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Sinkhole 'swallowed' Cumbrian farmer on quad bike
BBC ^ | 5 Mar 2021

Posted on 03/07/2021 10:23:53 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT

A farmer has been pulled to safety from a 60ft (18m) sinkhole which "swallowed" him and the quad bike he was riding.

The ground opened up as he rode across a field at Bowesfield Farm in Stank, south Cumbria, on Thursday.

The man, in his seventies, was then airlifted to hospital for treatment to chest and back injuries.

"The ground just fell away with the weight of the bike on that particular spot and he was swallowed up into the sinkhole", he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


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Check out the person at the very top on left. He/she actually falls into the hole. But if you look closely you can see them immediately standing up. Thank God for that.

Hope the others in those other 3 gifs weren't badly injured.

21 posted on 03/07/2021 10:58:13 AM PST by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! China-Russia collusion! Click ETL...)
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22 posted on 03/07/2021 10:59:40 AM PST by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! China-Russia collusion! Click ETL...)
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To: Rurudyne

Ye Olde Stank


23 posted on 03/07/2021 11:03:26 AM PST by xp38
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To: ETL

It looks like the one who fell in was a woman or a kid that might have been with that man who just barely bailed out.


24 posted on 03/07/2021 11:18:41 AM PST by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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To: SpaceBar

—”Some days it doesn’t pay to get out of bed.”

AND THAT IS THE TRUTH!


25 posted on 03/07/2021 11:20:23 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: fidelis
You could be right. But the good thing is they seem to have stood up right afterwards.



26 posted on 03/07/2021 11:21:57 AM PST by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! China-Russia collusion! Click ETL...)
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To: ETL

Must be in Europe?
I didn’t see lawyers running in and handing out cards?

My sister and family lived in Europe for many years and said it just does not happen there.


27 posted on 03/07/2021 11:28:49 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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Sinkhole 'swallowed' Cumbrian farmer on quad bike

A "Cumbrian Implosion" mirroring the "Cambrian Explosion."

Regards,

28 posted on 03/07/2021 11:43:40 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Now for the important question. Did the quad bike make it?


29 posted on 03/07/2021 11:49:39 AM PST by Lmo56 (If ya wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ...)
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To: Rurudyne
Imagine the following conversation:

"I'm really excited to be moving from the states to England!"

"Oh amazing! What an exciting move. What part?"

"Stank!"

"What!? Where?"

"Stank. It's about 20 miles north of a village once called Stink and is now called Stunk. Both reside in the the ancient region once known as Massfaart."

30 posted on 03/07/2021 12:00:43 PM PST by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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To: GOP Poet

Wouldn’t Massfaart (or Maasfaart] be in Denmark?


31 posted on 03/07/2021 12:03:05 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: ETL

Wow!!


32 posted on 03/07/2021 12:05:02 PM PST by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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To: Lmo56

—”Now for the important question. Did the quad bike make it?”

Yes, and a good one is not a cheap ride.


33 posted on 03/07/2021 12:10:05 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Bookmark.


34 posted on 03/07/2021 12:53:56 PM PST by Inyo-Mono
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To: fidelis

Lol!


35 posted on 03/07/2021 7:16:14 PM PST by Amberdawn (Want To Honor Our Troops? Then Be A Citizen Worth Fighting For.)
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