For Those That Are Bored...

[Sackwack]

Here is a link to one of the greatest short stories I have read. I was completely glued to the screen...

http://www.holyshiite.com/caver/index.html

Enjoy!

[pitfish]

creepy...

[Sackwack]

I would never do this!

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d109/Sackwack/squeeze.jpg

[Talkn2themike]

That is pretty damn creepy. Dude *** is the update?

[lucubrator]

Good story. Note: don't read it at 2am, things outside get scary.

[swissfish]

did he go back yet?

i can't open the page after he made his coments about the medical leave.

[Sackwack]

did he go back yet?

i can't open the page after he made his coments about the medical leave.

I think it ends here where he says, "See all of you soon, with a lot of answers! Love, Ted."

I don't know?

[SanDiegoReefs]

Hrmm.... strange. Definitely would have creeped me out if I read it at night, ha...

[Talkn2themike]

Lol i read it 1am last night and right on the last page. The lights on my 90gall went out. I really need to fix my timer.... Scared the crap out of me.

[luistwentyone]

one question.

how was this picture taken ?

[swissfish]

he stuck his glove in the hole and took a picture of it.

[luistwentyone]

so this is a picture of the hole from the outside ? this is the entrance, correct ?

[swissfish]

let's just say, that there is no hand inside the glove.
yep you are correct.

[Som1else]

Mmm the stench of the black death. It probably got them!

[wsonner]

I've been reading through this. Just got to where he got in for the first time. C'mon, people don't REALLY do this stuff...DO THEY???

[adampweiss]

You'd be surprised where people go. I was on a cave rescue team for a couple years, there are vastly more people who try this kinda thing and don't come out as well as these guys do is my impression.

[wsonner]

You'd be surprised where people go. I was on a cave rescue team for a couple years, there are vastly more people who try this kinda thing and don't come out as well as these guys do is my impression.

Fascinating. I could never do it. Makes me shiver looking at his pictures.

This is really a GREAT story. Has almost a "Poe" quality to it. Thanks for sharing it Sackwack. Where did you find it? This guy write anything else?

[Nigritude]

Fascinating. I could never do it. Makes me shiver looking at his pictures.

This is really a GREAT story. Has almost a "Poe" quality to it. Thanks for sharing it Sackwack. Where did you find it? This guy write anything else?


I thought it was rather weakly written, let alone anything like Poe. Sure there was suspense, but please lets not compare it to credited authors/writters.

I dunno, It didn't make much of an impression on me. :shrugs:

[pitfish]

I also felt it was well written. It was meant to creep people out and it worked on me. Anyway, it made me think twice about taking up cave diving.

[Sackwack]

I thought it was rather weakly written, let alone anything like Poe. Sure there was suspense, but please lets not compare it to credited authors/writters.

I dunno, It didn't make much of an impression on me. :shrugs:

Well everyone has there opinion *sigh*.

wsonner, I can hardly take the credit for finding it. The link was posted on another forum that I am involved in. I thought it was good enough to come share with everybody here.

Here is the same story, finished.
http://web.archive.org/web/20050103103539/http://www.dougaustin.com/tlcaves/pdf/Thefearofdarkness.pdf
A few things have changed and there are no pictures. I would rather read the first one, I like how it ended:eek:

For those that want a link to the first one
http://www.holyshiite.com/caver/index.html

[wsonner]

I thought it was rather weakly written, let alone anything like Poe. Sure there was suspense, but please lets not compare it to credited authors/writters.

I dunno, It didn't make much of an impression on me. :shrugs:

I didn't mean that the quality of the WRITING was Poe-like...just the feeling of the story. Anyway, the short story is really my favorite form of writing and I've read a LOT of them but have yet to find a modern writer worth their salt....though Stepen R. Donaldson isn't too shabby. Maybe we should start a reading forum and make it free to post an avatar ;-).

[luistwentyone]

poe aint got poop on this guy !

[GoTakuF1]

You guys know the air blowing out of the Tomb? It's really gas. The gas caused the hallucinations, "death" smell, howling, etc. etc. All "good" writers were smoking something right? ;)

[swissfish]

I wish i didn't read the end on the other page you posted. I really sucked!!!

[Phischy]

People do crazy crap all the time. one time, this guy named Columbus pointed his ship at the horizon with no land in sight and just set sail. Now THATs crazy. I'll have to read this story tonight.

[adampweiss]

You guys know the air blowing out of the Tomb? It's really gas. The gas caused the hallucinations, "death" smell, howling, etc. etc. All "good" writers were smoking something right? ;)

Cool to know is that there are actually strong air currents in caves. Differences in pressure caused by changing temperatures outside the cave throughout the day results in an awesome wind tunnel effect. Quite fun to experience!;)

[ricestudios]

ok so what happens? its 2001 when he stopped right? any more news? im scared now lol.

[swissfish]

http://web.archive.org/web/20050103103539/http://www.dougaustin.com/tlcaves/pdf/Thefearofdarkness.pdf

That's the same thing but finished. The end really sucks, I wish a diden't read it:)

[Kee]

Yeah, the second one is really lame. I don't think it is the same person that wrote the first one.

[pitfish]

It went from believable to ridiculous...I wish I wouldn't have read the second version.

[ilikualot]

It wouldnt go past page 12 for me.

[Sackwack]

It wouldnt go past page 12 for me.

leaves the reader to his/her own imagination of what the hell happened thats the beauty of it.

IMO READ THE FIRST ONE.

[ricestudios]

im still sleeping with the lights on at night!

[Sackwack]

im still sleeping with the lights on at night!


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