The Story Of My As Yet Unverified Impact Crater.

tetrahedrassface writes: When I was very young my dad took me on a trip to his parents farm. He wanted to show me 'The Crater'. We walked a long way through second generation hardwoods and finally stood on the rim of a hole that has no equal in this area. As I grew up I became more interested in 'The Crater", and would always tell friends about it. It is roughly 1,200 feet across, and 120 feet deep, and has a strange vibe about it. When you walk up to it, you feel like something really big happened here. Either the mother of all caves is down there, or a large object smashed into this place a long, long time ago. I bought aerial photo's when I was twelve and later send images from GIS to a geologist at a local university and he pretty much laughed me out of his office, saying that it was a sinkhole. He did wish me luck however. It may be sinkhole. Who knows?

Last week I borrowed a metal detector and went poking around, and have found the strangest shrapnel pieces I have ever seen. They are composed of a metal that reacts strongly to acids. The largest piece so far reacted with tap water and dishwashing detergent. My second trip today yielded lots of strange new pieces of metal, and hopefully one day the truth either way will be known. Backyard science is so much fun and who knows, ff it is indeed a cave maybe Cerberus resides there.

Sorry for spelling.. :)

[tetrahedrassface]

Something buggy on my end. Hope someone enjoys the story.. peace out.

Sinkhole

[Spazmania]

An impact with enough explosive force to make a crater that size would have left evidence across half the continent and made a much rounder hole. If you're so inclined (and can afford it) drill some test holes nearby with a standard well-drilling apparatus and see if you can hit portions of the cave that haven't collapsed. The goal is to hit an air gap that's at least a couple meters tall. If it's not too far down and you hit air instead of water, you might even consider drilling a man-sized hole and explor

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[tetrahedrassface]

Maybe so! Although there is a lot of this around: http://www5.picturepush.com/photo/a/4529023/img/Picture-Box/new-metal-pictures.-013.jpg [picturepush.com]