I plan to make a longer video covering all of the different theories and all of the details I left out at a later time.I would like to also thank the YouTube Channels deepswim and dcainret for the fantastic footage of Vortex Spring I was able to use; including some of Ben and the initial recovery efforts.The footage used in this video come from the YouTube channels of:dcainret:https://www.youtube.com/user/dcainret/videosdeepswim:https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=deepswimVideo of Ben McDaniel inside of Vortex Spring:https://youtu.be/VbyoBlQtjNUVideo of the ROV:https://youtu.be/4QuxtejMUR0Songs: Emmit Fenn: CreepMaksym Bubyriev - Conspiracy Theory Short Version BEsther Abrami - No.8 Requiem\"Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for \"fair use\" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. He died despite a last-ditch . After struggling to breathe for several hours, John became unresponsive shortly before midnight. The following is a list of the 136 identified recorded fatalities associated with recreational caving in the UK. [10] At some points, the passage narrows to 10 inches (25cm), requiring divers to remove their tanks, push them forward through the passage, and then twist their bodies to follow. [2], In March 2012, the McDaniels arranged for cadaver dogs to search the area of the springs again, but with no results. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. [2], They did, however, find some of his equipment. government site. [21], During a chili cook-off he was hosting at Vortex Spring in December, Kelly reportedly fell down the stairs and sustained a head injury. One of the experienced divers who searched for Ben, Kevin Carlisle, explained: We may never know the truth of where he is, but we do know where he isnt and that is because of a lot of talented and qualified divers. As they searched the tiny passages, there was no sign of human activity. As the sun faded on the 19th of August, 2010, Ben walked down the narrow dock and slipped in the clear, warm, water of Vortex Spring. [9], For the most experienced divers, some of whom come from around the world, the main attraction of Vortex Spring is the cave, which starts 300 feet (91m) from the cavern, at a depth of 115 feet (35m). "Due to the circumstances with his body being held the way it was and being wedged, it was most likely difficult to get a full deep breath," Sgt Cannon said. . But after more than 24 hours trapped upside down, the pressure and stress on his body became too much. The missing persons case remains open. Seeing a massive great white shark ambushing Ben and dragging him off mid-sentence makes for a terrifying jolt, but the subsequent grey blur could hardly be called chilling. October 23, 2022 7:16 pm. Would you like email updates of new search results? This policy was instituted after the deaths of 13 divers in the cave during the 1990s, and in response to threats from the state to ban diving in the cave entirely. 2023 Cable News Network. Whether it's for sport or research reasons, cave diving is an extremely dangerous activity. [4] (Due to technical issues, it was unable to go any farther than the human divers had ventured. Josh had no choice but to leave his brother and work his way out of the cave, where he called for help. John Edward Jones, 26, was a medical student and experienced spelunker who went cave diving with a group of friends while visiting family in Utah for Thanksgiving in 2009. It was "discovered" by Jim Bowden and Ann Kristovich on a reconnaissance trip made at the end of two weeks of exploration and surveying in the Nacimiento Santa Clara, a cave system at the . In February 2014 two divers died at a depth of more than 100m in a huge cave system in Norway. "Once John had been declared dead, there were discussions about 'How do we get him out?' Ben Haddon-Cave, 27, whose sister Jessie Cave played Ron Weasley's girlfriend Lavender Brown in the films, had been out drinking with 26-year-old Paddy Bolster who also died in the tragedy. His only option was to keep moving forward, and exhaled the air from his chest so he could fit through the "L-shaped pinpoint" which was just 10 inches across and 18 inches high. All Rights Reserved. He had come to know Ben in the past couple of months. They are adamant that he wouldnt do something so cruel to them. [1], With the cave thoroughly searched, some divers began questioning whether Ben was there at all. [2], Frustrated by the limitations the search had thus far encountered, and increasingly coming to believe that Ben's body was in an area of the cave no one had yet reached, the McDaniels offered a reward of $10,000, raised from money contributed at a benefit held on what would have been their son's 31st birthday, at the end of the year to anyone "brave" enough to go to those places and find it. Ben McDaniels parents believe two things: That their 30-year-old son dived into an underwater cave in Vortex Springin Florida on the 18th of August, 2010. An overwhelming majority of the fatalities occurred in the state of Florida where many flooded caves are located. The spring was closed and crime scene tape was tied from tree to tree while his disappearance was investigated. He had first taken it up at the age of 15, practicing with his tanks in the family pool. And no traces of Ben were ever found inside of Vortex Spring.In this video I breakdown the story of what happened before Ben's journey into Vortex Spring. Two days later, it was noticed that Bens car was still in the parking lot where it had remained for the past two days. 1:10 AM EDT, Fri June 24, 2022. Shane Thompson, an experienced scuba diver with a passion for cave explorations, died at the Blue Hole State Park when the 43-year-old father and husband got lost and trapped in an unmarked . They never saw him again. His only option was to keep moving forward, and exhaled the air from his chest so he could fit through the "L-shaped pinpoint" which was just 10 inches across and 18 inches high. Taran, who said he had let Ben into the cave despite knowing he lacked certification to dive in it, passed a lie detector test of his account. The father-of-one's tragic mistake was thinking he could squeeze into the same spaces as a six-foot man than he did when he was a lot younger and smaller. Veteran Cave diver Brett Hemphill believes it was likely a painless death. Home Bizarre Bizarre and Creepy Events The Missing Diver Ben McDaniel. Stanton and Volanthen have worked together on . PMC sharing sensitive information, make sure youre on a federal While underwa. Only one returns. [2][1], At Vortex Spring, which claims on its website to be the largest diving facility in the state,[8] divers descend into clear waters at a constant temperature of 68F (20C) fed by the Floridan Aquifer. Even experienced ones have died there. Ben's brother who supposedly died from a stroke, actually died from a drug overdose; according to one pathologist there wasn't the slightest sign of a stroke. While police had already searched the spring, there were certain passages that they refused to search because it was much too dangerous and they werent experienced enough. Marson Kay, 29, of Gainesville apparently became disoriented during a dive in Weeki Wachee's main spring and got wedged in an underwater cavern, authorities said. Kelly said shortly afterwards that on that evening, a man he described as "wild-eyed" and apparently drunk showed up at the shop and asked if it was too late to dive; the possibility has been raised that this man, if he existed, may have been involved. [1] He died before the first year was completed. It is unknown at this time if all the equipment was working properly, the sheriffs office added. "It's a really tight spot, but we've been able to get around him. Authorities in Florida are investigating the deaths of two cave divers at a wildlife park, the Hernando County Sheriff's Office said. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. and our That's practically a death sentence when you're scuba diving, so always be careful. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Nevertheless, police refused to treat it as a homicide, much to the dismay of Lynn-Marie Carty. All contained normal air, not a specialized gas mix. In 2004, Dave Shaw completed a record-breaking dive at Bushman's Hole. [23], Among the divers who heard about the case was Jill Heinerth, a Canadian who has set the world record for deepest dive by a woman. To this day, they havent given up hope that one day Ben, dead or alive, shall be found. John Edward Jones, 26, was a medical student and experienced spelunker (someone who explores caves as a hobby) who went cave diving with a group of friends while visiting family in Utah for Thanksgiving in 2009.. On November 24, the group ventured into the Nutty Putty Cave, a popular spelunking spot known for . [1], Shelby does not believe Ben had any intention of abandoning his life. [2][1] Beginning at the gate, over 1,600 feet (490m) through the area's limestone bedrock have been mapped, to a depth of 310 feet (94m); the cave's full extent is unknown. The dive shop withheld the gate key, unless a diver showed proof of cave diving certification, which requires two months' training including 125 dives with an instructor or certified diving partner. Yesterday at 8:16 AM. Lengthy searches have only located some anomalously placed and filled decompression tanks; many of the divers who took part in those searches believe that if McDaniel is indeed dead, his body is not in the cave as he was too large to enter its narrower passages. But when John breathed in again, his chest expanded and he was wedged inside for good. After resurfacing he filled his tanks at the dive shop, a transaction recorded on security cameras (it is not known what he filled those tanks with). Dave Shaw was determined to bring this missing person's remains back to his family and set out on his final mission in 2005. By Johnny Diaz. Morbidology is a weekly true crime podcast created and hosted by Emily G. Thompson. He inched his way into the Birth Canal head first, wiggling forward using his hips, stomachs and fingers. Move on to the next theory. The cave is located in the Chassahowitzka Wildlife Park in Weeki Wachee, roughly an hour north of Tampa. Mr Budd was right as among the horrific cave diving stories since 1973, is that of 26-year-old medical student John Edward Jones who became stuck in Utah in 2009. BBC World Service. Things hadnt been going so well for Ben recently and he needed some time to clear his head. Equipment failure and training are rarely an issue for experienced divers, while insufficient training is the most . According to the BBC, local officials had given up . After seven dives, he apologized to the McDaniels for not finding any fresh sign of Ben. [2] They agreed to put up $54,000 to guarantee the cost of replacing a remotely operated underwater vehicle brought to the spring by the Fort Lauderdale police, in case it was lost in the cave. [15], By Sunday, August 22, no other signs of Ben had been found. Even with improvements in technology, the greatest hazards faced by cave divers remain unchanged. He made three separate dives that day,[1] going (by his account) 1,700 feet (520m) into the cave, 200 feet (61m) further than those sections Ben had mapped, using a diver propulsion vehicle and smaller tanks to increase his range. Everyone was relieved but then there was a heartbreaking twist. #cave #cavediving #cavestory #disappearance #disappeared #diving #accidentOn August 18th, 2010, 30-year-old open water diver, Ben McDaniel, was last seen diving in the underwater cave at Vortex Spring in Ponce de Leon, Florida. Diving Hyperb Med. 7. By that point John had been hanging upside down for more than eight hours. When authorities arrived, the diver was deceased, according to the sheriffs office. He told them he was working on getting certified as an instructor so he could find a job and that he was researching cave diving with an eye toward getting that certification as well. But when John breathed in again, his chest expanded and he was wedged inside for good. 2 Coincidentally, Lowell died under suspicious circumstances two years after Ben disappeared. )[16] In total, 16 divers spent 36 straight days looking for Ben's body in the cave with no results. Rescuers began a different approach, using air-powered tools to chip away at some of the rock surrounding John. Experience is the primary key to staying alive while cave diving, with the death rate increasing to 1/1003 for inexperienced divers. Unsworth said the water was too murky to see and on June 25, Thai Navy SEALs tried the same . On August 20, 2010, a call went out to cave divers in the region surrounding Vortex Spring, Florida that a diver was missing, and in all likelihood, a body needed to be recovered from . [1] Undeterred, the McDaniels increased the award, twice. [2], On some nights when they had seen Ben dive late, the two had stayed at the spring after resurfacing until they saw bubbles on the surface, indicating that he was beginning to decompress in order to safely resurface. Ben had found Paul unconscious in the family home and tried to revive him; he later became active in raising money for the foundation his parents established to support research into prevention and treatment of strokes. According to RAID, a top scuba training agency, the number one cause of serious injury or death in cave diving is not gear failure, getting lost, becoming trapped, or running out of air. John decided to try and find the formation known as the Birth Canal, an incredibly narrow vertical passage. We and our partners use cookies on this site to improve our service, perform analytics, personalize advertising, measure advertising performance, and remember website preferences. Lie detector test are easily beatable if you know how. The water was rising up the cave wall, and Rob returned through the rapidly filling S-bend, so he wouldn't get trapped without diving gear. 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These are simply consequences of divers exceeding the limits of their personal training and experience. Her identity Would love your thoughts, please comment. A 10-year estimate of the incidence of decompression illness in a discrete group of recreational cave divers in Australia. [1], Upon arrival, the sheriff's deputies sealed off the spring with crime-scene tape. "It's very narrow, very awkward, and it's difficult to get rescuers down there," rescuer Shawn Roundy told media at the time. A decade later, while on a dive at the same site, Shaw found Dreyer's missing body. A text message was sent to Edd Sorenson, a veteran cave diver and recovery specialist with nearly 2,500 logged dives. John's brother Josh was the first to find him, and tried pulling at his calves but was unsuccessful. This article is about the scuba diver who went missing in 2010. Last modified on Fri 14 Jul 2017 15.42 EDT. On the 18th of August, 2010, Ben McDaniel dived into an underwater cave at Vortex Springs in Florida, never to be seen again. Ben was not cave-trained, he had absolutely no business being inside a cave. Using investigative research combined with primary audio, Morbidology takes an in-depth look at true crime cases from all across the world. The body of a cave diver still remains trapped upside-down after his ghastly death. Former Firefighter Richard Stanton played a crucial role in the Tham Luang cave rescue in Thailand in 2018. [1][2] The state of Florida issued his family a death certificate in 2013. While Ben frequented the spring, he never received sufficient training and wasnt considered an experienced diver. [2], McDaniel's dives at the site were regular enough that the dive shop employees and other frequent visitors came to know him. [1], Some other events reported to have occurred on the day Ben disappeared supported that theory. Stemberga V, Petaros A, Rasic V, Azman J, Sosa I, Coklo M, Uhac I, Bosnar A. J Travel Med. "It would have affected his ability to breathe adequately.". "It would have affected his ability to breathe adequately.". On August 18th 2010, Ben McDaniel, a 30 year old scuba diver, vanished 115ft underwater in the cave at Vortex Spring, in Ponce De Leon, FL. His diving career started back in 1995 in the Pacific Northwest that sparked a new passion for the world beneath the water's surface. advertisement. Zacaton is the deepest of five ceynotes located on a large ranch, El Rancho Asufrosa, in northeastern Mexico. One of the divers is believed to have mentioned that he possibly had a leak in his tank.. The most common cause of death was asphyxia due to drowning, preceded by running out of breathing gas, usually after getting lost owing to a loss of visibility caused by suspended silt. He was on a yacht in the Bahamas, leading an expedition. Bethesda, MD 20894, Web Policies [1], She and McClellan turned their private video short into a feature-length documentary, Ben's Vortex, released in 2012. MIAMI The former owners of a Florida Keys dive shop whose boat was in such poor condition that it capsized and sank, killing a tourist, pleaded guilty last week . When tested, the tanks were found to contain normal air, not the specialized gas mix required for diving at depth. John Edward Jones, 26, was a medical student and experienced spelunker who went cave diving with a group of friends while visiting family in Utah for Thanksgiving in 2009. In Ron Howard's "Thirteen Lives," out Friday on Prime Video, Viggo Mortensen plays Rick Stanton, a British cave diver who recounts his rescue of a Thai boys soccer team from a monsoon-flooded cave. #cave #cavediving #cavestory #disappearance #disappeared #diving #accidentOn August 18th, 2010, 30-year-old open water diver, Ben McDaniel, was last seen div. Multiple divers searched through the weekend, but did not find Ben. Eduardo later passed a lie detector test. At 46, Brod was a highly regarded diver, a gruff, opinionated man who as a boy in El Campo had swum along . [3], McDaniel had been living at his parents' beach house on the Emerald Coast during a sabbatical in the wake of a divorce, a business failure, and the death of his younger brother two years earlier. A few years ago there was a famous cave diving death, the disappearance of Ben McDaniel in Vortex Springs. He's not in there. As he watched Ben attempt to open the gate, he retrieved his own key and opened the gate, allowing Ben to swim though. This is the second of a two-part series about the mysterious disappearance of Ben McDaniel, a certified open water SCUBA diver that has been missing since August 18, 2010. The McDaniels were called, and they drove to Florida, along with Greer, to observe from the shore. . The authorities said it was too dangerous to retrieve their bodies, but four . Others, including Cronin and Kelly, suggested he had staged his own disappearance to start his life over under another identity and escape his past troubles. Josh had no choice but to leave his brother and work his way out of the cave where he called for help. The father-of-one's tragic mistake was thinking he could squeeze into the same spaces as a six-foot man than he did when he was a lot younger and smaller. To me, the disappearance of Ben McDaniel is cave diving's greatest mystery. "Not only did it endanger the lives of divers who would risk going farther than they should," said Sorenson, who was by then even more firmly convinced that their son had not died in the cave, "it put all of our lives at risk because we have to go in to recover the bodies." HHS Vulnerability Disclosure, Help Or something more sinister. On November 24, the group ventured into the Nutty Putty Cave, a popular spelunking spot known for its tight twists, turns and crawls. When their football practice ended on Saturday 23 June, 2018, the 12 members of Wild Boars decided to go cave exploring with assistant coach Ekkaphon . National Library of Medicine )[11] His parents later defended him from those criticisms by seeing them as positive traits. "Ultimately the decision was made that it was too much risk for the rescuers to remain there in an effort to get him out and the decision was made to leave him in place.". New posts Search forums. . Ben's tanks, wet suit and other diving equipment were not present and there were no signs of a struggle near his truck or anywhere else he could have been. In 2004, Dave Shaw completed a record-breaking dive at Bushman's Hole. An experienced California diver who was helping with the exploration of the narrow underwater passageways that radiate from a well-known swimming hole . appreciated. DandyDon; May 18, 2022; 5 6 7. GO NO FARTHER. [1], At the Santa Rosa Beach house officers found his dog, hungry from having been unfed for two days. The entrance to Nutty Putty Cave was boarded up and declared a public health hazard. Cadaver dogs picked up a scent along the bank of the spring as well as one in the water but when county health departments sampled the water, they found no indication of a spike in bacteria consistent with decomposition. One of the employees, Chuck Cronin, believed that while McDaniel had the proper equipment and considerable diving knowledge, he was often overly confident in his abilities and not shy about saying so. If you know how seven dives, he apologized to the BBC, local officials had up. By Emily G. 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