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Bosnian villagers shocked at pond’s disappearance
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Just outside the rustic village, children fished in a tranquil pond bobbing with green algae and lined with willow trees, as cattle grazed nearby.
Now, Rezak Motanic gazes in disbelief down a gigantic moonlike crater where the pond used to be. It’s like something from a science fiction movie: a sinkhole swallowed the water, the fish and even nearby trees.
Cemal Hasan said: “I sat here only a day before it happened, sipping plum brandy. And then, there was panic. Fish were jumping out, and a big plum tree was pulled down like someone yanked it with a hook.”
The villagers of Sanica, a remote Bosnian village, have been in shock since the pond vanished two weeks ago.
The pond was 20 meters in diameter and eight meters deep. Now, the “abyss,” as the villagers have dubbed the crater, is some 50 meters wide and 30 meters deep, and growing.
Scientists say it is not uncommon for ponds and small lakes to suddenly disappear. It could be caused by drying underground water currents or changes in soil drainage due to irrigation.
But the villagers do not believe in the scientific explanations.
“It could have been a giant cave that opened its doors,” said Milanko Skrbic. “Or a volcano.”
Another spooky explanation: The owner of the pond took it with him when he died about a month ago.
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