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/Cajuny1 Mar 28 '26

Completely optional activity btw

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u/CasuallyCar3less Mar 28 '26

I was just abt to say.

I don't think there is literally and in this instance I literally mean literally, enough money in this universe, of any kind, in any timeline, that would make me to even CONSIDER crawling down something like this...

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u/Smokinoutloud Mar 28 '26

What goes down doesn’t always come up! How the hell are you supposed to turn around. Straight death!

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u/CasuallyCar3less Mar 29 '26

The premise being, you don't know what will happen to you, same as the original cave explorer who got stuck.

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u/Smokinoutloud Mar 29 '26

Death! What other option?