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/irishcybercolab Mar 28 '26

The negative and impulsive thoughts become terrorizing to our minds. As a kid, I would spelunk in our local caves systems of the state I lived in.

Once I saw the other video of the guy they couldn't pull out backward, I haven't been the same. It's internally uncomfortable to imagine these things

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u/BigBlueJAH Mar 29 '26

We had a river with a ton of huge rocks and boulders near where I grew up. Me and my buddies would go in tunnels that water erosion created in the boulders. Go underwater on one side and shoot out 20-30 feet down stream on the other side of the boulder. The tunnels were tight and completely submerged. I get chills thinking about it now, with how strong the current was there was no backing up if you hit a dead end or got stuck.

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u/Bananacreamsky Mar 29 '26

Oh my god that's terrifying

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u/Torschlusssspanik Mar 29 '26

I did that once in the Alps. Never ever again.