A plaque was placed at the cave in memorial of Jones. His body was never recovered and the cave has been closed ever since. Eventually he was saved because his friend manage to get out. His partner left to get help, and the guy was down there for a couple days if my memory serves me correctly. 'Nutty Putty Cave and John Jones Incident'But what happened to a keen young explorer deep in the bowels of Utahs famous cave system must surely take the cak. A man was exploring the Nutty Putty Cave with family and friends. It was concluded it would be too dangerous to retrieve his body from the cave following his death. Nutty Putty Cave Accident This article describes the Nutty Putty Cave accident in which a 26-year-old caver named John Jones tragically lost his life in 2009. There is a story out there of a cave diver who was running out of air and him and his partner found a chamber within the underwater cave that they found air in. This maybe one of the saddest stories Ive ever covered. Sadly, Jones was pronounced dead of cardiac arrest 27 hours later. After becoming stuck in a hole 18 inches wide and 150 feet under ground. They were down celebrating Thanksgiving with his parents. A devote Mormon he was with his brother and nine other friends. He was 26, married and a father to a one year old girl. The best plan they had was to use a system of pulleys and ropes to hoist him up legs first but their attempts were unsuccessful. In 2009, John Jones explored an un-mapped section of the famous Nutty Putty Cave. The Nutty Putty Cave is in Utah in the USA. Rescue operations were launched after John Jones became stuck in the cave (Image: Real Horror/Youtube) After being trapped for an excruciating 27 hours, John Edward Jones died from a heart attack on November 25, 2009. The tightest spots were called "The Helmet Eater," "The Scout Eater" and "The Birth Canal".īefore Jones took to the popular cave, which welcomed 5,000 visitors a year, there had been six separate rescues of cavers including two Boy Scouts, who had also become stuck inside. Nutty Putty Cave in Salt Lake City, Utah, had been described as a beginner cave but was known for its tight twists, turns, and crawls, even leaving some scouts needing rescuing years prior. READ MORE: Scorched corpses of mum cradling baby among 396 killed in horror supermarket fire He would never see daylight again after stepping foot inside the cave.Īlthough the 26-year-old father of one hadn’t been to this particular cave, he was confident in his abilities despite not having done it in years. John Jones, 26, of Stansbury Park, died nearly 28 hours after he became stuck upside-down in Nutty Putty Cave, a popular spelunking site about 80 miles. This is what happened to John Edward Jones. John Edward Jones had experience exploring caves when he was younger and visited Nutty Putty Cave with his brother Josh and nine other people on November 24, 2009. Imagine being stuck in a cave while being face down for over 70 hours as everyone tries to get you free. A notoriously dangerous cave so narrow it has been dubbed the Birth Canal was shut down for good with the body of its last victim still trapped inside.
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