This was the anxiety-inducing moment a kayaker in Georgia, USA tackled a very narrow and pitch-black tunnel that was once used in the mining industry.

Captured on June 1 by Matthew Turner, the footage shows how he and some friends dared to go through a very confined and dark tunnel near Dawsonville.

Upon entering the tunnel all-natural light diminishes and the sense of isolation heightens massively, apart from one speck of light at the end of the shaft.

Turner told Newsflare: "I’ve lived in Georgia all my life and have been hearing about this trip for the past 10 years and finally got a group of my good buddies to do the trip.

"That cave was the craziest experience I’ve had kayaking.

"I’ve been doing it for years but never in an abandoned mining tunnel!"

I’ve lived in Georgia all my life an have I’ve been hearing about this trip for the past 10 years an finally got a group of my good buddies to do the trip, that cave was the craziest experience I’ve had kayaking, I’ve been doing it for years but never in an abandoned mining tunnel!