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Missing cat hunter finds buried spacecraft?
Hundreds of people are flocking to a field at Neuhofen im Innkreis in Austria after a mysterious perfectly round hole appeared overnight, leading down to a metallic construction 25-foot underground.
Farmer Franz Knoglinger, 47, discovered the hole while looking for his missing cat and after a report on local television he was flooded with curious visitors, as well as geologists, archaeologists and even UFO experts.
He said: "I was looking for our family cat Murlimann when I noticed the hole. I didn't know how deep it was then so I dropped the stone down there, and heard a metallic clunk.
"From the time it took for the stone to reach the bottom I realised it was very deep.
"I managed to get a big magnet which I dangled down there and it clearly fastened onto something at the bottom – so there is something large and metallic about down there. It also sounds as if there is a hollow space around about whatever the metal object is – it sounds as if there is a room underneath."
He said they needed 25 foot of rope to lower the magnet down and the local plumber who had tried to use a special camera to view the object had failed to get an image.
He said: "There seem to be disturbance on the line – maybe it was some sort of electrical field. Either way the camera didn't bring a good result."
Archaeologists suggested the hole could have been left by a wooden timber from an underground burial chamber that had rotted away.
Locals speculated it might have been a bomb as the area had been heavily targeted during the war.
But alien watchers have also been attracted by the find and are speculating about a buried spacecraft.
One man had even turned up with a sandwich board and the words "Beware - The Doorway to Hell".
Geologists from the local council are expected to visit the site on Monday to carry out further tests.
In the meantime the family cat has appeared again, she had been sleeping in an airing cupboard at the family farm and the door had been closed - shutting her in.
Austrian Times
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DUH DUH wrote on 13. 03. 2012 from NEW MExico about "Missing cat hunter finds ..."
Double DUH! If you want to know what it is, dig the damn thing up stupid! It would be a good idea to get a ground thumper or some other tool to locate the boundary be fore you start digging. A backhoe or excavator could dig that puppy up in short time.,
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Jacques Terreur wrote on 14. 03. 2012 from Germany about "Missing cat hunter finds ..."
this article says it's a man-made hole dug in the late 60's in the search for oil....: http://kurier.at/nachrichten/oberoesterreich/4488330-loch-hat-nichts-mit-ufos-zu-tun.php
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Takwa wrote on 15. 07. 2012 from HJUIhIlbfsLF about "Missing cat hunter finds ..."
PWEEZE, does anyone have a spare Reflex Hammer or Thermometer?I have these extra cloelctibles: Band-Aid, Stethoscope, Cone, Invisible Guitar, Invisible Sandwich, Broccoli, Goldfish, Cardboard Box, Laser Pointer, Toy Mouse! If anyone wants to trade please add me as a friend and leave a message which ones you want in return! THANKS!
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Greg from Aus wrote on 13. 03. 2012 from Perth, Australia about "Missing cat hunter finds ..."
Add up one hole in the ground, a piece of rope, a magnet, and some metal retic and somehow we have an alien spacecraft. Wow. Do we not have better things to do?
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Edy wrote on 14. 07. 2012 from nigqtPkoy about "Missing cat hunter finds ..."
But Could you guys please make sure that evreoyne gets a last collectible from the dr. tiny cat collection tomorrow? I really really wanna have the thermometer!! I HAVE to have it. I promissed a friend I'd have it, and also the Band Aid actually, but I dont really care much about that one..Or could someone please trade with me, I have a Goldfish, Yarn, Toy Mouse and A Cartboard Box. You can pick them all, but I have to have it! And next to that, I have No idea how to trade those things, but please, I have to have it. Thanks in advance.
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Isis2012 wrote on 16. 03. 2012 from Texas about "Missing cat hunter finds ..."
Fascinating ... a perfect cylinder size hole that appeared with no signs of excavated dirt ?. and having a metallic object at the bottom ? is a rightful curiosity find, unless the mind is a sleeping dud ? now rather it turns out to be a very simple answer ? or a very dangerous one ? or a very exciting one having celestial origins ? either way .. I appreciate this bit of wonder added to my day ?
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DeeBee1947 wrote on 13. 03. 2012 from UK about "Missing cat hunter finds ..."
Does no one remember Quatermass! Be very careful!! :-)
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