Posted on 06/20/2007 10:27:36 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A lake in southern Chile has mysteriously disappeared, prompting speculation the ground has simply opened up and swallowed it whole. The lake was situated in the Magallanes region in Patagonia and was fed by water, mostly from melting glaciers. It had a surface area of between 4 and 5 hectares (10-12 acres) -- about the size of 10 soccer pitches... One theory is that the area was hit by an earth tremor that opened a crack in the ground which acted like a drain. Southern Chile has been shaken by thousands of minor earth tremors this year.
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There’s no mine under this Chilean pond, but obviously there’s some kind of cavern or crevice involved. More along the lines of the Louisiana story — during the digging of one of the tunnels in NY, 70 or 80 years ago, the crew wound getting killed when the river broke through and flooded it.
Interesting. Another thing that comes to mind are those Pennsylvania abandoned coal mine fires.
Centralia Pa - was the name - the coal fire ran in the viens -—wonder what ever happened to that
AFAIK, it’s still burning, over an area of many square miles.
The ‘Disappeared Lake’ of Russia Found 100m Underground
(evil American plot was uncovered?!)
Chosun Ilbo | 06/17/05 | Chung Byong-sun
Posted on 06/16/2005 11:44:59 PM EDT by TigerLikesRooster
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