JOHN JONES: REMEMBERING THE UTAH MAN THAT GOT TRAPPED IN A CAVE FOR 28 HOURS BEFORE DYING

They never got his body out. The cave is sealed off and is a memorial to him. He's still in that position.

MYSTERIESRUNSOLVED In 2009, a man named John Jones, 26, set out to explore Nutty Putty Cave in Utah, with his family and friends.

As he went further and further into the cave's tunnel system, he eventually ended up getting stuck, upside down, in a narrow passage. While rescuers did try to save John, they were unable to get him out because of the cave's tight angles.

So, all they could do for John was feed an injection drip into his leg which contained drugs to calm him down. After 27 hours stuck in this position, John eventually died from suffocation and I heart failure.

The tragic incident that took place in the year of 2009 can never be forgotten. John Edward Jones a medical student died on November 24, 2009 in a Utah cave called the nutty putty cave. John and a few of his friends went exploring caves like they normally did. But things took a wrong turn when John headed for a section of the cave that would end his life. He was stuck in a section of the cave with his body upside down, which led to his blood not being able to circulate properly and gravity doing it’s job. A rescue team came to try and rescue John but their efforts proved useless and John had to died and his body was left inside the cave that is now sealed to prevent anyone from entering.

Nutty Putty Cave is a hydrothermal cave located west of Utah Lake in Utah County, Utah in the United States. The cave was formerly popular with amateur and professional cavers alike despite being known for its narrow passageways. It was closed to the public in 2009 following a fatal accident that year. Before that, it was popular among Boy Scout troops and college students.

The cave, first explored in 1960 by Dale Green and friends, is currently owned by the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, and managed by the Utah Timpanogos Grotto. The cave system was named after the soft, brown, putty-like texture of the clay found in many of its passages. Green originally thought of calling it "Silly Putty" but later decided "Nutty Putty" sounded better. The clay-like texture is composed of silicon dioxide commonly found in sand. Because the cave was formed upward with superheated water forming limestone, many additional minerals make up the complex structure. It contains 1,400 feet (430m) of chutes and tunnels and, prior to closure, had been accessible via a narrow surface hole.

Before 2009, this cave had four separate rescues of cavers and Boy Scouts, who got stuck inside the cave's tight twists, turns, and crawls. In 2006, an effort was put forth to study and severely limit the number of visitors allowed inside the cave. It was estimated the cave was receiving over 5,000 visitors per year, with many visitors often entering the cave late at night and failing to take proper safety precautions. The cave’s popularity had caused excessive smoothing of the rock inside the cave to the point it was predicted a fatality would occur in one of the cave's more prominent features, a 45-degree room called "The Big Slide". A gate was installed on May 24, 2006, and the cave was temporarily closed. In early 2009, proper management was established and an application process was developed to ensure safety precautions were being met. On May 18, 2009, the cave was reopened to the public

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