Two New Mystery Holes Appear in Siberia, Scientists Baffled About Their Origin

[Callate]

"Tes-LAAAAA!"

It's almost a pity the answer is probably mundane; I think we could use some hell-worms that feast on human flesh to unite the human race right about now.

 

[Idsertian]

So it begins...

Spoiler

In all seriousness, though, this is slightly odd but interesting. One could say Quite Interesting [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ2F-UCZ07Q], even.

Makes you wonder what they might not be telling us. I'm sure the hole truth will come out soon.
...
I'll leave now.

 

[Saetha]

I wonder when/if they solve this if the discovery will shed any new light on the Tunguska event.

Wasn't it concluded that Tunguska was probably just a meteorite crash?

 

[RedDeadFred]

I find it weird that environmentalists have been cawing for years about methane releases in Siberia, but when there's giant holes suddenly appearing out of nowhere in Siberia, they suddenly stop mentioning it. o__O

It is odd. You'd think they'd jump all over this. Then again, maybe they're just waiting for that to be confirmed as the cause.

Also, I see you've somehow managed to find an avatar that could cause even more nightmares than your last one.

 

[FPLOON]

I sensing that the Silver Surfer is preparing these holes for Galactus...

Or that the Earth is a lot more hollow than we thought it was...

 

[Kameburger]

So... Giant monster is going to be the way the world ends? I can live with that.

 

[unacomn]

Didn't they say a week ago that it was because of the gas deposits from a nearby extraction site?

Also, "do you think these holes ware formed supernaturally?" Really? Really? Really?

 

[Michael Tabbut]

I'm calling it a buried Tyranid hive ship awakening after eons of dormancy.

OT Probably a methane gas pocket popping like a zit.

 

[Ten Foot Bunny]

I said it before, I'll say it again: this has something to do with the alien defense system that our ancient, extraterrestrial benefactors left behind to protect Earth.

Spoiler: See?

 

[FalloutJack]

When I said it was likely that Russia was going to collapse, this isn't what I meant...

OT: Do these line up by any chance? Do we have a map to reference on the off-chance that there might be a pattern?

Captcha: Other worldly

My Catptcha seems to think there's a Great Old One abound, but I think Russia's actually LACKING in one.

 

[Lono Shrugged]

It sounds like the set up to a Junji Ito story.

Get out of there Stalker!

 

[J Tyran]

Also, how close would theese things happen to be to the Kola borehole?

I wonder when/if they solve this if the discovery will shed any new light on the Tunguska event.

Neither Tunguska nor the Cola borehole are even remotely near the reported locations of these holes. They are thousands of miles apart from those locations and each other.

The Cola borehole is located near the Norwegian border [https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=69.396219,30.608667&spn=0.05,0.05&t=m&q=69.396219,30.608667].
The Tunguska ground zero is.. um... here [https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=60.901944,101.904444&spn=0.01,0.01&t=m&q=60.901944,101.904444].
The mysterious holes were found somewhere on Yamal [https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=71,70&spn=5,5&t=m&q=71,70], Gydan [https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=70,79&spn=1,1&t=m&q=70,79] and Taimyr [https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=74,100&spn=10,10&t=m&q=74,100] peninsulae.

I suppose it's tempting to see connection between these places since they are located in one country, but Russia is HUGE. I don't think the holes are related to Cola Superdeep or Tunguska in any way.

Good job that I never implied proximity had anything to do with it then, only that if they can find new data on mysterious explosions in northern regions might provide a new perspective on exactly what happened there.

 

[Sigmund Av Volsung]

Well, there are two possible conclusions:

Shoggoths are coming, in which case GET AN OCCULTIST YOU DAMN FOOL!

Or

GODZILLA IS AWAKENING, OH GOD RUN!

 

[Fasckira]

The Kransoyark hole was discovered accidentally by local reindeer herders from the village of Kosok when they almost fell into it.

How? Look at the size of that thing, with its massive ridge running around the rim, its not like a small pothole in a road!

 

[AdamG3691]

It sounds like the set up to a Junji Ito story.

Get out of there Stalker!

THIS IS MY HOLE! IT WAS MADE FOR ME!

*camera zooms out to reveal the speaker is really, REALLY fat*

 

[Scars Unseen]

You must gather your party before venturing forth.

 

[NoeL]

I wonder when/if they solve this if the discovery will shed any new light on the Tunguska event.

Wasn't it concluded that Tunguska was probably just a meteorite crash?

It was a comet, actually. A giant ice ball that exploded into vapour before it hit the ground, which is why there's no impact crater.

Also, I remember somebody else mentioning in the earlier thread that if you go to that area on Google maps the whole thing looks like Swiss cheese. I can't believe that scientists are actually baffled by a few holes appearing in an area already littered with tens or hundreds of thousands of holes.

 

[Hevach]

If the news is going to report every new hole in this region, they're going to be very busy (and very bored). Dozens have formed since the USSR's scientists started noting the appearance of new ones, and the entire region looks like Swiss cheese, there are literally thousands of these things.

https://www.metabunk.org/sk/Google_Earth_2014-07-18_16-36-28_2014-07-18_16-36-33.jpg

Scientists aren't baffled by these things, they're interested in them to actually observe one forming, not because they're a mystery. The methane hypothesis is over 30 years old, and every expected smoking gun has been observed - all that's left is to actually record a formation event.