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Giant Holes in Siberia

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Flash
Flash Original post #1
Jul 31, 2014 at 2:07 PM
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Giant holes were discovered in Siberia recently and there has been no determination of how they were created. Initially, one giant hole was discovered in an area of Siberia called “The End of the World,” and two more giant holes have been discovered subsequently.


The first hole found is much larger than the other two. It has a 260-foot diameter, while the other two giant holes have a diameter of 50 feet and 13 feet. The 13-foot diameter giant hole has an estimated depth of about 328 feet and the other giant holes may be about 100 feet deep. One of the smaller holes has an icy lake at the bottom. All the giant holes have a similar appearance and the openings of the holes have a regular, round shape.


Officials who have inspected the holes have said that they do not look like natural formations, but there is no information about any type of human activity that could have produced these giant holes, although many suggestions have been offered. Ideas have included a giant underground explosion, some kind of alien activity, weapons testing, a natural gas eruption or a human prank.

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amjath
amjath #2
Jul 31, 2014 at 2:13 PM
^ is there any video regarding this news, pic look like photoshopped :lol:
amjath
amjath #4
Jul 31, 2014 at 2:21 PM
found this
New footage emerges from deep within Siberian hole | Mail Online

why dont they send drones or robot inside :D
Flash
Flash #5
Jul 31, 2014 at 3:01 PM
This is just one instance to let humans know that, what we knew is nothing.
Anorion
Anorion #6
Jul 31, 2014 at 3:24 PM
jump to 0:22
M
Minion #7
Jul 31, 2014 at 5:49 PM
Looks like alien related..
snap
snap #8
Jul 31, 2014 at 6:43 PM
Ehh no. It is due to some natural gas or something pretty common and explained i think
kg11sgbg
Jul 31, 2014 at 7:31 PM
Ehh no. It is due to some natural gas or something pretty common and explained i think

Not so easy,Friend!
It could be the work of a highly classified military testing or ...err might be from outer world(E.T.)

Just have the actual results of the vanished MH370 flight, in todays hi-tech World,the truth is : Mystery
Faun
Faun #10
Jul 31, 2014 at 9:30 PM
Not so easy,Friend!
It could be the work of a highly classified military testing or ...err might be from outer world(E.T.)

Yeah, pretty easy for ETs :v:
Desmond
Desmond #11
Jul 31, 2014 at 9:32 PM
Reminds me of the movie Alien vs Predator.
Vyom
Vyom #12
Jul 31, 2014 at 10:14 PM
There we go. Another unexplained mystery, which can only end up in movies than on discovery channel. The name would be: "Holes to Hell". Title not original? Meh...
srkmish
srkmish #13
Jul 31, 2014 at 10:18 PM
Is Shyamalan making Signs 2?
amjath
amjath #14
Jul 31, 2014 at 11:11 PM
Remind me of the movie chronicle
Anorion
Anorion #15
Jul 31, 2014 at 11:31 PM
the bridge to the kaiju world
Flash
Flash #16
Jul 31, 2014 at 11:37 PM
Return of the Silver surfer.

Anorion
Anorion #17
Jul 31, 2014 at 11:56 PM
oh yes galactus is on way
R
rish1 #18
Aug 1, 2014 at 1:31 AM
Ehh no. It is due to some natural gas or something pretty common and explained i think

Not so easy,Friend!
It could be the work of a highly classified military testing or ...err might be from outer world(E.T.)

Just have the actual results of the vanished MH370 flight, in todays hi-tech World,the truth is : Mystery

*sandboxtactics.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ancient-aliens-debunked-9.jpg
kg11sgbg
kg11sgbg #20
Aug 1, 2014 at 8:00 AM
Off the topic: Shyamalan's brilliant movies make you feel sad and sombre ,not so creepiest ...
amjath
amjath #21
Aug 1, 2014 at 8:40 AM
What if, it is black hole and suck all people

*www.websophist.com/People_RunningIntoHoleANCr200.gif
Flash
Flash #22
Aug 1, 2014 at 10:27 AM
This thread is turning out to be fun. :lol:
Btw, Siberian sinkhole: Unexplained formation of Siberian sinkhole analyzed - Portland Top News | Examiner.com
kg11sgbg
kg11sgbg #23
Aug 1, 2014 at 4:22 PM
This thread is turning out to be fun. :lol:
Btw, Siberian sinkhole: Unexplained formation of Siberian sinkhole analyzed - Portland Top News | Examiner.com
Still not everything about the sinkholes explained,it is more or less based on assumptions.
SaiyanGoku
Aug 1, 2014 at 6:26 PM
maybe somebody trying to pirate minerals :chinscratch:
Flash
Flash #25
Aug 1, 2014 at 8:15 PM
Huge, mysterious gaping holes in Northern Siberia may not be such a mystery anymore. One scientist has pinned down a cause and, spoiler alert, it's not aliens or weapons testing, as had been theorized.


The first hole discovered in the Yamal Peninsula, which is 260 feet wide, is likely a sinkhole caused by melting ice or permafrost, University of Alaska geophysicist Vladimir Romanovsky tells LiveScience.

Mystery of giant holes in Siberia may be solved
amjath
amjath #27
Aug 3, 2014 at 11:11 AM
Terrible turn of events

Mysterious Lake Appears In The Middle Of Tunisian Desert
Flash
Flash #28
Aug 3, 2014 at 11:19 AM
Terrible turn of events

Mysterious Lake Appears In The Middle Of Tunisian Desert
WTH is happening!
No strange creatures in water till?
GhorMaanas
Aug 3, 2014 at 1:39 PM
hehe. why terrible?! i would rather say 'terrific'!! the world is mired deathly in the (stupid) mundane! need such phenomena to jolt us out of our dreary senses! ;)
thanks for sharing the info/link!
Flash
Flash #31
Aug 4, 2014 at 1:25 PM
Another sinkhole, but this one is in Seoul, Southkorea.

*img.koreatimes.co.kr/upload/newsV2/images/140721_p03_mysterious.jpg

Mysterious Sinkholes Are Forming Near the Site of This Rising Supertall
kg11sgbg
kg11sgbg #32
Aug 4, 2014 at 4:50 PM
^Admittedly, if these sinkholes are the work of our Mother Nature...then we have worst days coming ahead...
snap
snap #33
Aug 4, 2014 at 5:04 PM
Why spreading ignorance about these "mysterious" sinkholes, these news spreads to the mass public and people everywhere start saying dumb things about these "mysterious phenomenons"


Sinkhole - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anorion
Anorion #34
Aug 4, 2014 at 6:11 PM
apparently, it exploded outwards unlike a sinkhole
so one explanation is something like Global Warming heated up underground permafrost that released a whole bunch of trapped gasses at one go
and there are two more now
Mystery of giant Siberian holes may be solved | CTV News
GhorMaanas
Aug 5, 2014 at 12:07 AM
came upon this:

*mysteriousuniverse.org/2014/07/third-siberian-crater-doesnt-look-like-natural-formation/
snap
snap #37
Aug 5, 2014 at 7:53 PM
all them clickbait articles....
GhorMaanas
Aug 5, 2014 at 9:29 PM
these are as much 'click-bait' as are the celebrity-hounding-n-pounding 'news-articles' genuine concern of a morbid world. the siberian times also reported (about) these, as well as some other not-so-popular websites, that are guilty of not covering some important issues like the latest damn 'smart'phone that's generating obscene outrage, or covering the uncovered bodies of a 'hot celebrity', or publishing about a survey that reads that indulging oneself in copious fornification can actually be good for one's health & well-being, and such 'serious news'; while the official news-contractors entice readers to keep clicking to hell on their sensationalist headlines, articles & pictures, published glaringly on every inch of the collages-of-the-pages on their portals, (why not) let's rather indulge & intrigue ourselves with some actual out-of-the-dreary news. ;)