No One Knows Why Deep, Dangerous Holes Are Appearing In This Sand Dune

gizmodo.com ^ | 4/28/14 | Sarah Zhang

[Kartographer]

One summer day last July, a six-year-old boy was walking across a dune when he disappeared, falling into a deep, narrow hole in the sand. This and two other holes that have since appeared at Indiana's Mount Baldy are unlike anything scientists have seen before—it could be an entirely new geological phenomenon.

After being buried for three horrifying hours in the eleven-foot-deep hole, the boy was fortunately rescued. But the incident left an impression on geologist Erin Argyilan, who happened to be doing research at Mount Baldy that day and heard his parents' terrified screams. "I couldn't help in the moment," she told the Chicago Tribune, "So now I have to do what I can to learn why this is happening."

[VerySadAmerican]

An old joke my daddy told me:

A guy was walking through a graveyard at night and fell into a freshly dug grave. He tried and tried but couldn’t get a good enough grip to pull himself out. So, he huddled up in the corner and tried to stay warm

A few hours later a drunk stumbled into the same grave. He kept jumping up and trying to grab hold of the edge to pull himself out. He guy huddled in the corner said “There ain’t no use trying, you can’t get.....by God he did, didnt’ he!”

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

An analogous situation exists in the Sahara Desert. People walking on the sand simply disappear. This has been known for centuries.

[sphinx]

Gotta be fracking. Or GMO’s. Or global warming. One of these three causes everything else, so why should this be an exception.

[Fresh Wind]

[Chuzzlewit]

spell check that joke?

[southland]

Book

[Vaduz]

Yep check for pods.

[blackdog]

"Like sands thru an hour glass, so are the Day's of Our Lives"...........

The explanation for the daytime TV crowd.

[Pride in the USA]

Things like this that make me miss Art Bell.

[Resolute Conservative]

A magnified photo of Anthony Weiner tracks.

[minnesota_bound]

Those are deomocrats

[V K Lee]

This is just TOO similar to the movie ‘Invaders from Mars’ Don’t remember much of the remake, but the original gave me nightmares for years....as well as a disdain for beach living. Of those who have disappeared into the hole, how many are now sporting the alien devices on the backs of their neck?

[pa_dweller]

He's lucky it wasn't lightning sand.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Paging Val and Earl. :-)

[Kartographer]

I think the are out doing a septic tank job! ;-)

[Georgia Girl 2]

LOL!

[SunkenCiv]

Sounds like they’ve never heard of erosion.

[lonevoice]

Things like this that make me miss Art Bell.