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Giant Sinkhole Swallowed Dozen Homes in Guatemala City.

By Alex in Pictures, Travel & Places on Feb 24, 2007 at 1:10 am


A 330-foot-deep sinkhole swallowed about a dozen homes in Guatemala City:

Officials blamed the sinkhole on recent rains and an underground sewage flow from a ruptured main. The two bodies were found near the enormous fissure, floating in a river of sewage.

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 others could open up.

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  1. luna
    Feb 24th, 2007 at 1:48 am

    now if that's not a sign of the apocalypse, i don't know what is.

  2. beajerry
    Feb 24th, 2007 at 3:11 am

    It's like a scene from War of the Worlds (Speilberg version).

  3. Alain
    Feb 24th, 2007 at 7:22 am

    Oh my God!

  4. Sandra Clardy
    Feb 24th, 2007 at 10:31 am

    I refuse to believe that they (the government) didn't know what was going on, I mean come on people were saying the ground was shaking and making sounds for a while, as to a pipe being clogged up to make that type of hole, sorry I don't buy it. Something else is going on and someone is trying to cover it up.

  5. Dobie Taylor
    Feb 24th, 2007 at 10:51 am

    I cant even imagine what that must look like or feel like. It is so deep and dark. OMG, that is a HollyWood Movie in the beginning. What would someone do, or where would you run? but in a sciantific manner, that has to be an unbelievable cavern view. I want to see videos of the bottom. I hope no one else fell, though, and the uncle is just missing above ground!

  6. Erika
    Feb 24th, 2007 at 2:04 pm

    This is really crepy poor people why does it have to happend just to poor people inted of rich people.

  7. Bill Coburn
    Feb 24th, 2007 at 2:06 pm

    Where did all the material go (dirt, rock, etc)? Something had to be going on for months.

  8. Jake
    Feb 24th, 2007 at 3:26 pm

    Let me rephrase their statement
    "This weekend some rain and a broken pipe cause a freakin football-field-deep chasm to devour a small bit of town. Locals smell poo. Government says 'meh'."

    "Nothing to see here folks ...except for the giant Cave of Doom that must now be appeased by human sacrifices before it devours us all with its mighty wrath."

  9. bulldozers
    Feb 24th, 2007 at 6:58 pm

    If i recall correctly, these things are caused by things like depletion of underground water resevoirs. These things happen all the time in south america, and in other places in the world. People keep pumping out underground lakes which leads to all sorts of underground feature changes which leads to dome erosion and, eventually, sinkholes.

  10. Dave
    Feb 27th, 2007 at 11:47 am

    that looks pretty photoshop like...

  11. eric
    Mar 8th, 2007 at 9:34 pm

    its horrible, just think about the people who drowned in the river of sewage, it swallowed a whole family, its like someone has shot a bullet through the heart of mother earth and perforated it...

  12. Neelima
    Mar 21st, 2007 at 1:51 am

    So sad!!! What would be the Reason???

  13. Lauren
    Jan 8th, 2008 at 7:32 pm

    OMG i cnat beleive it i cant even imagen falling down that sinkwhole i wonder how their gonna fix that

  14. Marcus
    Apr 27th, 2008 at 7:10 pm

    damn those gophers... someone better get pest control in there fast

  15. i am not a know it all; im a know MOST of it. ;)
    Oct 21st, 2008 at 11:26 am

    this makes me hungry. you cant really fix a sinkhole. hahaha. i hope no one died. gosh this makex me hungry. LOLxD
    schweeeeetness thats freakish....lol

  16. hungryperson123
    Oct 21st, 2008 at 11:29 am

    what the heck is with the troll thingy???? itz freakan me owt...... <._<. CREEEPY

  17. zav
    Oct 27th, 2008 at 12:09 am

    "The two bodies were found near the enormous fissure,". Which two bodies? Using "The" means there means two specific bodies that you have already mentioned. Remove the The and your sentence makes perfect sense.

  18. zav
    Oct 27th, 2008 at 12:11 am

    Argh. I need a proofreader for my proofreading comments...

    “The two bodies were found near the enormous fissure,”. Which two bodies? Using “The” there means two specific bodies that you have already mentioned. But you haven't previously mentioned any bodies. Remove the The and your sentence makes perfect sense.

    I blame this blatant lack of judgement all on cheap women and loose beer. Or something to that effect.

  19. Miami 4 life
    Apr 27th, 2009 at 5:53 pm

    Omg!!! Guatemala!?!?!? That's where I'm from. Well, my parents but yea... omg!! =[

  20. Mariela
    Dec 30th, 2009 at 11:10 am

    Oh my God! I've never seen something like this!!!! it's horrible.. What's under all those houses?? the same hole??? Oh God, that's scary..

  21. whootspa
    Jan 9th, 2010 at 11:37 pm

    Luna, if you want to find signs for the apocalypse you have centuries before you, AND after you, of bad shite to reference: The black plague, the discovery of the earth being round, the Norse Gods, Greek gods, Roman gods, and Christian God being capricious, etc. Volcanoes; The extinction of the dinosaurs; Tsunamis throughout the passed millions of years; The big bang.
    This is an example of physics, not the end of the ages.

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