The DISTURBING story of the MELTING MAN (*DISTRESSING IMAGES*) 

Because he was there. He’s a time traveler

@@Eric-lp3ic Yeah...story from like 80 years ago, set in an isolated and superstitious town, with no evidence and most of the residency gone for the night. Exactly the sort of story a local legend or conspiracy theory is based on. Despite people's misgivings of cameras being everywhere, I do think it helps keep some of the shadows of ignorance at bay...which might be the very reason some people are hell bent on making up their own shadows.

Maybe he is a time traveler or a vampire so he has been present to all of them 🤣🤣🤣 he even knows what the animals felt like [story of the druggie bear]

@@Eric-lp3ic Dont you mean thankfully? Who would actually want this terrible thing to have happened to someone?

navy seal time traveler? who knows

I was thinking snake bite too!

I came to say the same thing too.

that was exacly what mrballen described as: boitata

@@4r1mAS Not gonna lie, I have no idea what that means. I shall Google it (:

@@4r1mAS Yup, good call! I just find it odd that he left it as a mystery considering his narration of events is usually pretty thorough. Thanks for feedback.

Oh my gosh! It was that video that made me subscribe!❤

I got into mr ballen because of the missing 411 and bigfoot videos. Wish he did more of those. He stopped doing them

Exactly- or what did it. Possibly a horrendously venomous snake that caused hallucinations?

Golden lance head viper

That sounds like a good scheme for the Like button.

@@meowwaffles6040 that was my guess as he was running away from it and didnt notice cause he was in a panic run with no shoes on. he could of easily mistaken a snake bite on the foot for a piec of glass or sharp rock.

I can say, that has never happened to me.

@DontReadMyUserPic how is that video in anyway an answer to the commenter's question?

I can't even imagine the chaos and horror. Your perfectly healthy brother bursts through the door, and life is changed for ever in a spit second.

@whitneygordon5180 it's a bot not a real person commenting

@@whitneygordon5180 youtubers have been investigating these bots. Two conclusions or "theories" they are ether doing a social experiment or malicious software is being installed to your device when you click the link so report the comment I did

Clearly whatever it was...it`s racist...because they`re from Brazil. Joe Biden has all the answers and money to cure it.

This is why he's so good. It feels just like he's in the room with you. Like he's telling the story just for your benefit.

That's always when I hit the like button 😂

Do the same thing or I have to hit pause 😂

He has made the greatest community without even trying. I imagine people that don't have many friends will be really enjoying how this community responds and isn't toxic like every other RU-vid community. Yous are all cool as shit

For me it’s “because that’s all we do”.. doing the head tilt and hand gestures along with him is so engrained in me, its as natural as breathing at this point… I have become one with the power of Ballen 😆

I'm a Marine vet and the corpsman are badass. Good luck

update?

@@StiffMeat I’m still in High School bro, I already met with recruiters and I doing practice asvabs right now when I pass the actual asvab exam with the test score I want to pass with ima join by next year after graduation.

@@1533TodaVida good luck then

​@godsrevolver9737 I agree but im probably a little bias as my dad was a Marine.

I know LOL. Something about the way this story started made me need to go out where the cats are.

fr

4pm here in UK watchn a story about a melting guy while eating ice cream

8:15 am here in Oregon- Ahhh, nothing like waking up to Mr. Ballen. 👍

18:30 pm here in Greece just relaxing listening to mr B

Or he couldn’t fully comprehend whatever the figure he saw was and could only describe it literally as “no one” since it didn’t look anything at all like what a normal person, or a “someone”, would look like to him.

@@EnZo7992 doesn't make much sense.

@@EnZo7992 this is jumping too many hoops

Honestly you’re both just reaching 😂

He described it as something not of this world because it WAS something not of this world. In fact, it may have not even been real and was most likely a hallucination caused by whatever was effecting him.

That would be ball lightning, which is air heated up to a plasma by a lightning strike.

Ball of lightning doesn't burn people's skins off

That is so extremely horrible! Hugs to you and your family. 🤗

​​@Goosetooth I've never seen or heard of electric burns progressively get worse over time, while having no initial burn marks, or having skin boil off hours later after turning purple. I've also never heard of anyone having a feeling they were being watched by ball lightning that followed them home, if that part of the story is real at least.

​@jackie ow ball lightning is incredibly rare and doesn't "hunt" people.

I'm sorry you had to lose a loved one that way. No one should suffer that trauma. A lot of these true crime/strange events channel's forget they're talking about real people who had friends and families and people in their communities who loved and relied on them - that's a big part of why I love Mr. Ballen so much.

I'm so very sorry that you lost a loved one so horrifically

I know right ❤

​@@tatepearce7898 uu77

​@@jessicamartin5658 exam yq

Damn! And that includes some of the local Native folklore? Some of that stuff is UNREAL!

Muito lugares assombrados em Brasil 👻

Hmmm…seems like government there would know. Just saying.

@@J_L_V The Brazilian Government??? NO WAY!

fuel...🔥?

May God comfort you in your loss.

May his soul rest in peace and my the lord comfort you in your lose ❤❤❤❤ . Sending you my love and condolences.

My thoughts and prayers are with you hun 💕 sending hugs*

My condolences to you from a caring stranger. These stories are truly therapeutic. God bless...

@Miss Cellophane Are you christian?

😂😂

Green screen

@@Northwest425 Well obviously 🙄

😂😂😂

honestly, he looks and is acting like he's high on something.....I've been watching forever but he's acting really weird here

Same, dude.

Dats ghey

This comment is funny as shit

When's the last time he did a murder story?? Lately it's been nothin but this paranormal shit that ain't even true 😢😭 should be renamed to "scary stories to tell in the dark"

​@@hannahj4691 he does serial killer and murder stories all the time 😂. If we wanted that there is a million true crime channels

I'm going through it right now but enjoy listening to his videos

Hmm no evidence.....perhaps because it's BS

Do not message that fake Mr ballan reply. It's a scam.

April fool

​@@wrosebrock this is not BS. It really happened and was all over the news here in Brazil. There's no evidence It was caused by aliens or anything supernatural, but the story is true. You can even find his death certificate on the web.

💖💖💖💕

He still does paranormal stuff. He just mixes them BOTH with true crime, but he goes back and forth.

@@Emma88178 Are you kidding me? He went on the longest trek of true crime for awhile there. He's just starting to get more into the groove of what initially brought in his mass amount of his subscribers.

@NoddyGirl Agree with you 💯%!!

@@karlepaul6632 nobody is kidding you its a fact its like you don't even watch his videos to know about its nothing new

I agree that the True Crime genre is becoming increasingly over saturated with the same stories/cases over and over. That being said I branched out from my favorite channels and found creators out there who are just as awesome but less well known. They have new cases I’ve never heard before or they tell in a totally different manner that made it new again to me. I agree that Mr. Ballen has a great mixture of true crime, dark and mysterious content! It’s his storytelling format and content that has shot him to the top. I’ve followed him for a while now and watched every single episode he put out when I first subscribed. I spend way too much time on RU-vid listening to sooo many cases or stories. If anyone wants recommendations on other true crime channels that are just not as well known but should be….I’m happy to share them with a small description of their unique formats. Some of them that live outside the United States have been great because they have content that aren’t as well known to the US. I recently started watching all of Kimbyrleigha’s channel! She is very talented. I have a lot more just ask ❤️

yeah true, thats just cruel shit right there.

I felt the same, why him? Who was he to deserve such a horrible fate? Or was it that he was a “nobody”? That his village was so small that the attack wouldn’t get much attention or even if it did it wouldn’t get far. Such tragedy for such a man who was doing the least amount of to our world.

Joe-ow lol

I have a feeling the shock he'd be in would help somewhat - thankfully our bodies will shield us naturally from some horrors. It would still be horrific, don't get me wrong - but I imagine it may have been more traumatic psychologically for the sister, especially since she had to live with it afterwards. a horrible situation every which way.

João

Isn’t it cool? It’s a leftover trait from our ancestors we needed it in the beginning to feel predators who were stalking us I read that on a science channel and It also said a high percentage of the time if you feel eyes looking at you it’s because they are super creepy

is it really true though

We cannot. that's BS.

@@giltuito1545 dang sucks to be you, the rest of us can😂

I know as a hiker, when you get that feeling, it is usually a cat. Cougar, bobcat, mountain lion, etc. And they do silently stalk.

The whole thing reeked of some military testing a weaponized electron beam. That shit like a nuclear bullet

Kinda like a microwave cooking him from the inside out

Yeah but wouldn’t the people around him get radiation as well? Like his sister and the doctor?

@@montanawhite5699 radiation poisoning isn’t contagious

I agree, this was my first thought. Radiation is the only thing I can think of that would do something like this, and it couldve caused the paranoia too.

*strange dark and mysterious delivered in story format uploaded 3 or 4 times every week

For real -For 4eal.

Binge watching Mr. Ballen can be hazardous to your mental health....i recommend watching some puppies or kittens at least twice a day for 5 minutes

🙃

​@@matthewmorgan582 *...strange dark and mysterious delivered in story format, uploaded once a week. 😂

Disease

He might have had a disease called Epidermolysis bullosa.

Wow, that’s really interesting. Sounds almost exactly like this story! I hope we find out what happened someday…

😮😮

Sounds like leprosy to me.

​@Dont Read Profile Picture mama said you sposed to be doing the dishes henry, ima tell her you on youtoob again don't delete this comment ima screenshot it. Granny gon get youuu

Especially trying to help and can't see the problem /cause...helpless

very Disturbing

it’s fake

@hunterleigh4216 It's not real, dummy, stop believing everything you see or read on the internet. Mr. Ballen is just a storyteller, he'll take the most interesting urban legends or rumors on the web and present them as real to draw you in. But they are as real as a horror film that is presented as "based on real events"... news flash - these movies are never based on anything even remotely real. It's all about squeezing money from easy to manipulate sheep like you, who believe in everything.

I'm pretty sure he made a video about an experience he had.

​@@lisafazio3437 But was the like button the culprit?

Mr. Ballen will have a lot to answer for, when it all comes down. The like button is biding its time.

Or one of his "fans". The commenters here sound very OFF.

Was that the one that the green berets found in the cave in Afghanistan?

​@@Gawlakman yep

@@Gawlakman Hi Eric, yes that was the one!

My favourite one as well

It's odd you say mostly unknown and then mentioned the Kandahar giant because I had heard that story 10 times before mr. Ballen ever told it. I think what is mostly Unknown about the stories is mostly unknown to you. If you read the comments you'll notice many people add to the stories or talk about how it happened near where they live, or that they knew someone involved. I will agree with you however that he does a great job telling the stories. The only person who told the Kandahar giant story better was one of the men who claimed to have been there in an interview. Kind of not fair at that point. LOL

The Demon Core

@@ootka731 search up Chernobyl one of the biggest nuclear meltdowns in history

​@@ootka731 Death Core is a form of heavy metal

@@ootka731 they meant the "demon core". it was a nuclear core that was used for experiments, and ended up going critical (aka causing a huge wave of radiation), killing two people.

Somewhere on RU-vid the effects of a neutron bomb are explained by the guy who invented it. This guy seems to relish in talking about it in a disturbing way that can only be described as demonic.

Thank you this is, what would seem a more logical explanation to this mystery. Better call the Hardy Boys.

The injuries are inconsistent with *conventional* radiation burns as those are either caused by UV rays (sunburn) or by x-rays (like with nuclear events like fukishima or atomic bombs). They are consistent with gamma rays however. Gamma rays would simply leave basically everything unaffected and with minimal fallout, especially in a concentrated beam. It would only affect living organic matter due to concentrations of iron, potassium, calcium, carbon and water in addition to the innate electro magnetic field of living things. Even then, the radiation would effectively disappear from where it hit in his home within minutes or hours. It would rapidly degrade structures like skin, mucles tissue and veins and arteries while also coagulating blood due to the build up of cells that are radioactively shredded into proteins, which would explain why he survived for so long without bleeding out and why his skintone changed as without oxygenated blood, his skintone would quickly change. The muscle would liquify before the skin, as the melanin would protect the skin cells a lil bit more, until it degrades and bursts in blisters from the increasing pressure of the liquified muscle. Nerve cells, being made up primarily of fatty acids, would be mostly unaffected as they contain less water and less dense materials like iron. Meaning the entire time your nerve endings would remain intact and your brain doesn't turn into soup within seconds, meaning the nervous system functions well enough to receive pain signals still, but without blood vessels intact enough to carry endorphins throughout the body you'd feel *everything* with no pain relieving hormones in the body. Also no hormones would be able to be sent to the rest of the body to send it into shock. You'd still be able to move as some muscle tissues would remain and the ligaments and joints can still retract and extend. His injuries as described are very consistent with what would happen from exposure to concentrated gamma rays, not thermal nor electrical burns. Thermal burns would kill all the nerve endings and electrical burns would leave tell tale signs like inability to move, melted eyes, blood boiling and causing it to explode out of the extremities, in an instant. Bonus bit of info, gamma rays would turn certain structures into nuclear fallout, which would cause thermal burns in places like the extremities, and as those ions degrade into less dense atoms and compounds, some would be toxic, potentially even causing exothermic chemical reactions in the extremities causing further thermal burns. Trust me on this stuff, I was in CBRN in the marine corps. I had a weird fixation on wierd morbid shit like this in case weapons become developed from them. Like aerosolized elemental sodium (very very scary shit. It sets your blood on fire from the inside, as well as any and all mucus membranes and sweat, leaving you to scream in pain until yout esophogeal tract is burnt to a crisp and you just writhe in pain while only being able to meakly wease in pain)

Thank you for this logical theory for what happened. Love Mr. Ballen but can't stand these stories that lean heavier into paranormal territory 🤣

@@QockNobblr There is no actual evidence to match your theory. sorry buddy but this was a waste of time to right all that.

@@goodbyemr.anderson5065 I was simply listing off the effects of concentrated gamma radiation exposure, and saying his injuries as described more closely match. There is no direct evidence, because who tf is gonna willing expose themselves to hyperlethal amounts of concentrated gamma rays. Also, nuclear events, which are the leading cause of radiation related deaths, aside from skin cancer caused by the sun, are all caused primarily from x-rays, which are less energetic and kill in weeks to a couple of months. However, some very similar effects happen, but much more slowly. Like the dude who melted on a molecular level in a japanese hospital following the fukishima meltdown, dying after 68 days of excruciating pain. His skin turned purple, then blisters began forming, bursting open, skin began falling and sloughing off. His blood was basically jelly from all the blood cells being turned into proteins. His body was mildy radioactive as it itself became fallout, causing further radiation damage. He had to undergo numerous blood transfusions to stay alive as his blood was very thick, even being resusitated numerous times. The radioactive particulates caused minor thermal burns within his body and extremities, before the affected tissues sloughed off. Eventually he died because all his blood vessels no longer had the integrity necessary to carry blood to his brain without rupturing and he died. Like I said, this all happened slowly over the course of 68 days. Yes, he felt everything and reported a constant burning sensation when not on pain killers. Gamma rays would cause much more ...expedient and violent results on organic material, whilst leaving behind minimal traces of radioactivity in the environment except in living organisms. Don't ask me how he received the dose of gamma rays, because that's the big mystery.

You can tell he has a lot of experience from campfire stories in the military lol

​@@BelleXJ9hi. you look cute

@@sahilpujari3319 ty

@@BelleXJ9 yw

Oloco di vasca vai falar que n conhece operação pires?

Vc pode desenhar esse cachorro pra mim

Joau

@@justze6710 também achei engraçado. Jho'á'u.

Sim mano!! Nunca tinha ouvido falar

So true!

life is precious... it is indeed a gift from God and God so loved us that He _also_ gave us the gift of salvation by faith in Jesus, for the forgiveness of sin so we can be _reconciled_ to God and have eternal life in the Kingdom of God after we die.

@@inTruthbyGrace there are many paths to The Light, Jesus is not required.

​@@inTruthbyGrace god loved us so much he tried to kill us all, wanted people to kill children, allowed slavery, racism, homophobia, and said Satan did it all even though God created Satan and made him do the few bad things Satan actually did. So god basically made a puppet, did a few things with it, then said everything bad he's ever done is because of the puppet.

​@Michelle Mark one of the oldest but most effective lies ever told

I think that's why they happen there. No where near a coincidence

as a brazilian, I can confirm tbh I'm scared of living here sometimes

​@@yarroizyag8254 stay safe

Anywhere rural and near woods or mountains you have an increased probability of encountering cryptids. Stay close to people and well-lit areas lol

Mexico and it's cartels is worse.

Honestly,even now I doubt there is anything that could be done for someone if this happened to them.

I think there,s a point where you realize your toast and just accept it.

I'm grateful they were able to give him pain meds to ease his suffering. Such a terrible way to go.

Tbh there some things that not even certified and experienced doctors can help with sometimes you just gotta accept fate for what it is

There's no treatment for what he experienced now.

It's a bowl of rice crispies without the milk, banana slices, and spponful of sugar sprinkled :P

@cas81028 👍👍👍 Definitely!!

I completely agree! The podcasts are good but I also prefer the videos because of the way he tells the stories, his hand gestures and facial expressions just make the storytelling even better.

Yep totally agree ..but sometimes i just need my strange dark and mysterious fix while getting stuff done, and the podcast is so great for this ❤

I really aren’t a fan of podcasts. I much prefer seeing the storyteller and visuals.

ABSOLUTELY !!

What do you mean his mother?

You know what they say, " one unbelievably dark, twisted and terrifying story a day keeps the doctor away" 😂. Just kidding, mrballen is awesome, i can agree with you there as his channel has been positive for me too.

His mother?

mother?

🤣 suckup for that one like

I still watch them even if I've heard the story before because he's so great at telling it

@@idontdeservesubs2637 same

I remember when he was doing BUDs stories and the night he uploaded his first scary story lol. At his friends cabin. It’s actually a pretty scary story.

@@BostonsF1nest yeah man I think that is one of, if not the most fascinating story out of his catalog. I really wish he would do a re-make of that story and maybe add any other little details he may remember about those few nights in the cabin or just talk about it again.

​@Don't Read My Profile Photo wtf🤔

And also living without knowing what happened or what it was, truly disturbing

Guys, this never happened

@Blackout did you find any evidence about this? I’m not talking about definitive evidence, I’m talking just a picture, a newspaper article, something even remotely connected. There is nothing.

​@@MrUovo8 this makes it special. The mystery of whether it happened or not makes it more chilling

Me too

imagine him telling the Varginha incident!!

​@Dont Read Profile Picture Well sht, you got me. That's what I get for clicking on random links when I wasn't even looking for anything.

Mrballen is good I've been watching him since last year and still watching

​@@lishrich what was it

@squijji Guitar strumming. I liked it though

Me 2 apart from the heights bit

I'd rather be burned at the stake than get my head chopped off.

He didn't die painfully. He was at peace in regards to physical pain when he died due to the extreme amount of painkillers. You would have to be to ask for a drink of water as your face is falling off. I am sure it was unspeakably quick also, which most likely didn't give him time to dread it. He went in a way I can only hope to, however his injury which caused his need to pass was nightmarish and abominable especially bc he was so alone during.

@@pandoraaaraseth1040 I think they mean the overall ordeal, what he went through sounds horrific.

@@pandoraaaraseth1040 According to the video tho, it took about 5 hrs for him to pass.. it wasn't quick unfortunately.

Naa something like that happen to a man somewhere in Asia who was actually melting due to radiation poisoning

@@roylle6346 Yeah. Hisashi Ouchi. However, the movie The Incredible Melting Man predates his story by about 19 years. Which leads me to believe that this story is possibly the inspiration for that movie. Not to be argumentative. Also, he said that it was “possibly high levels of radiation that caused the people to melt.” And Steve (the astronaut in the movie) gets hit with radiation from the sun.

@@andyshistorylessons8278 oh

Yeah. BTW you should watch The Incredible Melting Man. For a low budget 1970’s Horror film, it’s pretty good. The EFFECTS are really good, too.

@@roylle6346 The film was based on a book that was written in the 60's, I have the version that was printed when the movie was released.

What is the name?

@@jennifervan75 can’t remember

@@jennifervan75 xeroderma pigmentosum. some injuries do resemble this story, as do some snake bites. maybe it was a vicious combo.

And the feeling of being watched?

@@corneliusdinkmeyer2190 feelings ≠ something paranormal. Lmfao.

The good 'ol days! 😂❤🎉

I miss those days. 😢

@samanthafairweather9186 Right there with you, Sweetheart.

That's a stupid name.

Hahaha! I’ve done that plenty of times myself just waiting for it to drop! I’m in Florida,in the USA, but I also love a good MrBallen story! Be well! 🤗

I’m disabled too. Watch RU-vid and tv all the time, which feels awful. I’m afraid to watch this one because I have ptsd too and his stories that have centered around extreme pain are too much for me.

Mr B helped me through depression

Sounds like many countries, before the EU took control and decimated the livelihoods of these, once, sovereign, thriving communities. Lets all thanks Obama and the democrats for stealing the future of your children and grandchildren. They know precisely what they have been pushing.

Some stories might be fish tales We might never know what is true or false.

@@AlexAndra-iy5zu it was a play on words. I wasn’t accusing him of making it up.

Aaawww, I love your little Marine pup!

@@joanodom2104 thank you!!

Cmon

I like how Brazil is so big that for us a couple HUNDRED miles is like "Oh, it's just nearby" :P

@@LeonardoDNA 😄Indeed. But i believe that in USA people often travel crossing the country covering distance much bigger. To tell the truth, it is exactly 210 miles, the distance between Araçariguama and here . Araçariguama is right next to the city of my best friend from Veterinary College, who was born in Jundiaí. He had already told me about this case some 30 years ago, and I tell you, it wasn't a snake, or any animal.

​@@LeonardoDNA We do the same thing in Canada. Saluda 🍻

Wow, I didn’t know this. I only know about Varginha. I’m totally gonna look into it

Acho que quando ele falou da "operation saucer" era sobre a operação prato. Só consigo lembrar do linha direta sobre isso, muito louca essa história mds. Alguém tem q arranjar esse episódio legendado em ingles pro Mr.Ballen ver haha magina

How is it supposed to be pronounced?

Ele tb disse que Araçariguama tem rain forest. A cidade é em SP perto de Osasco e Sorocaba. Mas, tudo bem, o que vale é a estória. Joau...

@@pashaperry296 The "j" would be like something close to the "g" in "rouge". The rest of the name is similar to the "oun" in "round." The name is one syllable, not the two that Mr. Ballen is saying.

@@alessandra2112 Pois, esta parte também me confundiu initialmente.

I was wondering if anyone was going to mention that...😉

I knew this case from Pablo Villaruibia , he is from Brazil and wrote it in a book named in spanish " las luces de la muerte" he appears sometimes in a very famous mystery tv show in Spain

It's funny hearing him say João... it's hard to pronounce 😅 I'm portu

@@Mia........ eu ate pensei no inicio que ele tava a dizer joel , mas mais tipo joãl😭

@@XeiDaMoKaFE ikr 😅😅🤣

When he said Brazil I was like "what?" His channel is perfect!

I’m guessing you’re talking about Hisashi Ouchi, the difference between these two stories he died after 83 days, and it sounds like this guy died after only a few hours

That's what I was thinking... Some crazy condensed ray of radiation

and that's exactly what it was. I am pretty sure.

@explorer The interesting thing is that he clearly didn't bleed to death. Despite his body falling apart. I would expect that, if the body is this damaged, that he would just start bleeding profusely. If his flesh is falling of his bones, than how are his veins still intact. That doesn't sound like radiation to me.

@explorer wrong. Stop spreading misinformation. He actually wanted to stay alive for the sake of his family and although he wanted to just die, he preferred to be selfless and stick it out for his families sake because he was hopeful. The doctors and researchers were very transparent with his family and would have 2+ hour meetings every day discussing their course of action and changes along with informing the family of any changes. The family even moved into the hospital waiting room and were living there the whole time he was in the hospital and visited with him often. Do some research before you vilify the brave and selfless doctors.