A Deadly Incident in The Cave of Death

[@theryanbard]

How could something bad possibly happen in the "cave of death", it sounds so inviting

[@hicknopunk]

The inviting name is what makes it so deadly. Who hasn't had a dog named Death?

[@andysmith5997]

😂😂

[@jadedmonk7001]

😂

[@cocodojo]

@@hicknopunk I don't know man... people just don't seem afraid of my dog, Paws IV, The Revenge. I keep warning them to not attempt to pet him, but they still get bitten... 🙄

[@Error_-qz2zr]

Perfect for caving adrenaline junkies

[@pippetandpossum]

Uh did I hear that right? Jennifer passed out UNDERWATER the previous time she visited the cave but then went on to think there was no issue with encouraging other people to come with her as she lead them through? And all her parents can say is, "she died doing something she loved... it just went bad"? Damn, with friends like these, who needs enemies.

[@ir0n392]

Exactly what I thought. If I had gone through that experience the first time, no way would I have gone a second time. Let alone taken others as their leader!!..

[@flexibleaspect]

9:49 Her crazy eye make-up alone would have caused me to not follow her.

[@counterfit5]

She died doing something she loved. Losing consciousness underwater.

[@spencerkleiman5035]

​@@counterfit5maybe she was getting finger blasted when she died, one of those suffocate me while i orgasm type folk

[@rydz656]

Lol they were being led by a blonde?! They have stereotypes for a reason.

[@ToddDunning]

In 1985 I barely got out of Nutty Putty. Several clueless BYU college kids - went on a whim, no equipment, one flashlight we grabbed from somebody's dorm. Nutty Putty had a local reputation of just being a cool thing to check out, like a rock formation. It wasn't fun or interesting, and not a "cave" as we understand it...More like being passed down through somebody's intestines. Nothing but brown dirt and clay, discomfort and total disorientation. There's no floor or level anything and you are twisting yourself into a pretzel just to move forward. We kept on going to the point where the flashlight was noticeably dim. It was night, so no hope of a light at the end to lead us out. Being completely stupid about the seriousness of this we opened the flashlight to reseat the batteries and then one promptly rolled under a rock somewhere. Took all of us quite awhile to feel around for it, and it was a miracle it was still somewhere reachable because that would've been it for us.

[@mulder2400]

Most cave systems were not formed by dripping water down a hole, they are remains of Titan creatures innards ! Globe "Planets" with oceans glued to a curved surface ? LOL 😂Here kids - Earth is a level plane comprised of fossilized flesh. The actual term is called Nucleophilic Substitution, with level Earth the Substrate. Mega titan dragon creatures 🐉🐲died here long ago, and their bodies are now limestone and granite ⛰🏔 mountains, and island chains etc. This type of creature was airborne, fire breathing and it's actual venom is where Crude Oil, Shale, and Coal come from. These Dragons (other creatures) bodies🐉are loaded with the 38 Transition Metals (e.g. - Fe, Au, Ag, Cu etc.) like the Appalachians Mts. 🏔(dragon) 🐉on the East coast USA. "Fossil Fuel" is a correct term like biogenic oil, but there is no true "Jurassic period", just the reality that ancient mega Titan reptilian creatures existed and limestone/granite mountains are the physical remains (Substrate). Go to google earth, remove borders and labels, and see the Atlas Mts. in Morocco for a starter dragon (1000 mi. baby), and notice the two colorful blue/red glands which secreted the black venom now called Crude Oil. There's also a 500 mile long fish 🐠as the Sahara Desert, leaving it's Si Silicon, and SiO2 sands laying next to that dragon as well. The east coast Appalachians/Blue Ridge Mts. are another multi head dragon, a Monster-0 type (lol) leaving shale, coal and the Mexican Gulf it's vast oil (Venom) deposits etc. The north Canadian Rockies are made of at least two separate dragon 🐉🐲creatures, leaving massive coal and crude oil (venom) deposits in Alaska and Yukon Territories etc. These mega-Titan fire breathing dragon creatures are the stuff of legends, and they are forever part of Earth Plane Topography (🐉=🏔), and our ancient level Earth's actual History. Now you know where gasoline, and metals for tooling comes from, 🐲🐉! ... Dragons !

[@othertalk3313]

So, you were almost KZbin famous.

[@ufolandings]

Nutty Putty Cave was definitely a misnomer for sure and I'm surprised they didn't seal it off earlier; I heard there was a bit of local controversy around filling the whole cave with concrete as opposed to just sealing off the unmapped branch Mr. Jones's body was in. Which is pretty mindboggling; I already find it deeply unsettling that Green Boots was 'used' as a landmark on Mt. Everest. Imagine going into a tight cave like Nutty Putty and on your way down you pass by a big concrete plug knowing someone's body is just a few feet away from you - it would scare a lot of people!

[@Tadesan]

Praise Jesus and your special underwear.

[@ursulasoames8602]

How did you get out 🙈…

[@DeltaCodeGames]

Your video has a better detailed map of the sump than other channels covering this. This does make the sump look like a death trap.

[@jamesm3471]

Imagine the terror of reaching the “secret” chamber, 20-30 seconds into a breath hold, popping out of the water for that big gulp of fresh air, only to feel as though you had multiple, foul plastic bags wrapped tightly around your head and are unable to breathe. Desperate to go back the way you’d just come, only to have the dark, underwater passage, no bigger than a small refrigerator door, inexplicably and hopelessly blocked by one or more of your companions - who were as panicked as you, but now have gone completely still…

[@DeltaCodeGames]

Afaik it's not confirmed on whether or not the air in the pocket had toxic levels of CO2, but that would make more sense as to what happened.

[@owenlaukkanen]

Of all of your videos this was the most horrifying to me. Was shaking my head the whole time, you could not pay me to go into that sump. Such a tragedy that four young lives were lost.

[@doclewis8927]

To be the only survivor has got to be hard. Thank you for not showing the survivor's picture. He probably suffers enough. He doesn't need commentors finding him and harassing him for surviving. Our society needs to get a better grip. I hope he's doing okay. It must be devastating to lose so many of your friends in one go. I wish him a better and quiet life.

[@StephyJ83]

I live in UT… I remember when this happened. My friend’s older siblings would go spelunking here & at Nutty Putty. I always noped those invites.

[@bryanb6931]

But what could go wrong ...

[@cocodojo]

"Come on down, we'll knock back some drinks, squeeze through a couple of tight passages, have a few laughs..."

[@WardDorrity]

A happy New Year to you, sir. Enjoy your tales well told. Looking forward to more.

[@peregrintokes2919]

After visiting the cave of death , I think I will take a look at the pit of eternal doom before attempting the kamikaze cavern system !

[@flexibleaspect]

I'm going straight to the pit of instant death. I heard it's a hoot.

[@cocodojo]

Don't forget to take the branch of never ending suffering, I hear the experience is quite unique and to die for.

[@peregrintokes2919]

Why can't they have names like " free beer cavern " or the " cave of never ending weed " ?? Then I might be interested lol 😆

[@edinsoncavanirespector]

Hades caverns sounds appealing too!

[@rosieposie9564]

@@peregrintokes2919 " cave of never ending weed " 🤣

[@weenbaby]

I know someone who used to do cave rescue. He quit because he said he was tired of rescuing idiots. No matter what kind of education was put out to not go into caves unless you’re experienced, people still did it. He got tired of rescuing them.

[@raquellofstedt9713]

OK. Pro tip. Never go hiking with a guy called Donner. Just FYI.

[@travisvail4902]

I thought the same thing.

[@everybodyyogastudio212]

Its possible the room at the end of the water was filled with bad air by then too, since so many people had been hanging out in there so many times… 🤷‍♀️while ive seen a couple videos about this incident, im nowheee near as familiar with it as i am the nutty putty- so thanks for skipping that one lol. Happy new years!!! May your 2024 experience be better than the rest thus far😊 cheers 🥂

[@I_luv_french_fries]

Happy New Year Morbid Midnight and everyone!🎉 The Cave of death sounds fun...😕

[@atheistsince1210]

Happy New Year Morbid Midnight your channel makes life sweeter and more palatable and I turn into more of a happy homebody with each tragic episode.

[@DianaDeLuna]

THANK YOU for featuring the Gollum's Cave/Cave of Death story. When I first went down the "KZbin cave accident rabbit hole," I assumed this-not Nuttty Putty-was the most famous incident.

[@anniereddj]

Happy New Year and thank you for all the great videos!!

[@dreadnoughtus2598]

Mabey start visiting caves that have better names. "Fluffy Kitten Cave", or "Soft landing Cave." "The Cave of Death" just sounds like you're pushing your luck.

[@oscarguerrero178]

I’ve lived in Utah County my whole life and I’ve seen several videos on the Nutty Putty incident, but I’ve never heard of this one even though it’s probably closer to where I live. Thanks for the video.

[@The..Dark..Knight]

When asked about Jennifer, her friends described her as, "A real hole plug" and "an absolute passage blocker" and a "dead end" kind of friend.

[@edinsoncavanirespector]

🤭

[@banyana6515]

I shouldn't laugh but 😅. Stop it!

[@The..Dark..Knight]

@@banyana6515 🤭 Couldn't help it... He he he

[@whiteyfisk9769]

Speaking from personal experience, never EVER trust a girl who dies her hair white, blue, purple, or neon anything.

[@RedwingInNH]

Vacation destinations: 1. Cave of Death 2. Well-ventilated open area of Life 🤔

[@edinsoncavanirespector]

Cave of death a destination so great you won’t want to return home!

[@larrynicholson5810]

Another fine video, Midnight.thanks

[@FAB13]

Since you're showing their pictures on screen, you could say "24 year old Jennifer" instead of "a 24 year old woman named Jennifer." It speeds things up.

[@spencerkleiman5035]

How dare you assume its gender. To be polite i only call transgenders "it" or "that thing" in order to appease their bloody pouch pocket

[@YavE4]

That picture at 7:05 is kinda freaky. Great video, as always!

[@GencaySoykan]

Happy new year Morbid Midnight!

[@PotooBurd]

This is so informative! Great job, fantastic reporting!🌻🌼🐝 Keep it up 🙌

[@Babbler49]

Quote from man who died: What is this cave of death gonna do to me, make me die?

[@atlantisfunktions]

"lets go explore the cave of death guys" (3am) "sure :D". so fucking dumb. 4 darwin awards....

[@hobartw9770]

Great content!

[@deemariedubois4916]

I’m a new subscriber who is binging your videos. You are an excellent story teller. Thanks…I appreciate your work.

[@thejudgmentalcat]

Happy morbid new year 🎉

[@truhhhhhhhokIII3]

Them: “Lets go to the cave of death” Me: “Ok guys hear me out, how about we just do something safe like taxes or something?” 😂😢

[@mattpierre891]

Who goes craving at 4:30am!?

[@sunnyscott4876]

It's dark in the cave so it really doesn't matter what time you go.

[@crayzmarc]

I thought this was a reupload for a second as another channel recently did a video on this. Also good to get another perspective and a sad story.

[@kaos421]

Scott looked very friendly

[@-jess--here--]

It looks like a mug shot 😂

[@OfftheWallTales]

Obviously the air wasn’t totally bad if they stayed in there for a while, but I bet it does have lower levels of oxygen than the entrance. So you’d have less oxygen in your lungs to do the same swim. What I’m saying is if she couldn’t do the swim in there the first time, I’m amazed she could on the way out even the first time.

[@PoweredByAudio]

Happy New Years Eve!

[@alexyo2440]

Bro dropped the MS paint diagram

[@domesticterrorist483]

I bet they were drinking before deciding on going to the cave. Darwin arwards for all four. At least one of them had the sense to not go in.

[@tonyarichards5430]

Say Annapurna one more time. Dude, I love your voice.

[@patrickagee]

Closing in on 66k!!! Let's GOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

[@-biki-]

i grew up caving in Utah and was in Nutty Putty a few months before the death happened. i also remember hearing about this incident. Barely a "cave" to me, certainly not worth dying over... these people were older than me but made really terrible mistakes. Don't submerge yourself in a cave for any reason without gear and training. I never plan to. I'll traverse over water, pass through it in stretches with a wetsuit, but i absolutely will not submerge in a cave. it's so much more dangerous and well beyond my skills. I'm glad they plugged that hole shut. ... and for what it's worth, Nutty Putty was possibly my least favorite cave I've been in. Muddy, slimy, choking air, and almost no formations to speak of. I never want to die in a cave, but that one is a tragic place to die in in particular. it's relatively unremarkable compared to other caves in the immediate area (which remain accessible via permit).

[@ripwednesdayadams]

sure, let’s go into the cave of death and enter freezing water at 4am completely ill prepared- what could possibly go wrong?! i somewhat expect this type of reckless behavior from teenagers but you would think people in their mid 20s would know better. thankfully joseph had enough common sense to realize this was a dangerous, stupid idea otherwise there might not be any survivors at all. ffs the girl leading everyone wasn’t remotely experienced enough to do that seeing as she couldn’t make it through without passing out the first time. smh it’s truly baffling.

[@ronchang9791]

They should name a cave Morbid Midnight 🌃🌙🕛

[@patrickagee]

I'm still waiting on him to release a shirt with the title background on it... I would buy it in a heartbeat!!!

[@richardwalker2881]

Pursuing anything with the word death is like pursuing calamities itself

[@Robocopnik]

Provo USED to be famous as the town with the worst flag in the world, but they replaced it. Their old one was so bad, it was like a multivitamin label.

[@edinsoncavanirespector]

Had to Google the old flag- to say it was hideous was an understatement

[@BrettonFerguson]

Provo? Utah? Alfred Packer lead a group from Provo Utah through the rocky mountains to Breckenridge Colorado. Trey Parker made a film about their journey.

[@creder91]

Hey babe, new Morbid Midnight! 😍

[@-jess--here--]

"I take comfort in knowing she was doing something she loved and was with friends" I'm sure her friends parents don't feel the same way. "It just went bad" Yeah, it went bad the first time, too. I know people make their own choices, which was why there wasn't 5 deaths, but I am quite sure she never told them that she passed out the first time she went in.

[@TheGoonsies]

Morbid New Year!

[@chadsageser1963]

So super basic human life 🙋🏼‍♂️ question why go underwater in a cave to end up at a dead end. Sorry but sounds absolutely Stupid to bring tiny pitch black place. Go to your closet and turn off lights or go to pool in middle of night.

[@HaesslichG]

I think it's less that went bad and more that she got everyone killed with her mistake. But, unfortunately, it's not the first or last time that it happened.

[@spencerkleiman5035]

Never put your life in someone elses hands. Their lives depended on 4 other people not drowning and blocking the passage. Sounds like bad odds to me...

[@Stichting_NoFa-p]

How was Jennifer blocking the way for the others if she was stuck in the dead end?

[@BahamutBreaker]

“Nutty Putty Cave” and “Cave of Death”…. Yeah, this isn’t foreboding, at all.

[@DeltaCodeGames]

Not to mention that Nutty Putty has a passage called "The Birth Canal"

[@thelogicaldanger]

I'd swear this is the 3rd time you have done this story--am I in a time warp?

[@Colesko]

Also known as Gollum Cave

[@dana102083]

Who does.a.cave hike at.4am?

[@sherylstory7809]

Prayers to the families😢🙏

[@-jess--here--]

I would attempt to climb K2 without a Sherpa, before I ever squeezed my body into a small opening that led underground.

[@ImmortalTreknique]

For ye old algorithm 👊🍻

[@DF-ee8vt]

They were willing to risk their lives for this experience.

[@liamjohnny335]

Young arrogance n lack of proper understanding..but im afraid this is youth..

[@thelogicaldanger]

Jennifer is responsible for her friends death. How horrific.

[@rydz656]

I could never take BYU serious after they had Jodi hildebrandt and Chad daybell go there.

[@booboomagoo1305]

They be bored AF up in Utah.

[@BtheLee11]

dayum, she killed herself AND her friends... shame on her. OH and she got the cave closed for good... THIS is why we can't have nice things

[@Bluebell8967-f3n]

Hard to understand why they put themselves in so much danger. Then other people are put in danger to rescue. All very sad and unnecessary

[@giggiddy]

You can't protect an idiot from themselves. They were looking for something different. They found same. Dumb azzzzzzz....

[@davesmith5656]

After watching a couple of videos about this incident, I have concluded that the four did not hang out in the bubble room at all. No video has mentioned a source of fresh air for that room. I think they surfaced there, found that the air was foul, and tried to exit back immediately. With the fear, and the inability to get a full breath of 21% oxygen air to start with, the first drowned. The second found the exit blocked, probably panicked, and drowned. And so the third and fourth also drowned. The rock ceiling and no light in a narrow passage did not help.

[@Baskerville22]

I don't know why I watch these type of videos - though admittedly I usually don't watch till the end. I know that i'll be yer again just amazed, almost disbelieving of the stupidity of wasting lives on such pointless, useless pursuits

[@JeremyBrochu-wp5wc]

Here let's gooooo

[@KlaxontheImpailr]

This is probably a coincidence, but I remember at the exact time this happened, I had a really lively incident in my living room. Spooky, right?

[@OneOfThoseTypes]

We never hear about all the fun stuff in the cave of death, it's all just negativity.

[@ritualj0int]

Algorithm

[@Tadesan]

Joseph Ferguson was the fifth wheel. That's sad. Jennifer was full of a bunch of come. Praise Jesus.

[@DarknessUnresolved]

Dumb Blonde Drowns 3 Wetmen...

[@ObserverZero]

Wasn't JerryRig Everything at that Y?

[@RDSRDSRDSReDraguns]

You got so many details wrong

[@rosieposie9564]

Like what?

[@RDSRDSRDSReDraguns]

@@rosieposie9564 like the fact that before they overshot their exit, they were already disoriented from a lack of breathable air from within the cave. It the nitrogen had been sucked up already by previous cave visitors, so when then surfaced inside the cave and started breathing it’s air, they were basically doomed

[@rosieposie9564]

@@RDSRDSRDSReDraguns To you mean the oxygen had already been sucked up or the nitrogen? I ask this because oxygen and nitrogen perform different functions in the respiratory system. It would make sense that if the air was of poor quality in some way then they would become disoriented quickly.

[@RDSRDSRDSReDraguns]

@@rosieposie9564 both

[@calebbonadeo3495]

Not your best work

[@allisoncolby7851]

This is a great channel. I am newly subscribed, and have been watching the many stories you have. I think these stories serve as a good reminder that people should use every ounce of caution and prevention when going up against nature, and even for a worse case scenario. Seems to me many of these adventurers have not learned to tap into their sixth sense. It is usually the one that will save your life. Though it seems thrill seekers become mesmerized by the beauty of their surroundings or just the adrenalized thrill of doing something not otherwise done before, and have tuned that sixth sense out as they press forward into their own peril. I also like the way this channel is narrated, an the thoroughness of the information doesn't leave you with more questions.I look forward to seeing more of your quality made videos and true stories.👍😎🏞️

[@liammclaughlin8684]

I have heard of this story many times. This is unfortunately one of the worst retellings of the event that I've heard. Which is sad because i enjoy this channel.