A job is something a person probably spends a lot of their time doing - they can be fun,
they can be boring, they can be active, they can be passive - they can be a million different
things because theres a million different jobs - one thing you don't often hear about
though, is creepy jobs, jobs that would give most people nightmares - someone has to do
them though.
You might not hear about them - but theyre being done under the surface of society - today
were going to bring them into the light - lets see if you can stomach them.
My name is Danny Burke, this is the Top 10 Scary Jobs Someone HAS To Do.
Starting off at number 10 we have Field Epidemiologists.
If you heard there was a disease spreading towards your area - your first reaction would
probably be to run.
Most people would do that, its natural.
The Field Epidemiologist has to fight this instinct though, its their job to head into
the centre of disease ridden area in order to study the disease as it progresses.
They travel into the heart of the storm just so they can understand it and perhaps stop
it from spreading.
Of course, they are usually geared up in protective clothing but that doesnt make them invulnerable.
Theyre often surrounded by germs, blood, needles and dead bodies, all it takes is one slip
up and theyre just one more infected person fighting for their life …
Next up at number 9 we have The Police Diver.
As long as there has been crime and water, people have been trying to hide their crimes
in water.
Thats where police divers come in.
If its suspected that a body is in the water, its their job to dive down and dredge it up
- no matter what state its in.
Sometimes human or animal remains may have been there for weeks or months - it doesnt
matter, they have to get down there, face to face with the remains and handle it back
to the surface.
This is the gross part but there are also straight up scary dives too.
Its not uncommon for Police Divers to dive down and retrieve murder weapons and explosives.
Police divers need to be very good at diving and deal with conditions that most of us will
never need to experience.
They have to dive in sludge and mud, under ice, at night with zero visibility, in rough
seas, strong currents and water filled with toxins or parasites.
If you ever meet a police diver, maybe don't ask them how their day was, for both your
sakes …
Next up at number 8 we have The Clinical Trial Subject.
If a drug is released to the public and it cures some disease, its hailed as a miracle
drug.
A lot of people don't realise what goes on behind the scenes though … clinical drug
trials involve humans in their later stages.
Most drugs are already deemed to be safe by that point but of course, its a test, they
can never be sure until they try on real humans.
One famous example came in 2006.
Doctors in the US were testing a new drug on 6 clinical trial patients, all of them
men.
Soon after, the men began tearing their shirts off and screaming about being in a fever.
Their organs had inflamed and the doctors didnt know what to do - this was the first
time the drug has been tested on humans.
The animals had shown no adverse symptoms.
Cases like this are fairly rare, but Im sure its in the back of the minds of clinical trial
subjects …
Moving on to number 7 now we have the Forensic Entomologist.
This job involves a person studying insects in rotting bodies to try and determine the
cause of death or how long the body has been there.
There, I told it to you straight.
Theres no nice way to explain that job.
Forensic Entomologists can learn a surprising amount of information about a body by studying
how developed insects in dead bodies are.
They can determine if there were any drugs or poisons in the body at the time of the
murder and find the presence and time of infliction of wounds.
Its impressive that they can get all of this from studying bugs, but the reality of it
is pretty grim.
Blow flies will lay their eggs inside a dead body, the larvae will then hatch out and feast
on the dead flesh.
By studying the state of the flies and their larvae, they can develop this detailed picture
that can help solve a crime.
Could you do it?
Could you poke around a dead body looking for maggots in rotten flesh?
Its a no from me …
Next up at number 6 we have A Cryonics Technician.
Have you ever heard of cryogenics?
Where dead bodies are preserved in stasis?
Well that what this job is all about.
The technician is the one who preserved legally dead bodies of people who hope they can one
day be revived and cured of whatever illness killed them when medicine improves in the
future.
Is that wishful thinking?
Who knows - all I know is that there are many cryogenically frozen bodies out there right
now being monitored by a technician.
They don't just check on them though - oh no, they need to handle the body and inject
them with special chemicals to help with the process.
Perhaps the worst part is though, theyre usually just preserving their head.
This is because people think the brain is the only part theyll need - by the time theyre
woken up in the future, science will able to give them a brand new body.
Interesting but a little bit off putting, what do you think?
Moving on to number 5 now we have a Bush Pilot.
You know how they always say flying is the safest way to travel - well thats true when
it comes to normal commercial airlines, the big planes that you use to travel between
countries.
The same cant be said for all planes though.
Bush pilots fly light aircraft in remote areas that are hard to get to.
Were talking places like rural Alaska, many parts of Africa or the jungles and mountains
of South America.
Some studies have estimated than in a normal 30 year career, a bush pilot has a 1 in 8
chance of dying in a crash.
That is very high.
Even when theyre trained, they cant fight the stats.
The conditions they have to fly in and the planes they operate often catch up to even
the most experienced of Bush pilots.
Next up at number 4 we have The Bomb Squad Technician.
I mean, this one is pretty self explanatory.
When a bomb is found, even if its only suspected, a bomb squad technician is called in.
Its their job to diffuse the bomb and dispose of it safely.
One right move, one bad snip or fumble, and theyre gone, or at the very least scarred
for life.
The military and police are increasingly using bomb disposal robots to minimise the risk
of human life but there are some bombs that still require a human to diffuse.
Do you think you could do it?
They receive months or even years of training, but its still terrifying to know that a bad
day at work could mean your last day on Earth …
Moving on to number 3 now we have The Broadcast Tower Technician.
I have to throw this one in there for people who are scared of heights.
Actually, this one is so insane that it might make everyone squirm.
Broadcast towers are huge, far bigger than a lot of skyscrapers.
The KVLY-TV in North Dakota stands at 2,063ft high - thats over 600ft taller than the Empire
state building.
Sometimes, the systems at the very top of these towers have to be maintained or repaired
- thats where these tower technicians come in.
They will get an elevator as far as they can go but then the rest is up to them.
They only have a simple harness to stop them from falling off the top of the world.
If they get scared or panic half way through, tough luck, theres nowhere to step back to
when youre 2000ft off the ground.
Check out this video.
Next up at number 2 we have a CTS Decon Technician.
Crime shows have sort of glamorized crime over the years.
A murder might be cool gun fighting scene or a hero killing the villain - then the scene
changes and we move on.
In reality though - thats where this technicians job begins.
Its their job to clean up murder sites.
If theyre lucky, it might be a fairly clean area, nothing too bad, just move the body
and scrum some blood.
Sometimes though, the scene can be horrific.
There could be multiple victims, there could be blood covering every wall - Ive heard some
stories that the worst kind of scene to clean up though, is the body that wasnt discovered
right away.
I don't wanna push the thought onto your minds any more than i have to but yeah, bodies that
have been lying in one place, undetected, for days, weeks, months or even years.
They can sterilize their hands after, but maybe not their memory …
And finally at number 1 we have The Embalmer.
This is perhaps the most ancient job on the list - and for good reason, it involves death,
something that has been with humans since the dawn of time.
The ancient Egyptians use special embalming techniques to preserve their dead - in some
cases so successfully that we now have well preserved mummies sitting in museums.
These days though, an Embalmers job is to tidy up a dead body, from top to toe, clean
them up, dress them sharply and basically make them look like theyre not dead - thats
a pretty hard job considering dead people often look very dead.
This job is especially needed for open casket funerals.
The annual salary for embalmers is thought to be around 45,000 US dollars, not bad at
all - but you need to be able to stomach dead bodies and not feel weird about touching them
on a daily basis …
Well, I got through it, if youre hearing my words now, that means you did too - good job
- would you like a part 2?
What other scary, creepy, phobia type videos would you like to see next on Most Amazing
Top 10.
I hope youre having a lovely day wherever you are in the world, thanks as always for
watching, my name is Danny Burke and Ill see you all in the next video!