Inside China's mysterious sinkhole - BBC REEL

Deep in China's Fengjie County lies a natural wonder that has fascinated experts for decades.
The Xiaozhai Tiankeng sinkhole is vast. Probably formed centuries ago by collapsing caves and underground rivers, teams of explorers have sought to understand its many mysteries for years.
Video by Patrick Wong
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[@ChrisVillagomez]

Imagine how big the caverns under the surface of the sinkhole were before it collapsed, absolutely mental to think of the amount of land that fell

[@Ina_Be]

Davor stehen auch Häuser. Ich würde dort nicht wohnen wollen.😮

[@MunchingOrange]

Wonder if there's any Paradox Pokemon down there

[@azothdarktube]

haha my immediate thought too! Especially when looking up, looks like Heath's depiction of Terapagos. Plus with The Treasures of Ruin I wouldn't be surprised if this location was used as an inspiration for Area Zero

[@eguri-san4797]

​@@azothdarktube I'm really sure it was also inspired by the anime Made In Abyss. There are many similatities between the Abyss and Area Zero. It's subreddit brought me here 😉

[@cat_pb]

Speleologist: a scientist who studies caves or a person who goes into caves as a sport

[@brandcovet]

I remember watching a video that said that china had bigger pyramids than that in Egypt, and they covered them all up with grass and trees. at 0:25 it looks like that's the area. I wonder if it is, because if so, there was already a lot of mystery surrounding it. Either way, this is so incredible.

[@edrage8679]

Is the abyss. You can go and meet Mitty.

[@o.h.6946]

came here to say this hahah

[@darenemata1521]

No not again

[@kl3321]

No way

[@johngablesmith4671]

Made in Abyss

[@oneshotme]

Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@jeffreyzain]

2:25 - THIS REMINDS ME TOO MUCH OF THE BRITISH HORROR MOVIE THE DESCENT (2005) 💀

[@X-Shorties]

1:31 these climbers got balls of steel

[@stevethea5250]

Maybe a climber's balls dropped at that spot

[@GGGZ777]

2:19

[@therealdirtydan2940]

​@@GGGZ777and he was never seen again lol

[@kennethwatson6822]

"Made in Abyss" ruined any desire to adventure here 😅

[@MrMannyhw]

Possibly live a dragon in there.

[@oluwoleolubajo3340]

Design a drone with a camera and send it through.

[@s_ame1135]

It can be done on a mapped cave but not this one. Too many unknown obstacles that can ruin a very expensive drone. The gushing river alone would be a problem.

[@o.h.6946]

it's the Abyss

[@nevamind68t23]

Fascinating 👍🏾 🖤 Subtitles moved to quickly for me though 🙄

[@HumannMutt]

Skill issue

[@theworstyoutuber7905]

1:31 damn didn't think someone would be able do go in that deep 😳

[@mikeoxlong920]

😏

[@sapphirejones7302]

@@mikeoxlong920 if you're thinking what I'm thinking, we're friends now! 🤣🤣

[@InevitableD3ATH]

That's what ahe said last night

[@omegledailydosage]

@@InevitableD3ATH if you say your mom youre fired

[@themessage6114]

Sooooo…. No drone footage???? They could easily get a drone down there with no need of putting humans down there to check it out.

[@jaysonzhang9270]

Pre drone days

[@RobertTapia]

So the radio frequency of the drone passes through solid rock now? Is this a magic ai drone that fits in your palm like gijoe movies?

[@Thelastpatel]

The radio signal to control the drone probably won't get through all the way to the end with all the maze rock walls. The drone will get lost in the middle.

[@PandaReefNguyen]

Why don't they just send a drone down there?

[@Judyytv]

I'm sure they did. Just wouldn't show us.

[@tinayc9330]

drones are battery operated and has a limit in distance to the controller

[@Thelastpatel]

The radio signal to control the drone probably won't get through all the way to the end with all the maze rock walls. The drone will get lost in the middle.

[@s_ame1135]

Not to mention, there could be tight spaces in there that a drone can't enter. Also, one misstep and the drone will be swimming into the river. It's improbable.

[@BritishBeachcomber]

Just like Yorkshire, England, but on a massive scale.

[@reubenkompa6783]

Beautiful

[@GungKrisna12]

So "Made in Abyss" is real?

[@matthewsommerville8911]

Such beauty

[@005_danielirawan3]

made in abyss first level

[@darenemata1521]

"Vomits"

[@BQobm]

Beautiful place

[@annshirley2267]

They are brave I cannot do it never

[@gr8tayef]

Respect to those water who made this

[@h8GW]

There are probably molecules of water in your body that have been inside this cave at some point.

[@raydenbartley]

2:39 those sharp boulders back there are rock that broke off of the ceiling and walls

[@sir.joshuarane.doebler3762]

That’s a cave there!

[@desember154]

Wow beautiful

[@LODEH08532]

Menarik

[@rabbitazteca23]

those underground streams are surprisingly FAST! I wonder how they taste lol

[@christiantabilin983]

Amazing discovery

[@mura0]

That aint no sinkhole really. Thats a cave thats been there for a gazillion year.

[@glenmenas9424]

Instead of swimming down stream...why not float?

[@chaoslogics]

Amazing

[@johnleemcmulln2168]

someone made an amplified world on minecraft

[@mashiroinoue]

Chasm

[@KatrinaBiag]

Thats the entrance to Hallow Earth

[@kat0197]

And as always they never finish what they start. What a waste of money.

[@lxxdccvii4805]

Sootopolis city

[@riverfrogsmokes]

Wow 😍

[@jeremymr]

*Area Zero music plays*

[@VitaInDC]

DRONES with Waterproof Cameras. Try that.

[@michaeltrost9048]

is there a reason why there are just a few still images of it , and even the cavedive team showing of a random cave ...sry but there are a few hundred ai pictures of this sinkhole , beside that no documentarys ,no expedition footage ...think this is a big hoax

[@pjc.544]

What happened to the Sound????

[@p.j7948]

The movie descents 😱

[@neumoi3324]

Perfectly shaped sinkholes.

[@deadweasel7942]

Pretty sure it leads to America.

[@sohkathatch4081]

Shambala is real. Only those with the right frequency / life forces (unlocked all Chakras) probably can feel it or even see it. Scriptures and theories teaches there are advanced civilization lived deep inside the earth...

[@_Xenocidal]

Agartha

[@mcpeguru4060]

That's going to be birthplace of sri Kalki avtar

[@arlag7550]

Etidorpha?

[@isaacblake4201]

I agree

[@tringuyen7519]

The Chinese researcher talks with awe and reverence of these underground rivers and cave complex. He’s inviting the world to see the wonders of China. The Chinese communist party talk very differently!

[@chenyl0525]

And how did these UK cave researchers got there in the first place?

[@rabbitazteca23]

@@chenyl0525 exactly. This guy is so dumb. Does he really think these researchers would be able to go to this protected area without permission from the govt? Some people are just stupid

[@silveriver9]

Says the Vietnamese communist party member 😂

[@silveriver9]

​​@@chenyl0525Exactly, some ppl are 🧠💀

[@TheIndigo1child]

​@chenyl0525 Two UK cave divers 30 years ago? You mean those two outsiders in decades? Yes how inviting the Chinese are lol. Show me a regular stream of western geologists,botanist, cave specialist and then you may have a point but it's pretty clear the current Chinese government is less than inviting of western anything.

[@nickinportland]

Of course they are using bolts.

[@williamdakotaatkinson9273]

Its Godzilla run!!

[@anthonywilliams9170]

This is where your gonna find our prehistoric things like this also possibly bigfoot we need to find all these and study them.

[@wahyudiobay194]

Abbys

[@StillWater33]

The gowl of the spirit rose

[@diegop2311]

🧐❓❓❓ I think that's a dragon den

[@WeighedWilson]

If the speaker is not on screen please dub into English.

[@egyptianprincess6006]

Look 👀 like ppl once live there to me

[@UnleashedTraining101]

Someone needs to make the joke….. “yo momma fell in and got stuck”

[@Yeast85]

They not gunna let us see any of it?

[@dealarr]

if you had a realistic play landscape with caverns as shown but before it collapsed in, or as they claimed a meteorite had hit it. If you were to place huge amounts of water on top, wouldn't it cave in if water was able to pass through the caverns below, since the land above the cavern would be the weakest link. Every culture spoke of a worldwide flood cataclysms. You cannot share legends like such if it ain't universally real. No other culture speaks of any other cultures legends, however all universally spoke of a worldwide flood, recorded as to cover the highest peaks of the world. That is a lot of weight for this little land to carry if it was above the caverns at the time.

[@UnleashedTraining101]

If you dig down a little you’ll get to Australia.

[@myopinion1705]

Is this the hole that got dug all the way through China for some reason I believed it as a child ...there once was a man that dug a hole all the way to China

[@resetthegame839]

This proves the hollow earth theory

[@s_ame1135]

This proves nothing Underground river is a common thing.

[@tomasgrigley8844]

just send a hundred drones through it .🤷🏽‍♂️

[@Eleora1997Msia]

deep cave hole are full wonder and mysterious ways

[@JB-bt4kk]

Amazing video but damn there has to be a way to isolate those bird chirps, I had to stop watching it was so annoying

[@billsauer3164]

Go get my boy Gavin Harris up outta that hole. He's been stuck in 10,000b.c

[@laurencemuliika3290]

All this is a creation of God the almighty. No one can do this . Praise to God

[@arlag7550]

nature brother... Nature 🙄

[@PheonixStarsx]

Made in abyss let’s go !

[@danoconnell1833]

This would have been a good candidate for English dubbing rather than subtitles. They went by quickly requiring full attention, leaving no time to enjoy the visual. Frustrating.

[@Null42x86]

Made in abyss fans: This is free real state?

[@osirisone6019]

If you think I'm lying 26 seconds and you can see pyramids everywhere

[@ricknroll963]

Yea, I would not be surprised at all just like the Balkans and many regions in Russia.

[@pravindohrey1354]

Yea kon kon India ka hai 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@Altruiztik]

My concern about anything found in China that might contain unknown animal species is bluntly.. they would shield them away from ever being known about and eaten by their people who continue to be allowed to eat endangered animals with no consequence. Lemur, Golden Snub Nose Monkey, South China Tiger, Asian Elephant, Sumatran Rhinoceros... The red market trade for rare animal species is vile and the whole world should hold them accountable.

[@rabbitazteca23]

excuse me but China has more biodiversity than the US and Canada COMBINED and it is THANKS to China that these species are documented. For your information, China has been spearheading many efforts to explore the country's undiscovered biodiversity and place certain animals in protections list that has fines of upwards of 15,000 dollars if people were found to be violating the animals on that list. China is taking care of its biodiversity JUST FINE, THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH!!!

[@Altruiztik]

@@rabbitazteca23 yes I'm sure the fines are taken very serious with the billions of corrupt dollars. It's disgusting.

[@diegosim002]

@@rabbitazteca23 15+ social credit 😁👍

[@113interior7]

Yea. Like how the west taking care of the Dodo right 😂😂😂 stop kidding yourself. Go get yourself a mirror

[@anadmirer1019]

your mcdonalds slaughter house is 10 times worse, but you don't get out of the trailer park much do you?

[@ohsnapsonbro4260]

Big hole is big.

[@roshnmie874]

They're gonna eat everything down there

[@fokkenhotz1]

❤

[@Robert-xp4ii]

I hate videos where you have to read because you can't see the video while trying to read so fast. Needs English narration.

[@levitezoe1804]

They messing with gorrilla pad

[@heigio1628]

tolong cokk, gua nyasar🗿

[@TheKingsComingAlefTav]

That's where one of the spots where the great fountains of the deep broke open possibly when the earth flooded

[@kwlakami4597]

Looks like mine craft

[@zaheedkalam8853]

Lil ahhh hammer taps.. wouldn't trust my life with it

[@yhaiji]

💀

[@magaliboutin1201]

everything that humans discover is destroyed, leave nature in peace!!!!!

[@s_ame1135]

Relax dude. Casual people can't even reach it. They are there to study it instead.

[@jimmyjames7946]

English man

[@nagsen4921]

China is great 👍

[@dewaldsteyn1306]

Nah its a communist country with that xi jin ping.

[@zealandia5668]

天坑🕳️

[@ggwp6109]

Human: we found new area to investigate and destroy

[@faheemfaquir1024]

Holey chit

[@diegop2311]

🐲🐉 den

[@nunyabiznes33]

I saw the thumbnail and I waa about to shout "My wife!" but then I remembered I'm gay and single.

[@mranti-ur-mom-jokes1056]

Tiananmen square

[@meejinhuang]

That's where China's economy is headed.

[@blokin5039]

It's where I keep your mommy

[@robertomuller2550]

So fake... Any waterfall in cave is the same.. BAIT BAIT BAIT..

[@khein2204]

wow we have a comment from MIT professor here

[@osirisone6019]

That is clearly man-made for those who have eyes and can see you can see all the geometrical shapes smooth edges even in the mountains in the background that are shaped like pyramids but appear to be covered with trees how they created it though a huge laser or something

[@103wolf8]

no

[@Seyfullahalasiya]

😂too much cartoon,mate

[@slinkynet]

Bin watching way too many Sci-Fi movies.

[@mandrake12able]

And the earth's flat 😂. Let the educated individuals make theoris and sit this one out champ

[@robbrown4621]

Why can't one of these open in Beijing?

[@blokin5039]

?

[@ryanj6514]

why do you hate chinese people so much

[@dallasboyjunior214]

Idk if anyone went down there yet but they did say they can see extinct tree what if there's dinosaurs or small dinosaurs or new species or even extinct human that scientist thought they die off n they haven't changed or they live with the dinosaurs n lived like the freestone's

[@s_ame1135]

Where is this journal that states those extinct trees you're talking about are found there?