30 metre wide sinkhole appears in Durham, England

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The giant sinkhole in Cowshill, County Durham. Photograph: Chris Ratcliffe / NorthNews/North News & Pictures Ltd



A 30-metre (100ft) wide sinkhole has opened up in county Durham in the north-east of England, and it is so deep that its bottom cannot be seen.

The gaping void, thought to be the result of mine workings, was discovered on Thursday by Sam Hillyard, a Durham University academic, at Cowshill, in the rural area of Weardale – and it has since grown three times as big.

The 39-year-old had been out shooting rabbits and was returning to her home when she noticed the hole.

Hillyard's partner, John Hensby, a 71-year-old retired sales trainer, said: "Sam came back and she was looking quite shocked.


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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/24/sinkhole-appears-county-durham

[Laelth]

1. I'm expecting to see a vicious rabbit pop out of that hole at any moment.

Look at the bones!

-Laelth

[n2doc]

2. Look, that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide! It's a killer! n/t

[Baitball Blogger]

3. The worst that sinkhole would have taken would have been a few sheep.

Florida sinkholes have been known to devour Porsche's.

[FiveGoodMen]

5. ...and people in their own bedrooms.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. That's right.

Florida sinkholes are like Dune without the worms.

[Art_from_Ark]

4. That's what happens when you use a Holy Hand Grenade

to go rabbit hunting

[Liberal_in_LA]

7. whoa. it needs a fence around it