Sinkhole in Louisiana Swallows Trees - Caught on Tape 2013 | The New York Times

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  • @SlushboxH8R
    @SlushboxH8R Рік тому +575

    Never mind the trees, the amount of water that drained away with them is mind boggling

  • @faerieSAALE
    @faerieSAALE 4 роки тому +3463

    Imagine how deep this has be to swallow whole tall trees that are never seen again. YIKES!

    • @partyspirits450
      @partyspirits450 4 роки тому +156

      @David paterson they didnt fall over, the ground they were rooted too underwater sank into a sinkhole and it took the trees with them, if they fell theyd just float and you would clearly see it if they fell

    • @WedNesDay_Addamz87
      @WedNesDay_Addamz87 4 роки тому +111

      @@partyspirits450 I agree with you. You can clearly see the trees sink downwards into the water. Water is such a powerful force!

    • @jake-yp2eo
      @jake-yp2eo 4 роки тому +92

      David paterson that sinkhole is supposed to be like 750 ft deep. At least that’s what google says

    • @MrDavidelliottjr
      @MrDavidelliottjr 4 роки тому +20

      As deep as the tree🤣

    • @Linked_Ahead
      @Linked_Ahead 4 роки тому +15

      Imagine the ocean

  • @zahairawilliams9125
    @zahairawilliams9125 2 роки тому +931

    What makes it even more terrifying is how silent it is 😖

    • @tereval2724
      @tereval2724 Рік тому

      You people really are not that smart 😂

    • @prinzeugenvansovoyen732
      @prinzeugenvansovoyen732 7 місяців тому +13

      just like drowning , noone hears you , underrated - asking for help in good time

    • @MelissaShaffer-i2b
      @MelissaShaffer-i2b 4 місяці тому +5

      Silent but deadly

    • @jorg8714
      @jorg8714 4 місяці тому +1

      Bäume schreien GANZ selten um Hilfe

  • @toybarons
    @toybarons Рік тому +268

    This literally sent chills down my spine. It's so freaky how you think nothing is happening and then you see the trees just vanish. Then I noticed how the water was moving and that's when I realized just how dangerous this was. Scary!

    • @garymitchell5899
      @garymitchell5899 Рік тому +2

      Gently moving water is usually not dangerous.

    • @branchandfoundry560
      @branchandfoundry560 Рік тому +1

      No kidding! So dangerous that nothing happened to anyone who was standing right there. Gosh. Very dangerous.

    • @Jacob24FPS
      @Jacob24FPS 7 місяців тому +13

      Yeah anything IN the water was not having a good time, guaranteed. The surface tension will help keep reduce most of the pull, but under the surface, everything around that sinkhole is working like a toilet. All the water is rushing to fill that new empty space created. The pressure would be intense down there!

  • @sandycooper5650
    @sandycooper5650 4 роки тому +838

    Man, the most frightening (in my opinion) of all natural disasters are sink holes. I remember the story of the guy in Florida who went to bed, and a sink hole opened up swallowing him and his bed whole. THAT was the day I became terrified of sink holes.

    • @aliciamarcel3620
      @aliciamarcel3620 2 роки тому +20

      Me too. Esp since I am claustiphobic

    • @Pinkranger87
      @Pinkranger87 2 роки тому +66

      They never found that guys body either

    • @bgjblue
      @bgjblue 2 роки тому +30

      I remember that....will never forget it, either.☹

    • @SouthernRootsRevival
      @SouthernRootsRevival 2 роки тому +13

      Ditto. It's stuck in my head.

    • @mosthigh7995
      @mosthigh7995 2 роки тому +55

      Yea that was back in 2013 I was living in Florida at the time only 15 min away from where it happen, and let me tell you I was scared out my mind, I was thinking that was going to happen to our house

  • @tonikersey8242
    @tonikersey8242 6 років тому +1678

    I appreciate the video but some under water sinkholes can consume a considerable amount of surrounding land. It seems you took great risk to film this event. I am glad you survived.

    • @juliemcmurtrie2713
      @juliemcmurtrie2713 2 роки тому +74

      I agree 👍 that was wat too risky

    • @marcomolinero5877
      @marcomolinero5877 2 роки тому +71

      They already knew where it was going to sink because it was due to drilling and not some unknown cavern.

    • @tommycarrizal1656
      @tommycarrizal1656 2 роки тому +134

      Camera man never dies

    • @berkshiredave9766
      @berkshiredave9766 2 роки тому +14

      @@marcomolinero5877 the drilling accident I believe was in 1980.

    • @marcferretti
      @marcferretti 2 роки тому

      Stfu dude. No they don’t

  • @mattmolloy4570
    @mattmolloy4570 5 років тому +1004

    "I'll be in the fossil record if you need me"

    • @esterhudson5104
      @esterhudson5104 4 роки тому +11

      Matt Molloy 😂

    • @Ganiscol
      @Ganiscol 3 роки тому +20

      That is a really sophisticated joke! 👌

    • @liltick102
      @liltick102 3 роки тому +2

      😂

    • @jamescheddar4896
      @jamescheddar4896 Рік тому +3

      what if the entire earth is a computer and it stores data in the form of biology

    • @sforza209
      @sforza209 8 місяців тому +2

      @@jamescheddar4896it prob does do that. Just gotta know how to decode it.

  • @kathryncarter6143
    @kathryncarter6143 4 роки тому +734

    Can you imagine what ancient people must have thought if they witnessed something like this?

    • @clokezz8935
      @clokezz8935 2 роки тому +20

      Guess We’ll never know

    • @ThatGuyRaging
      @ThatGuyRaging 2 роки тому +103

      We have anger the gods, please have mercy your greatness.

    • @gvue4396
      @gvue4396 2 роки тому +18

      Stop smoking weed

    • @toomanynarcissistshere2102
      @toomanynarcissistshere2102 2 роки тому +39

      Exactly why we have all these fairy-tale gods

    • @650gringo
      @650gringo 2 роки тому

      With their primative minds, I'm sure they would have blamed it on Global Warming and/or Donald Trump.

  • @lauracahill5735
    @lauracahill5735 2 роки тому +103

    I saw this happen on an episode of Swamp People on the History Channel and it still gives me chills just watching it. Drowning is my biggest fear, and the terror of being caught in something like this is unimaginable. Kudos to whoever had the nerve to keep filming while the sinkhole expanded. I would have been screaming and begging to leave.

  • @Tgrooms71
    @Tgrooms71 9 років тому +850

    I wish the sinkhole would swallow up all of those ads that appear on the screen!

  • @haydenpeeples829
    @haydenpeeples829 5 років тому +194

    This video is unbelievable! It’s crazy how one second trees are literally falling into the ground and like a minute later you would never know anything happened.

    • @markfox1545
      @markfox1545 Рік тому

      Literally falling? Not figuratively? Thanks for clearing up that potential source of confusion. Moron.

  • @NostalgiCrazy
    @NostalgiCrazy 9 років тому +3300

    I definitely have a fear of sinkholes :( That is not how I want to die.

    • @FascinatingMr
      @FascinatingMr 9 років тому +131

      +Sebizzar I don't blame you. Until now, I never heard of anything like this and I find it surreal.

    • @NostalgiCrazy
      @NostalgiCrazy 9 років тому +55

      Mr. S Yeah, they've been popping up more often the past few years :(

    • @jaythegreat3691
      @jaythegreat3691 9 років тому +95

      +Sebizzar yeah i get you theres alot of sinkholes in florida and now they are poping up every were and i heard a story about a man who was sleeping and sudenly a sinkhole went right under his bed and he died thats why i'm afraid to live in very old places and enviorments so i'm very cuasios even at school.

    • @NostalgiCrazy
      @NostalgiCrazy 9 років тому +15

      Jalynn Hunter Yeah I heard about that one too :( And just yesterday there was one on an Australian beach, ate 3 cars but thankfully no people!

    • @jaythegreat3691
      @jaythegreat3691 9 років тому +12

      wow,and it's just bad to know that they can happen anywere at anytime which happens to scare me :(

  • @soteriamediaproductions6165
    @soteriamediaproductions6165 Рік тому +103

    A friend of mine lost his sister in a sink hole in the early ‘70’s. That’s tragic and extremely terrifying.

    • @Speaklovefluently
      @Speaklovefluently 10 місяців тому +8

      That is horrific!

    • @seankingwell3692
      @seankingwell3692 8 місяців тому +7

      that definitely puts this stuff into perspective to know how long this has been going on. Thanks for sharing. Prayers for your friend.

    • @soteriamediaproductions6165
      @soteriamediaproductions6165 8 місяців тому +6

      They are certainly not new. They are just the nature of that swampy land.

    • @jamedlock83
      @jamedlock83 5 місяців тому

      No such thing as sinkholes back in the 70s . . . . lol jk

  • @greatsoutherntrendkill79
    @greatsoutherntrendkill79 2 роки тому +118

    The Bayou Corne Sinkhole was created from a collapsed underground salt dome cavern operated by Texas Brine Company and owned by Occidental Petroleum. The sinkhole, located in northern Assumption Parish, Louisiana, was discovered on August 3, 2012, and 350 nearby residents were advised to evacuate.

    • @aphyngodiva2551
      @aphyngodiva2551 Рік тому

      Wow another salt dome sinkhole, you don't say... Currently having one of those in Daisetta, Texas as well, and the brainwashed locals don't want to believe daddy oil is causing it (probably because he's putting food on their tables).

    • @jenn_gulf_coast4644
      @jenn_gulf_coast4644 Рік тому +11

      I have followed this story since it happened. There should be a lot more news on this story.

  • @Glockenspheal
    @Glockenspheal 8 років тому +3513

    When Satan goes vegan

    • @jayyhcex
      @jayyhcex 7 років тому +8

      Bluespheal xD

    • @mageidi1291
      @mageidi1291 6 років тому +3

      QUEEN MARRY ME

    • @redneckbob6664
      @redneckbob6664 6 років тому +4

      Dumb

    • @robertdorso
      @robertdorso 6 років тому +22

      Omg that's so funny I watched this in school and so I had to come home and like this comment.

    • @groover7116
      @groover7116 6 років тому +3

      Hahahahahhahahahah you made my day

  • @ExperienceLOS7713
    @ExperienceLOS7713 10 років тому +1211

    So that's what happened to Atlantis...

    • @p0c0d.t
      @p0c0d.t 7 років тому +71

      Nice Theory!

    • @foxygaming1238
      @foxygaming1238 7 років тому +8

      ExperienceLOS7713 I thought the same thing

    • @How_Lay
      @How_Lay 5 років тому +33

      Giant flood from a meteor impacting Greenland 12,000 years ago rising sea levels 400 feet. Corresponds exactly to Platos timing of the event.
      Greenland Crater
      Meltwater pulse spike 1b
      And Plutos timeline

    • @How_Lay
      @How_Lay 5 років тому +2

      @@PrinceJes nice syllables you have there.. too bad thats all you have.

    • @How_Lay
      @How_Lay 5 років тому +2

      @@PrinceJes k, pumpkin

  • @markrodriguez2137
    @markrodriguez2137 5 років тому +829

    Remember the guy in Florida?? They never found his body.The whole bedroom gone with him.😳

    • @lacetide1227
      @lacetide1227 5 років тому +25

      Mark Rodriguez what guy

    • @skidsftw8074
      @skidsftw8074 5 років тому +31

      Yup

    • @lisawall3386
      @lisawall3386 5 років тому +40

      Me, too. I remember! Scary!

    • @freedomforall2924
      @freedomforall2924 5 років тому +85

      Poor family. Guy was just sleeping away and the moment sucked into the ground. Scary stuff

    • @Jesusandcoffee3382
      @Jesusandcoffee3382 5 років тому +98

      Danesha Daniels I live in Florida. It was near Tampa. In 2013 a sinkhole opened up beneath his house and bedroom. He in his bed sleeping went into the sinkhole. He yelled for his brother to help him but they never could find him. www.cnn.com/2013/03/01/us/florida-sinkhole/index.html

  • @The_Straight_Goods
    @The_Straight_Goods 4 роки тому +36

    Wow. That is something else. You guys who filmed this are so brave

  • @rebecca60172
    @rebecca60172 5 років тому +67

    Several trees were harmed in the making of this film

  • @tyronewalker5764
    @tyronewalker5764 9 років тому +607

    Is this some creepy sh*t or what?

    • @blazzing4321
      @blazzing4321 9 років тому +36

      I dare you to swim across it

    • @henrywashington3732
      @henrywashington3732 8 років тому +11

      I pick WHAT.

    • @PrinceJes
      @PrinceJes 5 років тому +1

      @@henrywashington3732
      Or.

    • @brumph7256
      @brumph7256 5 років тому +6

      Eats 3 or 4 40 foot trees 100,000 gallons of water and then calms down like a fish tank. Lol
      Gotta love nature

    • @ironmyno
      @ironmyno 5 років тому +13

      I was just sitting here thinking. .. Are you guys sure you're safe sitting there filming this?

  • @spikebaddachino532
    @spikebaddachino532 6 років тому +1331

    How did these gentlemen know a sink hole was about to open?

    • @charlesblack4819
      @charlesblack4819 6 років тому +408

      Because it happened above a mine shaft that was caving in, I remember when it was originally filmed.

    • @sun9912
      @sun9912 5 років тому +25

      I'm confused to

    • @johndavolta3124
      @johndavolta3124 5 років тому +1030

      Because this is Fake, the hole and the trees are paid actors
      *Wow thanks for the likes guys!*

    • @shadeinmoney3522
      @shadeinmoney3522 5 років тому +311

      Because there’s people under the water dragging the trees down

    • @Po7ent
      @Po7ent 5 років тому +56

      They probably were drilling near the area

  • @alexismartin1438
    @alexismartin1438 11 років тому +871

    I think my worst fear is getting sucked in one of these and tornados

    • @DiscoverAwesomeCanada
      @DiscoverAwesomeCanada 7 років тому +6

      Alexis Martin
      try it. I assure u, nothing bad wud happen

    • @emersontrench1354
      @emersontrench1354 7 років тому +15

      Dont worry Ill hold you C:

    • @Ronniholt25
      @Ronniholt25 7 років тому +8

      And tsunamis

    • @Hellkittenn
      @Hellkittenn 6 років тому +6

      OMG, me too. That and earth quakes. Things that happen with no warning at all.

    • @odoylerules03
      @odoylerules03 5 років тому +9

      Tales have been told of a sinkhole with a tornado raging at the bottom

  • @robpatterson3133
    @robpatterson3133 2 роки тому +47

    The amount of water displacement is insane... That was massive

    • @Lfrio
      @Lfrio Рік тому +2

      That’s what she said

    • @seankingwell3692
      @seankingwell3692 8 місяців тому

      it was an old salt mine, so it was very big and extensive underground labyrinth. I think that is why it took so much water.

  • @Trouble-Clef
    @Trouble-Clef Рік тому +15

    You’d never catch me standing that close.

  • @miketravis6149
    @miketravis6149 8 років тому +348

    Was this a case of right place at the right time? You were lucky you didnt get dragged down as well.

    • @No_cia
      @No_cia 8 років тому +1

      mike travis is that possible?

    • @meganmitchell3966
      @meganmitchell3966 6 років тому +17

      yeah there very lucky because a sink hole can cause weak spots in the ground where its collapsing and soften it and take whatever is in its path whats worst in this case is its legit in a swamp which is why its so big because the swamp has softened it even more if you get drug under that theres NO chance of surviving. sinkholes happen alot small and big ones and people survive them all the time. but there still VERY dangerous and deadly. sinkholes are everywhere my old middle school was built on top of one. theres nothing we can do about them.

    • @sirdaveo
      @sirdaveo 6 років тому +6

      I'm thinking they are in a boat, or else maybe they should be

    • @arthurias7693
      @arthurias7693 6 років тому +23

      Look at 1:50, they are on land. The boat would be pulled towards the sinkhole with the water that's flooding into it which would be very dangerous.

    • @erikhernandezzz9272
      @erikhernandezzz9272 4 роки тому

      megan mitchell Jesus Christ sinkhole under a middle school? That’s scary did anything happen since?

  • @YurkerYT
    @YurkerYT 5 років тому +155

    Imagine being an alligator and getting swallowed by one of those, you'd turn into a fossil.

  • @jerm5772
    @jerm5772 5 років тому +82

    The planet Earth gives, and the planet Earth takes.

    • @selimkoca1019
      @selimkoca1019 3 роки тому +2

      No, God gives and God takes, it is not earth

  • @ThatMadCat
    @ThatMadCat 3 роки тому +192

    That's how coal is made :d

  • @captpicard6894
    @captpicard6894 5 років тому +9

    I still think this is the most fascinating, addictive, and frankly most downright scary video on UA-cam.

  • @mismismism
    @mismismism 5 років тому +27

    Nope, sinkholes are nightmare fuel. Just the thought of the ground going out from under your feet and dragging you to a horrible death without warning, makes me not wanna go outside, but then I remember inside could sink too so lol.

  • @gigicats6
    @gigicats6 5 років тому +10

    OMG, that is DEEP! Excellent video, thank you. I would have been afraid to stay there once those trees were gone.

  • @jc1608
    @jc1608 5 років тому +70

    That's crazy , I've seen cars in Florida disappear. Quicksand. God said to build your home on a rock.

    • @johnd9357
      @johnd9357 5 років тому +3

      JC #1 no you haven’t, because a car would never sink in quicksand. Matter of fact, almost nothing sinks in quicksand because of its high density.

    • @suhrim6666
      @suhrim6666 5 років тому +4

      Which god, lol.

    • @jskratnyarlathotep8411
      @jskratnyarlathotep8411 3 роки тому

      @@suhrim6666 any god from a sandy area, i think :)

    • @rambobrazy8411
      @rambobrazy8411 2 роки тому

      @@johnd9357 actually ive also seen the same thing so Your facts are wrong

  • @DingoOverlord
    @DingoOverlord 3 роки тому +28

    I’m so glad we’re able to watch this now with the modern advancements in technology!

  • @rachaelpate6778
    @rachaelpate6778 Рік тому +7

    I’ve seen this before but it’s terrifying every time I watch it. Silent but deadly.

  • @hanleyk
    @hanleyk Рік тому +526

    I live 10 miles away from this.
    Beneath much of coastal Louisiana are salt domes, gigantic deposits deep underground - up to 4 miles down.
    Salt mining has been going on in Louisiana since the Antebellum period.
    Salt extraction leaves behind massive caverns - a hundred feet wide & 80 feet tall.
    All it takes is a 14-inch drill bit to create an opening into the cavern to allow water in.
    The rushing water quickly dissolves the salt and the 14-inch opening becomes a 40-acre sinkhole.

  • @halajoongie
    @halajoongie 8 років тому +211

    Guess that lake was hungry.

  • @JP-tn2ro
    @JP-tn2ro 5 років тому +91

    Great another thing to fear.

    • @emfarmiga4188
      @emfarmiga4188 5 років тому +2

      j coyote same. gave me so much anxiety. 😷

    • @ur22much2
      @ur22much2 4 роки тому

      I'm with you.

  • @lucamanescu5345
    @lucamanescu5345 10 років тому +189

    that happens when you dig up in minecraft

  • @wordforger
    @wordforger 8 місяців тому +2

    This is why I avoid any area at or below sea level, especially if it's sedimentary rock. Sink holes are no joke.

  • @LR354-
    @LR354- 8 місяців тому +2

    Im glad no one was in a boat fishing there at the moment!😢

  • @GrimThe21
    @GrimThe21 5 років тому +61

    WOW look at that sinkhole swallows a dozen trees and pull thousands of gallons of water.. I know let's stand on the shoreline of loos mud and film..lol

    • @DemnRaig80
      @DemnRaig80 3 роки тому

      Because the salt mine underneath didn't extend under that section of land.

  • @dtech1224
    @dtech1224 5 років тому +31

    That’s a heck of a while to take those 30’+ trees and drop the water level 2-3ft in minutes. Wow

  • @k.c.lejeune6613
    @k.c.lejeune6613 6 років тому +17

    I live about 35 miles from that place, think I'll stay that far too.

    • @yesyoucan7877
      @yesyoucan7877 3 роки тому +1

      Pfft I’m staying 350 miles from that area

    • @Vingul
      @Vingul Рік тому

      @@yesyoucan7877joke’s on you, I’m staying about 4700 miles away.

  • @williamodle5417
    @williamodle5417 3 роки тому +21

    Something about the way sinkholes act makes me feel like they're living creatures

    • @Dman9fp
      @Dman9fp 2 роки тому +1

      Rivers, springs, etc are not purely abiotic things, the more you explore them. They have pulses, critters, hearts, a beginning and an end (much like a snake, one long connected thing even if the source and mouth of rivers can be Very different)... sure there's external factors that influence them (amount of rainfall, how much is pumped out, etc) but overall much like a dangerous animal- you don't mess with an ancient angry river they mess with you (and people modify/ dam up/ destroy rivers, wonder why they get so angry and vengeful lmao... If you don't overpump nor tear up too many trees along the bank (slows down the river, floodwater control), flooding isn't anywhere near as bad usually but no... Everyone assumes Mother nature is automatically put to get them lol. Maybe she's angry at everyone, maybe indifferent idk overall. But for sure the environment and natural features are just as alive usually as you and I, no doubt (and like a person, can Provide So much if cared for... Nowadays people exploit rivers and other features, & wonder why they aren't healthy, go figure...

  • @XxMidnightToker420xX
    @XxMidnightToker420xX Рік тому +3

    Can't belive they stood that close to it considering sinkholes are known for moving land as if it was water. Just look up the Texaco sinkhole in the 80'S

  • @Wildcatsailor
    @Wildcatsailor 10 років тому +20

    The citizens of Naples, Florida are fighting a brine well, the same type of well that started this sinkhole. This was on Swamp Wars and the 2 gator hunters had to hurry and get their trap lines out just before this sinkhole opened up. People do die by falling in a sinkhole as it opens up. A man died as he was sleeping in his bed in Valrico, FL last year. His brother jumped in the sink as the ground swallowed up the floor, the bed and everything in the room. A cop was able to save the brother, they never found the sleeping man even though the brother could hear him yelling for help.

    • @judyroberts6846
      @judyroberts6846 2 роки тому

      This is tragic. Knowing that you are alive and will be dying and have no choice but to wait for death....

  • @far0n
    @far0n 2 роки тому +9

    Incredible that the water level dropped 2 feet in the space of 20 secs 😳

  • @arowrock
    @arowrock 6 років тому +5

    That was awesome and scary! I do a lot of canoeing and that will be in the back of my mind now. Awesome video!

  • @0008dustin
    @0008dustin 4 роки тому +2

    When I was a kid I was terrified of quicksand ... Now thanks to this video it's SINKHOLES !!!!

  • @bubbles4896
    @bubbles4896 3 роки тому +5

    I know I am not the only 1 who got this randomly in recommendations after 7 years

    • @kellyjoiner4418
      @kellyjoiner4418 3 роки тому

      I'm watching about the ones in Florida, and typed in "swamp sinkholes"...🌞

  • @lalalinda93
    @lalalinda93 11 років тому +6

    Wow I've never seen anything like that in my life, amazing.

  • @VeZZlan91
    @VeZZlan91 10 років тому +115

    that's not a sinkhole, thats dinnertime for Cthulhu

  • @matriarchofazure7607
    @matriarchofazure7607 5 років тому +5

    Trees: "Gentlemen, it was an honor growing with you." *Sinks*

  • @SparXz478
    @SparXz478 5 років тому +1

    still the best vid of this type ever, unreal ....

  • @feleciaburrous6821
    @feleciaburrous6821 2 роки тому +5

    This gave me a panic attack just watching it, I don’t know how in the world you recorded it.

  • @1THETUFFGUY
    @1THETUFFGUY 10 років тому +24

    Why are these fools so close to the area where the sink whole is? Incredible, these are the type of people that would then turn around and say, "It happen without any warning while we were video taping and giving a blow by blow account."

    • @ABC-jg3pv
      @ABC-jg3pv 7 років тому +2

      They were Park rangers checking the area

    • @opanababy
      @opanababy 6 років тому

      One frame shows that they’re on solid ground but that wouldn’t be much

  • @babbsfangirl8254
    @babbsfangirl8254 5 років тому +13

    I have a couple of questions; what exactly is a sinkhole and how does it form and are the trees deeply rooted? Thanks

    • @stinkyfeet2235
      @stinkyfeet2235 5 років тому +1

      Babbs Fangirl yes

    • @tula__
      @tula__ 2 роки тому +3

      This is youtube. You can go to Google or Bing.

    • @AverageReviewsYT
      @AverageReviewsYT 2 роки тому +6

      Underground cave that’s eroded until it’s collapsed. Could be he cave could be jsut tunnels… the earth is full of underground systems.. sometimes they erode until they collapse.

    • @marandathompson6367
      @marandathompson6367 Рік тому +2

      I read about some sink holes are formed because they were once salt mines. The water finds a way in and dissolves the salt in the mine, making a large hole and the surrounding earth above thin and weaker until it collapses.

    • @qbconnect2883
      @qbconnect2883 Рік тому

      I read they're caused by underground springs in which a section of stone aquifer has eroded; similar to a broken water main pipe. The difference is that the spring is so deep with pressure flowing so strong that water never reaches the surface and pulls everything above down into the current, never to be seen again

  • @dwalta7
    @dwalta7 9 років тому +38

    I'm so happy I didn't build a tree fort there.

  • @AngusJones
    @AngusJones 8 місяців тому +1

    Being sucked into one of those must be one of the most terrifying natural things able to happen.

  • @ascendantindigo271
    @ascendantindigo271 Рік тому +1

    Well there went a whole herd of Alligators, 12 schools of Catfish and a few Rugaroo's.

  • @angelloya6035
    @angelloya6035 4 роки тому +29

    Sometimes mother natural got to let us know who's the boss.. 😓

  • @mastermindhunter
    @mastermindhunter 4 роки тому +10

    Alastor: I’m feeling homesick. *this happens*

  • @jimjimgl3
    @jimjimgl3 Рік тому +3

    Time to add sinkholes to the list of things I will needlessly worry about...

  • @trainsplanesfarminggaming2024

    This is clear proof that the cameraman never dies

  • @ebogar42
    @ebogar42 Місяць тому +1

    Imagine how scared those trees must have been.

  • @llsa30
    @llsa30 6 років тому +4

    I was not the one standing in there but for some reason I found myself searching for a way out in case😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Danson51
    @Danson51 11 років тому +24

    Absolutely terrifying :oO

  • @torti7857
    @torti7857 9 років тому +65

    earth goes nom

  • @heroknaderi
    @heroknaderi 4 місяці тому +1

    Cool. And wow glad you were not in the water

  • @bngken5407
    @bngken5407 5 років тому +4

    Earth is so mysterious. It's so scary to think that Earth has so many hidden secrets.

  • @jorgeelizondo8029
    @jorgeelizondo8029 6 років тому +15

    Incredible what the nature can be, it's wonderful and sometimes scares

    • @pushpull76
      @pushpull76 2 роки тому +1

      In this case...not really "nature". The sinkhole was created by a collapsed underground salt dome cavern. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayou_Corne_sinkhole

  • @tmfd9476
    @tmfd9476 4 роки тому +4

    Wow!
    So, did the water level rise up first then drop almost a foot afterwards? That’s crazy!

  • @michelecastellotti9172
    @michelecastellotti9172 2 роки тому +2

    so this is where vintage 8 took the clips for the sinkhole, interesting

  • @timmillan6701
    @timmillan6701 8 місяців тому +1

    I always like to come back to this one every now and then - just for the drama

  • @marclassiter9206
    @marclassiter9206 Рік тому +4

    Can anyone imagine how deep that sinkhole must be to swallow whole trees!!

  • @Baldandbeautiful1970
    @Baldandbeautiful1970 Рік тому +3

    I’m wondering what it looks like now that it’s ten years later

  • @leechjim8023
    @leechjim8023 Рік тому +3

    Louisiana sinkholes are caused by oil drilling! Also behind Cancer Alley issues!☹️

  • @CosmicPotato740
    @CosmicPotato740 Рік тому +1

    And that’s why I refuse to live down there 🥶 Ide rather contend with earthquakes up here then sink holes!!

  • @BroBray2966
    @BroBray2966 8 місяців тому +1

    What’s crazy is how close these people are and how calm they are. Nope, not me!! 😮

  • @killakam3600
    @killakam3600 5 років тому +9

    I just want to know how they knew that was going to happen. They were recording before anything started sinking.

  • @davidedwards3361
    @davidedwards3361 4 роки тому +8

    I can just hear the 'experts' in a few thousand years when they dig this up.
    "Oh this would have taken millions of years for trees this big to be covered up". And there we have the proof that things happen in minutes NOT millions of years.

  • @sarahwilliams6365
    @sarahwilliams6365 8 років тому +11

    that would scare me I can't get that close

  • @kathywedzik4905
    @kathywedzik4905 3 роки тому +1

    My anxiety panic and partial heart attack, my fear for you standing right there there next to it, almost couldn't bare to watch, your courage, i would have been running for the hills so fast...

  • @edwindelgado8775
    @edwindelgado8775 9 місяців тому +2

    🏃💨if i recorded that I'd have nightmares for weeks 😳

  • @Kin3sisCurt
    @Kin3sisCurt 9 років тому +32

    GROOT!!!!

  • @brittanyb5703
    @brittanyb5703 Рік тому +3

    After all that happened the water continues flowing downstream like nothing ever happened

  • @Thundernerd2aBird
    @Thundernerd2aBird 10 років тому +14

    terrifying

  • @mickeyflores5331
    @mickeyflores5331 3 роки тому +2

    I would of started running away instead of filming lol

  • @graceonline320
    @graceonline320 Рік тому +1

    Just happened to have the camera on the exact spot. Weird or something we have not been told.

  • @SplashAttackTCG
    @SplashAttackTCG 5 років тому +39

    River: I can deep throat a whole tree!
    Weird flex, but ok.

  • @pjvaughan6628
    @pjvaughan6628 9 років тому +6

    9/11 was a sinkhole job

  • @cloverful18
    @cloverful18 8 років тому +5

    After that scary moment its like it never happened

    • @derweasel
      @derweasel 5 років тому

      Until one of those trees destroys a boat prop.

  • @valeriepool5681
    @valeriepool5681 2 роки тому +2

    I personally don't think that those tree voluntarily went under. I think they were forced into the river.

  • @BucketListBadass
    @BucketListBadass Рік тому

    Other trees be like: "OMG, it got Harry and his family"

  • @noirking6138
    @noirking6138 5 років тому +24

    And that my friends is why the stories of throwing bodies in the Louisiana bayous are never solved. Lol it’s pretty much a guaranteed disposal of any and everything. 😩😩😩 #TalesFromDaBoot

  • @drummerdad80
    @drummerdad80 10 років тому +12

    Slurped up like spaghetti

  • @roboninjasaur6729
    @roboninjasaur6729 8 років тому +14

    and thats how fossils are made

  • @MNBluestater
    @MNBluestater 3 роки тому +1

    Whay were they standing on???? Very lucky they weren’t pulled in.

  • @rhrh2025
    @rhrh2025 8 місяців тому +1

    I've never seen anything like this!

  • @9990490677
    @9990490677 5 років тому +4

    This is how my wallet feels when I'm with my gf.