Fun fact: if you want a similar story in italian flavour a very similar case happened in Frascati (near Rome) in 1981. Wasn't a big cave though. Alfredo Rampi was a six year old boy who fell and got stuck in a 60 m (196 ft) deep pit. They tried getting him out in so many different ways they ended up using people with dwarfism and a fucking contortionist. A gigantic crowd of people formed near the pit, it became so much of a news sensation that president Sandro Pertini ended up being there talking to the kid (the case is also famous for being an example of the blatant sensationalism of italian news).

Yeah, my father told me that story, I was pissed, they turned the kid last moments into an attaction 😠

@Willow Rolfe The child eventually died in the well, unfortunately.

I remember my mom told me she had to write an essay at school about the case at one point, while It was still going on, and She didnt even live anywhere near Frascati. Though if I recall correctly, he got stuck in a well, not really cave. Either way i can see the parallels with Collins. Real heartbreaking shit, can't Imagine what was going through the kid's head, it's terrifying

I remember that story from a Mr. Ballen video. I was amazed at the incompetence of most of the "experts" involved, and how a teenager had better ideas and even gave them  warnings about the stupid decisions they made. Poor boy. He deserved better.


Whenever I have a bad day, I try to think about people like Floyd who went through unimaginably hopeless and terrifying situations like this, and I can at least be grateful that I'm not stuck 100ft underground in the cold darkness alone in a collapsing cave for two weeks.
Really when you put it like that my life is a fucking dream.

Also every single person who made it through The Squeeze is an absolute chad, yes even Casey leaving Floyd was 100% the right decision.
I've done a little caving and at one point was trying to crawl through a very similar (though much shorter) tunnel except the walls were compact ash and dirt and the floor was covered in a few inches of loose sand. About halfway into the tunnel I just pictured myself scraping the walls too much and the whole thing collapsing; I lost my nerve and bailed. Anyone with the courage to go through anything like that... just wow.

@Classic80sStuff great minds think alike lol..I doubt that situation will happens to us..I don't think we would EVER crawl into anything that sketchy but if it does we got a battle plan...yall would hear me screaminggggg for all drugs any drugs lol..

@Mikey Frederick Oh I totally agree.  I would want them to just shoot me full of morphine or whatever would be much better than suffering up until the very last second.

@Classic80sStuff that's the story that got me interested in cave diving..I would NEVER do that activity lol ..if I was stuck like and they could get meds to me some how..I would definitely get it over with way quicker if you know what I mean...

@Classic80sStuff <br>why are you making this a competition? show some repsect

@Classic80sStuff
why are you making this a competition? show some repsect

@werr kowalski yes you're right it takes a "special" kinda person to crawl into a hole where there's hardly any room to breathe, to try dig out another small hole so it can be used for tourists to go to a magical cave. I'm guessing the tourists would need to be as special as him? 🤔

Some people have no fear, they can go on roofs of tall buildings and balance on the edge, it takes a certain kind of person to do things like that. It's not even so much about being stupid, just having little or no fear instinct.

@Gavin Townsley I don't think that people who do these things are idiots, frankly I admire their determination to push their boundaries.
There's a certain truth to the fact that we're never more alive than when we are near death.
However, inevitably when we push our boundaries, we end up finding them.

Right. Even if you don't go that far and think of modern times, there are people today in 2022 (particularly certain villages in Africa) where you need to go on an entire trip just to get the water you need to survive for that day.

If you put yourself into this kinda situation deliberately..then your an idiot, simple as that. Plus you're putting other people's life at risk as well by trying to rescue you.

Ever heard of John Jones and the Nutty Putty cave?  He was stuck upside down for around 28 hours before he died of cardiac arrest from being upside down.  They had a phone line ran down to him where he could talk to his wife who was pregnant.  He was trapped as long but it would still be an absolutely horrible way to go.

@Mikey Frederick you think you're conscious all the way to the last second? Or maybe you're lucky and your brain shuts down from the shock of the situation

Super correct sir...stuff like this really puts personal life into perspective lol...bad day at work? Yeah imagine being stuck so tight in that cave..in the dark..with no hope honestly..my issues don't measure anywhere near that situation lol..

@Zuleph Izus Yeah I figured that's what most people would think too but I have come to learn that regardless of how wild an opinion is there will be people out there who are willing to hold it.

I don't think anyone blames Casey for bailing on a very clearly and audibly collapsing cave


I was hoping for a happy ending, but regardless, this story really is a great demonstration of how amazing people can be.

@Jordan M And still be in the way and still make it worse with your presence.

How amazing, how horrible, and how fame is not always a good thing.

Also, people will just stand around and watch no matter which era you were in! At least now we can record stuff in real time with our phones.

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"Just as quickly as solutions would arrive, the cave would parry them away" that's a great line, brother.

@Piotr Kowalski "surely people will visit my cave now that i dug out all the gravels". the cave sags when 5 people are in it for too long and the entrance is basically a death trap

@Bariois Derplord Yep, this story is deprived of logic.

@LeMélangedelevurefarineteau probably still cost less than manual labor

@Bariois Derplord that'd take alot of pipe to move the exhaust a good distance away to not affect the cave

idk, they could reroute the exhaust pipes or something


I already knew how this ended going in, but the narration + visuals had me thinking... maybe he'll make it this time...

Thanks to Miller for bringing us this story. Heartbreaking


I think I've been subscribed to this channel for about 4 years, and this is my favorite video now. I've already rewatched it as much as Costa Concordia.
Your storytelling is enthralling.
Keep it up!


Gerald was such a bro. Makes you wonder if he could've gotten Floyd out of he got to him first.


Amazing story telling. Really puts into perspective time is of the essence when it comes to saving someone. So many interference in the events surrounding Floyd. Also jfc that ending makes my skin crawl. So many people consumed by greed... making a tourist attraction out of a dead person sheesh.


You're the only channel I've seen every single video of multiple times, some brilliant storytelling and every video is even more gripping and impressive than the last


Wow dude, your story telling really had me invested. It was both extremely serious yet light-hearted enough to alleviate the downs. Well played sir


Always love the directing in these, genuinely impressive


Just my opinion, not worth much: one of the best YT videos I've seen all year; I've watched it more than once. The balances in the storytelling was damn near perfect. Importantly, the presentation was such that we all didn't realize that we had watched an hour plus video, even though it shows it is. It will be tough to top this one, but I look forward to the future attempts.

EDIT: I've been a fan since 'Fall of 76' and have watched the other videos as well. They're all good, but this one is by far the best.


The hope I had for Floyd was real…absolute heartbreak when I found that he died. Such a tragic tale but what storytelling!

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Wendigoon is quite the actor, getting stuck in a cave and having his foot amputated at the end of the story. deserves an oscar or whatever the award is


Man I love you IH, but my intense claustrophobia is making it pretty damn hard to get through this one. Don't know if I'm gonna finish this one, but you have my thumbs up and eternal support lol

Man, I don't even have claustrophobia and this still makes me squirm at times.


My god this is shockingly well made! amazing work


This is genuinely the best video you've ever made. You keep getting better and keep tackling more interesting stories, and this is one of the most interesting and compelling stories I've ever heard! I'm so grateful I learned of Floyd!

I know it doesn't have a physical impact on the poor man, but nobody deserved what he suffered and his story - filled with determination and humanity and surprising heroism - deserves to be told! RIP Floyd! You deserved better!

PS - You make the best commercials. Not just on YT, I mean that entirely.

PPS - Does this make me sound like a butt-kisser? You know what, I don't care. NO REGERTS!


You’re the best channel on this entire website… I’ve never been so hyped to see an ad until your videos thank you for this gem! Amazing story too


Thank you for this video. It made me feel a respectful enthusiasm for adventure and the fates we unknowingly create for ourselves.


I was already vaguely familiar with what happened to Collins from reading Ted the Caver, but this is the first time I've ever heard the full story. Which is kind of crazy because I've been to Mammoth Cave before.


crazy. I've heard this story a dozen times but never in so much detail.<br>This video is also the first time I've heard the aftermath, about how he was shoved BACK into the cave as an attraction.

crazy. I've heard this story a dozen times but never in so much detail.
This video is also the first time I've heard the aftermath, about how he was shoved BACK into the cave as an attraction.


Absolutely entertaining and mind blowing. Kept me watching till the end, which I dont usually.👏👏👏👏👏👏


I can't imagine myself watching this video till the end, but here am at the end of the video, you guys did great work. Respect,

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I'm at 4:52 so far and the combination of animation, music and the situation itself is giving me legit feelings of anxiety. That situation, even before the light goes out, sounds like one of my worst nightmares. I wouldn't go through a cave like that even if it were floodlight and there were a dozen trained cavers with me and constant communication to the surface but to do it alone.... with a single light... without being able to move your arms and legs, with the weight of the very ground itself pressing on your chest... Holy ** does that sound terrifying.

I'm at 4:52 so far and the combination of animation, music and the situation itself is giving me legit feelings of anxiety. That situation, even before the light goes out, sounds like one of my worst nightmares. I wouldn't go through a cave like that even if it were floodlight and there were a dozen trained cavers with me and constant communication to the surface but to do it alone.... with a single light... without being able to move your arms and legs, with the weight of the very ground itself pressing on your chest... Holy **** does that sound terrifying.


Just the slightest bit of hindsight really would have saved this mans life. Even if he was crippled from the accident he could have made a ton of money telling the story


it's so tragic that the same crowds of people who caused the collapse of the cave that killed him also had his body put up display in the same cave that they killed him in.


this whole thing is a great allegory for life.

A deep dark hole you can never escape from.
Constant bitter arguments, everybody acts like they have a plan, but none will ever succeed.
And even in death  it's all topped off with cynical soulless exploitation.

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The saddest part is that if they just dug gravel from the start they would've got him out instead of trying plans that never ended up working. Huge respect to all the people who were able to make it down to him though


I think I discovered a new fear of mine. Thank you Internet Historian, thank you for making me fear the thought of Spelunking


RIP Floyd.. 🌻
Very sad, but very well narrated story.👍
For starters,  they should have sectioned off a large area,  to keep people right away from the cave, and from standing and walking above it.
National guard could have kept guard to enforce it.
His brother did more in those hours, then anybody else did, in over 7 days.
Miller was a legend too.
Respect to him as well.👏👍


This episode is fucking terrifying. I have so much anxiety watching it, I have to stop and take breaks. I love it. :P


When you read a story, you place yourself in the hero position. This time when I heard it for the second time, I will not go through that squeeze.


I visited this cave 2 years ago. Glad to see you make a video on it.


So what ever happened to the cave structure Floyd was trying to get to? Was it destroyed in the cave-ins?


Amazing video as always. Can't wait until your next upload in 4 years time!


Never had a YouTube video tell me to adjust my brightness like a video game. Amazing production and story telling. Cheers.


How do you always do it? ANOTHER amazing video!<br>In fact, you don't miss!

How do you always do it? ANOTHER amazing video!
In fact, you don't miss!


I watched this and had a nightmare about it. That's how you know it's GOOD.


my god i was so gripped that i watched the complete hour of this story without turning my phone away and i forgot about my food


The moral of the story: You won’t be trapped in a cave for 60 years if you download World of Tanks


Its actually pretty cool how many caves are down here. Besides the creek beds, exploring all the little caves is neat. Found plenty of cool rocks and stuff, always bring your knife or your pocket gun out in the woods especially down south.


Regardless of how much experience or tech you have, if mother nature can take whatever she pleases.

My father told me this when he used to be a fisherman.


Seeing Wendigoons face on a dead Floyd's body is high key funny af. I can't stop laughing


Hurt my heart but you did an amazing job making this one.

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In like 15 years of my internet access i have watched thousands of videos. I can't remember watching a better video than this. I watched this video 3 days ago and come back today to watch it again.


This story is crazy and heartbreaking but the entire time I couldn’t stop thinking about how much shit he must’ve had in his pants


Please, please , please... keep doing the videos like this or Concordia. I understand it's hard, but so worth it for us... me. I really hope you are making a ton of money


so I listened to this as background noise to fall asleep and here I am finishing the video cause it was so damn suspenseful it is a crazy story


Still watching this story unfold, but man, knowing that rhabdomyolysis is a thing, I feel sad whenever the characters gain a new sliver of hope


Truly a tragic story. And so morbid towards the end of the video.
I don't mean to be "that guy" either, but it strikes me that they should have had the three guys who were able to squeeze through the tunnel work in shifts to remove debris instead of coming up with elaborate plans while leaving him trapped and dying for that long.
But of course it's impossible to put yourself in that position, in that time period without sounding like a knowitall armchair general.


I love how as a DM I can recognize almost all of the ambiance music he uses


So if they had stuck to the original plan of moving rocks out of the way by hand and just swapping out guys when they got tired, could that have worked or was there too much gravel waiting to fall down?


Absolutely spectacular video, audio was phenomenal.


I have loved all your videos for years, but man, I made it 5 minutes into this before I couldn't watch anymore.  Guess I'll wait another year for the next video.


1:06:30 idk why but how those bloodhounds move is hilarious to me


One of the titles for the books you did citatitions on was spoiling the end but overall good.


Though he isn't one for the facts unfortunately. Had to create 50 minute video just to show the major shit he got wrong.


I now have a fear of caves and 12 different kinds of claustrophobia.


Wow. Helluva story well told. Wish you’d left out the little bit of cussing, would like to show my kids.


First video of the channel, quality of content so high I am already recommending this to everybody


Loved that you used the ost for Deadly premonition <3


Seeing Historian's mouth moving is definitely uncanny


If only Homer said "What I can stand, I can stand no more! I'm gonna get you out of there myself!" And started digging directly down in the first place, then we'd probably have a happy conclusion.

Digging through solid rock and boulders...I'm sure that would've worked great and totally possible for one man to do within a decent timeframe lol


I find it kind of funny that internet historian has really moved away from internet events despite his name, I mean this video was fantastic and all that, I'm not complaining just an observation


This was so good I came back to watch it again


Adding the Medal of Honor theme was just wonderful 👌


on my fifth rewatch the wiring of the breathing monitor sounds a bit too scetchy for me.
especially when he died around the time the bulb went out.
they most likely electricuted that guy!


I just love your voice , the documentary is so well made, wow.

@C Porter really here at an entertainment channel to learn history? C'mon man...

cinematically yes, but in terms of history? It's shit.

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When people started using conspiracy theories to discredit this whole operation, I thought, "glad to see people are still morons".

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Honestly if it was between dying in the cave and losing a foot, I'd lose a foot. Had he survived i think when he got to a hospital they would just cut it off.


So was the sand cave ever opened the way Floyd wanted to?


Your music cues are brilliant, +1 for MOHAA menu music


How can any of you watch this??? It's super interesting and I'm sure it's an amazing story, but this is unbearable to watch. The stress of being stuck in a hole like that is way too much for me.

Ok, nvm. It gets better after like 5 minutes.


the whole time i imagined floyd with the face of keanu reeves


59:07
The first time a youtube video legitimately broke my heart


“No more 45 Minute videos”<br>-internet historian “cost of Concordia”

“No more 45 Minute videos”
-internet historian “cost of Concordia”


I’m trapped in a glass box of my emotions!


I've totally lost it when Elon's machinery left.


Kinda reminds me of an experience I had working at a paintball site, tho not nearly as severe tho. There was this bridge over an 8ft gorge and this girl fell through the bridge. I had the common sense to go under the bridge and check that when I pulled her up, I wasn't gonna be impaling her with the splintered planks

@Seth M-T I should add as well that she was actually in the bridge, stuck at about chest height. That's why I was mindful about checking the damage before pulling her up.

Good move. Sometimes people rush to rescue someone without thinking things through first, and that could actually put them in more danger.


41:40 ik that was a hard call but seriously, i would have done the same, at some point you gotta say: every man for that themselves


Now what I don’t understand… is why you don’t first widen the squeeze before going further. Obvious tourists are not going to go through the squeeze, so what’s the point of working on the next opening until the first is widened.

I get that he wanted to get in this new room, but it seems like he already knew what was in there, but just had to make it accessible.

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Why do people go into caves like this? It's insane.


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Thank you for that video it was really really good c:


Ik this is supposed to be comedic in nature, but i cant help it, this is the saddest shit iv ever heard... so much effort went to saving this man, all for him to still pass away, shit is just sad


I love the dubs for the people. all those bored voices in those situations lmao


Damn if they gave gerald some speed or used some pullies they might of got him


If only tourists actually helped Floyd instead od wasting air...


Wendigoon’s got the look like at least it ain’t the back rooms


I appreciate the background people outside is just the cast of peaky blinders copy and pasted over and over again. I love it.


i mean if you’re knocking about in small caves then you’re gonna get stuck in a cave pal


Oh! Would you look at that. You managed to be faster than michael reevees


I have horrible claustrophobia, and I don't think I've ever been more anxious than I was watching this. Then I cried. Then I got really pissed. Then I was relieved. What a journey. Also, fuck people, but yay to the National Park Service.


24:24 snuck in some Outer Wilds music there! :)


I fell asleep to this. Waking up I found that the same dialogue was being remarked amongst my ears, for the hour, it seemed nothing, dialectect was resolved. <br>Good god, I thought, what a boring, viewing, hour.

I fell asleep to this. Waking up I found that the same dialogue was being remarked amongst my ears, for the hour, it seemed nothing, dialectect was resolved.
Good god, I thought, what a boring, viewing, hour.


4 minutes in and i already personally feel claustrophobic and physical discomfort.....


Fun fact: ACE IN THE HOLE was based of this. Kurt Douglas.


20:28 is Miller played by the guy that does the Ordinary things show lol? Didn't know these channels collaborated


I now have a new stop to make once time travel is invented


Internet historian is pivoting into “viral event” historian. Awesome!

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I feel IH would make a perfect video for what happened with alex jones


Don’t watch this at 4am if you plan on going to bed…


Is IH going to have an In the Field episode with Wendigoon?


The Internet Historian is the definitive History Channel


I watched this whole story just for him to die? I thought he was gonna make it


Watching this after reading the Enigma of Amigara Fault


Internet historian has become regular historian


The World of Tanks ad... I genuinely can't believe you get paid to make these but I envy you


I really enjoyed the video, but I don't understand how it fits into being "Internet" History.


I wonder how many times Floyd pooped in his pants while he was stuck down there.


Amazing video and story with know about this story before


This 🤣
   Was 🤣
      Fucking 🤣
         AMAZING 🤣

This 🤣
   Was 🤣
      Fucking 🤣
         AMAZING 🤣


Reminds me of the guy who died in the nutty putty cave.


peaky blinders as an audience is a fancy touch.


Nice touch using Elden Ring soundtrack at 45:45


Mios dio I was between laughing and crying the entire time


Great Video, heart touching video mate, but damn those Ads. I‘ve lost count.


Internet historian becomes… normal historian

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This shit made me panic just hearing about it :O fucking hell


I hate this all of this. U give me a big hope that Floyd would survive and see the light but no. Not only that the disrespect that the people did to him after he was dead just got me furious.


Whatever you do, don't cut my foot off...


Really nice story. Welp. See you guys in 2023.


just awful! poor floyd, he wanted to open an attraction but became one instead.


So many people were adamant about finding a solution, but nobody actually wanted to do anything about it. Sounds like Reddit


What scares me is that completely irrational "pull" that unreachable places have on us. I'm sure on some level Floyd only wanted an excuse to go in there. Every thinking part of your brain yells "GTFO" but theres a force outside of you pulling you in. The Junji Ito story captures this fear flawlessly. The hole was Floyd's.

The unconquerable feeling of "I must know".

yeah man the feeling when you know that you shouldn’t be doing this and you can get killed by it or badly injured but You just had to do it Because of that Weird feeling

Being poor as fuck as growing up in a place where his only other option was farm work played a role.

I watched this while waiting for my mates to played a round of the game GTFO, where you get send into a gigantic hole. No joke.

It is a hole made only for floyd and it didn't want to let go...

brah i was thinking about amigahara fault junji itos story the whole first half it is gut wrenching

It’s like the call of the void when people just have bizarre thoughts who knows what goes on in our brain

I once planted a garden, quarantine hit and my garden became a hole , then a hole with a small crawl space in it. There is something about digging down.

Damn that is a sick way to connect the stories. Didn't even think about it but it just makes so much sense now!


This is the kind of story to tell those who believe there was any hope for mankind before the internet. Those mobs and tourists were every bit as stupid and frustrating to deal with as the people on social media are today. The major difference is that nowadays they get more exposure.

Couldn't agree more, as soon as the conspiracy theorists started their spiel about "what's REALLY going on", I was like...yep, that sounds about right. Some people just HAVE to feel smart by being a contrarian. I bet some still clung onto those theories even after his death.

@AdrenalineHigh It's no different than if you watched this on TV and there was a commercial break.

@AdrenalineHigh 1. it’s documentation. i didn’t pay anything and now i’m educated in depth about this event. 2. it’s a youtube ad. it’s what gets the videos done. it doesn’t take a smart guy to see the difference between this video and all of the attention seekers that tried to profit off of a man in dire need of help.

I mean you literally just got done watching a youtube video that capitalized on his death to advertise some tank game. Don't act like youtubers are better

@cam the spectators would flock to Reddit and post stories about how they were traumatized by the event and how they nearly died from going 10 feet into the cave

Totally. There was more than one moment in the video I thought "Oh, that's 100% what would have been posted on Reddit"


Damn, not only did Collins get practically murdered by sensationalism, it also sought to torture him for decades after his death.

@Leon Connelly It's true that it didn't just bring bad things with it.  However, the diggers wouldn't have been necessary in the first place if the cave hadn't collapsed due to the hundreds of people there. When I say sensationalism, I don't mean the sympathy that can arouse within a lot of people when hearing a dramatic story, but the hundreds of people that came just to stand there and say 'Oh this is so horrible! SOMEONE has to do something about this!" (aka the gawkers), while causing snow to melt and drip down to him (Which was his cause of death) and the stability of the cave to deteriorate, ultimately causing the cave-in just when he was about to be saved.

@Leon Connelly the mass is a dish 📡 transmiting noise threw hype. They are tools.

@Leon Connelly We saw the video. If not for gawkers and their stupid campfires and rumbling he could've survived.

@Leon Connelly Save for the massive influx of gawkers hastening the structural collapse of the cave.<br>Complex situation, really.

@Leon Connelly Save for the massive influx of gawkers hastening the structural collapse of the cave.
Complex situation, really.

Well I mean the diggers only came cause of the coverage lol, they almost saved him didn’t you watch the video, they were never gonna get him out the other way


My favorite scene was the introduction of the Dentist Thomas. That dude did the kind of thing that you would expect the first victim of a horror movie to do. That's the kind of disrespect that warrants a haunting or a curse or something. I don't know how he could open a business like that and not have nightmares haunt him for the rest of his life. Pure madness.

@Niko I don't even know why you brought up nihilism, I don't even care about that at all.

Your "philosophy" sounds like bullying and name calling our ancestors instead of trying to understand the socioeconomic circumstances that lead them to their behavioral patterns.  Which, to the point, cannibalism is probably the most reviled act among modern westernized humans, but it makes perfect sense if you're a paleolithic tribe!  It's the fastest way to dispose of a body in a way that doesn't attract predators to your area, it gives you valuable calories, and it tastes damn good too!

Fetal Alchohol Syndrome was common those days. Common reason for sociopathic behavior.

@Rawhide Kobayashi I don't even know why you brought up cannibalism, I don't even care about that at all

@Rawhide Kobayashi who says I can't comprehend this exactly, why should it matter that animalistic cannibals exist, should that affect my view of my own philosophy? No, I will continue to perceive reality as it is and promote my philosophy, nihilism is such a lazy self defeating way of thinking. Things being subjective doesn't mean that they lack validity. If the norm of the time was to crush children's heads in with rocks, why should I be so understanding as to judge them on their own morality, as if that matters to me or should matter?

@Niko it does remove the validity of your subjective morality when looking back on a time you can't even begin to comprehend.  even with alien societies in the current time.

the entirety of recorded history hardly even counts as a "large scale", but even within it there are countless instances of cannibalistic societies.  you can project all you want, but meat is meat.  and meat is absolutely delicious.  it's only your self imposed chains of propriety telling you otherwise.

@Rawhide Kobayashi western concepts of morality have been pretty stable in the large scale, back then I garuntee that it was viewed in a negative light, your nihilism is not as nuanced as you might think, relativism doesn't remove the validity of the subject morality you might have. Even in this case, it applies to the morality of the time I'm sure.

@Niko it's not an excuse, it's history. morals are arbitrary and change with society.  once upon a time, ritual human sacrifice and cannibalism were considered normal too.<br>it's not like we've stopped putting bodies on display in the interim, either.  they just haven't been acquired through public grave-robbing...  in the west..  usually.

@Niko it's not an excuse, it's history. morals are arbitrary and change with society.  once upon a time, ritual human sacrifice and cannibalism were considered normal too.
it's not like we've stopped putting bodies on display in the interim, either.  they just haven't been acquired through public grave-robbing...  in the west..  usually.

@Niko they were different times, you'd be shocked at the sick shit people did back in the day

@Niko Europeans used to snort the corpses of Mummies. Yes. Yes it was of the time. Like Kobayashi said, it was a different time

@Rawhide Kobayashi Thats not an excuse, racism may be of the time but not blatant inhuman psychopath behavior

It was the 1920s!  It was socially acceptable back then.  This is hardly the worst case of corpse tourism you had back in the old days.

@stan jones psychopaths are barely even people

@stan jones Most people on top are worse.

It's funny how people decided to make a buck not too long ago, much less spend their time and money at the time considering whatever else people had to worry about back then. Floyd spent all that effort and risk to try and get a tourist trap going to make a living and his father essentially sells everything he had to his name to a dentist that would prop up Floyd's corpse to get that same tourist trap eventually.

I've met a few people in my life with borderline sociopathic behavior simular to thomas and I swear it's like trying to communicate with ai

If I find his grave, I'm pissing on it in the Collins' honor.

It's really amazing how sick some people are.

The want of money is the root of all evil.


I’m pretty sure when everyone heard historian say “he was dead” their hearts sank

@Aidin Alimsyah Eh, same here. I shouldn't read them alongside the video, but I sometimes do it when he does his ad part. Well, that's life.

@Aidin Alimsyah because the video was released like 2 hours ago

not knowing in advance the story, this was a heartbreak

@U. Flame look dude if you wanna be a bimbo atleast fight about it. drop location you damn fool lol

@xeagaort A stretch that someone who lived over a century ago would die of old age by now?

@Abyssal Boy Even that's not much of a spoiler because he would've died eventually by now, so a biography's title about someone over a century ago still doesn't reveal whether or not he lived though this particular experience

Gotta admit that I was hopeful for the whole time, and once I heard that phrase I became heartbroken in a fraction of a second.<br>Great line delivery right there

Gotta admit that I was hopeful for the whole time, and once I heard that phrase I became heartbroken in a fraction of a second.
Great line delivery right there

I was really hoping for the happy ending

Gotta admit, I was never so tense, let alone from a story about some cave explorer back in 1925

Well one of the sources quoted at the bottom of the screen just before the reveal was "The Life & Death of Floyd Collins"

@Andy Nonymous why are you in the comments when you haven't finished the video?

Correct, when I heard that line, my heart sank lower than the Titanic

@aze chase Yeh as someone whos re-read Ted the Caver like 3 times, the minute I saw the cave in and that his name was Floyd it was :(

Unless you knew how it ended before you started it, then you were just sad the whole time.

I’ve never felt so bad for a guy that died 100 years ago


I am from Barren County where Cave City is located, and I've learned a lot about the cave system in general. My sister worked for a local cave named Diamond Caverns as a tour guide, and she was required to learn about the Cave Wars. To this day caves are still being discovered on local farms. I actually went to his father's house which is still standing, and they have the entrance to Sand Cave (which is down in the woods next to the house) locked behind a door.

I’ve been to the Diamond Cavern, I learned about the Cave Wars there. <br>And I knew Floyd’s story before my visit.

I’ve been to the Diamond Cavern, I learned about the Cave Wars there.
And I knew Floyd’s story before my visit.

@Amygdala the reporter guy went back with scientists and reporters to find it and it was apparently very impressing. i can't find pictures and all the information i could find was either in a book i couldn't find online or behind a paywall in a newspaper's archive

Im from barren county as well and fly helicopters and small planes out of Moore field in Glasgow. If you fly over the country side you can see hundreds of the sinkholes formed by underground cave in’s all over the landscape. Most farmers push their brush piles and dead holes into them but, infamously, if you’re unlucky enough, you get one that swallows 7 corvettes.

I hope the find that Grotto that Floyd supposedly reported. For all of the effort be put in, it had to have been spectacular.


As dangerous as this was I REALLY expected that beautiful part of the cave to be opened to the public in the dead man's honor


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I liked how the video was decisively serious in tone, but still managed to <b>squeeze in</b> a few jokes here and there, without being disrespectful to the whole ordeal. I loved it.

I liked how the video was decisively serious in tone, but still managed to *squeeze in* a few jokes here and there, without being disrespectful to the whole ordeal. I loved it.

The comedy works because the whole debacle already kinda sounds like something ripped straight out of a dark comedy, what the with the actual fair dedicated to a man trapped under a cave. Life can stranger than fiction, I guess

"Floyd would never have been there if he had World of Tanks." Yeah, real respectful.

Meh, Internet Historian will probably dead in a hundred years. So we're probably even.

@what Not really, most of his videos are more on the joke side, this one has a completely different tone


Having known NOTHING about this story before today (I recall vaguely hearing about some famous guy trapped in a cave, but nothing beyond that), I felt absolutely enthralled by this.

I can't possibly imagine the horror of dying down there in that dark abyss, knowing that they were desperately trying to get to you, but cut off from them regardless. I can only hope he was at least so far gone that it wasn't painful, that he just drifted into unconsciousness one last time, and that was it.

I think the suffering of being alive down there, being unable to move a muscle, hungry, thirsty in pain and laying there in your own filth and shit is worse than dying at that point.

i do remember the story of the guy who was stuck in the cave for like 72 hours and had to get his arm amputated to free himself, but he survived, and i thought it was that story at first


honestly this was a amazing video, but at 25:52 with the whole lucid dream thing? Absolutely terrifying, it was so good

@Korhol He was trapped in a cold damp hell

@Madchaser26 Teeth and leaves by Tobias Liljia

Cold water, a claustrophobic man’s nightmare scenario, and sharp pains everywhere

I’d honestly would have to be checked into a mental hospital at that point


I know Internet Historian uploads like once every 6 months but goddamn every time he uploads it's a masterpiece. He successfully gave me crippling claustrophobia that I didn't have before! Awesome video!


Wow. As an european, I haven't heard this story before and I had no clue if Floyd would ever come out alive. It seemed so hopeless and people still kept trying. Not knowing if he survived really intensified the storytelling and highlighted the desperation of the situation.

So anxiety inducing and still close to nothing compared to what Floyd went through. Poor man.

What a great video. I really like this direction the channel is going, well done to everyone helping with this project!

Isn't all for nothing, it was a first also a test of what is possible and test limit of people.

Even if the situation is uncommon, it isn't unreasonable, take out the cave and put a collapsed building for example, now since we have a parameter of what to do or what could be done we learned how to act faster how much is a risk.


till someone puts them back in the cave 2024 dun dun dun


What is wild, is that I work at Mammoth Cave National Park. I walked to Sand Cave all the time. I tell Floyd's story all the time while doing tours at the cave.
Before going into Crystal Cave, which Floyd found and operated as a "show cave". I visit Floyd's grave and ask for permission and his blessing to go in.
This is common amongst all cavers that visited Floyd Collin's Crystal Cave. He is held in high regard at Mammoth Cave and the surrounding area, including "Cave City" lmao.

It is a beautiful retelling of the story. I appreciate the research and work gone into this Internet Historian. Though there were some errors in the story, it doesn't overshadow how well this was done.

This will forever be my favorite video on YouTube ❤
Thank you sir

@Megalogo Sand Cave and Crystal Cave, which you see pictures of signs in the video, are two separate caves. Not one singular cave with inchanging names.

Floyd would be put on display in Crystal Cave, not Sand Cave.
Crystal Cave was on Floyd's family property, while Sand Cave was owned by Bee Doyle.

@Rafael 'Fig' Figueiredo One of the major errors is about Sand Cave itself.
Floyd never owned Sand Cave, the land was owned by Bee Doyle (mentioned in the video).
Floyd owned what was called Crystal Cave, it was on his family property. He found that cave in 1917, build up the trails and operated it from there on out.
The reason he went to Sand Cave is to get closer to the main road. Crystal Cave had terrible gravel roads and far off the main road. So Floyd cut a deal with Bee Doyle to explore through Sand Cave and cut a deal 50/50 to make it a "show cave".

After the tragedy, Floyd would be laid to rest on the family land. Then later put into Crystal Cave for display, not Sand Cave.

There were other errors, but that was the main one.

Yeah, um, sorry to bother ya my man but can you point some errors IH made so I can have an clear picture?

Can you mention some of the errors in the history?

All this is really good info, thanks for taking care of a cool place. :-)

@boochparadise Floyd did find another bigger passageway on the other side of the tight crevasse.
Though no trips go into Sand Cave, due to the tragedy of the events. Along with it just being a dangerous cave.

The whole reason it is called 'Sand Cave' is because the whole top portion of the cave is Sandstone rock. In comparison to Limestone caves, Sandstone caves are very unstable and very likely to collapses.

Do you know, was there a money cave to be found?  Or was it just all a tight crevasse?  I've searched around and even found they did new excavation in the 80s, but it didn't seem like they went past where Floyd was.

@Attigator There is a "Bat Gate" located across the entrance of the cave. It is to allow bats and other wildlife into the cave, but keep people out.<br>These are located on lots of caves through the park.

@Attigator There is a "Bat Gate" located across the entrance of the cave. It is to allow bats and other wildlife into the cave, but keep people out.
These are located on lots of caves through the park.

How far into the Sand Cave is not blocked off?


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the recounting of events from one of carmichael’s men and his final interactions with floyd is one of the most heartbreaking things i have ever heard. thank you for making this video and humanizing a man who was dehumanized for so long.


That point in which homer gains the strength to beat 5 other men in a rope pulling contest is just one of those moments where people gain super human strength in a time of need

@i didn't mean to shoot that vietnamese farmer but- And your brain literally telling your nerves to shut up while you strain your muscles and joints beyond their limits, the body is such a wonderful system.

that's 1 factor, and another one is odds are homer pulled when the others 5 relaxed which is prolly how he beats 5 men

Adrenaline and Strength. Also his mindset definitely. If he hears his own Brother getting Tortured that way then of course he will give everything to make sure that the other Rope Pullers stop

@Valhalan guardsman As a guardsman you should know it is heroic strength

@i didn't mean to shoot that vietnamese farmer but- hysteric strength


I am simultaneously inspired and disgusted at humanity from this story.

Mouth is big but I bet yall do the same like the rest of them especially in this narcissistic society

It's always a choice, you can be either one of those parts of humanity

@Incurable Romantic That and if they'd gotten stuck, they would just be another obstacle to clear/waste time on.

It is what it is.<br>There's always 2 sides of humanity.

It is what it is.
There's always 2 sides of humanity.

@Jeff Bezos without the pesos no, but it makes me disgusted what humans can do, this works either way, a man can do horrible things and make me hate humanity, or one make can do a great thing and make me have hope for humanity.

@Bruhism So one persons actions can make you condemn the enture hunan race?

That sounds like a you problem, bruh.

@Jeff Bezos without the pesos no it can still take one to disgust me

It's not even the people who went in and then baulked at the sight of "the squeeze" that disgust me, I get that - it's simple fear and self-preservation. It's all the people who literally just stood around gossiping when all it would have taken was two or three guys working in relays to clear the rubble around him.

@Jeff Bezos without the pesos yup this about sums it up. Most the people in the story sucked and I wouldn't even share a glass of water with them. For the people who actually had the balls to help and try and save the man's life before the story blew up, they are inspiring. For the people who did it because they were paid to at the end when the government got involved I'll respect the effort and they don't disgust me. Those gawkers and everyone else, especially the father, horrible people that disgust me.

While it takes hundreds of people to make you feel disgusted, it only takes a few to inspire you.


This story 100% just crystallises humanity. The vast majority of good honest people doing everything they can to rescue 1 person. And then the minority of psychopaths who ruin it and exploit it.

@Obi the BEEF You clearly are a child if you're thinking that way.

The part where people had the right intentions but melted the cave entrance due to ignorance also reflects humanity

actually id say the vast majority were clueless bystanders who made things worse without knowing it, wich is also accurate of humanity

The vast majority of people were ignorant idiots that weren't there to help Floyd, but to entertain themselves through arguments and by gawking. Others were just straight up parasites that were profiting off the story like those who set up the carnival or that dentist. The efforts of the very small minority that legitimately tried to help Collins were destroyed by these people.

This story just shows how shitty most people are. I'm left even more depressed now after watching this.

And that 1 person doing something insanely stupid requiring a bunch of people to fix his mess. What a stupid hobby.

The vast majority don't do everything they can - they're a minority too.<br>The majority tend to stand around, do nothing but be full of opinions.

The vast majority don't do everything they can - they're a minority too.
The majority tend to stand around, do nothing but be full of opinions.

Seems to me that the "psychos" outnumbered the "good people" here, and calling that psychopathic behavior is a stretch; it wasn't lack of empathy what drove those idiotic masses to worsen things, it was pure stupidity, ignorance, arrogance, greed and even disbelief in some cases. They weren't mentally ill, just mentally dumb. Anyways, good/bad people is such a childish construct to begin with, when such large numbers of people gather lots of curious idiots can be spotted among the very few actually helping, the rest is part of a narrative in your head created from a re-telling of events from decades ago. Chill

The sad part is that those psychopaths tend to get what they want or at least get off scot free doing what they did.

The majority was standing around doing nothing and mostly just making things worse by ignoring common sense. A small minority was trying to help him, some because they were genuinely great people, some for profit or publicity and such. And another small minority of psychopaths then profited off their failure.


There's a sense of morbid irony in the idea that Floyd worked in that cave to unearth an attraction, only to become one himself.


I reached the part where they found his body and I honestly found myself close to tears, I was so invested in this... It's so sad and tragic

Same.. I expected his death through the whole video until it actually happened. It is amazing on its own how long he survived. Definitely gutted When he was found dead.

Same I still feel some weird sunken feeling I'm my chest

Honestly same, I can only imagine what he went through in those last few hours alone, I just hope it was peaceful. He died knowing he had people who loved him and would risk their life for him and I think that’s what we all want in our final moments


I currently live in Kentucky. I moved here a couple years ago when I went to college. My fiancee took me to Mammoth cave a year ago and I remember our guide telling us about this story. I swear to God those caves are terrifying. Especially in the dark. Our guide turned the light off at one point to give us a perspective of how bad it would be to be stuck. This situation is an absolute nightmare.

@Sven Kortjohn I haven't been there before. I just did some research on it and it seems like a fun experience. I'll have to let my fiancee know and we can plan a trip there

yeah they did that to me in the great saltpeter cave at night when someone let us in and they didn't have the lights on. it's a showcave so there's normally lights on and it's not very big, despite that I couldn't find my way to the next passage but it was really fun trying.
have you been to rockcastle county? or karstorama?
Mammoth cave is great but there's some real awesome ones there


Mfw I am literally a cavern tour guide who tells the story of Floyd Collins every single day at work

THE- THERE'S NO IMAGE ATTACHED! HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHAT YOUR FACE LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU ARE LITERALLY A CAVERN TOUR GUIDE WHO TELLS THE STORY OF FLOYD COLLINS EVERY SINGLE DAY AT WORK OH GOD IF ONLY WE WERE ACTUALLY ON DA CHANS THE HUMANITY

How small spaces do you squeeze through?


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This was an incredibly well-done retelling of the story. It's incredible seeing how commonplace it was at the time to turn every tragedy into a tourist trap, or display literal corpses like props. I'm glad that Floyd was able to be put to rest, even if it was 60 years too late.

@Mailio Honestly, I hadn't even considered the mummies.. I do often forget how many institutions abused and pillaged burial sites for research. If possible, the ones taken unethically should be returned, but that's like.. Not happening

@Der Süddeutsche Sumpf Oh, yeah-- I remember learning that its gotten to the point where some of the bodies are literally used as location markers to tell where you are. One of them was called "Rainbow guy" or something because of the colorful garments he had

unfortunately, still to this day it's rather common. Afaik "Sylvester the Mummy" and Marie “Mummy” O'Day are still on display somewhere in the US, together with 1000's of mummies and corpses dug up by archeologists.

Unfortunately many bodily remains don't get the peace they deserve, and are instead turned into sideshows for tourists

They still do the same thing on that death trap ruined by tourists called Mount Everest. There are quite a lot of bodies strewn along the trails. It's an extremely dangerous and overrated climb that attracts amateurs that have no business on an over 8000 meter high mountain. 311 deaths so far and counting


What makes this story even sadder is they were so close to getting him out. I think if that cave in happened a day or two later they genuinely could have gotten that rock off his leg. Its a shame honestly


1. The rope pull scene from Floyd’s perspective is the most terrifying thing I’ve ever seen.

2. Great voice acting all around; seriously it’s just perfect.


I physically gasped, covered my mouth, and began to weep when the news of Floyd's status were revealed.

So tragic that the cave would take him like that.

@Evan Getz its not an awful thing to say

i seriously doubt this mf WEEPED from this video unless theyre 12 years old

@Tubuxis thats awful to say, don't say that just cause you dont have as much empathy for him

Remember that the last time he saw someone, it was before the cave in. I just hope that he could have known the effort so many people were still making to save him. That they didn't give up on him.


Youtube REALLY wanted me to click on this video.


Appreciation for Gerald the childhood friend, dude literally carried the whole team and Floyd to a bit more hope.


I remember reading about this in 4th grade

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I've never had a story that made my skin crawl and my chest tighten more than this one. Talk about being in between a rock and a hard place

whats worse about collin his after his death the dentist exploite his dead body for money then some robbers stole his body and toss hit into a cliff

@Chris M Nice! I was just thinking that I didn't have enough anxiety in my life.

Same just listening to the story made me feel intense

@Alan Stringer beat me to it, we're cruel lol

@GefilteFish it's been done before. don't have to have watched this video to know the story, mate.

You should check out the channel Caveman Hikes, they take the cameras into legit squezzes

@Alan Stringer That's what I thought this was gonna be about when I clicked on it

@Alan Stringer that one was also horrifying

Me when I didn't even watch the video before commenting

Look up the Nutty Putty Cave incident sometime.


I had never heard this story before. I wanted so desperately for him to leave alive.

watch "Ace in the hole" movie based on this incident but a bit different story.....


Milller was probably my favorite character, he is like, the complete opposite of modern Journalism, what journalism should be. I’m not saying they should risk their lives, but they should report on things to educate people, not to find bad news and profit by making it sound worse.

He started out wanting to find a story for his company, to gain fame, but he genuinely wanted to help and was dedicated, what a great guy

@Soitisisit Do you think there are literally 0 journalists with integrity?

@Soitisisit they're writing articles that don't get popular enough to be seen (or for publications which aren't popular enough), or are not interesting enough

@JF F Yeah, okay, but where are the journalists with integrity these days?

there were huge sections in this video about how the journalism of the day sensationalized the story and didn't fact check the people trying to make it seem like a hoax, and then had to retract their articles about it. i'm just saying that saying he's "the complete opposite of modern journalism" makes it sound like back then journalism was great, and now it's bad, rather than that there's always been issues with sensationalism and/or dishonesty in the media, and there have also always been journalists who have real passion and integrity too.

Yes I found it incredible that he ended up being one of the main rescuers.


Good to know Twitter was just as terrible back then, as it is now.


Holy crap, those early parts describing squeezing into the cave made me feel extremely tense and uncomfortable and I was like 'well okay, that sucked, but it'll be over soon cause Floyd will come back out of the cave! <b>14 friggin' days later</b> Nooo!  You can't tell a story about a cave rescue where the person wasn't rescued!  You added to my anxiety-load with all that talk of squeezing into into a deep dark hole in the ground and getting trapped and then failed to remove it by telling me how he was finally freed and rescued from the cave to live happily ever after.

Holy crap, those early parts describing squeezing into the cave made me feel extremely tense and uncomfortable and I was like 'well okay, that sucked, but it'll be over soon cause Floyd will come back out of the cave! *14 friggin' days later* Nooo!  You can't tell a story about a cave rescue where the person wasn't rescued!  You added to my anxiety-load with all that talk of squeezing into into a deep dark hole in the ground and getting trapped and then failed to remove it by telling me how he was finally freed and rescued from the cave to live happily ever after.

@41Haiku same, if I were smarter I would've just read the comments first.

@Rust rug skin the nutty putty cave was a similar incident. but in more modern times. there's actually, an upsetting amount of trapped in cave stories that don't end well. which is why I don't think I'd ever go caving.

@JayImHere but fr I’m 58 mins in why tf did I have to read this why comment it mannnn 😂

@JayImHere he’s probably still alive let’s get him out!

It really sucks that he didn't made it out

Gravely upsetting. I will not sleep tonight.


This is the ONLY video on YouTube that made me feel my heart pulse out of stress. God bless those miners , volonteers and the press who published his story.

@seazein Fredrik and IH are good friends, so it only makes sense they’d take some inspiration from each other.

@circa Even already knowing he didn't survive it still stressed me out.<br>Didn't know about the epilogue though.

@circa Even already knowing he didn't survive it still stressed me out.
Didn't know about the epilogue though.

there's a channel called Mr Ballen that does story telling videos like this at a very high level, would recommend

same when it was revealed that floyd was dead i started to cry

I recommend you give "The Battle of May Island" by Fredrik Knudsen a try. Very similar video to this one in quality by a very similar creator. He's the guy behind Down the Rabbit Hole, has been creating content like Internet Historian's for years. The Battle of May Island video gave me an extremely similar feeling of dread that this video did, even worse than this one in fact. Only bad part is that the first bit of May Island video is real boring.


During the past 5 days there was no way I could get this story out of my head. My guts wretch, my heart shatter thinking about what Floyd went through, all this time alive down there, about Omar who lived all this time with the fear of losing his brother, unable to do something, desperately trying to get floyd out. This Is absolutely terrifying

my poor dad is sick of hearing me talk to him about this story. "I can't believe it, the reporter actually made it to him dad!" Meanwhile man's just trying to do his own thing nodding along to me hahahah

@Xianxia yeah I couldn’t imagine laying in my own feces and pee cold and hopeless for 98 hours

@rrpostalagain nutty putty cave at least had him die faster. Floyd here suffered for days and days on end, constantly with hope to believe he could be saved. He was not.

Same here. And I watched this after waking up randomly at 3 am and after couldn't sleep, I just turned on the TV and youtube. And I was like this the whole time O.O

@OldBoyEngineer don’t look into the nutty putty cave, in that case.

mate the same I keep thinking of him alone in that cave... the only solace I can take is that its been 100 years and everyone associated is dead but still I keep thinking hes down there.


Actually insane how every time they saw progress, someone would decide on an entirely new plan.

It was probably hard to agree on whether what had happened had actually been progress or not.
But yes, trough the entire first 1-2 weeks I was left wondering why there wasn't just always someone digging trough the gravel in hopes that they might empty it out eventually.
Days of talking and then eventually resorting to the first solution and it worked until only the large rock was left.

Also that it took so long before someone came around that actually had knowledge about structural integrity, even the men who didn't go trough the squeeze could have spent the first week generally widening the way into the turnaround and stabilizing it with wooden pillars.
I assume it was because anyone hearing about it the first two weeks would always assume that the rescue was just about to be finished, but it's wild how long it took back then to send in anyone else than a local self thought cave explorer, when anyone is stuck in caves today the army will be there within half an hour to fence of the area and fly in the best cave rescuers in the world.


I literally just got back from a trip to mammoth cave national park and I completely missed this piece of history while there. I feel so unbelievably bad for this poor man and what happened to him was just awful and tragic. May he rest in peace now. I'm also now terrified of caves

Ive been there a few times and im literally going there this weekend lmao

There's an insane amount of caves there and even avid spelunking locals haven't seen them all. Don't feel bad most of us don't know about sand cave.

When I visited Mammoth cave a few years ago, I read on a pamphlet about this story and it scared me to the core.


I remember learning about Floyd Collins a long time ago and how his rescue was hampered by the fact that it became a spectacle, but I didn't realize how batshit it all was, even after the poor man passed away.


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Let's be real, this episode is actually terrifying.

The first ten minutes had me feeling trapped and panicked, even just watching it on screen.

Last year, he was late for Halloween. This year he’s early.


This is like a bad monkeys paw wish, fame you say mmmmm I got that for ya


Can we take a moment to appreciate the effort that those people put into the rescue despite being too late?

@Marcus Knutsson Turn of phrase. It ain't that deep. Unlike the cave.

@Call me sir. a comment section is used to discuss the contents of the video. if you don't want "spoilers", don't scroll down and read them.

@DaveDexterMusic yeah it's dumb, it's just one of those premade sentences people say

@Cristiano Faustino I think he's just wondering why people can't take a moment  by themselves, without speaking up about it. Not gonna lie, I've seen a scary amount of "can we take a moment" and "can we appreciate" comments lately, as though people don't know how to respect or appreciate something without other people showing them the way.<br>It's shallow, it's stupid, and it reeks of narcissism.

@Cristiano Faustino I think he's just wondering why people can't take a moment  by themselves, without speaking up about it. Not gonna lie, I've seen a scary amount of "can we take a moment" and "can we appreciate" comments lately, as though people don't know how to respect or appreciate something without other people showing them the way.
It's shallow, it's stupid, and it reeks of narcissism.

@Call me sir. don’t read the comments before watching.

@DaveDexterMusic are you this bitter just on the internet or in person too?

why does everyone say "can we take a moment" as if they're instigating group activities in a fucking nursery

@Peter Cooper The comment said to appreciate the rescuers, they never said anything about gawkers.

despite the fact that all those gawkers is what made the cave collapse, killing him?


My computer doesn't go dark enough for the text on the left to be "barely visible".


How one story can show both the best and the worst of humanity, all of it while being incredibly ironic with him being even more trapped in the cave after being "rescued".

Entertaining and philosophical. Was definitely an episode worth waiting for. Great job as always.


LMAO just noticed a lot of background people are just characters from Peaky Blinders


This is the first time, I found myself unable to continue watching a video..


As someone who lives like 20 minutes from Cave City, it's actually crazy to see the places I've personally seen on one of the Internet Historian videos. I've been inside the Mammoth Cave Baptist Church before and been to the cemetery behind it. There's always been rumors about it being haunted, but it's somewhat normal in there. A lot of restoration work goes into it. Never knew about this story though, next time I go I'll look for Floyd's tombstone.

Odd request but If you ever do go there could you leave a flower for me for him

They should show this video in high schools in the county or something


Wow talk about integrity to turn down all that money or dumb I'm not sure because he could have took at least half of it and gave it to the family and still be well off so I don't know if that was a good idea or bad I mean he was there from the beginning he must have formed some type of friendship very interesting but pretty sad


Always the goddamn algorithm brings me back via auto play to this video. Curse you YouTube!!!!


I love how this was a sort of patient zero for the life cycle of a news story we all take for granted today, from the up-to-the-minute coverage, oversaturation, rumor mills, and postmortem media tours - the whole taco.  I was instantly reminded of the Baby Jessica stuck in the well story from when I was a kid.

@TealWolf26 what? What's that story about?

@TealWolf26 I was getting ready to see them finally pull him out alive the whole time. Wondering if what he'll say and the psychological effects and everything and what his life would be like afterward....

Or Janice who got lost in the woods and found in shallow grave

That's insane how the news cycle went off the rails like that. It felt very modern, in the bad way. I'm glad he got some sort of dignity and peace eventually.

I'm with you on the 'whole taco' don't let anyone naysay taco portioning. And also yeah, its definitely a patient 0 situation on news stories. What did we learn from it all? F*k all.

Hey man please never say "whole taco" again, I'm begging you