I looked out a window onto the back yard today and noticed that what once was a set of stone steps magically transformed into a GIANT FUCKING CRATER. Jury is still out as to what caused this collapse, or what actually collapsed. Some phone conversation with my father, who hasn’t seen the crater yet, seemed to indicate that the septic tank is not below the collapsed area, so it must be some old structure under ground that is now history.
Seeing the amount of rain you’ve gotten recently, it’s probably a sink hole.
I hope so… We have to make this septic tank last for at least another 6 months until the town’s sewer project goes live.
City sewer will definitely be nice. Assuming your bark yard doesn’t smell extremely foul, you should be safe. I assume it doesn’t, since you managed to get 5 pictures taken.
You assumed correctly. And considering how barely working our septic is, I am very familiar with what it would smell like… :)
Dude, it was totally the groundhog!!!!! :)
That was honestly one of my thoughts! I hope the little bugger didn’t get hurt!
AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That’s insane!!!!!!!!!!!! Those steps were my hide-away (well, not so hidden) when I was a kid! That’s ridiculous!
And I hope as much as you do that Herm didn’t get hurt!
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Hahaha the g. hog has a name?!
hehe
Hahha yea…we’re not exactly sure if it’s the same ground hog that’s been around for years…but somewhere along the way he obtained the name Herm. :-p
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Not likely that it was a sink hole, they usually fill with water after collapsing. It may have been an old cistern. I have also heard of things like that collapsing because the fill underneath had to much organic material in it and slowly rotted away.
Agreed, but the only problem with the cistern theory is that the house is only ~50-60 years old… Doesn’t seem right timeline wise, I wouldn’t expect a house this “young” to have a cistern, but who knows. The water table is ridiculously high here because we basically live on the lake, so perhaps the cistern was put in for those reasons.
Wow. When I read that, I figured you were exaggerating some.
Then I looked at the pictures.
I apologize for thinking that =)
When have I been know to exaggerate?
(Begin montage of Sean referring to everything and it’s mother as “the greatest/best thing ever”).
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what did you say about my mother?????????///