Mineshaft Accident: Digging for Gold, Encircled by Rattlesnakes

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

Society & Culture, Documentary, Sports, Wilderness, History

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

They call it ‘gold fever’ and John Waddell has got it bad. In 2018, the Arizona prospector takes his life in his hands when he explores an ancient, abandoned gold mine. His curiosity leads him deep underground and into a life or death struggle. Stuck 100 feet down the shaft, will anyone find him before it’s too late? And as the daylight fades, what unseen dangers lurk in the darkness? A Noiser production, written by Susan Allott. For ad-free listening, exclusive content and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started with a 7-day free trial. Or, if you’re on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:21.0	It's October the 16th, 2018 in Arizona, USA.
0:25.0	John Baudel lies on his back in the dark, struggling to breathe.
0:30.0	Dust and dirt fill his lungs.
0:32.0	The 60-year-old peers... Dust and dirt fill his lungs.
0:33.0	The 60-year-old peers up to the only source of light,
0:37.0	a narrow opening of the mine shaft, a hundred feet above him,
0:41.0	the whole he fell through. From watching the small square of sky, he
0:46.8	can tell the sun is fading. It's late afternoon. You can barely make out the floor around him. It's a cramped space, maybe eight feet in
0:56.8	diameter. Pretty soon you'll be plunged into total darkness. John tries to keep calm, to manage the pain that courses through his body.
1:07.0	He has no water with him.
1:09.0	That's one of the many decisions he now regrets.
1:12.0	In his condition, there is no water. That's one of the many decisions he now regrets.
1:19.0	In his condition, there's surely in no way he can escape this mind shaft single-handedly. His only hope is to be rescued.
1:22.0	But will anyone come looking for him? And if they do, will they locate
1:26.8	him before he succumbs to his injuries? He has to believe it's possible.
1:38.0	Suddenly, John feels a movement against his body.
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