Explorer Suffered 'Worst Death Imaginable' Inside Nutty Putty Cave in Utah After Rescuers Tried for 27 Hours
The Nutty Putty Cave in Utah has long been one of the biggest challenges for cave explorers worldwide. The cave's structure is so complicated that navigating through it demands a lot of focus and commitment. In 2009, the cave took on a scarier meaning for explorers, when one of their own John Edward Jones, met a tragic end inside it, LADBible reported.
The 26-year-old took a wrong turn inside the cave and never made it back. Zack D. Films recently came out with a simulation to make people understand, how the whole situation unfolded.
The simulation showcases Jones crawling through uncharted territory in the cave and getting stuck in a narrow section. The narrator explains, that as per the plan, the explorer had to enter a stretch called Birth Canal, but he entered the wrong opening at one of the divergent points. The man soon after coming into the uncharted path, knew something was wrong.
"He noticed it was extremely tight. But, he had researched this part of the cave (Birth Canal) and knew that if he just kept squeezing in, he would safely make it through," the narrator explained.
Jones was navigating the stretch thinking, that it was Birth Canal, when in reality he was in an area so remote that no research about it was available beforehand. By the time, Jones realized that he was in the wrong place, he had gotten stuck upside down in a narrow portion of that territory.
Rescue teams were called to pull him out, but after 27 hours Jones passed away at the spot. This tragic accident caused the authorities to seal the cave permanently, with the explorer's body still inside it.
Volunteer, Susie Motola who was part of the rescue team, believes that Jones was aware of his dire situation, LADBible reported. "I'm going to die right here. I'm not going to come out of here, am I?" were some of Jones' final words, according to Motola.
The research team also arranged for the explorer to talk to his family, while he was stuck in the upside-down position. "I think it was his father, mother, and wife who spoke to him, telling him that they loved him and were praying for him and that his father had given him a blessing," Brandon Kowalis, who was part of the rescue mission reminisced.
Jones was married to Emily Jones-Sanchez at the time of his death, Deseret reported. Sanchez was expecting the couple's second child when the accident happened. After five years of the incident, she explained how she leaned on God, to deal with her husband's sudden loss.
“When I think of the hard things that I’ve been through and the challenges I will go through, I just keep remembering that lesson — that Heavenly Father has a plan for our lives and that even when we think we know what’s best for us, Heavenly Father knows better," she said.