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Sinkhole Swallows 8 Vehicles Inside Bowling Green KY Corvette Museum

Posted by samzenpus on from the mole-man's-new-ride dept.

OakDragon writes "A sinkhole about 40 feet wide — and 30 feet deep — opened up inside the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY early Thursday morning, swallowing eight vehicles that were sitting inside. At least one of these cars is one of a kind, and due to its location the fire department allowed its removal. The sinkhole is remarkable in that it has left the surrounding ground which supports the circular structure intact, although that assessment may change up on investigation. Security footage from inside the museum shows the collapse as it happened."

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  1. the perfect crime...almost! by noh8rz10 · · Score: 4, Funny

    the sinkhole was likely an attempted theft using underground tunnels to bore directly into the car museum. the coolest part is that the tunnel made itself using the sinkhole-ray and the cars fell into the hole and they just drove them off!

  2. Tragic - Good thing the 7:19 ZR1 survived by unassimilatible · · Score: 3, Informative

    The ZR1 that set the 7:19.63 Nurburgring lap time survived.

    Too bad the Blue Devil ZR-1 was lost.

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    1. Re:Tragic - Good thing the 7:19 ZR1 survived by KingMotley · · Score: 4, Informative

      When it was done, it was the fastest time ever recorded, by any car. Since then, it has been broken many times, but never by a car close to its price.

  3. wow by crioca · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well that's just a son of a ditch.

  4. Its sad, but they're only cars... by Viol8 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    At least no people got hurt, unlike that poor guy who had a sinkhole open up under his bedroom and died.

    But you'd have thought if the original builders knew about sinkholes they've have either build a very thick concrete base slab and/or plenty of deep piles. Looking at that mess they did neither.

    1. Re:Its sad, but they're only cars... by sunderland56 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Looking at that mess they did neither.

      If you were looking for excellence in engineering, I think the Corvette museum would be a bad place to start.

  5. Re:IF ONLY ... !! by flyneye · · Score: 4, Funny

    Somewhere a distant echo in my brain is a proverb about Vettes saying something about a deep hole that you throw money into.
    Seems like prophesy instead of proverb at this point.

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  6. They fell into a sinkhole by Powercntrl · · Score: 3, Funny

    God said "Fuck Corvette"

    Clearly, this was the work of the devil. He's pure evil, so clearly he has no problem with "downloading" a few cars!

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  7. Wrong Museum by therblig · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Stupid sinkhole attacked the wrong museum in Kentucky.

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  8. It was Bugs by GodfatherofSoul · · Score: 3, Funny

    He made that wrong turn in Albuquerque again.

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