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5 min readIn late 2000, a caver named Ted and his friend B became obsessed with a small, fist-sized hole deep inside a cave they had visited many times before. The hole, located near the lowest part of the cave, had strong airflow—a promising sign to cavers that it might lead to undiscovered passages. What began as a straightforward weekend project to widen the opening and see what lay beyond turned into a months-long ordeal that would test their sanity, their nerve, and their survival instincts.
The Project Becomes an Obsession
Ted and B’s plan was simple: use a cordless drill, bull pins, and a sledgehammer to chip away at the rock surrounding the hole. The work was brutally slow. In the cramped, awkward position required to reach the opening, they could only break off fingernail-sized pieces of rock at a time. A chunk the size of a palm was cause for celebration. Over several trips, they hauled heavy equipment down a 50-foot pit and through tight crawl spaces, returning home exhausted and covered in scrapes.
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- 1 (01:04) **Ted the Caver Begins His Journal** - The narrator introduces the classic internet story “Ted the Caver,” a first-person journal from 2001 about a man who discovers a mysterious passage in a cave near his home. He explains the journal’s two-color format: gray for the original journal entries and blue for Ted’s later comments.
- 2 (10:33) **First Attempts at Widening the Hole** - On January 27-28, 2001, Ted and B begin the grueling work of widening the hole with a cordless drill and sledgehammer.
- 3 (15:36) **Detailed Description of the Cave** - Before continuing the journal, Ted pauses to describe the cave’s layout and the atmosphere inside, assuming the reader has no caving experience.
- 4 (28:07) **The Dog’s Terrifying Reaction** - On February 10, 2001, Ted and B bring B’s Jack Russell Terrier, Whip, into the cave to see if she can explore the passage.
- 5 (32:52) **First Unexplained Sounds and the Wind Stops** - While working on the fourth battery, B hears a strange “grinding” sound of rock sliding on rock from inside the hole, and later, the narrator notices the constant wind from the passage has completely stopped.
- 6 (36:23) **The Scream from the Depths** - On March 3-4, 2001, after weeks of preparation, the men return with a more serious attitude. While drilling, the narrator hears a terrible scream over the noise of the drill.
- 7 (48:54) **First Entry into Floyd’s Tomb** - The next day, March 13, 2001, Ted successfully squeezes his upper body into the passage for the first time, discovering it’s a tight, claustrophobic crawl space.
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