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.😮

[@ladyJustis]

I think they were huge ancient trees..they were petrified and now they decayed leaving behind a circle..those caves were the root system

[@ChrisVillagomez]

@@ladyJustis If they were petrified trees, there wouldn't be any decay anymore. When wood becomes petrified, it basically turns into stone. Sinkholes are holes in the ground that form due to cavities forming under the surface and then collapsing

[@ladyJustis]

@ChrisVillagomez I'm sorry I didn't mean to say Decay, because those are definitely petrified

[@pamelapamper]

​@@ladyJustis no, it's ancient cities and castles

[@cat_pb]

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

[@richards_greatman]

Thank you

[@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 😉

[@kennethwatson6822]

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

[@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.

[@TheCreatrixStudio]

You are right

[@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

[@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.

[@BrandonLawler21]

Why do people visit national parks? They can just watch it in video

[@jeffreyzain]

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

[@iltifaat-yousuf]

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

[@johngablesmith4671]

Made in Abyss

[@o.h.6946]

it's the Abyss

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@GungKrisna12]

So "Made in Abyss" is real?

[@matthewsommerville8911]

Such beauty

[@oneshotme]

Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@nevamind68t23]

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

[@HumannMutt]

Skill issue

[@Noughtsgnik]

Skin tissue

[@reubenkompa6783]

Beautiful

[@BQobm]

Beautiful place

[@BritishBeachcomber]

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

[@raydenbartley]

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

[@LODEH08532]

Menarik

[@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.

[@annshirley2267]

They are brave I cannot do it never

[@marcheva30]

Perkenalkan saya hendy dari shandhika widya cinema yang memproduksi program trending trans7. Min, saya ingin izin menggunakan video mimin untuk tayang diprogram kami. Untuk credit tittle akan kami cantumkan pada tayangan. Terimakasih 🙂

[@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.

[@XD.cyclone]

Everyone gangsta till you land on flowers when you fall

[@005_danielirawan3]

made in abyss first level

[@darenemata1521]

"Vomits"

[@desember154]

Wow beautiful

[@christiantabilin983]

Amazing discovery

[@guxiao3768]

这地方是我的家乡，重庆奉节县。这里不只有小寨天坑，还有天坑地缝，夔门，旱夔门。都是让人很赞叹的自然风景，大自然的鬼斧神工

[@chaoslogics]

Amazing

[@ladyJustis]

Massive ancient petrified tree stump crumbling reviling it's root structure that still hold the water❤

[@p.j7948]

The movie descents 😱

[@riverfrogsmokes]

Wow 😍

[@rabbitazteca23]

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

[@mashiroinoue]

Chasm

[@sir.joshuarane.doebler3762]

That’s a cave there!

[@ramadanalmuhaimin8592]

But they never tell you want they find down there

[@mura0]

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

[@pjc.544]

What happened to the Sound????

[@SElaineJones]

So either you risk falling down or falling off.

[@jeremymr]

*Area Zero music plays*

[@lxxdccvii4805]

Sootopolis city

[@glenmenas9424]

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

[@perkins1439]

When are they going to build the shopping mall down there

[@KatrinaBiag]

Thats the entrance to Hallow Earth

[@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

[@diegop2311]

🧐❓❓❓ I think that's a dragon den

[@johnleemcmulln2168]

someone made an amplified world on minecraft

[@WeighedWilson]

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

[@MissTabbyAngel]

English name of the sink hole: Uranus

[@anthonywilliams9170]

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

[@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

[@egyptianprincess6006]

Look 👀 like ppl once live there to me

[@nickinportland]

Of course they are using bolts.

[@deadweasel7942]

Pretty sure it leads to America.

[@VitaInDC]

DRONES with Waterproof Cameras. Try that.

[@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.

[@wahyudiobay194]

Abbys

[@kat0197]

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

[@UnleashedTraining101]

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

[@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.

[@Oli5912]

They not gunna let us see any of it?

[@BrianPellerin]

Florida has nothing on this sinkhole

[@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.

[@neumoi3324]

Perfectly shaped sinkholes.

[@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?

[@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.

[@Jacoby.Bradley]

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

[@tikizone2535]

Yakani matu misi chimpa nasi muto haminika mentni

[@tomasgrigley8844]

just send a hundred drones through it .🤷🏽‍♂️

[@Null42x86]

Made in abyss fans: This is free real state?

[@pravindohrey1354]

Yea kon kon India ka hai 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@williamdakotaatkinson9273]

Its Godzilla run!!

[@Eleora1997Msia]

deep cave hole are full wonder and mysterious ways

[@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.

[@soulknight89]

Buddha got pissed and closed-hand punch the Earth instead of open-palm punch.

[@billsauer3164]

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

[@PheonixStarsx]

Made in abyss let’s go !

[@ohsnapsonbro4260]

Big hole is big.

[@heigio1628]

tolong cokk, gua nyasar🗿

[@tubeod]

confusing video

[@roshnmie874]

They're gonna eat everything down there

[@levitezoe1804]

They messing with gorrilla pad

[@laurencemuliika3290]

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

[@arlag7550]

nature brother... Nature 🙄

[@nagsen4921]

China is great 👍

[@dewaldsteyn1306]

Nah its a communist country with that xi jin ping.

[@kwlakami4597]

Looks like mine craft

[@Twirlyhead]

Are there maneating troglodytes or dinosaurs down there.

[@jimmyjames7946]

English man

[@zaheedkalam8853]

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

[@TheKingsComingAlefTav]

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

[@ggwp6109]

Human: we found new area to investigate and destroy

[@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.

[@yhaiji]

💀

[@zealandia5668]

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