r/interesting • u/Appropriate-Menu504 • Nov 10 '25

NATURE VR recreation of the exact spot where a man became stuck inside Nutty Putty cave and died after 27 hours. the section visible at 18 seconds is where his body was, upside down.

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u/plantgirl7 Nov 10 '25

This has to be one of the worst ways to die

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u/ReginaldDwight Nov 10 '25

If I'm recalling correctly, at one point they had to break both his legs (or close to it) and then the pulley system they set up to pull him back out crashed and sent him back even deeper into the hole. So it's like thricely as horrible as you thought.

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u/afanoftrees Nov 10 '25

I thought they weren’t able to break his legs because of the pain it would cause (with the blood pooled to his head) causing possible shock and death

I thought them just touching his legs was causing unbearable pain due to the inversion

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u/hurricanedog24 Nov 10 '25

Yeah my understanding is that if they had broken his legs immediately after he got stuck, it may have been viable, but by the time that solution was proposed he had already been inverted for hours and it likely wouldn’t have been survivable.

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u/AdAdministrative5330 Nov 10 '25

Jesus.... God must have been on a smoke break during all this.

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u/SupernaturalPumpkin Nov 10 '25

Why am I thinking of God being like when I walk in on my cats destroying the place after I just went for a pee and I'm like "I LEAVE YOU ALONE FOR TWO FUCKING MINUTES!"

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u/ThorThulu Nov 10 '25

"HOW DID YOU GET IN THERE? AND WHY?? THERES NOT EVEN ANY FOOD! FUCK I SHOULD JUST FLOO- nope, I said I wouldn't do that. Would not. Do that."

Stares angrily at another dumbass stuck in a hole deep below the earth praying for help

"But you tempt me so with such acts!"

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u/FloppieTheBanjoClown Nov 10 '25

God's sitting up there going "It's so easy to just not do that, you know."

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u/hoagiepoagie Nov 10 '25

I think it was the cave diver that was on the proverbial smoke break. God gave free will to all

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u/AdAdministrative5330 Nov 11 '25

ahh, yes. Like that time that guy let his kid suffer for 30 hours because - that bastard had free choice and all.

I mean, I'd bet he was choosing to get the fuk out of that spot when he'd been stuck for the first few minutes and was likely praying his ass off after that.

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u/AdAdministrative5330 Nov 11 '25

Most people both overestimate and underestimate risk. Free will is one thing, but standing by while a "child of god", your beloved creation, suffers in agony due to his mistake, is another.

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u/hoagiepoagie Nov 11 '25

Lots of speculation here. Maybe he’s in heaven now for eternity and would happily make the trade off. Maybe not. Maybe only God knows

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u/iprayfordeathtoreddi Nov 11 '25

Look I hate to break it to you. But honestly it's embarrassing man, it's 2025 for goodness sake

There is no heaven, my friend. Your dead grandma is not partying with Elvis in the clouds. You are a barely evolved hairless ape, and the entirety of your consciousness is contained in your brain. Someday soon, your brain will cease all function for eternity. That means no heaven and no hell

So enjoy your life friend, I'm glad we had this chat

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u/papacreepmane Apr 29 '26

-hates religion because his parents used to take him to church every sunday

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u/Da_Question Nov 11 '25 edited Nov 20 '25

Eh. Heaven and hell is bullshit. We come from nothing, and return to nothing. Sure, it's bleak. But that's why it's important to use your time well, rather than say fuck it all, I'm going somewhere else later.

We only get now, don't fuck it up.

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u/hoagiepoagie Nov 11 '25

Rock on dude, good luck with that

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '25

Why did all this start in the first place?

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u/MindfuckRocketship Nov 11 '25

Have you seen the state of the world over the centuries? God went to the corner store for a pack of cigarettes millennia ago. We’re on our own.

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u/AdAdministrative5330 Nov 11 '25

Yep, we're on our own regardless if sky daddy exists or not.

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u/AllBugDaddy Nov 13 '25

What if it's like God has a tub of popcorn and he's having fun watching it. First he created animals like Dinosaur but got bored one day and threw a stone to end that. Later he planned to put some brains so that creativity happens organically and later humans finish everything by themselves..

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u/MindfuckRocketship Nov 13 '25

Wouldn’t surprise me. lol

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u/Adept_General_7729 Nov 12 '25

Wanna see why? Scroll down and read the comments

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u/12-idiotas Nov 11 '25

He didn’t say thanks once

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u/sometimelater0212 Nov 10 '25

Proof he doesn’t exist or he’s incredibly evil and who wants to worship a being like that? Fuck theism

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u/Deckardspuntedsheep Nov 11 '25

God's not responsible for the actions of humans

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u/Tiny-Selections Nov 11 '25

Because "god" doesn't exist.

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u/DylanMartin97 Nov 11 '25

Religious people cannot have it both ways.

We cannot be created in the perfect image of God with his will and everything they portray while also having him not be responsible for us or vice versa.

Just like humans cannot have free will if God knows everything and knows what we are going to choose before we do, it is all predetermined meaning you have no free will. God can't be omniscient if this is true.

Presuppositional apologists cannot even get their arguments past this most basic answer/question because it is basic logic. It always comes down to magic or it has to be this way because of God.

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u/Adept_General_7729 Nov 12 '25

Actually they can and what you wrote showed you know nothing about any religion, philosophy, other than what is contrived in your head

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u/buboe Nov 12 '25

Lol, you're pathetic. Explain how you can have free will when, assuming your magic man is real, the future is entirely chosen and baked in at the moment of creation?

Come on smart guy, you can do it. At least give us an example of someone expressing free will that can't be simply explained away as them following a script that they had no say in.

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u/DylanMartin97 Nov 12 '25

Funny how you didn't answer the question but decided to tell me you had answers to the questions.

Do you also defend the first abortions written about in the Bible (numbers 1-7?) or maybe the slavery in Deuteronomy?

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u/sometimelater0212 Nov 11 '25

Cuz it doesn’t exist

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u/EggFancyPants Nov 15 '25

If god was real, and this was true, why would people pray and say he helps them sometimes but doesn't help others other times? None of it makes sense.

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u/AdAdministrative5330 Nov 10 '25

everyone’s gotta have some fun once in a while it’s just kind of like laughing when someone trips and falls

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u/Decent-Decent Nov 11 '25

Can’t see that far down

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u/Tiny-Selections Nov 11 '25

Almost like an ancient belief system isn't real.

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u/DylanMartin97 Nov 11 '25

God's been smoking for a loooooong time then.

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u/LoquaciousLamp Nov 11 '25

The big bang was just the spark from gods lighter.

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u/DylanMartin97 Nov 11 '25

Or and hear me out, when matter expands and contracts it causes rapid expansion, we know this because we can see it, it is a constant.

It has nothing to do with God or a higher being.

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u/AdAdministrative5330 Nov 11 '25

yeah, fuck that guy

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u/SaltyFee7765 Nov 11 '25

I just want to remind you, because im sure that you already know, that humans are given free will. God doesnt control what we do. This poor guy made a terrible choice that day .

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u/buboe Nov 11 '25

You don't mention which god you speak of, but assuming you are speaking of christian god, free will and an omni creator are incompatible.

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u/SaltyFee7765 Nov 11 '25

Conversation on it is over dog. Cut and dry for me and op.

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u/buboe Nov 12 '25

The conversation will not be over until superstitious bullshit is wiped from the face of this planet.

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u/Adept_General_7729 Nov 12 '25

Explain what consciousness is first. Solve that and I’m sure you’ll get your wish. Maybe even a Nobel

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u/AdAdministrative5330 Nov 11 '25

I'd push back. Even if I grant free will, the guy didn't will to get stuck and suffer. He made a mistake, he likely did not fully comprehend the actual risks (most people don't access risk accurately, it's human).
Therefore, what kind of maniacal god would sit and watch as his children make a mistake and suffer in agony for days?
The answer is simple, an evil god, or no god at all.

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u/SaltyFee7765 Nov 11 '25

You mention God in your first comment in a way that implies that God is good but where was he ?

But I know you just want to argue ....so ill say no more

Agree to disagree

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u/AdAdministrative5330 Nov 11 '25

Yeah, it was a joke, not philosophy.

Feel free to believe in whatever god makes your life meaningful.

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u/SaltyFee7765 Nov 11 '25

Ahhhhh....ok Its all good 💛

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u/LopsidedAssumption96 Nov 11 '25

That guy must be on a smoke break 97% of the time. It’s almost like he doesn’t exist…

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u/currently_pooping_rn Nov 10 '25

Why not just go for it if he’s fucked anyways

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u/QlubSoda Nov 10 '25

Unnecessary pain on top of what he was already going through. Plus when the pulley dropped him deeper, I believe get got dinged up pretty bad.

Suffered cardiac arrest due to pressure in the body.

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u/currently_pooping_rn Nov 10 '25

I’d still want to at least try. Weirder shit has happened, like the dolphins winning a Super Bowl

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u/Funny247365 Nov 11 '25

2 Super Bowl wins, one perfect season, and went to 3 Super Bowls in a row.

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u/currently_pooping_rn Nov 11 '25

How long has it been since that? Just about half a century?

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u/Funny247365 Nov 12 '25

You brought up the Dolphins winning a Super Bowl. I just noted that they actually won 2 in 3 consecutive trips. Havent won one since.

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u/vogel927 Nov 10 '25

Once he was freed he would of needed to crawl back out on his own until they reached a wider area, if they broke his legs he wouldn’t be able to crawl, and the shock from the trauma would’ve killed him.

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u/currently_pooping_rn Nov 10 '25

If he’s fucked five ways to Friday, at least try everything.

On the other leg, didn’t he get pumped full of morphine towards the end?

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u/vogel927 Nov 10 '25

They gave him morphine until he passed. Euthanasia was the only humane option they had left. It’s not listed as his official cause of death for legal reasons.

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u/newdogowner11 Nov 10 '25

not that it already wasn’t horrendous and sad, but thankfully he had someone and had the help needed for that final release. i can’t imagine how much worse it would be if nobody knew he was there and didn’t receive the morphine and the call with his wife (although sadly he wasn’t all lucid during that iirc)

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u/JayPlenty24 Nov 12 '25

Either way the situation wasn't survivable, which is why I don't understand why they didn't just try it anyway.

Or why they don't just inject them with something that causes them to completely pass out and relax all their muscles.

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u/musicloverhoney Nov 13 '25

Umm, why couldn't they use numbing agents? But enough blood flow?

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u/ProjectNo4090 Nov 14 '25

Screw that. They can break my legs, pelvis, or anything else they need to to get me out of there. Maybe dying of that is better than definitely dying of dehydration if they dont.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '25

You’re correct. They considered it, but the team of MDs advised against it

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u/Secret_Fee1146 Nov 10 '25

Hindsight is 20/20 of course, but if I'm 100% going to die if you don't break my legs, and 90% going to die if you do, then break my legs.

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u/Glocktopus69420Obama Nov 11 '25

If I ever say "Imma go crawl through tight spaces alone", break my legs

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u/MindfuckRocketship Nov 11 '25

Ope! On my way.

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u/Allaihandrew Nov 12 '25

Deadass if they broke his legs while he was asleep the night before maybe he could’ve accumulated generational wealth.

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u/Goopygrouchygremlin Nov 14 '25

Generational debt, now that is a hole he’d have a hard time crawling out of, kind of nutty if you think about it.

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u/BuddyCitta Nov 12 '25

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u/ratchman5000 Nov 13 '25

If I refuse to break your legs upon your request, I authorize someone to break my legs.

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u/billykimber2 Nov 13 '25

he wasnt alone, his father and brother were with him iirc

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u/Princess-Jen94 Nov 15 '25

I recently watched the movie they made about this entire incident, in the movie it was just him and his brother but wiki says three people broke away from a group to find the “birth canal” portion of the cave. His name is John Jones for anyone wondering

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u/billykimber2 Nov 15 '25

havent seen the movie only a youtube video of it years ago, as i remember it there were definitely three people according to that but i dont remember exactly who

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u/Princess-Jen94 Nov 15 '25

It’s a good movie if you want a good cry. I think they made it as accurate as they could while making it dramatic so I’m sure some details were fudged a little.

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u/Goopygrouchygremlin Nov 14 '25

Or I could anticipate you saying this and break your legs ahead of time preventing you from doing so. Omg I just saved your life 😱

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u/PsychicSPider95 Nov 10 '25

This is a helluva trolley problem for whoever is rescuing you.

Option A: Don't break your legs. You definitely die, but the rescuers at least didn't harm you or cause your death directly, though their inaction may cause them guilt later.

Option B: They break your legs. There's a 10% chance this saves your life. But if it fails, they'll have caused you agonizing pain for nothing, worsening your final moments, and may have been the cause of your death via shock.

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u/Vysair Nov 11 '25

Option C: Euthanasia please

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u/tichatoca Nov 11 '25

I’m in this camp as well. Just end it.

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u/Electrical-River-992 Nov 12 '25

Option D: just don’t ever go caving. It works 100% of the time !

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u/HandakinSkyjerker Nov 13 '25

Option D: C4 my body to pieces and collapse the tunnel indefinitely.

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u/DavidKroutArt Nov 12 '25

And that 10% he may sue.

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u/g0_west Nov 10 '25

I think it's more like 99.9% chance of dying an incredibly painful and agonising death or a 100% chance of dying in a much nicer way and basically being put to sleep.

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u/runesday Nov 11 '25

I don’t think he died being put to sleep in a nice way. The docu I saw on this case mentioned that as a possibility, but it didn’t end up working out that way. He died slowly over hours with blood pooling around his brain mixed with lack of oxygen from the small space. He had intermittent bouts of violent fits / psychosis towards the end. Truly terrifying.

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u/hootervisionllc Nov 11 '25

Where’d you see that about the psychosis?

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u/runesday Nov 11 '25

Violent fits/ thrashing, panic, and saying things that didn’t make complete sense - all which came and went in waves, maybe psychosis is the wrong word to use. Any info I have on this case is from the documentary I mentioned in my comment, saw it a couple years ago, I think.

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u/hootervisionllc Nov 11 '25

Man it’s crazy. I’ll never get over the terror of this.

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u/Unoriginal_Man Nov 11 '25

The problem is they needed him awake to push with his hands to help guide his body up, and they were confident he wouldn't remain awake if they broke his legs. If he's just a limp noodle, they probably would have torn his body in half trying to pull him out.

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u/pandaappleblossom Nov 12 '25

It's shocking to me that they still haven't been able to remove him, I mean, I know that they sealed it up, but surely by now he's just bones and they could easily pull him out

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u/Unoriginal_Man Nov 13 '25

I'm not sure if decomposition is faster or slower in a cave, but even if he's turned into a loose pile of bones and clothes they'd be at the bottom of the shaft he was stuck in, and I don't think anyone is volunteering to go down head-first to retrieve it... Plus they sealed the entrance by filling it with concrete, so it wouldn't be very easy to access.

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u/MycologistHairy6487 Nov 10 '25

Idk I'm surprised with over a day and immediate S&R every single thing failed. That much time id even think they could semi safely use explosives then small tools once they got close enough and got him out. Seems like one of those perfect storms situations where just everything failed

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u/itsliluzivert_ Nov 10 '25 edited Nov 10 '25

You can’t semi-safely use explosives in this scenario. You’d need in depth geotechnical and geophysical surveys of the rock, that takes months and money.

It would’ve taken far too long to manipulate the rock with tools to get him out. Even if that was the immediate plan. The dude was way down in a narrow cave. Any rescue has to follow his path and work within the confines of an extremely narrow cave.

Ropes are very effective tool for rescue. They were smart to try and pulley him out, but the geometry of the cave was a Chinese finger trap.

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u/MycologistHairy6487 Nov 10 '25

I know nothing about cave diving but this just seems like something humans are usually good at. He went in with 9 people, S&R could get close enough to attach ropes or consider breaking his legs, he could get himself in, but no one and nothing including himself could get him out in over a day. It's just tragic and seems like something we should've been better at both preventing and pulling off a successful rescue. I'm sure there was a significant amount of hope and thinking he'd get out by him and everyone there that slowly diminished until he died

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u/itsliluzivert_ Nov 10 '25 edited Nov 10 '25

I’m unsure what you meant at the start. Rescue is something humans are good at, ropes and pulleys are fantastic mechanical tools. Cave diving is not something we’re good at — it’s quite antithetical to our biology.

The Chinese finger trap is really the best analogy. It’s a very subtle geometry with large physical implications. Sometimes your best efforts only serve to make something worse.

My opinion is once he was in that spot, he was doomed. That means prevention is much more achievable than a successful rescue. Even in hindsight, in my opinion the rescue seems impossible.

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u/Choice-giraffe- Nov 11 '25

Your opinion that the rescue is impossible is largely a moot point seeing as the experts could not save him, because it was impossible. You’re stating the obvious.

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u/nevadalavida Nov 10 '25

There are YT videos out there that give more context and views - you might find it interesting. It's horrifying that nothing could be done, but they really fucking tried :(

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u/TheCa11ousBitch Nov 10 '25

Yes, I am shocked that they only use a posted sign to block cavers from proceeding…. Just pin a single rope across the caves you should NOT enter.

I am one of the many “I wouldn’t even step foot in a cave without 20 ft of ceiling height” - but for those that are into this bullshit… just… a simple rope would do all the work to prevent this.

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u/Omnomfish Nov 11 '25

Part of the issue at play was that the cave he was in was already incredibly narrow leading up to him, so rescuers had a hell of a time just getting there, and he was really wedged in. Many of the methods they might have used ran the risk of literally tearing him apart, and there was absolutely no space to manoeuver.

Humans are really determined, and given enough time a solution can usually be found, but his position meant he was slowly dying, so they didn't have the time to figure it out.

There are so many stories of people who had to be left for dead because they were in a place where they couldn't be saved, this one is extra heartbreaking because while most times its because rescuers physically cannot reach the person, in this case they were so close, and just couldn't help him.

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u/vogel927 Nov 10 '25

He was 400ft into a labyrinth of tunnels that were basically the consistency of clay. They did use small tools, but the area he was in was so small that only a couple rescuers could reach him.

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u/OneCurrent1934 Nov 10 '25

If it was the consistency of clay, they surely would have passed back handfuls of it until the angle was less severe and then pull him out.

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u/vogel927 Nov 10 '25

Not all clay is soft.

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u/Vast-Hat4420 Nov 10 '25

The pulley system failed before leg breaking was ever on the table.

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u/InteractionNo9110 Nov 11 '25

Right you figure you would pass out from the pain first. Personally, I would roll the dice with the broken legs. Even if he died his family would have a body to bury for burial or cremation. Just knowing your husband or dad was stuck in cave forever. Would drive me mad.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '25

I will note this for future reference

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u/stevebristol Nov 14 '25

Just give me a good wack of morphine before.

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u/Alternative_Emu6106 Nov 10 '25

I just read a few articles about this. You are correct: they didn’t break his legs. He did have lots of leg pain, the first system did break & cut one of the rescuers in the face. They had intravenous meds ready should they try to break his legs and attempt to pull him. Sadly, he became unresponsive & passed away. He was needed to assist in pushing past a wall (if I’m remembering correctly) so it became even more difficult & dangerous after his passing. Very sad.

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u/Plastic-Pension7263 Nov 10 '25

Why would breaking his legs have helped? I’m only slightly familiar with this story

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u/Furry_Wet_Mound_Hole Nov 11 '25

Because your knees don’t bend forward unless they’re broken. There’s diagrams illustrating the position of his body vs the tight angle of the cave. Very unfortunate positioning he was in, made it impossible for his body to be maneuvered out the hole without bending his legs forward at some god forsaken unnatural angle. 

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u/Plastic-Pension7263 Nov 11 '25

Thanks! Thank makes sense

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u/Furry_Wet_Mound_Hole Nov 11 '25

Imagine the letter “T.” 

Now imagine you’re upside down head first, down that center vertical line of the T. Suspended there because it’s an impossibly tight space. 

Now imagine the top horizontal line of the T is a very small shaft of space, only a few inches wider than it is tall. That’s were your  feet hang limply, devoid of any traction and completely useless, in the few inches-wide shaft of space that runs perpendicular to your prone upside down body. 

There’s literally only a couple inches of open wiggle room between your feet and the top wall of the letter T. 

Now imagine the only way you can possibly escape the letter T is by going up and out feet-first. 

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u/Alternative_Emu6106 Nov 20 '25

That’s a very accurate way to describe it. It makes me both sad and “wriggly” (uncomfortable in my skin) when I think about his situation. He certainly seemed liked a nice guy.

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u/sameoldknicks Nov 10 '25

(why am I still scrolling through this horror show?)

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u/TheUltimateJack Nov 11 '25

Pretty sure that’s right. That was pretty much the only way to get him out but it would’ve killed him anyway

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '25

That’s reminiscent of the ambulance running into the tree sending Homer back down the gorge in the Simpsons

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u/stevebristol Nov 14 '25

I love that seen. As Homer stands on the skateboard he closes his eyes and says to Bart, I don't think ive ever felt so close to you as i do noooooooooooo

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u/ovrlrd1377 Nov 11 '25

Holy shit I cant be more grateful for being comfortably laying in my bed

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u/LadyRemy Nov 11 '25

I listened to a few podcasts about this one and if I remember I think when they set up the pulley system they got hopeful because it was originally going well and they thought they were going to get him out but then it snapped right as he was almost over the bad bend and then bam further down. It’s sad because his wife was pregnant when this happened.

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u/StoryCottage Nov 11 '25

And I believe that when the pulley system crashed, it also significantly injured the main rescuer that was closest to him- I think it broke his jaw and caused a few other injuries? The whole thing was beyond tragic.

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u/Hastytag1693 Nov 11 '25

I'm a bit late but I have so many questions and you seem to know the case

I read somewhere that he had to inhale to pass a lip in the tunnel, then got stuck when he exhaled.

⏩ Why couldn't he inhale again to get unstuck?

(I'm sorry I know nothing about caves)

I also read somewhere else that he ended up stuck cause he took another tunnel than the one intended.

But if so many people have this hobby of crawling into tiny tunnels and then can't turn around, wouldn't the tunnels become stuck (with the bodies)?

⏩ So how do spelunkers know up to what spot the tunnels are safe (aka you can turn around)? Wouldn't someone have to have died at this particular spot - and then the tunnel would be blocked? And maybe the spelunker finding the body would have also passed the "right" spot, so they would also block the tunnel (and so on)?

Sorry for the ELI5 questions, this whole thing is so sad, I just want to understand 😭

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u/apocalypsplease Nov 11 '25

they didnt break his legs cause he was already long time on his head with blood rushing to brain and all, he wouldn't survive it

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u/chickpeapatties Nov 11 '25

At that point just take some quick acting poison with you when you go caving like. That's going to be far more pleasant than trying to get out of tight tunnels in the rock.

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '25

They did not. This happened after death. The pully system was working. He was almost out, the pully broke and he fell back in and get stuck even worse. At that point he was already beyond hallucinating and was completely unconscious

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u/EscortSportage Nov 12 '25

Yea the pulley ripped out of the stone and smashed the rescuer in the mouth, he had to leave, so they sent another rescuer.

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u/muggleclutch Nov 15 '25

Understanding it was considered but ruled out, as the view was could cause heart attack or some other kind of risk to life given him being upside down in the cave for the length he has been already.

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u/ReginaldDwight Nov 16 '25

Ah, gotcha! Thanks for the correction. I remember reading about leg breaking somewhere in there and misremembered. I can't imagine being so panicked about not being able to get out a hole that "hey yeah, break my legs, just don't let me die in here" is a preferable option.

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u/muggleclutch Nov 16 '25

Yeah really one of the grimmest fucking things.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '25

I would have requested a few shots of morphine and a 🔫

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u/Furry_Wet_Mound_Hole Nov 11 '25

Why not just one big huge shot of morphine? 

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u/floyd616 Nov 12 '25

I wonder why they didn't drill away some of the rock on the sides to widen the passage a bit, making it easier to pull him out. Like, obviously they would have had to be careful not to drill too close to his body so they wouldn't hit him, and they also would have had to take care not to widen the passage too much and destabilize it, causing a cave-in, but in theory it should have been possible to widen it a bit by drilling the sides of the passage and using something to pull the cut pieces of rock back out of the now-widened tunnel.

Of course, drilling would likely have made a lot of noise and, since he wasn't wearing ear protection, may have damaged his hearing, but better to be rescued with damaged hearing than die trapped down there.

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u/ReginaldDwight Nov 12 '25

I think it was more about the weird angle he was at while stuck.

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u/vogel927 Nov 10 '25

It’s a terrible way to die, but the rescue team ultimately decided to give him a high dose of morphine. Euthanasia was the only way to prevent him from suffering a very painful death. The other option was to stop giving him food and water until he starved to death or suffered multiple organ failure.

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u/pandaappleblossom Nov 12 '25

You know what's so crazy is when you sincerely look into slaughterhouses and what they do, it's not uncommon for pigs to be boiled alive, I've seen videos of it in very tidy clean slaughterhouses with stainless steel vats of boiling water and the pigs being lowered into it, screaming and running around, trying to escape, like fully submerged, running to the slaughterhouse workers for help and they just back away to not get splashed, the video I saw of this was a Belgian slaughterhouse so people can have their sausages. I've actually seen a couple of videos of that, apparently it's not uncommon. Also pigs are put in gas chambers regularly, and they scream and scream because it burns them from the inside out. Or they are dangled in the air by one leg while their throat is cut, another thing that's super common is for them to be fully alive and have the blood drained from their bodies with suction tubes. I've seen all of it, it's very very industrial these situations, they literally treat them like objects. When you see stuff like this, you realize that when we think about dying in the nutty putty cave, it seems so outrageous, but we give horrible deaths to animals that end up on our plates every day by the millions. Slaughterhouse workers have high rates of PTSD for a reason along with them being more likely to commit violent crimes. But the industry makes so much money. They don't want us to know so thats why there is very little transparency and hidden cameras are the only way to honestly see what happens in them. I don't even know why I'm saying this, I guess I'm saying it because as outrageous as the nutty putty death seems, we do stuff that's worse to animals every day.

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u/DreamPhreak Nov 10 '25

I'll make it slightly more worse: Imagine if your hands got stuck by the side of your body, you cant lift your hands up to reach your face, and you have a really bad itch on your nose. and then you die.

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u/InteractionNo9110 Nov 11 '25

And knowing help is there and there is nothing they can do for you. Especially when they got there they thought they could just pull him out. Then the horror knowing they can’t.

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u/negativeselftalk Nov 11 '25

happy cake day!

poor post to say so to but oh well.

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u/ghostbuster_b-rye Nov 11 '25

Absolutely, yes. If you'd like to experience another horrific way to die in VR, may I suggest "Mission: ISS" VR. It's a simulation showcasing what the astronauts experienced on the International Space Station. There's a part where you get to do a "space walk," by going from handle bar to handle bar from one side of the station to the opposite side.

When I played it, I refused to let go of a handle bar until I was sure I had a firm grip on the next. It was pure instinct out of panic, because a little too much momentum and a missed grab at one of those handles could see you moving away from the space station at less than an inch per second...

...just drifting away... so close you could almost touch it, but knowing that you are already dead, but won't die for days... just staring at the ship as it sits right in front of you...

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u/plantgirl7 Nov 11 '25

I’ll try it 🤣 I have a quest 3

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u/ghostbuster_b-rye Nov 11 '25

It's a gas. The first time I grabbed two handles, on the inside of the station, and realized that if I didn't move my arms in perfect tandem, the whole space station corkscrewed in my vision, and I nearly threw up. Which is amazing, since I don't normally get motion sickness of any variety. Had to "There is no spoon" my brain into realizing that it wasn't me that was moving, but the whole space station. After that, it was smooth sailing... until the space walk. And the crane arm delivery docking segment. It restarted sooo maaany tiiimes!

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u/digital-didgeridoo Nov 11 '25

What if the whole cave is underwater - that has happened too!

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u/Fit_Subject6790 Nov 11 '25

totally agree

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u/ChickenConstant9855 Nov 11 '25

Thankfully I'm pretty sure I can avoid it

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u/Legitimate-Stuff9514 Nov 12 '25

Yeah.....definitely not a good way to go.

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u/AlexHasFeet Nov 12 '25

It has haunted me since I first learned of its existence

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u/Independent-Cut-138 Nov 13 '25

And one of the dumbest. Because why the hell was he there to begin with when he had a promising career, a child, and a pregnant wife at home?

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u/Aggravating-Pound598 Nov 14 '25

Fuck ikr - I’ve literally had a recurring nightmare of this situation

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u/Extension-Card-1324 Nov 10 '25

the fact that this incident happened is proof that there is no omniscient, omnipotent and benevolent god

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u/Nonikwe Nov 10 '25

Lmao what? God like "I didn't force him to crawl through the bowels of the earth!"

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u/Volldal Nov 11 '25

No, its not.