They Shouldn't Have Invaded Finland

0:00 – Introduction
5:57 – The Story of Vottovaara
26:27 – Conclusion
29:06 – Credits

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[Red]

As someone from the Nordics I will say this: If the locals tells you to stay away from a place or just refers to a place as “bad/evil/wicked”, listen to them! Anyone who has been out there in those woods, hills and mountains knows that there’s some places you just don’t go to…

[userxspldy]

The Finns letting the Soviets ascend the mountain were living the principle of "never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."

[lauraholmes]

Superstitious or not, I’m not going somewhere a local tells me not to. They could tell me it’s a murderous beast and it might not be, but these stories exist for a reason

[michaelmichelsson]

As a Finn, I would like to slightly correct the video's interpretation of the Sami people. Vottovaara is located in the Karelia region, no Sámi have lived in this region for hundreds of years, native Karelia people live in the Vottovaara region.the Sami people live in northern Lapland in Finland and the Kola Peninsula in Russia

[luke]

As someone who grew up with "The Twilight Zone" on the tube, and the "CBS Radio Mystery Theater" coming from my little radio at night, this channel touches home. Just love it.

[YimmyYames]

Thanks for actually reading these stories and not using Ai.

[singingcrow]

I mean, while I'm not going to doubt the finnish's hunting and tracking abilities and their capabilities of identifying animal signs. If I were a soldier who came across that scene after being subject to the sound of screams, gunfire, and grenades for 2 days straight, I personally wouldn't stick around for very long looking for clues.

[emho]

This is what happens when you try to skimp on costs and don't hire a witcher.

[Herbymac]

I did my time in the Marines and like most I went all over the world and loved it. But for all the fun I had I'll admit there were times where things weren't "normal". children laughing at night in the middle of the jungle where only a helicopter can take you. Finding wolf tracks the size of your hand while at MWTC in Bridgeport CA. Or being in Iraq in the middle of summer at 3AM and the temperature all of a sudden dropping from 98 to the low 40's in just a few minutes and stayed that way for almost 30 minutes before returning the 90's along rout Fiesta...!
SFMF!

[janihalttunen]

"Do not dig the holy ground"... There are so many interesting war stories about finnish border areas. Like battle of Raate road. People are still hearing clicking sounds of reloading a rifle and tank tracks ratling in those woods. Soviet 44th division was destroyed there in January 1940. Thank´s for your awesome channel and greetings from Finland!!

[Skaitania]

The artworks accompanying your great narration are fantastic. I always get a nice shiver when I spot some glowing eyes, a humanoid shape or a dark silhoutte on the edge of the picture during the story.

[nemo]

As much as modern man might think that some forces do not exist, an ugly wakeup is sometimes warranted.

[SNP-]

Finland had 4 million people and 4, 000, 000, 000, 000 mosquitos in 1939 - and possibly even more today. A friend of mine went on holiday there back in the 1970's and came back looking like Frankenstein's monster, his face nearly unrecognisable through swolen midge bites.

[huupper]

As a 🇫🇮 person I've never even heard of this fascinating story. Thanks for sharing! That Finnish English accent was a bit too Russian though 😂 If you have other Finnish war stories and ever need a Finnish voice over, let me know and I'll help.

[wildwest]

We as humans think we have ot all figured out. Ignorance and Egotism is our biggest downfall. There is so much we just cannot comprehend.

[AmericanMephistopheles]

In Soviet Russia, mountains climb you.

[dacheese]

I found this on the local guide's site, "Vottovaara is shrouded in a huge number of legends that multiply and multiply. This is also facilitated by the numerous seidas erected by someone in this region and the gloomy swamps interspersed with rocks and stories about shamans living on the mountain. The mountain of Vottovaara is confused with the mountain of Death, which is located nearby. Death Mountain is so named because a partisan brigade died here in 1942." I think all this happened on another mountain.

[danielarens]

Absolutely one of the BEST channels on YouTube!! Great job again to all involved in the making!

[Khyle]

Reminds of the Secret War episode of Love, Death, and Robots.

[sircdrom]

Great episode! I'm from Sweden and I was entirely unfamiliar with this tale from our neighbours in the north. Also great to see your illustrations just get better and better, they add so much atmosphere to the stories.