The Lake Nyos Incident
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On August 21st, 1986 a strange mist rose from an obscure lake in Cameroon Africa. Within minutes of its arrival, virtually every living thing in the area had perished. This it the dark story of the Lake Nyos Incident.
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MUSIC USED:
Aftersome by REPULSIVE – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9WnwJb91VE
Countach by White Bat Audio – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpci3Mt-aUY
Despair by Monst3r Music – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F51fZKAL3QY&t=102s
They Know We Are Here by REPULSIVE – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS5CUkafJ8I
Satanic by CO.AG – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_gQrAMVK8U&t=55s
As I Move Towards the End by CO.AG – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxT4JKgPtJg
CHAPTERS:
0:00 – “The Mist of Monoun”
3:03 – “Dashlane Ad”
4:12 – “A Tragedy Without Cause”
7:10 – “A Foggy Night on the Nyos”
13:17 – “A Search for Reason”
18:10 – “The Sleeping Giant”
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@NickCrowley
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
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@zenfredlucid
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
lake Diddy ahh mi pan zu zu zu breh
@HeyMacabrely
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
The opening chapter on Lake Monoun is what makes this so unsettling — Nyos wasn't the first warning, it was the second. 37 people died at Monoun in 1984 and it barely registered, then two years later the same invisible cloud rolls through Nyos and kills 1,746 people in their sleep. The detail about car engines sputtering out in the fog stuck with me — the gas was displacing the oxygen before anyone even realized what was happening.
@clownbaby-l9d
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
How the fuck is anyone supposed to listen to this voice for 20 minutes
@emilhansen650
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
Your intros are always Freaking Awesome!
@IamGodSon
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
It's clear it was a Military test. But what kind of weapon did they use?
@Joeshmoee360
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
Wait is this what the fog is coming solance memes are based on?
@thenerdstrikesback
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
I remember first hearing this story from Mr. Ballen. Even now, watching it again, it still seems unbelievable. What were the odds? Nature can be cruel.
@randyharris5195
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
I remember the story. Now imagine similar situations taking place in prehistoric times.
@TinaCollier-m9u
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
This is a true story but it didn't happen in Africa
@Darkcasessomali
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
Africa is incredibly beautiful and blessed with so many natural resources. If it weren’t constantly being exploited, destabilized, and subjected to conflicts and harmful chemicals brought from elsewhere, Africa would have been one of the wealthiest continents in the world long ago.
@agapeeternal
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
I remember this story from that “killer lake” show. It’s so interesting.
@ShawnDraven
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
Obviously a government test case duh.
@captainghost846
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
Here after Radal's reaction
@UcumuMordu
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
We might have found a portal to Hell. The Lake of Fire.
@AyshaDaJew
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
European governments colonizers did this to these people
@reseeyoung8141
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
The movie don’t blink
@fam3871
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
6:42 How is this a hard sell? Nukes were tested in the ocean, in the same way bioweapons could be tested in obscure inhabited places.
@eboudeassoue954
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
Thank you for making the video about this disaster in my country Cameroon. Till date we believe a deadly gas from the lake caused this and others believe the gods were angry.
@redrumrose1884
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
This lowkey reminds me of the movie prince of egypt when the people died in their sleep and the red water
@Guru_LaghimaX
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
Wouldn’t be surprised if it was a chemical weapons test, using live subjects in an area that won’t make the news.
@mikekoelink
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
It kinda sounds like SCP-354 "The red lake"
@sle3py_zzzz
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
Pls make a video about the 1988 chemical attack in halabja
@CodingItWrong
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
6:58 “erasing it from history in the hopes that nothing like it would happen again.” Exactly like that famous saying!
@CodingItWrong
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
0:20 obligatory “why aren’t you helping, Leon?”
@ctrscoom
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
hello, it’s me urbexspaZz
@Luna_this_handle_is_taken
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
this was on THE earth and space science regents. 😟
@mantirig4139
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
With just a simple wobble the Earth can eradicate man from the face of it.
@dennismwangi9840
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
this documentary is too stupid
@redplanet667
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
Why does USA have like a million different subscriptions for security on the internet where in the UK we just gat a phone and are like “ok I’ll use this for everything now” and it’s fine. But regarding this case it’s gotta be a massive government caused incident, trying our chemical weapons.
@jfinney225
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
Hearing stories like this, discovering how terrifying some animals sound when they’re fighting or communicating (like the shrieks of bobcats or lynx’) – it’s no wonder that hundreds of years ago people believed so heavily in spirits and ghosts and other supernatural phenomena. They had no other way to explain stuff like this. And it sounds/looks unexplainable. I mean it took us in modern times, 2 incidents with hundreds dead, and TEAMS of scientists to figure out this lake explosion stuff! They didn’t have a chance at accurately describing/diagnosing these things hundreds or thousands of years ago.
@Nocuer_vibez
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
The happening
@skyevait5036
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
EVACUATE
@evexd54
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
i had to learn about this for my geography lesson it was a very weird and chillingly intresting
@jamesmazzoni5063
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
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@blueclippy
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
Writing inspiration: Natural Disasters – Limnic Eruption – death by C02, Carbon dioxide
@VL-hk3gg
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
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@anyaaa2801
October 11, 2026 at 7:24 am
Wait, the authorities ignored the event and hoped it would never happen again?? What a nonsense logic.