Death in Nutty Putty Cave

Until I saw it posted on the TYWKIWDBI blog a few days ago, I had never heard of John Jones's Nov 2009 death in Nutty Putty Cave. Since then I've learned that it's well known in many corners of the Internet. Still, if it was new to me, it'll probably be new to a lot of WUvies as well. And it certainly qualifies as a weird and disturbing death.

The illustration below (which comes from the video below that) shows the position in which Jones was trapped for 27 hours before his death.

Jones's body remains there to this day because rescuers were unable to get him out. The cave has been sealed shut.

More info: caves.org (pdf - scroll to page 15), cavehaven.com

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Posted By: Alex - Mon Mar 04, 2024
Category: Death | 2010s

Comments

Nightmare fuel for claustrophobes. Not exactly soothing to anyone's nerves.

Posted by eddi on 03/04/24 at 04:32 AM

Gives me the heebie-jeebies just seeing the picture. :O

Posted by Mike on 03/04/24 at 09:47 AM

The Darwin Awards come to mind.

Posted by F.U.D. in Stockholm on 03/05/24 at 09:37 AM

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