Thread: Science The Giant Hole Of Extreme Strangeness
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Old 06-20-2010, 12:02 AM   #27
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Originally Posted by aturnis View Post
Read a story about this in Rolling Stone some years ago. It had more detail though. If I remember right, it said the shaft filled with water b/c there was a hole dug horizontally to the sea. Also, it said something about the beach itself may have been man made. The ground was completely lined with palm leaves and covered with sand. Very cool stuff.

I had since looked for a copy of that story, unsuccessfully of course. Chiefsplanet amazes me again, the story I could never find pops up out of nowhere. Good stuff FAX.
Yeah, I left out the part where the flooding was due to a booby trap. My bad. But, you're right ... whoever dug the original hole also dug another horizontal shaft that connected the ocean to the pit at approximately the 110 foot level. The idea was that, when someone dug down that far, they would uncover the flood shaft and the whole thing would get swamped with water discouraging the thieves. And, it worked.

I mean, who would go to all that trouble if there were nothing at the bottom of the pit? I think there's something down there. Something very cool.

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