Never swim in this Australian river

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#1 -- "Black Water" -- 0:53 -- A story about a dangerous river in northern Australia

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You are at the end. Nothing more exists beyond this. Promise.
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What are you looking for? There is nothing else here.
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OK, we lied, there's more....
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☠︎ Found the secret easter egg in today's video? Be the 1st to comment what it is and where it occurs in the video, and you will get pinned!! ☠︎

[IIImobiusIII]

This is why I am an avid Indoorsman. The closest I get to a croc is Lacoste.

[ghostoftomjoadRATM]

As an Australian who has spent many years working and living in the NT and Queensland. I can say 100% you DO NOT EVER swim in a non designated swimming area. If its not crocs, its bull sharks, box jelly fish, stone fish, Iracanji jellyfish or something similar that will take you. Tourists always dont listen and either disappear or get hurt. On another point, the river you speak about is that colour due to the tea trees and other trees around it that makes it almost black. You are correct if you dive 1 foot under the water you literally disappear. Many people have died, disappeared or have lost limbs. Its not only in the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia are just as bad. Please if you visit Australia please abide by the signs and always throw a rock, branch, etc... into the water before you go anywhere near it. If something moves do not go in.

[J.M.Gentry]

The only thing that could possibly make this scarier would be if the crocodile was constantly asking them if they knew how to get to Bell's Canyon.

[Thehorsesmouth]

Crocs learn things very quickly and change their behavior to overcome a situation, So a big Croc in a zoo in Indonesia would let his handler feed him close to the water one day, Then the next day the Croc would sit a bit further back in the water, Same with the next day, He was setting a planned out attack on his handler, Luckily an experienced keeper noticed what the Croc was doing and they changed they way they feed him, Mad to think a Croc is that calculating!

[neenekinskins]

"Never swim in this Australian river". As an Aussie listening to this and being that it was Darwin area, I was just waiting to hear the word crocodile. It was very foolish of them to go to that river. RIP Brett.

[Spencer]

Can we all just say how great it is to finally have missing individuals noticed by their loved ones, reported, and a search party immediately get underway?

[ashleysmith]

As an Australian, it’s best to not swim in any rivers here, if the crocs don’t get you, the bull sharks will.

[moonshine]

When I saw the video title my first thought was. „Bro what do you mean never swim in this river in Australia? Just never swim in Australia period.“

[Cashewcream]

I grew up in Weipa, near the tip of Australia. We lived and played on the banks of the croc-infested Mission River. We were actually taught crocodile safety in kindergarten/prep right alongside our abc's. It was drilled into us, just like looking left & right to cross the road. Don't go near the water at dawn, dusk or dark. Don't go to the same spot on the river at the same time every day. Mix up your water visits, because the crocs are watching you and they will learn your patterns, and one day they will take you.
It wasn't any more scary to us than the thought of getting hit by a car when crossing the road. It was just a danger we lived with. I live in south QLD now and there are almost no crocs in the water here, but I occasionally think back to my northern childhood and get a little shiver down my spine wondering how many times a croc was watching me. This story brings it all back.

[ShortHax]

If I ever go to Australia I won’t even be able to trust my shower

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

MrBallen can literally talk about paint drying and can still grab your full attention

[samheidke]

God when Shawn fell into the water that part had my heart racing. Can’t even imagine the fear of being in a situation like that

[louismerrill]

Crocs are absolutely the apex of apex predators and they’re so incredibly cunning.

If a fisherman goes to a particular spot on a river regularly in a salty’s territory the croc will remember the time of day and then will wait to ambush them. It’s why zookeepers will randomly change up feeding times so they don’t become food themselves.

[giantmanice]

"Never swim in this Australian river"
You don't have to tell me twice lol

[WayToVibe]

Fun fact: The crocodile probably went under the water with Brett, stuffed him under a rock or log, and left him there to "soften up" over a few days before coming back to eat its meal. That's probably why the body vanished initially and why it never floated up to be found later.

Edit: Because people are asking how I know this: I saw it in a nature documentary about crocodiles in the Rainbow River in Africa killing and hiding the bodies of wildebeest who have to cross the river in their annual migrations. The crocks kill a beast during the crossing, hides the body, and goes back for another one. They only have till the herd finishes crossing the river to make as many kills as possible, so they strike-and-stash till there are no more beasts to hunt. Some crocks get up to 5 beasts in one 45 minute crossing. Mr. Ballen's description of the crock going under the water with Brett but coming up without Brett sounds exactly like that. It hid the body in the water and went back for seconds.

[eveforsyth]

"It'll be alright" are words that should never be spoken in Australia

[negligent_omnicide]

If you’re new here:
yes, we all randomly stumbled upon a MrBallen video one day and now we can’t stop watching.

[Pushing_Pixels]

Just to be clear you don't have to be IN the water for them to get you, you just have to be near it. They will launch themselves onto the shore/banks lightning quick and can actually move fast on land over short distances. Standing on the edge of the water is almost as dangerous as being in it.

[lisahinton]

I was lying on my bed, listening to this story, with a leg and an arm hanging off my bed. This story was so well-told that I pulled my legs and arms close to my torso for protection from the crocodile on the other side of the Earth.

[blackmagic]

I'm African and I was born in the Uk. As a child I had swimming lessons and became a good swimmer. When I was twelve my family decided to relocate back to Nigeria. For the most part we lived in the city of Lagos but by the time I was fifteen I was sent off to boarding school in my village. One day I was out and about with two of my friends when we came across a lake. Having not had the opportunity to go swimming in years, I thought that it was a beautiful opportunity to jump into the water to cool off and have a swim. To my friend's horror, I did just that. I swam out to the centre of this lake and started enjoying my swim. Meanwhile my friends on the bank were losing their minds telling me to come back to shore. At the time, I remember thinking that their concern was out of jealously because they couldn't swim. Anyway, after a little while I decided to heed their pleas and swim back in. Long story short, nothing happened to me in the water HOWEVER every time I look back at that incident I shiver at how foolish I had been to go into that water, in a desolate place where anything could have been in the water. On reflection, I really feel that I dodged the bullet that day.