Scientists baffled by gigantic 262ft hole that has appeared at Siberia's 'End of The World'

UK Mail online ^ | 7/16/14 | Travelmail Reporter

[P.O.E.]

Enormous crater appears suddenly in part of Russia whose name translates as 'the end of the world' Teams of scientists are rushing east to fathom the cause of this unusual - and rare - geographical occurrence One especially outlandish theory talks about a UFO landing as a possible cause of this colossal chasm in the earth

[P.O.E.]

If you, like the Earth, are over 50, you should have a colonoscopy screening.

[Vaduz]

Check for pods.

[TurboZamboni]

Congress will be there shortly to fill it with taxpayer dollars.

[BigCinBigD]

I always thought Russia was the A-Hole of the world. This confirms it.

[Gaffer]

Damn. It’s that Fantastic 4 Silver Surfer thing all over again!

[primatreat]

Dated,only once, a girl who favored that position! “No way sweetheart” I was out of there!

[iontheball]

Congress will be there shortly to fill it with taxpayer dollars.
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Note the crazed references to ‘global warming’ as the cause for hole.

[BykrBayb]

That looks familiar.

[Paine in the Neck]

It's a pingo. What's a pingo?

[mosesdapoet]

Several postings on this. Some pix showed striations running down its sides accompanied by speculation what caused them. My imput. The cause was water running down its sides. Be interesting to learn how deep this thing is and age. The stirations didn’t appear to be that deep so whatever caused this relatively speaking wasn’t that long ago geologically speaking.

[ArtDodger]

Funny how the Orlando sinkhole didn’t baffle any scientists.

[InterceptPoint]

Check for pods.
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It could be much, much worse than that. People in the vicinity of the area that is 12,450 miles from this site should be on the lookout for signs that our spherical earth is slowly but surely converting itself into a huge donut.

[Bratch]

Global warming.

No, seriesly.

[MNnice]

I read it was caused by climate change.

[JennysCool]

I wonder how many Albert Halls would fill that hole?

[tired&retired]

Google “Pingo” or “hydrolaccolith”

[ViLaLuz]

“The enormous crater could be caused by global warming, with gas exploding below the surface”

Wow, what a stretch.

[PGR88]

My Dad always called NY City the “a$$hole” of the nation - maybe we’ve found the world’s.

[factoryrat]

Another godzilla hatched. No, wait, how close is this to Tokyo?

[kidd]

Teams of scientists are rushing east to fathom the cause of this unusual - and rare - geographical occurrence

Must be teams of lazy scientists who wont do a simple internet search. It is called a pingo. They are found everywhere there is permafrost. See whatsupwiththat.com for detail