May he rest in peace.Nutty Putty cave has now been permanently closed (file) Let John’s story be a cautionary tale for all. Sheriff Jim Tracy told Andrews that no other parts of the cave were damaged while the cave was sealed. On Thursday, the throat of the narrow cave, a 7-foot deep, 30-inch wide hole, was filled with concrete, Andrews said. The Utah County Public Works Department used explosives earlier this week to collapse part of the cave’s ceiling, blocking an entrance deep inside near where Jones’ body remains stuck, said John Andrews, the chief legal counsel and associate director for the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, which owns the property. 25 and died after a 27-hour effort by more than 135 rescuers to free him from a crevice. Jones became stuck in the Utah County cave Nov. The mouth of Nutty Putty Cave was sealed with concrete Thursday, turning the cavern’s 1,400 feet of chutes and tunnels into the final resting place of 26-year-old John Jones. The Salt Lake Tribune reported on the sealing of Nutty Putty…. John’s body still remains in the same place he was initially stuck. See a video summing up this tragedy below… Nutty Putty Sealed ForeverĪfter this tragic incident, the Nutty Putty caves were sealed forever. They were unable to rescue Jones from the cave which he entered so innocently.Ī Paramedic crawled into the cave on November 25th, 2009 at 11:56 pm and pronounced John Jones dead. 27 Hours of HellĪfter John was unresponsive for several hours, rescuers declared him dead. Because of his prolonged time upside down, this action likely would have killed John immediately.Īfter a final pulley system with 15 points failed, dropping John on his head in the cavern once again, John became unresponsive. Rescuers realized that they could not bend John backwards through the cave without breaking both of his legs. Jones experienced a sharp, excruciating pain in his legs because his heart, which was operating upside down for several hours, was struggling to pump blood through his body. They attempted to anchor a pulley system to the walls of the cave, using several pulleys to pull the weight of John through the small space.īeing at such a steep angle, John’s legs were pulled upwards. “I really want to get out”, said John.Įventually rescuers tied a rope to Jones’ leg. Once crews eventually reached John, a small member of their team was able to establish contact with him. It would take over an hour for any rescue team to get equipment to where John was located in the cave. Being 400 ft into the cave, every entrance and exit took at least 30 minutes. Josh Jones, John’s brother, headed to the surface in order to call a rescue team to assist his brother. John was unable to do something as simple as scratch his face. His arms became pinned underneath his chest. Because of the smallness of the space he is in, he is unable to be assisted in any way. The passage way is angled so sharply that as John slides, his body turns nearly completely upside down. His brother Josh attempt to pull at his calves to no avail. A Slide Into HellĪs John attempts to wiggle and free himself from his tight position, he slides further and further down the passage way. Once through the passage, John exhaled, making his 6’1 body too large to even move at all. In order to fit through the incredibly small space, John inhaled. In an attempt to push forward to find space to turn around, John pulled himself through a 10 inch by 10 inch passage. After inching his way forward, John discovered that he was unable to make any kind of turn to get out. John moved into the passage head-first, using his fingers to inch forward. He had actually instead found a smaller tunnel in the are of the cave known as ‘Ed’s Push’. Unknown to John, he had not entered the passage seen above. See a photo of a woman in that ‘Birth Canal’ passage below… Upon entering the cave, John Jones found a passage that he thought was called ‘the Birth Canal’.
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