CAVE DIVING CORPSES (my biggest fear)

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The Whole Death Catalog: A Lively Guide to the Bitter End
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[@babs1083]

Corpses or no corpses, cave diving overall just sounds like an enormous NOPE.

[@johnmoran7996]

Funny.not on my list of things to do either.

[@CrazyPangolinLady]

Regular caving already gives me heart palpitations.

[@neuralmute]

I love caving. I love diving. You couldn't pay me enough to mix the two. Never. Ever.

[@Chipchase780]

Total agreement . Underwater cave diving and pot-holing are activities of the irretrievably insane.

[@neuralmute]

@@Chipchase780 Add high-altitude mountain climbing. Those mad bastards whose frozen corpses are now trail markers on the slopes of Mt. Everest could have been pursuing a sane hobby, like, erm... cave diving?

[@JosephMullin]

I performed underwater recovery for 20 years yes I have PTSD and nightmares

[@shaun6597]

If you don't mind me asking, did you recover the deceased when major things happened, like storms, accidents and things of that nature? If it is too hard for you to talk about, please disregard my question and I sincerely apologize.

[@JosephMullin]

@@shaun6597 the fire department handles any bodies on the surface or on the shore. We only handled the ones underwater

[@maxine9015]

Hello! If you don't mind me asking, what made you start performing underwater recoveries? If you don't want to answer my question, it's ok. And I'm sorry if my question made you uncomfortable.

[@JosephMullin]

@@maxine9015 My first wife was diagnosed with Ovarian cancer. I felt helpless to do anything to help her. I lost her after 3 years. I started thinking what families go through when someone drowns and needing closure. So I got into underwater recovery as volunteer work. To do this I had to disassociate with death. I haven't figured out how to undo this. I have PTS from my 20 yrs of doing this plus some other traumas in my life. The sad part is I can no longer dive

[@KATELYNNMAE]

Joseph Mullin thank you for doing what you do sir!

[@cartersense]

This channel is like a living campfire story.

[@cynthiar.3181]

Yes! Isn’t it wonderful?

[@bullballsallday]

I just discovered Rob Gavagan. He has some terrifying serial killer stories, and people's personal accounts. kzbin.infovideos

[@joanhamilton2651]

Stephen Cook Perfect definition☺️

[@leejay2418]

So very true!

[@Extramrdo]

"Living" is a strong word in these parts.

[@skunkskiestink6620]

I met someone who said they went scuba diving once and peered over a cliff that was “just pure black with big shadows swimming around” and now he doesn’t swim in bodies of water

[@justapaxuphere7985]

Sounds like diving "the wall" at Grand Cayman. Huge whale sharks will come straight up that wall just to visit. 🥴

[@finley7906]

oh, god. thank you for my new nightmare

[@snazzypazzy]

I just swim in my local lake. Excellent water quality that is checked frequently. Sizable. Free. Home to fish and coots and the occasional duck. But nothing that wants to eat me.

[@skunkskiestink6620]

@@snazzypazzy this person actually lived part time on a beautiful lake front property with a private dock it’s actually where we met and they refused to swim in it too.

[@Wardspirit]

What depth was he at? I'm thinking possibly narcosis or squids.

[@BerryTheBnnuy]

As a licensed diver, can confirm, cave diving is freaking terrifying... It's easy to get disoriented, as you have no real way to know what direction is up without carrying special equipment. Your hoses can get snagged. There are sharp edges that can cut you. You can easily cause yourself a concussion. If anything goes wrong, you have to retrace your "steps" just to get out of the cave to be able to return to the surface. Here's an easy rule to follow to survive cave diving: don't go cave diving.

[@DARisse-ji1yw]

Yup !

[@jenniferbrewer5370]

This is why the movie The Cave scares me so badly.

[@Mav3rickShorts]

I totally agree!!! As exciting as it looks it's still extremely extremely dangerous

Cave diving is super safe! If you do everything properly and follow rules, its one of the safest sport

[@laurelmoore5970]

As another licensed diver... Jenny is right.. just don't cave dive.

[@stephanie2479]

... And I start hyperventilating when I go into a cave in Minecraft.

[@babybuns5006]

The Fire Breathing Cat I feel you 😔 I ran out bc I got ambushed

[@shannon3944]

👍👍👍

[@danebrass1946]

😂🤣 dude me too

[@jablecnicek4344]

Hey aren't you my sister? My sister does this every single time

[@em7654]

omg i literally can’t go alone

[@godlessfornicater]

"I want to know what YOUR corpse related phobias are!" Me: This now, thanks to you!

[@aazhie]

Big Same!

[@BBaaaaa]

Yes!

[@ayakotami3318]

Yep! Plus buried alive. 😱 But I've had a fear of underwater corpses wayyyyy before this video.

[@totally.original_user]

Yep 😬

[@birdie4263]

You’re all welcome.😌

[@jimzeleny7213]

The realization that you are going to die (lost, out of air, trapped etc) would have to be the worst feeling ever. Something that could have been prevented. One unlucky diver insisted on diving a wreck at Truk drunk, alone and in the dark. Guessing he's still down there somewhere.

[@HogRebel]

#1 rule in scuba diving: never hold your breath. Always breath. Because if you ascend holding your breath the alveoli in your lungs can pop. #2 rule in scuba diving: NEVER dive alone! ALWAYS dive with a Buddy! I did scuba for many years, and always followed these & other rules.

[@electrictroy2010]

THERE’S A DIVER THAT LIVED in a cave for Several weeks. He was lost underwater, but found an airpocket. He then waited to be rescued, but eventually died of starvation 4 weeks later (estimated) ,

[@Badficwriter]

@@electrictroy2010 I remember the case you're talking about. He had to wait in pitch blackness after his batteries wore out. Weeks, starving, in the dark.

[@larizzo9482]

Storytime! (attention: kinda gross) My mother's uncle was a firefighter and his team was called to a burning house that one time. When they were able to put out the ridiculous amount of flames, they went in to examine the interior. There was still a lot of smoke, so it was quite foggy and they were wearing masks for their protection. Suddenly, his colleague stepped into something which made kind of a crunchy noise and as they looked down to see what it was, they discovered the burned body of a man, which was crispy on the outside but boiled soft on the inside (so: ew). It turned out that this man had divorced his wife but he didn't want her to keep the whole house for herself to live in with the children, so he decided to burn it down. He started pouring gasoline from the bottom up: downstairs to first floor, etc. By the time he went back down the gases had already spread so when he lit the match... he was done for. The outside of his body burned so quickly that the insides remained unharmed, or rather boiled into a soft, gross mass. And now THAT'S a corpse I wouldn't like to discover. (to anyone who read this: thanks for reading it lol)

[@perfectfae3534]

Larizzo らりっぞ Wow. Thanks for the story!

[@barbraleyva7225]

eewww

[@solarprophet5439]

Crispy on the outside, moist and tender within!

[@jasonmckinney5710]

Lmao, what an idiot. Thanks for the story

[@melaniejane233]

Grim 😱

[@breannathompson9094]

Cave diving or just being in small caves period is terrifying. Not the small spaces that scare me, but rather that you can't be saved sometimes if you're stranded.

[@TheJer1963]

Just look at John Jones. He got stuck in the Nutty Putty cave in Utah back in 2009. He got stuck upside down. They tried for 27 hours to get him out but in the end he passed away. His body is still there and the cave has been sealed shut. They even made a movie about it, The Last Decent. Great movie and fit for the whole family.

[@Sovereignty3]

Exactly.

[@lovelandfrog5692]

TheJer1963 The Nutty Putty Cave? That is . . . an inappropriately hilarious name for such a place.

[@wallywam1]

As a scuba diver, my ace in the hole is the thought that if everything goes wrong I can always just drop my weights and float to the surface. Take away my escape path and NOPENOPENOPE

[@Jolene8]

Breanna Thompson Like on Everest! 😢

[@That_Freedom_Guy]

Always remember, "Fun" is the first 3 letters of "funeral"!

[@Cpt_Boony_Hat]

This joke will make a fine addiction to my collection

[@grimknight1452]

Also if you mix last four letters around and move fun to the back it spells real fun.

[@ceciliag2929]

Holy cow 🐄 never noticed that 😳

[@degsbabe]

Deep underwater caving is not 'earnful'

[@Xander_Zimmermann]

R/cursedcomments

[@Trucksofwar]

This is exactly what ended my Uncles career as a mortician. An entire tour group died in a cave diving accident they kicked up silt and it was all over for them, Police divers had to wait months before the silt settled and they were able to recover the bodies. He had to do the mortician thing after the recovery and the 19 year old girl that was involved haunts him to this day.

[@electrictroy2010]

That’s why caves have guidelines. Even if you cannot see, you can follow the line to the exit

[@Benjiesbeenbetter.]

​@electrictroy2010 Or better still, dont go down there. I mean, it's a cave full of water. What are they hoping to find? Something that isn't rock or water? Sorry, caves are a big phobia of mine.

[@michellelaurenhoehl]

This makes me think of the diver who lost his life trying to rescue that soccer team from a cave.

[@chandracox6814]

Yup! Except no one really reported it cause they were too busy talking about the kids and their rescue. Poor guy. That must have been terrifying.

[@zombielovesquad8751]

@@chandracox6814 NPR reported it and did a long dedication talking about him. It was very sad.

[@amongus366]

Yeah! (but it wasn't in Thailand)

[@ClintonFD]

@@chandracox6814 You're right about that. This is my first time hearing about that guy and I thought I was fairly familiar with the event through news outlets.

[@GrumbleGamer18]

Zombie Love Squad NPR?

[@kevissimo]

Hey, Caitlin...I'm the guy who shot the photos of the death mask. I've got two stories you're going to hate. The first was many years ago, and my friend Scott and his close friend who were ABSOLUTELY inexperienced divers decided to cave dive. It wasn't at a great depth, but they were full of youthful hubris and did it anyway. Scott's friend went ahead. Silt was kicking up turning everything into a cloud. Scott then lost sight of his friend and decided to continue into the cave. His friend's light had gone out and he found him wide-eyed stuck between two columns. Somehow he managed to get him free and they started their exodus. Then Scott's light goes out. They are now in pitch darkness with no sense of their direction. Then Scott realizes that at the last minute before he left his apartment, he took a waterproof penlight and stuck it in his back pocket. They're lives were saved by a simple penlight. The story still haunts me to this day. The second story is of my friend TJ. He was a Navy Seal during Desert Storm who saw (and did) things he can't talk about. But TJ was hounded by the fact that the sound of fingernails being clipped would disturb him to his core. He then realized that it was the exact same sound of bones being broken underwater. He was on an underwater intel retrieval mission from a downed submarine and in doing so many bodies were blocking his way. So he basically had to snap their bones to get them out of the way. Heh, so that's my offering tonight. Huge fan of your channel. Buying your book, but since I'm in LA I would want you to sign it for me. I'll even buy you lunch!

[@KatPickles]

kevissimo wow. Amazing stories. Did the pen light get framed and hung on the wall? Unreal, but so fortunate!

[@lookitup7246]

Wow interesting stories!

[@kevissimo]

Thanks! Yeah, I should ask him. It still freaks me out to think about it...

[@kevissimo]

Thanks! My Navy Seal friend has a lot more. He just can't tell me...

[@thesollylama130]

What wetsuit has back pockets? And who drives to a dive site in the suit they wear in the water? I've got hundreds of dives, and not once have I either had a suit with back pockets nor have I driven around in a wet (or dry for that matter) suit.

[@piratepiffvideo]

This immediately made me think of the divers who went to retrieve corpses from a sunken ship, and found a man alive in an air pocket. He had been underwater for three days. His name is Harrison Okene.

[@rayberczik7251]

I watched that video and tried to imagine what it must have been like. Pretty sure my imagination didn't come close to what he went through.

[@piratepiffvideo]

@@rayberczik7251 Yeah I can't imagine what that must've been like, he did subsequent interviews about how he could hear sharks eating his friends.

[@rayberczik7251]

@@piratepiffvideo oh wow I wasnt aware of that. That's what real nightmares and PTSD are made of. Did he continue work on ships after that experience?

[@MyCisa]

Wow! I'll have to look this up. How terrifying.

[@rayberczik7251]

@@MyCisa it's an amazing story for sure. Theres a video of his rescue by divers surprised to find a survivor. Worth checking out.

[@davidtucker3729]

as a retired diver, amen to avoiding cave corpses. Almost glad I cannot breathe enough anymore to worry about being in that position.

[@robertharrison4387]

It’s hilarious that you think corpses are just floating around in caves....

[@Julia_BH]

Cave corpses? Not a thing, dude.

[@Julia_BH]

@@robertharrison4387 I swear the ppl in the comments are so ignorant. Perhaps they are thinking of the Blue Hole cavern in Egypt where non tech divers die fairly frequently due to target fixation on the arch, just to find out they don’t have enough air to make it to the top. I can’t think of anywhere else where someone would possibly encounter a “cave” corpse unless they were specifically on a body recovery mission within whatever cave they were in. Also, if a regular scuba diver discovered a corpse at the bottom of the Blue Hole, they’d probably end up becoming the next corpse themselves.

[@aftonrae4038]

@@robertharrison4387 I don’t know if you are joking or if you really don’t think that it is possible for there to be underwater cave corpses. Now wildlife would more than likely get to them at some point but In order for somebody to be considered a cave corpse they don’t have to be down there for any certain time frame. They can be dead for a few hours in the cave and would still be considered a corpse in a cave aka a “cave corpse” . Just as there are still human remains in high altitude mountainous areas that haven’t been recovered bc of the danger that would entail there have also been dead people left deep in the ocean. There are places where people swim everyday & don’t realize that deep underneath of them in the cave system, are human remains. Jacob’s Well is a good example of this. (I am not completely positive about this but I believe that they recently recovered what human remains were still there and retrievable.). So for years people have been swimming above the cave system which held human remains.

[@electrictroy2010]

EVERY 4000 CAVEDIVES == 1 death. So it’s fairly common. For comparison, cars average 3,000,000 trips for every death

[@adde9506]

My personal corpse fear: waking up to find my partner has died while we were sleeping in the same bed.

[@haileymoore4122]

That would have to be mine as well. Something about the thought of falling asleep next to them, not knowing in the morning they would be passed. that would terrify and scar me.

[@JodyParsons]

In fairness, they died beside the one they love. I would rather go that way.

[@henryjames8654]

A little creepy, I would of course leave the bed, but not a terrible thing.

[@xRiriRebel]

big same

[@adde9506]

@@JodyParsons Oh, I'm sure it's great for the person that died. It's waking up to find the person I love cold and gone, and wondering why I didn't wake up, how did I not know, I'm lying right there, and how long have they been dead? I suppose if you were in circumstances where it's a relief instead of a surprise, it might be alright with a new mattress, but that's not really what I'm talking about.

[@lisasophiekaps]

My worst dead-body-related fear is finding a murder victim that was just killed short time ago, not because I would be so horrified by the body itself, but more so by the idea that the actual murderer could still be around

[@doyoureadme94]

Girl, you, SAID it. Cave-diving-corpses are some of the only corpses that can kill you. There's a very rational reason to fear them.

[@robertharrison4387]

Lol what

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

@@robertharrison4387likely because it can startle and panic you, and as dangerous as cave dying is, already, that extra bit of panicked distraction could cause you to get into a seriously dangerous situation you can't get out of. I mean, I've never done it, and never will, but that's what I've read and heard. In fact, she talks about how it can happen in the video.

[@whimsandworries]

Mt. Everest Corpses has enter the chat

[@evelyngorfram9306]

@@whimsandworries (As I understand it) Mt Everest Corpses can startle you when you first encounter them - which is bad enough in the Death Zone - but they don't do things like bob around in currents, float when you expect them to sink, fall apart at a touch, etc., like cave-diver corpses can. Also, I think many/most people connected with Mt Everest understand that recovering bodies is seldom possible, while people seem to have much more of an expectation of recovery regarding cave diver's corpses.

[@Wardspirit]

Smart girl. One of the best cave divers in the world is a woman. Highly intelligent.

[@Eerie0Innocence]

I’m terrified of the idea of being buried alive, or being put in a casket/coffin six feet underground while unconscious and waking up with no means of escaping. Chances of that happening are low, but every time I’ve seen or read this in media, it freaks me out.

[@wittwittwer1043]

Buried alive? That's why some caskets have reading lights, a book of jokes, and a bag of gummi bears.

[@Eerie0Innocence]

Witt Wittwer oh man! That makes me feel so much better.

[@Moocow2003]

Same! This is why I want to donate my organs. There's no way I'm waking up in a coffin if I haven't got a heart

[@perfectfae3534]

Eerie0Innocence You wouldn't last long because you'd run out of oxygen.

[@theagg]

You could always request that they put a mobile device or tablet in the coffin with you, with a video copy of 'The Premature Burial' ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYSvZ3ysmruDrLc ) on it to watch in the darkness of the coffin as the air gets used up....damn that catalepsy !

[@minzy5857]

I used to work at a funeral home doing odd jobs and picking up bodies to bring back to the funeral home. My only major fear was that I would have to move a body that still had air in its lungs causing it to make a moaning sound when pressure was applied to the chest. (Pressure caused the air to escape through the throat which in turn made moaning/grunting sounds.) 😳😧😱😭😭😭😭 Thankfully my coworkers were nice and knew about my fear, so they would warn me, "Miss Jones in the prep room is a moaner, watch out." I was able to steer clear of the noisy ones thanks to their warnings!!! Bless their hearts. THAT is my #1 corpse fear.

[@evokem1819]

FUCK THAT!

[@totallyanonymousbish9599]

Oh damn...sounds so creepy!

[@glitchwitchery]

My beloved (yet cranky) kitty of sixteen years communicated almost exclusively via growling and took growling to an art form. She passed away about a week ago. Afterward, she expelled some air upward through her mouth, and in doing so, it sounded just like she was growling! It made me happy, because it felt like she was just trying to get the last word as she always did! I thought I'd tell you this (funny?) one to see if it allayed your fear a bit. Did it work? R.I.P., Bijoux.

[@minzy5857]

That's a sweet story. Thank you for sharing.

[@13Wolfie13]

Ha! I'm a paramedic and usually I only run 911 calls, but one time years ago I caught a "body haul" with my partner. We picked the guy up and he was a huge man. It was just the 2 of us and we had a hard time removing him from his house because of his size and the logistics. This resulted in us having to manipulate him quite a bit, which caused trapped air to become dislodged. We were travelling down the road and hit a series of bumps that caused the body to start "moaning". My partner yelled some curse words, jumped on the brakes, slammed the ambulance in park (in the middle of the street) and bailed out. I was laughing so hard that it took me 15 minutes to get him calmed down and coaxed back into the truck by explaining what had happened. He had no idea a corpse could do that and was super freaked out. All of this to say, you are not alone in your fear.

[@mimik2561]

Short story: There was a group of beginner divers out with their dive master and they were just eploring a beautiful area. When the beginner divers saw a large cave they wanted to go inside. The dive master signaled no and to surface and began going up (which he shouldnt have done). You need special training to do cave diving. But the beginners declined to listen and went in the cave anyway without their dive master knowing. When he surfaced and they didnt he immediately called a team to come help find them as he couldnt find 3 divers on his own without endangering himself. They took roughky 6 hours to find the divers because the cave split off multiple times and it was practically a maze. They ended up finding 2 divers dead and one with brain damage. The last one only survived because he found a small poecket of air but he used it all up pretty quickly and suffered from severe brain damage.due to lack of oxygen in his brain. So if youre out diving and your dive master tells you not to do something, dont do it. They have gone through literal years of training and over 50 dives to get to dive master and I'm sure they have a reason to tell you not to do something.

[@GR-cf4qh]

50 dives is nothing. I don’t doubt that some dive masters might have as few as 50 dives, as people get sucked into the classes and dive certification system. Typically however you might go out and do two dives in a day. Maybe one if you’re meeting up with your dive buddy after work, or up to 7 a day if you’re on a live aboard dive boat. Personally, I wouldn’t want to take any instruction from a dive master who had less than 500 dives.

[@rokzakrajsek9864]

Curtis Larson When I did the first level certificate, it said that I’d have to do at least 50 dives to take on the exam for next level and there where 5 levels, all with more dives required, while for an instructor it’s this+extra dives and exams of course. 50 is indeed nothing. But I appreciate the story, even thougy it’s pretty sad.

[@MinimyoCaly]

My friend's wife, sadly, passed away while they slept. I never stopped thinking about him telling me how he felt waking up to her cold body.

[@kendallnicole9747]

That’s terrifying

[@clownchaostime3024]

That happened to my uncle! My aunt passed away in her sleep and when he called the authorities, they started interrogating him! They were married 56 years! Never was there any violence whatsoever. No calls to 911...nothing! They just have to blame someone nowadays...it has to be somebody's fault! My aunt was like 73 ...and not in the greatest of health! The police tried to say that there was no way my uncle would have slept thru her passing...really? Cause the medical examiner said she just quietly stopped breathing due to a heart attack which she just drifted into a coma and died. Peacefully.

[@Gabster1990]

At least it was in a warm bed next to a loved one.

[@sidneygreenglass106]

@@clownchaostime3024 some cops are knuckle heads 😳. Not all, but some.

[@Melonhii]

@@clownchaostime3024 although it seems ridiculous, that’s just standard protocol for when someone discovers a body. Murder or not, they’re still questioned just in case it was foul play. even in situations of someone passing in their sleep, it could have been induced by drugs or maybe they were suffocated, so all possibilities are considered

[@andrineslife]

I 100% read the title as care giving corpses and started imagining corpses in doctors and nurses uniforms. Not as creepy as this.

[@RavenousMedicine]

that could actually be the premise for something awesome...

[@Mambo1061]

andrineslife when I saw it, I briefly thought it meant corpses that reanimate to/and go cave diving for kicks, like why are you so scared about these nice zombies having a lovely vacation Caitlin 😂

[@antipatsy]

andrineslife I read it as cake diving corpses.

[@AnaledEel]

I’m a recreational shark diver, so I spend my time in the shallow Caribbean in the company of the resident species. I’ve never been cave diving, and you know, I have to say, I think encountering a scuba cave corpse might actually be my worst corpse scenario, too. I’d probably panic, tear through my own air, hit my tank valve on the cave ceiling, lose my regulator, fkn drown and join him or there on the cave floor. NO THANK YOU. I will stay in the shallows with my shark friends.

[@ronnieejayy]

Mme. Lee shark friends are the best friends

[@AetherIdol]

@@ronnieejayy 🦈💙

[@kes52282]

I imagine my cave diving death to be the same. Surprise, panic, accident, death. No thanks.

[@thgrotto]

You prefer to dive with your friends: Baaaaaby Sharky, do do do do Mommy Sharky, do do do do Daddy Sharky, do do do do Sorry, I've had to get it out of my head. Bye!

[@m3gami_]

I’m a recreational advanced open water and I’m just gonna say: Nah man fuck that

[@annahooge3878]

Grew up in Minnesota. Training for divers rescue as a teen. Thought it would be cool being a real life superhero, until one practice dive in a lake that had mad thick weeds with next to no visibility, and as I pushed some tall grass aside, I ran face first into a corpse. She had been there for quite some time, and the fish had gotten to her. Thankfully my diving instructor was with me because i started to hyperventilate at 20ft down and lost my apparatus. That was the last time I ever went diving. We weren't looking for bodies that day (I was 16, and not even allowed to join the rescue team till 18...), it was just to practice diving in dark waters. Never again.

[@electrictroy2010]

And people in the comments claim “Finding a corpse is rare.” I’ve now read several stories where people unexpectedly found bodies

[@KarnodAldhorn]

I am afraid of dying unprepared after not having had a fulfilled life.

[@AW-hg3pc]

finding corpses in the water in general is a trauma of mine. I used to work as a comercial fishermen and the fish we got most profit on (seabass) liked the openings between islands were the water got nice and turbulent and in the middle would be a quit place were they would pick off smaller fish that would hide from the tidal wirlpools (not pirates of the caribean stuff, more like the wirls you see in big rivers) and we fished with long passive nets that had to be pulled out by hand. Turns out the middle of these wirls was also were bodies would settle down from UK, france, germany and the netherlands due to the way the sea current took them. Most of these bodies would be skinned by crabs but still have tendons and some soft tussiue left. Imagine that coming up from the waves in the middle of the night.... underwater corpse=no

[@James-oo1yq]

So did you just throw them in with the seabass for extra weight?

[@KatieDontYouDare]

Finding bodies in water is my biggest phobia ugh

[@ColdsideRamrod]

This (kind of tangentally) reminds me of something I saw on another channel, Practical Engineering, which has... heh, really stayed with me since. Not so much about finding bodies, just a really shitty way to die. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYenoaSmna2bd6c& tl;dw: there are certain types of innocuous-looking low dams/weirs that, in the right conditions, create a strong vertically circular current at their base. Think of a whirlpool turned on its side underwater. Civil engineers call these "keepers" (or alternatively, "perfect drowning machines"), because once something is caught in that current, it stays there, getting violently shoved back and forth between the surface and the river bed pretty much indefinitely. That goes for branches and other debris as well as swimmers and kayakers, so getting stuck in one is like getting trapped in an industrial-sized dryer with a couple of cinder blocks to keep you company- underwater. I can only imagine the state of the bodies that get pulled out of these things. The best part is that those current conditions can sometimes be hard to spot from the surface, and many of the dams that produce this effect are abandoned and can be devoid of signage.

[@Ryoko48]

@@ColdsideRamrod Wow that is super interesting (and educational) - thanks for sharing that link! I totally just subb’ed to that channel

[@tinar328]

When my husband was in his first year of being a police officer he found a poor elderly man who had died in his home. He was there a long time so maggots had started eating his flesh, in particular, his face. Half of his face skin and muscle was gone and the worst part... his sweet little dog had join in on the nibbling 😭 I did some research to find out whether my dog would nibble on me if I died in the house and turns out, most dogs would! Anyway, this is my corpse fear. Seeing a half eaten corpsey.

[@rollinlikebuer9059]

I can't look at my pet maggot the same anymore.

[@mars6770]

@@rollinlikebuer9059 pet WHAT

[@felmargego2534]

oh yikes, i feel sorry for that old man, he died alone 😔

[@electrictroy2010]

KZbin has videos of corpses found months later. If it’s an apartment, the fluid sometimes drips through the ceiling of the neighbors below .

[@kellyhoward6941]

I've given my dog & cats firm instructions that if I die & no one finds out for a while (I live alone), they should eat me rather than die. I love the little guys & don't want them dying a horrible death, too.

[@cassie.m.0723]

Finding a corpse underwater is one of my biggest fears as well. As an avid swimmer, I always have this fear lurking at the back of my mind when I step into a lake or ocean. BLEAGH

[@tryingmybestokay]

SAME

[@BrainMusicCenter]

Cassie M. In central Texas all the lakes are dark green and you can't see your own feet while you float omg it's scary. I am also terrified of lake corpses grabbing my feet and our deep dark water is so spooky. I prefer pools.

[@missyblissy90]

Didn't have this fear until now. Thanks for that lol

[@elixerkat1937]

Llamarama Dingdong in my city in central Texas, we have like 2 major tourist rivers for swimming. People die regularly during the Summer, cuz they get drunk, get under tubes, and are stuck under water. I'm so terrified to swim over one day and to see one. But luckily, they are always found exactly where they were lost.

[@AnonURnot]

missyblissy90 same here

[@xyz7572]

My biggest fear is dying of hot temperatures. Freezing to death can be peaceful in a way; I live in a very cold country, and every year there are stories about people being out in the cold, becoming increasingly tired, "falling asleep" and never waking up. Your mind is numbed at that point, and you've lost all sense of feeling and pain. I've often been so cold that I've lost the feeling in my hands and feet, that's just the way it is where I live. You feel like you don't have the body part that's freezing anymore, like your body ends there. But it isn't scary, other than the first time you experience it. It doesn't hurt, just mildly ache when you finally get inside and slowly regain the sense of feeling, your skin bright red. If you were to freeze to the point where parts of your body were dying while you're still alive, your sense of pain would be gone _long_ before that. Falling asleep because of the cold like that isn't the worst thing I can imagine. It's sad, like death always is, but at least you know they weren't hurting at the end. But dying of boiling or burning, NONONONONONO, just N O I think you have a video of the most gruesome way to die? I thought I could handle it, for some reason, but just, _no._ That's my biggest fear, I think. Never watched it again, whenever I get it recommended in my KZbin feed I block it faster than a bee sting and feel like I'm going to vomit. I just can't help but imagining being a bystander in that situation, hearing the screams and screams and screams and being unable to help. *_JUST N O_*

[@Titanic_401]

I disagree about freezing to death, for obvious reasons.

[@jeanalisson]

Are you talking about the guy who fell into a manhole and was boiled to death? I was also kind of shocked at that story, it just seems like a horrible way to go.

[@elleplaudite]

Greetings from another cold country. As someone who has experienced some actual cold damage, I can tell you that before that numb, tired part, you do feel oddly enough, like you’re on fire. It doesn’t feel quite like burning your fingers on a match, more like an acid burn. You’re welcome.

[@absulte0]

Before the feeling of tiredness from cold is hypothermia, and let me tell you as someone who has been on their fair share of winter expeditions and winter camping trips in Canada I’ve had hypothermia several times and it is not fun, your body temperature drops so much that the only way you can get warmed back up is by having IVs carrying warm intravenous fluid put into your body to warm your blood, plus something else that comes with that (that thankfully I’ve been able to avoid) is a lot of the times frost bite when because of the cold your flesh actually starts dying and if not removed is gangrenous and can spread and kill you. To be honest, I to would prefer that over being burned alive but not by much, both deaths are very similar in the way that when you become so cold you can feel like your burning and it stings to move any parts of your body and I’ve only had hypothermia that was survivable and it was horrifying, I can’t imagine how horrible unsurvivable hypothermia must feel in the last moments.

[@jdearing46]

ASimpleLoafOfBread Why did you put yourself into that postion not just once, but several times? Once is to many for me sorry, unless it was unavoidable. I've been camping in extreme cold conditions we planned for it. We got hit by a surprise storm not forecasted for our area. Temps went down to -40°f with wind chills down to -60°f it came while we were sleeping. Luckily there was a cabin not far from us that we got to and then left for home after the storm died down.

[@herlaqueen]

A really moving thing I discovered while reading more about this whole topic: David Shaw's website is still up. I find it to be really moving, a personal website he made himself in the early 2000s, simple and clean, with his pictures and dive reports, and a page dedicated to the organization of Deon Dryer's body recovery attempt. It is very sombering and sad, knowing what happened to him, but I am kinda glad it's still available to show how and why he loved this sport. It really feels as if a bit of him is still alive.

[@silva7493]

That seems kind of sweet. I think I'll go have a look.

[@silva7493]

Oh wow, he was a pilot too! It looks like a very interesting site. What a cool guy.

[@wackomacko15]

My neighbor committed suicide Twp weeks ago. No one knew for a week. The smell was so overwhelming. Your videos have helped me deal with my irrational fears I've had because of this . thank you Caitlin

[@SparkyBones]

Makayla Olson sorry that happened to you. Sounds tramatising :(

[@wackomacko15]

I feel bad that I feel bad\freaked out. It just means that I need to work on my own fears.

[@GraceToo_]

I've experienced that smell three times, you can smell it just thinking about it .. I can sympathize

[@lemonmonkey4834]

I'm so sorry.

[@antipatsy]

don't feel bad. you're human, and it's a human reaction. i imagine even an experienced funeral director would be upset at the death of a neighbor, especially a suicide.

[@TomatoGatcha]

I've been sucked into an underwater cave due to a waterfall I was swimming near causing a suction current in the rock wall I was up against. The water fall had carved a tunnel behind it and thus I was sucked into it. I didn't have any proper diving equipment and was left to my own resources of how long I could hold my breath and how much strength I would have to pull myself out. I did make it out due to adrenaline and a friend near by noticing I had disappeared near the waterfall however I can't help but think I could have become an underwater corpse.

[@NaomiJameston]

Welp, I have a new phobia now.

[@drteddy2609]

😨

[@user-N20]

When I was visiting family up in the northeastern United States we were hiking and went to visit a waterfall. At the base of the fall was a small pond that had this hole that just went down into the ground into a cave system. While at the top of the fall I got too close to the water and slipped on some algae and started sliding down towards the edge. I was holding my phone at the time and the corner of it caught in the crack of a rock, stopping my fall. I managed to get back onto safe ground but afterwards I had a panic attack because not only had I almost fallen over, but if I had I would've been sucked down underground. It still freaks me out when I remember it.

[@1WEareBUFO1]

I saw a two foot vortex in a pond my Bf brought me to. "Hmmmmmmm..... Suddenly I don't feel like swimming." This is a tiny vortex, mind you. But I don't fuck around with whirlpools of DEATH.... also 3/4 of the way through the video I'm out.... xD leave those corpses!

[@laurelcook9078]

Oh my gosh, that's so scary. I once got pinned under a buoy rope at Cape May and my parents got so mad at me because I lost some Burberry sunglasses in the ordeal. I literally could've been killed by the rope pinning me underwater but they were more concerned about the cost of the sunglasses than my life.

[@ManPlusRiver]

Serious question, does your profession make you more or less afraid of your own death?

[@user-pz6kq2tv9m]

Lol she even wants to get a natural burial. No anything, just her corpse and the good soil. Giving back to the Earth, as she said before.

[@WhitneyDahlin]

I bet it makes her less afraid. I'm an in-home nurse to the elderly and dying and it has made me much less afraid to die. Watching Kaitlyn's videos have also tremendously helped with my own fear of death. We fear the unknown. Education really is the best way to conquer fear. I'm no longer afraid to die I'm just afraid it's going to hurt.

[@louisdepointedulac3072]

Since I work with children, I think about death a lot and it's not always about mine. I figure that this is a good place for my dark humour. Don't come for me please, it's just a dark joke.

[@madoriablazed1619]

im not scared of dieing it depends on how i die like i dont care about dieing from age

[@imzadi83fanvids7]

@@madoriablazed1619 Having watched my Grandma suffer from declining physical and mental health (going blind, deaf, becoming frail, dementia, multiple falls) for a decade; and now my Dad with Parkinson's and related dementia....I think dying from "old age" is overrated and a misnomer. Personally I hope to die from something pain less in my sleep. Its the pain and suffering I fear, not the actual "death" part of my death.

[@crimineyjenkins1]

I can do funerals, I can look at a corpse... But it's a big, huge NO on touching one. Goes back to when I was a kid when my mom tried to have me touch my Aunt Sally. Then a few years later, my Aunt Neva. And a neighbor where she said (I actually remember her saying this because of my fear), "It's just like touching her when she was alive but colder. Just give a feel. She can't bite." Um... No. Then in 1996 when my dad passed away my mom wanted me to give my dad one last hug good bye. I just couldn't. I ran out of the viewing room crying and in hysterics only to be calmed down and comforted by the secretary of the mortuary. My mom saying, "He's your father and he would have wanted a final hug from you." Which caused me to hyperventilate and cry. Then when my step dad passed away... I refused to go to the viewing but I couldn't escape the burial out in Arlington National Cemetery. Luckily, my step uncle's understood my fear when it came to see his corpse because my mom tried to get them to touch his remains.

[@phoenixdavida8987]

What's wrong with your mom?

[@crimineyjenkins1]

@@phoenixdavida8987 She is mean, vindictive, egotistical, a narcissist, cranky old woman. My mom's step father has called her the Devil on more than one occasion.

[@funape742]

Your mom is seriously messed up

[@lprincessaziz6341]

This story creeped me more than the others. Who encourages touching dead bodies. No one does that. That is not normal.

[@Pehmokettu]

Stories like this makes me happy that in my country (Finland) we mostly have closed casket funerals and people usually understand if someone does not want to see the dead person, even if the dead person was a close relative or a friend. We should remember people as they were alive and not as they were dead. Some religious groups here in Finland have open casket funerals so that also happens here.

[@PoisonTheOgres]

*"Come on in the water's fine!"* Yeah, sorry, not today, Death.

[@pisces2569]

and that is what you say to the God of Death

[@fostercathead]

Nitrogen Narcosis is also referred to as, "The Rapture of the Deep." You probably already knew that.

[@shanehayes857]

Also martini bends

[@williamdixon8961]

My dad called it that, or martini syndrome. Made cave diving a "rather not" thing. Found I`m claustrophobic anyway.

[@hifiveanimation]

Dead hoarders. The thought of the body decomposing for god knows how long without being discovered, combined with the mess that's already there, something about it just disturbs me.

[@TheAlkemist]

That's basically the story of the Collyer Brothers.

[@fkovacs1]

that was like Caitlyn's episode " The Drag Queen in the Closet" for me. The mental images that brought up for me- I had nightmares for days after watching that one.

[@whitealliance9540]

@@TheAlkemist if those are the hoarder brothers who had traps in their house... I say the landlord did that. Hoarders know where they put their stuff for the most part. A trap is something they wouldn't forget... The landlord sprung the trap

[@TheAlkemist]

@@whitealliance9540Doubtful, since the Collyers never let a single person into their home for decades.

[@definitelynotashark1799]

Boy you're going to love Decon channels on KZbin. So fascinating but definitely on the gross end for me.

[@Sataandagi96]

When I was 16-17 I started my training to become a rescue diver (One star, 10m deep max and only during daylight). Okay, not in caves, but in open water. I enjoyed diving in the local lakes where I could see things and swim with the fishes. The nicest lake I was in had mountains of sand and fishes swimming towards me, curiously. Clean water, no swirled up sediment, everything seemed perfect. Then I looked upwards and realized it was a nude beach... Haha... I would always focus on the rescue part, but would soon find out, that once rescue divers arrive, it's usually too late. Of course. We would get called and it would take us 15 minutes at the very least to arrive at the scene. I was used to not having very good sight. The water was usually milky or darkened, since I was around 7-8 meters deep (Our lakes aren't that deep.). The most curious objects I found down there were shoes, glasses, condoms and other garbage, and an old rudder boat. Nothing necessarily interesing. But the worst thing is when you can't see anything. My trainer once send me down one of the local lakes. No sun would come through the trees, I already felt that it was colder there but once I started to sink I soon came to realize, that not only was it colder, it was darker. Completely dark, pitch black. None of my collegues nor I had the "privilege" to have flashlights. But seriously, even though I knew there probably wasn't anything special down there: I was soooo effin scared. I came back up again and begged him to not send me down there again. He wouldn't let me come out. I was tied to a rope to give signals (1-Pull = Emergency 5-pulls = Everything's okay | You get the idea.). I went down there again after a longer argument. The belt with weighs and the flask on my back felt so heavy and pulled me further and further. I couldn't see my equipment nor which direction I was going. The usual tactic was: Move away from the rope and let the signal-man guide you. Left-right-left-right, going further and further out and back in again to search every possible angle. With no flashlight and no way to contact my trainer except for the rope I followed his lead. When searching in a dark place, unable to really hear, see, smell or taste anything, and only a numb sense of touch through the thickened gloves, I was supposed to wave my arm around in front of me. If there ever was an obstacle in front of me, my arm could possibly touch it, before my face. I don't think I've ever been more scared in my life. It was pitch black, I couldn't feel anything but the cold, my mouth was dry from the oxygen and tasted moldy from small drops of water entering through the corners of my mouth, I couldn't hear nor smell. I was completely lost and it felt like hours I was down there... Imagine being in the complete dark, having to search for a corpse, floating around and because your arm is to the far right the corpse to your left just gives you a headbutt... I would be the next corpse, I guarantee you that.

[@JosephMullin]

Did you run your tank dry???

[@Sataandagi96]

@@JosephMullin We usually came back up again before reaching the limits of our supplies. I tried to remain calm and to breathe normally, but sometimes you just can't help it, I guess.

[@samuel-zb4qn]

Oh god that sounds terrible

[@MolecularMachine]

Why the holy hell did they not give any of you a flashlight? That seems like a massive oversight.

[@Sataandagi96]

@@MolecularMachine I think there were multiple reasons for that. 1. The organisation I was working for lives mainly from donations and these underwater flashlights weren't in the budget and I was still attending school so I didn't have the money to buy a good one myself, neither did my parents for they had/have quite heavy financial issues. (But they were so proud...) 2. "You've got your arms, the flashlight won't do sh*t for you in our waters." 3. As the new kid I didn't get the most "luxurious" parts to my diving sessions. We had 1(!) full face mask which you could use to communicate with the surface. The rest of us chewed on our mouthpieces... Overall I guess they didn't see it as a necessity. I officially quit after my year abroad, when I was 20, where I found the strength to go against my dad's wishes to finally say goodbye to this horrid "Team". I still think a lot about the things I saw. It made me realize that talking about death is still different from actually seeing it. I salute to people who can work with the dead. But I'm afraid I can't.

[@joshuahyatt3527]

“Do you have any nightmares about death?” No but if I keep binge watching this channel I might. 😂

[@electrictroy2010]

THERE’S A DIVER THAT LIVED in a cave for Several weeks. He was lost underwater, but found an airpocket. He then waited to be rescued, but eventually died of starvation 4 weeks later (estimated) ,

[@cardinalrobbins9453]

I'm totally with you on cave diving...it triggers too many of my phobias: suffocation, claustrophobia, getting lost. Ewwwww!

[@beepboopbeep5369]

My grandma used to tell me about my great grandpa, they lived in a small village and people drowning was a common cause of death there, not a lot of people were brave enough to take up the corpses( the villagers then strongly believed in ghosts and were very scared anything kind of related to it), my great grandpa was a good swimmer and a brave man, even after he got old he was still an excellent swimmwr, and back then no swimming gears were available let alone they barely had clothes to wear they had to go in as is and swim up with the corpse. One time a man had drowned and after many failed attempts by other swimmers the villagers turned to my great grandpa yet again, according to my grandma when he went to search for it the corpse was stuck between rocks and because that person had long hair, it was swaing in the water and the body was all swollen too, my great grandpa struggled to take the corpse from between the rocks and somehow take it up to the surface. And my grandma said he was certain that the others who searched for the body before him saw the corpse too but were just too scared to retrieve it, which he understood. I never realised how scary that must've been till I watch the video, now I admire my great grandpa even more!

[@firedrill3820]

What freaks me out about death: the way you won't know how much it will hurt.

[@lauralol9210]

My biggest phobia about corpses, is “being buried alive” thing. You know, something about opening your eyes and being inside such a small place, screaming for help, and getting nothing in return only to die because of starvation or lack of oxygen, makes me reeeeaally anxious to the point that I almost have attacks by just imagining that.

[@misscrackwood]

Same for me!

[@clownchaostime3024]

There was a woman in Brazil back in 2018 who accidentally got buried alive. People living near the cemetery heard muffled screams coming from the cemetery . She had been buried for 11 days. By the time the authorities dug her up, she was dead. The rescuers said that the body was still warm and there were claw marks on the inside of the coffin lid. She also had injuries to her forehead.

[@cpucake2802]

@@clownchaostime3024 Great. Thank you for the imagery. ☹️☹️☹️

[@mirry3279]

@@clownchaostime3024 11 days?? How can one survive without water for 11 days

[@clownchaostime3024]

@@mirry3279 search KZbin. Type " woman buried alive in Brazil:" its a 3 in a half minute video

[@annaa8730]

I’m claustrophobic and the thought of cave diving freaks me out so much

[@evesdrop1982]

As an aside my only corpse related fear is coming across a deceased loved one without expecting them to be deceased. Think waking up to find my husband dead in bed next to me or going to check on my children to find them dead. THAT scares me.

[@FordyTheConeSmoker]

As an avid caver and cave diver I have found 3 decomposing bodies (all of which have been children who fell into old mine shafts 💔) and 1 diver that had his oxygen lines ripped 😪. It’s always tough to go through. Though I am glad there are body recovery experts who help families get their loved ones back ❤️

[@bryntendo]

I've always had a weird fear/anxiety/existential dread about huge bodies of open water. Even the underwater stages in Donkey Kong games on my SNES as a kid gave me the creeps, hahaha. It's just so... Silent, cold, dark, unknown, the pressure closing in and the light fading away... Unknown currents, outcrops or cliffs ot valleys, the skeletons of old ships, unseen and unknown animals - Just being a tiny speck of human insignificance suspended in a watery void where you are an alien, alone and vulnerable, with the very environment and everything in it willing and able to kill and forever trap you at any second on a whim... *shudder*. The sensory deprivation doesn't help at all either. Cave diving corpses would be a nightmare for me too.

[@qetioup]

Ah, the silence, so profound you can hear your own heartbeat, the darkness, slowing the beats down when you feel calm and suspended, a sense of freedom like you are flying. The pressure and cold making you aware of your muscles and internal structure, pressing your lungs, making your heart feel suspended, and at the same time so much more a part of you. You can ~feel~ the blood pumping in your veins, and if you stare long enough into nothingness, even see the tiny blood vessels at the back of your eye, pumping. The lure of the unknown, beckoning you to look deeper, not only around you, but also into yourself. The unknown, when you become aware how truly alone you are, how you rely solely on your own judgment and own strength. Empowering, rather then terrifying, if you ask me. Unless there's a floating, bloated corpse ~RIGHT THERE~ then all of that goes out the window, forget it - NOPE, NOPE! ABORT!

[@bronzedemon3862]

Mine is looking out across the wide expanse and seeing no land...no safe heaven. Then looking down at the endless cold blackness and always having that nagging feeling in my imagination...that chance that somewhere done there, some huge predator is watching me and rising to the surface.

[@VieViolett]

I have this exact fear! I hate dark eerie open water, with my legs dangling into the openness, no safety to reach for. The thought of ever being in a deep dark void of water like an underwater CAVE is horrific and I would rather eat a bowl of live cockroaches. I've actually had multiple reoccurring nightmares of me in large bodies of water, and sharks usually are included.

[@lovitasoraya]

OMG very very well said!!! Even deep waters in video games/animations sometimes enough to creep me out. I literally can’t LOL

[@fireaza]

How could the underwater levels in DKC give you the creeps? The music is so relaxing!

[@lauriewelch4728]

Interesting video, I'll have to show my husband. He's a rescue diver and has found many bodies. Yes, it has caused some nightmares for him. Corpses in the water have a specific look with their bulging eyes and hair floating all around them. Sometimes they seem to grab out at him and often when they are touched the skin sloughs off. Can't wait for the book. Death around the world is an interesting topic. Oh, and for the commenter who remarked that their fear was rotting while still alive...I had an elderly neighbor once who was diabetic and when he died at his home the paramedics found his lower legs covered in maggots. Yikes..I did have some night terrors over that one. Damn..

[@LolaTurlututu]

oh really! wow being eaten alive by ...uhhh I didn't know it was possible.... I feel very sad for my diabetic friends and myself 😦 (most of us die of diabetes in my family it's a genetic thing)

[@AskAMortician]

This is exactly my fear! Tell him he does GAWD's work as a rescue diver.

[@arjanwilbie2511]

The hair grabbing is like the death dance is with hanging, seen the bald spots after a car was recovered from water where two people drowned because of non operating seatbelts.. As for maggots easing the dead flesh, they were used to eat limbs that got damaged in war, when it started to hurt they got to the healthy flesh. Sounds like less pain then waking up after a amputation where they forgot to put the pain blocker in the spine... looks at wife as she should have sued.

[@michiganmissy3925]

Ask A Mortician not a diver... have never been underwater with them. I could see that being SUPER CREEPY because they'd be moving in the water... I've never had a body really move. Not visibly anyway. They kinda change positions, but that's a process you don't really see. Its the gasses. Water recovery IS the hands down worst. I admit it. Especially if they were there a while. And if there's a thousand of them.

[@MsCherade9]

Arjan Wilbie Actually maggots are being used to eat dead and decaying flesh in several parts of the world, including here in the UK and in the US. It's called Myiasis or Maggot Debridment Therapy aka MDT. It's remarkably useful in cases where the wound is soft and boggy, it actually aides in only removing the dead skin, as they don't actually eat living tissue. I know several patients with Diabetes who have managed to hold on to their limbs, rather than lose them to a surgical amputation. My Dad was Diabetic and Autistic, which meant knowing a lot about a lot of things. I'm waiting to be diagnosed with Autism myself, it would explain a lot!

[@mariem24601]

There was a TV show called Rescue 911 in the 90s and as a kid I remember watching the episode about a bunch of cave divers in a sink hole, and the guy who goes in to rescue them encountering their dead bodies and it was traumatizing. There is a long list of "we are going to recover the corpse of our friend from the cave" plans that only end up adding to the corpse pile. Nope nope nope.

[@buggyhuman]

I gotta admit that there being a corpse underwater is a fear on mine too. Just thinking of swimming over a decaying corpse trapped in the mud on the bottom of a large body of water freaks me out so much that I can only swim in places that I can see the bottom if I'm with 2 people or less. Sunken ships with dead bodies in them also freaks me out really bad.

[@6Six6Six6Bruh]

that last sentence sounds like submechanphobia.

[@juliaweiss4785]

Wow, are you me?

[@buggyhuman]

@@juliaweiss4785 perhaps

[@paulbrogger655]

I discovered a (smallish) dead whale once while out sailing in Puget Sound. I readied my mask, snorkel and fins for an in-water survey . . . and then thought better of it!

[@michirukaioh4014]

I don't have that issue swimming in lakes or such, because at least the ones I visit have no known bodies. Other thing is going to swim to a Cenote. Not in this life I would swim on a mass grave, that is what cenotes are.

[@allywallis5504]

Buried alive, trying to claw your way out of your velvet lined coffin. Utterly horrific thought.

[@frankfedison5203]

When I was young, one of my grandmother's best friends was a cop. I knew he didn't smoke, but he always carried cigars while on duty. When I asked him about it, he merely replied, "Floaters". I later learned it was to mask the smell of a drowning victim that had perhaps not been found for some time. 😱🤮

[@carolinamurtha3102]

This is definitely one of those things where I could live the rest of my life perfectly content with never having experienced it.

[@KnightOMoon]

What scares me are the dead bodies that weren't actually dead but died because people thought they were. Like the story of the girl who's family thought she died of sickness. She rang the bell to her coffin so hard it broke off its stand and the father found it to the next day. They dug her up and her coffin's lid had scratch marks and her nails were all bloody. Her face frozen in panic after she'd died for real this time

[@nathangoode3126]

Having been a scuba diver and investigator for decades, we have been involved in these types of body recoveries. Respect, surreal and why, come to mind. We handle these environments only with teams I know, trust and train with to bring someone back for their family’s closure. Dying cold, wet, dark, alone, scared, panicked and drowning in an unforgiving environment would be brutal.

[@bigmike9128]

I don't fear death as much as disability and pain .

[@NoThankUBeQuiet]

big mike God I wish Assisted Suicide was a more prevalent option

[@DistressedAndImpressed]

Disability and pain sucks for me, but I'd rather not die tbh...😅

[@UnlicensedOkie]

Disability and pain isn’t so bad once you get used to it

[@rachaelsays3184]

I’m disabled and in a hell of a lot of pain. It sucks. It’s hard to scrape myself out of bed most days. But I have children so I would never take my own life. Life is not easy. But it’s better than nothing🙂

[@dannynicastro3207]

KMichelle Argus ...ABSOLUTELY...but there are ways.

[@yettimouse3561]

After assisting with recovery of a corpse from a cave dive I will never dive again!

[@firefoxjb]

That had to be physically and emotionally taxing. I couldn't do it.

[@soulvaldez1999]

I have a phobia of caves in general, but my corpse fear is being stuck in a small enclosed space with a corpse. I watched Megan is missing as a tween and this became a fear of mine.

[@VulpesFidelis]

Honestly, when people die in extreme places, we need to leave them there. Like is often the case on Everest. The body is a shell. I wish people would get this already… To risk people to satisfy the feelings of others is just plain wrong.

[@Enorugger1]

Jack Rowan but that’s your opinion Some people need to see the body for themselves Besides they hire people who know what dangers they face recovering bodies on Everest or cave diving etc

[@GuardianLealo]

A lot of religions think the soul is not at rest unless their body has a proper burial. People understand that a body is an empty shell, but they think that when your spirit exits your body it gets pissy and will continue to be pissy until the body has a proper burial or will not be able to pass on properly until burial.

[@cyansloth1763]

I agree. But beliefs have had people doing illogical things for centuries. Darwin award?

[@oldchick]

If my kid were dead down there, I would much rather have him brought up and be buried than have to think about him down there all the time rotting

[@octogonSmuggler]

@@oldchick He'd be rotting anyway no matter what.

[@spitefultounge]

Yup, diver here but yet to do my cave course - it is scary as hell. Especially when you get wedged between rocks with current and you have to slowly wriggle out as calmly as possible. Definitely not a sport where someone is prone to panic, but if you like seeing wet rocks... well then, cave diving is for youuuuu!

[@nunpho]

Spiteful if you like seeing wet rocks. 😂😂😂

[@nataliar5293]

It's a lot of fun. Same principles as wreck diving. Wrecks are a lot more interesting though.

[@surpriseraisin5892]

Wet rocks, my favourite

[@ronan8757]

Guys when she started taking about pressure on your lungs my asthma was like *Yes let’s do that*

[@BBaaaaa]

Same lmaooo

[@leejay2418]

Sunshine Animations - another asthmatic too. I hear ya. :)

[@SeaSlug11]

I am asthmatic but premed with an inhaler 30 minutes before diving......I also was checked out and thoroughly tested by a pulmonologist and passed. I understand the risks and have a great time diving. It won’t be acceptable to some understandably

[@samanthasmith8652]

One of my biggest "death fears" would be dying in space-I know, it's unrealistic, but just imagining a body lost to the void forever and never to return to Earth makes me really sad and really anxious. Caitlin, any ideas on what could happen to a potential space corpse?

[@Lou-qi3yh]

Samantha Smith that's a great question! I really hate the idea of space altogether, and that my corpse could wind up anywhere else than in the ground of Earth is extremely sad to me...

[@thatjillgirl]

I have the same thing. I always say that I would never go to space if offered the chance. There are too many ways to die up there, and then you're just trapped alone in space. I know realistically that I'd be dead and so I wouldn't care. But the idea of my body just floating alone in the dark instead of being here on the earth feels really off-putting to me.

[@EllaEllaEh]

After watching The Challenger explosion as a kid, I've been terrified of space.

[@michiganmissy3925]

Maui Caui more than the Soviets ever admitted to. The first Cosmonaut they lost was a woman. They won't even admit she ever existed. Even though we have all the audio of the entire thing.

[@existentialmeatsuit6543]

Samantha Smith yaaasss space corpses is a great topic. It really sounds like a horrible way to die

[@quicksilver8122]

I always fear that when we die our consciousness is still there but everything else is dead. and we are conscious as we decompose. like were trapped.

[@LindsayTxoxo]

quicksilver8122 ... Same. I can think of nothing worse than that! Or people that "wake up" from comas and they were entirely conscious the entire time.. But completely locked in. For years. Fuck that,

[@KillYourHero92]

quicksilver8122 I shouldn't be reading this before bed...

[@sophieliebman1105]

I'd be so board

[@natsumihanaki9205]

They say sometimes the soul stays with the body

[@jessielanzetti9420]

I had a NDE and I have no doubt we leave our body behind. Where you go is up to you, you have a choice while you are alive.

[@Benjiesbeenbetter.]

I have had a phobia of caves since having, when I was a child, a vivid nightmare of being trapped in one. I have no idea where it came from, but after 50 years I can still recall it, even down to the jacket I was wearing in the dream. It was of a type I'd never worn or even seen. This phobia was made even worse by seeing a video about the Nutty Putty tragedy recently. The illustrations- uhhhhh. Now, and thank you Caitlin, there is the added joy of water filled caves in my phobia.

[@DrumWild]

1:21 NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE

[@disgruntledtoad2585]

same oh my god

[@Todo-1996]

I'm claustrophobic as fuck. That shit is terrifying.

[@savannahrogers4788]

My 1 year old starting mimicking this hahahah

[@savannahrogers4788]

Don’t mind me ; letting my 1 year old watch this. I promise he doesn’t quite understand 😂😂

[@mauriziacruz688]

My dad used to spelunk. Every time, I was worried he wouldn't come back... Thank God he always did. 🙏🏽🖤😱

[@Graeme_Lastname]

I thing you should compliment the one who did it safely, your Dad!

[@someonerandom256]

I absolutely love the idea of swimming in a huge underwater cavern close to the surface with sunlight shining down, but the thought of getting stuck between rocks in a cave underwater is absolutely terrifying.

[@Sharkfighter13]

I'm sure it's super beautiful and all, but I REALLY love oxygen and have a fear of tight spaces..... 😰

[@lydiakies9053]

Me, too. It's a double whammy for me. Under water AND in a cave. SUPER NOPE!!

[@catconnor6]

Erin Arndt-Thompson t

[@Mad_Rian]

Erin Arndt-Thompson yay oxygen! 👍🏻

[@MariahiDontCarey]

Erin Arndt-Thompson I get chills and anxiety just thinking about it

[@MsCherade9]

Erin Arndt-Thompson I loved caving when I was a kid, but not in in water, *nope* *nope* *nope* !

[@megansimplystitch]

That is a great sign. It really gets to the point across. 💀

[@Sarah.Riedel]

Megan Sullivan "GO NO FARTHER" 😂

[@TherealHughman]

It's probably about as effective as "stay out, stay alive"

[@tigerlily8117]

I'd like to get one made for my teen son's bedroom door: "GO NO FURTHER! THERE IS NO DIRTY LAUNDRY WORTH DYING FOR DURING RETRIEVAL IN HERE!"....

[@tstormdiver1]

@@tigerlily8117 The sign shown in the video can be bought from the National Speleology Society- Cave Diving Section.

[@tstormdiver1]

Actually there is a volunteer group of cave divers that have been highly & specially trained to rescue (rare)/ recover (most common) divers in caves, know as the IUCRR (International Underwater Cave Rescue & Recovery).

[@writheagainsoon]

I've always been terrified of finding a dead body while on a walk alone. But even that isnt as scary as the thought of finding someone *about* to die. Like, having to sit with a stranger's mangled or diseased body while they *become* a corpse? I'm struggling with my own mortality ion needa struggle with yours too pal.

[@Skyewastaken2]

As a diver, I can’t even imagine the horror of finding a body at a dive site. I’m definitely more of the open water ocean diver than cave explorer but I see the appeal for people to explore the unknown and unseen.

[@morganbranham7205]

I have a terrible fear of natural bodies of water and now thinking about the fact that dead bodies could be chilling out in them makes it so much worse.

[@MrMonstaNoodle]

As a diver I just kinda went "Well..."

[@francoise8368]

Raff Bartholomew would you ever cave dive?

[@TheTurkishrondo]

Okay, but that part in the book The Hatchet where he finds the pilot's corpse in the airplane haunted me for ages. Chalk that one up under watching Artax die on the list childhood traumatic events.

[@clararose1795]

When I got scuba certified, there was a man diving alone near us. My instructor asked him at the surface if he wanted to join us, and told him he really shouldn't be out there alone, but he declined. That evening, we found the guy dead. The instructor quickly sent us back to shore with his partner before we could even process that he was dead, and he ended up towing the body in himself. Something about being in the water so close to a dead man, who we had seen alive a couple hours earlier, was terrifying. Ive never been back to that beach...in fact, I don't go diving very often at all, and I would sure as hell never go alone.

[@clararose1795]

On the same scuba note, I lived in Lake Tahoe for a while, and while I was there they found a diver suspended at almost 300 ft who had been missing for 20 years. The water there is so cold, and he was so deep, that everything was pretty perfectly preserved.

[@jadebean]

My god that’s terrible :/

[@KonbanwaJapan]

I just watched a video where they talked about a man who got stuck upside down in a cave (called Nutty Putty). Rescuers tried to free him but about 27 hours in he was pronounced dead and they left his body there and sealed up the entrance. That sounds horrifying.

[@danieldellamarine1363]

KonbanwaJapan Was that from the Horror Stories channel? That video was very sobering.

[@catherinevaz6139]

I watched this one on the channel "Horror Stories". It was a creepy one 😳

[@goodvibes6382]

Talk about synchronicities! (I don't believe in coincidence) Just 2 weeks ago I first heArd of this guy, which prompted me to look up and watch several videos about the tragedy. Then I come across a chic talking about it in this comment section. And Then, here u are mentioning it in the same comment section! It's kinda like u buy a blue van bc u never see blue vans and u want something different. After u buy it, u notice blue vans everywhere u go

[@margaret9893]

did you watch it on the "horror stories" channel? love that guy

[@orangeblossom5362]

One death that actually sounds more frightening is the 19 year old girl who died in the Paris Catacombs. Her body was retrieved 2 years later 2 miles in the catacombs.

[@ConstantlyRead]

You are morbid, funny, intelligent and beautiful. I love your videos!!

[@Broomsticksmess]

I think finding ANY surprise dead body would be a NOPE for me. I can easily handle knowing there is a dead body in another room, tending to the dead, I have helped comfort people passing away, im intrigued by the history and science of death, but fucking surprise dead bodies I wasn't planning on encountering...fuck that shit I need a warning and I'm all good.

[@kellietipton1338]

bloom will same

[@themichellechronicles5139]

I hear you! My parents found my aunt dead a few weeks ago... On my mom's birthday. Needless to say she has had a pretty hard time coping with that.

[@michiganmissy3925]

bloom will -they're pretty hard to sneak up on. Maybe in winter? But usually, you'll know without question if there's a body. They kinda announce themselves.

[@Broomsticksmess]

Michigan Missy I worked at a nursing home. Nothing worse than doing night checks and finding something. Like I said, I'm cool with it unless I don't have a warning. Plus, a group of friends and I stubbled across a body in the woods when I was younger. There are a LOT more "surprise bodies" than what your realize.

[@michiganmissy3925]

bloom will Nursing Home. I get it now. My job messed me up too. I thought you meant just wandering the world.

[@TinaCutri]

Literally yelled "NOPE" every five seconds during this video ☠️☠️☠️☠️

[@thegayestgoth]

LOL

[@largol33t1]

tina, are you blastphamous hd's alter ego? Sounds like something he would do! When he's watching a video that scares him badly, he goes "NOPE!" every few minutes. LMAO.

[@baldewild8190]

Lies

[@Waiting4Him111]

This is the first time I've heard of a corpse killing someone. Scratching off an adventure on my bucket list now.

[@devenblackwell5690]

Happens in Everest too :)

[@mrtraumaboyy4098]

We used to see Sheck all the time and we live close to Merritt's Mill Pond where Mr Ed Sorenson lives. He is one of the best cave diving instructors and is also one of the best retrievers in the world. Thanks for this video!!

[@dsandoval9396]

I remember one story about these cave explorers (I forgot the spicific term) that explore caves that have small openings. In MOST cases they have to crawl, squeeze, and finagle their way into areas that might see themselves quite literally crawl like a worm in narrow openings for some distance before the cave opens up. Well, this kid and his cousin or brother decided to explore a well known cave. It had been explored by other officionados of this type of cave exploring so there was something of a map so they *kind of* had an idea what the inside looked like. These two kids go inside squeezing and crawling their way inside and it's getting smaller and smaller the further they go, one kid gets wants to explore a certain area because he thinks it'll open up but gets separated. As the other kid tries to go back to find his friend, he finds him... The first kid had gone further into an area that seemed to have a drop off and he thought if he pushed through it would open up, what he couldn't see was that the area dropped down about five feet at a very steep angle, (remember, by this time they barely have room to crawl through), as he went in a little he lost his grip/balance and fell head long into a dead end. When his cousin found him all he could see was both his legs from the shin down sticking up from the hole. The kid that fell into the hole couldn't get out because the hole was too steep and couldn't push himself back up and out, furthermore, the angle that he went down from an almost horizontal position he was at, the shape of the cave, would mean his knees would have to bend in the opposite direction in order for him to fit though the opening back up. The cousin went back outside as fast as he could to get help, but because rescue crews had too much bulky equipment and were unfamiliar with those caves, and the area the trapped kid was stuck was far into the cave system (I think the kid was a 40 minute trek into the cave?) quite some time had already passed before any rescue team got to him. Anyway, but this time his body had been practically upside-down for a few hours and blood had left his legs and rushed to his head. The crews couldn't open up the passage because there wasn't any room for equipment or to move, also, any attempt to so much as even put any pressure on his legs caused him a great deal of pain. One option, as mentioned, was to break his legs in order to maneuver his body out, this was ruled out for whatever reasons including the extreme pain he felt just by having someone touch his legs... After everything was said and done there was nothing they could do and his body was shutting down already. I think part of the problem was that so much blood pooled in his head that moving him would cause an anurisim or something (this is all from memory that I saw the video more than a year ago so details are going to be off). The decision was made to leave him there and family to talk with him until his heart stopped. They sang hymns (he was morman I believe) until he passed and even after that the rescue crews were unable to remove his body unless they broke his legs so they sealed up the cave and he is forever in there, in an upside-down position. You want to talk about claustrophobia and nightmares. This story is it. The video is on KZbin if anyone wants to loose some sleep.

[@abandonedchannel8756]

John Jones in the Nutty Putty cave in Utah

[@silinacae]

Could it be speleology? I can't imagine the terror of being stuck like that...

[@dsandoval9396]

@@abandonedchannel8756 YEAH! That's it! Saw the story on the Horror Stories channel. Interesting channel but I'm kinda glad I stopped watching it, some stories... just nightmare fuel, actual nightmare fuel. Then heaven forbid there's actual video of the thing happening, like the accident on set of the The Twilight Zone movie where a helicopter falls on a man with two kids in his arms and the kids (or all of them) are decapitated by the helicopter blades. Stopped the video before the scene played. Unfortunately I had seen one (actual recording) where a mother falls through a loose metal plate at the top of an escalator and throws her son to someone at the top of the escalators but she gets pulled into the gears, eaten alive by the escalator, pretty sure her son heard everything, her screams, poor poor child. Anyway, like the Nutty Putty story, it's all very interesting but all genuinely nightmare inducing, personally speaking anyway.

[@dsandoval9396]

@@silinacae Yeah. From what I remember because of the blood pooling in his brain he was having really bad headaches, that along extreme with pain all over his body. If I was in that situation I'd hope they would give me a huge dose of morphine or something and just go as peaceful as possible. Would be the most humane thing to do, I think.

[@paulapalais]

I was just thinking of that story also. So sad

[@maverick8027]

This sounds insensitive but just leave the bodies, there is a reason why they died there and unless you want to join them for the same reason, leave them

[@jodiesargent2468]

Not insensitive at all - as divers, this is a discussion my buddy and I have had numerous times.

[@PixelDoodles]

That and the bodies on Everest

[@nokturnna83]

The problem is that the families can only make peace with a body. If they don't see it, they somehow think the person is still alive... :(

[@MissingmyBabbu]

@charlotte It doesn't sound cold at all. At least not to me. I'd do the same thing if I came across a body in a spot like that. It would eat me up inside, but I'd be alive. If you die down there trying to get their body back, you just doubled the grief.

[@m3528i]

If someone falls off the Grand Canyon and their body lands in a hard to reach place, we don’t just leave them. When planes go down on mountain tops, we go get them and bring them home to their families. Sometimes it’s impossible, as in the case of those on Everest. However, there are a class of heroes who endure training and practice to go get who they can because we want our people back when they die. It’s irrelevant that their hobby killed them as much as somebody dying in a car wreck on their way to the movies.

[@mofuker199]

I'm afraid of getting stabbed to death. The feeling of something sharp repeatedly going through your flesh in seconds, the weird sound when the blade hits your hard bones... Watch "The Zodiac" movie to understand what I mean.

[@b.j.7837]

I completely agree with you! That would be an awful death.

[@annabellematice5163]

I’m kinda the opposite... I think if I ever had to kill someone ( self defense or revenge for killing my baby) I would choose to stab them to death, cause I think it would hurt.

[@missalexandria7112]

I would be interested in an episode on the caver who died in the Nutty Putty Caves in Utah. That story is very haunting. When I first heard about it, it disturbed me for days. The body was never able to be recovered.

[@neuroqueerjester]

For the Q&A, *death* book recommendations would be great!

[@bsidethebox]

Yes! I would especially be interested in recommendations for people who are "getting ready" for the end of their life--are there any preparation manuals that go beyond "have a will, name an executor, give somebody a list of your passwords and accounts"?

[@proseb4bros976]

Disgruntled Sloth I agree! I would love to get some book recommendations!

[@laude1]

Yep! I just started a book she recommended on the Victoria Era and Arsenic (The Arsenic Century) and it's sooo interesting. I also recommend it.

[@gusmonster59]

Go The Order of The Good Death website. They have a book recommendation section.

[@lemonadecupcakes]

That's a comprehensive list on the website. Here is another book that is surprisingly awesome. "Stories in Stone: A Field Guide To Cemetery Symbolism And Iconography". by Douglas Keister. Kind of makes me want to walk through cemeteries to learn about the people there. So many interesting symbols.

[@princessmarlena1359]

When my brother was boating, he came across a dead body that had washed out of a grotto. He notified the coast guard and they recovered the victim, who had somehow washed out of there and into the ocean.

[@yoursisterfromanothermiste6696]

Drowning sounds horrifying.

[@JojoJojo-bd6dz]

yas.

[@lu.ciel8770]

Your sister from another mister I almost drowned in high school so I can confirm that it is indeed horrifying. I know I wasn't under the water that long but it felt like ages. Its was weird feeling claustrophobic because I couldn't breathe while at the same time feeling around and not being able to feel anything but water. No floor, no walls....no anything except water. 😖

[@Ekaekto]

Your sister from another mister There is an amazing video by Claire Winekand called 'what it feels like to die'. She didn't drown but was however suffering from a continuous and worsening lack of oxygen, so the symptoms are probably similar to drowning.

[@Saitaina]

As someone who drowned and was brought back...not really. Maybe it's because I was so young and didn't know what was happening (just a lot of bobbing) so there wasn't really terror just "must turn around before mom sees me floundering after she told me not to go here...", but beyond that...not too bad. NOW however, knowing what was going on might make it worse.

[@Katzztar]

Drowning is bad... but drowning while in a underwater cave is far worse.I forgot the name, but read of one guy who got lost while cave diving, to avoid the horror of drowning there, he committed suicide. according to the article (if true) becoming the first (known) guy to commit suicide while cave diving.

[@iokneafsey8039]

Hahaha, OMG I have the same fear but specifically for submarines. I am an archaeologist from the UK 🇬🇧 hoping to start my MSc in Maritime Archaeology in the near future. I have exhumed many bodies and have no issues with death and dead bodies but I was at a lecture where they were talking about underwater war graves and trying to retrieve bodies from sunken ships, submarines and even aircrafts (generally bodies that are trapped inside wrecks, at least those of less than 100 years ago, are considered sacrosanct and not to be disturbed but some governments, particularly the US like to retrieve their dead from these wrecks). All of a sudden whilst listening to the lecture I felt hot and could feel my skin crawling... I just couldn't think of anything worse than a bunch of corpses floating around in a sunken submarine it really affected me and I was asking myself WTF? You're not squeamish? So nice to hear that I'm not the only one... is it perhaps that the corpses are more mobile in the water? I defo can't get the idea of, the inside of dead body strewn sub being like a sort of corpse soup 🍜, out of my head. Nope! Nope! Nope! 👎

[@jeffreymartin2130]

I served on two submarines. You don't think your going to die. I was out of the Submarine Navy for 23 years when I had a nightmare about being on a sinking submarine.

[@gnarthdarkanen7464]

"The Abyss"... Frankly, I love the movie, particularly the "special" edition or "director's cut" versions... BUT you might be well advised that it portrays divers entering a freshly sunken sub... so... there's that. I don't pretend to know if it would be cathartic for you to "expose yourself" to the visual, or if you'd prefer to acknowledge the substance of the movie and avoid it like the plague... In either case, you get the choice, knowing the title. ;o)

[@micky_knuckles]

cave diving, but not under water, like that dude that got stuck upside down in a tiny spot in a cave and he knew he was basically toast but it took ages for him to finally suffocate. 😭😭😭

[@jewelgrayson3892]

I am the oldest of....too many siblings. But because i am the eldest with the most responsibilities and privileges, I was often hated within my house by my siblings because they thought that i was favoured. So to get "even" with me, they waited on me to fall asleep and covered me with blankets and pillows and laid all over me. I was a big girl back then, but there was 8+ siblings on me and even though im strong, I wasn't that strong. I woke up not able to breathe and i couldnt see anything and I couldn't move. I started freaking out and crying. I couldn't scream because my brother was sitting on my head. My parents woke up by mg siblings giggling and came in and saw me about to pass out. That was years ago and our relationship is much better and they're all sorry for what they did. But because of that, im terrified of being dead and in a coffin unable to move, speak or see anything and just feel myself be eaten by bugs crawling in and out of me. Still to this day, i never want to sleep on my back and i never sleep before everyone else does xD

[@elirchi9214]

If you hate the idea of staying concious during all stages of decomposition after dying... then you'd absolutely hate the SCP called "What Happens After Death"

[@electrictroy2010]

Uh… decomposition doesn’t start until 1-2 hours after your heart stops. Your brain only lives a few minutes without oxygen, so you would NOT be conscious as a corpse.

[@GaliadelaRosa]

Cave diving seem so far away from me, until last week while visiting gorgeous TaakBi-ha cenote, i took a snorkel tour around the closed cenote and seeing those underwater caves and seeing the 'life lines' going deeper and deeper even from the surface i felt some sharp true fear

[@kathy6149]

los cenotes son mi #1 fear porque están bien bonitos pero the amount of bones in there??? they found one of the oldest skeletons of a 15 year-old nomad in a Yucatán cenote si yo me la hubiera encontrado me cago del miedo

[@mimisezlol]

@@kathy6149 I mean children were also thrown into cenotes as offerings, right?

[@kidstwomany]

I'm afraid of being trapped too. My fear is being swallowed up by a sinkhole. Like a guy was in Florida. They never found him. And the horrible part, he was asleep in his own bed when it happened. Now that's horrifying!

[@katiegenreau]

kidstwomany petrified wood

[@majaluning3624]

This is the first video I’ve seen from you, I have no idea what your channel is about, but you making me giggle about soap mummies and being the definition of awkward fun excellence, it’s an instant subscribe!

[@summermurphy9564]

My 2 greatest fears are drowning and cave-ins/bridges collapsing over me so cave diving is a total nope for me

[@specctre3077]

I had a feeling Shaw was gonna be mentioned...that was a messed up situation.

[@evil-science]

SAME I was terrified enough of just snorkelling around shipwrecks in open water close to shore, the entire concept of cave diving makes me want to heave, even without a solid dose of waxy watery cave corpse. Honestly, fuck that.

[@runlarryrun77]

Existential despair... & whimsy! is my life actually.

[@censusgary]

runlarryrun77 Everyone’s, I guess.