Horrifying VR simulation shows exactly what happened to cave explorer who suffered 'worst death imaginable'

A terrifying VR simulation has revealed exactly what happened to John Edward Jones when he became trapped in the Nutty Putty cave in Utah.

The incident took place in 2009, when 26-year-old Jones, his brother Josh and some other friends were exploring the infamous cave, located 55 miles from Salt Lake City. But Jones took a wrong turn, resulting in him never returning home.

While traveling through the tight passages, Jones became stuck after attempting a formation called the Birth Canal.

While the hydrothermal cave is already known for being incredibly cramped, the Birth Canal is a extremely tight passage that must be treated carefully.

Despite Jones' intentions to try and pass through the Birth Canal, he unknowingly took a wrong turn and became trapped in an area of the cave measuring just 10 x 18 inches.

John Edward Jones made a terrible mistake in the Nutty Putty cave (Jones family)

Jones had been squeezing through the tight space, believing he could make it through the other side, but unfortunately he became completely wedged and had no way to turn around.

Jones sadly passed away after 27 hours of rescue attempts, suffering a cardiac arrest.

The team tried to free him using a rope system, but they were unable to get him high enough out of the passage. At one point, the rope system failed and Jones fell even further down the tunnel.

Speaking to rescuers, Jones said: "I'm going to die right here. I'm not going to come out of here, am I?"

He then asked after one of the rescuers, Ryan Shurtz, who had been badly hurt after a metal carabiner slammed into his face.

Jones said: "Is he OK? I think he's really hurt bad."

John's body was deemed to dangerous to recover (Find A Grave)

After that Jones fell silent, later falling unconscious.

Now, a VR clip revealing exactly what it was like inside the cave has been shared by JustinWieb VR.

In the clip, Justin explores the cave before revealing the exact spot in which Jones became trapped - and it looks truly terrifying.

"Knowing that John Jones is still down there, although not alive but just knowing that there's a pair of legs sticking up out of a hole in mute silence is utterly terrifying," one person wrote.

While another added: "I can't imagine the sheer amount of panic that came over him when he realized he hit a dead end, plus he was upside down."

Brandon Kowalis - who tried to free Jones - later explained that he was able to say goodbye to his family.

"There was a request to take the radio down to John so that his family could say some words to him," he wrote.

"I think it was his father, mother, and wife who spoke to him, telling him that they loved him and were praying for him and that his father had given him a blessing.

"His wife mentioned a feeling of peace, that everything would be OK. She talked to him about 5 to 10 minutes before I told her that we needed to get back to working at getting him out."

After Jones' death, it was decided that retrieving his body would be too dangerous.

An agreement was made to close the cave and the entrance hole has since been filled with concrete.