Massive sinkhole swallows Illinois soccer field, drone video shows

A giant sinkhole in Alton, Ill., opened up in the middle of a soccer field on Wednesday, forcing the park to close.
Drone footage shows the aerial view of the massive hole, estimated to be around 30 metres wide, in the turf at Gordon Moore Park. Officials say the hole is approximately 15 metres deep.
The sinkhole, which formed at around 10 a.m., was the result of a mine collapsing, local media reported. A spokesperson from the New Frontier Materials mine confirmed that their underground mine experienced “a surface subsidence and opened a sink hole.”
Alton Mayor David Goins told local media that nobody was on the field at the time of the collapse or got hurt. All scheduled events at the park were cancelled on Wednesday and Thursday, as investigations continued.
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[@eladreltuc]

legit thought the thumbnail was photoshopped to sell it more!

[@DeadPixel1105]

What's with the stupid creepy music? It's a geological event, not a supernatural horror event.

[@TheDeadman419]

I was thinking that too. My guess? They gotta sell the story somehow, without going full blown "conspiracy theory" sensational. This is just subtle and suggestive enough to make it "mysterious" without saying something like "secret government super-weapon eats the earth?!"

[@DidrickNamtvedt]

I found the music unnecessary too. I'd rather have a reporter do a voice-over, or just the sound of the drone flying over the area.

[@alicjagorecka3446]

Może przygotowuja nas,ze wszyscy wpadniemy do takiej dziury.

[@OTRTrader]

Where's the light pole? It's gone! Whatever is in that thing was HUNGRY! It's somewhere in that hole extremely deep. It's a good thing nobody was on the field.

[@tractorbasil5713]

Saw this in Dark Knight Rises.

[@deonlion]

🔥

[@Phlegethon]

But why build it on a mine

[@johnwoods1161]

This is like that scene from the Dark Knight Rises

[@kidgoku23]

My goodness gracious 😮

[@abrahama2643]

"The Park was forced to closed". REALLY!?? You mean they didn't keep it open for business as usual!? Thanks for the scoop, Peter Parker.

[@Simon2k17]

Aliens

[@Mickoelele-nm9yj]

Mutant earthworm

[@DeadPixel1105]

@@Mickoelele-nm9yj Earthworm Jim.

[@Mickoelele-nm9yj]

@@DeadPixel1105 That's it, it's him!

[@donnaglavin4035]

Scary 😨 stuff a sinkhole at a soccer ⚽️ field 😳 thank God no one was there as of children 😮!! Our world is clasping !!!

[@koda3967]

*collapsing; but, yeah.

[@boyce5994]

Doesnt look like a sinkhole and it didnt collapse like a sinkhole. I bet the city officials all got crossed eyes lol.

[@mamajuana3603]

Stfu yes it did lol

[@vaekkriinhart4347]

there's a rock quarry 1/8 mile down the road. There's tunnels everywhere, mining limestone. I live 1 mile away

[@vaekkriinhart4347]

There's a big rock quarry 1/8 mile down the road. They have tunnels everywhere mining limestone.. I live 1 mile away

[@henrychoy2764]

primordial green hole

[@armchairobserver4747]

GOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLLLL!

[@bookzdotmedia]

I think this was in a movie or commercial

[@nobaloneymahoney7940]

😮

[@ancientwisdom108]

What was that falling down into it?

[@DeadPixel1105]

A light post

[@krivalion8720]

Exactly, in the middle of flats.. plus we can see nothing in the hole too....

[@ancientwisdom108]

@@DeadPixel1105 I'm surprised that a ligh post would be in the middle of the field. I'm not familiar with soccer though.

[@emarde3821]

@@ancientwisdom108Yeah, looks weird from that surveillance camera angle, but when seen from above it looks like the sinkhole opened up in between two soccer fields, not in the middle of one.

[@888Longball]

Nice athletic field.

[@mazen4233]

How that happened and why

[@ManomiiFox]

underground hole suddenly gave and gets filled. the surface proceeds to get sunken. also i nthe video it mentions at 00:28.

[@class2instructor32]

There as a mine under it that collapsed.

[@mazen4233]

@@class2instructor32 Hahaha Silly joke 😑

[@noblenessdee6151]

did you watch and read the video ? it tells us.

[@koda3967]

Now, they have the start of a swimming pool! When life hands you 🍋, make lemonade! 🙂

[@ipfreely3984]

This modification would make me start watching soccer.

[@RudhinMenon]

Just watched a movie called Abyss , and this happened 😮

[@abdulhaseebkhan5525]

Construction error,

[@johnmike9618]

have you ever been swallowed up?

[@koda3967]

Have *YOU?*

[@dongiovanni8899]

marshmallow dreg construction

[@MrFester]

It was dear sweet little baby Jesus poking his finger saying STOP using artificial turf for fields!!

[@thecr500]

Nice

[@eladreltuc]

GEARS OF WAR E DAY!

[@timothyandrewnielsen]

Fish eye lens. The hole is flat.

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[@teroneill]

misile strike. .. Something came from sky before collapse. Look at video.

[@Chukilled]

Looks similar to all the western news stories about China

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