SALT LAKE CITY -- The man who discovered Nutty Putty Cave in 1960 says only the section where a man got stuck and died should be closed, not the whole cave. He says that one spot has been a ...

Nutty Putty caves have been popular with scout groups and teenagers for years, but it has been the scene of several rescues lately, that had emergency officials questioning the cave's safety.

The Nutty Putty cave-system they set out to explore was ... break but when they grabbed hold of the rope for the final time disaster struck. One of the pulley's attached to the wall came loose ...

Photo illustration John Jones' body is stuck in uncharted territory near Ed's Push in the Nutty Putty cave. Jones died Thursday, November 26, 2009 after he became trapped in the cave around 8:45 p ...

The Utah County Sheriff’s Office has begun to seal off the Nutty Putty Cave and expects to seal it off permanently by the end of the week. “We are expediting moving forward with the closure of ...

It was supposed to be a fun family outing. Instead, John Jones got stuck 15 years ago this week in Utah’s Nutty Putty Cave, upsidedown, with no way out. For 27 hours, rescuers worked to get John ...

The narrow entrance to the Nutty Putty Cave is scheduled to be secured with an iron gate before the end of May 2006. The action is a result of a movement that began in 1994. Since then ...

There, at the mouth of Nutty Putty Cave, Sanchez found peace and pain. John Jones remains inside, entombed in the cave where he died on Nov. 25, 2009. But he isn’t the only one still ensnared by it.

Nutty Putty Cave has become synonymous with the tragic death of a caver who became trapped in its narrow tunnels in 2009. But while many people have learned about the cave through this accident ...

15 years after a man died in the Nutty Putty Cave, his family and rescuers still struggle to escape the darkness A wreath is placed at the Nutty Putty cave. When Emily Sanchez first visited her ...