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PRAVDA.Ru: Large lake completely disappears in Russian village overnight
PRAVDA.Ru ^
| May 20, 2005
Posted on 05/29/2005 12:04:30 AM PDT by 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at english.pravda.ru ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: thirstyaliens
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To: EnjoyingLife
Los Angeles did it to Owens Valley.
Yup.
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posted on
05/29/2005 12:06:10 AM PDT
by
bannie
(The government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)
To: EnjoyingLife
It was a Potemkin lake...
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posted on
05/29/2005 12:06:49 AM PDT
by
decal
(Where were YOU when AndyScam broke?)
To: decal
I doubt many know what the Potemkin reference means.
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posted on
05/29/2005 12:09:33 AM PDT
by
ConPunk
To: EnjoyingLife
All I could think of was - oh, my God," a local resident said. One of the men assumed that the USA had been involved in such an amazing natural phenomenon: "I think that America got us here," a man said. Rolling Eyes
I suppose this is Bush's fault too?
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posted on
05/29/2005 12:09:41 AM PDT
by
Mo1
(Hey GOP ---- Not one Dime till Republicans grow a Spine !!)
To: EnjoyingLife
Thats one big sink hole, and probably one hell of a flash flood in some unknown cave system.
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posted on
05/29/2005 12:13:19 AM PDT
by
konaice
To: EnjoyingLife
Fascinating.
To: EnjoyingLife; mikrofon; Charles Henrickson
Large lake completely disappears in Russian village overnightBecause Russia sucks.
To: ConPunk
There is no news in Pravda.
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posted on
05/29/2005 12:16:08 AM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Andrew Heyward's got to go!)
To: Paleo Conservative
Neither is there in USA Ptooey, The NY and LA Slimes, Washingtoon Post, or SeeBS News. Pravda is in good company.
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posted on
05/29/2005 12:19:59 AM PDT
by
weegee
("Do you want them to write a piece about how great the military is?" Elizabeth Bumiller - NY Times)
To: EnjoyingLife
"Can this really happen?" It must be a result of "an international Jewish-Masonic conspiracy", like everything else there. For a good measure, one could also throw in "the enemies of the people" and "intelligence services from an unnamed Western state".
On a more serious note, why even bother to cite "pravda"? Credibility-wise, it is a couple steps lower than supermarket tabloids proclaiming with bated breath that clintons are space aliens. For all we know, the tabloids might be right.
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posted on
05/29/2005 12:25:27 AM PDT
by
GSlob
To: EnjoyingLife
"Can this really happen? "This DID happen once in Louisiana, IIRC had something to do with an underground salt mine, and possibly oil drilling activity.
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posted on
05/29/2005 12:27:43 AM PDT
by
de Buillion
(Thank God for Ann Coulter, and PARIS HILTON!)
To: Jet Jaguar
Hey, Jet.
Doesn't this seem a bit familiar?
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posted on
05/29/2005 12:28:04 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
To: martin_fierro
Because Russia sucks.LOL!
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posted on
05/29/2005 12:32:29 AM PDT
by
texasflower
("Put the lime in the Coke, you nut!" Sing loud and strong Mr. TOL)
To: ConPunk
I doubt many know what the Potemkin reference means.I'm sure a lot of us here do. I sure do.
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posted on
05/29/2005 12:38:25 AM PDT
by
Bullish
To: Mo1
Of course. We were testing our super secret lake-sucker weapon.
Works, too. We'd suck up the Black Sea but we haven't decided where to put it. Maybe Nevada.
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posted on
05/29/2005 12:40:47 AM PDT
by
Iwo Jima
To: Iwo Jima
"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!
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posted on
05/29/2005 12:44:12 AM PDT
by
decal
(Where were YOU when AndyScam broke?)
To: decal
I'll tell the brass that you vote for Beluga for Bellagio.
Consider it done.
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posted on
05/29/2005 1:01:13 AM PDT
by
Iwo Jima
To: EnjoyingLife
From deeper into the story...
An official from a neighboring village, Alexander Kluyev, believes that the lake has flown into an underground river. "I think that the vault of a large underground cave came down and connected with a river there. We believe that there is a certain underground river flowing here in the area, and the water of the lake has gone under the ground," said he.
To: Bullish
I doubt many know what the Potemkin reference means.
I'm sure a lot of us here do. I sure do.
Ok, for those that don't it means a faux lake. Of course one has to know what faux means.
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