Sinkhole in Louisiana Swallows Trees - Caught on Tape 2013 | The New York Times
A video shot by John Boudreaux shows the destructive power of a giant sinkhole in Bayou Corne, La.
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Sinkhole in Louisiana Swallows Trees - Caught on Tape 2013
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What makes it even more terrifying is how silent it is 😖
You people really are not that smart 😂
just like drowning , noone hears you , underrated - asking for help in good time
Imagine how deep this has be to swallow whole tall trees that are never seen again. YIKES!
@David paterson they didnt fall over, the ground they were rooted too underwater sank into a sinkhole and it took the trees with them, if they fell theyd just float and you would clearly see it if they fell
@@partyspirits450 I agree with you. You can clearly see the trees sink downwards into the water. Water is such a powerful force!
David paterson that sinkhole is supposed to be like 750 ft deep. At least that’s what google says
As deep as the tree🤣
Imagine the ocean
Never mind the trees, the amount of water that drained away with them is mind boggling
This literally sent chills down my spine. It's so freaky how you think nothing is happening and then you see the trees just vanish. Then I noticed how the water was moving and that's when I realized just how dangerous this was. Scary!
Gently moving water is usually not dangerous.
No kidding! So dangerous that nothing happened to anyone who was standing right there. Gosh. Very dangerous.
Yeah anything IN the water was not having a good time, guaranteed. The surface tension will help keep reduce most of the pull, but under the surface, everything around that sinkhole is working like a toilet. All the water is rushing to fill that new empty space created. The pressure would be intense down there!
I appreciate the video but some under water sinkholes can consume a considerable amount of surrounding land. It seems you took great risk to film this event. I am glad you survived.
I agree 👍 that was wat too risky
They already knew where it was going to sink because it was due to drilling and not some unknown cavern.
Camera man never dies
@@marcomolinero5877 the drilling accident I believe was in 1980.
Stfu dude. No they don’t
"I'll be in the fossil record if you need me"
Matt Molloy 😂
That is a really sophisticated joke! 👌
😂
what if the entire earth is a computer and it stores data in the form of biology
@@jamescheddar4896it prob does do that. Just gotta know how to decode it.
I live 10 miles away from this. Beneath much of coastal Louisiana are salt domes, gigantic deposits deep underground - up to 4 miles down. Salt mining has been going on in Louisiana since the Antebellum period. Salt extraction leaves behind massive caverns - a hundred feet wide & 80 feet tall. All it takes is a 14-inch drill bit to create an opening into the cavern to allow water in. The rushing water quickly dissolves the salt and the 14-inch opening becomes a 40-acre sinkhole.
I’m calling bs
@@longlivetheking7134 he's right
@@longlivetheking7134search The Lake Peigneur Drilling Disaster 1980
Aren't you scared of living here, I hear Louisiana is beautiful but that's just scary.
wow
Man, the most frightening (in my opinion) of all natural disasters are sink holes. I remember the story of the guy in Florida who went to bed, and a sink hole opened up swallowing him and his bed whole. THAT was the day I became terrified of sink holes.
Me too. Esp since I am claustiphobic
They never found that guys body either
I remember that....will never forget it, either.☹
Ditto. It's stuck in my head.
Yea that was back in 2013 I was living in Florida at the time only 15 min away from where it happen, and let me tell you I was scared out my mind, I was thinking that was going to happen to our house
I wish the sinkhole would swallow up all of those ads that appear on the screen!
It cant because it costs alot
Lmao!! Ain’t it tha truth!
Nickname34 ...how
That's what premium is for
Premium. Thxfor remind how good it is
I definitely have a fear of sinkholes :( That is not how I want to die.
+Sebizzar I don't blame you. Until now, I never heard of anything like this and I find it surreal.
Mr. S Yeah, they've been popping up more often the past few years :(
+Sebizzar yeah i get you theres alot of sinkholes in florida and now they are poping up every were and i heard a story about a man who was sleeping and sudenly a sinkhole went right under his bed and he died thats why i'm afraid to live in very old places and enviorments so i'm very cuasios even at school.
Jalynn Hunter Yeah I heard about that one too :( And just yesterday there was one on an Australian beach, ate 3 cars but thankfully no people!
wow,and it's just bad to know that they can happen anywere at anytime which happens to scare me :(
Can you imagine what ancient people must have thought if they witnessed something like this?
Guess We’ll never know
We have anger the gods, please have mercy your greatness.
Stop smoking weed
Exactly why we have all these fairy-tale gods
With their primative minds, I'm sure they would have blamed it on Global Warming and/or Donald Trump.
A friend of mine lost his sister in a sink hole in the early ‘70’s. That’s tragic and extremely terrifying.
That is horrific!
that definitely puts this stuff into perspective to know how long this has been going on. Thanks for sharing. Prayers for your friend.
They are certainly not new. They are just the nature of that swampy land.
Dude, you were too close! The whole video, I was saying, "Back the hell outa there! It's gonna suck you doooown!" Freaky....
he was on land
@@coltoniscool7638 sinkholes get land too!
@@migueloblogs8134 but the salt mine underneath wasn't under the land.
This is what happened to the dinosaurs.
@@DemnRaig80 is it what caused the sinkhole? An old underground mine?
This video is unbelievable! It’s crazy how one second trees are literally falling into the ground and like a minute later you would never know anything happened.
Literally falling? Not figuratively? Thanks for clearing up that potential source of confusion. Moron.
I saw this happen on an episode of Swamp People on the History Channel and it still gives me chills just watching it. Drowning is my biggest fear, and the terror of being caught in something like this is unimaginable. Kudos to whoever had the nerve to keep filming while the sinkhole expanded. I would have been screaming and begging to leave.
Word
Me too
The amount of water displacement is insane... That was massive
That’s what she said
it was an old salt mine, so it was very big and extensive underground labyrinth. I think that is why it took so much water.
When Satan goes vegan
Bluespheal xD
QUEEN MARRY ME
Dumb
Omg that's so funny I watched this in school and so I had to come home and like this comment.
Hahahahahhahahahah you made my day
So that's what happened to Atlantis...
Nice Theory!
ExperienceLOS7713 I thought the same thing
Giant flood from a meteor impacting Greenland 12,000 years ago rising sea levels 400 feet. Corresponds exactly to Platos timing of the event. Greenland Crater Meltwater pulse spike 1b And Plutos timeline
@@PrinceJes nice syllables you have there.. too bad thats all you have.
@@PrinceJes k, pumpkin
Several trees were harmed in the making of this film
Wahahaha
You’d never catch me standing that close.
Remember the guy in Florida?? They never found his body.The whole bedroom gone with him.😳
Mark Rodriguez what guy
Yup
Me, too. I remember! Scary!
Poor family. Guy was just sleeping away and the moment sucked into the ground. Scary stuff
Danesha Daniels I live in Florida. It was near Tampa. In 2013 a sinkhole opened up beneath his house and bedroom. He in his bed sleeping went into the sinkhole. He yelled for his brother to help him but they never could find him. www.cnn.com/2013/03/01/us/florida-sinkhole/index.html
How did these gentlemen know a sink hole was about to open?
Because it happened above a mine shaft that was caving in, I remember when it was originally filmed.
I'm confused to
Because this is Fake, the hole and the trees are paid actors *Wow thanks for the likes guys!*
Because there’s people under the water dragging the trees down
They probably were drilling near the area
Wow. That is something else. You guys who filmed this are so brave
Not sure that “brave” is the correct word
The Bayou Corne Sinkhole was created from a collapsed underground salt dome cavern operated by Texas Brine Company and owned by Occidental Petroleum. The sinkhole, located in northern Assumption Parish, Louisiana, was discovered on August 3, 2012, and 350 nearby residents were advised to evacuate.
Wow another salt dome sinkhole, you don't say... Currently having one of those in Daisetta, Texas as well, and the brainwashed locals don't want to believe daddy oil is causing it (probably because he's putting food on their tables).
I have followed this story since it happened. There should be a lot more news on this story.
Is this some creepy sh*t or what?
I dare you to swim across it
I pick WHAT.
@@henrywashington3732 Or.
Eats 3 or 4 40 foot trees 100,000 gallons of water and then calms down like a fish tank. Lol Gotta love nature
I was just sitting here thinking. .. Are you guys sure you're safe sitting there filming this?
I think my worst fear is getting sucked in one of these and tornados
Alexis Martin try it. I assure u, nothing bad wud happen
Dont worry Ill hold you C:
And tsunamis
OMG, me too. That and earth quakes. Things that happen with no warning at all.
Tales have been told of a sinkhole with a tornado raging at the bottom
I’ve seen this before but it’s terrifying every time I watch it. Silent but deadly.
I’m so glad we’re able to watch this now with the modern advancements in technology!
Yeah man, last year sucked
@@liltick102 lolll
Imagine being an alligator and getting swallowed by one of those, you'd turn into a fossil.
Probably what happened to lots of them😂
😂
Not a fossil, they'd turn into oil, as with the trees that sunk in
Is imagine being anything
Was this a case of right place at the right time? You were lucky you didnt get dragged down as well.
mike travis is that possible?
yeah there very lucky because a sink hole can cause weak spots in the ground where its collapsing and soften it and take whatever is in its path whats worst in this case is its legit in a swamp which is why its so big because the swamp has softened it even more if you get drug under that theres NO chance of surviving. sinkholes happen alot small and big ones and people survive them all the time. but there still VERY dangerous and deadly. sinkholes are everywhere my old middle school was built on top of one. theres nothing we can do about them.
I'm thinking they are in a boat, or else maybe they should be
Look at 1:50, they are on land. The boat would be pulled towards the sinkhole with the water that's flooding into it which would be very dangerous.
megan mitchell Jesus Christ sinkhole under a middle school? That’s scary did anything happen since?
I still think this is the most fascinating, addictive, and frankly most downright scary video on KZhead.
Nope, sinkholes are nightmare fuel. Just the thought of the ground going out from under your feet and dragging you to a horrible death without warning, makes me not wanna go outside, but then I remember inside could sink too so lol.
OMG, that is DEEP! Excellent video, thank you. I would have been afraid to stay there once those trees were gone.
The planet Earth gives, and the planet Earth takes.
No, God gives and God takes, it is not earth
still the best vid of this type ever, unreal ....
Incredible that the water level dropped 2 feet in the space of 20 secs 😳
Guess that lake was hungry.
probably swallowed a few fish as well
Angelica Labermo LoL
Not a lake. A swamp.
I heard there's a Swamp monster in Louisiana
The swamp was pescatarian
that happens when you dig up in minecraft
UWU
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OwL
Something about the way sinkholes act makes me feel like they're living creatures
Rivers, springs, etc are not purely abiotic things, the more you explore them. They have pulses, critters, hearts, a beginning and an end (much like a snake, one long connected thing even if the source and mouth of rivers can be Very different)... sure there's external factors that influence them (amount of rainfall, how much is pumped out, etc) but overall much like a dangerous animal- you don't mess with an ancient angry river they mess with you (and people modify/ dam up/ destroy rivers, wonder why they get so angry and vengeful lmao... If you don't overpump nor tear up too many trees along the bank (slows down the river, floodwater control), flooding isn't anywhere near as bad usually but no... Everyone assumes Mother nature is automatically put to get them lol. Maybe she's angry at everyone, maybe indifferent idk overall. But for sure the environment and natural features are just as alive usually as you and I, no doubt (and like a person, can Provide So much if cared for... Nowadays people exploit rivers and other features, & wonder why they aren't healthy, go figure...
Time to add sinkholes to the list of things I will needlessly worry about...
WOW look at that sinkhole swallows a dozen trees and pull thousands of gallons of water.. I know let's stand on the shoreline of loos mud and film..lol
Because the salt mine underneath didn't extend under that section of land.
That was awesome and scary! I do a lot of canoeing and that will be in the back of my mind now. Awesome video!
That's how coal is made :d
That’s a heck of a while to take those 30’+ trees and drop the water level 2-3ft in minutes. Wow
One of the best nature videos i've seen.
Absolutely terrifying :oO
I know I am not the only 1 who got this randomly in recommendations after 7 years
I'm watching about the ones in Florida, and typed in "swamp sinkholes"...🌞
Wow! So, did the water level rise up first then drop almost a foot afterwards? That’s crazy!
Wow I've never seen anything like that in my life, amazing.
Great another thing to fear.
j coyote same. gave me so much anxiety. 😷
I'm with you.
I've watched it 3 times now but I still can't quite comprehend or believe what my eyes are seeing. Crazy.
My anxiety panic and partial heart attack, my fear for you standing right there there next to it, almost couldn't bare to watch, your courage, i would have been running for the hills so fast...
That's crazy , I've seen cars in Florida disappear. Quicksand. God said to build your home on a rock.
JC #1 no you haven’t, because a car would never sink in quicksand. Matter of fact, almost nothing sinks in quicksand because of its high density.
Which god, lol.
@@suhrim6666 any god from a sandy area, i think :)
@@johnd9357 actually ive also seen the same thing so Your facts are wrong
I live about 35 miles from that place, think I'll stay that far too.
Pfft I’m staying 350 miles from that area
@@yesyoucan7877joke’s on you, I’m staying about 4700 miles away.
Alastor: I’m feeling homesick. *this happens*
Excellent graphics for the time!
that's not a sinkhole, thats dinnertime for Cthulhu
Whos ctulu
The thing that should not be 🤘
jesper jansson ...ktulu...
Joseph Gowan google should help you with that
Is he vegan?
Trees: "Gentlemen, it was an honor growing with you." *Sinks*
I’m wondering what it looks like now that it’s ten years later
I can watch it over and over... incredible!
Can you imagine the size of that gopher? wtf?
Can you imagine the size of that beaver?? Or woodchuck??
Incredible what the nature can be, it's wonderful and sometimes scares
In this case...not really "nature". The sinkhole was created by a collapsed underground salt dome cavern. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayou_Corne_sinkhole
I always like to come back to this one every now and then - just for the drama
Being sucked into one of those must be one of the most terrifying natural things able to happen.
terrifying
earth goes nom
Whoa! Earth " nom nom nom "
Madeline E
This gave me a panic attack just watching it, I don’t know how in the world you recorded it.
Can't belive they stood that close to it considering sinkholes are known for moving land as if it was water. Just look up the Texaco sinkhole in the 80'S
I'm so happy I didn't build a tree fort there.
The citizens of Naples, Florida are fighting a brine well, the same type of well that started this sinkhole. This was on Swamp Wars and the 2 gator hunters had to hurry and get their trap lines out just before this sinkhole opened up. People do die by falling in a sinkhole as it opens up. A man died as he was sleeping in his bed in Valrico, FL last year. His brother jumped in the sink as the ground swallowed up the floor, the bed and everything in the room. A cop was able to save the brother, they never found the sleeping man even though the brother could hear him yelling for help.
This is tragic. Knowing that you are alive and will be dying and have no choice but to wait for death....
wow. this video is just breathtaking! crazy how this people were filming and expecting a sinkhole to happen!
This made me SO ANXIOUS
Earth is so mysterious. It's so scary to think that Earth has so many hidden secrets.
I was not the one standing in there but for some reason I found myself searching for a way out in case😂😂😂😂😂
I live in Louisiana and I've never seen or heard of this ! WOW
Holy crap. That was amazing
Can anyone imagine how deep that sinkhole must be to swallow whole trees!!
that would scare me I can't get that close
Thays what she said
That is eerie & terrifying.
Now that's a once in a life time Video. wow...
I have a couple of questions; what exactly is a sinkhole and how does it form and are the trees deeply rooted? Thanks
Babbs Fangirl yes
This is youtube. You can go to Google or Bing.
Underground cave that’s eroded until it’s collapsed. Could be he cave could be jsut tunnels… the earth is full of underground systems.. sometimes they erode until they collapse.
I read about some sink holes are formed because they were once salt mines. The water finds a way in and dissolves the salt in the mine, making a large hole and the surrounding earth above thin and weaker until it collapses.
I read they're caused by underground springs in which a section of stone aquifer has eroded; similar to a broken water main pipe. The difference is that the spring is so deep with pressure flowing so strong that water never reaches the surface and pulls everything above down into the current, never to be seen again
I just want to know how they knew that was going to happen. They were recording before anything started sinking.
They saw the trees moving...
When she said : please do it gently, this is my first time
After all that happened the water continues flowing downstream like nothing ever happened
Sometimes mother natural got to let us know who's the boss.. 😓
You can see how far down it pulled the water level by looking at the trees that are still standing. How scary that it just closed up next people would never know what just happened!
I don't understand how this man felt safe enough to keep filming.
And that's how trees get baptized 😂
This is how my wallet feels when I'm with my gf.
This is clear proof that the cameraman never dies
Wow!!!😱😱😱 that's freaking crazy. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I never seen anything like that
Mother Nature: “Remember those trees, humans?... I don’t.” 🤷♂️
i shat my pants at 00:29
Im glad no one was in a boat fishing there at the moment!😢
this is terrifying! Props to the people for standing that close (idk if they were on land or on a raft or something but gesu, if that were me, I'd freeze up and probably start squeaking in fear
Wow; one of the most amazing scenes I've ever witnessed! Those trees getting swallowed: WOW!
Why are these fools so close to the area where the sink whole is? Incredible, these are the type of people that would then turn around and say, "It happen without any warning while we were video taping and giving a blow by blow account."
They were Park rangers checking the area
One frame shows that they’re on solid ground but that wouldn’t be much
What’s crazy is how close these people are and how calm they are. Nope, not me!! 😮
How that depth could be created one of a sudden? Amazing
After that scary moment its like it never happened
Until one of those trees destroys a boat prop.