Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

---

Kitum Cave on Mount Elgon is known as a salt mine for elephants, but it hides a lethal secret: the Marburg virus. After visitors fell ill in the 1980s, the U.S. military traced the virus to Egyptian fruit bats living in the cave's roof. Despite its deadly past, the cave has reopened to the public. What would you do—explore it or stay far away? Tell us in the comments!