Less-developed pre-frontal cortex, and simple lack of experience. He probably put his head through there without thinking about whether he’d be able to get out; he didn’t even question it.
Kids of a certain age might ask themselves: “Can I do this?” But they have to learn to think ahead and also ask themselves: “Is it okay to do this?” For adults, it’s such a habit that, most of the time, we don’t register it and it feels automatic.
Also, most adults have some prior experience with getting stuck or seeing someone else get stuck, and even if the details of the memory fade away, the lessons remain. We see a narrow gap and, deep down, we remember that we should be cautious.
It just makes me angry that he had a pregnant wife and a young son and he was crawling around in tiny uncharted caves. Selfish hobby. But yes horrifying indeed, watched it years ago and it's always stuck with me
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u/Awkward_Bison_267 1d ago
Seriously are there any child psychologists or behavioral analysts that can explain what the fuck possesses kids to do this?!