# Big Hole in Siberia **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 16, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-hole-in-siberia/693298 "2014-07-16T20:41:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-hole-in-siberia/693298/1 "2014-07-16T20:41:27Z")
It will be interesting to see what if found to be the cause. > [@](#): > > The area of Russia is said to be called, ominously enough, the end of the world. And that’s where researchers are headed this week, to investigate a large crater whose appearance reportedly caught scientists by surprise. The crater is estimated at 262 feet wide and is in the northern Siberian area of Yamal. > > The crater has been a magnet for attention and speculation since aerial footage of it was posted online last week, showing a gaping hole and what looks to be rocks and earth that exploded from within it. > **[A Huge New Crater Is Found In Siberia, And The Theories Fly](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/07/16/331982188/a-huge-new-crater-is-found-in-siberia-and-the-theories-fly)** > > The crater is estimated at 262 feet wide and is in the northern Siberian area of Yamal, a name The Siberian Times says roughly translates as "the end of the world." ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-hole-in-siberia/693298/2 "2014-07-16T20:49:45Z")
Is not “hole”. Is Earth showing appreciation for Mother Russia. ---
**Author:** ![Lowdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Lowdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowdown)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-hole-in-siberia/693298/3 "2014-07-16T21:51:34Z")
The mole people are making their move. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-hole-in-siberia/693298/4 "2014-07-16T22:11:37Z")
[The spice must flow.](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YRHDomoLb-A/TTSAG4DSTYI/AAAAAAAAA4o/ylV5c9C65mY/s1600/sandwormcat.jpg) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-hole-in-siberia/693298/5 "2014-07-16T22:41:43Z")
Fake. I can tell from teh pixuls. Seriously though, it does have a certain fakey quality to it - something about the zooming and camera wobble seems familiar. How well has this been verified independently? ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-hole-in-siberia/693298/6 "2014-07-16T23:24:27Z")
How come they get all the [good holes?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door_to_Hell) ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-hole-in-siberia/693298/7 "2014-07-17T00:10:38Z")
[In Russia, Hell come to you.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well_to_Hell_hoax) ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-hole-in-siberia/693298/8 "2014-07-17T00:31:16Z")
"General, if I’d known… " “…You’d have been ready. This is an unscheduled test of the Severnaya facility, Major. War simulation. We are going to test GoldenEye. Report the status…” ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-hole-in-siberia/693298/9 "2014-07-17T01:03:13Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > [The spice must flow.](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YRHDomoLb-A/TTSAG4DSTYI/AAAAAAAAA4o/ylV5c9C65mY/s1600/sandwormcat.jpg) > > 😉 [Graboids](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graboid) ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-hole-in-siberia/693298/10 "2014-07-17T01:26:59Z")
Could be the entry to Pellucidar. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-hole-in-siberia/693298/11 "2014-07-17T01:44:28Z")
WAGing here… Gas filled sinkhole, a cavity filled with pressurized gas forms, part of the roof collapses (not all the way to the surface) and the reduced weight of the roof causes the gas pressure to blow the lid off, so to speak. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-hole-in-siberia/693298/12 "2014-07-17T01:57:41Z")
Sure… ice melt, natural gas, meteorites, sink holes and other natural phenomena explanations. But I think we all know it’s only a matter of time before mammoths and dinosaurs start pouring out, seeking whom they may devour…