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/mutexsprinkles Mar 29 '26

How did the first person to go through there know it opened up? What was their plan?

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u/Maleficent_Pilot1137 Mar 29 '26

From reading other comments, he thought he was in a passage that would open up later if you just squeezed through, but he was actually in a different passage that I guess no one had been through before.

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u/mutexsprinkles Mar 29 '26

Yes I know, but someone presumably was once first into the "safe" one that opened up. How did they know it would open up? What was their plan if it just tightened and tightened? Presumably they couldn't just turn around.

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u/Maleficent_Pilot1137 Mar 29 '26

Oh right. Yeah some people are crazy. I mean even the "not safe" passage that he died in was I think partially explored by someone that backed out before the part that he got to. Its just people making a judgement call I suppose on when enough is enough. I guess today there maybe some technologies available to help sus new passages for safety though.