloscanales3183 2 жыл бұрын
Perfect joke
@roccajandagreat9248 2 жыл бұрын
Hahah
@mdmonowarhossain3675 11 ай бұрын
Iam a fan of strange, dark and mysterious delivered in story format❤
@sal_fisher3 10 ай бұрын
The little chuckle 🥹
@bekkaunknown3662 2 жыл бұрын
Those 2 men that didn't make the S.O.S. sign that got rescued are incredibly lucky.
@lindadaniels0725 10 ай бұрын
Well, what IF, those men were related to Kinje and KINJE’s spirit is the one that made the SOS on the side of the mountain, I mean they were ALL Japanese, I mean hey STRANGER things HAVE happened & if ANYONE can find the story to tell about it, it’d be @mrballen 🤷♀️ I’m JUST sayin……
@graze-plays3594 10 ай бұрын
@lindadaniels7429 😂 ah yes, a ghost built it
@davidearea242 10 ай бұрын
@@lindadaniels0725 -Yes, after reading your comment, I'm not sure what could be stranger than that...
@michaeldoran4367 5 ай бұрын
@@lindadaniels0725MASSIVELY GIRTHY KOK SEEN POKING THROUGH A TOWEL AT THE COMMUNITY POOL. THE KOK LOOKS LIKE AN ENORMOUS SNAKE WRIGGLING AROUND IN THE AMAZON JUNGLE. SPECTACULARLY HUGE GIRTHY VEINY ERECT KOK
@michaeldoran4367 5 ай бұрын
@@davidearea242PEENUS 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!
@geordischmidt 2 жыл бұрын
I remember this story from my Navy days in Japan in the early '90s. There were a lot of stories about the incident, including that Yeti built the signal, I guess since Yeti were the most likely to be familiar with the international distress signal. That said, the most prevalent story I heard was about a hermit who lived near the Bamboo Valley. He had shunned his own village because of survivor guilt. He and all of the young men in the area had either been conscripted or had volunteered to fight for the Emperor in the years leading up to WWII. However, while the others fulfilled their pledges to die for the Emperor, he had not. In fact, he had been knocked unconscious during American naval gunfire on Iwo Jima and had awakened to find himself surrounded by U.S. Marines. After the war, he and other survivors were repatriated back to Japan, where they were looked down upon by their elders just for surviving. This man went back to his village but there, he also was looked down upon in shame by village elders. He built himself a small shack on the edge of the Bamboo Valley because few dared to travel through there. Over the next few decades, he participated in rescues of lost hikers. However, this always brought intense police attention and he did not want it, so he stopped helping. Supposedly, his conscience got to him and he went out and cut down birch logs. Then, he either made the SOS signal or he meant to build a log cabin for lost hikers to take shelter in and never finished it and someone else made the signal. It was hearsay and mentioned in a story published on the back page of a minor newspaper in Tokyo, so who knows the real answer?
@johnshane3404 2 жыл бұрын
Probably its ww2 ...in the past where allied force vanished ...thats my clue
@trolletuva 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this story.
@addo2419 2 жыл бұрын
thanks for the info gregory
@KitsuyuutsuR Жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks for sharing that little tidbit. Whether it’s true or not, it’s still really interesting and plausible. Honestly, I’d like to think it was a hermit from WWII. I’m sure he’s long dead now, but kudos to him if he really lived there and helped list hikers.
@Foxy_grandpa_J Жыл бұрын
Hey Mr Ballen, I’m just letting you know I’m watching this at 1AM and your like intro actually made me lol. Also, thank you for your service my man.
@Foxy_grandpa_J Жыл бұрын
+ the fact that all your videos and story telling are great to hear, structure wise and you provide great visuals and audio as well to actually set the mood. Been watching your vids for a long time now, hope you never stop making em!
@EPBF1 Жыл бұрын
Maybe the Sos sign built by someone else and Kinje found it & hoped to be found & stayed there hoping it be seen but sadly not 😭😭😭 instead it saved another group of people and did finally bring Kinje home 🏠😭😭RIP Kinje Apparently there was a third loss person who built this sign
@meganm8226 2 жыл бұрын
This could all have been avoided. All they needed to do is place a sign by “Safe Rock” identifying it. Then people would know they are on the right path.
@kyotorobato 2 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately it took this horrible incident for that to happen.
@dougrogan379 2 жыл бұрын
Where's the fun in that?
@candycane1744 2 жыл бұрын
Or get rid of false rock
@JonBrown-po7he 2 жыл бұрын
@@candycane1744 That'd be equivalent to removing physical landmarks referenced to the 'Donner Party' debacle. Quite understandable from a, solely, safety perspective, yet a very bitter pill to discard a national memory.
@DaisyM 2 жыл бұрын
@@JonBrown-po7he its a rock that has lead people to their death. Humanity won't crumble without it.
@MyGamesterGaming 2 жыл бұрын
Maybe having a rock that can easily be mistaken for another rock isn’t the best land mark to use….
@leroycoleman2359 2 жыл бұрын
I watch all the time I'm subscribed, I don't know what the secret thing is that is in every episode apparently, it's begining to really annoy me. I really ,really like the story's and the way he presents them. But what is the secret thing to l
@Yeet-mj8yh 2 жыл бұрын
@@leroycoleman2359 he puts something small in the background, one time it was homer simpson
@jcole3217 11 ай бұрын
Thank you Mr. Ballen for yet another great story. 10:40 10:40
@ZugzugZugzugson Жыл бұрын
i once had to remove a small tree/bush thing in my parents garden using no electric tools (so only a hand axe and a saw) and it was almost impossible. it basically took all day just to get halfway through the trunk, the saw would constantly get wedged and stuck in the trunk due to moisture buildup and the axe made agonizingly slow progress. so yeah, i do have an idea how hard it is to chop down a tree without the use of modern tools. now imagine doing that in the stone age with a flintstone axe lol.
@JoeMama-fl9fb Ай бұрын
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