Internet in Awe of Incredible Cave That Resembles a ‘Minecraft’ Video Game

A video of a mesmerizing “magical” cave in the United Kingdom has captivated travel enthusiasts on TikTok.

The clip, posted by @bethdaly5, has garnered more than 4 million views since it was posted on August 5. The footage, captured at Fingal’s Cave on the Scottish island of Staffa, shows the poster walking through an otherworldly cave with a striking golden-hued ceiling of rugged ridges and rock columns overlooking the water flowing below it.

A caption shared with the post simply reads: “The most insane cave I have ever seen.”

The dramatic cave was created by years of ocean waves crashing against these hexagonal columns. They were formed millions of years earlier by volcanic eruptions and “a vast blanket of lava that spread into the Atlantic Ocean,” says the National Trust for Scotland, the conservation organization that looks after the island of Staffa.

Located in the Inner Hebrides region off the west coast of Scotland, Staffa, which was declared a National Nature Reserve in 2001, measures 0.5 mile long and 0.25 mile wide. Staffa came into the care of the National Trust for Scotland in 1986, as a gift from John Elliott, Jr., of New York in honor of his wife Elly’s birthday, according to the trust.

The Fingal Cave is around 230 feet deep, while, at its entrance, it is around 60 feet high and 50 feet wide, notes Visit Mull & Iona, the local tourism website for the two Inner Hebrides islands.

The unique musical acoustics of Fingal’s Cave, which is created by the surge of the Atlantic Ocean, reportedly inspired the classical composer Felix Mendelssohn to compose his “The Hebrides” overture.

The German artist was said to have visited Staffa and the cave back in August 1829 and was allegedly very seasick at the time. “This may help to explain his apparent dissatisfaction with his original version of the overture. However, fortunately for the listening public, the version he came up with a little later became the now-ubiquitous piece we often hear today,” notes Visit Mull & Iona.

‘A Magical Place’

Users on TikTok were impressed by the incredible cave footage captured in the viral post, with several comparing it to the likeness of the three-dimensional grid display featured in the Minecraft video game.

Shonies posted: “My Granny was from the Isle of Mull it is such a magical place.”

User @frankies.sober.journey commented, “reminds me of Minecraft,” and @anxiety_papi wrote it was like “Minecraft IRL [in real life].”

“This reminds me of the scary cave in Harry Potter [film series],” noted ucid goddess.

“This has been on my bucket list for years but any time I’ve tried the seas were too rough for the trip. Looks amazing glad you got the chance to go,” added user roddy bremner.

Newsweek has contacted the original poster for comment via TikTok. This video has not been independently verified.