Hopper, an archaeology professor, is exploring a remote cave system on the trail of missing hippies from the 1970s. After discovering what appears to be a cowboy paused in place in a tunnel, he returns to town and dismisses his graduate students, Taylor and Jackie, stating that their research is done.Time Trap 2017
Several days later, Hopper has not returned, and Taylor is worried about his safety. Taylor and Jackie decide to look for him, along with their friend Cara, who is watching her sister, Veeves, and her sister’s best friend Furby. They follow Hopper’s trail to the campsite near the cave, finding an entrance with climbing ropes leading inside. They decide to follow it, but Furby chooses to stay behind as backup for the base camp.
The group lowers themselves into the cave system and encounters strange noises. When Furby does not answer their radio calls, Jackie tries to climb back out, but her rope frays, and she falls, injuring herself and Taylor. Calling for help, they receive a transmission from inside the cave and follow it.
At a different junction, they discover an overhead opening to the cave and Furby, dead with a broken neck. In watching his video recordings, they notice that several days elapsed from his perspective, while only about an hour had lapsed in the cave. His recordings show that he began researching the hippies’ belongings, discovering that they were actually Hopper’s parents and that Hopper is searching for his missing sister. His parents were following legends of the Fountain of Youth and speculated that this cave system was the root of the myth. He goes through a moment of anxiety and self-hatred and has to have a bowel movement or what he calls a “twosie.” When looking for a suitable place to do this he discovered another cave opening.