Current Events > Mysterious fire hole in Arkansas stumps officials who have ruled out Satan.

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Tmaster148
10/04/18 10:30:15 PM
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https://www.foxnews.com/science/mysterious-hole-shooting-out-flames-in-arkansas-stumps-officials-weve-ruled-out-satan

For 40 minutes, a small hole in the ground sprayed 12-foot flames uncontrollably before finally coming to a halt. Images of the red-orange flames and heat from the fire were embedded in the minds of those who witnessed the scene.

The hole opened up on a private property in Midway, Arkansas, nearly a month ago on Sept. 17 and yet it is still stumping investigators. People were quick to offer theories as to what caused the sudden explosion: Was it space junk, meteorites, maybe a gas leak?

So far, none of the guesses have proved to be correct, Baxter County Judge Mickey Pendergrass told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. He also ruled out another wild explanation Satan.

"As far as the spiritual Satan goes, we've ruled that out. ... He didn't come up and stick his pitchfork in the ground and blow that hole out," Pendergrass joked.

Donald Tucker, chief of the Midway Fire Protection District, said the hole acted "like a chimney," noting that it's particularly suspicious the fire eventually just stopped.

"It was drawing air from a lower elevation. ... Whatever it was, it burned up its fuel and went out," he told the newspaper.

The hole didn't just open up suddenly. It has been around for at least 10 years, according to a landscaper.

"It's kind of like an old groundhog hole, burrow, or armadillo's," Pendergrass described. "But it's been there a long time."

Geologists scoped the hole with a camera and determined it was likely created by an animal because it extended horizontally before intercepting a nearby drainage ditch, according to an Arkansas Geological Survey report.

Gas company Black Hills Energy, which was asked to help inspect the site, confirmed it didn't find any utility or fuel lines leaking in the area.

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality also examined several underground fuel storage tanks in Midway to ensure they were sealed.

"Based on ADEQ inspections it does not appear that any of these tanks contributed to the fire," the agency said in a statement to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

Investigators are planning on sending soil samples from the burnt hole to a lab in hopes they'll be able to identify the root of the explosion.

"The soil samples should clear up any possibility of gasoline or anything else put down the hole or migrating groundwater contaminate such as gasoline," Ty Johnson of the Geological Survey said.

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Bloodychess
10/04/18 10:31:11 PM
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Silent Hill is coming
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Takuya Lee
10/04/18 10:33:00 PM
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Oh crap Lucifer has risen.
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I'm just passing through. Remember that.
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EbonTitanium
10/04/18 10:33:39 PM
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Centralia 2
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Bloodychess
10/04/18 10:34:10 PM
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Takuya Lee posted...
Oh crap Lucifer has risen.

No hes been ruled out
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DarkTransient
10/04/18 10:37:00 PM
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Bloodychess posted...
Takuya Lee posted...
Oh crap Lucifer has risen.

No hes been ruled out


no cant you read SATAN has been ruled out not LUCEFER
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HylianFox
10/04/18 10:37:36 PM
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watch it turn out to actually be Satan

stupid officials
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HighOnSolar
10/04/18 10:38:37 PM
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DarkTransient posted...
Bloodychess posted...
Takuya Lee posted...
Oh crap Lucifer has risen.

No hes been ruled out


no cant you read SATAN has been ruled out not LUCEFER

Thats all fine and dandy but why do we even have to spend manpower ruling out really soft sheets
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spudger
10/04/18 10:38:39 PM
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The earth hates Arkansas so much its melting itself
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SageHarpuia
10/04/18 10:38:41 PM
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Why haven't I heard about this?
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HylianFox
10/04/18 10:43:28 PM
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wait, what if Pendergrass is Satan and is trying to throw us off his trail?

what kind of name is "Pendergrass" anyway?
Pendergrass, pentagram... I smell a rat!
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