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

PRAVDA.Ru ^ | May 20, 2005

[EnjoyingLife]

Link: http://english.pravda.ru/accidents/21/97/385/15506_lake.html

Can this really happen?

[bannie]

Los Angeles did it to Owens Valley.

Yup.

[decal]

It was a Potemkin lake...

[ConPunk]

I doubt many know what the Potemkin reference means.

[Mo1]

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?

[konaice]

Thats one big sink hole, and probably one hell of a flash flood in some unknown cave system.

[Jet Jaguar]

Fascinating.

[martin_fierro]

Large lake completely disappears in Russian village overnight

Because Russia sucks.

[Paleo Conservative]

There is no news in Pravda.

[weegee]

Neither is there in USA Ptooey, The NY and LA Slimes, Washingtoon Post, or SeeBS News. Pravda is in good company.

[GSlob]

"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.

[de Buillion]

"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.

[RandallFlagg]

Hey, Jet.

Doesn't this seem a bit familiar?

[texasflower]

Because Russia sucks.

LOL!

[Bullish]

I doubt many know what the Potemkin reference means.

I'm sure a lot of us here do. I sure do.

[Iwo Jima]

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.

[decal]

"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!

[Iwo Jima]

I'll tell the brass that you vote for Beluga for Bellagio.

Consider it done.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

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.

[flaglady47]

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.