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The Xiaozhai Tiankeng has been well known to local people since ancient times. Xiaozhai is the name of an abandoned village nearby and means "little village", and "Tiankeng" means Heavenly Pit, a unique regional name for sinkholes in China. A 2,800-step staircase has been constructed in order to facilitate tourism. [2]
The 31-year-old Welsh mathematician and GCHQ analyst was found dead and naked in a bag that had been padlocked from the outside, in the bath of his home in Central London. [480] The inquest found his death was likely criminal, although a Metropolitan Police investigation later found that it was likely an accident. [481]
Explorers found a large area of wild plantain (Heliconia) species at the bottom, as well as square bamboos (Chimonobambusa quadrangularis) [8] with thorns 2 cm to 3 cm long growing around its joints. [9] An unidentified species of eagle was also found inside the sinkhole, living in a family, after which the tiankeng was named. [3]
The family of Elizabeth Pollard, the 64-year-old Pennsylvania grandmother who was found dead after falling into a 30-foot sinkhole over a week ago, said their loved one found happiness in taking ...
Latest on search: Missing woman feared to have fallen into sinkhole: Shoe found as search continues. ... In 2013, a Florida man was killed as he slept when a sinkhole near Tampa opened up. His ...
Elizabeth Pollard's cause of death will be determined after an autopsy is completed, according to police After Missing Grandma Was Found Dead in Sinkhole, Police Reveal New Details of What May ...
The days-long search for a Pennsylvania grandmother, who fell through a sinkhole while searching for her cat, ended in tragedy when rescuers found the woman's body, authorities said Friday. The ...
The police department posted photos of the sinkhole on its Facebook page. This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Whitefish Bay police warn of sinkhole at Big Bay Park ...