PROVO, Utah - Rescuers have been called to Nutty Putty Cave at least three times recently, once again raising the question of whether the cave should be closed to the public.
The answer, at least for now, is that it will remain open.
'Closing the cave isn't something we'd take too lightly,' said Utah County Sheriff's Sgt. Spencer Cannon.
Passages in the cave are very tight, and visitors often become stuck.
At least two people have been pulled out the popular spelunking site in Utah County's west desert in the past month, and rescue teams were called to the cave twice just over the Labor Day weekend.
Brigham Young University student David Crowthers, 23, of Harpers Ferry, W.V., became stuck late Friday and rescuers worked for nearly eight hours to free him.
On Sunday, police received another call for help, but no one was in the cave when rescuers arrived and the call may have been a hoax, Cannon said.
Last month a 16-year-old Orem boy was stuck upside down for 11 hours. He was exhausted and had to be hospitalized after he was rescued.