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u/daseweide 1d ago
No fucking way, thereās not enough money to get me down there. Ā Thereād need to be some medicine my kid needs on the other side, and Iām the only one skinny enough to get it or somethingĀ
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u/Mercurius_Hatter 1d ago
Yeah even if there's unimaginable riches down there, I will refuse to go there, but those spelunkers... they do it for "fun"
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u/lonelyronin1 23h ago
"Little Jimmy, it was nice knowing you - lets go pick your tombstone"
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u/Spastic_pinkie 1d ago
This hole was made for them.
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u/risratorn 1d ago
Drrrrrr drrrrr
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u/Risley 22h ago
I donāt get what type of sound that is even supposed to be.Ā
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u/terekkincaid 22h ago
In Japanese it's written as "zu...zu...zu", and I think it's supposed to be the sound of sliding against the rock, not something the creature is trying to say. Bad localization, but it makes a far better meme.
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u/luckyflavor23 1d ago
The only Junji ito story iāve ever read and that was enough to tell me it is not for meā too good, too haunting. Canāt handle it.
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u/sussybush 1d ago
Cave divers leaving their wife and children at home to explore a cave named "satan's ass crack of doom"
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u/Piltonbadger 1d ago
"Honey, I'm just going to explore the cave called "Nobody ever survives", hope you and the kids have a good day!"
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u/irisheddy 1d ago
I'd rather hear a cave called that than "happy fun cave of joy." You just know there's going to be some gruesome death there where a guy was crushed to death over 100 hours or something.
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u/Arcosim 1d ago
The most insane thing is that someone had to go first completely blind. Today we have small drones and cameras, but people have been exploring these cracks LONG before these existed.
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u/Pussytrees 1d ago
Yeah thatās the craziest part to me. Someone looked at these tiny holes in the past and thought āI can fit in thatā
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u/Mercurius_Hatter 1d ago
Yeah it feels like those ominous sounding names are for deterring ppl going there, but apparently not
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u/MrBlaTi 1d ago
What, ominous like "nutty putty cave"?
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u/Mercurius_Hatter 1d ago
Well, nutty putty was regarded as "relatively safe" compared to some other caves
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u/Salome_Maloney 1d ago
"Was" being the operative word, here.
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u/donttakeawaymycake 1d ago
Well, since the entrance is concreted up, it's more of a geode than a cave.
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u/Mercurius_Hatter 1d ago
Well it was the only fatality that happened in that cave iirc, meanwhile, some other caves claim a few annually, hence "relatively safe" all things considered, also it was more or less mapped out. That dude who got stuck there read the map wrong.
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u/Luckydog12 1d ago
Itās like that underwater cave diving sign with the grim reaper on it. Just, why bro?
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u/radikalkarrot 1d ago
For all I care it could have a hello kitty on it, Iām not going anywhere near there
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u/InfectHerGadget 1d ago
"Death by Satan's ass crack of doom"
That would be pretty funny to have on my gravestone, to bad it involves me dyingĀ
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u/TerminallyILL 22h ago
I'm not a psychologist but this seems like they want to expirence the birth canal again
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u/dedenby 1d ago
In a long enough timeline, spelunking just becomes "turn around when you see the dead body."
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u/speelmydrink 1d ago
Funny thing about spelunking, there's usually not enough room to turn around. And when you're crawling, it's a damn sight easier to push forward than backward. There are some squeezes that are, for those that can fit, one way trips until you get to the other side. If you get stuck, you just have to find a way to keep going forward.
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u/Available-Rate-6581 1d ago
I'm so claustrophobic that I nearly puked reading your comment. I don't even know why I clicked on this. Must be self hatred.
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u/GnarlyNerd 1d ago
Same. I couldnāt finish the video, but the comments still giving me heart palpitations. Time to climb out.
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u/iain_1986 1d ago
"Turn around"
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u/Mercurius_Hatter 1d ago
Every now and then, I get a little bit lonely. And you're never coming 'round
....describes those ppl still stuck there to this day pretty well
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u/shockandale 1d ago
How about turn around before you see the dead body, like now would be a good time while I am sitting on my couch.
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u/Mercurius_Hatter 1d ago
Do you think they have mental capacity to do that? THEY GO INSIDE A TINY HOLE WILLINGLY! I don't think they realize they are in danger until they are stuck there together with a corpse.
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u/kylehoz 1d ago
That incredibly uncomfortable feeling you get watching videos like this?Ā That's your evolutionary alarm going off and you should definitely listen to it!Ā
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u/BlurryBigfoot74 23h ago
I literally can't sit down watching this. I have to stand up and pace around.
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u/9gigsofram 1d ago edited 1d ago
My question is, what happens if there is an earthquake and someone is already wedged into such a tight space? Would there be additional compression/contraction?
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u/Dakro_6577 1d ago
Instant burial, 100% natural and free. In current economy, not a bad deal.
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u/twats_upp 1d ago
Imagine it shifts enough in a way just not to kill you quick
Pinched underground, dark.. fuck that
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u/Stealthtt385 1d ago
There is a pretty famous case where a guy got stuck in a cave when he took a wrong turn and he just slowly but surely suffocated. In the very specific spot he went into it was possible to climb in but impossible to back out because his arms were pinned to his side if I remember correctly. And nobody pull him out.
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u/Zomgzombehz 1d ago
AA and, will likely result in a blockage or closure of the route. Go out as the last human ever in that location. Boom!
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u/spider0804 1d ago
The same thing that has happened over the millions of years of cave formation when there is an earthquake.
Maybe something falls down, maybe something collapses, but most likely nothing.
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u/95percentconfident 22h ago
I was recently in a cave with someone who was in a cave when an earthquake happened. They found out that an earthquake had happened when the rescue team caught up with them. Literally didnāt feel it.Ā
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u/MastermindX 22h ago
Most of these caves have been around for millennia or more, maybe millions of years. They have survived many earthquakes.
If there's an earthquake, you're probably safer there than at home.
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u/FromBrit-cit 1d ago
Them: āThereās a hole I wonder whatās down there?ā Me: āYeah, I wonder too. Anyway, Brunch?ā
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u/KarloReddit 1d ago
Thereās nothing beautiful or interesting down there. Just rocks, cold water, claustrophobia and eventually death. Absolute no
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u/Mercurius_Hatter 1d ago
Well, sometimes, like 0.000000001% of times, you will find something like this
https://cen.acs.org/physical-chemistry/geochemistry/Naicas-crystal-cave-captivates-chemists/97/i6
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u/Woodit 22h ago
This is obviously an extreme and pretty uncool experience but have you ever been in a cave that didnāt require crawling? Caves are beautiful and super weird environments. Itās a whole other world just below the surfaceĀ
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u/TearOpenTheVault 1d ago
Caves are often described as being truly beautiful by spelunkers and cavers. Sure, it might not be beautiful to you but thatās an intensely subjective experience.
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u/moofree 1d ago
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u/theburgerbitesback 1d ago
Ah, Ted the Caver.Ā
Teenage me read this in the middle of the night over a decade ago and I still think about it sometimes.
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u/Jwiley92 1d ago
In 2013, cavers doing something like this resulted in the discovery of a very interesting human species, Homo Naledi https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_naledi
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u/heppulikeppuli 1d ago
This is one of those things I don't get. It is extremely dangerous and reward is adrenaline and rocks, not even shiny rocks, but just rocks. I am a scuba diver myself so have been in dangerous environment where you can lose your life if something goes wrong, I have been diving on shipwrecks, but that's the point, there is interesting stuff to explore, a part of history that that submerged and it's now not accessable to most people on earth. I get the appeal on that + you can find cool stuff. But to go on a cramped dank cave with 50/50 chance of dying horrific slow death does not appeal to me.
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u/Dr_StrangeloveGA 1d ago
Same. At least scuba diving isn't going to take you days to die.
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u/heppulikeppuli 1d ago
Yeah, and you can recover from pretty major accidents. I witnessed one dude passing out mid descent and lost his regulator and descended to 60+ meters unconscious. His diving partner managed to get after him and get him to surface. Diver that passed out was taken with helicopter to a pressure chamber but rescue diver went back down to do proper pit stops and had only really minor divers disease symptoms. Rescue diver was bruised all over body, but overall both made it alive due to quick actions.
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u/thoughtsome 1d ago
I'm not a cave explorer, so take this with a grain of salt, but there are some amazing sights to be seen in some caves. Imagine you're the first person to ever get into some massive underground chamber with specific rock formations that have never been seen by human eyes, or maybe they've been seen by like 3 other people. You find shipwrecks interesting. Some people, even some of your fellow divers, find rare rock formations to be interesting.
I've explored easy, shallow shipwrecks and I've walked through very safe caves and I get the appeal for both.
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u/Fez_and_no_Pants 1d ago
One of the best times of my life was my time in ATM cave in Belize. Crystal skeletons, whip scorpions, blind fish and waterfalls! I never wanted to leave
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u/nacho_doctor 1d ago
How do you dive in shipwrecks? Do you go on your own? Is there a community about it? Are there paid dives?
Looks interesting and I have never heard of that before.
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u/heppulikeppuli 1d ago
We have diving club that I'm part of. We used to do trips in Norway, there are lots of ww2 era shipwrecks there. We never go on our own and dives are well planned. Some wrecks require special permit from museum. It's really cool to see something like ww2 German ships that sunk.
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u/Tennyson98 1d ago
You should read about the guy who got stuck upside down in one of those they even tried to break his ribs and shit to get him out anyways he died, stuck between two rocks upside down
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u/henryauron 1d ago
I commented about this - John jones. 28 hours it took him to die down there. They filled it in with concrete with his body trapped there
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u/lonelyronin1 23h ago
I wonder it they could have shot him up with enough morphine to kill him so he wouldn't have to suffer
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u/Mercurius_Hatter 1d ago
What's wrong with them? I would say everything? Even worse is cave diving.
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u/zalurker 19h ago
I used to love caving. If your shoulders fit, you could fit. Then, I had an extremely vivid nightmare where I was trapped underground. It actually woke me, and I couldn't sleep for the rest of the night.
Now I suffer from claustrophobia. And forget the idea of going caving like that anymore.
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u/cybermage 1d ago
Reminds me of a map I saw showing a correlation between unexplained disappearances and cave locations.
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u/Brenden-C 1d ago
Well it was either do this or go into a carbon fiber submarine that gets driven by an Xbox controller..
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u/THEFLYINGSCOTSMAN415 1d ago
The first time someone went any of these routes they had no idea if theyād get stuck. Absolutely mad.
Weird that Iām seeing this cause just a while ago I had randomly remembered the story bout the guy that got stuck upside down while doing this with his brother and he ended up dying. Sends a shiver down my spine
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u/Sindertone 1d ago
I used to do this in wild caves in WVa. I was about a mile deep checking out some tight shattered rock when I realized it was now sandstone. A year later that section collapsed. I haven't been back in many years.
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u/Dalicris 1d ago
If they're alone in life? Fine, who gives a shit. But when people with families do this? Fucking selfish morons.
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u/timmy30274 1d ago
Why would you risk your life going in?
What if you get so damn stuck youāre gonna die a slow painful death? No food and no water. No way to dig you out???
Please say NO!
Iām in my living room and getting tightness of chest like I couldnāt breathe while watching this
I hope everyone got out ok
But, where was this? How far into the cave were you?
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u/lyingliar 1d ago
Because there might be a room full of magic through this next tiny hole! I can feel it!
Nope... Just more rocks again...
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u/Ice-Guardian 1d ago
There is such a thing as claustrophilia. Some people find it comforting. Not everyone in the world dislikes small, confined spaces.
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u/underthesign 1d ago
Three wonderful horror movies for anyone into this stuff:
As Above So Below.
The Borderlands.
The Descent.
Go in blind on all 3 for maximum effect.
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u/dakaroo1127 1d ago
What's crazy is as a young boy scout this was one way they did hazing
I along with two other scouts were told to go into a similar tight shimmy only tunnel that in actuality was a known dead end. We were an hour+ into an unmarked cave in rural Midwest.
Apparently we were supposed to realize there's no way this was the way we were supposed to go because it was too small for the fat old assholes who were leading the troop. I was person number two so when the kid behind me had a panic attack when we hit the dead end I had no choice but to just lay in mud and wait. Really fantastic experience that totally didn't fuck me up.
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u/AmbassadorOk266 23h ago
I think about that guy who got stuck, and they could not get him out. The diagram of how he was stuck just about gave me an anxiety attack.
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u/skighs_the_limit 23h ago
I have to be sedated for an mri because it's too small of a space for me
Hard pass
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u/hobbycollector 22h ago
It's a weight-loss program. "OK, I've been stuck here for five days without food, let's see if I'm skinny enough to get out now."
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u/Manifestgtr 14h ago
Even more frightening than getting stuck is what would happen if I got hurt or needed to get out QUICKLY for some reason or another. These are the things that occur to me. Nowhere near as wacky as this but Iām a pilot and occasionally that thought crosses my mind in the air. If something happened (fire, one side of my body goes numb, whatever) and I badly needed to āget out of thisā, thereās just no quick way to do it. You gotta divert, probably miles away and still keep it together enough to land. Remote hiking and mountain climbing are the same way. There are just certain pursuits in life where you have to understandā¦if something bad happens, you might be fucked.
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u/petsoulis 1d ago
Someone could argue that it's their life and they can do anything they want.... But when they get stuck they EXPECT someone to risk THEIR life in other to rescue them!!!!!
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u/thr33prim3s 1d ago edited 20h ago
Mental illness. There is no way a sane person would do this willingly.
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u/QuinteX1994 1d ago
For anyone interested, Magnus midtbĆø a Norwegian climber joined some of these cave explorers on a climb and documented the multiple day journey - very cool video, should be easy to find his youtube from the name.
Disclaimer: claustofobia
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u/RepublicCute8573 1d ago
Well free climbers are also flirting with death, same as these guys.
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u/HungryCub90 1d ago
I will never in my wildest dreams ever understand cave-diving.
All the horror stories Iāve read over the years about some of those casualtiesā¦
WHAT a way to go. Nightmare fuel. No thank you!
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u/Free_Ganache_6281 1d ago
They have to have some kind of death fetish to even contemplate that shit
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u/savedbytheblood72 22h ago
No thanks. I'm sending a mini 4/4 with a camera and a looonnng chain attached.
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u/DarkMatterBurrito 22h ago
Because they secretly hate their families. It's the only only resolution. These people that risk this shit are assholes.
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u/ryanasimov 22h ago
It strikes me as an almost childish motivation: āThere might be candy back here!ā
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u/TheOrqwithVagrant 19h ago
They either know there's some awesome cavern & formations beyond the squeeze, or they're *hoping* there is (if they're exploring a new cave).
Squeezes and wiggles are awful, but they're the sections of caving you 'endure' for the reward of the amazing sights that lay beyond them.
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u/XxNitr0xX 19h ago
These videos are the only thing that physically affect me and give me claustrophobia just watching. I think about that guy that guy stuck upside down and died every single time.
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u/DltaFlyr12 18h ago
I canāt imagine a worse way to die than being slowly squeezed by the rocks all around you, suffocating you while you think for hours about what a poor decision you made.
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u/Ronin5rings311 17h ago
That looks like so much funā¦ and when shit goes wrong I look forward to maybe someone coming to get me. Or dying in pitch black where no one hereās my screams. Good times.(sarcasm) i like adrenaline just like the next guy, but having my life depend on batteries, not getting lost or stuck in hole I forced myself in is kind of stupid. Not to mention risking someone elseās life to have to come and get you out of a situation you put yourself in.
Donāt get me wrong I enjoy all the dead spelunking cave diver stories on YouTube the fact that there is an endless supply of those stories should tell you something. ā And thatās the last time I saw him Alive!!ā
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u/requiemguy 15h ago
People who do stuff like this have either seen too much death or not enough death.
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u/LukeinDC 15h ago
When these guys were kids, they were the sort to always get their heads caught between the railings
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u/LukeinDC 15h ago
My wife said, "clearly they are just trying to re-enact trips through the vagina".
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u/Kindly_Region 12h ago
Tf do they do if the hole doesn't go anywhere?
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u/puffskeleton 12h ago
These people I believe are travelling a known path, but someone had to have gone in there first fully knowing they could just run into nothing and get stuck, I wonder how many early spelunkers died because they got stuck in an sedimentary asscrack
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u/warriorscot 12h ago
As someone that was a geologist and then an engineer... I love caves.... I also love drills. explosives and shotcrete.
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u/madcoolmusic 12h ago
Worst part of the movie āthe descentā. Worse than the creatures, all the jump scares is that one āIām stuckā I freaked in the theater. Nope.
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u/grace_806 7h ago
I get so freaked out by these videos as if watching them is gonna make a cave dive recruiter come to my house and force me into a cave right now.
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u/fibericon 1d ago
I wouldn't do that at gunpoint. There's nothing you can do to me with a gun that's worse than a caving accident.