Here is a great podcast about that tragic death...

Jan 19, 2018
6:08:24pm

So it goes... All-American

And there's also a film about the Nutty Putty Cave tragedy called The Last Descent.

http://radiowest.kuer.org/post/nutty-putty-cave-tragedy

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Found some of my photos from Nutty Putty Cave.

jdub Unofficial CB Pollyanna

1/19/18 11:59am

seeing these pictures makes me think I am a bit claustrophobic

byuwahoo

1/19/18 12:01pm

I'm not particularly claustrophobic but that place got me.

El Careeb

1/19/18 12:04pm

Yeah, my heart starts racing just looking at the photos. Then to think of anyone

TailgateU

1/19/18 12:17pm

Nutty Putty caves made me aware of my claustrophobia...

Tokolosh

1/19/18 12:27pm

RE: seeing these pictures makes me think I am a bit claustrophobic

ByuImaginesDragons

1/20/18 12:44am

Ouch...."some guy"....you might think to reword that after reading about him and background

CLCougar

1/19/18 12:03pm

Sorry, I don't know much of the story. I don't mean to be offensive. I know they made a movie about it.

jdub

1/19/18 12:04pm

I knew the guy, really sad what happened. I don't think you're being offensive

Cougar TD

1/19/18 12:11pm

NP...gentle suggestion, maybe I'm the only guy who winced

CLCougar

1/19/18 12:11pm

I think you are

Sea Chicken

1/19/18 12:12pm

Like i said...not worth a poll

CLCougar

1/19/18 12:13pm

John Jones. Everyone that knew him couldn't say enough good things about him.

LittleTex

1/19/18 12:26pm

May sound callous, but I don't think any offense was intended

Jericho

1/19/18 12:05pm

What's wrong with the wording?

crazY

1/19/18 12:10pm

that place was fun

Turd Ferguson

1/19/18 12:03pm

It was a ton of fun, but after being in there I could see how someone

zonacougar

1/19/18 12:04pm

I remember climbing through a very narrow tube

Sea Chicken

1/19/18 12:15pm

Trying to figure out which way is up in the photos...

buffgato

1/19/18 12:05pm

Most of the photos are oriented correctly, with "up" at the top of the photo. The one with my really tall buddy

jdub

1/19/18 12:07pm

Haven't been there. Seems like that could be a bit sketchy

buffgato

1/19/18 12:09pm

That part wasn't too bad at all. The sketchiest parts were over in the left side (as you're entering)

jdub

1/19/18 12:11pm

Here are some videos

zonacougar

1/19/18 12:11pm

That part 3 video. My gosh I wouldn't do that in a million years.

RdF3

1/19/18 12:18pm

I remember going through that section vividly. Honestly it was kind of a

zonacougar

1/19/18 12:19pm

So do you have to go back through it to get out?

RdF3

1/19/18 12:21pm

yep. If you don't go all the way up to a certain point you just have to

zonacougar

1/19/18 12:23pm

After going through that section there were other places we could have

zonacougar

1/19/18 12:25pm

I used to have a map of the whole cave, plus I'd been enough I kind of had it memorized.

jdub

1/19/18 12:28pm

So do you know where it was that that man died?

RdF3

1/19/18 12:30pm

Didn't he get stuck in an offshoot of the Scout Eater tunnel?

Carnac

1/19/18 12:31pm

Don't know, but I just googled and found a map for reference:

jdub

1/19/18 12:36pm

I further googled about John Jones, who is the guy who died. If you look at my map, he was apparently stuck

jdub

1/19/18 12:42pm

Having never been, I'm trying to orient myself to the map the way it's drawn.

Preppy

1/19/18 9:25pm

No, I only have a guess at which direction in the cave. But there were lots of places to get stuck

jdub

1/19/18 12:33pm

Think of a tunnel shaped like an upside down "V"

Carnac

1/19/18 12:37pm

yeah, I posted above that after googling, I think I've been down that very same spot. So, yeah, I can picture it.

jdub

1/19/18 12:44pm

yep. That part turns a lot of people away. It's not really that bad. I did have to put my arms above my head

jdub

1/19/18 12:24pm

Makes me anxious just watching. Never.

VenetianCougar

1/19/18 12:20pm

You've already done it at least once

deejo

1/19/18 1:22pm

The “birth canal” as we called it.

mvtoro

1/20/18 7:49pm

That's great. It really gives you the feel of the cave. It's not like Timp Cave or any of the touristy caves. It's

jdub

1/19/18 12:19pm

Wow, I've been to NP several times and spent years on a submarine but I couldn't

Submariner

1/19/18 1:20pm

Those videos took me on a frightful journey in Youtube.

RSLCoug

1/19/18 1:22pm

RE: Found some of my photos from Nutty Putty Cave.

mosterlow

1/19/18 12:06pm

Did he die?

darkcoug

1/19/18 12:10pm

RE: Did he die?

mosterlow

1/19/18 12:14pm

I read the detailed account of that guy's death... never want to get near a cave

kotacoug

1/19/18 12:17pm

The way he died is my ultimate fear

Twin Roots

1/19/18 12:21pm

Drowning would be more merciful

Q-grr

1/19/18 12:31pm

Where are these detailed accounts?

Santos L. Halper

1/19/18 1:50pm

Link to a UT County Search & Rescue book

Zedhead

1/19/18 1:54pm

Very cool. Thanks so much.

Santos L. Halper

1/19/18 2:12pm

The cave dynamited and sealed with concrete. It no longer exists.

Josef K

1/19/18 2:05pm

I saw a documentary that talked about it. Can’t imagine dying that way

ByuImaginesDragons

1/20/18 12:42am

Ya, that's going to remain a permanent nope.

joelvandyne

1/19/18 12:24pm

I went into NP twice. I was cool with everything but the Birth Canal

Carnac

1/19/18 12:24pm

We went through with the scouts when I was younger. Everyone got in okay,

BGRTHNUMEGO

1/19/18 12:38pm

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MMCougIII

1/19/18 1:11pm

Were you behind him?

buffgato

1/19/18 1:21pm

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MMCougIII

1/19/18 1:25pm

Here is a great podcast about that tragic death...

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