Investigation underway as sink hole gobbles up 10,000 fish in Chiang Rai field

[webfact]

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Local officials in Pha Ngam sub-district of Wiang Chai, Chiang Rai, northern Thailand were examining a mysterious sinkhole that has appeared in a field used to rear fish.

 

The hole is about 5 m in radius and is now full of water and fish that have been sucked below.

 

In total about 3 rai or 1,200 square wah of land was drained via the hole killing 10,000 fish that simply disappeared.

 

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The hole is also getting bigger from a previous size of just 2-3 meters.

 

Superstitious locals are worried about the hole suggesting that it is a portent of doom.

 

Local official Khemphat Heranya was on the scene in an effort to discover what forces were at work.

 

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[Geoffggi]

Maybe some kind of seismic ground survey perhaps ...................LOL  

[stubuzz]

It's obviously a paranormal event!

[Denim]

4 minutes ago, stubuzz said:

It's obviously a paranormal event!

Or thieves stole the plug for the rubber.

[VocalNeal]

It's as clear as mud????  RTP are looking into it

[G Rex]

the Lord giveth , and the Lord taketh away

[nigelforbes]

Seems fishy to me. The BiB will carp on continuously but will flounder trying to find an answer.

[DezLez]

24 minutes ago, nigelforbes said:

Seems fishy to me. The BiB will carp on continuously but will flounder trying to find an answer.

Don't worry the BIB will be claiming that they are casting their nets far and wide and will not get a single nibble!

[ikke1959]

Maybe on some places in Bangkok there should be sinkholes, it would solve a lot of problems

[AhFarangJa]

14 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

Maybe on some places in Bangkok there should be sinkholes, it would solve a lot of problems

For sure, let us start with this one..........................

[wombat]

Has no one thrown a line in?

[timendres]

I thought sinkholes were really cool, until the gf created one in my bank account.

[PETERTHEEATER]

From where was the water which filled the fishpond abstracted? If a borehole was drilled and underground water pumped up from below the water has decided to go back where it came from.

The sinkhole was 5 metres in radius which is 10 metres diameter, then it was getting bigger than the original size of 2 - 3 metres? 

[Yorkshire Tea]

Are rice farmers pumping groundwater 24/7 to flood their fields?

[RichardColeman]

Anyone see any numbers ? 

[hotchilli]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

Local official Khemphat Heranya was on the scene in an effort to discover what forces were at work.

Nature is at work.. no need to call out the local shaman.

[hotchilli]

17 hours ago, wombat said:

Has no one thrown a line in?

Plenty of lines above... ????

[Grumpy one]

The hole was caused by brake failure on a passing UFO  ????

[smiggley]

No one has said how deep the hole is, have they made any attempt to find out???