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[@ChamChamRealSmooth]

Miller had the best character development. At first, he went to the cave with the intent to make money by saving the guy, but in the end, he refused the money and just went back to his job.

[@SCUMMY4205]

Yea I was surprised to hear that he turned down that $50k contract.

[@thelordofthelostbraincells]

@@SCUMMY4205 that's like over a million bucks in today's money

[@SCUMMY4205]

@@thelordofthelostbraincells Yea, I can't imagine turning down thar kind of money

[@cmsjr2001]

@@SCUMMY4205 especially back then

[@carlosrodgers2474]

​@@SCUMMY4205 Especially if he knew that The Great Depression was not that far off.

[@RelativelyBest]

I can't believe Internet Historian actually trapped Wendigoon in a cave for four hundred hours just to make this video. The man sure is dedicated to his craft.

[@SCUMMY4205]

Yea, poor Wendigoon thought he was just going down there to take some photos for the video.

[@crispylizard4348]

The cave demands a sacrifice...

[@Bluetanmancan]

Wendigoon YEARNS for the caves

[@BrettonFerguson]

Thanks. I was trying to figure out whose face he used. I knew it looked familiar. I have only ever watched a couple of Wendigoon's video, so didn't recognize him.

[@Tamaki742]

Fun fact, in 1954, Miller went back to the cave with a group to study the gypsum formation Collins found before he got stuck and they spent a week exploring it. It's beautiful, but no one could get in now.

[@Californ1a]

I would love to see a moden color picture of that structure, but we probably never will.

[@zackattack9228]

Pretty sure that was some other cave,no one has seen what Collin foud

[@aldrinmilespartosa1578]

@@Californ1a robot perhaps

[@samuraijackoff5354]

The earth below us moves all the time, by now it is either completely different or completely gone.

[@amathy9690]

@@samuraijackoff5354 Unless there have been more cave-ins it's unlikely that it's changed that much in less than 100 years. These caves were formed over millions of years, 100 years is barely registerable to them.

[@alphax-shroom6781]

From what other commenters were saying, They always feed him coffee because it's 1925 and water filtration is hot garbage. So Boiled water is the best they got, which is put into Coffee. The Caffine also helps give energy to stay lucid.

[@acrow5]

Also the heat of the coffee probably helped reduce his hypothermia.

[@matheussanthiago9685]

Also, coffee is awesome It I was bound to my soon to be death bed I'd be begging for the stuff

[@snikerz5886]

Yup. At by that point I seriously doubt shitting himself was even a concern.

[@darreljones8645]

Does anyone else find it weird that, at one point, they were drinking whiskey during Prohibition?

[@georgetrevor2621]

@@darreljones8645 I mean, not really. Nobody followed Prohibition unless they were an arsehole.

[@ShawnTheDriver]

The fact that they think he died right as the light bulb went out saddens me to no end, man. He probably thought they had decided to leave him there and he gave up. That’s so freaking sad. 😞

[@Lill2895]

Well he did die around that time, probably within a couple hours, but he definitely had no clue they were digging up top 😔 And that's just an awful thing.

[@Lewtable]

Tbh I think he had ceased to be conscious (or at least ceased to be cognitive, aware of his surroundings and capable of thought) long before that point. If he died around the time the bulb went out then the heat from the bulb was literally the only thing keeping his brain from shutting down and freezing to death. The most tragic part to me is that the last day or two before he fell asleep and remained unconscious to his death probably wasn't spent alone in quiet contemplation but more likely in absolute madness from delirium, maybe even hallucinations and nightmares. Either way, I think it's fair to say that by the time Casey Jones almost got baited into being trapped with Floyd in there, Floyd was such a mess that he probably wasn't even sure himself of what he was trying to do. After all, for the entire 15 days ordeal, his head was partially submerged in cool temperature water, there's no way in hell he was in a state of mind to do any decision making.

[@LeoandLamb]

Oh Jesus Christ I didn’t even think about that!💔

[@LolGurrl91]

Right? Like, how scary and hopeless a death that would be. And to die alone in the dark?! 😩

[@samuraijackoff5354]

He probably just closed his eyes, held his breath and waited in that dark, dark tunnel. Until the light came to him after his death.

[@the711devin4]

The most messed up part is that his suffering from trying to make a tourist attraction turned into multiple tourist attractions, none of which he could profit from due to him being immobilized or dead

[@RelativelyBest]

Ironic.

[@SpinoRexy733]

Yeah the world punished him for trying to be successful but rewarded those who got success out of profiting off of his misfortune. Like talk about life not being fair.

[@RelativelyBest]

@@SpinoRexy733 It's not _quite_ like that, though. In nature, let's say a creature tries to ensure a food source but, by chance, dies in the process. Then the remains of the creature provides nourishment for various scavengers. This isn't "unfair" so much as simply the way nature works. It's nothing personal, and it definitely isn't a punishment. I don't know how it works on the other side of the veil, but nature isn't concerned with morality, just _efficiency._ If you're doomed regardless, your demise may as well provide others with an opportunity to thrive, or at least survive a little while longer. At least then it wasn't a waste.

[@samiamtheman7379]

The ironic thing is Floyd wanted to make the cave an attraction, only for the cave to make him an attraction.

[@yeoldehotdog306]

The death of this man ultimately was caused by the lookie-loos. If it was just the brother, the reporter and Gerald (and maybe rope man) working on it and being allowed near the mouth of that cave they might have been able to get him out. There wouldn't have been that cave in and Gerald almost digging him out in one go was sign enough that that could have worked, they might have even realized 'we should go in the other side to remove the rock' or found another way to do it. Poor Floyd. Rest in peace you brave and crazy man.

[@sirboomsalot4902]

The firefighter gets a bad rap, but honestly his heart was in the right place. Plus, he was going to use a different rope and harness (one that presumably didn’t crush him against the cave), so it just might have worked

[@aldrinmilespartosa1578]

A least he tried, even though the guy is quite dumb. Others did not even help but also contributed to his painful and miserable death.

[@scotthadden9816]

Not really, he was kind of screwed no matter what anybody did, the ground is still frozen solid because of how cold and frosty it is, so digging down to free his leg is either a) going to require melting all the nearby frost away, which risks a cave-in, cutting off the only sure way they have to him, making it that hole or bust, or b) digging through frozen earth, which is MUCH harder to do, and is consequently going to take much, much longer, which is more likely to cause permanent, likely fatal, debilitating conditions, like muscular degeneration, muscle and/or bone atrophy, and blood clots, in Floyd; so that even if they DO free him alive, he's not going to be that way for very long, or is going to require assistance to do literally ANYTHING for the rest of his life. The problem wasn't the crowds gathered outside, though they certainly didn't help matters, it isn't even really the cave itself, it was a combination of weather and seasonal climate.

[@shinymetagross1666]

@@scotthadden9816 They're referring to the original, pre-cave in, plan. The one with the jack and the crowbar could've worked with the different tools they were going to try, and there would've been a lot more time to figure it out when they could still get to him.

[@scotthadden9816]

@@shinymetagross1666 I was talking about using the plan that actually got him out after he passed on, just as the FIRST plan to get him out. Even if the jack did work, and you got him out that way, blood clots, bone and muscle atrophy from being unable to move for that long, a bow-shaped-femur from having the weight of the rock constantly pressing down on it. He either dies before you can get him to the surface or is going to need help doing LITERALLY anything for the rest of his life.

[@m.hunterstevie2081]

Literally a story of the absolute best and worst humanity has to offer…

[@javeriousgilmore9084]

It's insane how much hope I have when Gerald arrives.

[@aldrinmilespartosa1578]

How much people cared and how much it faded fast. Things we can still see today.

[@Whitewingdevil]

I don't know what it is about Internet Historian videos, but every time a new one comes out not only is it a certified banger, but I'm always really eager to see other people's reactions to it, I wanna share this story!

[@justwilliam5995]

100% bangers

[@matheussanthiago9685]

There's a clad of content creators that put out such high end entertainment value That merely seeing the stuff doesn't feel like enough I have to see people seeing it for the first time as well

[@decorumlopez9147]

we used to get movies like that, year after year. Those were the days.

[@ArtwellI]

I've watched a least 5 reactions to this vid. -5 hours

[@ineedhelp2698]

If skitten is claustrophobic, she would love the ted the caver creepy pasta

[@Chavezzslovakia]

Haha bro we did not think it was gonna bother us that much when we started the video!

[@ineedhelp2698]

Yeah we can tell by the way you guys reacted to it Ps- love your vids

[@fightinggimmick2592]

Oh that was horrifying to listen to.

[@IKMcGwee]

yeah the first viewing of this worked my anxiety real good too, I feel y'all.

[@technoimperialist9509]

Or God's mouth

[@effluviah7544]

My family is from Appalachia, and this story is still really commonly known in the area, especially where there are lots of mines (basically caves) and natural cave networks like the one he got stuck in. My dad took me into a cave in Tennessee, with the sole mission of teaching me "never go in a cave, ever" and it worked-- Never got hurt screwing around known cave sites, but I knew plenty of people who did. Not only is the cave itself a hazard, but there is often abandoned TNT (decayed from age and therefore volatile-- wind caused by movement walking around can potentially set it off) which was left in place by miners/cavers, and other risks like hidden rusted tools and obviously unstable mine/cave walls and floors... Tons of gruesome stories. I'm glad IH's video has brought this story to a wider audience!

[@blugaledoh2669]

This story is still commonly known?

[@LoreCatan]

@@blugaledoh2669 Why wouldn't it be? Especially to miners, this story is still spread to bring awareness, Floyd's death really brought perspective to how dangerous cave exploring could be.

[@blugaledoh2669]

@@LoreCatan ah ok

[@thorleif8872]

Miller returned to the cave ~30 years later with some other Journalists and Scientists to explore the cave Collins discovered. They where there a while and after that Miller said that the cave collin tried to reach was "a paradise of natural beauty"

[@renewalacumen1770]

In the attempt to make a paradise available to everyone, he was guarantied a personal hell beneath the earth.

[@AoiFlame02]

i wish there was a picture of that paradise...

[@Frostbite08]

Mammoth Cave, and the whole area around it, is sitting on large deposits of limestone. Limestone dissolves in water. All those people showing up, tearing up the vegetation, melting the snow, gawking in the entrance of the cave (adding the moisture of their breath), almost definitely caused the cave-in.

[@RetroTaylor94]

If only Floyd knew how many people were trying their hardest to save him, that there were people who never stopped caring about him.

[@LoreCatan]

Even 64 years later!

[@MrXander1337]

If only most of those people weren't just loitering around causing the entire fucking thing to collapse and directly contribute to killing him after his friend had already told them that was going to happen and they should just fuck off and let an essential small crew to work in peace

[@CruelestChris]

I think he'd still have died of exposure.

[@non1263]

He did know. He may not have known to what extent, but he knew.

[@sleepythemis]

@@non1263 He knew at a point, but it's assumed he succumbed not long after that lightbulb went out. And a part of me wonders if he might've taken that to mean that they'd stopped trying to get him out. Not that it would've made much of a difference in the end, but it's a whole 'nother thing to die hopeless than it would be for him to close his eyes to sleep, content that they're still trying, and die with hope.

[@UnlicensedOkie]

On another sad note Did a bit of searching Jewell Estes, the 17 year old that initially went into the cave and realized that the dude was stuck, ended up dying in 1927, at just 20 years old, in Texas. He was buried back in Mammoth Cave Baptist Church cemetery. RIP dude You’re a legend for raising the alarm that he was in trouble. Damn. His parents and nearly all of his siblings died in the 19teens and 1920s. One died in the 1930s, and the last sibling (the youngest) died in 1990. That’s crazy I can’t imagine the hurt of losing your whole family so close together.

[@SpinoRexy733]

Imagine only living for 20 years.

[@filipvadas7602]

Floyd's brother, Miller and Gerald were the MVPs here They tried so damn hard. The fact that Miller came there for the story , but kept coming back to genuenly help was a show that he was a good human being Floyd's brother , even years later, just wanted to help his brother even if all he could do is give him a proper burial And Gerald was such a BOSS that the cave had to sucker punch him so he couldn't get Floyd out.

[@sassyghost_8]

Have you tried turning the cave off then on again? Also, Skitten isn’t alone in thinking “How about we send in a child?” I thought that too! It was the early 1900s! Kids were literally working in factories doing the same thing. Crawling into dangerous places they shouldn’t be to fix something.

[@TheKsalad]

The children yearn for the mines

[@simonlangeng9738]

women had just got the vote a few years prior, and theyr votes helped restricted child labour i think to 14year olds at the youngest in 1925

[@fruitsalad5036]

omg i didn't even think about that... WHY DIDNT THEY DO THAT

[@003mohamud]

@@TheKsalad Who do you think mines diamonds for De Beers? The cobalt in your computer?

[@sassyghost_8]

@@fruitsalad5036 For one time only in the 1920, the children were spared. 😂

[@avatarmary]

"you should tell the cave to stop it" i laughed too 😂

[@Not_Soundwave]

When I watched this on my own I thought "Oh no, this is gonna break Skitten" 😭 And no matter how many times I watch other people react to this I still get that hopeful feeling that he could've made it.

[@LoreCatan]

Right. If the proper authorities with the right equipment were alerted first, as well as giving Floyd the radio and lightbulb before the cave became unstable, I'm sure he would've made it. Hurt, starving and traumatized, probably to not take a step in another cave ever again, but alive for sure.

[@Ratboycultist]

I feel the same. Things could have turned out so much differently if all those people hadn't lit fires, or if they had started digging him out sooner. It's so frustrating and disappointing, knowing that he could have made it.

[@sleepythemis]

@@Ratboycultist Even just a feeding tube would've made such a difference.

[@stalinsoulz7872]

@@sleepythemis even if he didn't ate. Simply chugging him something to warm him up is the big difference between succumbing to exposure and having that lil bit sanity and warmth to barely survived . The first mistake happened here when gawkers flooded the area knowing sand castle is a soft cave in and still Fucking lit fires melting the cave system to slowly but surely collapse

[@jojomizugorou5305]

Two things I'd like to mention, First, when you think about it. They probably coulda reached him before he died, if there hadn't been so much interference from the public. Time was wasted during that two day court martial, and even prior to that, time was wasted with the locals arguing about what they should do to free him, while getting nothing done. Add it all up, and it shows that 3 whole days were wasted. It's tragic. Which brings me to my second point, Internet Historian told this tragic story brilliantly. He told it in a way where it felt like you're actually there watching it all unfold. Upon watching his other videos, he does this with some of his other videos, and he does it very well. But the fact that he's able to tell this story in a way that it gets people like me or Skitten to shed tears for a man who's been dead for almost 100 years, which is praiseworthy and admirable

[@amathy9690]

Adding to your first point, less idiots disturbing the area around the cave decreases the chance of the cave-in happening. If that didn't happen he probably would have lived.

[@ManuelLopez-ff5of]

This is such a terrifying thought to have. Especially if you visit caves used as tourist attractions. The thought of getting trapped due to a cave in is such a horrible possibility.

[@Broomer52]

I visited a cave in northern Virginia. It’s a pretty impressive cave too, the rocks barely looked real. Their was a rule the tour guides had to hammer into everyone. “Don’t. Touch. The. Cave.” Because of how these caves form material introduced to the cave will become part of the cave and that can have the potential of damaging it. The metal guardrails were obviously fine but the act of touching these rocks can damage and erode them., no touching.

[@MindsEdge]

In all honestly, this is probably the ONLY Historian video I will not re-watch because the anxiety and the absolute despair of my first watch of it (with two of my friends mind you) was so intense I don't think I'd ever want to experience again.

[@monocle-gentle-sir]

Wendigoon who played floyd is a must watch channel

[@lauralowe7834]

Especially his video n the mystery flesh park

[@アキコ2003]

I'm glad to see people take a serious story seriously. Not with disrespect like many reaction channels I've seen

[@MatthewCSnow]

16:35 no joking, that is what you should always do when exploring dangerous areas. The main reason why Aron Ralston (127 hours) was stuck for so long and had to cut his arm off was because he didn't tell anyone he was hiking in that area, which you NEVER! EVER! DO! if you're hiking by yourself in southern Utah

[@luxborealis]

In my country of Norway we put up posters with basic survival rules at basically all mountain lodged, including of course "always inform someone where you are going", but we still have at least a couple tourists killing themselves in blizzards, crevasses or caves every year. Usually because of not telling.

[@AzathothLives]

The most tragic part about this story is how close they were to getting him out of that damn cave. And not just once, a few times they were hours away from doing it. If they had started with a mind for shoring up the cave and being careful not to destabilize it further from the get go they would have definitely bought themselves enough time to get him out. But again, hindsight is 20/20. And its not like there were a bunch of experts there at first. Most of that time was wasted by dumb local Kentucky farmers who had no idea what they were doing. Out of the hundreds of people loitering outside, only three actually contributed to the actual work for almost the entire operation.

[@heze2819]

I love how invested Skitten gets in these stories but it makes me sad too like when she cried in the Cost of Concordia

[@lenscomics3791]

was waiting for this one best internet historian video to date imo love the darker tone while still throwing in the classic IH humour

[@zeallust8542]

I like this one more than the Cost of Concordia. And that video set a really high bar.

[@matheussanthiago9685]

I love how all spectators are just the peaky blinders copied and pasted repeatedly

[@mostrecenthero]

I cried while watching this, hoping he (Mr. Floyd) would be able to finally escape his tomb. But, as always, I’ll never be able to truly understand how traumatic that experience would be since I never had to endure that type of immeasurable pain. I’m glad I subbed to you n Skitten. Y’all never fail to make me laugh and now shed tears. Thanks for the years of content. Here’s to many more.

[@secret-fbi-man]

1st, we get a new Sam O'Nella video, then we get a new internet historian video? October is starting off great

[@oldgreggsmadmemes4431]

Now we need IH and Sam to do a video together

[@S.I.S]

I thought ih came out first Edit: the video I mean

[@tigervalley62]

Funny enough it is. Even in my personal life, for the first time this year, things are going "sort of" ok. Feels good for once.

[@mobilemechanics6565]

you forgot barley socialble.... what next LEMINO

[@kylejohnson3889]

Shhhh don’t jinx it

[@wiltedsheep]

To be fair, I think in 1925, no one has any idea how to pull someone trapped in a cave before. There was no expert, and maybe Floyd's demise was the spark for any other incident to probably happen. But yes, you two are right, this was just a mess. Hopefully lessons got learned past Feb.1925 and so on. 👍

[@teranscott6277]

I've been to a few caves in the mammoth cave system, and one cave entrance/tourist area had a big wooden box with a sort of squeeze-through obstacle course constructed inside it that was meant to simulate the kind of contorting and maneuvering that cavers do to get through tight passages. It could be opened up if someone got stuck inside. Let me tell you, even knowing that I was in no mortal danger whatsoever, that claustrophobia HITS when you're wedged all the way in, barely able to wiggle your way forward without some amount of pain.

[@renanleandro5914]

The morbid, harrowing irony that he wanted to turn the cave into a tourist attraction, and in the end, he became the tourist attraction

[@sygmarvexarion7891]

I feel like they should have tried the rope method but with a winch attached to the shaft's wall opposite Floyd's head, so the rope pulls his body horizontally and not up and into the ceiling.

[@devonhiggins1333]

I love how it’s Wendigoon as the man, considering how he has a primarily horror based channel

[@Dovahkiin049]

“You’re gonna make him sh*t himself?” The alternative is dying of starvation… soooooo…

[@danielruiz8259]

1:23:00 I feel you, at first i thought this was gonna be a story about the "indomitable will of the human spirit winning againts all odds"

[@-libertyprimev1-902]

At that point though, even if he was somehow still alive when they finished the digging then they saved him and Even If they'd saved him several days before that... The damaged leg, compressed chest (at the very least bruised ribs from the rope idea), absolutely freezing temperature, poor minimal air quality, many ect he would've likely had At The Very Least several horrible disabilities as well possibly extreme ptsd if he was ever fully coherent again. Keep in mind as well the time period, ntm the already not well off financial wise family, that man would've likely been put out of his misery a few weeks later At Best...

[@BrainbusterLeckie]

I've been waiting for you guys to watch this, because I literally couldn't watch through the opening segment... so I'm basically depending on you guys to hold my hand through this.

[@olo819]

I don't remember if it was on video but on his grave there is a writing "Greatest Cave Explorer Ever Known". In my hardest times of life, I hope I will never forget that my hardships aren't even close to things that Floyd Collins had to unfortunately experience.

[@monkcho7934]

It’s sad. He wanted to dig that cave for his fortune. He ends up trapped while said cave becomes a carnival. Bringing fortune that he never got to see.

[@hannahbeanies8855]

Skitten is so empathetic. This was a hard one to get though. I appreciate both of your genuine reactions. ❤

[@chomiya8831]

The cave is like a terrifying Lovecraftian entity

[@mrhalfwit972]

ngl I thought the cave was gonna just suddenly collapse at the end when the mammoth workers went to collect the body, just the caves final 'screw you I'm keeping this corpse' because this cave is disrespectful.

[@swahilimaster]

I love seeing people react to this who are already freaking out that he has been in there for 23 hours and have no idea the ride they are in for.

[@PureYang0]

You can tell how boring life was in the 1920s where this was the best source of entertainment.

[@Teuwufel]

Caves are cool though. Not these ones, but the spacious ones with fun formations.

[@lamprontantes4719]

@Ebola Yes but it would last for one day.

[@uuborg9216]

@@Teuwufel Even ice climbing is safer than doing tight caving like this alone, and tbh imo falling to death is so much better than dying crushed inside of a tight crevasse deep below the earth

[@icebox1954]

@Ebola Remember that guy who was hanging from a skyskraber and his final moments were filmed as he struggled and failed to climb back up from where was hanging? Yeah, I think about what he would have thought at the moment of realization that he would fall to his death in a few seconds and his strength waning until.... fall. It's pretty cool and I kind of agree with this kind of thing being sensationalized even more today. People like messed up stuff happening to other people. It's just who we are.

[@jonathancrespo3274]

I mean, even today sum like this would get a good audience, cuz what’s more interesting than seeing if someone’s gonna die or not in real time?

[@ChemicalE]

The build up of the video reminds me a lot of The Cost of Concordia. where you really feel the circumstances of what happened. It's really well done

[@hunter5822]

1:08:14 ........ oh you poor babies.... I felt the exact same way.... started putting myself in the mindset of someone there desperately trying to fight to get this man out!.....

[@alphax-shroom6781]

Sees Thumbnail: Oh yeah, Skittens gonna take some big damage from this one. IH Showed he can do Tense Strorytelling in Concordia, which damaged her then, And this is Full Step up from that.

[@Mask3dShadow]

Step up? My dude this is an entire stair case.

[@Teuwufel]

@@Mask3dShadow And the viewers are falling from it with high speed breaking their backs on the good content.

[@fruitsalad5036]

Each time i watch this video i always want the ending to be different and for him to be saved

[@ScribStat]

ngl I'm jealous of how smart y'all are. Just amazing and cool people. Like, I barely remembered Coolidge ever existed, but you wrote a paper on him that long? So cool, I'm jealous in a good way

[@southanime]

"You can't get anymore twisted" just wait until you meet the weirdos of history: A dentist

[@snikerz5886]

The guy had already been down there almost 2 days by the time they gave him food and coffee. I guarantee he had more things to worry about than shitting himself. Besides you can wash off shit, you cant wash off being dead.

[@THEEMOWELL]

ever considered switching soaps? cause mine does - 900 year old man

[@plexyglass429]

That lightbulb going out is what sealed it. It was likely keeping him awake as it was right around his neck, keeping him conscious. Once that was gone it was pitch black, his mind giving in much like the cave. When you have no sense of time or nothing to occupy yourself with time becomes very strange. It can feel like only hours have past when it's really been days. We'll never truly know what happened to Floyds mind, but Im so glad his story has been told and he was finally laid to rest away from that cave.

[@SpinoRexy733]

He probably went insane leading up to his death. If he had of survived the ordeal and was saved right before dying, he'd probably be completely bonkers from the ordeal. Ain't no way someone can maintain their sanity after going through something like that.

[@ub-4630]

It's almost poetic how his light snuffed out almost in time when the bulb died.

[@secret-fbi-man]

Well, the light was keeping him warm, so he probably succumbed to hypothermia after it went out

[@crispylizard4348]

​@@SpinoRexy733he was basically enduring Chinese water torture the entire time aswell

[@deathcon6261]

Fun Fact: Gerald was much larger then everyone else who was able to get to Floyd so he has to widen the Squeeze in order to get to him in the first place.

[@reyrex4938]

I’m not a claustrophobic person(at least I don’t think I am, I’ve never been in a tight space against my own will) but this, this would be hell, I’d probably be trying to gnaw my tongue off around hour 5 in the hopes I bleed out. I’m like Antigone in her final scene, if I don’t see a way to get myself out of something I’m gonna assume it can’t be done and I’d do whatever possible to avoid a tormented situation

[@thekiller7994]

Stories like this are the reason why I’ll never go cave diving, even with friends

[@Clicxe]

Literally never thought about his bathroom situation until Skitten said the coffee would make him poop himself

[@mdragarg]

"why didn't you do that when they started beating him?" He just forgot to read the future that day and couldn't be ready for them when they came. He just had to rely on the commotion that occured when they started beating him to find out that something was going on.

[@SolidSnake240]

yea that was a weird criticism lol. the guy didn't have precognition.

[@luni2911]

Literally ! She was so critical of the brother in the beginning for dumb reasons …

[@SentinalSlice]

I feel you Skitten. This video had me feeling sad and thinking for days. The what if’s are the worst.

[@robertwoodard2008]

Y’all should react to Wendigoons content, he plays Floyd in this video, he does some really good videos. There fairly long but still great.

[@ZValerian21]

Wow! That was stressful as hell! I don't blame Skitten for crying at all. I need to go watch a comedy before I start crying too!

[@jenneacubero1036]

The story reminds me of Baby Jessica from the 80's. Only that was more happier as she was rescued and alive. But one of the rescues sadly committed suicide after.

[@officialmouse8470]

FINALLY YOU GUYS REACT TO THIS. And also, Skitten, I knew you would cry but this is a really good video to watch. Cried right along with you❤❤❤

[@snooks5607]

57:47 classic thing about researching a historical story is bumping into a dozen other connected interesting stories with sometimes contradicting information

[@erinlema]

As a person from Kentucky yes there this city is there. We would do many, many, many field trips out to mammoth city to go through one of the cave systems.

[@Chavezzslovakia]

PLEASE TELL ME YOU HAVE PICS!

[@erinlema]

@@Chavezzslovakia sadly no last time I went I think I was 12 or 13. At the time mid 90's I didn't have cell phone. Plus the printed pictures I had at the time have been last.

[@erinlema]

​@@Chavezzslovakia oh I just remembered this if you seach for Mammoth cave there's a website for the National Park and I think they have pictures. I think it's just for the main caves that they do but still it's something.

[@eternalmiasma5586]

“There’s no nazis in Kentucky” well there is now but there is definitely no nazis in 1925

[@DarthSidian]

You know it's a damn good piece when Skitten cries during it.

[@jesuszamora6949]

That shitball making this poor man's body a tourist attraction pissed me right off. The sanctity of the dead can't be waved away for a few bucks. That's horrific.

[@mmmJamSandwich]

this guy somehow managed to naturally commit chinese water tourture on himself, wow

[@kalieffoster4607]

Single spaced, 30 page......now that's motivation 🤣

[@cjpolett2055]

I can't believe you said Homer sucked. Homer is the best brother ever!

[@bregam6915]

Skitten: "So my answer is child labor and endangerment!" Ohhh mah gawd. Skitten PLEASE!

[@fourthhorsemendeath218]

Internet Historian story telling skills are so good that beginning segment had me so stressed the first time I saw it

[@StCerberusEngel]

The rope pull could have possibly worked had they applied a pulley system. The main complication would be securing it to the cave wall/floor, but it can be done. Also, it should have been somehow possible to direct the exhaust from the digging equipment away from the cave. Unfortunately it seems that help of a sufficient nature simply arrived too late. Shoring up the cave walls should have been one of the first things done. But I guess too many people wanted to stand around gawking and being useless. At the very least, we can hope his last few days were spent in unconsciousness or delirium. Better to not know you're dying than to be cognizant while it's happening.

[@Salemporium]

I believe the movie you were referring to at beginning is called the descent

[@RevanXIII]

if he had dug more and made sure the squeeze in the turnaround room was wider before continuing the cave clearing, this never would have happened.

[@bakedpotatovods8839]

The punch in the gut when they found him dead... Jesus man... I can't even wonder what went through Floyd's head as he was dying

[@SpinoRexy733]

Probably was driven completely bonkers to say the least.

[@jeremystobingham2362]

1:05 Internet Historian was born and raised in New Zealand but lives in Australia with his wife.

[@Inoffensive_name]

Been waiting for it all week. Thanks Chavez.

[@UDOD0NE]

I knew if Chavezz watched this with Skitten, it'll be like the Costa Concordia vid all over again

[@DBfan12]

YES! I've been waiting! Your guys' IH reactions are the best :3

[@anthraxcrab2222]

The best Internet historian video, combo’d with the best KZbin reactors, what can I say

[@torontounionstation]

I've been waiting A WEEK for this video to come out Love u guys

[@revengance4149]

spoilers than you only had to wait about half as long as Floyd Collins who had to wait 13 days for rescue. well it never came but you get the point, dark humor

[@torontounionstation]

@@revengance4149 Jesus that's dark man

[@goliathprojects7354]

This story get's more infuriating the longer it goes on. The people did not hesitate to squeeze every last penny out of this mans predicament.

[@AvalonDreamz]

Honest opinion guys, how many of you thought this was sabotage by those in the town who owned caves and were making money due to all the influx of people coming in? There were so many times they could have gotten him out but just as the two who were doing the work would need a break, sleep for a few, you would have these jack asses going in and next thing ya know, cave in. Which kept pushing back how long it was taking as more and more people came to this small town that normally didn't get much tourism...but for the caves. I am on the side that most of this was sabotage 100%! AND with Floyd out of the way, one of them could get his cave and make even more money off of it by it being an attraction.. morbid as it would be, but there are quiet a few stories of caves like that where they used death of someone as a lure. Think, back then in Kentucky there were not many options to make a living and the land was shit for farming.

[@SakuraShirakawa]

Forget the hair, Just one of Skitten's voluptuous melons wouldn't have fit in the squeeze.

[@hunterblacc4336]

I love the casual Wendi cameos

[@michaelwilliams8308]

My humanity is shook, was not ready for the realty gut punch.

[@H.P._Lovecrafts_Beloved_Cat]

I already watched this video and I still felt the suspense and sadness.

[@rangergamestudios3353]

bruh why am i in tears?

[@pimphandjesus4667]

I’m 99.9% sure he heard the dynamite going off

[@TheNeonParadox]

Gladly my anxiety wasn't quite at panic attack levels my second time through. When I watched the original video, though, I had to take several breaks. My claustrophobia was turned up to eleven.

[@fenrirskollandhati5987]

I always love it when you two use mass effect music

[@Bob-lr2xp]

If Floyd had started digging at the entrance to the Squeeze like any other person would do, he would've been significantly easier to rescue if something bad happened. Literally anyone could've helped instead of a few very slim people.

[@revengance4149]

why didn't Floyd make the Squezze wider first? that would've made it easier to get the rocks out from the place were he got stuck and he wants to get tourists in there anyway. that would've helped to get him out in case he got stuck which is a predictable possibility when working with caves (I don't know anything about caves but getting stuck appears to me like like a realistic possibilty)

[@NotMothMan]

He probably thought it would have been easier to make it wider from the other side.

[@revengance4149]

@@NotMothMan but It would also be riskier. I guess people don't always make the best decisions. that's just natural

[@Unknownz000]

Because the squeeze is meters long and making it wider is 1st dangerous since its already unstable, and 2 would take months to years to even make it slightly wider. He was definitely financially struggling and needed it opened quick. Plus I doubt he has the skill and equipment to make a tunnel under ground wider without causing a collapse.

[@Divinemakyr]

@@revengance4149 He probably just didn't care yet. He was a very, very, very good caver, and what for him was an easy slip and climb, was for others a damn near impossibility. I'm sure he viewed the squeeze as no big deal, and just didn't worry about it.

[@Neon-Starr]

@@revengance4149 it's hard rock, it's not that easy and he was in desperate need of money. Not to mention that that could cause the whole cave to collapse and create a whole new kind of danger.

[@nu_jasuu6873]

If only they had worked in shifts clearing out the rubble little by little, being as safe as possible, and as soon as they have possible could. Instead of wasting time babbling outside, causing a ruckus, and trying fast yet extremely risky solutions :(

[@brandonhubbard1006]

I live 20 mins from thus cave its now completely welded off

[@noisemagician]

16:01 After hours of calculations, running endless simulations. I have concluded that Skitten is a lucky woman.

[@cynicalcitizen8315]

It was never going to end well.