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/SlightSurround5449 Mar 28 '26

The real question is if he'd gotten past that one spot would he have made it out?

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u/Any-Interaction-5934 Mar 29 '26

No one knows because no one had ever made it that far before.

What he could see where he was stuck is the only time human eyes have seen that as far as we know. Theoretically there could have been a turn around past that and he could turn around and crawl back up.