PRAVDA.Ru: Large lake completely disappears in Russian village overnight

PRAVDA.Ru ^ | May 20, 2005

[EnjoyingLife]

The landscape on the forest edge near the village looks like the water has gone under the ground from an unplugged gigantic bathtub

A large lake disappeared in Russia's Nizhni Novgorod region overnight. Residents of the village of Bolotnikovo discovered a huge trench instead of a million cubic meters of water on Thursday morning. No other lake appeared in the area.

There are only 300 meters between the lake and the village, Russian NTV channel reports. The landscape on the forest edge near the village looks like the water has gone under the ground from an unplugged gigantic bathtub. Village residents asked Russia's emergency services for help.

[Allegra]

"We'd suck up the Black Sea but we haven't decided where to put it. Maybe Nevada."

THAT'D be SO COOL! Beluga caviar for everyone staying at the Bellagio!

Suck up the Caspian. That's where the real good caviar comes from.

[bannie]

That was manmade; this was what we call a sinkhole.

:) I know that, silly! I was being a sniping li'l wench (Ok, a "very-short-but-not-so-little" wench!)

[EnjoyingLife]

Perhaps the following articles can yield a few more precious details that will be helpful in this interesting mystery:

White Lake in Russia just disappears, pulled into underground channel
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.lake29may29,1,5548950.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.lake29may29,1,1393916,print.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines

Lake Pulls a Disappearing Act in Russia
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-lake27may27,0,5483472.story?coll=la-home-headlines
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-lake27may27,0,3373752,print.story?coll=la-home-headlines

[Timeout]

LOL!

[RichInOC]

I still say the lake is in the same place, and they all got drunk and turned around. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

[WKUHilltopper]

Yeah, that's right Ivan...we stole your water! Nimrod-ski! Sheesh...

[EnjoyingLife]

Lets send in one of our best military teams to really find out the truth: K-Dog and the rest of CTU-55.4.3 (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1413072/posts/). And soon as they have the pictures, post them on FreeRepublic.com!

[texas booster]

There is a large area next to the city that may have been the lake. Link is here:

http://www.maplandia.com/russia/tverskaya-oblast/selizharovskiy-rayon/bolotnikovo/

[expatguy]

Anybody got Google Earth?

[Rb ver. 2.0]

"I was standing here when Michael Moore did a cannonball from the top of the hill. The wave knocked me down and when I regained my senses, I saw that all the water was gone"

[subterfuge]

Ruskies, like people who live on the coast, think that the environment is static.

Hey Ruskies, nature happens.