STUCK Into The Votex Cave - Diving Gone Wrong

In the dark and mysterious waters of Vortex Spring, a mystery that has baffled investigators and divers for more than a decade lurks beneath the surface. A world where a daring diver ventured into the unknown and never returned. A world where no clues or traces were left behind to explain his fate. This is the story that has perplexed and captivated not only divers but the general public for over a decade. This is the story of Ben McDaniel, the man who vanished.

[watsonbeale]

The last time I tried to take a "professional leave", I didn't go stay at my parents' beach house in Florida. I stayed in the back seat of my 1974 Ford LTD.

[Andrew-untx]

Intentional or unintentional, cave diving alone without proper training is suicide.

[echo]

If he disappeared without a trace, why is your thumbnail showing him trapped in a cavern ?

[AdoreYouInAshXI]

Dude had an easy life, money and a nice girlfriend. Had a free beach house to live in with no rent. Took it all for granted and lost everything. Moral of the story, be grateful for what you have and stop trying to find more.

[IrishAmongUs]

To save others from having to watch this whole thing, he was never found.

[BojaneBugami]

Cave diving and cliff climbing... dude just trying to die. I'll stick with knitting and book reading.

[miginty]

the video thumbnail shows a trapped diver in a dead end but this is not in the vid. I f*kken hate that!

[samjohns]

Ben clearly made poor choices like his younger brother. To frequently dive on your own when not being adequately qualified is incredibly selfish because it puts other lives potentially at risk if any rescue mission needed, and he caused further heart break for his parents unnecessarily. He lacked critical thinking. Imo he died down there NOT through foul play and someone connected with the diving school removed the body as the diving school was already experiencing legal issues. As for the fellow diver, at the start of the journey, if you are going to leave a note asking him to touch base with staff on his return, you're going to check he actually returned in the first place since the dive wasn't logged and you wouldn't want suspicion falling on you for a missing or deceased person. Please stop this Ai generation narration and script, we deserve so much better than that. You're too lazy.

[mistdev]

If you go in planning on never returning, nobody can go as far as you.
Maybe he wanted to die and went as deep as he could.

[mfbgekh]

I've got a full proof way not to die while diving in a cave, dont dive in a cave!

[matthewjones]

If his body was in that cave Ed Sorenson would have found it look him up folks

[JayDeeze]

Ben is in there. He was trying to find new passageways and was the kind of diver to take risks. He’d have taken his tanks off and pushed them in a tight squeeze to find new unexplored caves. The lady at the end searched years after all the initial searches and she found a bunch of Ben’s gear buried in the sand. It was right on top but if you set something down and then get silted out when the silt settles it will cover whatever is sitting on the ground. She now thinks he took off his gear and may have pushed into 1 of the super tight unexplored offshoots and she thinks he may have done it to disappear on purpose. She said she will eventually try to explore some of the hard to get in caves but it will take time and patience but thinks she can find Ben’s body.

[LuKiSCraft]

Dude is dead in that cave. If he got out (either by himself or another caver taking him out), those dogs would have picked up the scent. The fact that the only scent is the scent of him entering the water tells you everything you need to know.

[jameswalker]

Very strange that the gate was locked and the employee opened for him even knowing he wasn’t certified? Very fishy

[justmythought]

Cave diving. Another thing that will never be on my bucket list. Insane. Will never understand it.

[Parksidetg]

Once I heard he owe the IRS I said yeah he disappeared alright slick azz 🤨🤣

[bttbrandynbtt]

Not a real person narrorating. Very bland old guy voice and just bad script writing all around. Thumbnail and story are misleading.

Waste of time.

[emilyelgin]

Twist: the guy who pretended to leave the note on his truck and “went down to open the gate” for Ben- actually murdered him.

[adamfowler]

He was never found, so it's not official to say he got stuck.

[laffi]

Spoiler alert: I kinda think the thumbnails for these videos are interesting, and I pick these videos based on the thumbnails. It's sad that I watch an entire 18 minutes, almost 19 minutes video, and the picture has nothing to do with it. I hoped we would see inside his head, or people finding him, but nope. It wasn't related. Interesting video ofc, but I wanted the thumbnail to be connected.