John Ballen

And I finally get it on and it's just like notifications like mad from this video. There's over 5 million views on this video. Mind you, everything I've ever posted collectively has maybe been like 100,000 views. So this is like massive virality, but it was utterly divorced from SEAL stuff. This is like pure, I think this is fascinating and I love telling stories.

And I finally get it on and it's just like notifications like mad from this video. There's over 5 million views on this video. Mind you, everything I've ever posted collectively has maybe been like 100,000 views. So this is like massive virality, but it was utterly divorced from SEAL stuff. This is like pure, I think this is fascinating and I love telling stories.

and that wasn't like oh boy here's a business opportunity it was more like oh my god this is so cool i'm gonna tell more stories like that because this is what i like and i just began making story after story that sort of fell in line with that and it happened to fall at literally the start of the pandemic so it's like suddenly everybody is not only on their phones but they're on tick tock

and that wasn't like oh boy here's a business opportunity it was more like oh my god this is so cool i'm gonna tell more stories like that because this is what i like and i just began making story after story that sort of fell in line with that and it happened to fall at literally the start of the pandemic so it's like suddenly everybody is not only on their phones but they're on tick tock

And everybody on TikTok is like mostly kids dancing and also me telling stories with a flannel and backwards hat. And so the account just blew up like mad. I transitioned to YouTube and I've just been telling stories ever since.

And everybody on TikTok is like mostly kids dancing and also me telling stories with a flannel and backwards hat. And so the account just blew up like mad. I transitioned to YouTube and I've just been telling stories ever since.

Man, I don't know. I don't know. So they reopened the investigation, like I said, in 2020. I don't claim this to be true, but I think it might have been in part because of the virality of that video. Suddenly there's this newfound interest of people Googling that the outlaw passed. And they concluded that there was an ice slab that broke off and killed them.

Man, I don't know. I don't know. So they reopened the investigation, like I said, in 2020. I don't claim this to be true, but I think it might have been in part because of the virality of that video. Suddenly there's this newfound interest of people Googling that the outlaw passed. And they concluded that there was an ice slab that broke off and killed them.

But it's like, how does that account for like the clothes being exchanged, the potential radioactive nature of their clothes, like what the military guys saw with the lights? There's too many things that don't get explained. It is true that like when you become hypothermic, when you become truly hypothermic and you're nearing like the end, basically, you're about to die from exposure.

But it's like, how does that account for like the clothes being exchanged, the potential radioactive nature of their clothes, like what the military guys saw with the lights? There's too many things that don't get explained. It is true that like when you become hypothermic, when you become truly hypothermic and you're nearing like the end, basically, you're about to die from exposure.

You become warm to the point where you're hot and actually take your clothes off.

You become warm to the point where you're hot and actually take your clothes off.

Yeah. That's a well-documented thing. So you could say, okay, so they pitched a terrible place on the mountain. They're being exposed to the elements. They're basically freezing. Maybe as skilled as they were, they weren't really prepared for the weather. And so they became hypothermic. And let's say maybe an avalanche or an ice slab did come down. And maybe they got hit by the ice slab.

Yeah. That's a well-documented thing. So you could say, okay, so they pitched a terrible place on the mountain. They're being exposed to the elements. They're basically freezing. Maybe as skilled as they were, they weren't really prepared for the weather. And so they became hypothermic. And let's say maybe an avalanche or an ice slab did come down. And maybe they got hit by the ice slab.

And now they're hypothermic. They're taking their clothes off. But it's like, okay. What are all the marks in the tree? Why are their clothes radioactive? What did the government mean when they said an unknown, unnatural forest back in the 1950s? What were the lights seen by the military guy? There's too many unanswered questions. So I admittedly am a huge skeptic.

And now they're hypothermic. They're taking their clothes off. But it's like, okay. What are all the marks in the tree? Why are their clothes radioactive? What did the government mean when they said an unknown, unnatural forest back in the 1950s? What were the lights seen by the military guy? There's too many unanswered questions. So I admittedly am a huge skeptic.

And if anything, creating this content has only made me more skeptical because there's so much stuff that gets put out that's not true. And it's just like totally made up. But this remains one of those stories that just sort of makes you wonder like, Is it possible there's stuff out there that we don't necessarily understand like supernatural forces or, you know, extraterrestrials?

And if anything, creating this content has only made me more skeptical because there's so much stuff that gets put out that's not true. And it's just like totally made up. But this remains one of those stories that just sort of makes you wonder like, Is it possible there's stuff out there that we don't necessarily understand like supernatural forces or, you know, extraterrestrials?

Like I'd say this is a story that certainly opens the possibility. But I also would be perfectly fine to hear that actually turns out here's all the things that happen that makes that completely reasonable. Maybe there was a leak of some kind that like leaked out radiation or who knows what. So I'm open to it. But I think it's one of the few cases that seems like could make a case for paranormal.

Like I'd say this is a story that certainly opens the possibility. But I also would be perfectly fine to hear that actually turns out here's all the things that happen that makes that completely reasonable. Maybe there was a leak of some kind that like leaked out radiation or who knows what. So I'm open to it. But I think it's one of the few cases that seems like could make a case for paranormal.