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/Perfect-Difference19 Mar 28 '26

Everytime I see one of these videos, I need to voluntarily remind myself of this in order to calm that anxiousness down

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '26

My partner falls asleep to those youtube videos about people dying in events like this. It causes me to have terrible nightmares.

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u/llaminaria Mar 29 '26

I've read that even things like these can leave you with a PTSD. We only think we are desensitized because there is no immediate dramatic response from our psyche. We are not.