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    Default Guatamala Sinkhole???

    This hardly even looks real:
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    looks like something from a scifi movie.

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    Looks like Photoshop, did you check it out through other sources, like Snopes.com?

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    Too recent for snopes. CNN headline this morning:

    http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americ...ex.html?hpt=C1

    Might still be photoshoped though.

    There is another picture (ground level) on CNN but it doesn't look down the hole.


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    It is now on too many news sites to be fake. I also found a similar shaped hole in Guatemala from 2007. It is real sad so many have died in the area.

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    Thinking of a trip to this area. Think I might need more rope.


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    they dont make mention of where the water level is... if there is any...

    If there is not any water, I wouldn't be close enough to the sink to see it...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tegg View Post
    they dont make mention of where the water level is... if there is any...

    If there is not any water, I wouldn't be close enough to the sink to see it...
    Just hold me by my belt loop I'll check...................


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    Quote Originally Posted by tflaris View Post
    Thinking of a trip to this area. Think I might need more rope.
    The pits have been forming due to sewage pipe leakage.... Are you sure you want to go???

    Land of Enchantment -- not so great for cave diving, but mighty scenic!

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    Question Sewage pipes?

    Quote Originally Posted by Squirrel Girl View Post
    The pits have been forming due to sewage pipe leakage.... Are you sure you want to go???
    They sure did put those sewage pipes awfully deep.



 

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