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Hellhole is a large and deep pit cave in Germany Valley of eastern West Virginia. It is the seventh longest cave in the United States and is home to almost half of the world's population of Virginia big-eared bats. At 737 feet (225 m), Hellhole is the deepest of several caves in the Valley. [3]
The Hölloch (English: Hellhole) [2] is a 200.4 km (124.5 mi) long cave in the municipality Muotathal in Switzerland. In addition to being the second longest cave in Europe and the 11th longest of the world, it is also notable for having a depth of 1,033 m (3,389 ft). [1] The Hölloch is an example of a karst cave system. [3]
The entrance to Hellhole is owned by a private landowner who has never wished to sell the land around it. The quarry, immediately to the west of the cave entrance, is operated by Greer Limestone Company (owned by West Virginia businessman and politician John Raese). Greer leased the entrance to Hellhole from the landowner in 1986, and as the ...
Hellhole (cave), a pit cave in West Virginia; Hell Hole Cave (also referred to as 'IXL Cave' or 'Tom Sawyer Cave'), a cave in Wilder Ranch State Park, Santa Cruz, California; Hellhole Wood, near Beamish, County Durham
According to Hawaiian folklore, Waipio Valley contains an entrance to the lower world, Lua-o-Milu, which is now concealed with sand. [13] Hellam Township near York, Pennsylvania, is the subject of a modern urban legend claiming that it contains the Seven Gates of Hell. [14] Mount Osore in northern Japan is said to be an entrance to hell. [15 ...
The "Well to Hell", also known as the "Siberian hell sounds", is an urban legend regarding a putative borehole in the Siberian region of Russia, which was purportedly drilled so deep that it broke through into Hell.
The cave's dark, black entrance inspired the idea that the Devil lived inside. [3] Other stories of the name's origin say that one of the rocks near the entrance was thought to look like the Devil [4] or that warm water vapour drifting from the cave in the winter had an eerie effect. [5] [6] See also Hell Gorge, Pekel, Maribor, and Pekel, Trebnje.
The gates on Toad Road, as they stand today. The Seven Gates of Hell is a modern urban legend regarding locations in York County, Pennsylvania. [1] Two versions of the legend exist, one involving a burnt insane asylum and the other an eccentric doctor.