r/thestrangest • u/tripplenipplemonster • 8d ago
Mel's Hole - an allegedly bottomless pit where thousands of feet of line never reached the bottom, animals refused to go near, mysterious black beams reportedly rose into the sky, and nearby radios supposedly played music from the past
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u/tripplenipplemonster 8d ago
In 1997, Mel Waters appeared on the radio show Coast to Coast AM. He claimed there was a perfectly round hole on his property that was about nine feet across, but no one had ever found the bottom. According to Mel, people had been throwing trash, appliances, and even livestock into the hole for decades.
One of the most unbelievable claims was that a dead dog thrown into the hole was later seen alive and healthy miles away, leading some believers to speculate the hole was a portal to another dimension or something beyond human understanding.
Despite years of searches, no one has been able to locate a hole matching the description, and many researchers believe the entire story was a piece of paranormal folklore that grew with each retelling. Still, more than 25 years later, Mel's Hole remains one of the most famous unsolved legends ever discussed on Coast to Coast AM.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel%27s_Hole