In 2009 a 26 year old man named John Edward Jones visited the Nutty Putty cave in Utah.

He intended to climb through a narrow passage known as the “birth canal” but instead went down a random passage and ultimately ended up trapped upside down and thoroughly stuck.

Multiple rescuers tried in vain to save Jones. They simply couldn’t reach him to pull him out, and efforts to use ropes and pulleys to do so were without success. One such effort actually caused him to become even more entrenched in the hole.

If you look at the position of his body, if only he could have turned around so his feet were 180 degrees around, perhaps they could have pulled him out as his knees would naturally bend, but in this case you’d break both his legs trying this.

This was compounded by the fact the 10″ x 18″ tunnel was so narrow that every breath wedged Jones further in.

 being upside down too long - 24 hours or so - is fatal. Your circulation and organs fail.

Poor Jones succumbed to his fate and passed away.

Worse, the tunnel was sealed off as they couldn’t recover his body. He’s still in there.

RIP Jones and all condolences to his loved ones.