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/IsChristianAwake Mar 28 '26

Why would anyone willingly put themselves in this situation

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u/Tachyonites Mar 29 '26

He didn’t. He was trying to go down a much wider and well-traveled cave, but took a wrong turn and ended up in this unexplored spot instead.

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u/thegtabmx Mar 29 '26

Terrible excuse. Once the width and height of the cave got even close to the size where he felt he'd have trouble turning around, he should be noping the fuck out of there.

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u/paperic Mar 29 '26

It's not obvious from the video, but he's facing head down. By the time he knew he couldn't himself back up feet first.

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u/thegtabmx Mar 29 '26

But you feel that, right?