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The Story of My As-Yet-Unverified Impact Crater
tetrahedrassface writes "When I was very young, my dad took me on a trip to his parents' farm. He wanted to show me 'The Crater.' We walked a long way through second generation hardwoods and finally stood on the rim of a hole that has no equal in this area. As I grew up, I became more interested in The Crater, and would always tell friends about it. It is roughly 1,200 feet across and 120 feet deep, and has a strange vibe about it. When you walk up to it, you feel like something really big happened here. Either the mother of all caves is down there, or a large object smashed into this place a long, long time ago. I bought aerial photos when I was twelve and later sent images from GIS to a geologist at a local university. He pretty much laughed me out of his office, saying that it was a sinkhole. He did wish me luck, however. It may be sinkhole. Who knows? Last week I borrowed a metal detector and went poking around, and have found the strangest shrapnel pieces I have ever seen. They are composed of a metal that reacts strongly to acids. The largest piece so far reacted with tap water and dish-washing detergent. My second trip today yielded lots of strange new pieces of metal, and hopefully, one day the truth will be known. Backyard science is so much fun. And who knows; if it is indeed a cave, maybe Cerberus resides there."
I'm kindof afraid that your backyard is going to become the first physical place to be slashdotted.
Even worse, what if it was slashdotted ... by niggers!
there is no need to talk an enthusiastic person down like that
IICV: Is it fun to live your life as a completely ignorant, mean-spirited fucking prick?
Here's a hint: You don't always have to win, and you don't always have to be the smartest kid in the room. No go place nice with your little sister.
That sounds like work. The original submitter clearly prefers to spend his time tromping around in the pit collecting "weird metals" and "strange rocks that react to water" and making sensationalistic Slashdot posts over doing some actual science that would help him better understand the area he spent so much time in as a child.