There are many mysterious things that occur throughout the world that amazes people and stimulates a desire within to understand and investigate the mystery that is occurring at a certain place and time and to determine what the mystery actually is behind the situation.
I read a report on Fox News that I felt readers would be interested in reading about; and there is an interesting mystery behind it and I’m anxious to find out what is causing this particular occurrence to exist. Investigating and trying to find out “a reason” for strange occurrences is interesting and people need to know what is causing something that is abnormal.
A popular public sand dune in Indiana has been shut down by officials where there are mysterious holes appearing and one of them actually swallowed up a boy for three hours last summer, as was reported by the Times of Northwest Indiana reports.
There have been two other holes opening up since then and also other depressions were sighted, prompting the shut-down of Mount Baldy at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The holes measure about a foot in diameter and they exist for no more than 24 hours until they collapse and then they refill with neighboring sand and, ”no-one” is sure why this strange mystery is happening.
Erin Argyilan, a geologist, told the Chicago Tribune, “We’re seeing what appears to be a new geological phenomenon.” She indicated she has mapped the terrain, studied sediment, and looked at wind patterns in the past 10 months, without any luck.
Argyilan was working there on July 12, 2013 when she heard parents screaming their son who was six years old had been swallowed up by a hole, which drove her to take a personal interest in the mystery.
Argyilan indicated that firefighters came and pulled Nathan Woessner of Sterling, Ill., out from under 11 feet of sediment, and saying, “I cried for three days.” She continued with, “What could be behind it?” She stated that she knows that human activity has affected the dunes, including past mining to make glass Mason jars and constructions like jetties on the harbor.
Underground decaying trees might be forming the holes too; whatever it is, the National Park Service plans an extensive investigation while the dunes are closed.
Barbara Kasey Smith is the writer of this article based on a Fox News report.
Source:
Fox News.Com