Bottomless Pits & Holes (On Land)

[EnolaGaia]

A separate thread has been established for 'bottomless' bodies of water:

https://forums.forteana.org/index.p...ncluding-bottomless-pits-in-their-beds.65056/

 

[Yithian]

I can't help thinking that if this had occurred at a different stage of history, it would almost certainly have been attributed to supernatural agency:

Hawaii man dies after falling down lava tube in his garden

A man in Hawaii has died after falling down a "lava tube" - a tunnel formed by volcanic eruptions - while trimming trees on his property.

Police say the 71-year-old had apparently fallen about 22ft (7m) "through a soft area of ground".

Lava tubes are formed when lava cools and hardens on its top layer but continues to drain and cool beneath.

Police say the man was found on Monday after friends reported that they had not heard from him for days.

Source:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50338229

 

[IbisNibs]

Sounds like an unpleasant and lonely way to go.

 

[hunck]

Inside 'bottomless hole' where four divers drowned in over 130 feet of darkness​

Not exactly news - it was discovered in 1938.

Small hole at surface opens into large chamber

A small patch of ground near Mount Gambier in southeast Australia had given way to a sinkhole that went down far deeper than the landowner could even test

The main chamber itself spans 140 metres across and 80 metres wide at its narrowest, with two large tunnels leading off from either side of a rock pile 36 metres underwater, Borderwatch reports.

On May 28 1973 eight divers entered The Shaft but only four climbed out, according to CaveDivers.com.au which published online a report of the drowning from former Chief Superintendent Wallace B. Budd.

BorderWatch says the first accurate map and measurements of the "bottomless" cavern were drawn up over a decade after the tragedy, following 73 mapping and photographic dives by the CDAA Research Group.