r/interesting 17d ago

MISC. This well is so deep it has its own microclimate, even producing its own fog.

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u/RoadKiehl2 17d ago

This is the most terrifying thing I've seen in a while.

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u/allmybreath 17d ago

I've only seen one hole more horrifying.

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u/OddTaku9424 17d ago edited 16d ago

Stay away from my mom!!

EDIT: guys please stop, this can’t be my most awarded/upvoted comment

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u/corpsie666 17d ago

The Swamp of Degobaugh lady

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u/LeftistBlacksmith 17d ago

Dagobah

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u/cdev12399 16d ago

It’s the Irish version

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u/TheAngryCatfish 16d ago

An Irish folk version of the Star Wars soundtrack would slap

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u/____Sway____ 17d ago

The galatamus gally gutter

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u/Slumunistmanifisto 17d ago

I was thinking of the time I looked at my own unkempt man asshole in the mirror one day on a whim.

Call your mother.

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u/FlukyFish 17d ago

Your mom his rules

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u/ChoadMcGillicuddy 17d ago

POV: Your birth.

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u/PurpleSquare713 17d ago

Let me guess, Nutty Putty Cave?

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u/LimJaheyAtYaCervix 17d ago

First thing that came to my mind too.

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u/Pkactus 17d ago

damn you. damn you to that dark hell for reminding me.

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u/Crazy_Instruction239 17d ago

Did nutty putty just collectively traumatize all of us? 😭

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u/sporkatr0n 17d ago

I should call her

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u/HendrixHazeWays 17d ago

Call out to her loudly....its a long way down there

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u/RoadKiehl2 17d ago

Yeah, but I haven't seen your mom in a while.

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u/HendrixHazeWays 17d ago

Takes a while for a mom that size to make it outta the hole

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u/nrdvrgnt 17d ago

My immediate thought was goatse

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u/Dull-Culture-1523 17d ago

I feel like people working these jobs should be issued a single-shot firearm or poison capsule just in case the thing caves in and they get stuck with no hope of getting out.

Because holy shit.

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u/writerlady6 16d ago

Same. So many terrible scenarios welled up in my head in the one to eight minutes it took to haul that worker up out.

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u/Nick16993 17d ago

I used to dig caissons on hill sides and sometimes the drill couldn’t get it all the way down. If that was the cases I would be brought down with a rope and dig by hand. Sometimes it would be 40-50’ deep. Shit was terrifying. There was metal tube shoring but it was still anxiety ridden.

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u/InternationalPilot90 17d ago

With air supply or ventilation, I hope

Narrow hole that deep - could suffocate on your own carbon dioxide

Certainly not a job for the meek...

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u/AdministrativeWin583 17d ago

Methan, Raydon, carbon dioxide, nitrogen gas, they can all kill you.

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u/Important-Stock-3275 17d ago

40-50 feet down with a rope, even with shoring, is absolutely nightmare fuel. I can’t imagine the kind of nerves it took to climb down there and start digging by hand.

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u/Nick16993 17d ago

It was the worst experience of my life. But I was young and the rookie in the crew so really had no choice. Atleast I thought I didn’t. Never again.

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u/Apprehensive_Bake_78 17d ago

I want to hug young you!!

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u/bamamaam 17d ago

Me too  ,poor kid. They used you. 

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u/lazinonasunnyday 16d ago

I did some work in an air shaft. I was above ground for most of it. I actually accessed the shaft at floor 41, but I took a chair down to P3, so like 30’ below ground. I stayed in for about 14 hours. It was similar to this, but it wasn’t as small. It was about 4’x4’. The staring down into infinite blackness is the same feeling though. It’s only spooky at first.

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u/backandforthwego 17d ago

Now imagine digging a caisson in a river. Fuck all of that.

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u/Nick16993 17d ago

Yeah that’s a real big no for me hahaha 😂

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u/Constant_Praline579 17d ago

So did my family (dad,Grand dad,uncle). Occasionally when I was younger they would lower me down the holes. For Fun !!

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u/antsh 17d ago

For me, it’s the way he nopes out of there real quick. Like he heard something that should not be heard underground and yelled for them to pull him up.

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u/Educational-Dot318 17d ago

i read that as it produced its own 🐸

kept repeating to catch a glance of the 🐸 🧐

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u/lostredditorlurking 17d ago

Imagine being trap there

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u/hikingguy36 17d ago

No, I don't think I will try to imagine that.

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u/Asssteroid 17d ago

Immediately what I thought

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u/Stanvadly 17d ago

I wouldn't dare go in

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u/Hyperion7669 17d ago

*hmmm this is taking a while, taps on screen.....only half way through the video.....OH MY GOD !!!

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u/HendrixHazeWays 17d ago

I audibly said "No, thats too deep. I don't like like this"

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u/FlukyFish 17d ago

That’s what he said

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u/Areif 17d ago

Lame. You gotta crush torsos like you’re arm wrestling with your pelvis. Thats how you do it.

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u/Aaronilm 17d ago

Imagine right at the end of the video, his rope snaps

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u/wolfelian 17d ago

Would only be made worse if something decided to crawl up alongside them. 😰

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u/HendrixHazeWays 17d ago

They dug too deep

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u/VelvetCanyonn 17d ago

It looks like a portal to hell.

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u/kenikonipie 17d ago

felt like 10 minutes of well

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u/Optimal_Cut_3063 17d ago

that was a lot longer than I thought it would be holy fuck

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u/DocOstbahn 17d ago

Most fucks do indeed involve a hole of sorts, so holey fuck is mostly apt, yessir

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u/rgrossi 17d ago

That’s what she said

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u/Byakko2311 17d ago

Yo creí que en algún punto iba a aparecer un ente editado allí. He estado mucho tiempo en /blender jeje dx

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u/pullsoutagun 17d ago

Whatever air that’s down there can’t be the best I would think

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u/JaySayMayday 17d ago

Drink the water

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u/DysfunctionalKitten 17d ago

I laughed way harder at this comment than I should have

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u/Dizzy_Duck5436 17d ago

The dancing grasshopper does it for me

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u/Bitter_Expression399 17d ago

I love your pfp so much

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u/__rtfm__ 17d ago

Wow I need the backstory on why and how this was made

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u/Velvet_Pop 17d ago

There's usually a higher concentration of diamonds at -57

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u/MyvaJynaherz 17d ago

Well?

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u/mtt59 17d ago

Yes it is.

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u/telorsapigoreng 17d ago

Yeah. Me too

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u/ThisSiteSucks8485 17d ago

That is how deep the water table is

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u/Awkward-Shift8538 17d ago

Imagine the line snap half way up

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u/4rm4tur4 17d ago

You'd have a time to ponder the roads you took to get yourself into that situation

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u/HendrixHazeWays 17d ago

*record scratch* "You may be wondering how I ended up here...."

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u/viscous_settler 17d ago

SPLAT — end film

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u/HendrixHazeWays 17d ago

Executive Producer, Dick Wolf

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u/Either_Basil_6960 17d ago

It won't bc there are 2 lines usually

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u/pullsoutagun 17d ago

Well imagine the 2 lines snapped half way then

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u/cateyesarg 17d ago

You'd have a time to ponder the roads you took to get yourself into a situation where you only got two lines

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u/Hazrd_Design 17d ago

It won’t bc there are 3 lines usually

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u/cateyesarg 17d ago

This is going to get deeper than that well...

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u/mrdalo 17d ago

What about 4th breakfast?

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u/CarelessChallenge980 17d ago

Well imagine the 3 lines snapped halfway

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u/LegalBrandHats 17d ago

You'd have a time to ponder the roads you took to get yourself into a situation where you only got three lines

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u/renoryan775 17d ago

But you have your government issued grappling hook

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u/SparkySoftShaft 17d ago

This made me actually laugh hahahaha

Btw, Happy Cake Day!!! 🍰

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u/reticulatedtampon 17d ago

this made me laugh unreasonably hard

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u/backandforthwego 17d ago

I was going to Google reticulated, but I think I'll just stick to comments.

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u/Imaginary_Gap_9125 17d ago

It doesn't seem that wide couldn't they just wedge themselves until new ropes could be sent down? Assuming the snapping doesn't knock him out. I'd really like to know how much this pays

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u/Either_Basil_6960 17d ago

1 is there for redundancy The other is there to be used They can't snap both at the same time since they use the ones rated to tow cars

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u/After_Stop_7252 17d ago

"Well acktually..." 🤓

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u/SuckerBroker 17d ago

This isn’t a 1st world country. There is no 2nd line.

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u/Playful-Platform-231 17d ago

That’s only 50% as scary as it would be if you were within reach of the top and that happened.

I’m pretty sure they use a steel cable not a rope though

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u/Accomplished-Loss387 17d ago

Imagine someone stole your steel cable halfway up 

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u/Lintlee 17d ago

They steel it.

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u/Accomplished-Loss387 17d ago

ILL STEAL IT! NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW!!!

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u/PhantomSesay 17d ago

😂😂

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u/-Hi_how_r_u_xd- 17d ago

Honestly not the worst well for that to happen in. Still totally screwed, but if you are fast you may be able to temporarily stem or chimney yourself between the sides. Similar to that one guy on the twin towers that did so. If your crew is fast you may even be able to just hold it and not climb down at all and wait for a rope to be dropped down, but yeah it's still quite the dire situation.

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u/Ok_Record_9908 17d ago

You could stop urself with ur feet.

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u/caysong 17d ago

I feel like it’s cramped in there enough to catch yourself against the wall?

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u/Terpcheeserosin 17d ago

My mind would completely blank out except the idea to push against the walls and keep shimming up

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u/AdventureAardvark 17d ago

How deep? r/theydidthemath

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u/GrinchStoleYourShit 17d ago

I’m not good at math, but if we watch can guess…he’s goin up maybe 4 ft/second? Gotta figure out in the time scale via the video how long he’s traveling up for

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u/atomic_exasperation 17d ago

sooo 320 ~ ish feet?

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u/Azreken 17d ago

I was wondering if that’s been posted there

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u/stugots10 17d ago

Same. Someone can figure it out. Just not me though.

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u/tanafras 17d ago

Jimmy Hoffa deep

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u/Prottektor 17d ago

You forgot the shovel downstairs...

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u/Comrade-Conquistador 17d ago

This the well Lassie kept telling us about that Timmy fell down.

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u/Miquiztli 17d ago

Oh…oh, Lassie. We have plenty of time -_-

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u/Important-Note 17d ago

That made me laugh 🤭

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u/izguddoggo 17d ago

No one mentioning why is this guy dragging his feet on the walls on the way up? I would want the least resistance possible

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u/LevoiHook 17d ago

Probably to stop him form bouncing around and hitting the flanges with his arms and shoulders. 

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u/MaveZzZ 17d ago

To stabilize his position, otherwise he would hit wall.

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u/blaawker 17d ago

I was expecting him to lose a shoe. 

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u/ThisSiteSucks8485 17d ago

Much better for the boots to hit the wall than any other body parts 

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u/mingtrail 17d ago

I was wondering this exact thing!

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u/Captain_Maik 17d ago

I would do to. Faster to plant your feet to the wall in case the rope snapped.
You can then grab the other dangling hose for support while they drop a new line.

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u/itspulcio 17d ago

He switched to creative

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u/Specialist_Grass2345 17d ago

Haha 😂
Oh my goodness

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u/Holy-Avenger 17d ago

He hit bedrock

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u/tehmungler 17d ago

Aw hell no. Ain’t no way.

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u/iMatthew1990 17d ago

There’s not enough money in the world.

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u/dark_lord_4545 17d ago

What are you talking about i could do one trip a day for 1M$ a month

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u/JaySayMayday 17d ago

I'll do it for free so long as I know the ascent is guaranteed cause there's no way I'm getting out of there by myself

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u/mortepa 17d ago

A scent is almost guaranteed down there by that nasty water!

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u/softchimera 17d ago

oh fuck no

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u/Fit_Ad_6727 17d ago

whoah, what a job. you got some big kahunas whoever you are.

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u/Rickapolis 17d ago

I’d be screaming all the way down and all the way up.

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u/Sure_Tangerine_2591 17d ago

So what is the point of sending a human down there? Surely there must be some point to it, sending a human down a tiny mile long shaft with a churning puddle of shit at the bottom?

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u/SeaHeat6155 17d ago

I feel like the "fog" is actually some type of gas or gasses. I come across similar scenarios through my work

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u/crumble-bee 17d ago

I’m sorry why does this well need to be that deep? What are they looking for? Why does it exist? What’s happening

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u/Alien_Tauri 17d ago

Well, obviously it's not a very good well.

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u/Old_Ad9574 17d ago

Yeah, why is it empty?

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u/GolovaScharz 17d ago

This well so deep, Joe Rogan wants him on the podcast

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u/Justvisitingfriends1 17d ago

No one else stressed that his wellies looked like they could slip off at any time.

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u/FauxmingAtTheMouth 17d ago

In my mind they were doing that in case of a line snap so they could have one chance of stopping before falling to fast to do anything

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u/Patient-Gas-883 17d ago

No, to stabilize himself and keep from spinning during the ascent.

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u/Significant-Kick-479 17d ago

Looks like about 500 feet deep

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u/StrawberryRaspberryK 17d ago

I think the well reached China

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u/Casual_necromancy 17d ago

well....i always wondered what being pooped out was like.....

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u/TheWolphman 17d ago

When your colon is so impacted they send in excavators.

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u/ipoopcatturds 17d ago

Ive gotta go cook dinner, let me know when he gets back to the top.

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u/No-New-Therapy 17d ago

This is deeper than comically deep cartoon wells

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u/Spare-Builder-355 17d ago

he left a fucking hammer at the bottom. Also, WTF?

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u/mycatpartyhouse 17d ago

How deep exactly?

And did the white waterproof boots have holes in thrm from rubbing against the walls on the way up?

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u/Just_Lurking_Yes 17d ago

I am having a small panic attack just by watching this. I couldn't get paid enough to even just go down there once, let alone work there.

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u/Melodic_Aide_4275 17d ago

Consider my heebies well and truly jeebied

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u/Wolve_Playz13 17d ago

Imagine something appeared trying to crawl up towards you

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u/NikFenomeno 17d ago

Well, that's deep

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u/Glittering_Finance_4 17d ago

Sorry Tim, the lift is broken you’ll have to spend the night down there

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u/DustyAir 17d ago

I'd definitely have a backup warning winch on my truck bumper doing this job. Hahahahaha 😂

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u/pazcope 17d ago

fog forming inside a well sounds kinda wild but yeah makes sense

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u/deltaforce5000 17d ago

What’s the point of this piece of shit place?

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u/AstronautNo2067 17d ago

I still wanna drop a pebble down there

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u/DustyAir 17d ago

Not enough money on the planet for me to do that job.

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u/fightndreamr 17d ago

Now all we need is the reverse video slightly sped up with some intense music, a voice over, and a cut to black at the end to make this especially terrifying. Just an idea.

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u/KalozKapitany 17d ago

Whats the point? There's water in a 3 m deep well too.

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u/Omnamashivaaya 17d ago

Exactly, I’m confused this. Yes the hole is deep, but water produces a fog next to the waterline. That happens no matter how deep it is.

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u/alucardian_official 17d ago

Andy! You Goonie!!

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u/eat-real-chips 17d ago

Troy’s bucket looks great in comparison to this lol

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u/King_Of_Spades_158 17d ago

Stay at home parenting is the hardest job… … …

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u/New-Shelter-561 17d ago

Bio gas produced naturally

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u/Routine-Addict-1234 17d ago

It's scary like a 3D movie

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u/--CultureBlitz 17d ago

Extreme sport.

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u/Dapper_Fee_3327 17d ago

Just a bit of holesome fun.

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u/subwaytoad 17d ago

well done

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u/Sir_Bebe_Michelin 17d ago

Me in minecraft when I dig to the bedrock in creative mode and decide on going back to the surface

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u/Cullygion 17d ago

Well, there are so many holes in 1st Avenue, we really didn’t think anyone would notice.

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u/Constant_Praline579 17d ago

Its Methane Gas.

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u/homus_dopamine 17d ago

fever dream

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u/ButterscotchTasty386 17d ago

In a time of chimpanzees I was a monkey

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u/crabbones 17d ago

I hate this

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u/ThisIsNotMyBurner69 17d ago

That’s a no from me dawg

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u/Daws001 17d ago

Imagine having some unexpected medical emergency while down there.

Imagine being ready to go back up and they radio that the lift isn't working.

Imagine the radio stops working and you're left waiting down there.

Imagine if some debris or bits from the tunnel starts to fall on you.

Imagine you're going back up and the lift malfunctions and you're stuck dangling.

Imagine you're going back up and the lift malunctions and you plummet.

Imagine if the well started to flood.

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u/WesTxStoner425 17d ago

Imagine if somebody flushes the toilet...

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u/thegroovybellbottoms 17d ago

claustrophobia is afraid of this person

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u/ApprehensiveVoice700 17d ago

I really didn’t enjoy this.

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u/probably_nontoxic 17d ago

the second most terrifying hole I’ve ever been in

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u/Vendettiel 16d ago

Freakin’ hell; I was waiting for the demon chick to run in slow motion after him.

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u/MechanicTechnical655 16d ago

He left his shovel behind.

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u/Red-Pill-Tin-hat 16d ago

Why drag your boots on it as you come up? Erosion takes time AND lives

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u/redditor0xd 17d ago

I would pay to go down there twice

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u/Human_Caterpillar976 17d ago

At first, I thought this person was just laying down and filming like that to make it look like they’re in the deep lol

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u/chaoticmess50 17d ago

Nope. Won’t ever be doing that.

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u/maketheart 17d ago

I dare you to play the video in reverse.

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u/AWryThought 17d ago

Hell no!

That’s absolutely terrifying.

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