Sinkhole??

[Mr. Luos]

GUATEMALA CITY Feb 24, 2007 (AP)— Emergency crews on Saturday found a third body in a 330-foot-deep sinkhole that had swallowed a dozen homes and forced the evacuation of nearly 1,000 people in a crowded Guatemala City neighborhood.

The body of Domingo Soyos, 53, was carried out of the enormous fissure and identified by family members, medical crews said.

Soyos was the father of teenagers Irma and David Soyos, whose bodies were found floating in a river of sewage soon after the sinkhole opened on Friday.

Residents said there were other people unaccounted for, but emergency crews could not confirm that.

Officials blamed recent rains and an underground sewage flow from a ruptured main for the tragedy. The pit emitted foul odors, loud noises and tremors, shaking the surrounding ground. A rush of water could be heard from its depths, and authorities feared it could widen or other sinkholes could open up.

Police evacuated nearby homes and cordoned off a 500-yard perimeter around the crater. Security officials were on guard for possible looters and curious onlookers.


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[lakmflx]

Wow that shit is massive!!

[third_shift|studios]

is that fake?!?!? does that look fake to anyone else?!?!?! those edges are so sharp around the hole....maybe it's so bizzare that i can't fathom what i'm seeing!

that's amazing! terrible too.

[lakmflx]

is that fake?!?!? does that look fake to anyone else?!?!?! those edges are so sharp around the hole....maybe it's so bizzare that i can't fathom what i'm seeing!

that's amazing! terrible too.

I thought the same thing ... looks liek it was drilled or something.

But if its real that is HUGE!!!!

[SLIM_DURST]

that's amazing. looks like it was an underground cave and the roof caved in. i wonder what was is down in there, i hope scientists go down and study it.
for the mexicans that died, tough luck they had to buy their house there...

[ss~zoso~ss]

thats nuts, i wonder how deep it is?

[third_shift|studios]

it came up on all the news channel pages....it's gotta be real. that's nuts. look how you can see the helicopter shadow in the second shot!

[SLIM_DURST]

i dont think it's fake. one thing - search for it on the net and see other news reporting it.
also - look at the 4 pictures and compare them. they are all the same, as you rotate them. if it's fake, then it look a team of computer grafix pros a day or 2 to generate it. why would they bother.

[Mr. Luos]

Emergency crews on Saturday found a third body in a 330-foot-deep sinkhole

thats nuts, i wonder how deep it is?

I have NO idea.

[SexOnWheels]

That is awesome!

I want to see the tunnel system under that exposed hole.

[amon37]

Man that shit's crazy!

[third_shift|studios]

That is awesome!

I want to see the tunnel system under that exposed hole.

fuck that, i wanna see chinese people looking from the other side like 'HEY! KEEP IT DOWN!"

[SleeperC5]

it's real !

[86 IROC-Z]

Wow. It's gonna take a hella long time to fill in that hole...

[ss~zoso~ss]

^ yea really, and then they still wont know if it will happen again

[DooberGN]

look at the third pic how funny would it be if you were standing in one of those doorways when it happened lol

[Spaz]

something really odd about it... it's far to deep and to much of a circle...

[SLIM_DURST]

I think it's a couple hundred miles deep.

[Spaz]

I think it's a couple hundred miles deep.

what? i'ts about 60' deep then it's water underneath...

[Zapper2003]

There's more to that article than the pictures...


"Emergency crews on Saturday found a third body in a 330-foot-deep sinkhole"

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