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Buried Alive in 62 Feet of Grain: How He Stayed Calm

Buried Alive in 62 Feet of Grain: How He Stayed Calm

Fear of being swallowed alive - and surviving it - hits the gut: a man buried to his chest under 62 feet of compacted sorghum kept a half-bottle of water, a cracked pair of ribs, and a plan that let him live through 37 hours and 40 minutes underground. A pair of gloves with "G. HENDERSON" washed up in a ditch more than an hour before anyone reported him missing - how did that clue sit unused while he stayed alive inside a silo?

In this episode, we follow the timeline of events at the Kellerman agricultural complex and trace the decisions…

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