It looked like a vision of hell, if hell was a golf course. (It would really look like hell if someone struck a match).
Muddy bubbling water churning several feet in the air at a golf course Wednesday in Lampton Shores, Ont., was clearly no regular water hazard.
Jamie Reitknecht, who posted the dramatic spectacle on YouTube, said it “smelled like propane.”
He wasn't far off. Police said a gas pocket under the pond next to Indian Hills Golf Club caused the frightening scene, and that it was a natural event rather than a leak.
The Ministry of Natural Resources dispatched a team of investigators to the scene to make sure there was no harm to passersby.
Reitknecht said the gas was even visible in the air.
“Right above the green, there's a haze that looks like a gas,” he said in the video.
The comments to this story are funny. It also reminds me of this:
The Door to Hell is a natural gas field in Derweze (also spelled Darvaze, meaning "gate"), Ahal Province, Turkmenistan. The Door to Hell is noted for its natural gas fire which has been burning continuously since it was lit by Soviet petroleum engineers in 1971. The fire is fed by the rich natural gas deposits in the area. The pungent smell of burning sulfur pervades the area for some distance.
Leave it to Soviet engineers to be unable to resist the urge to torch it off. I would do the same, frankly. Good thing the sober Canadians up in Ontario had better sense.
Natural gas and coal seam fires create global warming. Somebody call Al.
ReplyDeleteGood thing the sober Canadians up in Ontario had better sense. So far.
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