I got wedged in a cave once. I was stuck for ten minutes and I was with people and it’s the most scared I’ve ever been. Can’t imagine being stuck this long without company

@Micchi his name is Floyd Collins lmao. Are you being serious?

I wasn't even in any danger and being a in a publicly available "safe" cave only 30 feet in was too much. How some people can cave dive and the like is beyond me

@Micchi his name was also Floyd as mentioned several times in the video and on his grave

@blueberry seriously, this is my whole philosophy on white water rafting. The day I go in the water is probably gonna be the last time I go. Happened to my mom and she hasn't been since lol.

I got stuck in one of those wooden box spelunking things at the mammoth cave park… most scared I have ever been in

@The Water Warrior Collins is the one who's trapped

My clostrophobia would literally send me into shock as that would kill me in less than 5 minutes. Tbh I was pretty stressed watching this and I feel pretty bad that Floyd had to endure everything just to die in the end.

and the fact that his friend had helped him out of a tough spot in a cave previously? like i can't imagine ever wanting to go in a cave again if i got stuck for even a minute


AHh Flouyed fancy seeing you here buddy 😂


oh god, i'm 4 minutes in and this is already horrifying


I think an episode on the Net Neutrality Reddit protests would be good stuff.


if there is a hell. all the people that went to gawk at Floyd's body went there when they died and good riddance. there is no way to spin it to agree with moral decency. not to mention everyone complicit in the spectacle. but they were such bastards that they were probably condemned to eternal hellfire long before this action.


Many times over the years, my Grandma has told me the story of the time her dad and a few other men were trapped in the local coal mine, and how at one point, a hole had been dug through to the trapped miners, only to collapse before any of them could get through.  I love the idea of abandoned mines, long-slumbering caverns, forgotten bunkers, and never-before-seen caves, but YOU AIN'T GONNA FIND ME IN ANY OF THEM!

@Dru Nature Okay, Nuclear Fallout might be enough for me to head underground a little bit...

yeah am I firmly an above ground and above water type of person! period, nuclear fallout be damned!

This whole thing gives me panic attacks. I'll never get through the whole video


The squeeze picture triggered my claustrophobia so hard


What's the song/music that plays at 45:40? I feel like I've heard it in a videogame.


Something horrible that I think was not mentioned, maybe on purpose, was that Floyd was being fed consistently coffee and sandwiches. However, he was pinned flat for two weeks in gravel. So that means for two weeks he was relieving himself in to his own pants.

Now that’s absolutely terrible. Not only was he stuck in cold darkness, every upwind breeze would bring the stench of his own accumulating defecations. Cold, fatigued, with painful bed soars beyond imagination, topped off by having to smell your own waste. Every single sense he had (touch, smell, taste, temperature, sight) was torture. And if you don’t think taste was affected, trying smelling waste for 14 days straight, it will eventually make it to your mouth.

May God rest Floyd’s soul to peace. Even in Heaven I hope the memory experience of his own death was erased from his ethereal mind.

@Evan poor guy, he probably had a bacterial infection within the last days :/

@Sangral Knight upvote for using clapjaw

My immediate thought was wondering how many times he urinated and defecated himself

@Dylan McShane A reminder that fortune favors the bold, but she does not always answer them.<br>When you step out on any endeavor, you place yourself at risk. Sometimes the clapjaws of terrible and wretched doom snap shut.

@Dylan McShane A reminder that fortune favors the bold, but she does not always answer them.
When you step out on any endeavor, you place yourself at risk. Sometimes the clapjaws of terrible and wretched doom snap shut.

All while having false hope. I got nausea thinking about his sufferring. Never gagged from a story before. Im a tough dude but the thought of his sufferring is far too great.

i was wondering what was being done about his waste, now i regret that

everything you smell is also "touching" your tongue in particles. Everytime you smell sometthing odd it´s also laying there in bits and pieces. Better try not to imagine that. But anyway, you´re welcome. :D

Oh my Lord I didn't even think about that aspect 2 weeks of that plus the water that was accumulating would have mixed and surely caused infections to those bed sores

I was also wondering about dehydration. Some coffee will do good but did he have enough water to even out the dehydrating effect?

That’s true, not to mention the infections he must’ve gotten as well


"tank care of my falily for me" - even the ads you make are entertaining and fun lmfao


Hank Snow did a song called Miller's Cave  in the 50's. Same cave?


Just made the connection that he probably died when the lightbulb died because it was the only thing keeping him warm down there. The coroner saying he died from exposure around the time the bulb went out is really sad. It was his lifeline and I imagine his hoped dimmed as the light did. Very sad. Utterly terrifying.

Way to make it also more sad than it already was. RIP Flloyd.


Just so you know... this is not a bs comment "oh I say this everywhere" ... no... You're legit the only one I watch and enjoy the production of the ads on your vids :)


Why didnt the authorities intervened sooner?  Such an extremely sad story.


I need massive therapy after this viewing experience.


The story telling here was perfect. My heart actually sank in my chest every time a big setback happened. The second time the squeeze got covered was by far the worst one... That man suffered through hell. If I was him I honestly might have asked someone to bring a pistol and shoot me.

@Yuutaruu You don't quite understand how carbon monoxide poisoning works, and why it's a popular suicide option. It's silent but deadly, and you can have little to no symptoms.

Carbon monoxide displaces oxygen in your body and you get drowsy within minutes. Then before you know it, you're knocked out so you don't feel any pain, and you just never wake up again.

The fumes aren't really a choking hazard and won't cause any chemical burns either. So your lungs wont be drowning in blood or anything like that.

@ChaosAndBunnies Isn't asphyxiation slow and painful?

@Thicc Thicc Thicc As opposed to slowly dying from cold, hunger and thirst. The monoxide will kill him faster in relative terms, but in real time, it takes time to asphyxiate and it's painful. Ergo, the diesel fumes merci kill is not a good solution.

@Yuutaruu The normally most terrifying, but in this case likely merciful, thing about carbon monoxide in the amount  this would've produced is that he would've been unconscious in minutes and dead not long after. A far quicker and less painful death than slowly wasting away in a cold puddle in the pitch dark, unable to move the whole while.

Same, about the time the cave was collapsing I would have asked for it.

Remember about the dynamite idea?

That would have been mercy kill (but very messy).

@Yuutaruu you would pass out and die pretty quickly

@KitoMero No, it would have still been a slow death.

I would've asked for the pistol immediately. This is genuinely one of the worst ways you could die and it's baffling to me that cave diving, especially by yourself, is a real thing.

The diesel machinery pumping in carbon monoxide might have been the best mercy

Bring me enough booze and morphine so I could go out peacefully.


never get between a cave and its dinner i guess?


my father heard me listening to this and told me whether he lived or died before the end i’m so mad

@SoyBoyGaming your name checks out perfectly

u father saved u time, u should be thankful.


Remember in Cost of Concordia that there won't be any more 45min video?

It's kinda right tho... the good kind


Miller being so dedicated and risking his own safety going through the squeeze time and time again for a total stranger is the kind of man one wishes they could be.

Gopd thing he is still being remembered for it. He sure deserves to be.


Dang me and Floyd have the same birthday :/ wish he made it out alive


How would he survive from the cave in til later with no food? He'd be dead.... something's fishy...


35:31 Man Lindbergh gets all the attention


This was one of the most tense and saddest stories I have ever heard. What that poor man felt, cold, hungry, scared...gosh. I legit cried when it turned out he was dead. Then the utterly reprehensible way his body was treated...may he rest in peace.

@Konrad • Our guy is saying that he cried at this utterly sad story... And from all of  THAT book made of MORE books, you throw that quote? I am very sure, even though I can't remember any, that there are more empathetic passages somewhere in there, like, c'mon

For what i received i passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the scriptures  1 Corinthians 15 3


Is Incognito Mode a channel that's supposed be be watched in that mode?


54:00 it's nice to know Alex Jones had family at the event.


Bro used "Revenge" from Mafia II OST (The music when Tommy is Killed).

Got me to subscribe.


I think what makes this story even more tragic is that it probably would have been much easier had it not become such a big media event. If all those people hadn't decided to camp outside the cave and set up fires and whatnot, it's less likely that the whole system would have collapsed.

@lain iwakura to their credit it is a fairly obscure story, but as someone else already pointed out here they read the comments, they suffered the consequences.

@DespacitoDaniel It happened in 1925, there are no spoilers.

@DespacitoDaniel That’s what you get for reading the comments of an Internet Historian video before finishing it

whoop you just spoiled the entire thing oh well

To be fair, nobody knew that hanging around outside would cause the cave to collapse.

The only reason so many people came to help was because it was a media event. It’s a double edged sword


1:08:00 like how you change from black and white to color. Nice detail

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This cave is closed by order of the Peaky Blinders


The Skyrim and Medal of Honor music was awesome


Idk why but I feel this video and every second of it is a dirty joke 😂

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This story really shines a light on the both great side of humanity and the most vile side of human greed.

Wow, that's a movie critic comment right there

And, of course, on poor Floyd's golden tooth. Can't forget that.

Perfectly balanced as all things should be


I saw the year and instantly knew who you were talking about and said "ohh no"


I mean...just don't go down holes. Right?


This was the most terrible thing I have ever watched.... thank you for posting it


How would the tourist would even visit that place?


knowing how this story ends, his hopeful speech really is heartbreaking

Just finished watching the video, and.... damn, you're so right.


That's makes no sense to me if you're gonna dig anyway make the whole fing opening big enough to fit an adult first people who go through the squeeze like holes deserve what's coming it's stupid to risk it, digging equipment is cheaper and more compact then ever and more efficient and safer if slow going and solo even back then a small pick, hammer and chisel would be better than hands.


This is a film the Cohen Brothers need to make


God this was such a rough video to watch. Floyd calling out for help as the hours passed broke me. Haunting, hopeful, heartbreaking. Excellent execution.

@Lukycharms lol and I thought my troll comment was stupid.

@thegame61923 I'm drinking the nectar of the gods 🍻

@Lukycharms You must be riot at parties. That's...if people actually invite your miserable ass.<br>In the story, you would be the person who started the rumors that the whole thing was a hoax.

@Lukycharms You must be riot at parties. That's...if people actually invite your miserable ass.
In the story, you would be the person who started the rumors that the whole thing was a hoax.

Excellent execution? Bad choice of words.

@Lukycharms man look at this bot literally gatekeeping a cave story as if there aren't other youtubers telling it, it dont fucking matter bro its the internet, what are you going to do call the copyright police from 1920s?

@Lukycharms what 10 other channels can you list them? You’ve commented so many times on different threads just list the channels and give them credit if what you are saying is true

@Lukycharms right, because covering the same topic is plagiarism. you have any proof for those claims or are you just gonna expect ppl to take your word for it?

This video is plagiarism from about 10 other smaller channels. This video is completely stolen.

@MK Ultra that was one of the most non-religious uses of God ever in a sentence. Literally just a figure of speech. Like saying Holy crap this was such a rough video, Omg this was such a rough video, goodness this was such a rough video.

I personally think religion is stupid but I don't blow my load every time someone says that word on the internet. By all means though don't let me stop you and your fedora wearing boyfriend from circle jerking one another.

@MK Ultra Truly an enlightened gentleman <b>tips fedora</b>

@MK Ultra Truly an enlightened gentleman *tips fedora*


Just your everyday backrooms cave entrance

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I found it so heart-breaking that he died with the lightbulb, as though the hope of the light was the last thing keeping him alive. When the light was gone maybe he felt as though he had finally been forgotten and left to die completely alone and in complete darkness, unaware of he incredible redoubling of effort, will and humanity still very much trying to rescue him.

@hamkiller shut yah trap, it's your own fault for reading comments for an hour long video before you watch it. Use your head

Less the hope, more the heat. Man was stuck in a cold cave.

I've always liked to think that he died before the light bulb did

It was the only source of heat for him, which essentially kept him alive down there. Though by that point, I doubt he was conscious let alone lucid.

The light bulbs warmth probably was keeping him alive.

I hope they at least tried to flash the bulb regularly to signify someone was still there for him

It's sad. He spent so long in utter misery, it would have been better to die quickly if death was inevitable.

Maybe, though I'm sure he would've heard/felt some sort of digging above him.


Guys stop commenting about floyd's death you are spoiling it


The peaky fooin blinders in the background 😂


Once they reach the turn around room
NOPE
NOPE
NOPE
…..*NOPE*

Once they reach the turn around room
*NOPE*
*NOPE*
*NOPE*
…..*NOPE*


But can I go see the purdy stagalmights that Floyd was digging out yet or...?

buster only full screen mode captions on boss rush

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good god that was a rollercoaster. Funny how Internet Historian started out as regaling stories from the internet, now he is like a proper historian who is on the internet. such amazing content

@AncientRager V2 that may be true, but i was also referring to other entries like the Costa Concordia and "the Swedish Job" Videos

Yeah, I thought this was gonna be about some 4chan shitposts..

I wouldn’t call the last section of the Area 51 video history, Urban Burrow.

@JosephSK_ don’t disrespect Ken Burns documentaries istg

These are better documentaries than you'd see on pbs

@Ealdy yeah they can do research. So can researchers.. but can't they simply compile the research of others and... I think I just created a paradox. Good day!


Fucking love that OrdinaryThings was in this.


so... Ace in the hole is based on this? great movie btw


One of the most fascinating things I have ever watched on this platform. Fantastic.


This was a difficult one to watch, on one hand I love the IH and this video’s quality is top notch, but holy shit the amount of second hand anxiety I got from this story was almost too much. I’m never setting foot in a cave if I can help it.

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I’m trying to watch this but I just woke up and now I feel like puking

You ever see that post that compares areas where people go missing, and areas where there are tons of cave systems? I don't know how accurate those are, but that's enough to keep me away from them.

Exactly how I feel friend, immensely disturbing story light disturb my sleep lol


is it dumb that they chose the roundabout way instead of enlarging the shorter path that is crumbling?


This is the best WOT ads i've ever seen :)☺


I love this smaller story of a reporter from out of town walking past the men proudly flaunting their caving expertise for possibly the biggest scoop of his life and pressing past the turnaround point first try. And even sticking around to save his life on many occasions, failure or no he has the mind body and soul of a hero, William Miller.

You see. Back then, Journalists actually had morals and did their jobs.


The only in-video ads on youtube I don't skip... This is how ads should be


This is why I don't do dumb shit like go crawling around in caves! Lol.


Jesus Christ, this made me sad and mad

thank you i guess


I was listening to this while I was working, and I just broke down when they finally reached Floyd, way too late. Then just felt even worse when I listened to the horrible things done to his corpse just to make a quick buck. This story really did show some of the best and worst humanity has to offer.

Shout-out to Miller, though. Dude came in looking for a huge scoop, ended up risking neck and limb trying so damn hard to save Floyd, who he barely knew at all. And even turned down the opportunity of being set for life out of respect for Floyd.

@Vergesser Forgetter lol aaaaand that's why I always say to everyone: gotta lay off the anime. Some of it's cool but a lot of it's gay.

@Albion We got too many weebs. Gotta purge em.

@qlbtrom I remember realising that after some 14 year old animoid threatened to kill some other kid because he didn't like some anime about Ghouls.

@qlbtrom Well, can't argue against that. (ironic, I know)

@MK Ultra what's that have to do with any of this?

Yeah, truly showed the best and the worst. and everyone in the end was food for the worms.

Miller was also the first person besides Floyd's brother that actually had the balls to go deep enough to see and talk to him, despite the crowd outside that made a big show of support, along with people that were probably way more experienced in exploring caves. He seems like a really respectable dude


Holy shit this videos so good we have to calibrate our fucking brightness to watch it avatar trailers don’t even have the cohones to do that Fuck yes

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Wait where were the professionals in the 100 hours........when it was a big news........


I'm already looking forward to your video about Twitter and Elon.


This man just make a 1-hour low budget documentary more interesting than any marvel movies that came out recently

I took a dump this morning more interesting then marvel movies

wow its almost as if you wont find something you dont like to begin with, entertaining. wow who wuddda thunk

This video is by far the best movie ever made

Most mcu and superhero movies suck actually. Because they are not made by people who actually read the comic books. This video is better than most hollywood movies of the last years.

He’s had this budget for a while now since he made that doc on Steve bonnet the gentleman pirate

Isn't it funny how big execs were like 10 years late to making marvel movies that anyone cared about lol. If they had been out in like 2010 everyone would have coomed their pants. Now all the big companies are tied up in owning the rights and they're useless LOLLllllll

@Neem Pata we live in an interesting timeline where DC has now surpassed Marvel in quality

This is more entertaining than nearly every movie I’ve seen over the past 5 years

a jar of hot piss is more interesting than a marvel movie. what kind of standard is that.

marvel movies are a VERY low standard. cant expect many things that are worse


i have family in cave city! lifelong kentuckian <3


I heard Floyd's story before, I knew how it ended, but somehow I thought "maybe I misremembered it and he really does get out" but no. Your storytelling gave me hope for someone I knew died in the end.

@Talking Mudcrab more like the cave bellow ground

@Persephone McGuffin It's just a reminder that someday we will all go to that Cave in the Sky.

@Persephone McGuffin it wouldnt matter if you died right now because 100 years from now, you wouldve been dead anyways

@Teuwufel probably a reference/gag to what internet historian said in the video

@Persephone McGuffin Bad take, like wtf..

I honestly have that same line of thinking when replaying a video game or watching a movie where I know a character dies lmao

It’s like the Mandela Effect where we all think he escaped the cave 100 years ago. He did escape, but instead it was bout 40 years ago

@Persephone McGuffin what does that have to do with anything

To be fair this was roughly over 100 years ago, so he would be dead anyway.


what happened to the pretty part of the cave? was it ever reunearthed?


So...why did Brandon Herrera go into the cave?


did anyone spot the use of Halo ODST soundtrack  at around 27:00


My heart goes out to the brother, childhood friend, and reporter trying so hard for so long, repeatedly disrupted by know-nothing bystanders and Floyd's vile father only for his body to be strung up for decoration. God that made me fill ill.

@PaxAeeternum That's fine, but if you knew your land was getting bought and your famous brother's dead body was buried there it would be common sense to take the body to somewhere where it cannot be abused... If i was the brother i would be moving that body asap as soon as i hear the land is getting bought.

@Life of Diggy As I understood it, it was the father who owned the land, was a bit senile, and decided to sell it under these conditions. The brother protested the deal but couldn't do anything

Tbf what was his brother thinking? He knew it was getting bought by a dentist and didn’t think to move the body to a normal grave? The ending could have been a decent one if they had common sense it seems.


Yes future me, I watched this whole video.


Ah yes caving…. the dumbest of adventurous excursions.


I love the character of Miller. He just went to get the story for the paper, but even without any caving experience was the only one brave enough to reach Floyd. He ends up being involved as one of the primary rescue people, not because he was more skilled, just because he was braver and he cared more than most.

The town's folk knew the danger and didn't realize it was possible to save him to begin with. They were experienced and knew if a veteran of cave rescues can't do it a random farmer couldn't either. Miller had the benefit of ignorance and bravery, and once there likely saw Floyd suffering and felt determined to help him. It was extremely selfless because it would just as easy to sit back and document the whole event rather than help him but miller dove in even doing a couple of things I wouldn't dare dream of like the jack portion.

Miller has the "Frontline War Journalist" courage. He has pretty much became one of the important figures in the event.

Even moreso in a city full of people who are used to spelunking.

Dunno how Miller got through that hole with balls that big.


Thumbnail is hole, name is man in cave, they know exactly how to get the attention of our fellow man


I can't watch this. I just can't. It's just... too dark.


Get started with claustrophobia in one hour and nine minutes!


Up until the end, I was convinced Floyd would survive. You're such a great storyteller and narrator, you had me hooked the entire time.

The reference to the death of Floyd or something like that article revealed the sad truth for me

The moment the gravel came down I knew otherwise. I haven't even finished it yet.

I guess it's why this story isn't a widely known American myth.

@Nopperabou The number 1 rule since YouTube's inception is don't read comments unless you want spoilers. I have been here for 10 years and never seen a "spoiler tag"

@Nopperabou don't scroll down to the comments you lemming. No you are worse than a lemming. Lemmings were chased and forced to jump off cliffs. You went in without being chased.

Up until that footnote appeared for the book about the guy's death. Spoiler much?

Knowing of floyds tomb before this, now knowing the story more<br>Poor guy

Knowing of floyds tomb before this, now knowing the story more
Poor guy

I had heard about this story on a caving nightmare channel so as soon as the video started I knew what the video was about.

@Nopperabou don't read the comments if you dont want to be spoiled. This is all on you.

@Nopperabou Don't scroll down to the comments of a video you don't want spoiled until you finished watching it. Simple as.

@Logan I mean I did too when is lantern was shattered. But when the rescue operations started and he was being well fed I thought the man would actually survive. I thought he would still hang on knowing that there are so many people working to save him. Such a sad ending.

I figured he was dead the moment he smashed his lantern, but it did not feel good having to watch this train wreck happen in slow motion-especially when he was so close to rescue


I'm only 3:30 in at my claustrophobia is setting in.


I'm claustrophobic why tf did I watch this to the end


Miller is my favorite character in this. The rise from parasitic journalist to actual hero is very heart warming

@Mr. Shickadance When he keeps on hammering the point that 'the cave wasn't letting Floyd go', it kind of does. It would be nice to mention that Floyd was at least buried alongside his life's work, although I'm sure that didn't particularly soothe his family.

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“Parasitic journalists”? Journalism isn’t the same thing as being a paparazzi, it’s getting a story out to the public, which was always his intention

@yo ma i prefer to believe he is joking. Because it makes more sense given the style of the video and the claims that it made.

@Noskal Borg Oh did he tell you he was joking?

@Doggy ACKSHULLY: false stories were far more common in the days before telegrams. They may have been more respected, but mostly because the readers heard what they wanted to, and didn't have any way to fact check.

And to this day, many mainstream news sources are used to launder misinformation to attack people, groups, and causes they want attacked.

@Kelvin80 Real people are characters. Fictional characters are fictional. Non fictional characters are non fictional.

I mean, how was he ever a parasitic journalist? I know it's popular nowadays to hate on journalists because of how they appear on broadcast news. It's worth noting that broadcast news isn't real journalism. Newspapers is where a vast majority of real journalism comes from. Hell, broadcast news steals most of its stories from the paper anyways.

Miller was just there doing his job when he was asking questions. But he went well above and beyond the call of duty. But ignoring that, don't hate the guy for doing his job. Journalism is really important and is a dying art form because everyone thinks that what they see on Fox and CNN is an accurate portrayal of the profession as a whole.

Journalism used to be a moral profession.

@C Porter how pressed can someone be lmao

@C Porter how pressed can someone be lmao

@C Porter how was he misrepresented? Did Miller not go down there to interview Floyd with the intention of eventually saving him for a great story? While a bit parasitic, his means definitely justify his ends

@Kelvin80 A character doesn't mean that the person isn't real, lmfao

There are parasitic journalists and there are real journalists, Miller just happened to be the latter, he didn't "rise" up like it was some character arc in a fictional tale. That's who he was as a person.

@Joel Glanton The parasitic industry of media has been dragging journalism through the mud for decades, what did you expect?

@Joel Glanton IH displays him as a bit parasitic, which he wasn't. And Ace In The Hole (A fictional retelling of Floyd Collins done in 1951) who recreates Skeets in a new light does more of it. Blame IH for making a poor as fuck video about the event.

I love how you just had to characterize the only reason you even know about any of these events as a parasite. Besides the abysmal pay, the sheer disrespect I experienced as a journalist is the main reason (out of many) that I quit the profession entirely. It was my life's dream to be a newspaper reporter and once I achieved that goal I literally went insane and enlisted in the army with an 11x option 40 contract (This is a contract that has you sent to Fort Benning, GA for training as an infantryman, followed by airborne school. I had literally several dozen people attempt to discourage me from doing this, including every single NCO working the recruiting office, as I had a degree and a 98 ASVAB score. I ended up going to Afghanistan twice for a total of over two years, of which I experienced an approximate total of 30 days or so that I did not participate in a firefight, and where I was riding inside a vehicle that was blown up by an IED, and where I had to do many things that I'm proud of as well as many things that I'm not proud of and which will weigh heavily on my shoulders until the day I must finally answer to God for them.). My point is that you should try to have a little more respect for the profession of journalism, as there are a great many journalists deserving of said respect, and because it is a necessary profession in a free society.

@C Porter You're still not telling me how this changes the story in a meaningful way. The fact that he was kept in Crystal Cave and not Sand Cave doesn't change the fact that he was kept in a coffin in a cave, and his corpse was vandalized. The story doesn't change. These are details that he should've gotten right, but it's like IMDB trivia stuff and not some kind of plothole like you're making it out to be.

@Mr. Shickadance how? Crystal Cave is why Floyd got to Sand Cave in the first place, and Crystal Cave is how Floyd spent roughly 50 years of his death being further disrespected, mutilated, tossed around and thrown about. Crystal Cave is Floyd's True Legacy as well, as it's pretty much the reason why we even have the Mammoth Cave region how it actually is to this day. By the way his narrative is only about the tragedy, and nothing else. Not even a hint as to anything else apart from the tragedy, which Floyd has been extremely Monumental in reshaping the entire area of Central Kentucky as we know it.

@C Porter Oh it does, but that's not his "entire narrative". That's an aside to the general story of Floyd's fate. It doesn't change that story in a way that really matters.

@Mr. Shickadance his entire narrative is that sand cave spins fate against floyd, and wants to keep him forever. How does this not absolutely destroy that illogical narrative from the ground up?

@C Porter Not really. Whether Floyd was kept in Crystal Cave or Sand Cave doesn't change much of anything about the overall story. He should've gotten that detail right, but it's not a big deal. The other point I made isn't a big deal either.

@Mr. Shickadance everything that you listed here are major things. It changes the whole narrative. Crystal Cave was Floyd's Discovery and life work. It was the whole reason why he was at Sand Cave to begin with, and the reality of the situation too. I had to make a 50-minute long video just detailing all of the major shit he got wrong, and a little bit of the minor stuff thrown in there too.

@C Porter Most of this video is accurate. He only got a couple of things wrong from what I've read. They didn't pull Floyd out after they buried him not because it was unsafe, but because they couldn't get to the rock that had his leg pinned. That's why Homer dug an entirely new tunnel months later. He also said that Floyd's body was displayed in Sand Cave when it was actually displayed in Crystal Cave. Everything else was correct. I do think he somewhat plagiarized a Mental Floss article from 2018 about Floyd too.

@C Porter I didn’t think he was parasitic while I was watching the video

@S_Miclemie IH's shit video that literally displays him as such

He isnt parasitic, what made you think that he was parasitic?

He was never parasitic. IH got this entirely wrong. Just likely nearly everything else in his video.

Journalism was a much more respected career back in the day now celebrity gossip and tabloids kind of took over.

Parasitic journalist??? What exactly suggested that Miller was "parasitic" in any way? Or are all journalists just parasites by default to you?

@Kelvin80 Character doesn't just mean fictional. It refers to any person in a narrative, fictional or real.

i love how the sheer frustration of not being able to get him out to interview him kept miller going its so funny

he isnt a character lmfao this is a true story


You made a small mistake there with the footlong sub, it's 11 inches not 12 :P


As a Kentuckian, I've heard the story of Floyd Collins a lot. This was a masterful telling of Floyd's ordeal, handled with expertise, humor, and all the respect it deserves.

I still think the most chilling part of the story is the account of Casey Jones and Floyd calling him down to be trapped with him. Casey was truly in an unenviable position, and it just sends shivers up my spine. Floyd was effectively "tricking" Casey into being trapped, but just through (understandable) desperation and fear. Just scary to think about.

@Not Tellingyou I've done it in other comment sections, let me see if I can find it and copy and paste. (these are within the top 5 comments here replies)

@C Porter this is my first introduction to the story. If you listed some of the inaccuracies elsewhere could you copy and paste them here? Again, I'm not really familiar with the story so I can't even argue either way. I'm just curious about some of your perspective. No need to list everything of course.

Edit: I spotted one of your comments elsewhere

Casey probably would have survived seeing how Floyd died of exposure

C Porter can you give me a basic rundown of what they got wrong pls

There's barely any respect in this whatsoever. So many things are crucially wrong with this highly ficticious telling of the story. And I don't mean that as in just the humor, but by how IH gets even the most basic of well known facts about Floyd entirely wrong just so it can fit this narrative. Or perhaps he's just shittier at researching into it than I thought was even possible.

And before all the backlash starts: I've lost nearly all patience for defending myself through people's hopeless wails of "it's just a video" or "who cares" and the condescending "it's not supposed to be 100%, just get over it lmao" toxic cancer in comment sections, by people who instead of looking into it themselves jump straight to believing i'm talking out my ass. Instead over the last several days I've been making a video that will address and explain everything I'm talking about, and it will be out in the next few days hopefully. There are far too many things to list here, along with their context as to tell it correctly, telling it in 1 or 2 sentences isn't enough for commenters to beleive these things are incredibly crucial, and cant be left out.

@jama211 I completely agree, not to mention he was delirious and had been literally dying for days on end. I seriously doubt he was trying to purposefully trap people. He was cold, scared, and didn’t want to die all alone. Pretty simple but not as dramatic. Still loved the video though

I dunno about that, Floyd wasn't aware of the trapping issues above, he just wanted to not be alone, but I believe if he could have magically had full knowledge he wouldn't have done that, and as such the assumption about his motivation is possibly wrong.

Perhaps he believed that nobody else was as unlucky as himself, so the cave would not collapse as long as they were inside.


Bingewatching all of IH content, it's gonna run out soon... pls make more.


It can't be a coincidence if Rusty Cage is the alpha male of the story.


It's genuinely chilling to think that he ended up passing away when just a few days earlier, all that was left was one rock on his foot

@gz What killed him was all the people standing outside causing the cave to shift

I wonder how it could have been prevented :/


Sandy cave will open its maw once again.


Is that Limgrave OST?!!!! 45:25 - 45:40 from Elden Ring

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The fact that the light bulb was still functioning and that they could use the cable to detect breathing is amazing. Still, I have this pit at my stomach thinking about being alone under 60ft of earth with nothing but a light bulb. How did he feel when he thought they had abandoned him? All he had was that little light, maybe he though that it went out because they switched the power off.

He probably died because the light bulb burned out. If you've been born prior to the 2000s, you'll probably remember that those incandescent light bulbs burn really hot. And it's not just the bulb itself that's hot. The light they produce is most IR like the sun's, and feels hot when shone on your skin, or on surrounding objects. Maybe it was even enough to heat his body, and his surroundings.<br>I still have some of those bulbs, and I use them order to keep warm chicks, kittens or other small animals during the winter.

He probably died because the light bulb burned out. If you've been born prior to the 2000s, you'll probably remember that those incandescent light bulbs burn really hot. And it's not just the bulb itself that's hot. The light they produce is most IR like the sun's, and feels hot when shone on your skin, or on surrounding objects. Maybe it was even enough to heat his body, and his surroundings.
I still have some of those bulbs, and I use them order to keep warm chicks, kittens or other small animals during the winter.

@Yung Zyon Man, you're the same as the people setting up attractions outside the cave while he was trapped.

I doubt he was even conscious let alone coherent when the lightbulb finally went out. They estimated he died very close to when the light bulb burnt out.

@Darg It makes sense he died the moment it went out, it was the only source of heat he had so hypothermia finally got to him. When you are stuck between rocks the mountain literally sucks all the heat out of you.

To make things hopefully a little less upsetting, I think the lightbulb was only keeping him warm. He most likely was already in a coma-like state due to the lack of oxygen/nutrition and when his body lost heat,he went from sleep to perma-sleep.

the doc said that he died around the time the bulb went out.<br>Maybe his will to live did too.

the doc said that he died around the time the bulb went out.
Maybe his will to live did too.

Jesus, I didn't think about that last part. Just the icing on the cake to what has to be one of the worst ways to die.


you are still the best chanel in youtube


Saw this on another account.  Wanna engage with it so youtube knows I like it.


What an absolute miserable nightmare...... Oh my God.....


Now we're the tourists at the carnival here in the comment section. Arguing what could of been done better and playing world of tanks.


His brother is an actual legend, massive respect even though this was almost a century ago. Also his friend was commendable as well, and the many others who actually did a thing, don't underestimate true comradery!

It sounds like if only his brother, friend and the reporter showed up, they might have got him out.

Its rare to have family go that far for you, people say much but do little, this man went above and beyond for his brother.


If you want to have fun, take drugs... caves are for fools ;p


This is possibly one of the most tragic stories I've ever heard. Poor, poor Floyd. What a terrible fate.

@Stanko Barabata I can handle it the question is if I want to. Some people are into horrror and gore moives. I am not. Its not that I cant handle fear or disgust it is just not entertaining for. <br>Why would I be "sadge". I am cool with my decision...

@Stanko Barabata I can handle it the question is if I want to. Some people are into horrror and gore moives. I am not. Its not that I cant handle fear or disgust it is just not entertaining for.
Why would I be "sadge". I am cool with my decision...

@Aristotiles von Tight It's a really good story, but if you really can't handle it then sadge. I got claustrophobic a couple of times but my morbid curiosity is stronger.

ohh no, but thx for the spoiler. I mean it. I am 4 minutes in but I am stopping now. I never thought I am not claustrophobic, but apperently Iam. I got the chills wachting this.


If you look closely at the 3rd image I see a crepper at the Minecraft at the back idk haha
49:32


this is why we invented pickaxes why the fck would you squeeze when you can hack?


Damn. I wanted a happy ending so badly. I can't imagine what kind of emotional rollercoaster his brother and childhood friend must have gone through.

@a o Reading comments before a video is fucking stupid. That guy is an idiot.

@a o No, you sad little child, you are choosing to read the comments. Nobody is telling you that you're not allowed to, they are trying to very politely explain to you that you spoiled it for yourself by reading comments and you have nobody else to blame for that.

You are touching the stove and screaming, then when someone tells you not to touch the stove you start screaming about how you can touch the stove if you want.
Yes, you can, and you will get burnt.

I was so infuriated when it got to the people and the media claiming it was a hoax, despite the fact that this all happened long before I was born. Funny how that works.

@Anton Sundin you're a 🤤<br>"Durrr you read comments when I say it's okay hurrrr"

@Anton Sundin you're a 🤤
"Durrr you read comments when I say it's okay hurrrr"

At 58:54 when he said his teeth were shimmering in the light I thought it was going to be Floyd smiling, happy to see his rescuers. He was not.

@Avocado You shouldn't be scrolling through comments before watching a video like this. So no i won't.

Do [SPOILER ALERT] Next time first pls ;-;

Guessing that when the light burned out he just gave up...


45:24 background track is Elden Ring I swear.

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2:47 does anyone know what this song is? i cant find it through the list and i really dont have the time to listen to every song lmao, thank you in advance


I just noticed tommy shelby just shouting in the crowd


The night they stole the body was the same as my birthday, odd.


Miller was there for the  content of the story but stayed to geniunely help Floyd to be rescued. Sadly he died, I'm sure he remembered those moments they talked in that cave. Such a wild story and undeniably a good reason why its popular for years to come. Rest in Peace Floyd.

@Adrian The Normie I thinks it's Miller as a person than as a profession. I doubt many journalists of his time would go through that much effort for a person and story. Miller is "one of a kind" you could say.

@august lavdal sad they don't make journos like him anymore

"For the content" lol. Miller was for sure one of the most kind hearted people to ever walk this earth.
You may ask why. Ask yourself if you were a reporter: Would you risk your life like he did? Your job was to report to a newspaper not to save a person, would you still keep risking your life? you have never been in a cave before and have no experience, do you still do it?
Everything seems to point the other way.
Miller must have had a lot of compassion and willpower.
What a manly man!


Around 23 minutes is that outer wilds music


Why his voice is so stupidly hilarious 🤣, that accent kills me 🤣


Its pronounced LUHVULLE as a local would say


oh em gee 4 minutes into the video and i am already panicking


I like how you made Sand Cave kinda of a character and that makes the storytelling even more terrifying

@Rafał Wyrobek OMG I didn't realized that

The picture of cave entrance reminds me of anglerfish jaws, at 1:07:30 you can see them close slightly

@Little Death guard Some Lovecraftian abomination shit right there. Just like the nightmare sequence Internet Historian showed.

He made the cave feel like a monster. The cave lured Floyd in with promises of riches. It trapped him. It played with him by not killing him immediately but slowly while also allowing him to build hope, so it could destroy all of it when he thought he could finally get out. It killed him after the game got boring but didn't let him go. It controlled the universe itself, so he always returned to it no matter what happened. It only let him go when it ran out of tricks. A terrifying monster


Internet Historian is hoping this Taylor Swift/Ticketmaster drama goes "death-con 3" or whatever kanye was saying


I have severe claustrophobia, I'm not listing nor watching this whole video


I feel for that worker who looked Floyd in the eyes before leaving him behind. That shit's gotta stick with you until the grave.

Honestly I don't blame him, I would leave too, I'd never forget the look though.

i want to be mad that he didn't stay but i also totally understand not wanting to

I can't imagine what went through the guy's head. It must've hurt.

@Matteo Mastrodomenico I can't imagine the desperation Floyd was feeling after so many days in darkness knowing the cave was about to collapse again. No wonder the guy heard muffled sobbing.

And he was the last person to saw him alive too


People starting a conspiracy around the whole thing being fake for literally no reason was tragically expected.


what was the movie based on this story again?


It's kind of sad. The dude died just trying to make a buck.


The peaky blinders are the best part of this story

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As a40 year old man who has witnessed enough messed up things for a lifetime,  the first 5 minutes of this video was truly uncomfortable,  good job.

@William North Jesus dude we get it you don’t need to reply to every single comment with the same shit 🤡


gave myself a spoiler by remembering the black stone cherry song


I have claustrophobia… why the fuck did I watch this in agony


Should have let Gerald take care if shit from the beginning


PLEASEEEEEEEE make a video about the state of twitter rn after Elon's takeover


Why isn't anybody talking about Gerald? He's truly one of the best people of the entire operation, doing by far the most progress to try and free Floyd before the cave, well, closed himself. He's such a great friend, despite all the time that has passed, he was still there for him.

He could have saved him if it wasn't for the ignorance of the tourists...

@Approach Cautiously I'm aware, it's purely hypothetical, I would say that's the most likely way he heard about it, considering he didn't arrive before it became a large news story

@Clickbait Cancer We have no way of knowing if that massive spectacle is how he even heard about it or not though. Sure, the later gatherings shouldn't have happened, but the news of the event might have been the only reason he even got word of it. Information was slow back then

@James McComb lol what? You really think we wouldn't try to help the man? We would have at least called the police lmfao

@TwerkToSpec you are certainly the "weirdo" here. For some reason you don't like a man who sacrificed his career and life for another random man. Shows a lot about you.

@Just another Terraria enthusiast  Seriously disrespectful

@J stymied is such a good word I need to use more

"why is nobody talking about" dude it's a comment section, unless someone is talking to you don't feel so left out about the conversation topics you damn weirdo

The only way to deal with tourist is with a shotgun

I want people, while going through this entire comments section, to keep it in the back of their mind that likely every person writing anything here would've been culpable for the man's death if they had been around at the same time.

Shame he didn't arrive before it became a massive spectacle, if he were the first, second or even third person down there, things could have ended very differently

@「Iberis」 I probably have the most respect for miller, due to him having all the reasons in the world not to help him, and only doing it for the money, and yet he still helped him and refused most of the big bucks

More respect for Miller, he's only in it for journalism but my man, he's one of the most dedicated member on saving Floyd! He even refused to profit from it!

fr though, but nobody ever listens to the individual with actual experience.

That's speculative but I think so too. The determination he showed was under utilized and stymied at many turns.


Omigah, you got Wendigoon, now collabwith GG  yaaaaassss


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Holy shit don’t watch this without Adblock. There’s an ad every fucking few minutes.


Stringing a lightbulb around Lloyd to keep him warm is simple but actually genius.

And using it to monitor his breathing? Brilliant.

and it was deemed that he died when his only source of light did. it's quite poetic yet terribly sad

Now it would be "what if it causes his temperature to go up to like 99°? What if it causes cave gases to explode? What if it leaves a permanent mark on his shirt?... 🤔... he could sue 😬
--- Mine owner: hey, I'm puttin 2 kids through college 🤷
--- County commish: The money's just not in th budget for a major lawsuit😢
--- Governor: I mean...you know I would... but with elections in just 3 and a half years... 😒

@Davy Machinegun Well, this was in an era were cave rescues were still a relatively new concept. Now we have definitive plans and rescue authorities specifically for people trapped in caves/mines.

yeah all of the budget went to the copper line not in the bulb that lasted 5 days

Yet they couldn't think of something as simple as dropping down a phone line and feeding tube


Did anyone know that Mammoth Cave in Kentucky is one of the many entrances to Agartha.... the hollow earth world?

@Goose all will be revealed in the future to come and many things also like "people" who rule earth are Reptilians. If you search Nesara Gesara law all of these will and some are already in effect. Isn't obvious that the Georgian Guidestones were destroyed? It was made by the Cabal

That's... not a real thing. It's just "wow pretty stone place" not esoteric nonsense.


The hour counter keeps bringing me to tears — there can be nothing so terrifying as spending so long, often alone, in the dark and virtually hopeless. Floyd’s later hope is so inspiring.


Honestly it's a miracle nobody else died in that cave during all this...

Well, Floyd himself didn't die until he was completely buried, and I guess lot of people in the city were pretty skilled in caving due to it being big truism business there


Hey, is that BGM at 45:24 Elden Ring Limgrave? It's not listed 🤔


Nope, nope, nopetty nope nope nope!!! Getting a heart attack just watching.


As silly as Internet Historian likes to be, this video really shows how much of a talented story teller he is. I'd never heard of this story before and was absolutely glued to my phone, hoping that Floyd would make it until the very end! It's so well done. Now I'm watching it a second time and it really hits different knowing what happens.

@Messy Misha I didn't watch it immediately afterwards. The video has been out for days. There's plenty of time to watch it again.

@howdocowsfly cute quote.  You can set me up with the bestest, funnest road trip eva!  But I aint getting on board if I know the destination is Hell 💀...

@Messy Misha people rewatch movies immediately after leaving the theater lom.

@ICU1337 I dont think it’s amateurish at all. Shakespeare does it with Romeo and Juliet. It’s the journey, not the destination

IH is a genuinely exceptional creator in that just about all of his videos, regardless of the channel/format, stand up to watching them more than once. For instance, the pace and timing of the early Storymode vids are crackerjack, it's like listening to music.

I mean, I agree that the narration was well done, but it was amateurish in the fact that he gave up how this story was going to end at the beginning.  The words that he used all but told you that Floyd wasnt making it out 😞

Second? 🫤I mean your time but thats just doing too much🦉


48:46 Reagan once said the scariest thing an American can hear is "Im from the government and Im here to help."

I wish Reagan was the one that got stuck in a cave.


louiville - kentucky? its no wonder the zombie apocalypse started there in Project zomboid lol

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I was devastated when I heard the ending, even wondering what could I possibly even learn from this. But then I thought, "If it weren't for IH, I would never have heard of Floyd to begin with." And that, in and of itself, is worse by having Floyd's memory pass into nothingness. Forgotten by time. Everyone who watched this tonight will remember a man we never met, yet felt his pain down in that cave. And I hope it gives him peace knowing that we're thinking of him. Even after all these years.

Well not for nothing, but the story of Floyd Collins is a piece of American history that comes around into the zeitgeist every so often. There is a very well written musical that had a run about a decade ago, for example.

Somewhere in the afterlife, Floyd is happy that after 100 years, after so many events that are way worse than his imprisonment and death, people still care about him


If you thought you were having a bad day...


The Wolf Among Us music, I worked on that game. Senpai noticed me.  <b>swoon</b>

The Wolf Among Us music, I worked on that game. Senpai noticed me.  *swoon*


Did I hear Elden Ring music, or am I tripping?


You got me thinking that the pictures were the real guy -_-


I had never heard about this before. So I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. Really, Homer and Miller were the real MVPs. But man, the miner that  was almost tricked into staying with Floyd having to leave him behind and listen to his sobbing before the cave collapsed must have haunted him for the rest of his life.

I had really hoped the story would have a happy ending and they would have managed to save Floyd. :( Poor guy couldn't be freed from that cave until almost 100 years later. I'm glad his body was finally able to escape.

i knew of this from awhile ago but the way this video was made and regardless of me knowing the outcome i was still on the edge of my seat. It's also been a long enough time that i couldnt remember how long it took etc.

@A.C. Z'alright bro. I wouldn't know if not for the shoring training.

@LegendStormcrow  And here I am, claiming to know a lot about anatomy. Thanks man!

Don't forget Gerold who swept in like a hurricane, made massive progress on his own and almost had him out if not for the cave collapsing.

@A.C. simple, all the oxygen is gone. It's all the crap your body pushes out, stuck in one spot.

@LegendStormcrow Yo? Why's it become toxic?

@qwerkyqwerty I knew it was the end the moment the gravel came down. Your very blood quickly becomes toxic, and the moment it circulates again you are screwed.

Sauce: I am a sewer mechanic.

@DarkIceKrabby Why complain about your mother passing on when it’s not your fault? Oh what’s that? It’s called lamentation.

@DarkIceKrabby He's not complaining per se, he's just sad he spoiled himself with the ending

@qwerkyqwerty Why complain about spoilers when it's you're own fault?

Spoilers. :( my fault, I was scrolling the comments for comfort because I found this story really horrifying.


No, he should of put his arms up and outstretched; putting them at his side makes his body wider. And then he would have had “crawling” power. That was kind of dumb 😵💫🫣🤷♀.   💟☮🌻

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am i the the only one hearing the elden ring soundtrack at 45:25 ?


I watched xqc React to this.  Banger video


Man, Floyd deserved better. He kept his sanity for longer than any of us could in such a situation and he met one of the scariest ends for a human

@The Boshy people also constantly kept his hopes up. Nutty Putty victim's circumstances were definitely more gruesome and he knew he was going to die.

@Leon Connelly not really, wanting to be trapped with another person instead of alone is completely sane, no one’s saying he wasn’t desperate

I woulda lost it the moment my lamp broke

@The Boshy he said it himself he had hope and genuine hope there were people who cared about him and were doing all they could to get him out. The worst ones are where they know there’s no hope like with nutty putty that guy knew he was never getting out almost immediately, being upside down meant that his legs were drained of blood so even moving him at all was so painful and he would die of shock. He was just waiting to die and he had no time to go mad or come to terms with it he died in 24 hours, I honestly would rather have some time to think about my life and at least know there were people who cared about me enough to risk there own lives to save me, there was nothing anyone could do with that poor nutty putty guy

He didn’t keep his sanity, he tried to get a man entombed with him, perfectly understandable given the stress he was under but you know he clearly had somewhat lost it

@Moon 32 Adding on to this. Floyd was fed and watered. Meaning this torture went on for an agonizingly longer time than those other tragedies.

@David Hollenshead but the difference is the treatment after

There are worse caver deaths, see the "nutty butte"r cave when the caver was trapped with his body facing down, or the case of the caver trapped with his body hanging facing down down from a rope while being drenched in ice cold water...

Just imagining the poor man not being able to move at all, having to defacate where he was stuck, the creeping cold and complete darkness, the dwindling hope, the highly possible delirium and hallucinations setting in... Yeaah.
Terrible way to go. I hope he fell unconcious and atleast passed in peace.

And then along comes that one lowest scum of the earth who scams his father, defiles his grave and drags his body back into the cave for profiteering.
I'm not usually one for capital punishment or mob justice but that guy I would've gladly buried alive. Literally, no joke at all.

Just imagining the poor man not being able to move at all, having to defacate where he was stuck, the creeping cold and complete darkness, the dwindling hope, the highly possible delirium and hallucinations setting in... Yeaah.
Terrible way to go. I hope he fell unconcious and atleast passed in peace.

_And then along comes that one lowest scum of the earth who scams his father, defiles his grave and drags his body back into the cave for profiteering._
I'm not usually one for capital punishment or mob justice but that guy I would've gladly buried alive. Literally, no joke at all.


Is the soundtrack at 45:30 and a little further from guild wars?


2:41 That music from drakan the ancient gates?


a god honest truth, nobody would gave a fuck about me trapped in a hole like that. If anyone came down to try id ask them to put me outta my damn misery


I wonder if they could have set up a pulley to pull him out horizontally vice vertically?

@Craposnap no they did not, he could have lived as mentioned

That's what i thought, pulley or just a piece of steel in the bend of the cave. At the end of the day they did their best and we cant blame them for that.


I would never expect to be on edge watching a documentary that looks like it's animated with primarily pngs. You're genuinely a great writer and filmamaker. bravo

@Unfinished CGI Wouldn't call him a shitposter either. Clearly research and time goes into these videos.

There's nothing more pretentious than calling a shitposting YouYuber a "filmmaker".


Are you going to do an episode on Twitter under Elon Musk?


Katana Zero and Outer Wilds music, fantastic😄😄

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41:42 Casey having to leave, only being able to watch as the light disappears and he hears sobbing of the man he had to leave behind. I wonder how much guilt he felt from that moment, it’s too horrible to imagine

@Cats Are life LlllplLpl
LlllLlllllllllLLLl////0/\l
Lll

I don't know why he'd feel any guilt. Staying would have been signing a suicide pact (at least as far as he knew. Casey PROBABLY could have survived long enough until the dig team got to them so that he could get out). There was no way for Casey to save him. It'd be like people at the theatre feeling guilty that they didn't save Lincoln from John Wilkes Booth. There was nothing he could have done.

@Ceri-Ann <br>“See ya wouldnt wanna be ya”

Or the pride knowing he'd done everything he'd expect from another to do everything within their power to reach rescue and only turned back when he knew that rescue was basically Impossible due to deteriorating conditions he'd even tried to avoid. Unfortunately doing something that prone to misadventures without sleep probably would've resulted in even more deaths. Im sure though he never forgot that moment after he'd barely avoided being knocked unconscious.. and he knew that his friend would end up paying for his life, for this hobby that the two had shared many successful triumphant expeditions and also a number of hairy situations

@Ceri-Ann I can only imagine that if he was still conscious or lucid, he might have heard or felt at least some of the rescue attempt. They were mining day/night and dropping dynamite right above his head up until 3 days after he passed. At the very least he was aware of how much people fought to free him before the collapse.

@Ceri-Ann they couldn't even send him food so probably <br>No

@Ceri-Ann they couldn't even send him food so probably
No

I just pray he didn’t leave without words, I hope Floyd knew how loved and cared for he was in those last moments :(


What ever happened 2 Lemmino? Best check the surrounding caves.....


ugh I'm 2 minutes in and already terrified.


Anyone else noticed Tomas Shelby in the crowds?


You used music from rdr2 multiple times in a video about suffering in a cave?


Damnit man, watched this whole video tryna see my man’s survive

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Cover Alfie Evan's case! It blew up bc of social media


The saddest part about this story is that each time, they were so close to actually figuring something out, only for the situation to change right before they could implement anything. Bad luck, poor timing and the time lost in-between killed Floyd.

If they had just started digging from day 1 they probably would have gotten him and a better entrance to the "special" room

@Crypto Tonight i was thinking the same thing. may not have had spacec for that tho :(

Like if they had a pulley anchored to the floor in front of Floyd's head so it pulled him straight out they may have been able to get him out without pulling him up into the rock.


I am ditching work to watch this interesting history, you can't judge me


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On one hand, its a miserable, sad story about a man's untimely death despite the futile struggle to save him, and the brazen disrespect of his corpse.  But on the other hand, there's something really touching about people banding together and doing everything they can to save a man who is, to most of them, a total stranger.  Dying trapped in a horrible dark cave is bad, but dying with no one caring about you is, in my opinion, worse.  And for all he suffered through, at least Floyd died with likely millions across the country caring about him.

@Hank J. Wimbleton I was referring to the on-lookers, but you're right, nice that people did eventually begin to give their all to the rescue. This story literally kept me from getting sleep last night. I shouldn't have watched this.

@Cautemoc it probably was common knowledge but it's still common today and people still do it. It's not a good decision but when you hike or go spelunking as often as you go grocery shopping it becomes a routine, like he said in the video he had been working on it for some time which meant he was most likely used to going down there plus if that's the only way into the cave and he knew the formation down there would be great tourism it means he made it through that cave before just to find that formation he was only digging it wider for tourists as it would be difficult for novices and most likely dangerous. Did he make a dumb Decision yes but people did know where he was which is one of the main rules of hiking or just exploring alone MAKE SURE SOMEONE KNOWS WHERE YOU ARE. Since he spent so long in caves before its a miracle they checked on him only 23 hours after getting stuck. It sucks but when your so used to a routine you can make mistakes and he made 1 that cost him his life

@Marz I think even back then it was common knowledge that if you're going into an unexplored area, bring a person with you. It was objectively bad decision-making on his part. Doesn't deserve death obviously but he put himself there from multiple bad decisions.

@Cautemoc I mean he was Decently experienced and climbing through tiny passageways like that isn't super uncommon I honestly believe had he not broke the lantern he wouldn't have gotten stuck. I feel like if they had just stuck with what was working immediately then he would've lived.

@Beware the Lily of the Valley trash take tbh

I’d rather die with noone caring about me than die trapped in a cave like that. That’s probably the reason you’ll never see me ever go into a cave.

What sucks is I belive if some people had gone through the squeeze much earlier I believe he could've gotten saved before the cave in


To think, a well placed pulley to change the direction of the direct pulling force on Floyd’s body might’ve saved Floyd from having to endure one of the worst deaths imaginable.

well that idea seems logical but there wasnt even enough space for a pulley like that the video really doesnt show how narrow that whole cave was


25:55 fuck that got me

It’s late asf too


Is this what the movie ace in the hole was inspired from?


The part where he lied about needing water and intended to trap that other guy down there just to avoid being alone was so fucking dark, and completely understandable

@FORK LIFT Pretty sure Floyd wasn't in the right headspace from, you know, being trapped in a cave for 114 hours at that point. On top of being wounded and delirious. There's no "suppose" when you're in that state, all he knew was that he desperately didn't want to be alone.

Understandable? Floyd was essentially asking that guy (who had a family, I did my research) to die simply because he didn't want to die alone. He wasn't in his right mind which is why he said it, so I guess it is technically understandable because I understand why he said it, but it's still seriously fucked.

You're suppose to tell them to run. Nice freaking people lol

And that other guy ended up being the last human being Floyd ever saw. Terrifying prospect...

Agreed, it makes me think of that one saying along the lines of "A drowning man will always try to drag somebody down with him." Given how delirious he must have been from being trapped down there, I can't even bring myself to scorn him for that. It's awful, but it's understandable.


All that time he’s stuck and nobody called in a stepbro??

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I love I.H. just throwing it out there that ads every 3 minutes is a bit much


This video made me develop claustrophobia and I..... hate it


i cant imagine how horrible was to die in that cave, alone in the dark thinking you were abandoned.

@Kektus He'd have heard the dynamite, but he would have been completely delusional from lack of food and water. He'd have had no concept of what the sounds meant. But when the light went out.... fuck man. I can't think of words to describe how I imagine that experience to be.

Considering the timeline, I wonder if he might have heard their rescue dig attempt in his last couple days since they'd gotten somewhat close. But if he was delirious or out of it, possibly not. We can only imagine.


The story of Floyd Collins has been told many times but this is by far the best telling I've heard.


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Can I use that "Tankmania" code on War Thunder as well? Because that is an objectively better game than WoT, and after watching this video I ofc deserve the free stuff.


I'm convinced internet historian is THE BEST storyteller on youtube. Period. Even the ads are extremely entertaining. When I started this video I looked at that daunting 1hr run time and thought maybe I would save it for later. 5mins in I was hooked and there was no way I was turning it off. God tier content.

@Hagrid Flower I love Wendigoon too, I was presently surprised to see his face terribly photoshopped onto Floyd 🤣

Ya know, I usually don't go for hour-long videos, and coming in, I thought I'd take a break and come back to the video later. And then I sat through the entire thing.

Agreed. I could also say the same of Lazerpig's channel. Check him out!

It hurts me, but I have to disagree. The entire cast (IH, Wendigoon, ManyKudos and Ordinary Things for sure at least) are all the absolute best storytellers.

True. My gf and I watched it and she commented - this was terrible! Why did we even watch this, we lost 30 minutes on this. I said it was actuall 1h09mins and she was quite shocked. Internet Historian is just a master storyteller, there's no denying it. His stuff could easily be premiered in cinemas.


Okay, but if they were giving him food and drink, that means he would need to shit and piss… Poor guy died soiled in his own waste.


Honestly I was at the edge of my seat wondering what could happen next. The part where he asks the worker to stay despite knowing what would happen is one of my favorites since it shows the desperation this poor man felt. And let’s be honest wendigoon’s photo added 10x more sympathy to it.

@Pikosaur I think likely the worker (not the one near him, the one further back) was calling to his friend something like "Hurry up! This place is going to cave in any second!!" Whether it was meant literally or not, Floyd in his semi-delirious state took it as literal and panicked, resulting in his response.

@Pikosaur you could be completely right but I like to dream

@Pikosaur I mean, if he’d been caving his whole life, I would assume he could tell a cave-in was happening.

I'd say the dramatisation of that moment was a little bit of overkill.  I don't think Floyd knew the cave was going to collapse? He just didn't want to be alone for another 24-48 hours without company or support.


this is why I do NOT go in caves. at all.


i would love to watch this video, but im unable to


I don't think I've even felt more secure in my life then whenever Gerald showed up on screen, he just oozed charisma and security.


I'm hearing Elden Ring Limgrave music at minute 46

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bruh where is the internet in this story?


"I have faced death before; it doesn't frighten me; but it's so long." Absolutely heartbreaking in retrospective, something about that sentiment gets me


second time watching this video is awesomesauce


never even thought about him using the bathroom

Yeah but he wasn't eating or drinking much


The part where hes describing getting into the cave and Floyd getting stuck was the most dread and uncomfortable i have felt in a while.

I've had many nightmares where I was crawling in tight caves much like described in the video, and got stuck. No clue why, worst feeling, could hardly watch. All I know is, I'll never crawl through tight caves:P

@sakaturaus yes that's the feeling I had too. Almost like I questioned am I watching a internet historian video.

literally this until the ad. after the ad it felt more like an actual internet historian vid. but the start is so fucking compelling its crazy

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Maybe you should give Ted the Caver a try. Quite a few creepy pasta readers have covered him. <br>I believe that story is half true. He's probably an actual caver, but the spooky stuff is fake.

Maybe you should give Ted the Caver a try. Quite a few creepy pasta readers have covered him.
I believe that story is half true. He's probably an actual caver, but the spooky stuff is fake.

I almost had to pause it because I was actually feeling claustrophobic


This is Coen’s Brothers movie waiting to be made.


I feel like I'm not seeing enough people talk about that genuinely terrifying nightmare sequence with the hands pulling Floyd under. I never expected that from an Internet Historian video.

I came for funny history. I got basically creepypasta. I don't know why, but I still watched the whole thing.

I read this before I saw it. Surely it can't be that bad, I thought. When I tell you I jumped and tried to physically back away from those hands-- I feel you it was horrifying! Historian could make bank on horror, yikes.

A cautionary tale about why you should stick to the caves that are marked as safe.

This is a well-known story to the locals around Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, and when I went through, he was a bit of a local legend.

@Lord Moncef What are you on about? Guy almost died. Hush yo stuff.

@Saint-Izawa 伊澤😈 Fuck man, glad you’re still with us.

The part that stuck 2ith me is went fllyod said "I'm not afraid of death but it's so slow" as someone who has almost died twice in an ICU this is stuck with me.<br>People think death is quick and painless. Nope you don't choose how you die. It can be fast and painless or long and suffering.

The part that stuck 2ith me is went fllyod said "I'm not afraid of death but it's so slow" as someone who has almost died twice in an ICU this is stuck with me.
People think death is quick and painless. Nope you don't choose how you die. It can be fast and painless or long and suffering.


"I need to gather money to dig my brother's corpse out of one hole, so I can put him in a different hole. This is really important for some reason."


I don’t understand why people are so stupid at such serious matters. Then I open TikTok and it hits me 😅


“‘Ding’, crack, darkness.”<br>The absolute horror and tension these three words portrait is just masterful story-telling at its peak.

“‘Ding’, crack, darkness.”
The absolute horror and tension these three words portrait is just masterful story-telling at its peak.

The finality, the confident cosmic indifference, the deadpan statement of facts assuring the destruction of a human life. IH fucking <b>nailed</b> that line in it's delivery, and will always remain top tier for their voicework alone!

The finality, the confident cosmic indifference, the deadpan statement of facts assuring the destruction of a human life. IH fucking *nailed* that line in it's delivery, and will always remain top tier for their voicework alone!


Is this what The Simpsons when Bart fell down the well is based on?

That was based on the Rescue of Jessica McClure, an infant who fell down a well


Not gonna lie, the world of tanks ad was the best part of the vid.

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I will never understand how youtubers are sometimes more capable of conveying suspense than multi-billion dollar movie studios. 5 minutes in and I could feel my heart beating hard. Unbelievable what you guys can do.

@Jimmy R Rings of power hasn't shit on anything but the grave of Tolkien

Because modern-day Hollywood is full of diversity hires and nepotism, not actual talent.

@Michael Scott-Joynt the diggers almost got him out lol

@High Definition he has his own style which he’s perfected and is now expanding the limits of. This was definitely a huge Step beyond what he’s made before I wonder where it goes next tho

Look up auteur theory lol. One mans vision is better than 100 executives, that’s why movies suck now.

No studio interference, full creative control, unlimited timeframe... tho tbf this is a real story, he's only relaying facts, that takes out a big chunk of the creative effort imo lol

@AvocadoAddict  i think they're more worried about how they can pay lipservice to "diversity" in spite of it not being very profitable. Especially in their biggest market, china.

Because the difference between a few people on a Youtube channel and multi-billion dollar movie studios is like the difference in this story between Homer, the journalist, and the firefighter vs. that military officer and the governor who just threw a bunch of money and equipment at the problem.

because humans tell stories, not a studio or dollars, it only makes it easier, but at the same time if you have every tool available  it can be harder to figure out which one to use to tell a story, so it can be harder to be creative. source<br>me

because humans tell stories, not a studio or dollars, it only makes it easier, but at the same time if you have every tool available  it can be harder to figure out which one to use to tell a story, so it can be harder to be creative. source
me

@WiseOldBill no it’s not just that, it’s just that YouTubers like IH and others are not constricted by executives who worry more about the Chinese market not being happy with black people appearing than a good story…<br>Many YouTubers have complete creative control and that’s still  very rare in Hollywood. So it’s interesting how PS cutouts can make you feel more than many big budget movies nowadays lol

@WiseOldBill no it’s not just that, it’s just that YouTubers like IH and others are not constricted by executives who worry more about the Chinese market not being happy with black people appearing than a good story…
Many YouTubers have complete creative control and that’s still  very rare in Hollywood. So it’s interesting how PS cutouts can make you feel more than many big budget movies nowadays lol

I think a lot of it is volume and consumability. You can watch 6 10 minute youtube videos in an hour basically nonstop from your phone. A lot of youtube is unwatchable and can be skipped seconds in. The real question is why studio execs aren't paying people like the historian to produce movies. A slightly higher budget gentleman pirate would print money.

It's because it's got his own style to it and he's so amazingly charismatic. Companies do not think like a person because overt opinions can 'offend' people and is hence bad for business, better to stick to think that everyone agrees on (which Is for example why the LGBT and the African American community gets talked about and celebrated so much in their respective months) but he isn't bound by corporate logic and can take risks a company never would

Watch it in very slow motion to see the frames when they flash "You Must Watch This To The End", "World Of Tanks", "You Must Watch The Internet Historian", "Keep Watching", etc. on the screen. They also had those solid Blood Red Frames first used on the original theatrical cut of the movie Psycho. This video even kept my cat's interest until she heard a life flight helicopter landing at the hospital and ran to the window to make her "ack ack, ack ack, ack ack" noise. She makes this noise when ever there is a taste moth, bird or other prey she wants to catch and eat...

No corporation mandate, doesn't need to extend it much after about 1 hour. Alot of horror things on YouTube are usually about 20mins max most the time. No need to make you feel attached to characters that often, no need for sequel bait. Films will do interesting horror parts but before and after are typically boring so no need. Also having tension for a full film is super challenging borderline impossible since the body can only feel so much before getting bored. Like a film of constant pop ups, after about 2 you don't really care anymore

@WiseOldBill honestly on one hand im sure many people in bigger production are passionate aswell. On the other i know exactly what you mean.


You should next cover Nutty Putty cave & the tragedy that happened.

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I’m very claustrophobic so this is probably the worst thing for me


This feels like a Hollywood feature film and the fact that we are watching it for free boggles my mind

It's not free, we all gave this man an hour of our lives. Seeing how this video will garner millions of views, it will cost the world millions of hours of time; time that could have been used to solve climate change and perhaps even save the whales. By partaking in this free edutainment, we are neglecting the world and that's why I think Internet Historian should be blamed for global warming.

I use YouTube premium, he probably gets 0.000001 cents from me

@Golden Age of Dinosaurs fun fact, Ace in the Hole was an unauthorized version of Floyd Collins' story and there was some lawsuit while they were working on the script.

It only worked out great as a movie narrative because of how IH covered it, I was actually privy to this story from another YouTuber and their coverage of it was somber all the way through.

that's why I'm watching it on a big cinema screen in VR

There's an old, 50's movie called "Ace in the Hole" that's incredibly similar to this story (maybe inspired by the event? It's almost identical) It's an absolute, 10/10 classic. Highly reccommend.

There’s actually an old Kirk Douglas movie, called ‘Ace in the Hole,’ where he plays a newspaper reporter who talks to & tries to help a man buried in a cave. It’s directed by Billy Wilder & from what I can recall, it was really good. I haven’t seen it in 35+ years, but I can still remember several scenes. The guy in the cave in dies at the end & there’s a huge carnival like atmosphere outside the cave. I’d have to imagine that this was the event on which the movie was based.

Film needs to be 90 minutes to be considered a full feature release. This is the straight to DVD sequel you find at Redbox.

but we watch hollywood movies for free too...piracy lifee


bro prob pissed and shidded himself 💀💀💀💀💀


The afermath of this poor man's fate is disgusting. People can be so despicable!


Miller is an inspiration to Journalists like me. ABOVE AND BEYOND. Even with misplaced intentions in the beginning, he became so passionate and empathetic for Floyd. Getting his message out, while spending so much time with a man who couldn’t move.

May Mr. Miller be... immortalized even more than he is, in the way that Internet Historian videos offer their subjects.

Not to mention his refusal of the sellout offer after the fact really outlined his moral character and commitment to the intrinsic rewards of journalism.

I think the first true hint to his character was when he first got to the squeeze. Where almost every single person but Floyd's own brother had turned back before, this man felt so ashamed at the idea of turning back knowing there was a man on the other side, that he pushed through despite his own fear. His own moral code spoke louder than his biggest primal fears. The mark of a man of true character.


I watch true crime and horror movies almost everyday, and this is one of the few times I don’t think I can finish something. That cave zoom out made me nauseous


This was definitely a masterpiece like always but I can't believe I spent an hour praying for a man who fell into a hole 100 years ago only to find out he would not be rescued

I've just learrned not to read comments before watching

This is definitely one of the scariest concepts.


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The fact that Miller, the poor reporter turned down $1 million for his story, but the dentist abandon all morality for a quick buck disturbing the dead really says something

Miller is a real one he didint even know the guy yet he was one of the only few people to dare go into the squeeze and for context another user wrote this in these comments

"Two things people also gotta realize: The Turnaround Room isn't really a room. It's a widening of the tunnel that collapses to the 9 inch gap. It's just big enough to get your bearings, decide which way you want to go in, or turn back. It's not a 10 foot tall room that you can stretch your legs in preparation to go into the squeeze.

The other thing: The squeeze didn't allow you to change directions. The video makes it look like you can go in head-first, turn around at the 10 foot drop, then go down feet first. You have to decide if you want to go in head first or feet first. It's then 20 feet to the drop. Floyd went in feet first to clear it out then got stuck. His brother went in head first to clean out the rubble, then had to climb up the 10 foot drop BACKWARDS! "

Just imagine going trough all that  MULTIPLE times for some random guy that you have never heard of before it is seriously worth all the respect that he got and alot more and then after all taht he didint even take the money meaning he did it and did not care about a reward