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the Soviet Union 1947 had a covert Soviet test facility a military sanctioned scientific
experiment is conducted on five prisoners that were deemed enemies of the state
the prisoners were kept in the sealed gas chamber with an experimental gas-based stimulant compound
continually administered to them keep them awake for a period of 30 consecutive days
at least that was the plan the prisoners were promised that they would be set free
and their convictions would be overturned if they agreed to complete the experiment this
sounded like a great deal to them especially during the oppression of the Soviet regime
but the nightmare began on day eight so what happened to the test subjects
and how much validity can be placed on this story let's try and find out hello I'm Mike
droberg a Marine Corps veteran filmmaker history Enthusiast and investigator of the supernatural
and we will answer these questions on today's episode of Forgotten history
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the prisoners were promised that they would be set free if they completed the experiment
in the specified 30 days they were kept in a sealed environment the carefully monitor their
oxygen intake so the gas didn't kill them since it was toxic in high concentrations and this was
before closed circuit cameras so they only had microphones and five inch thick glass porthole
sized Windows into the chamber to monitor them the chamber was stocked with books cots to sleep on
they had running water and a toilet and enough dried food to last all five for over a month
everything seemed fine for the first five days the subject hardly complained having been promised
that they would be freed if they submitted to the test and did not sleep for 30 days their
conversations and activities were monitored and it was noted that they continued to talk
about increasingly traumatic incidents of their past and the general tone of their conversations
took on a darker aspect after the four-day Mark after five days they started complaining about
the circumstances and events that led them to where they were and started to demonstrate severe
paranoia they stopped talking to each other and begin alternately Whispering into the microphones
and the one-way mirrored portholes oddly they all seem to think they could win the trust of
the barometers by turning over their comrades at first the researchers suspected that this was an
effect of the gas itself after nine days the first of them started screaming he ran the length of the
chamber repeatedly yelling at the top of his lungs for three hours straight he continued attempting
to scream but it was only able to produce an occasional squeak the researchers postulated
that he had physically torn his vocal cords the most surprising thing about this behavior
is how the other captives reacted to it or rather didn't react to it they continued Whispering into
the microphones until the second of the captives started to scream then two non-screaming captives
took the books apart smeared page after page with their own feces and then painted them calmly over
the glass portholes the screaming promptly stopped so did the whispering into the microphones after
three more days passed the researchers checked the microphones hourly to make sure they were working
since they thought it was impossible that no sound could be coming from the five people inside
the oxygen consumption in the chamber indicated that all five must still be alive in fact the
amount of oxygen five people would consume at a very heavy level of strenuous exercise on
the morning of the 14th day the researchers did something they said they would not do to get a
reaction from the captives they used the intercom inside the chamber hoping to provoke a response
from the captives that they thought were possibly dead they announced we are opening the chamber to
test the microphones step away from the door and lie flat on the floor or you will be shot
compliance will earn one of you your immediate freedom to their surprise they heard a single
phrase in a calm voice respond we no longer want to be free the bait broke Out Among the
researchers and the military forces funding the research unable to provoke any more response using
the intercom it was finally decided to open the chamber at midnight on the 15th day the chamber
was flushed of the gas and filled with fresh air immediately voices heard from the microphone begin
to object three different voices began begging as if pleading for their lives to turn the gas back
on the chamber was opened and soldiers were sent in to retrieve the test subjects they began to
scream louder than ever and so did the soldiers when they saw what was inside four of the five
subjects were still alive if you wanted to call it that there were chunks of meat from the dead
test subject's thigh and chest stuffed into the drain in the center of the chamber blocking the
drain and allowing four inches of water and blood to accumulate on the floor precisely how much of
it was water and how much it was blood was never determined all four surviving test subjects also
had large portions of muscle and skin torn away from their bodies the destruction of Flesh and
exposed Bones on their fingertips indicated that the wounds were inflicted by hand not with teeth
as the researchers initially thought a closer examination of the positions and angles of the
wounds indicated that most if not all of them were self-inflicted the abdominal organs below
the rib cage of all four test subjects had been removed while the heart lungs and diaphragm remain
in place the skin and most of the muscles attached to the ribs had been ripped off
exposing the lungs through the rib cage most of the soldiers were Russian special operatives
at the facilities but still many refuse to enter the chamber to remove the test subjects
they continued to stream to be left in the chamber and alternately begged and demanded that the gas
be turned back on lest they fall asleep to everyone's prize the test subjects put on a
fierce fight in the process of being removed from the chamber one of the Russian soldiers died from
having his throat ripped out another was greatly injured by having his testicles ripped off and
an artery in his legs severed by one of the test subjects teeth another five of the soldiers lost
their lives if you count the ones that committed suicide in the weeks following the incident
in the struggle one of the four living subjects had his spleen ruptured and he bled out almost
immediately the medical researchers attempted to sedate him but this proved impossible he
was injected with more than 10 times the human dose of a morphine derivative and still fought
like a cornered animal breaking the ribs and arm of one of the doctors when his heart was
seen to beat for a full two minutes after he had bled out to the point where there was air in his
vascular system even after his heart stopped he continued to scream and flail for another
three minutes struggling to attack anyone in reach and just repeating the word more
over and over weaker and weaker until you finally fell silent the surviving three test
subjects were heavily restrained and moved to a medical facility the two with intact vocal cords
continuously begged for the guests demanding to be kept awake the most injured of the three
was taken to the only surge cooperating room that the facility had in the process of preparing the
subject to have his organs placed back in his body it was found that he was effectively immune to
the sedative they had given him to prepare him for surgery he fought furiously against his restraints
and when the anesthetic gas was brought out to put him under her he managed to tear most of the
way through his four inch wide leather straps on one wrist even though the weight of a 200
pound Soldier was holding that wrist as well took only a little more anesthetic than normal to put
him under and the instant his eyelids fluttered and closed is hard stopped in the autopsy of the
test subject that died on the operating table was found that his blood had tripled the normal level
of oxygen his muscles that were still attached to his skeleton were badly torn and he had broken
nine bones in his struggle to not be subdued most of them were from the force of his own muscles
that he had exerted on them the second Survivor had been the first of the group of five to start
screaming his vocal cords destroyed he was unable to beg or object to surgery and he only reacted by
shaking his head violently in disapproval when the anesthetic gas was brought near him he shook his
head yes when someone suggested reluctantly that they tried the surgery without anesthetic and he
did not react for the entire six hour procedure of replacing his organs and attempting to cover
them back up with what remained over his skin the surgeon presiding stated repeatedly that it should
be medically impossible for the patient to still be alive one terrified nurse assisting the surgery
stated that she had seen the patient's mouth curl into smile several times whenever his eyes met
hers when the surgery ended the subject looked at the surgeon and began to wheeze loudly attempting
to talk while struggling assuming that this must be something of drastic importance the surgeon had
a pen and Pad fetched so the patient could write his message it was simple keep cutting the other
two test subjects were given the same surgery both without anesthetic as well although they had been
injected with a paralytic for the duration of the operation the surgeon found it impossible
to perform the operation while the patient's laughed continuously once paralyzed the subject
could only follow the attending researchers with their eyes the paralytic cleared their
system in an abnormally short period of time and they were soon trying to escape their bonds the
moment they could speak they were again asking for the gas the researchers tried asking why they had
injured themselves why they had torn out their own guts and why they want to be given the gas
again their only response was I must remain awake all three subjects restraints were reinforced and
they were placed back into the chamber awaiting determination as to what should be done with
them the researchers facing the wrath of their military benefactors for having failed the stated
goals of their project considered euthanizing the surviving subjects commanding officer the next KGB
officer instead saw potential and once you what would happen if they put the gas back on the
researchers strongly objected or were overruled in preparation for being sealed in the chamber again
subjects were connected to an EEG Monitor and had their restraints padded for long-term confinement
to everyone surprised all three stopped struggling the moment it was let slip that they were going to
turn the gas back on it was obvious that at this point all three were putting on a great struggle
to stay awake one of the subjects that could speak was humming loudly and continuously the
mute subject was straining on his legs against the leather bonds with all his might first left then
right then left again for something to focus on and the last subject was holding his head off his
pillow and blinking rapidly having been the first to be wired for the EEG most of the researchers
were monitoring his brain waves in Surprise his brain waves were normal most of the time
but sometimes they flatlined it looked as if he was repeatedly suffering from brain death before
returning to normal as they focused on paper scrolling out of the brainwave monitor only
one nurse saw his eye slip shut the same moment his head hit pillow his brain waves immediately
changed to that of deep sleep then flatlined for the last time his heart simultaneously stopped
the only remaining subject that could speak started screaming to be sealed in the chamber the
commander gave the order to seal the chamber with both subjects inside as well as three researchers
one of the name three researchers Emily Drew his gun and shot the commander Point Blank
then he turned the gun on the mute subject and blew his brains out finally he pointed his gun
at the remaining subject still his strength to a bed as the remaining members of the medical
team fled the room I won't be locked in here with these things not with you we screamed at the man
strapped to the table what are you he demanded I must know the subject merely just smiled
and stated have you forgotten so easily we are you we are the madness that lurks within you
all begging to be set free at every moment in your deepest animal mind we are what you hide
from in your beds every night we are what you sedate into silence and paralysis when
you go into the nocturnal Haven where we cannot tread the researcher paused to name the pistol
the subject heart and fired the EEG flatlined and subject weakly choked out so nearly free
this Soviet era experiment has become the basis of an urban legend known as the Soviet
sleep experiment many news organizations including Snopes news.com AU and live about
trace the story's Origins to website known as Creepypasta being posted on August 10 2010
by a user named orange soda whose real name is unknown I have not been able to find any other
traces of this story's origin if you know of one please let us know in the comments so what do you
think did this really happen or is it just an urban legend thanks for watching today's
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