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Creepy DiscoveriesMay 21, 2026

The Christmas Day Dive

The Christmas Day Dive It's called the Mount Everest of cave diving. Eagle's Nest Cave hides under a Florida swamp. On Christmas Day 2013, a father and son descended together. Neither resurfaced. Searchers found them 127 feet down. They had run out of air together.

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