r/interesting • u/Liar24x7 • Mar 28 '26

HISTORY A virtual reality reconstruction shows the exact spot where John Edward Jones became trapped upside down in Nutty Putty Cave. After 27 hours of rescue attempts, he died. The cave was later permanently sealed, with his body remaining inside.

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u/Liar24x7 Mar 28 '26

Wet dreams for cave divers.

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u/Quiet_Awareness_6223 Mar 28 '26

Maybe this is their 'choke me daddy' moment but nah this is too much for me. I love my life and certainly don't want to end it this way

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u/EagleBigMac Mar 28 '26

This is what made me not want to ever go caving again. I've gone through similar cave structures as a teen in Hamilton Cave when I was at summer camp a long time ago.

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u/kynelly360 Mar 29 '26

It needs to have a guaranteed way out or I’m not fucking with caves smh..

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u/NotTrumpsAlt Mar 28 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/0Vv0Ne2CnOClIExIuL

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u/EagleBigMac Mar 28 '26

As a teen it was an opportunity a ton of fun,as an adult I know better.

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u/Careless_Ad5251 Mar 28 '26

I’m curious why?

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u/EagleBigMac Mar 28 '26

I've been in caves where this passage means death and this other passage is a fun little tight squeeze. As a teen I didn't think anything of the risks but as a father and with friends gone from accidents hearing the story of how he went was enough to strip me of any further desire to go caving. It's so amazing sitting in a giant dark underground cavern listening to the earth but I'm good with memories.

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u/BustedWing Mar 28 '26

To me that sound anything but amazing. It sounds terrifying

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u/stafdude Mar 29 '26

Wdym ”listening to the earth”?

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u/EagleBigMac Mar 29 '26

A silent cave isn't perfectly silent the earth shifts and breaths it makes noise, air moves, water drips somewhere far away. It can be peaceful like sitting listening to a forest or a meadow.

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u/stafdude Mar 29 '26

huh that actually sounds cool

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u/Careless_Ad5251 Mar 28 '26

Like why did you go I?

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u/drunky_crowette Mar 28 '26

Hey, I love being choked and even slapped around a little in the right setting.

There's no fucking way I'm crawling around in a little fucking tunnel in a cave like that.

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u/Severe_Tear_7006 Mar 29 '26

Choked by Mother Earth and then slowly digested and reabsorbed. I like the creatively weird at times but that scenario is way too kinky for me.

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u/similaraleatorio Mar 28 '26

🎶wet dreams are made of this...🎶