When The Only Cave Exit Looks Like This 

That last story… pure negligence on David’s part. He 100% should be held accountable. He is the guide for a guided tour. You don’t just leave your group like that.

Unless the cave is big enough to play basketball in, I'm not going in there

This channel has confirmed that my fear of caves is completely justified Edit: Also David is a terrible cave guide

Phil truly behaved like a leader trying to save the kids without thinking about his own safety. The parents have trusted the right guy.

The third story is a sad reminder that safety protocols are written in blood.

That first story was different than most of the unprepared disasters. Those scouts came completely prepared for everything...except pollution. Their leader never could have prepared for that. What a tragedy.

17:18 It was at this point that David set out everything needed to charge him with criminal negligence. He knew that at least one person on the tour had physical difficulties moving through the cave, so leaving them without any experience help was profoundly irresponsible.

One thing I like about this channels is how some stories aren’t complete disasters, with either minimal or no casualties at all like story 2, giving just enough of a change of tone to add real suspense to the rest of the stories

That last story, yeah no that's totally David's fault and the company should be held liable.

Guided tour means your guide is with you. If the guide has to leave, the group is to stay put until the guide comes back. Then not getting help ASAP, especially with a head injury and a tourist that was struggling? That should be criminal. Just listening to these stories makes me claustrophobic. Luckily, I get to be a bit scared without any more danger than I would ordinarily have in my own home.

As long as cavers and divers exist this channel will never die

Story 3 is just a grave reminder that safety protocols and adequate supervision is so very vital in many situations, however benign they may seem. They're kinda like umbrellas on rainy days - at most a little annoying if you didn't get to use it, but you will DEFINITELY regret it if you didn't bring it and ended up needing it.

When my step-dad was a kid, him and his friends would use clothes lines to zip line off cliffs in the sandstone caves in St. Paul Minnesota. He still doesn't understand how any of then never died.

I've been in caves, but none where I've had to do more than squat down a bit to get through. There's no way I'm climbing into an opening I have to squirm and crawl through.

I can't believe the tour guide from the last story :O just up and left wtf

Just in case anyone needs to review this weeks material: - CAVE BAD thank you for coming to my ted talk

Ah yes my scheduled reminder to absolutely never go spelunking

I know of a 13 year old girl who was hit in the head by a puck at an NHL game. She never lost conciseness and though she had a terrible headache from the blow she seemed to be fine. She did not want to stay at the game as the cheering made her headache worse. She and her mom made their way back to the car, but in the parking lot the girl suddenly collapsed and died without warning. Autopsy showed she had not suffered a skull fracture or concussion but the injury had caused a blood vessel in her brain had been weekend and it started to bleed a few minutes after the impact. This caused slight pressure on the dura which was the source of he pain. As she made her way out to the car the vessel failed and nearly instantly killed her. Don't mess with head trauma. The person might seem fine even if they are already dying.

If I have to exhale to fit through, that’s a giant “nope” from me.

I did a spelunking program at boy scout camp in my youth, we crawled through three different caves in South Dakota. One of them had a narrow passage like the one in Story 3, before we even left camp everyone had to wiggle through a wooden box tunnel that was made slightly narrower than the cave tunnel to verify you could fit without getting stuck. One of the caves, the Jewel Cave (220 miles of explored passageways, and not fully explored yet) has a regular tour path, that has an elevator and guided paths and everything that most people go on. We had a guide who took us "off path" and one of the sections had us crawling through magnesium (I think, been over 20 years) that covered us head to toe in black dirt. We looked like coal miners, complete with hard hats, lamps, and glow sticks. We still exited through the same elevator that the regular tour groups used. When the elevator reached the visitor center and opened up, a tour group was there waiting to go down and the look of absolute horror on their faces when we came out was hilarious. I'll never forget it, they were panicking that they'd come out looking as dirty as we did. I'd love to explore more caves, that program was probably the most fun I've ever had in my life still to this day, but I wouldn't even know where to begin or how to connect up with experienced folks who could guide me.

So now I'm scared of caves, mineshafts, and oceans

Story 3 the supervisor abandoned them. Imagine if you're in a plane and you had a pilot say just have a look around and then land the plane at the airport and then he parachutes out of the plane, that's what he equivalently done. 😐😐😐

I’m surprised at how many experienced cavers don’t think to check the weather before planning a caving expedition to make sure theres no storms that could cause flooding

7:15 I love this editing, revealing the cave to us like it was revealed to Nevin & Co. Little touches like that really set this channel apart.

These horrific cave stories are like a little treat

That David guy in the story makes me so mad.

Regarding the third story, I saw a video about this same incident on another channel. There, the youtuber also said that both James and William had to sign waivers regarding their safety twice. In that version of the story, the reluctance of David to call emergency was interpreted, perhaps correctly but too late, by William and James as trying to keep this issue from causing any loss of business or reputation to the company that operated the caves as a tourist attraction given the existing crowd on the simpler and safer caves at the time.

"...will likely never happen again..." "HERE! HOLD MY BEER!"

That thumbnail is horrendous!!! I actually gasped. Bravo!

The one and only decision that contributed to William's death... he was too large for that part of the tour, and should have been warned by the staff that he cannot get safely through that tiny tunnel. He died because of 'that' reason, and no other reason. It seems to me like common sense that there should be metal wall signs that warn you of the tightness of these sorts of passages inside of public caves. But sadly, common sense is hard to find.

3:11 You know it's about to turn bad when that iconic creepy music ques!

fully expected "In the aftermath of the incident David was promoted"

I'd like to see more on-screen notations notating if an image is authentic or not. Like, if it's actually from the place/situation/person/etc being discussed at that moment or...ya know? That'd be cool, not just for this channel but any good channel worth it's salt. Thanks. I still love the vids either way.

you truly discover new fears as you grow older. went to a theme park one time and rode a coaster, realized I had a fear of heights. went snorkeling and discovered a mild fear of deep waters now, as I watch this, I feel like I'm getting claustrophobic and developing a fear of caves too. hopefully, these fears are good. hopefully, these fears will keep me safe 🥲💀

David's ego got in the way...

This guy's talent for content creation is what network executives and platform providers spend their entire careers looking for. Stay independent, stay you, an you will undoubtedly stay successful.

Me: Looks like a nice cave, imma go explore Cave: DUN DUN DUN DUN Me: Understandable, have a nice day.

i thought cave exploring can't get worse than getting stuck, enter gasoline

Happy Mother's Day?

Yes I love the cave music! Man I still remember when you have just under 100k subs, it feels like yesterday, your channel blew up so quickly it's mind-blowing.

Reminder to self before caving: Think like a miner. Additional Tools needed for cave exploration. Pickaxe, small shovel, bucket or bag. Always start with clearing tight tunnels before entering. Do not squeeze through tight spaces. The shape of the hole and angle of rocks jutting out is not the same going in as they are when trying to get out.

Thanks for the clear visuals, they really help with understanding the stories!

Just have to say how great it is to see the diagrams and pics of these intricate cave systems and the predicaments these cases have. Makes things much easier to understand and respect the situations cavers and rescuers are in to navigate these places! Thanks for great content!

Me and my girlfriend went spelunking with a guide, in one of Swedens most well known cave systems. It's got a section where you can walk along walkways, but this was marketed as a cave adventure, where you go deeper, partially by boat. It was an incredible experience, but it taught me how easy it is to overestimate what one is ready for physically. I used to be a girlscout, so I assumed that it would be decently easy for me, and most of it was, but for one section, you were sort of meant to sit down on a ledge near the water and gradually move sideways across. It was clear that the guides saw this as super easy, so they didn’t take me very seriously when I got stuck midway due to lack of armstrength to heavy myself across, and weren't very prepared when I fell into the ice cold water. You're dressed very properly, and they were decently fast at catching me, so I really don’t think I was in any serious danger, but it just made me think about how easy it is to see yourself as more competent than you are, and regardless of how safe it was, it FELT terrifying, especially with the guides confusion. It's a very, very challenging environenment for the unaccustomed.

Normal Guides: Please don't leave the group! David: Alright guys I'm going to head out first do whatever

Massive props to whoever does the graphics in your videos, those tight corridors never fail to instill pure existential dread into me. Holy fuck, I could never. Getting stuck in a cave is one of my worst fears.

Friends don't let friends go caving.

Whenever he says "I hope I'll see you in the next one" I'm just like, I sure hope not 😂

This channel makes me happy I’m a lowlife sperg who will never experience higher emotions or any level of challenge whatsoever

Everyone: just never go caving ever!!!!

can't fathom yet can't stop imagining the horror of watching a friend fall in front of you like that 😢 It's such a shame when people make life or death mistakes to avoid getting in trouble. Shame shame shame.

Scary Interesting is the greatest story channel on youtube - PERIOD! Your channel is light years ahead of all the other story telling channels. We eagerly look forward to every post! The narration is spot-on, and the background music is eerie and adds nicely to the suspense. Keep up the good work friend!

The doc: “Big cloud of carbon monoxide in between them” Me: “I wonder if you took a big vacuum…”

Thalassophobia meshed together with claustrophobia! Which phobia do you wish to die to? Cavers:Yes

Scary Interesting is the only reason I'll get up early on my only day off

Story 2 was a nice relaxing breather. "Oh yeah that was intense, but we're really good, thanks for the help guys!"

Pro tip, I put the speed on the video down to 0,75% and it almost sounds like normal speech rate 😅

WOW DAVID, REALLY GIVING IT YOUR ALL THERE, HUH CAPTAIN?? That third story pisses me off so much. David, you killed a man.

David!!!… … You’re FIRED!

It’s amazing that you keep finding more cave stories- they are my favorites. Hope you are doing well out there dude.

It always boogles my mind WHY someone would voluntarily squeeze through a tight rocky hole UPSIDE down.

Aaahhh the highlight of my week!💕 thank you 💪🏻

Your channel is absolutely horrifying and captivating all at once! I feel weird saying that it’s one of my favorite RU-vid channels because of the events but at the same time, you do such a great job at depicting and describing these events! Amazing work, Thank you for your contents!

I just finished binge watching all uploads!! I will be looking out for the next ones, ty

So glad to see this after binge watching all your other ones 😩

"Caves, they freak me out man" Dennis Hopper, Land Of The Dead. . . Oh wait that was ZOMBIES. . . zombies. . . just as terrifying but yeah.

My guy... I just want to say that i absolutely love your videos!!!!!!!!!!! I've been watching for a decently long time now, and every single time that you upload something new I'm beyond and excited and happy lol. :) Thanks man

Love the videos, please keep finding new stories and doing such great content. Everything you do is exceptional and you should be proud of your work.

Leaving a group unattended that you are responsible for goes way beyond negligent. As a guide it was David's responsibilitiy to be attentive and aware of any pending issues. He would also have been well aware of the dimensions of the tunnels he intended taking people through and as such should have realized and adamantly refused to allow William to take that particular tour because of his size. It's no different than enforcing size restrictions for rides at a fair.

It feels good that i never have to face anything like this.

I will never understand why someone would squeeze through a hole in a cave with the risk of getting stuck.

Ty for making these videos. I've been obsessed since I discovered this channel.

For some reason I can't get enough of the "People Dying in Caves" Channel.

A few thoughts: Story 2: Sounds like they weren't in great danger as they had sleeping bags and supplies which may have let them wait out the flood, although you can never be certain. One thing they didn't do was build a dam and bail out the duck (the semi-submerged bit of passenger). This is standard practice when encountering a duck with that little airspace. Another couple of inches can make all the difference (or so the girls tell me😉😁). Perhaps it was too big a section for the cavers themselves to attempt to bail, however the rescuers could have done so and used pumps. Story 3: IMO this was gross negligence. You NEVER leave novices like that. And why weren't they life lined up the ladders? Again this is standard procedure to stop people falling like that. Furthermore they clearly weren't taught the correct way to go through a crawl, which is: 1) Before entering a crawl stop and look into it and note any tight points, plus any landmarks to ensure you're on the right track as it's often hard to see when you're actually in the crawl. Watch how the person in front of you tackles it. If they went through easily copy what they did, if they made hard work of it learn from their mistakes. 2) Adopt the 'Superman' position one arm in front, the other tucked into your side and use you thighs to push like a commando crawl. Your legs are much stronger than your arms. Your shoulders are the widest part of your body so this reduces you profile and the arm sticking out can be used to grab hand holds, etc. It also stops yours arms getting pinned by your sides. Sometimes it's easier to put both arms, not just one in front, though this widens your shoulders. Caving's a fun hobby and in reality accidents are very rare. Especially if you follow standard safe caving practice and a bit of common sense. The vast majority of these videos are about people who didn't. For anyone who fancies giving caving a try and wishes to do so SAFELY, here's a useful link to the BCRA (British Cave Research Association). newtocaving.com/

You’re definitely a great storyteller! The way you tell the stories keeps me on the edge of my seat! RIP to those who lost their lives.

The detailed descriptions of the cave explorations really depict the danger involved in caving. It was really unfortunate what happened to some of the explorers in these stories. May their experiences serve as cautionary tales for future adventurers.

as someoene who went to caves only surpevised and with experts I am glad I am sitting in my living room now

I would not want my son to go into a cave with a Scout troop

One of the best documentary channels on RU-vid…..brilliant!

I really like the infographics of your videos now. Good job, keep the excellent content coming!

Hey, I love these videos, but could I ask if it was possible to either add subtitles or talk a bit more clearly and articulating words a bit more? I'm not a native english speaker and though I understand a lot, I feel like you're "swallowing" some of the words and speaking too quickly sometimes and I have trouble understanding some parts. Thanks and keep up the good work!

Just wanted to say thank you, Sean for your time and effort to tell us stories in such an impressive way. Also you have a soothing voice 😊

Hooray! Another video describing the horrors of cave exploration!

Congrats on 1m subs man!! Can’t believe it took this long! Keep going strong ❤

It's clear that at least one of those kids had no business being in that cave. Tight restrictions are a beast even when you're in good shape.

2:06 HE SAID THE THING!

this channel taught me that caving is basically flipping a coin to die and cave diving is just suicide.

Damn, your cave stories always give me claustrophobia. Looking forward to the next mountaineering story. I love your monochromatic style it stirs in my mind scenes of Holy Mountain. I was never limber enough to try climbing but I'm thrilled by heights and mountains. Love your channel, keep producing. Please.

HYPE!! ANOTHER CAVE VIDEO

David should be charged tbh...

Wow you made it to more than a million Sean! Good for you! You deserve it.

Another brilliant video. Thanks Sean

To misquote Al Bundy: "Would you rather A) go caving or B) .." "B!!!!!"

Went to the Rushmore caves in South Dakota some years back, and that got tight.. I'm 5'8, 145lbs .. they had this option to try and go to a certain part of the cave that was literally a square foot in diameter... Simply said "nope"😂😂

just recently found that several of my caver friends are also obsessed with this channel lol

I just discovered this channel last week and it's now my favorite content on youtube

I’m 6’4. 250lbs. No way I’m going in 😂

Lets goo!!

Things you should never hear in a cave : "Just popping out to make a quick call, you guys just try and muddle along, m'kay?"

It's super creepy. But your background sound makes it 10 times creepier 😭