In
the era of YouTube it’s not hard to stumble across some frightening videos while your
deep down a late night YouTube rabbit hole.
And oftentimes some of those creepy vids are uploaded by folks that happen to stumble across
a camera, a tape, or even a nanny cam that was abandoned or disposed of.
So today we’ve compiled a list of some of the scariest.
Hey guys welcome back to Top 5 Scary Videos, I’m your host Lucy McPhee, and today we’re
once again joined by the lovely Kelly Paoli.
Say hi Kelly.
If you haven’t already be sure to subscribe, and leave us a comment down below telling
us what the scariest video is that you have ever seen, and make sure to stick around until
the end of the video when I’ll be reading out some of your comments.
So without further adieu, let’s jump into our list of the Top 5 Scary Lost Tapes That
Will Keep You Up At Night.
5 Creepy Camcorder This lost tape was uploaded to YouTube by
Joaquin Baldwin in April of 2016, it documents his 1994 trip to Paraguay with his family,
but the tape contained something a little more frightening.
Years later Joaquin converted the VHS tape to digital to finally view the footage that
he hadn’t seen in years, however, he discovered that his cousins had recorded over parts of
the tape, and it got real weird real fast.
Take a look Yup, that’s horrifying.
The
incessant dog barking, the weird children, the man sleeping, it’s ALL bizarre, and
honestly what I really want to know is which is the original footage and which is the footage
that the cousins captured.
Either way, it’s all pretty fucked up.
I think somehow the tape was damaged or the digital copy was corrupted because the audio
and video are blended together creating some warped, transdimensional shit.
If you haven’t watched the full thing, and want to be creeped out, I suggest you go watch
it now.
4 Log Cabin Now this 1988 VHS footage was discovered in
an isolated, abandoned log cabin, deep in the Polish forest.
Though the tape was badly damaged, some footage was salvaged, and this is what remained.
Only 24 seconds in and this video is legitimately horrifying.
Why?!
Because that mans is chewing like he was raised in a barn.
Honestly, there’s nothing I hate more than an aggressive chewer.
Pipe down.
Seriously.
The video goes on to show the man filming the door to a cabin, before panning the camera
around the room, while of course continuing to breathe like he just ran a marathon and
chew like he’s never eaten in his life.
Now, I will see, the anticipation is what makes the footage truly terrifying.
The noises, the slow pans, the darkness, and of course, the cabin door.
It’s all eerie, and clearly, well, hopefully, leading up to a big reveal.
it's hard to tell exactly what’s going on here because it's so dark, but it looks as
though the man pans over to a window, before the audio begins to get severely distorted.
Then at around the 1 minute mark things finally take off.
Cries of a child can be heard, and the audio begins to glitch even more.
The man becomes more and more distressed, moving the camera quickly around the room.
And that’s where it ends, there’s no final jump scare, we’re just left with the cries
of an unknown child, and the panicked man looking to escape.
How legitimate do you guys think this is?
I’m calling iMovie maker, but that’s just me.
3 Satan’s Bridge To begin, this video is titled, Satan’s
Bridge footage 1999-2000, and the uploader writes, I quote, “Video documentation from
the year 2000 of large amounts of dead animals placed in a ditch near Stateline Bridge, aka,
Satan’s Bridge, in Cascade Virginia.”
Spooky stuff.
So the video shows pretty much exactly that, a guy called Chris begins filming a bunch
of carcasses amongst a pile of litter.
He explains that he watched the bridge for several nights but never saw anyone disposing
of any carcasses.
He theorized that it could be someone disposing of roadkill, but could also be the remains
of animals used in a ritualistic ceremony, considering the condition of the carcasses
as well as where the remains were dumped...y’know...under Satan’s Bridge.
Perhaps it’s even students from the local high school experimenting with Satanic practice,
either way the footage is creepy and quite disturbing.
Take a look.
2 Abandoned Building Now, I have no idea where or when this footage
was discovered, but the beginning up the video simply says “found on a VHS tape with “1999”
scrawled on it in pen”.
Perfect.
I’m already creeped out.
The video begins with a beautiful scenic shot of some trees, the person filming is clearly
inept with a camera so it gives you some serious vertigo.
They wander around for a little while, filming a creepy looking building before heading towards
an even creepier wooden shack.
That’s when things begin to get intense
The sound becomes loud and muffled, almost like you’re entering the gates of hell,
or moments away from being possessed by a demon.
The footage then cuts back to the first building we saw, before we quickly zooming in on a
blacked-out window, and of course, cue the gates of hell audio once again.
They then head towards the doors of one of the abandoned buildings before the screen
begins to violently glitch out, revealing a figure in the distance.
It gets closer.
The person filming starts running heading up the stairs and into one of the buildings,
a few more glitches and intense audio cues later, and the guy seemingly escapes.
But, I want to take you back to the shot of the shadowy figure...is it just me...or is
that Slender Man?
1 Arson In Redwood City, California, in 1987, the
town was plagued by a series of brutal arson fires.
The police had no leads, no motive, and to top it off, there was never any evidence left
behind by the culprit.
So, the police closed the case.
However, 2 years later a local farmer discovered a creepy video tape containing footage of
a few of the arson fires, and the creepy voice of a man revelling in what he had done.
The voice is quiet and often times nonsensical, but it's clear in his voice that he is overjoyed
at the chaos he has caused.
He watches each house, burning until they are complete nothingness.
The police ended up releasing the tape to television in hopes of garnering some leads,
or persons of interest.
One person even going on to describe that the flames and the carnage are the equivalent
of a sexual turn on for the arsonist.
After releasing the footage, the police managed to track down a group of teenagers responsible
for the heinous crimes, and creepier still, the discovered more tapes.
It showed the teenagers had filmed newspaper headlines of every crime they commited, which
added up to over 60 other arsons.
They also recorded themselves dressed up as Werewolves and Vampires in a very frightening
clip, One detective goes on to explain how the primary
arsonist, upon his arrest, was very quiet and withdrawn, eventually breaking down completely.
Showing that he was just in fact a troubled teen in need of psychological help.
Well, there we have it!
What did you guys think?
How many spooked you, and were there any that you’re calling fake on?
Leave us all of your thoughts and feelings in the comments down below, but before we
go we just want to read out a few comments from one of our last videos Top 5 Teenagers
Who Turned Themselves Into Plastic - Part 2.
Into the mid of Jaxs 1975 had a really fantastic comment, they said “As a parent of teens
and a person living with a terminal illness I understand the why, but as a society we
are not treating the issues and plastic surgery is not the answer for anyone.
Only in cases of trauma like accidents or because of tumors or diseases plastic surgery
should be considered.
The fake unrealistic and materialistic goals of some celebrities of all genres and media
as well as genetics, the media itself and unrealistic realities of what real life really
is are some issues that are systematic around the world.
I lost my friend to suicide 28 years ago and now my daughter suffers from depression body
image disorder and comes from a loving home but a world which is judgmental.
Thanks for doing this video Lucy.
Even if it's meant as entertainment it's a great eye opener that this is very real and
very sad.
#youmatterjustthewayyouare Thanks on behalf of us who deal with this as patients caregivers
xo...?”
I honestly couldn’t agree more, in the ear of social media the celebrity culture puts
unnecessary pressure on teens to look a certain way, given teens severe issues like body dysmorphia
and even depression, leading in some cases to suicide.
It’s tragic.
As a mother of teens we really appreciate your comment and your outlook on this negative
trend.
So thank you.
Marcus said “A persons thoughts and actions are everything and how they look is not really
important.
Sadly, society emphasizes the physical image.
Teens who want plastic surgery should get therapy first.?”
I agree and disagree.
I do believe that teens who are suffering from body issues should seek psychological
help first, but I also believe that it’s important to love yourself, and looks for
some weigh into that confidence and self esteem.
I’m not saying looks are everything, or are in any way the
thing that makes a person truly beautiful, but for some, learning to love the way they
look on the outside is sometimes what it takes for them to truly love themselves.
Well, thank you once again to Kelly for joining us today on Top 5, we know you guys love our
collabs just as much as we do.
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