A Brief History
On November 1st, Mexicans continue their three-day celebration known as the “Day of the Dead,” which begins on October 31st and concludes on November 2nd. For our third entry in our examination of the creepiest videos of YouTube, we honor those who really did pass away by featuring mysterious videos concerning real-life tragedies.
Digging Deeper
As far as the creepiest real-life videos go, nothing is creepier than the final recorded moments of the life of an individual who died under mysterious circumstances. The first video below concerns the death of diver Yuri Lipski who recorded his final minutes in a diving accident in the “Blue Hole,” Dahab, Egypt:
The second video is something we covered in an earlier article on our site. This video shows surveillance footage of 21-year-old Elisa Lam, a Canadian woman found dead in the rooftop water tank of the Cecil Hotel some time after this footage was taken:
Both of the above videos have sparked considerable speculation on online forums concerning how these individuals died, including discussions about whether something paranormal was involved. Question for students (and subscribers): Based on just watching the videos, what do you think really happened to these unfortunate people? Please let us know in the comments section below this article.
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Historical Evidence
The two locations featured above have been the sites of numerous incidents. To read more about them, please visit here and here, respectively. For more unusual deaths, please read our article “The Most Unusual Deaths in History.” Elisa Lam is also mentioned in the following book:
Singam, Mr Shankar. Hunting the Dead Realm: A Testimony and Guide to Capturing the Otherside. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013.
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The 2nd video was much creepier in my opinion because of the mystery element.
I think calling them paranormal deaths is a bit of a cop out. With that said, you really can’t tell from either video what happened to these individuals. The diver looks like he panicked which I’m sure contributed to his death. The second video, I have absolutely no idea.
I have no idea if what happened was paranormal or just an unfortunate accident. I am a recreational diver and the diving video was definitely creepy. — DAVID WARDLE
The videos were sinister in their own way, however, I think there is surely an explanation for both. The lady in the second video looked like she may suffer from mental illness. It is really hard to say since there is no noise.
the 2nd video actually gave me goosebumps, it was kinda disturbing to watch!
I really can’t even guess what might have happened in either video, the second one seems harder to understand because its silent and the elevator malfunctioning is very strange.
The first video seemed unclear as to what really happened and the lady in the elevator seemed to have a few issues while still in the elevator. Could it have been hallucinations from a mental or physical problem?? Since the whole incident is not on footage it is hard to determine, but to say paranormal would be a stretch without more evidence of both deaths.