Washington Man Discovers a Mysterious Extraterrestrial Bottomless Pit Right in His Backyard

Let the Measurement Show

Mel claimed that he measured the hole with fishing wire, or at least he tried to. He claimed that he used a mile of fishing wire but had to run to the store to buy more. He had to do that three more times, and he ended up settling with 15 miles of fishing wire. He guessed that the hole was 80,000 feet deep, making it the deepest hole on Earth...

The More You Know

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