What attacked them in the forest defies explanation 

The suspense this guy makes is incredible. I get chills geez 😂

I bet when Mr Ballen was serving his country, ALL the other SEALS were so excited when it was time for the nightly bedtime story lol

“Heard a strange whistling sound” *blood curdling scream*

MrBallen has got me through some tough days depressed, lonely, confused currently 30 days sober and through those tough days MrBallen got me through it

Every single Bigfoot story I hear has one thing in common. The whistling.

Friends : Why dont you wanna go camping with us? Me : Ever heard of Mr.Ballen ?

I picture Bigfoot sitting at a table with his family, telling them how he tried to introduce himself to a group of hunters, but got shot at, so he got pissed and decided to fuck up their cabin

John's a master storyteller! He's more entertaining than anything on television!❤

Man: did you hear a whistle call? "Horrific jarring screach" Other man: yup...that's a whistle

Next time someone asks me if I can whistle...I’m gonna say yes and then scream like that...

I never thought at 24 I would be listening to bedtime stories from a former SEAL, but boy does it hit the spot.

My great grandpa is Leroy Smith, one of the original miners. I've recently learned about his story and my grandma has made it known to us about what happened that day. I've always known we had ties to Bigfoot stories but I had no idea just how monumental his story was. I'm 90% sure my dad has the same rifle that leroy used to shoot at the "mountain devils" in the story. My grandpa had a gold mining claim called the Vander white that they eventually abandoned because of this incident. I plan on going to this location this spring to see what I can find. Update: my little brother, my cousin, and myself, after reaching the cabin site, successfully found the lost gold mine! While mostly buried over the last 100 years and the 1980 eruption, it looks like it can be excavated to gain entry. We are waiting to hear back about permits from the Gifford pinchot national forest to legally begin the process. We're slowly doing a few podcasts with people to get the story out, along with pictures! But due to the sensitive nature we have to protect this location, so please don't ask. We won't tell you where it is. Unless of course Mr Ballin wants to go for a hike 😉

You tell amazing stories. However, it is your ability to tell the story that makes me come back and watch more. You have a gift.

I love that he found stories where these creatures minding their own business when they come across a human and then the humans do something stupid and the creature are just like " yeah no, you need to leave our forest if your gonna be rude"

"he hears a whistling sound" *plays blood-curdling scream*

I think these stories are true. I believe there's things out there that we can't explain. Part of me wants to have an encounter like this, the other part would be terrified if I did see something like this 😅

I don't understand why people are always like, "Don't tell anyone. Don't talk about it." I would be telling EVERYONE lol

This guy is easily the best storyteller on yt

This guy could talk about his collection of plaid shirts and I’d still listen.

Cool part is just before the first story I had a memory of another video I watched about the mount st. Helen volcano eruption. The military recovers all the bodies on the mountain afterwards from the deer and other wildlife when they supposedly recovered Bigfoot bodies as well. Great stories!!!

I greatly appreciate you relating the stories… I for one had my own Bigfoot experience, I used to not believe that they existed until one day in 1977… Your perception of what’s out there in our forest lands changes… Keep up the good luck…

Hey Mr. Ballen can you whistle? Mr. Ballen: *Proceeds to scream at you at full volume*

Mr Ballen, I really liked this story. The stories of people getting lost, never found, or found years later are fascinating. Crime solving is great. I was a diehard fan of the XFiles so will probably always have a interest in stories of legends like big foot, lochness monster and other stories like that. Again thanks for a great story.

Man... I wish Mr ballen did stories like this still.. idk why he randomly completely stopped about a year ago .. but it breaks my heart

Mr Ballen equating “whistling” with *banshee scream* made me laugh

Am I the only one that listens to these at night on a binge worthy scale, we need to get this guy a Netflix series

Heard both of these on Sasquatch Chronicles. Second from the actual witness. Love both channels equally. Keep up the great work

"Cowman of Copalis Beach" is the scariest Bigfoot story ever as told by a Logger who lived in Copalis Beach, WA. with his small family. Absolutely disturbing.

Fred Beck is/was my step dad’s uncle. The whole family, including myself, still live in Washington state. I can account for this story and tell you that there is some crazy stuff here in the PNW. It’s so cool to hear his story shared :) thanks for the great story telling

“We’ll never speak of what happened to us again” 2 hours and 6 beers later “AND THEN I GRABBED MY RIFLE AND STARTED FIRING AT THOSE BIGFOOT BASTARDS”

anyone who enjoys these stories by MrBallen should also listen to Sasquatch Chronicles where these stories are told by the people who experienced them.

What a good story teller you are One can never go bored

Next scary story: A tormented like button seeks revenge against a community.

Honestly MrB is a better option at scary stories than paying for it on audible or something, I just absolutely love his stuff.

Lots of Big Foot channels. Mr B's colorful communication skills are among the best creature encounter recreations I have heard. Hoping for more, many more Big Foot stories, Mr B.

I love the way to tell a story. I don't mean that the stories are false, they are absolutely true as I have heard them many times before, especially the Mike Wooley story. Love to hear you tell them

I was never told stories when I was a kid. I’m 20 years old, and listen to your videos every single night to go to sleep. I really look up to you dude

When the like button replaces your “whisper sound” button with a “banshee scream” button

I live in the woods of Missouri and have heard things that would make you go back inside the house. Its only happened once but I will never forget it. I bring protection with me now when I head into the woods.

Mr. Ballen is a master storyteller, and he seems like a good all around guy. Thank you for always keeping me totally enthralled in your stories. Love ya Mr. Ballen

If I've learned anything from his stories is that 1. The terrain is always rugged and 2. The search is always massive.

Two Yeti looking at Mike: I told you humans are real they aren't just mythological creatures 🤣

Brotha, /I love when you do these cryptid stories I just can’t get enough of them😊thank you for your service as well brotha, rah

Okay Mr Ballen… 1. You’re my hero 🦸‍♂️❤️😂 2. I’m big on true crime pods and anything mysterious and have listened to nothing but you since my friend sent me one of your vids.. weeks ago (months?) Your story telling is truly inspiring and reminds me how important and how much of an art it really is. 3. I’m adhd and often need to go back to relisten to details of stories but I almost never need to do that with your stories (if I do go back it’s usually to laugh at you laughing at yourself during ads - crazy thing - you make ads entertaining? 😱⭐️) 4. I’ve never ‘not believed’ in Bigfoot per se but no story has ever made me think ‘yep Bigfoot is real’ … until right now! Terrifying and surreal! Keep the strange dark and mysterious a’coming! ❤️👍

I feel bad for Mr Ballen’s dog every time he “whistles” for it.

These were the golden days of the channel. Posts 5 times a week and supernatural big foot stories. I appreciate the true crime stories we get now but I miss these type of stories.

4:45 scared the crap out of me bro

I sure do enjoy watching you talk 🥰 not too much, not too little! Love the channel, keep it up!

Let’s be honest this is the best horror story teller, it’s just the way he tells is

In Texas we call that noise a scream, a whistle is like the start to the Andy Griffith show.

I absolutely love hearing all these stories that happen in Washington state. I've lived in Washington my whole life.

I'm so glad 3 years ago I found Mrballens channel I was suffering a very dark ànd deep depression, his enthusiasm for these types of stories and tales helped me more than everything else had to that point and where nothing else helped . I always look forward each week to get to listen to what new stories the dark and mysterious has in offer up.. Mrballen is an incredible story teller. RU-vid would be kinda boring without a Mrballen upload, you know it's gonna be exciting, terrifying, and mysterious each and every time... THANK YOU MRBALLEN FOR BEING YOU.. KEEP UP THE WORK, WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR VIDEOS

This guy is all I’ve been watching for three freakin days now.

I gave the like button a beer and asked how his day was. He said he’s tired of all the abuse.

I don't no how I would get threw life without Mr ballen anytime I'm driving or bored or need to get outta my head I come here an the time Flys he is my music thanks bro

Absolutely addictive, binge watching Mrballen.

Mr Ballen, I’ve just turned 70 years old and 53 of those years were spend the Appalachians Mountains of Southern WV as a dedicated outdoorsman and hunted just about everything that there was a season to hunt, and one deer season in 2007-08 at the end of the day as I was packing my hunting paraphernalia and listening to some owners dogs on the opposite side of the Gauley River barking at his arrival some Coyotes desided to joining the choir and then out from some 100 yards or better came the most horrifying mixed howling and growling close to the sound that Tarzan would have made but so amplified that the forest when silent, the Coyotes and the dogs went quiet the only thing I could hear in the distance was The Gauley River and it was like no other sound in my entire 53 years of hunting the most rugged terrain of Southern West by God Virginia and to this day here in the Dominican Republic my hairs stands on its ends when I’d think about it.

MrB: "there was a whistling sound..." editor: *"dId yOu SaY SCReaM?!"*

You’ve done so much to help me get through some really hard times by telling these stories. Thankyou.

Here in Oregon about 15 years ago a friend went with me to hang our stands and throw out apples during late season bow hunt, we got my stand up, threw about 100 apples all around my hunting area, by the time we got that done it was getting close to evening and we didn’t have time to get my friends stand to his spot and hang it so we decided to stash his stand in the brush and go hang it late morning the next day. Next morning we get up there to grab his stand we stashed and we got to my spot to grab his stand the strangest thing happened, all those apples were gone, I mean every apple, and directly under my stand is a dead deer, antlers ripped from its head, we checked the deer for bullet holes or other wounds and nothing, I got real freaked out, told my buddy I’m taking my stand down and getting outta here, to this day I’ve never gone back to that area

Apparently, Mr. Ballen couldn't find a whistling sound effect.

I get a feeling this guy is a really kind guy, and he makes the best RU-vid content. Keep it up, buddy. I love them ❤️

I got serious chills during the second story the instant he said Mike heard whistling.

Can’t wait to tell my story of the ones that I met for over five months. The mother is wise beyond words. The son is curious and caring and helpful. The father is the protector. The daughter is quiet and shy. Yes, they have families and the ones thank God, I met, are kind beyond words.

I never thought you could get addicted to listening to someone tell stories it’s absolutely insane! Been listen to this guys for almost 2 weeks now😂

Big foot watching you find his footprint thinking to himself, " guess what else is 19 inches long"

Thanks for your service.

I literally can’t sleep without his story time

this is the only notification i immediately click on, every time.

Had my headphone on max in bed alone at night. Heard the scream and now there’s poo everywhere

Great love Bigfoot stories and love your show you are definitely a great story teller thank you.

Thanks for sharing your stories with us. I hunt, camp, hike a lot more since I've been retired. As I've become older and somewhat wiser, I have become more sensitive when out in the brush. From one vet to another thank you for your service.

So, never really contemplated multiple Sasquatch. Would they be “big foots” or “big feet” ?

When I watched the video of Mike Wooley telling his story, there was no doubt in my mind that this man was telling the absolute truth. A 50 something year old man, shaking and tearing up as he related the events of that day. My hair stood on end listening to him. It's important to note that Mike was an avid hunter who went into the woods 3 or 4 times a week to hunt. He has never gone hunting again. He had people ask him, of course "Why didn't you just shoot it Mike" He was adamant in saying he could not. It was too human. And told these people that he doubted they could have either. Fascinating story and I could hear the fear in this man's voice all these years later. Thanks John. Great video as usual

Chilling with my son in bed with the lights off listening to this on my phone! Great story's very enjoyable 😊

Watched and listened a few times. I'm now a subscriber. Keep up the good work. very entertaining

Mike Wooley's description of his encounter never changed in nearly forty years so I gotta believe his story was genuine. RIP, Mike.

I hunted the same woods as Mike Wooley when I was a teenager into my early 20’s. There’s some ridiculously strange sightings that a lot of people have had here. I haven’t seen anything but I’ve definitely heard quite a few stories. Michael Wooley passed away in 2019.

Great story telling and narration bro 👊🏾

Thank You for your service and God bless you and your family. "Your A Good Man (Charlie Brown!)

Ballen: "He said he heard this whistling beside him" *plays a loud scream soundbyte* "and then he heard it on the other side of him" *plays another loud scream soundbyte* The hell is going on? Have I misunderstood what a whistle is my whole life?

Who else wants to take Mr. Ballen camping so he can tell scary stories around a campfire? 👻😳💀

Can never get enough best story teller

There is a story from Trout, Louisiana about a man who ran over or into one of these creatures. It stood up and ran off into the woods. The search and rescue unit from the Shreveport Fire Department arrived with tracking dogs because they thought that it might have been a person; however, the dogs followed the scent until it disappeared into the swamp. These sightings are not bears folks! Their tracks sometimes have primate ridges, swirls, bifurcations, and tenting like other primate finger prints and foot prints exhibit. Bears do not.

"They hear whistling." *plays banshee screams*

I’m listening to this wearing AirPods and that scream scared the daylights out of me. Haha

A really nice format,i love it

Great video on two truly incredible events. The Indigionous First People. Have been telling stories passed down through the generations. About encounters with similiar type creatures. Until one is found dead or hair samples etc. To conduct genitic tests. It will be hard to say exactly what this creature is. 💪🏻🙏🏻✨

Of all of the story tellers on youtube, no one is as thorough, or presents the details as interestingly as MrBallen. Thank you for the greatest stories.

My dad claims one time in his early twenties that he was stalked by a bigfoot in the Ozark area of Arkansas. He was out fishing late one night and it was around midnight or so when he decided he was done and was walking back home. Still in the woods he heard something heavy following him on the other side of the river. When he looked over he couldn't see anything in the trees, but when he stopped whatever was following him stopped too. Thinking it was a bear or mountain lion about to charge across the shallow waters to get him, he chucked a rock in hopes that it would scare the creature away... But it threw a rock back. My dad hustled out of there as fast as he could and by the time he made it to the road the creature was gone. I understand a bear following him, but a bear wouldn't be able to throw a rock back and the creature sounded too big to be a human to him. Ever since that day my dad's been obsessed woth bigfoot.

Sorry if this is kinda long but it's a two part story.. MY story. A few years ago my dad took me and my son up camping in..... you guessed it upper Oregon. Now I've been camping here all my then 37 years of life, felt comfortable there and LOVED walking in the woods. There was no camping sites except for a few open still since it was September but the one my dad picked was a far into the mountain. Now I LOVE scar stories and for some reason binge watched Bigfoot camping horror stories right before this trip 😅. Okay so it was the second day and my son was bored and wanted to go find my dad who was fishing a little up a dirt trail. We got our shoes on and set off. There was a fork in the road and we picked the one most traveled. A little while later no more than 10 minutes go by and my son stops DEAD in the middle of the trail and whispers "did you hear that?" now having just ran into my kid who was whispering for some reason, I got annoyed. I shook my head no and sighing, rolling my eyes I gave him a little shove and told him to keep going. NOT EVEN 15 seconds later and out of nowhere I hear a growl. Not a dog or cougar growl but kind of like a bear. Now we BOTH stop dead and I take a deep breath and sorta laugh, and say "Well maybe it's nothing. it's probably more scared of us than we are of it" and I took 2 steps forward and the only way I can describe it is, two trees being rubbed together, like someone had grabbed two HUGE trees and were griding them together. We both whirled around and while shoving my son saying DON'T RUN, but don't walk slow, we headed back up the trail. I can still see the big dark THING walking back and fourth behind us. it was making sure we were actually leaving. when we got to the head of the trail everything STOPPED. The pacing behind us, the low growl stopped and we both heard it going back. Now my son and I looked at each other and laughed not knowing what to do. Okay now the second part (which has me more scared than the first! which is why I'm super hesitant to EVER go camping again, I'm actually shaking writing this I'm still so scared), I have HORRIBLE trouble falling asleep when camping, I have to read and listen to music until I pretty much pass out. I'd say it was around 4:45 since my dad hadn't woken up yet and I sat up in his tent trailer GASPING. I smelled cigarette smoke, and my dad is NOT one to smoke and I'm deathly allergic to it. I had to grab my inhaler and ripped my headphones off and stopped dead. It was DEAD silent, no crickets, no bugs chirping the only sound was the running brook. Frowning I laid back down and had to read my book, swearing that I heard footsteps stop right near where my head was/ My dad had only a canvas pop up tent trailer and the canvas was secured right near where my head was. I finally fell back asleep by 5:30 or so and woke up to breakfast. We had to leave later around 9 am to get back so I could go to work the next day and when we were breaking down camp I had dropped my book and when I bent down to pick it up I smelled smoke again. I looked around and on a log no joke not even 2 feet from where my feet were earlier that night were 8 cigarettes all burned down to the filter just laying on the log. There had been someone sitting there SMOKING cigarettes sometime in the early morning while me, my son and dad slept not even 4 feet away. Thank GOD that they didn't try the door or they would have found it unlocked. the lock was busted. Who knows maybe they did, but the camper didn't rock suddenly. After this I told my mom I'd only go with my dad camping if I could bring a gun, I didn't tell her or anyone the second part no one in my family knows still 4 years later. I told them we almost ran into a bear

I think mrballen is the only voice that can make people believe😅😅❤❤❤❤

MrBallen: “I need whistles” Editor: “say no more fam”

I used to live in a pretty heavily wooded area. I pretty much had no parental supervision so I just roamed the countryside. I used to hike far into the woods because their was old abandoned homes and sometimes cars. I used to be amazed by this because there was clearly no roads or even trails. Anyway on one of my all day adventures I came out of some very think woods where apparently there was a patch of sand in a predominantly clay area. The tall pine trees took full advantage. It was very strange because the pines where almost in rows. I had amazing vision, I still have better than 20/20 at 41yrs old. As I was walking I seen the slightest movement. I froze and just stared. I could see a black ball of fur just to the side of the tree. It was to far up to be a person. I thought maybe it was something clinging to the side of the tree. I brought my hands up slowly to my face to make binoculars to limit my field of view. My grandpa taught my this. Just as my fingers moved in front of my line of sight, it was gone. I started to get a very uneasy feeling. The hair rose on my neck and I got goosebumps. I remember feeling like a cat was stalking me. Maybe a 100yrds there was a open field with very tall grass that lead to the swamp at the back of our property. I slowly walked sideways to keep a eye in the direction where I seen the object. I heard a rock bounce off a few trees. I knew cats can't throw rocks. I remember thinking something is distracting me like a diversion a kid would do to draw attention else where or possibly warning me. I booked it but every 20 yards or so I would stop and turn around quickly hoping to get a glimpse or have a opportunity to face whatever was following me. Then I flat out booked it about 50yrds into the tall grass and jumped down to listen for any other movement in the grass. I didn't hear anything. I walked about 200yrds backwards watching behind me. I was very confident what ever it was stayed in the tree line but I was taking no chances. That was the only time I ever felt spooked in the woods. The woods where my entire life back then all day, everyday. I stayed out of the woods for about a week after that. I would go back and explore but the area was purchased by a very wealthy man that fenced in many miles of land and actually put up a massive house and barn in the field I ran across. If anything was there, I'm sure it moved. I haven't really shared the story because if you can't 100% say what you saw, you don't want to say at all. I shared it with my wife and now all of you under a mask of anonymity provided by the internet.

this story is bananas ! I love it 😫

wow, insanely good at telling stories. i'm going to watch more content!

When I used to flirt with women, they would often “whistle” like that. 👀

Mrballen is the guy all the kids surround the campfire to listen to his stories

Love re listening to these before bed

I love listening to his videos while i work out