It’s strange to have something like that happen to somebody you knew. Then about 7-10 years after start seeing posts about it online as the story became well known. His death had scared me away from going near any caves, and that fear seems to register with a lot of people.
At first when it was happening it was not too scary, everyone was concerned but joking about how he got himself stuck. His family was hoping to get him back in time to enjoy what was left of the Thanksgiving vacation with an embarrassing but interesting story to tell.
The updates would trickle in over the phone, but once we heard the pulley failed we realized how serious it was. We were still expecting for him to get out until my family got the call that he had died. It just made no sense to get so stuck, and we hadn’t considered the danger of being upside down so long.
The guilt of making light of the name Nutty Putty sits with me though. But I know he took it seriously he just made a wrong turn. I actually didn’t see a map of everything until I saw the other post below. It’s sad he didn’t even get through the Birth Canal. Looks like he turned off right before it and experienced that nightmare instead of the part he was excited for.
It’s strange to have something like that happen to somebody you knew. Then about 7-10 years after start seeing posts about it online as the story became well known. His death had scared me away from going near any caves, and that fear seems to register with a lot of people.
At first when it was happening it was not too scary, everyone was concerned but joking about how he got himself stuck. His family was hoping to get him back in time to enjoy what was left of the Thanksgiving vacation with an embarrassing but interesting story to tell.
The updates would trickle in over the phone, but once we heard the pulley failed we realized how serious it was. We were still expecting for him to get out until my family got the call that he had died. It just made no sense to get so stuck, and we hadn’t considered the danger of being upside down so long.
The guilt of making light of the name Nutty Putty sits with me though. But I know he took it seriously he just made a wrong turn. I actually didn’t see a map of everything until I saw the other post below. It’s sad he didn’t even get through the Birth Canal. Looks like he turned off right before it and experienced that nightmare instead of the part he was excited for.