JULY 2002 PHOTOS WINK SINK 2

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Wink Sink #2 July 2002

THE NEW SINK HOLE IS VERY LARGE AND UNSTABLE
(NOTICE HOW SMALL THE CAR LOOKS IN THE PHOTO BELOW
) IT IS LOCATED ABOUT ONE MILE FROM THE OLD SINK HOLE. IT IS ESTIMATED TO BE LARGER THAN 2 FOOTBALL FIELDS,  A 250 FEET CLIFF STRAIGHT DOWN AND THE WATER IS ESTIMATED AT OVER 200 FEET DEEP OR MORE.  THE PERSON THAT TOOK THE PHOTOS SAID WHEN HE WAS THERE LAST WEEK THE TELEPHONE POLE WAS OVER 25 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF IT IS NOW ABOUT 5 FEET AWAY.  ALSO THE CAVERN WAS NOT THERE LAST WEEK.  NOTICE THE LARGE CRACKS IN THE PHOTOS OF THE GROUND THAT IS FIXING TO BE SWALLOWED UP!

THIS ONE IS GROWING LARGER BY THE DAY.  

SIGHTSEERS SHOULD KEEP AWAY FROM THIS AREA. 

PHOTOS TAKEN JULY 18, 2002

THE YELLOW TAPE WAS WHAT WAS LEFT OVER BY A PULLING UNIT THAT WAS PLUGGING A WELL BY THE HOLE WHEN THEY LEFT AT NIGHT THEY HAD THE YELLOW CAUTION TAPE OUT THERE SO THEY COULD MEASURE HOW MUCH THE HOLE HAD GROWN THE NIGHT BEFORE.  THAT AREA NOW HAS BEEN SWALLOWED UP.

 


January 13, 2007