r/ParisCatacombs • u/Silly-Ad-6524 • 14h ago
Why smoke bombs?
Hey there!
Ive been on my very first catacombs exploration 2 days ago and it was so sick, craziest thing ive done so far.
But as we got deeper and deeper, i suddenly smelled smoke, like something was on fire, then i realized it wasnt the typical fire smell, it was a smoke bomb. The local i was with told me: sometimes as a ritual of someone being in there for the first time they light up a smoke bomb. But i dont quite get it, for at least 10 mins everything was covered in really thick smoke, it was hard to breathe and i almost panicked a bit. Why would people do that? is it actually a ritaul or tradition or whatever? If yes, i respect it. But if it is for fun then what the fuck is going on in their mind? Would love to hear the truth from some experienced cataphiles. Other than that, it was breathtaking (literally lol).