Monster sinkhole that swallowed Kansas pasture turns tourist attraction... and it's getting bigger

  • Sinkhole 近づく Sharon Springs, Kansas, is 90 feet 深い and 対策 200 feet across

居住(者)s in western Kansas are 存在 警告するd to watch their step after a gigantic sinkhole opened up 夜通し this week in the area, swallowing an entire pasture.

In a shocking 開発 that has left many in the area scratching their 長,率いるs, the Wallace 郡 郡保安官's 公式の/役人s say the enormous 90-feet-深い chasm 手段ing 200 across feet has since continued spreading, gobbling up more land.

The freak sinkhole has left many people in the 田舎の area on 辛勝する/優位 while 製図/抽選 others to gape at the 半端物 現象 north of Sharon Springs.

Freak sinkhole: This massive chasm opened up seemingly overnight near Sharon Springs in western Kansas

Freak sinkhole: This 大規模な chasm opened up seemingly 夜通し 近づく Sharon Springs in western Kansas

Awe-inspiring: The monster pit is 90 feet deep and measures 200 feet across

Awe-奮起させるing: The monster 炭坑,オーケストラ席 is 90 feet 深い and 対策 200 feet across

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Growing: 割れ目s surrounding the sinkhole 示唆する that it is 拡大するing

Ravenous: The gigantic hole swallowed Dalton Hoss
' large pasture

Ravenous: The gigantic 穴を開ける swallowed Dalton Hoss' large pasture

A few days ago, Dalton Hoss first noticed 割れ目s in the ground on his 所有物/資産/財産. A short time later, his meadow was gone, 取って代わるd by a gigantic 炭坑,オーケストラ席 in the ground.

‘現実に, my brother 設立する it.? He called me up and his 発言する/表明する was 地震ing and he said, “You'll never believe what I just saw,"’ Hoss told the 駅/配置する KWCH.


郡保安官 Larry Townsend said the 無効の is surrounded by 割れ目s, 示唆するing that it is getting bigger, and at this time, there is no telling when it will stop 拡大するing.

Mystery: No one knows what caused the ground to open up or when the sinkhole is going to stop expanding

Mystery: No one knows what 原因(となる)d the ground to open up or when the sinkhole is going to stop 拡大するing

Act of God? There are no oil wells or irrigation wells in the area that could have caused the sinkhole to open up

行為/法令/行動する of God? There are no oil 井戸/弁護士席s or irrigation 井戸/弁護士席s in the area that could have 原因(となる)d the sinkhole to open up

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地元の attraction: 訪問者s have been flocking to the area to take a peek at the awe-奮起させるing 炭坑,オーケストラ席

‘Man had nothing to do with this.? This is a God thing,’ the 郡保安官 明言する/公表するd. ‘ There's no oil 井戸/弁護士席 around here, there are no ir rigation 井戸/弁護士席s anywhere 近づく.? This is something that just happened.’

It remains unknown what 原因(となる)d the ground to open up in the first place, or how to 妨げる the sinkhole from swallowing more land. 専門家s are 始める,決める to visit the 場所/位置 in the coming days to 診察する the ground.

No 傷害s have been 報告(する)/憶測d in 関係 to the sinkhole so far, but 関心s have been raised that people who have been flocking to the 場所/位置 to catch a glimpse of the awe-奮起させるing tourist attraction may be putting themselves in 害(を与える)'s way.

Hoss is 試みる/企てるing to 妨げる curious 訪問者s from approaching the yawning chasm on his land for their safety.??

Professional help: Experts are set to visit the site in the coming days to examine chasm

Professional help: 専門家s are 始める,決める to visit the 場所/位置 in the coming days to 診察する chasm

Safety concerns: The owner of the land is attempting to prevent curious visitors from approaching the pit for fear that they might get hurt

Safety 関心s: The owner of the land is 試みる/企てるing to 妨げる curious 訪問者s from approaching the 炭坑,オーケストラ席 for 恐れる that they might get 傷つける

There have been several 出来事/事件s in 最近の months 伴う/関わるing larger-than-life sinkholes. In July, a chasm in Toledo, Ohio, swallowed a woman's car as she was 運動ing. Luckily, she was able to escape the 乗り物 alive.

In May, a New Jersey man was killed when the ground opened up beneath the 倉庫/問屋 where he worked.

Earlier this year, a Florida 居住(者) 死なせる/死ぬd under 類似の circumstances when a 巨大(な) chasm swallowed his home while he was sleeping inside.

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