Where Does the Water in the Devil's Kettle Go?

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In Judge C. R. Magney State Park in Minnesota, there exists a natural phenomenon along the Brule River known as the Devil’s Kettle- a waterfall that splits in two, with one half falling about 50 feet into the river below and continuing on its merry way towards Lake Superior and the other half falling into a large hole in the ground that seems to go nowhere. In fact, local legend posits that anything thrown into the Devil’s Kettle will never be seen again. People trying to disprove this have thrown everything from boxes of ping pong balls to giant logs into the hole to see where they end up, with nothing ever seeming to emerge anywhere nearbye. So where is the stuff thrown in going?
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[@mrvampire7577]

Same place as my socks when they disappear in the washing machine.

[@daniellafferety4025]

Or your closet. Ha, Ha,Ha.

[@Biffo1262]

Your socks are in the filter or trapped under the agitator. They stink too.....they always do!

[@LuckyBaldwin777]

One of mine would disappear every now and then. One day a big storm came through and knocked the top out of the giant fir tree across the street. When I went to look at the broken piece laying on the ground, I saw an owl hole. I got a flashlight and looked inside and there were my socks lol

[@andrewhossain815]

@@LuckyBaldwin777 That wasn't an owl. That was sock elves

[@omegarugal9283]

it is clothes eating mini monster that lives in your washing machine

[@sheriffpablo]

Somewhere underground is an underground lake full of garbage

[@iamsuprmn1]

Mordor

[@SDogo]

Or a small city where everthing is covered in pingpong balls and coins

[@TheKoryD]

And MONIES!!!!

[@fomalhaut_the_great]

As opposed to an underground lake somewhere above ground

[@silvertheelf]

It goes to Mordor

[@josephhuggins5394]

sounds like a really good way to get rid of bodies

[@bella8993]

exACTLY what i was thinking

[@Libtard]

Damn. And to know you may be in my city.

[@wyattjack1684]

Until it clogs up lmao

[@aliceakasha1891]

There is a movie called Jennifers body they throw a body watch kt

[@connorporeider5484]

Yall think j like me we the pimps in the comments lol

[@Oonagh72]

They probably called it off because they thought the dye would have a detrimental impact. Then again it could just be because they want to keep a little mystery in their tourist attraction.

[@joser709]

Even food grade dye? That wouldn't have a detrimental impact, would it?

[@Oonagh72]

Jose R that is a good question. Now I’m no scientist but anything that can breakdown that small would stay in the body a super long time, thus wouldn’t be good grade. Also just because something is good for one species doesn’t make it good for another.

[@joser709]

@@Oonagh72 Good point!

[@nicholask7347]

@@joser709 food-grade dye in the concentration needed to be able to see where it comes out at would stain the rocks.

[@citizensnips2348]

I grew up near several reservoirs, each with a huge syphon that looks like a whirlpool from the surface. You’re not allowed to swim in them but people do. Apparently the weight of water is so great that people who have been sucked into the siphon come out the other end as shards of bone.

[@FeliciaFrankenstein]

I live near Devil's Kettle. It's quite a hike but a beautiful hike! It's always been an interesting mystery. 🙂

[@RosinGoblin]

I go up to grand marias every year from chicago. Such a cool area. Always gotta stop at bettys pies

[@granand]

Try throwing a Cross .. It will show the light ..It will exorcize Devil in the kettle may be..

[@immortalchess1817]

@@granand lol

[@HiGlowie]

@@granand I hope you’re joking.

[@granand]

@@HiGlowie Of course yes

[@t.b.a.r.r.o.]

This is one of those mysteries that will never be solved... Because, even though people are dyeing to, no one has the balls... 😉

[@rcknbob1]

I see what you did there...

[@kellyjackson7889]

car-ma?

[@soggytoad6795]

Kelly Jackson kinda chilling

[@duskssj4704]

Just leave

[@zionnemakoma1398]

Cos' they threw 'em all in

[@jayyyzeee6409]

Devil: "Hi, it appears you threw a ping pong ball into my kettle? Yes, I'm calling to collect my reward, your eternal soul. Have a nice day."

[@cailco100]

I don't know why they haven't blocked off the one side temporarily and then abseil down to see what is at the bottom.

[@MrBishop077]

I have had the same thought over the years, every time i hear of the "Mystery of the Devils Kettle" it just seems the easiest way to find out.

[@jimpemberton]

The fact that they haven't done so only seems to indicate how low a priority this mystery is. On the other hand, we still seem to sink a ton of money into other stuff that is considerably less important yet.

[@cailco100]

@@jimpemberton The human race in a nutshell. Fork over billions for not really needed stuff

[@Filiaris1]

Is "abseil" a real English word? I'm a German and it is the same German word lol

[@InMediasRes_vo]

@@Filiaris1 English appears to have appropriated the German abseil sometime in the 1930's.

[@bboyhard97]

If someday you need to get rid of the body you know where to take it

[@geraldfrost4710]

It's a good thing no homicidal maniacs watch your videos.

[@jameselliott8541]

@@geraldfrost4710 don't be so sure there bud. 😁

[@jacobstienecker]

Sanzhar Kozhay well, where’s this located ?

[@wendychavez5348]

SHHHHHH!

[@geelowa7504]

jacob stienecker Minnesota

[@kalman0966]

If you ever see someone throwing a human size bag of trash in there please disregard!

[@geraldfrost4710]

nothing to see here. move along. move along.

[@1950Chimaera]

"If they took the BONES out, it wouldn't be crunchy, now would it?"

[@blueoceanvalley45465]

For the first time ever, I walked away from a today I found out video more confused then when I started. I still don’t understand where the water is going and why wouldn’t a camera or gps tracker be of any use? I understand the pressure is destroying things. Okay so, make a very strong gps tracker. Like the black box in airplanes? Is that not logical? 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@gsp0113]

I agree. This video was unsatisfying. Simon presents the hypothesis as an open-and-shut case when it's far from it. It's a hypothesis only. The fact that no one has tested it and it's being accepted as fact on faith is maddening. Sorry, Simon: I'm downvoting this video. I don't expect to come out of a "Today I Found Out" video more confused about an issue than I was before I watched it.

[@Gamesaucer]

As said in the video, the water simply rejoins the river. This was proven by measuring the water at the top and bottom of the waterfall. Since it's the same, the part that splits off into the Devil's Kettle _has_ to rejoin the river at some point between the two measurement locations. As for the pressure destroying things... I think you underestimate the power of flowing water. It's _incredibly_ powerful. I don't think we could make a camera that could withstand that kind of onslaught; it'd get shredded to bits. A GPS tracker might be a little more plausible since it doesn't require a lens, but it'd still be fairly expensive, and once again, there isn't really any guarantee it wouldn't be destroyed. I think this is why they wanted to use dye (though in the end it got called off) since you can't "destroy" dye. Compared to just dumping dye into the Devil's Kettle, trying to construct a camera or tracker impervious to the conditions inside the reservoir is needlessly complicated, so there's no reason to do it.

[@TheOtherBill]

Not logical, as Spock would say. A GPS device would be useless once it loses radio contact with the GPS satellites. Same reason they can't just drop a waterproof radio beacon in. I bet people have tried these figuring they'll get a signal when it comes out, we've never heard of that happening otherwise this video wouldn't have been made.

[@MUSIC7052]

yap we build a probe that survived 200km of Jupiters atmosphere and i dont think that a few tons of warter a second an rocks is worse than that...

[@TheOtherBill]

You wanna pay for one like that for this? Nobody else does either.

[@TBONESIDEOFLIFE]

Hold my beer I'm diving in!

[@Drakior]

Why not have a heavy duty string(cable) loaded with sensors every half foot or foot and slowly let it into the "Devils Kettle". Bound to get something back from it.

[@eNodeTG]

Was thinking the same thing, but perhaps the 'why not' is because you'd need to have or buy all that stuff and haul it out to this remote area, deal with getting permission from the state park, just to solve a minor mystery regarding a rock formation that's already been mostly answered.

[@andrewpast1959]

It might end up getting all tangled on its self like Christmas light in a box

[@Yahriel]

Or just one of those plumber's drain snakes. Those things have a camera on the end. Might not survive the pressure, though.

[@eNodeTG]

It's not an impossible mystery in that the technology does not exist to explore it. It's that getting those things there has to justify your ROI from a scientific discovery and/or monetary perspective.

[@Yahriel]

@@eNodeTG I feel like if you rented a drain snake and put the video of using it on KZbin, monetizing it before/as it goes viral would pay for itself

[@jumpkickman1993]

I am from Minnesota! Thanks so much for doing a video on this💯💯💯✌🙏

[@vitalic_drms]

I am from somalia soon to be from minnesota! see you soon

[@cplmpcocptcl6306]

gear drop Welcome. Now that it known as the nice State I’ve been asked not to return 🤣🤣🤣

[@jumpkickman1993]

@@cplmpcocptcl6306 You will enjoy it, most of the people are very nice. Especially I Minneapolis or St. Paul. 💯💯✌

[@jumpkickman1993]

@@vitalic_drms enjoy Minnesota! The Twin city's are very nice.

[@bbeen40]

I grew up in Minnesota. Very over rated!!

[@DarkonXBL]

Am I the only one who has a problem with throwing a bunch of *plastic* balls into a natural and rare habitat with pristine water? 🤔😡

[@fitchmultz]

Here's a pat on the back for your brave stance

[@tylerchristopher2270]

No dude the first thing I thought was "why the fuck was that allowed" then "what the fuck? It didn't even work!"

[@Posit_Zero_Blue]

Nah...it's not that pristine. The fish piss in it.

[@LindaGailLamb.0808]

@@Posit_Zero_Blue Good point.

[@DarkonXBL]

@Bobby Fisher Well that's not very nice, is it?

[@SnowyRains]

My guess was the water teleported to Australia to fill Devils pool 🤣

[@giantred]

Oh jeez, are you one of those people who still believes "Australia" is a place?

[@SnowyRains]

giantred if it isn’t real then what is it? May explain why I feel like I don’t belong on this planet

[@giantred]

@@SnowyRains Well if Australia were real and you forgot your ground anchor you would fall into space and not have to worry about being on the planet.

[@SnowyRains]

giantred still doesn’t explain what island I’m living on or the rest of the population

[@Brooklyn-Manhattan]

@@SnowyRains You don't exist

[@barbarabrown7974]

I've been there. Totally cool. Pretty good hike to get to the falls, mostly uphill. The Minnesota North Shore has tons of waterfalls. On one of my hikes there, a previous group of hikers encountered a bear.

[@mishamarx6997]

Divert the Devils kettle falls into the regular falls for a short time while someone climbs in. Why the hell is that so hard?

[@TheRealDarthRevan]

Right?

[@TheKoryD]

I just wrote something like this. That was my very first idea. Before I heard what they had tried already(came here from a different video). Seems like a logical next step after the ping pong balls

[@scottmantooth8785]

it's a state park...altering the natural resources even for scientific research or curiosity is simply not an option

[@mishamarx6997]

@Scott Mantooth. Very valid point, but you’d also think that would prevent them from dumping dumb stuff in there too

[@scottmantooth8785]

@@mishamarx6997 i'm sure the park rangers get really annoyed by that on as well... especially out of town reporters and self styled paranormal investigation experts looking for Bigfoots summer home

[@wtfrocks8663]

Surprised you didn't mention the movie Jennifer's Body. It's set in Devils Kettle.

[@cecilchesley7406]

I loved Jennifer's Body... the movie was alright I guess

[@cryptic3675]

@@cecilchesley7406 Dude! 😂

[@txdice2866]

L0l

[@crystalpayne9301]

I’m watching that rn lol

[@wtfrocks8663]

@@crystalpayne9301 Hope you enjoy it.

[@sigvar6795]

So what you are saying is someone needs to sneak the dyepaks in permission be damned. Ask forgiveness later.

[@Carewolf]

Just make damn sure the dye is harmless to the flora and fauna

[@MashMonster69]

@@Carewolf They have dyes for the purpose, it was used in Grassy Cove to prove the rain landing there was the headwaters of the Sequatchie river. This is north of Chattanooga, TN.

[@scottmantooth8785]

dyepacks might anger the underground residence that live within the subterranean catacombs...best not to do that one

[@abyssstrider2547]

@@scottmantooth8785 Eh? Is this some crazy count bs?

[@scottmantooth8785]

@@abyssstrider2547 the underground residence don't think so

[@longforgotten4823]

This is just up the North Shore for me. Finally something really close to home! Yeah, never quite figured out why they didn’t just tie a camera to a rope.

[@charlessnyder1839]

I dumped “logs” into my toilet and I never saw them again, ironic and very creepy!😱

[@thesoundvault508]

Thank you for this, I’m dumping logs into my toilet as I type this 👌

[@fighterck6241]

I just finished doing this too. Great minds think alike I guess.

[@cugehock9986]

Hahahhaa

[@joshbolstad9282]

@@thesoundvault508 same bro right this second I'm dumping a large log straight from Amazon

[@chatfieldstk]

They opted for a different test method in 2017 folks. The dye wasn't needed since they tested the water flow at the top and again at the bottom and they matched. The water comes out from a vent at the bottom of the falls.

[@TheOtherBill]

Now do a video on why Area 51's rec hall never seems to run out of ping pong balls. 😉

[@empoleonmaster6709]

Question, why hasn't anyone just considered blocking off the water to the small section for the Devil's Kettle so it can be explored?

[@AlexReiter1988]

Just use your Geass to make them do it

[@empoleonmaster6709]

@Hydra No I mean like the scientists who want to research the Devil's Kettle and what's inside.

[@Mr.Obongo]

Hydra permission from who? The guardian of the kettle?

[@empoleonmaster6709]

@Hydra It wouldn't even be destruction, it's just blocking off a water way for a day or so.

[@nicholask7347]

The sheer Logistics and destruction that would occur to create a barrier would not be worth.

[@kayvayyeah]

Just got back from a trip to devil's kettle. I don't think dropping a body down there would be phesable considering there is a one mile hike mostly uphill, with 370ish stairs and in order to get to the falls you have to climb over large wet rocks past the other falls.

[@brisprague3187]

I remember visiting this as a kid with my family and my 3 older brothers threatened to throw me in it and as a small child it gave me a severe phobia of deep water and drowning that I still have today. I even have nightmares of falling into this shit and drowning.

[@CharlieHorse4363]

My God that’s fucked up, I hope they were joking??????? I’m so sorry. That would’ve terrorized me too!!!

[@nicem8746]

😳understandably. Sorry

[@ForbiddenMinute]

Older brothers huh? Mine just beat me into hating them. I'm sorry u went thru this

[@thedamnedcat3240]

that is horrifying im an older brother and i treat my little brother like shit a lot but i would never do that jeez

[@PositivelyPessimistic42]

I’ve always been pretty terrified of water in general. Especially water with fast heavy current. I almost puke looking at things on google earth sometimes lol

[@NnH_Kairyu]

Has nobody thought of dropping an underwater camera with a live feed to a computer into the hole with steel cabling to ensure they don't lose it even if it gets smashed up? That's the first thing I thought of when Simon first mentioned that nothing comes back out.

[@plazasta]

NnH Kairyu-sama my thoughts exactly!

[@rtd4413]

they would need something that doesn't make it burn also

[@rudisr3107]

The water is transperant, but just few meters deep it goes dark. Throwing a camera in to deep water will give you black screen footage. Gps trackers also has limit how far there is signal, like if you in building with concrete walls, signal on your phone gets bad, it' s not concrete, but it' s really big wall of water that with every moment increase distance

[@fortheloveofnoise]

@@rudisr3107 two words: waterproof flashlight

[@filippe_kim]

@@rudisr3107 GPS signals are measured thru satellite, it can measure any distance in space. Having eyes inside the hole is not the priority, measuring how far the hole goes is.

[@NickAlexSR]

A hole where you can throw something down and never see it again? A few people come to mind...

[@jessicat1013]

I'm from Minnesota and have visited devil's kettle. Beautiful park and waterfall. Depending on what time of year you visit you can see the hole the water goes into.

[@justanotherzombieFJ]

What time of year do you have to go to see it

[@jessicat1013]

@@justanotherzombieFJ late summer and fall are best. Least amount of water during those times.

[@damnskippy1988]

All the water ends up with all the socks that dissapear in the dryer.

[@christelheadington1136]

No dye? Sounds like a cover-up, Someone is trying to corner the market, on ice water in hell.

[@veganpiranha3302]

Christel Headington 🤣

[@waynekendrick8524]

@@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan bigfoots? Maybe Bigfeet? LOL!!!! I know.....sasquatches

[@ballconei]

Divert the water until the whole runs dry and then send a camera down to see what's going on.

[@kinthelt]

Ballconei 2 can't really divert the water there. Nowhere to divert it to.

[@Green__Man]

@@kinthelt Yeah except A WHOLE SECOND WATERFALL 2 METERS TO THE LEFT OF IT HMMMMM

[@Taliban.The.Hyperpower]

@@kinthelt not a very smart person huh?

[@quadflopper1012]

Well I found out today that listening to someone pontificate for more then 9 1/2 minutes without ever really saying anything can be an truly feel like an eternity.....

[@hopelessgod7462]

this is a good example of not knowing something being better then knowing I'm all for the pursuit of knowledge but sometimes a little mystery can make life more exciting

[@mahadaalvi]

The better question is where does the water in my toilet bowl go after I flush?

[@Oonagh72]

Mahad Alvi don’t ask questions you don’t want answers to 😎😏

[@NightBazaar]

It goes into the sewage drain line ultimately to join with the bodily waste of other people on its way to the sewage treatment plant. Or it goes through the sewage drain line at your house into a septic tank located underground on your property.

[@brantleyhester6641]

Mahad Alvi Where I live the septic tanks back up and most people wait years to fix them so all the stuff they flush down ends up in their yard. You'll notice this problem by the only patch of nice grass in their yard and of course the foul smell of years of excrement soiling the yard

[@garyoa1]

It comes out by the sign that says don't drink the water.

[@dickJohnsonpeter]

poopie peepee

[@jeremyheminger6882]

Why don't they just damn the water temporarily and go spelunking?

[@absalomdraconis]

If their analysis is correct, then they'd have to dam up both source _and_ drain, which would require finding the drain. If they managed to do it anyways, then they might not find the actual route if the water goes through a network of small cracks instead of large holes.

[@HollywoodF1]

lol-- "dam" not "damn." Besides, it would seem that water draining straight to Hell is already damned.

[@Riker626]

Not a bad idea, they would just have to divert the water to the main flow, easy. Then they could safely explore the hole, even if it doesn't drain they can use scuba gear, as long as the water isn't flowing into the hole they should be ok. If it taking logs and other debris down without getting blocked up then it is less likely to have small holes/cracks.

[@jeremyheminger6882]

Damn thee water! ... well that didn't work. Sir, maybe we could just plug it up a few miles up river. Ridiculous Hampton! That would just down-right make sense. Fetch me the royal stenographer!

[@jeremyheminger6882]

...what?

[@KorOsion]

Forget about throwing any high tech rock solid device in this hole... There is a very easy way to track where water goes, that has been widely used by scientists and engineers : just put dye in it. Fluorescein is a fluorescent dye that has been widely used for decades to track underwater flow. I can't imagine no-one put some of it in this pit. This fluorescent dye is widely used to

[@toboterxp8155]

You need a crap ton of dye to dye half a river. And remember this is a nature reserve. You can't just dump litres of chemicals into stuff.

[@anondimwit]

Toboter XP not legally

[@toboterxp8155]

@@anondimwit Why? If it's turing complete it's a computer.

[@anondimwit]

Toboter XP ?

[@toboterxp8155]

@@anondimwit Oh, sorry. Thought this was another comment thread. Never Mind.

[@dhatupriya1556]

our world: where did the things go?? the other world: from where are the things coming

[@Agaettis]

I actually had no clue this was so close to me!! If you count a state away close....which in the states is technically true. I'm in lower Michigan so it would still be a 13 or so hour drive but I would love to go see it

[@mick7sp]

If you go there be sure and toss in a few gender studies professors.

[@aloevera420]

Why do americans think anything more than a 3 hour drive is close

[@calichef1962]

Because our country is so big, maybe? It would take about 16 hours for someone to drive from one end of my state, California, to the other end. I'm talking about a comfortable drive with stops for food and bathroom breaks, maybe a few sights to see along the way. A fast, uncomfortable trip from the Oregon border to the Mexican border could probably be made in about 12 hours, but there would probably be tickets to pay. ;-)

[@zebrastrong9291]

Aloe Vera, just from the American perspective. The majority of our states are larger than the majority of European countries (Western Europe that is). It also is why the majority of Americans consider all of the Western European countries “close” together.

[@aloevera420]

@@calichef1962 That sounds like an awesome weekend plan. Wish i could go to the US to experience that one day

[@hellishgrin4604]

It gets used to grow the devil’s lettuce...

[@jamescustodio3094]

Thank you for telling serial killers on where to put a corpse and never get caught

[@vernon121]

Sounds like a good way to solve our trash problem

[@alx_rtb7562]

There’s one in bulgaria called “the devils throat” it has the same premise and a long time ago two divers went down to explore the flow. Their bodies washed up 20km away three days later.

[@sussekind9717]

My grandfather always wanted to have a fountain in front of his house. When he had enough money to afford it, he had one installed. People then started tossing wishing coins into the fountain. After some deliberation, my grandfather decided that he would collect the coins, and once a year, would buy the means to make as many sandwiches as he could, and bring it to the homeless people in the area. His idea was that this way at least somebody would get their wish. RIP grandpa.

[@DudeFrom1972]

I could easily come with a few ideas as to figures out where it flows 1. Throw a nuke in with a timer set to 24 hours and wait for a mushroom cloud to appear 2. Divert the flow of water and then persuade some sucker to climb into the hole and explore.

[@knownas2017]

I think your first idea should be used first.

[@lisacheney7904]

For everybody who says asks haven't they X? It's probably because the falls are only accessible by a half mile hike with over 1600 feet of elevation change leading to an overlook looking into the near vertically sided gorge the falls are located in. To get to the top of the falls at river level you would then have to bushwhack your way through dense forest to get to a place where the river channel was reasonably not lethal to access and make your way along the wet, slippery rocks to the top of a high volume waterfall that will kill you if you fall in. Or you could try to make your way through the same dense forest for several miles, crossing at least one stream and very rough and rocky terrain to get to the top of the cliff on the other side of the river and they rappel down. Hope your will is written and your body washes up downstream because generally the state DNR does not send recovery teams after the bodies of people who got a little to close to our lovely waterfalls.

[@ryanh3635]

They wouldn't let them use the dye because disproving it would slow tourism. Simple

[@timspellman47]

Why not drop a waterproof tracking device in and see where the instruments show it going?

[@larrytruelove7112]

timspellman47 They did. A GPS.

[@Mr.Obongo]

Larry TRUELOVE and where did it end up?

[@larrytruelove7112]

Chinese Himmrah So far as I know, it gave no signal. From what I remember of the video, a GPS would have been destroyed.

[@jadekaay]

It probably just goes in his coffee mug

[@shanelee8085]

Here’s an idea, how about temporarily diverting the water and letting it drain. That way you can see what’s in the bottom

[@MrGrey-zc2cy]

Sounds like it's still a great place to dispose of a body. Like a natural wood chipper.

[@jasonfeatherstone2423]

Why are steps outside called steps but inside they are called stairs

[@CsykKrit]

And a small set of exterior steps is called a stoop.

[@tommynorthwood]

@jack daniels Its state law in FL that out door stairs have a hand rail/ banister.

[@waynekendrick8524]

+Jason Featherstone.....Why do we PARK on a driveway, and DRIVE on a parkway?

@alphadawn2015 lennon 😂 underrated

[@scottmantooth8785]

perhaps because they are spelled differently maybe?

[@davidsprofitt]

Even if the water demolishes thousands of balls and other items, the scraps should be obvious. "Look at all those pieces of plastic polluting the water..." or "all the fish from this river are full of tiny pieces of plastic." Nothing just "disappears." The mystery and explanation don't mesh.

[@TheMattc999]

Actually they already have used dye to see where the flow re-emerged, expecting it to either show up further downstream in the river channel or in the lake, and it was not observed in the river or in the lake. It's possible it emerged much farther into the lake at a much greater depth, but it does not rejoin the river as suggested in this video.

[@seanbaugh3239]

*Today I Found Out :* What a "Devil's Threesome" is............ and now I wish I didn't !!! *"NUFF SAID"*

[@anvilbrunner.2013]

Yes me too. Brad Williams stand up comedian, is where i just heard about it.

[@demonteddybear3510]

I'll take the front, and you take the back. Since I ain't paying child support when she swallows the sack.

[@NickCamokidVisneski]

I prefer the Eiffel Tower in my devil's threesomes.

[@seanbaugh3239]

@@demonteddybear3510 I'll take the ass, I know it sounds bad. Let some other fool be that ho's babies dad. 😮 *"NUFF SAID"*

[@Henchman_Holding_Wrench]

Spit roasting? Working the 2-man saw? Fighting a 2 front battle?

[@TheWhiteTrashPanda]

If it's large enough to (allegedly) dump a fridge or a car into, has nobody ever physically entered the hole (naturally an experienced spelunker tied off to a safety lime)?

[@lknanml]

Has your brain ever said? "Listen you. We are running out of space up here and keeping all this random information organized takes so much energy we had to stop growing hair. If you want to keep the beard I highly recommend you stop trying to store all this info and just read the prompter and let it go." Love the show and the jest is attached to a fond memory. One of the VERY few memories I have of my grandfather when I was very young was Gandy. Why do you have no hair? He said smart peoples brains run very hot keeping track of and using everything we know. No hair makes us cooler.... Thanks for digging up that 40+ year old missing memory! ( Bonus fact. I had longish hair most of my life. I have a buzz cut these days and remembered that story. He might have been onto something)

[@jediknightjairinaiki560]

I never thought of looking there for my missing sock.

[@XBDAX1]

I really don’t think this video gave us an answer to the question. If Hundreds of Ping Pong balls were dropped into the hole, it is very unlikely that every single one of them would be destroyed.

[@giantred]

Maybe golf balls are the answer?

[@XBDAX1]

giantred that’s a good idea, they could have them custom made with air in the middle so they would float. Also, I just had this thought, if they used ping pong balls and all of them were destroyed, there would still be pieces of plastic for people to find.

[@jasonc3522]

The hole goes well below the outlet/outlets, so whatever is thrown in is pushed to the bottom of the hole where it is caught in the constant downward pressure and pulverized against the rock.

[@stan.rarick8556]

@6:01 "they did not explain why". Because "the Devil made us not do it".

[@brandonjohnson7787]

I've been there a few times and I'm from Minnesota so I clicked. Anyone else from Minnesota here?

[@sukritisharma7961]

In India, we have a different concept for tossing coins in water bodies. Earlier coins were made of copper. Scientifically copper ions are made when it's in contact with water. These ions will be present in water. Copper ions are helpful in digesting food and also helps in good health as you mentioned (*without any mythological reasons*).

[@joshglover2370]

I remember this from Jennifer's Body. I didn't know it was actually real.

[@vajransmart]

Similar to how the ocean floor is mapped, a 360 degree ultrasonic sensor attached to retractable wiring could be used to map the tunnel.

[@turbolq4]

We have a couple of rivers here in Idaho that actually do disappear. Just flow right into the ground. Scientists/hydrologists say they flow underground for 120ish miles and then pour out of a series of holes in the Snake River canyon walls in an area called Thousand Springs. Big and Little Lost Rivers are there names. Tons of local lore about what actually goes on but a really interesting phenomenon all the same.

[@WayneMiller1110]

It's a water hole for the alien base that hides below ground several miles away

[@knownas2017]

We are not hiding in the hole, human.

[@melodie-allynbenezra8956]

I have wondered, since I discovered the existence of "Devil's Kettle" why someone hasn't flown a drone with a camera down it, to see what the drone sees.

[@ladyalfhildrforestofvioletmist]

Tempting, but wherever the water goes is probably underwater, so I imagine you'd just see the walls of the cavern and water. It's possible they already have and Simon didn't bring it up because there weren't any more answers found that way.

[@jo-vf8jx]

Never been there that I know of, but I’ve been to Gooseberry Falls and played on some of the water falls there. I think now though that that’s not allowed anymore.

[@ShlebyC]

You'd remember going to Devil's Kettle. You have to go down and then back up 200 stairs.

[@iammattc1]

Throwing coins into wells: silver has antibacterial properties. The most common way to get hold of a small piece of silver would be a coin: "hey, I threw a silver coin into the village well, and the gods rewarded the village - nobody got sick from drinking the water. You should throw a silver coin in YOUR well to please the gods"

[@TheBaseballChick]

Okay people, I live in Minnesota and have been to the Devil's Kettle many times. Here is a few facts: Ryolite is an extremely rough and dense rock. When you add large amounts of water the combo is extremely deadly. The force at which the objects thrown get slammed into the water and underground rocks basically destroys it on contact or in the churning water. Also there have been tests done, besides the flow rate. Water was collected and analysised at the top of the falls and at the bottom. The trace elements were the same which meant that a second water source was EXTREMELY unlikely. As far as the dye test that was planned for 2017 it was canceled for a couple reasons: 1) making the Kettle unavailable to the public during the very short summer was not an option. 2) researchers couldn't guarantee that if the dye surfaced, in the amount needed would be safe to marine life in the rivet and/or Lake Superior. Since both have federally protected marine life in them it was deemed I unsafe.

[@kapten-awesome]

All I heared was "perfect for a body dump"

[@williamsays4635]

that is the nicest beard i have ever seen

[@WickedAllo]

I live in .Minnesota and have 2 obvious things to do to solve this.. 1.Put a video camera in a water proof container with a gps tracking device... 2 tie a strong wire on the back of a diver and hook it up to a winch or tow truck or whatever and have him swim down

[@perplex7838]

Could just be a slow-flowing river that heads like a thousand miles away

[@roobyx]

Look into the "Devil's gourge" in Bulgaria

[@RosinGoblin]

I've been there many times. Beautiful area

[@sschmidtevalue]

To answer many of the comments: 1) Modifying the falls is prohibited, since it's a state park and such things are prohibited. 2) although it was once acceptable, dropping stuff like ping pong balls into a natural resource in a state park is also now prohibited. 3) dropping cameras or other equipment into the hole is not as easy as it sounds, since the rock outcroppings around the "kettle" are quite steep and difficult to access. 4) researchers are pretty sure that the water filters up into the river flow downstream; the river flow rate below the falls matches the rate above the falls. Reference: Wikipedia, "Judge C.R. Magney State Park"

[@fabianweber6937]

'Thousand years in the future': "Where do all these small balls with these strange engravements come from ?"

[@antoniotiberi3157]

I’ve been there . I tossed 3 coins and got a Sicilian.

[@whatyousaidbud]

I worked there....tossed three Sicilians and got a coin.

[@knownas2017]

I've been there. Threw in a slice of bread, and got two sicilians and two coins.

[@bazookallamaproductions5280]

false. it disappears into a time vortex. thats the most logical answer.

[@felinecontrolled]

Thanks for showcasing this beautiful waterfall. I'm planning a road trip to Minnesota (my home state) next summer. I'll add this to the list of places to visit.

[@Humbulla93]

the dye is called fluorescein its also used in highlight markers, and another interesting fact Spaniards used silver coins in their water casks to keep it sterilized while they are shipping over the atlantic

[@vitalic_drms]

why cancel the dye test other than to keep the TRUTH from us the waterfall was built by aliums

[@etizoman2403]

Aluminiums

[@knownas2017]

I saw an Aluminium Alium just the other day.

[@kclink1579]

In the devil's tea.

[@metalmadness5851]

Seen the kettle before, an alluring and intriguing mystery. Water probably just re-enters the river from entrances too small or difficult for the physical items to escape before being pulverized. Still, probably best to quit tossing things before the system is either plugged up or damaged in some way.

[@yDVClipsx]

Probably where all the snacks go the day after my mom goes shopping

[@derekwebster110]

@6:05-6:30 Spoken like a true sexual intellectual, Simon. ;^) I enjoyed it.

[@grewntd]

That explanation about the waterfall seems like bs. It doesn't sound like they figured anything out.

[@Posit_Zero_Blue]

then why is the volume going to the falls the same as the volume coming out of the falls...does some water mysteriously disappear in the kettle and then OTHER water mysteriously flows back into the river?

[@grewntd]

So many people willing to offer their advice, how nice

[@jeffglenn7609]

Originally silver was used to make water safe to drink. People of that era started putting coins in to keep the water safe.

[@steverossini]

Greetings from Northern Minnesota, Simon!

[@oucyan]

why hasn't anyone tried diverting the river temporally so someone can just spelunk into the devil's kettle and see where it goes?

[@Riker626]

Previous dye tests didn't work and they called off a 2nd stronger test? There is something fishy about this.

[@poeterritory]

I would say that would be the fish, except they keep disappearing, too.

[@MsJubjubbird]

they ddn't ue strong enough dye the first times. And I think they called off the lat one because it's worth more for tourism if no one really knows the truth

[@vickymc9695]

The stronger dye would probably hurt fish further down stream.

[@Posit_Zero_Blue]

@@MsJubjubbird More than likely it was bureaucratic reasons. You need permission to do stuff like that these days...especially if it's a park. There can be a lot of hoops to jump thru, and it may not have been worth it. They proved that the water doesn't disappear with volume flows, so there's not much point pressing the issue. But..that's not ever good enough for some people lol.

[@marianpizeno8511]

Threw a euro in the fountain back when I was in high school and went to Italy on a trip. I enjoyed myself so much there. I hope to return one day.

[@pakde8002]

According to some ancient historians sacred pools in Europe were auctioned off and drained after Rome conquered the Celts because the Celts threw so much gold into these bodies of water as offerings.

[@textman09]

Why do people say they're sweating like pigs when pigs don't sweat?

[@oslonorway547]

Pigs always need to cool off, cos they heat up easily (think bacon and fat). But water dries up and evaporates easily, hence they roll in mud (wet soil) cos that stays on longer.

[@knownas2017]

Pretty sure Humans are the only animals that sweat.

[@happycomfort3026]

Didn’t really get an answer....like I was hoping to. ☹️

[@JerryEricsson]

When I was a boy in the early 1960's I had a buddy who's father had served in WWII. He was one of the soldiers who attacked Italy, and made his way up the country with his unit, routing the Germans who had taken over when Italy surrendered. While in Rome, he paid a young boy to dive to the bottom of a wishing well and bring up a handful of coins, as many soldiers of that time seemed to have. At any rate, he kept his ill gotten loot, and showed it to me. I was amazed at the ancient coinage that was among that handful. I wonder what they would be worth today. Sadly I have lost all touch with that buddy, as they moved away to somewhere, I doubt I ever heard where but I guess people come and go in our lives.

[@likira111]

Plot twist: The devils kettle does have a portal, but in that dimension theres another portal where all the water that comes "back" actually comes from.