"She also managed to avoid the rest of the road while she was at it." I really shouldn't be laughing at this, should I?

That moustache would save anyone from danger.

I wish more people were able to tell tales as well as this guy. I feel like he could read his latest grocery receipt and we would watch the video still.

When I was just twelve years old. I was on holiday at a caravan site at West Hythe on the Kent coast. Being a nice day I decided to go for a swim. However I got caught in one of the notorious channel storms and as the tide was going out I was swept out to sea. I found myself about 5miles out and struggling to swim back to shore as I was still caught in the outgoing tide, so every time I stopped for a rest, I was taken back out again by the tide. I realised that trying to swim on the surface was getting me nowhere fast. Then a little voice whispered to me to swim like a dolphin, so with no better solution and no sign of rescue, I had to try it. Surprisingly enough it worked. After an hour or two I could see the sea wall slowly coming closer. This seemed to give me renewed strength, so I continued with this dolphin swimming until I thought I was close enough to touch bottom. Big mistake. I managed to grab a lungful of air just before I sank from sight, holding that precious lungful of air and fighting off the need to breathe until my feet touched bottom and I pushed up with my feet breathing out the air as I ascended towards the surface and finally breaking through. That first lungful of air was the most wonderful I've ever taken and I was just so happy to be alive. I finally made it back to the top of the sea wall, where I collapsed from exhaustion where the police and my parents and all the people from the caravan site had been searching for me.. I found out later that they had even got a helicopter out searching the channel for me. I really feel that I cheated death that day.

I’ve broken my collar bone 3 times, there’s no way I could have swung that arm hard enough to smash a window. She is a badass

"Fortunately she avoided the animal..unfortunately she avoided the road in the process" ...had to be said.

'Run the damn thing over'. That's what my friend did when he ran over a dog rather than avoid. There were four of us in the car and he said 'I'd rather explain to the owner of the dog than explain to all your family and friends if anything were to happen to all of you'

"Run the damn thing over." " When mother nature is being an utter bitch." *I almost died of laughter when I heard those*

"She screamed at the top of her lungs..well, lung!" Shift let me faint😂

Being lost at sea does seem pretty scary... Helpless for so long. 😐

The first story has a valuable lesson. In a situation where swerving can be fatal, just hit the damn animal.

When I was growing up in the upper north of the USA, my dad was superintendent of the nearby national park, which I am not going to name. One winter he got a report that someone had gone missing while hiking with his girlfriend. The girlfriend was okay, but both she and the missing guy were tourists (who for some reason came in the middle of winter) and barely spoke any English. My dad has experience in coast guard, so he knew how these situations went down, especially in winter and he thought that it was a waste of resources to send out rangers and that they could just go find the body in the morning. Also the couple went hiking at 10 at night and weren’t on designated trails. Reluctantly, the chief ranger (who was a close friend of my dad far before this) got together the few rangers we had and they went looking for 8 hours. I was about 13 so I was asleep the whole time and heard about it in the morning. The rangers eventually packed up and went in, sadly having to let the guy wait out the night if he was still alive. They went out searching the next morning and found the dude, miraculously alive! It was miraculous because the idiot was wearing gym shorts, tennis shoes, and a thin sweatshirt. The snow was 6’ deep and the temperature got down to -20 at night and only 5 Fahrenheit during the day. They warmed the guy up in a little tourist shop and sent him and his girlfriend on their way, neither one knowing a word of English. That’s all I had to lend to the topic. The moral of the story is to know what you’re getting into when you do something, so the son of the guy rescuing you doesn’t share your mishap on a UKposts comment that nobody is going to read. Shit.

Yet some slip in a bathtub and die instantly. We're weird

"Diver: Harrison what are you doing down here? Harrison: *Opens Can........."Just waiting for a mate..."

How did he survive that long in the Pacific Ocean? - "Sea turtles mate"

“Forget it, Your balls aren’t as big” that line cracked me up 😂

"They discovered Harrison alive, at the bottom of the ocean enjoying a coca cola" lol

“Run the damn thing over” -Thoughty2 2020

Manager: Hey, Death? Can I have a word with you? Death: Is this about... Manager: The cliff lady. Yeah.

Harrison actually trained to become a rescue diver after the incident and said he wants to dedicate his life to training others. Can't believe you left that part out.

If an animal is ahead - Hold the wheel steady. Brake, then brake some more, and keep braking. Then, only once you've shaven your speed, you can start considering safe course adjustment (assuming that you haven't already created some new roadkill). Swerving at cruising speed to dodge something is a tried and true method to turn your car into a tumble drier and/or crushed can, with you and your passengers being the contents.

Thoughty2: "If an animal happens to run across your path when you're driving, run the damn thing over." Me: Hits a moose and dies.

"Death had arranged the pieces, rigged the board, payed off the jury, loaded the dice, and was running through a series of gentle stretches, in preparation for one final swing of his scythe." That line sent shivers down my spine when I first heard it, and still does.

5:11 - 5:12 "Fought the Skeletal Bastard" I'm dying of laughter 😂😂

"Shit was about to get real, literally" I almost died at that.

Chuck Norris died years ago. Death is just too scared to tell him.

My English teacher would be crying right now.... all of the adjectives and amazing words. She’d be amazed

When I was About 12 I was playing on 7 foot high monkey bars and there was a bar below at the end so you could get on and grab if you were shorter and I decided to hang upside down on the last high bar with just the top of my feet and they slipped and I hit the bar below straight up with my bare teeth but this is where it gets crazy. Nothing happened to my teeth. There weren't even a drop of blood. My teacher and I could NOT understand that at all because I literally had just taken a metal bar to the mouth .

"In the world's most least capable submarine" lmao

"She had no idea the grim reaper himself would be following" shows youtube join button XD.

4:34 "Just run the dam thing over" My god that killed me. Hahaha! XD

I love how soothingly thoughty2 talks about death and crisis

"They fought that skeletal bastard back" 😆

Let us take a moment to appreciate thoughty2's Editor

About 12 years ago, I found my mother passed out on the floor of her bedroom and called an ambulance. She hadn't been feeling or looking like herself for a couple of weeks prior. As it turned out, she had developed diabetes without knowing. Her blood sugar level had reached 1401! I'll never forget that number. She ended up in a coma for 3 days, but came out of it with no long lasting effects, no limb loss or brain damage and her eyesight returned fully. Doctors said they had never seen anyone with blood sugar levels anywhere near that. They said people have died in as low as the 500's. She's been normal ever since and has even managed without insulin for all these years, just being careful of her diet. It's crazy to even think of now

You left out a critical detail in Harrison’s story. In desperation for finding another pocket of air and/or food. He started to go to the other rooms of the ship when he heard sharks beginning to enter the ship, he had to go back and in that time he listened how they came into every room, luckily they didn’t found him. There’s a video of the rescue as well. It’s crazy.

Great video, gave me chills! Also, the humour was on point :D

I can't imagine how it must feel to be stranded at sea for over a year. Didn't think you could survive that long off of only fish and blood.

I rescued this girl when I was in Colorado for several months while testing my survival skills. She was lost for a few days and had no idea where she was or which direction to go. Fortunately I knew where I was and had a compass on me and was strong enough to basically carry her to my SUV and drive her to the hospital. I think the whole time she thought I was a serial killer because she looked at me with so much fear until she saw the ER sign at the hospital. Everyone should always carry a survival kit if they're going somewhere with no cell reception.

The final lesson is "Never give up, there is always hope"

Almost dying in the ocean is terrifying... it makes it even more terrifying since it's... in the dark.

"These people should no longer be alive." Is that a threat? Should these people be worried?

"These people should no longer be alive" Understood 42, the present is in the mail.

Just spent 30 minutes trying to find this video just so I could hear penguins' "very existence is the living embodiment of eternal suffering" 🤣

When death comes knocking, some people say "NO, I am the one who knocks!"

"Up shit creek with a Mexican fisherman" Yeah, I like them, but their last album was a bit corporate.

I always love watching/ reading true stories, but Arran makes things so much more entertaining with his own brand of humour, thanks for cheering me up. 😁👍

There's a video of Harrison getting saved and it's so heart warming seeing the disbelief and relief on his face.

I can’t believe he’s finally putting his face in his thumbnails

"it is what it is, it is what it is." -that random dude and group

Just discovered you’re channel and been binge watching you. I love you’re content

I actualy saw the last one somewhere else. I was on a scout trip to loch inch in scotland, and we stopped by in dundee to see endurance itself, as it is now a museum

A fart noise always gets a laugh. I'm 41.

"When death is a joke "would be a banging title

Love you sense of humor. Awesome stories. Thank you. ❤

Your stories are always so good and your commentaries hilarious 😂 I love the puns & jokes you do while telling serious stories

I find it so satisfying when he swears with that glorious accent of his.

Thoughty2: These people should no longer be alive 2020: aight homie I'm on it

I don't mind for Arran to read me bedtime stories, his voice is so soothing and relaxing and his stories are always interesting to listen to.

I laughed more than I should, you're not only fabulous with your information, but somewhere in all this you can keep a straight poker face that would make experts baffled. All this time of watching your documentaries I just noticed I haven't subscribed :) Doing that now

Notification Title: “These People should no longer be alive”

Those little red safety hammers.. yeah those are like

You're a legendary storyteller, Thoughty2. You're a legend.

A mate of mine got drunk around the camp fire with a bunch of us one night, deep in the mountains in Australia. In his drunken state, he saw what he thought was a blue tongue lizard, and tried to pick it up to show everyone. Turns out it was a death adder, which proceeded to bite him almost a dozen times. None of us was aware of this as he had walked away from the fire for a bit. He came back and didn't tell anyone what had happened, and fell asleep. Funny thing about death adders is they got their name because not that long ago there was no anti venom for their bite. If you got bitten, you were almost certain to die. Here's where my mate started to get lucky. One, was because an anti venom had been developed by this time. Two, was because one of my mates is a sharp bastard and realized something was wrong very quickly. Three, was that a bunch of Army medics was training in the same mountains and had a helicopter, AND the anti venom. That dude should be dead. By rights, we should all have woken up hung over, with him dead next to the fire.

How on earth do you keep pumping out this quality content this quickly.

_What's worse than being trapped at the bottom of the ocean mid-shit?'_ Laughing for the first time in months was not ideal when I had just filled my mouth with tea.

Thank you for sharing this video I am extremely claustrophobic have a deep primitive fear of sharks and had a small case of frostbite on my toes from a Saturday afternoon at Mount Baldy California when it comes to bravery on a 1 to 10 I am probably two and a half I never take risks I don't even drive over 75 miles an hour don't get on airplane want to go on a cruise ship but in reality I know that I would have a big anxiety attack which could lead to helicopters taking me off the ship I just have never been a daredevil their trial and test of preservation has me on the edge of hyperventilation just thinking about it. Truly shows where there's a will there is a way and the built-in instinct to survive has no limits

"whos very existence is the living embodiment of eternal suffering" that line made me laugh out loud.

So I revisited this channel after 4 years. Never was I aware that Arran turned from looking like a young business man to a military general. jeez

Why is Ozzy Osbourne not on this list? 😂

0:24 that was outta pocket thoughty 😂

Another person you’d be in sock to be alive is myself. On September 7th, 2011 I was hit by a car when crossing the street on my scooter. When it struck me my head flew into the windshield shockingly breaking both my skull and the windshield. When the car stopped I was launched 10ft chipping my tail bone on impact. I was then laying in the middle of the street bleeding out (my brain had been damaged) and would have died that day too if it hadn’t been for a fire fighter EMT getting gas at a next door gas station. The EMT called in a chopper to pick my unconscious body and to bring me to St. Louis Children Hospital. Doctors told my parents I wasn’t likely to live. But I proved the doctors wrong. After being in a coma for 2 weeks I had to relearn many things such as, using a door knob, brushing my teeth, and how to speak. 2 months went by and I finally was given permission to go home. During the period I was hospitalized, I was the most home sick I had ever been and could not wait to see my family and friends. My name is Bryan Boly and this is my survival story. This is a true story with evidence to prove it.

...there is only one thing we say to Death: “Not today!”

He should had mad an advertisement for coca cola when, "what lesson can we learn from his ordeal, no matter how desperate you are, if the ship flips upside down and starts plummeting beneath the waves, its time for crank open a bottle of coca cola - It's the Real Thing" (y)

The point is never give up. So many folks give up just in their day to day situations. It’s hard to dig deep and overcome what is seemingly insurmountable. But we have a choice. To give up or persevere. I beg anyone feeling desperate or hopeless to not pull the plug on their own life. Rather see how far you can sink into depravity only to rise out of our depths like a phoenix. We are innately wired to survive. Do not go gentle into that good night. We are all worth the struggle. Stay with us a while you beautiful soul.

8:22 i can feel the joy and excitement of the guy just by listening you retelling the story!

I hate to be "that guy," but the capsized boat that Harrison Okene was trapped in settled at 120 feet, not 1,200. But hey, what's a factor of 10 between friends?

Diver did not find him, he grabbed the diver as he was leaving.

Fantastic, inspiring video! Thanks for sharing it!

Great stuff man, many thanks

I love how you’re look Has gone from class president to Freddie mercury to Grizzled English fisherman

*Run over the damn thing* Elephant : challenge accepted

I got a thing or two to say to you mister...... Your first video about Ernest Shackleton was amazing. So much so that it inspired me to do a kinetic typography project about it. I even listened to the audio book called "Endurance" that described every little detail about the expedition. You made that story seem so impressive and completely blew me away the first time I heard it. I still go back to it occasionally because of the grand wow factor it gave. And after doing lots of research and reading up about it a lot, I'm somewhat of a specialist on the subject. And I know for certain that it is one of your absolute favorite survival stories of all time. So I have to say this..... WHY ON EARTH DID YOU DRAG THAT STORY THROUGH THE MUD LIKE THAT?!? Talking about his balls more than the leadership and determination he possessed to get his entire crew through all that? Also you went from the ship being trapped in the ice to Elephant Island?? You literally skipped over the entirety of why that was the greatest survival story of all time.... Common man, I know you're better than that.

Hey, you forgot the survivors of the 1918 rail disaster. It's amazing that so many survived such a horrifying wreck.

The sad part of the second guy who survived the capsized boat is that the family members of the other 11 crews accused him of witchcraft.

😂 I wonder why in a rare moment, he put his own face in the thumbnail 😂

I would highly recommend you guys read the book Endurance, absolutely unreal what shaklton and his me endured, south Georgia wasn't actually the closest option it was the only viable option, it was actually twice the distance of the nearest island South Africa(I think) love your content thoughty2 keep em coming 😁

Fun fact about the second story- since piracy was pretty common in the area at the time, the crew were instructed to lock the doors to their cabins, this ended up being fatal as they struggled to open the doors to escape the ship. Since Harrison was on the toilet, he didn't have that issue and his toilet break probably ended up saving his life.

"these people should no longer be alive" sounds like a hit list

Here before the title is changed from ‘These people should no longer be alive’ 😂😂🤣

I'm so stressed right now. Anxiety is through the roof which I don't get often. Only when I'm really worried about something. Listening to this story, though, I feel like my problems could always be worse.

Watching this after learning the Endurance was found was so fun. The intro for it started and I was like No Way! It's so cool to have happened to watch this after learning about the found ship.

When they were searching for dead bodies they found a living man sapping a Coca-Cola at the bottom of ocean. Just imagining there wtf reaction is priceless

The humor infused with the information in your videos is legendary !

My grandfather was on the Southern Aurora on his first expedition. Shackleton didn’t pay his men. So when approached by Shackleton for the second expedition, the one you mentioned, the two men became involved in a bar brawl

I really love the humor in your videos. Keep up the great work

“They fought that skeletal bastard back”

Aztecs used to say: "Death is made of the sweetest and whitest sugar". I wouldn't insulted her just like that, because at least once we all are going to need her.

I just love your chanelle. You are very informative and entertaining. Thank you❤️

I've been binging you're videos. You're appearance changed a lot in the last couple years. I like it. Also you're content is great