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meiloorunsmoothie · 24 hours ago
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the shade
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chungledown-bimothy · 1 day ago
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JEREMY NO 🤣🤣🤣
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afireformyheart · 1 day ago
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I knew it!!! So exciting!!
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doyouknowthismusical · 11 months ago
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broadwaydreamerblog · 4 hours ago
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FUN Fact I visited the Sand cave as in the one that Floyd Collins was trapped in and later dies in
while you cannot explore it u walk on a little pathway that leads to the cave that tells his story
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thedivinemagnet · 1 year ago
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Tragedy at Sand Cave
William Floyd Collins, better known as Floyd Collins, was born June 20, 1887 in Logan County, Kentucky to Lee Collins and Martha Jane Burnett. From an early age, Floyd developed a hobby of exploring caves. This pastime led to the discovery of Crystal Cave in 1917 beneath his father’s farmland. Floyd developed the cave into a tourist attraction that boasted unique helictite and gypsum cave formations.
Floyd knew of another potential cave located on property owned by Beesly Doyel. This cave, known as Sand Cave, had prime real estate situated right beside Cave City Road. Travelers would easily pass by Sand Cave before continuing to the other show caves such as Mammoth Cave. Floyd entered into an agreement with Beesly Doyel to explore Sand Cave and share the profits if the cave proved worthy to show.
Floyd first entered Sand Cave on January 30, 1925 with only a single kerosene lantern and shortly found it offered many challenges. He found himself squeezing through tight passageways – at one point so tight that he had to inch through on his stomach, with one arm stretched out ahead of him, pushing his lantern, and the other arm at his side. Beyond this crawl, the cave began to open up, but his lantern suddenly began to flicker. 
Floyd knew the peril of losing light in a cave, so he reluctantly began his return journey. As he returned through the tight crawl, his foot dislodged a 27-pound rock which wedged his ankle in place. Try as he might in his awkward position he could not remove his foot. He was trapped in a stone straight-jacket. Thus begun Floyd’s harrowing tale in Sand Cave.
 Once it was discovered that Floyd was trapped in the cave, rescue efforts slowly ramped up. Engineers, geologists, and cavers were called in from all over the local area and state. When more conventional means failed, miners began digging a shaft to reach him. Rescuers worked long hours day and night in hopes of finding a solution to getting Floyd unstuck from Sand Cave. The workers encountered periods of rain and cold weather, cave collapses and disagreements among leaders on how to proceed. The rescue efforts spanned over 17 days with many tactics to rescue Floyd attempted, but all of them ultimately failing. Throughout the rescue efforts, the story became too big for Cave City. People began to arrive from all parts of the country and a "carnival atmosphere" took hold at the mouth of Sand Cave. Vendors appeared, selling food, drink and souvenirs. Thousands of sightseers descended on Cave City, and the state was forced to dispatch troops to keep order.
On the eighteenth day after his entrapment, rescuer’s finally reached Floyd via a 55 ft. vertical shaft, but it was too late. Floyd Collins was pronounced dead of exposure, and Sand Cave was sealed with Floyd’s body inside. Only months later would his body be removed for a formal burial closer to his family’s home near Crystal Cave. He now rests in the Mammoth Cave Baptist Church Cemetery.
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godlessondheimite · 1 year ago
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will shuester walks into the rehearsal room and writes “kentucky sand cave” on the white board
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idiotichooker · 2 years ago
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Floyd collins actually has to be one of the best musical scores ever written and the fact that is isnt more popular is so fucking upsetting to me
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dailyunsolvedmysteries · 2 years ago
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Tragedy at Sand Cave
William Floyd Collins, better known as Floyd Collins, was born June 20, 1887 in Logan County, Kentucky to Lee Collins and Martha Jane Burnett. From an early age, Floyd developed a hobby of exploring caves. This pastime led to the discovery of Crystal Cave in 1917 beneath his father’s farmland. Floyd developed the cave into a tourist attraction that boasted unique helictite and gypsum cave formations.
Floyd knew of another potential cave located on property owned by Beesly Doyel. This cave, known as Sand Cave, had prime real estate situated right beside Cave City Road. Travelers would easily pass by Sand Cave before continuing to the other show caves such as Mammoth Cave. Floyd entered into an agreement with Beesly Doyel to explore Sand Cave and share the profits if the cave proved worthy to show.
Floyd first entered Sand Cave on January 30, 1925 with only a single kerosene lantern and shortly found it offered many challenges. He found himself squeezing through tight passageways – at one point so tight that he had to inch through on his stomach, with one arm stretched out ahead of him, pushing his lantern, and the other arm at his side. Beyond this crawl, the cave began to open up, but his lantern suddenly began to flicker. 
Floyd knew the peril of losing light in a cave, so he reluctantly began his return journey. As he returned through the tight crawl, his foot dislodged a 27-pound rock which wedged his ankle in place. Try as he might in his awkward position he could not remove his foot. He was trapped in a stone straight-jacket. Thus begun Floyd’s harrowing tale in Sand Cave.
 Once it was discovered that Floyd was trapped in the cave, rescue efforts slowly ramped up. Engineers, geologists, and cavers were called in from all over the local area and state. When more conventional means failed, miners began digging a shaft to reach him. Rescuers worked long hours day and night in hopes of finding a solution to getting Floyd unstuck from Sand Cave. The workers encountered periods of rain and cold weather, cave collapses and disagreements among leaders on how to proceed. The rescue efforts spanned over 17 days with many tactics to rescue Floyd attempted, but all of them ultimately failing. Throughout the rescue efforts, the story became too big for Cave City. People began to arrive from all parts of the country and a "carnival atmosphere" took hold at the mouth of Sand Cave. Vendors appeared, selling food, drink and souvenirs. Thousands of sightseers descended on Cave City, and the state was forced to dispatch troops to keep order.
On the eighteenth day after his entrapment, rescuer’s finally reached Floyd via a 55 ft. vertical shaft, but it was too late. Floyd Collins was pronounced dead of exposure, and Sand Cave was sealed with Floyd’s body inside. Only months later would his body be removed for a formal burial closer to his family’s home near Crystal Cave. He now rests in the Mammoth Cave Baptist Church Cemetery.
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totallylegitlion · 2 years ago
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I've had to put myself in timeout
I've listened to nothing but Floyd Collins since Saturday (it's now tuesday) and it was actively making me cry just by thinking about it
So no more Floyd Collins for the rest of the night
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meiloorunsmoothie · 1 day ago
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just gonna pretend i haven't been living with this for weeks
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chungledown-bimothy · 1 day ago
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"he's stuck under a rock for basically the whole show" is definitely a new take on the "how to get around the fact that jeremy can't dance" problem
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oneinchbarrier · 1 year ago
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goodjohnjr · 2 years ago
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Man In Cave (Reupload)
Man In Cave (Reupload) What Is It? The YouTube video Man In Cave (Reupload) by the YouTube channel Internet Historian: Man In Cave (Reupload) Here is the description for this video: Get World of Tanks on PC: https://tanks.ly/3CtpWxY It’s actually good. Give it a go. It’s free. Synopsis: Man goes in cave. He gets stuck. A chronological retelling of the story of Floyd Collins. This…
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nonesuchrecords · 6 months ago
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Adam Guettel's 1996 off-Broadway musical Floyd Collins—for which Nonesuch released the original cast recording—will be given its Broadway premiere at Lincoln Center Theater next spring; previews begin March 27, opening night April 21. Cast and ticket on-sale details are still to be announced. Guettel's new musical, Days of Wine and Roses, is up for three Tony Awards this Sunday.
You can hear the Floyd Collins original cast recording here.
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