Giant Sinkhole Appears in Guatemala City

[midwich cuckoo]

Sky News, Mon Feb 26

Three people have been killed and at least a dozen homes have been swallowed up by a giant sinkhole that has appeared in Guatemala City.

http://static.sky.com/images/pictures/1505375.jpg

A police station has also disappeared into the giant 100-metre-deep fissure.

http://static.sky.com/images/pictures/1505376.jpg

The pit opened up on Friday, February 23, emitting foul odours. Witnesses said the ground shook before it appeared.

http://static.sky.com/images/pictures/1505377.jpg

A 500 metre perimeter has been cordoned off around the hole. Authorities had apparently suspected something was wrong with the site before the sinkhole appeared.

http://static.sky.com/images/pictures/1505378.jpg

The bodies of three people, a father and his two teenage children, have been recovered from its depths. Locals say more people are missing although rescue workers have not been able to confirm that.

http://static.sky.com/images/pictures/1505379.jpg

Officials have blamed recent rains and an underground sewage flow from a ruptured main for the tragedy.

More here -

http://news.sky.com/skynews/picture_gallery/picture_gallery/0,,70141-1253282-1,00.html

[edelweiss pirate]

Life is becoming more and more like a bad movie everyday... What do you think is down there.. Lex Luthor? The Crocodile mutant man monster... or Satan himself (all rights reserved)

Thanks for that....

[midwich cuckoo]

LOL! :D

Smell Trouble?

http://www.rhifilms.com/data/properties/FungusBogeyman/FungusBogeyman_large.jpg

In a vast underground construct called Bogeydom live the blissfully disgusting Bogeys, who spend their days wallowing in their own filth. Come night time, they venture “up there,” into the world of the humans.

;)

[pollock]

I've seen a few in broad daylight too I think!;)

[graflok]

A police station has also disappeared into the giant 100-metre-deep fissure.



So, there was a police station there with a huge, hidden cavern underneath it?

Hmmm ...

And, it seems there has been another violent incident involving Guatemalan police recently. Four were murdered who were said to have participated in the assassination of some Salvadoran politicians. See:
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/02/26/prison-riot-070226.html

Makes me wonder if there was a connection some how.

And, this was not the only sinkhole incident in Guatemala. Another news story mentions a sinkhole into "a massive cavern" under another area. See:
http://english.people.com.cn/200702/26/eng20070226_352490.html

graflok

[kha zarr]

if it was from a ruptured main did they find any water leaking anywhere? Obviously there had to be the smell from the sewage.

could just be what it is, right? what would be the point of opening up such a hole? How deep does it go btw?

[graflok]

if it was from a ruptured main did they find any water leaking anywhere? Obviously there had to be the smell from the sewage.

could just be what it is, right? what would be the point of opening up such a hole? How deep does it go btw?

It's over 300 feet deep. And, from the looks of the photos, it appears that it connects with a large cavern too.

A leaking water or sewage line did not cause that!

graflok

[lolo]

:rolleyes: it could be a vepen