SPOOKY HOLE! | Internet Historian Man in Cave Reaction 

Like this video and I'll go eat a sausage roll and coffee

At first, I didn’t get why Internet Historian covered this… and then I realized, “Oh… it’s because the crowd is essentially Twitter.”

Alicia: You can't blame Floyd for that, imagine the level of mental instability he's going through, he doesn't wanna be alone down there. IH: He didn't want to be trapped alone. Alicia: Oh you a bitch, Floyd.

"You are obligated to laugh at least once at my jokes this entire video, I'm a fucking cancer patient" had me rolling on the floor so yeah there you go. I met the quota :DDD

As bittersweet as this story is, I feel like it’s still a story that needs to be told. And internet historian clearly has a passion for story telling

I love the dedication internet historian had to put wendigoon back in the cave to rerecord this video very professional

internet historian is such an interesting content creator. hes always been around, making sassy little short video essays about weird moments or behavior in internet history. But in the last year and a half or so, hes basically made several movies in that style dramatizing various historical events. I'm extremely excited to see what he does next, as well as which video of his you react to next!!

As someone who saw the original and binged watched reactions of it theres definitely some things changed in the reupload but in a good way. Its like he took the opportunity to add in things he wanted to begin with, and i love it lol

The most insane aspect is that the single most helpful person that didn't know Floyd on a personal level was *a reporter working on his story*

Yes, you can be stealthy with a tank. Hence, the camouflage. Tanks may be loud, but Tank vs. Tank, the other guys can't hear over their engine either. Also, since treads are repairable, sometimes they're just pretending to be broken down and are actually surprise artillery/gun nest.

I would recommend watching Wendigoon, the guy who played Floyd. He's more video essays, I personally love "The Weird & Dirty Social Experiment - The Acali Raft" as its just a weird story that shows that humans aren't really that bad, just some certain people

1:23:50 That look of dawning horror as you realize what’s about to happen is magnificent.

This is my favorite IH video, I went through the full spectrum of emotions watching this movie length RU-vid documentary the first watch.

Glad to hear that you're out of the hospital! Hope your condition stays stable/continues to improve! You're "getting his rocks off" joke got an eye roll and snort out of me, so there's your obligatory laugh lol

Hell yeah, man in a cave is one of his best videos.

"I hope his dream came true" "I hope this has a happy ending" ( . _ .)

"His friends are actually so precious and cute." Dude, agreed xD The chemistry that Internet Historian and his crazy collaborators have is at least half of the charm. They always seem like they're having a lot of fun.

Oh, impressive timing! Im really glad youre enjoying his content!

Well, tank battles are taken at lonng range, and artillery needs signs of the enemy like sounds or exhaust smoke to approximate their location. So if your tank is hidden by some brushes and you wait for juuuust the right time to take a shot, then yes you can use stealth.

This , in my opinion, is Internet Historian's magnum opus. Not only is it proof that he can do more than just comedic videos, but the story is so well researched and dramatically told that it captivates you from beginning to end. And while the story is tragic, mostly caused by onlookers who weren't helping making the situation worse. Floyd's brother , Miller and Gerald were the MVPs tho Floyd's brother wanted to help him, even after his death. Even though the most he could do at that point was give him a proper burial Miller came for the story, but actually wanted to help. And you could argue that its him reporting the story that we know about it at all. And Gerald was a straight up GIGACHAD, he nearly got Floyd out all on his own.

Honestly, that journalist 100% was the most helpful, if it weren't for him all those military and other people wouldn't've shown up

I honestly lost track of how many times you said "Oh my god, they're gonna get him out!"

Remember about Floyd's dream of making his Sand Cave a tourist attraction? Technically, his dream became reality but in an ironic twist, *he* is the *Main Tourist Attraction.*

As someone from Louisville I loved this video talking about something I was taught from my grandparents as a kid, and I love to see people's reaction to Floyd's story. It is probably one of the saddest, but also inspiring stories to come out of Kentucky. Side note it is a little funny to me that you posted this the day before the Derby, the other major thing that Kentucky is known for

The sad part is that the rope pull could have works if they had set up a pulley on the wall behind Lloyd’s head allowing for a horizontal pull instead of a vertical one.

It's very emotional. I actually live within 15 miles of Sand Cave. Floyd set a very strong sentiment of Cave Safety that pervades to this day. The NPS has done a lot to help protect the environment and keep people safe.

I've been in Mammoth Cave (though not anywhere near Sand Cave), and at one point during the tour, they do actually turn off the lights for a few minutes to demonstrate just how unbelievably dark it is. It is very beautiful, though, when they have the lights on.

Reporter from the early 1900s: Crawls through a dark, damp, and dangerous cave on his own for his story Reporter from the late 2010s: Can't even finish a game tutorial before writing about how hard it is.

I went caving once. It was a very interesting cave. VERY DARK! And the entrance required crawling. ... Five years later, the cave got blown up and closed down because some guy got stuck for days and died in a place I crawled through.

Poor Floyd... a man fascinated with caves, until one of them reciprocated his feelings

It's actually surprising how different this is from the original video

Amazing story it is, but IH is an asshole for this very video. The reason it was taken down is because it was blatantly read down from a real writer. He transformed it in wonderful visuals, but had he just given the original guy credit, this video would have been a masterpiece.

The fact that the Cave itself seemed to have said: "THIS ONE! This one in particular!" for almost a century.... damn Nature, you scary!

Hell yeah I was about to rewatch it, now I can do it with your reaction

I chuckled at the suggestion at 23:13 knowing what was coming up less than 3 minutes later at 26:05 😄 I have to say, I've become a big fan of your reaction videos here. You're funny and energetic and I love hearing the stories you share along the way as well. You make the content even more enjoyable with your take on things. I'm happy to have found your channel and subscribed! Thanks for the videos and spending the time with us!

9:22 It very much depends on the tank, but yes, you can be stealthy with a tank. The Canadian armed forces nicknamed America’s M1 Abrams “Whispering Death” because of how shockingly quiet it could be when moving.

I'm obligated to tell you that I did indeed laugh, and it was for the "get his rocks off" joke! Not only am I a sucker for a well placed pun, it also tickles me in general when you follow up any joke with the "Eh? Eh?" :D

I was laughing when you suggested the contortionist knowing what would come up later! As for suggestions if you want more Internet Historian and co "the Gentleman Pirate" is in a similar style to this a dramatized true story and is really entertaining. If you want something totally different try "What the Internet did to Garfield" by Super Eyepatch Wolf although maybe that one is best saved till Halloween.

The last time anyone saw Floyd alive was when he was begging not to be left alone. Now that is horrifying

It really feels like an old school storytelling. The visuals are awesome. But the storytelling man, it's what sells it

Poor Floyd basically got what he wanted in the worst way possible. Also, if you want entertaining documentaries, I'd highly recommend EmpLemon as he's gotten pretty good at them himself. A good place to start would probably be one of his Nascar videos, The Art of the Choke or one of the Never Ever videos. Wendigoon also makes some good videos himself, though those tend to be more laid back than the others.

Was hoping for a reupload just for your reaction. I honestly think this qualifies as one of my favourite videos of all time, with the structure making it feel like a full fledged short film.

The rope pull was actually a good idea and might have worked had they positioned the rope better or used something to get a better angle. Although a foot might be lost

The “get his rocks off” joke was actually perfect at 26:46 I wouldn’t be surprised if internet historian intended it that’s how good it is.

ok, i have to admit i laughed at the "get his rocks off" jerk off joke. you got me on that one

Alicia, your personality is very uplifting that you never fail to brighten my day.

People who willingly go into such spaces where you have to literally breath out to fit are something I will not be able to comprehend

honestly Wendigoon (the guy in the cave) makes great content. anything in his weird history playlist would be a good watch. i suggest his video on the Acali Raft

I don’t think something like this would happen in modern day. I mean people die in caves and doing scuba, but we have dedicated organizations and a lot of procedures built to rescue people from these situations. There’s a lot of situations similar to Floyd’s where the rescue was successful and just as big in scale. The problem with Floyd is that it was so early

I'm happy you're enjoying Internet Historian so much, and love seeing your reactions to it! With your interest and history with gaming, you would probably also like The Fall of 76 by IH, especially with how good your reaction was to his No Man's Sky video 😊

Everyone who tried in this story is a hero to me. Can't even imagine I'd help, confined space is my main big phobia.

It's honestly crazy how 127 hours got a movie and this didn't.

So glad you finally got to see this one. I've seen several people who have wanted to react to it, but either couldn't find it (at least not an official upload from IH) or were worried about getting hit with a copyright strike if they reacted to one of the unofficial re-uploads. It might have a bittersweet tone to it, but I really do think this is probably one of the best videos IH has ever made. I love all the creativity and innovation on display from the people who were trying to rescue him. It's just a good reminder (and one I think we could use now and then) that people in the past weren't a bunch of clueless simpletons as they can often be depicted in modern media and pop culture. The people of the past might not have known as much about the world around them as we do or had all of the technology that we have now, but people were absolutely just as capable of adapting and innovating to solve problems as they are now. Hell, we wouldn't even HAVE the knowledge and technology that we do in modern day if people hadn't spent thousands of years improving on what the generations before them created while also coming up with new ideas of their own. As a side note, I also can't help but appreciate that, when many would have given up after the cave-ins, this crew's reaction was "The hole is gone? Well fine then, if that's how the cave wants to play: DIGGY DIGGY HOLE!" True Dwarves, the lot of them. Another IH video I'd really suggest is The Fall of 76, featuring the many shenanigans involved with the release of Fallout 76. If you're interested in things like this that lean towards a more serious side then I'd also check out the guy who played Floyd here, Wendigoon. His videos aren't comedy-driven like IH's are, but he covers a lot of topics regarding mysteries, tragedies, and conspiracies ranging from actual historical incidents (such as the lost Franklin expedition) to diving into the history and lore of fictional works (like the Mandela Catalogue). Though as a warning, some of his videos cover things like true crime (which can get pretty dark and grisly), so if you feel like checking out his work but you're also kind of squeamish I'd avoid the ones covering those subjects. Thankfully, at least based on what I've seen, he tends to put warnings in the title if the video contains particularly sensitive content.

9:10 - As an answer to your question, yes, you can indeed, be stealthy with a tank. You just need to think about what stealth means. It means to not be noticed by the enemy before you shoot them. So to do this with a tank, just stay in cover and fire from long range where it's hard for the enemies at a distance to notice you immediately. Such as behind a group of trees that obscure your chunky tank shape rather than right smack dab in the middle of an open field.

That "sorry for the reupload fellas, the original got copystruck" at 1:17 hits different now knowing that IH plagiarized the script for pretty much the entire video D:

I noticed a few things that changed on the reupload from the looks of it, he clarified things that weren’t explained all that well originally. Even when copying his own homework, IH is on another level.

36:11 Most adorable reaction to a "jumpscare" ever. Love Your content Alicia❣My recommendation would be to watch the Overwatch Cinematics in Chronological Order, then later on watching an Explanation video when You have the time. I promise they're Pixar quality and beyond.

GET HIS ROCKS OFF!! I laughed heartily at that.

Not only am I glad its back, but that you enjoyed it in the end. It's wild that a story from about 100 years ago can still capture our attention like it did for the people while it was going on.

I think you might realy like the Mystery Skulls Animated series.great animation, great music, and an interesting story told without dialogue.

Interesting thing about your thoughts on the media's influence on incidents like this around the 1:12:00 mark, actually. There's quite a few modern examples, including several cave-ins in other countries, where because of the technology we have in this Information Age, the right people in the right professions found out about these cave-ins a lot sooner than the people in Floyd's story. I don't remember the exact country or how long it took, but I remember watching a documentary a few months back about a whole team of miners trapped in a gargantuan, total-mineshaft collapse a while back, and because news spread about it within the hour, they had hundreds of millions of dollars in manpower and equipment ready and available to dig and excavate an escape route over the days they were trapped. Granted, the one I remember looking into had many complications regarding several different mineral pockets, additional cave-ins and almost completely cut-off oxygen to where the miners were trapped, and so it still wasn't an easy or quick rescue, but the people with the right ideas were able to get on the scene much sooner thanks to the media and spread of information.

it still baffles me how he was working on sections further in rather than clearing out the squeeze first - tourists would've needed to get past that anyway, so why put it off? also, crazy how he would've been fine if the gawkers simply weren't there with their campfires

Always remember. Once the pin is pulled, Mr. Cave is no longer your friend. Or was that Mr. Grenade. Also. Gotta recommend Martincitopants. His Kerbal Space Program and My Summer Car series are amazing.

It's so weird he didn't widen the squeezes before diving straight into clearing the way to the goal. It would make the trips easier while he worked, and he would obviously have to do it eventually so it wouldn't scare off the tourists.

Sorry to hear about your cancer diagnosis Alicia well wishes & hopefully you recover fully from it.

the brother, the reporter and the childhood friend were honestly such a great people.

the original got copyright claimed and had to be taken down for being VERY plagiarized from an old article about this incident nearly word for word, not one of the usual bs claims that companies will make not to mention that the image used for the inside of the cave is from a different cave system ten miles away. Which is tragic bc i normally love his content but damn bro

You definitely earned at least 1 laugh with the "Rocks off" joke. Not even because of your condition just genuinely a great insert

Keep in mind about "cave tourism": First of all, it was the 1920s. Not a lot going on in general back then (and it was before KFC lol). And second, it's not all of Kentucky, but specifically the southwest of the state, where Mammoth Cave is. In north/central Kentucky (near where I'm from) we've got horses, and eastern Kentucky, being located along the Appalachian Mountains, used to be full of coal mines. And many areas of the state have decent farmland too (lots of cows around here). I don't know why farmland was so crappy around there; my assumption would be that the soil is very rocky due to the caves. And people have to make a living somehow, especially in the 20s so...cave tourism!

I visited Kentucky once and went on a cave tour and can confirm it's either that or hiking there so...

Been loving your reactions to Internet Historian! Another great and hilarious creator worth reacting too is Michael Reeves my suggestions would be “I built a surgery robot” “The roomba that screams when it bumps into stuff” “Teaching a robot dog to piss beer” “I taught my goldfish to buy stocks” and “A robot teaches me to box”. Glad you’re feeling a bit better too!

It’s a fascinating but unfortunate story. And regarding your whole “best friend profiting off your body” thing….if I died in an interesting way, then yes, if I died in a boring or embarrassing way, I’d haunt their ass

That was incredible. Thank you for this video. As a bad joke enjoyer I'm glad to hear a fellow comedian. Your bad jokes are amazing. Keep up the good work.

The man who stands in for Floyd Collins in this video is a RU-vidr named Wendigoon. He's become one of my favorite creators over the last couple years and I would recommend just about any video on his channel that catches your eye, especially any one talking about analog horror

IH's videos are always so high quality (especially his longer ones) that I don't even mind waiting a long time for the next. Also, since you already saw a bit of Max0r so far: I highly recommend his video on the game "Yakuza 0"...

At least this guy has the bragging rights he had the most interesting life after death. Imagine passing away in a cave, being taken out of the cave, being returned to that cave as a tourist attraction, having your body stolen and tried to be thrown into a river just to land in a bush, then being chain up in that cave before 60+ years later being properly laid to rest.

Sooo many emotions, so much drama and joy and bambuzzling Good reaction

I find it ironic that he wanted to turn the cave into an attraction but became the attraction itself.

It doesn't matter which video you choose from the Internet Historian, each video is brilliant. Just to name a few: Balloon Boy, the Harry Potter Skirmishes, the history of Kony2012, The Fall of 76, both Varus videos, polls, serious business and many many more.

You called it. Something similar did happen in modern day, the man trapped in Nutty Putty Cave only lived for 28 hours before dying. In that case they never managed to remove his body, they just sealed the cave.

Such a catch 22, I wonder if Gerald Would have been able to rescue Floyd if the story hadn't been made famous and hadn't drawn in the increased amount of onlookers, or if they only got so close because of the resources that came in.

In my opinion, this is the example of humanity, showing the best examples of compassion, determination & ingenuity, this also shows the worst of humanity, such as greed, lacking common sense, and the complete disregard of respect. As well as overall showing who people truly are deep down

Very happy you got out of the hospital, we are all rooting for you :)

I think it's really fascinating that so many people, and even the government, in which some people had no real reason to help, had just one wish: "Get this man out of the cave" But I think it's sad that the cave just wouldn't let go

I feel so weird watching this, I have seen dozens of reactions to this video, and this one feels like.. a different version of the video. Like a remaster of sorts. It's really interesting! Thanks for the funny commentary!

Bricky's "Every Single Warhammer 40k Faction Explained" videos are real good

I just finished watching the video... and here I go watching your reaction of it

It's so depressing how they missed him by just a few days.

I highly, HIGHLY recommend any of Jacob Geller’s video essays. He’s captivating in a similar way to Internet Historian, but insightful in a way makes his videos feel much different. Just pick whichever one most appeals to you. You won’t be disappointed.

A LOT of tank battles were stealth based actually. Tanks are loud when they move, but so loud that if you're moving you can't hear other tanks moving. A lot of tank battles were positioning, trying to stealth, figuring out where the opponent is, and getting that first shot off. There's an amazing, yet little known, Russian war movie from 2019 called T-34 that shows off A LOT of really cool tank battles tactics

I for next IH reaction I recommend "The fall of 76". It's honestly so good that I thought you already watched it.

Its funny how Internet Historian went from internet related stories like Tumblr vs 4chan war, The He will not divide us arc, Dashcon ect now he's making high art like this

I think I watched this video about 3 times. Such a good video. The rollercoaster of emotions!

For the stealthy with a tank- yes actually. The techniques were pioneered in ww2 with ambush manuevers. You throttle down or turn off your emgine, and then hull down in a pit, hide in bushes with camoflage netting, and otherwise conceal your presence. Then, when the enemy walks infront of your guns, let em have it. These days we actually dig Y trench firebases when we send out tanks, the Y shape allows the tank crew to pop out at one of any three points, preventing the enemy from getting a good bead on them before they can fire and retreat back under the trench.

So... the video has been taken down again.

Honestly if my body got the same level of disrespect as Floyd, I’d be coming back to haunt whoever thought I’d make a great display piece.

YES I love Man in Cave. Definitely one of IH's best works.

to the "can you be stealthy in tanks?" question...if battletech tells me that stealth is always an option, even if we never even try to use it, then yes, stealth tank is an option...just not a likely scenario

Would really recommended the Hazbin Hotel pilot(which started on youtube but will be on some streaming platform for the remainder and will be airing this summer) along with the spinoff Helluva Boss which is youtube only. Was surprised you never heard of them on twitter because they blew up really hard and is some of the best recent adult animation.

‘Why would you?…” Same reason ‘why” we Sailed the Widest, harshest seas in wooden boats. Same reason ‘why” we Climbed the tallest and most inhospitable Mountains. Same reason ‘why” we took to the skies in balloons and canvas wings. Same reason ‘why” we launched ourselves into space strapped to Rockets. It’s our Nature, the ever present drive to further our limits, forever pushing the Natural barriers that say ‘no you can’t”, and yelling back ‘Try and Stop Me!”