Unexplained: Large Crevice in Michigan

Posted on 11 October 2010. Tags: crack, crevice, Eileen Heider, ground, map, Menominee Township, Michigan, Michigan State Police, mystery, unexplained, Video

Large crevice remains a mystey (DailyPress.net)

STEPHENSON – The sudden appearance of a 150-foot, 4-foot-deep crevice in Menominee Township remains a mystery and is causing a great deal of speculation.

The crevice appeared after landowners heard a loud boom between 8 and 9 a.m. Monday, followed by the ground shaking for a few seconds. The landowners later found a large crevice south of their Menominee Township home Tuesday.

Residents are speculating what could have caused the mysterious occurrence.

Eileen Heider, who owns the property where the crevice first appeared earlier this week, said Michigan State Police were attempting to locate an expert to come in and determine what caused the crevice.

“I have heard some people mention it appearing due to the amount of rain we received this year, but if that was the case, then there should be water in it, and the crevice is bone dry,’ said Heider.

She said there have been other theories offered, including a lightning bolt that may have struck the ground.

Other theories Heider has heard range from fissures, which with the high water table may have caused collapse, to a pocket of methane gas that exploded under pressure.

“It’s not a straight line; it’s crooked like it was made by someone who may have been drinking,” said Heider, referring to the crevice.

She added the crevice is not only in the wooded area where it was first discovered, but it also runs into a field near the Heider home.

“We don’t know if the crack started in the field and runs into the woods or if it started in the woods and runs into the field,” she said.

Heider said in some areas of the crevice, rocks can be seen, some of which have been split due to the earth’s pressure in those areas.

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**Editor’s Note**

Just an interesting side note, I found this article while researching this topic:

Federal Govt assumes control over Great Lakes, by executive order.

Whether or not the two are connected, I do not know. However, I find it extremely interesting that an event like this took place within a couple months of this executive order. The Great Lakes have been subject to many debates over the years within our government. These debates include, however are not limited to, drainage, pollution and even emptying the lakes.

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Posted on 23 April 2010. Tags: Atlas V rocket, Boeing, California, Cape Canaveral, captive-carry flight, florida, high-altitude research aircraft, Launch, Michael Rein, Mojave, Mojave Spaceport, orbit, Pentagon, Scaled Composites White Knight, shuttle Columbia, space plane, Spacecraft, SpaceShipOne, streaming video, U.S. Air Force, United Launch Alliance, unmanned miniature space shuttle, webcast, X-37, X-37 Orbital Test Vehicle, X-37B

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Dylan Ratigan: ‘The Great Con Job’, Blasts Wall Street and Economy

Posted on 10 April 2010. Tags: Alan Greenspan, Bailouts, bankers, Banks, con job, Dylan Ratigan, federal bailouts, federal reserve, financial crisis, financial reform, government, interest rates, MSNBC, regulations, Ron Paul, taxes, The Fed, wall street

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Poland: Mourning Loss of President Lech Kaczynski Along With Numerous Political, Military Leaders in Jet Crash

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Posted on 28 December 2009. Tags: "Misinformer of the Year" for 2009, Anastasia ChUrkina, anti-war activist, Barack Obama, Bill O'Reilly, David Ayers, entertainment, entertainment industry, FCC, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Joel Silberman, mainstream media, media consultant, Media Matters, MSM, news, non-profit organization, professor, Ronald Reagan, Russia Today, television, United States

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Posted on 16 December 2009. Tags: "The Chinese Worker", 1930s, 2008-2009 economic crisis, 2009 Person of the Year, Afghanistan, Apple, bankers, Banks, Barack Obama, Ben Bernanke, borrowers, car loans, central bank, credit markets, Dollar, economic crisis, Federal Reserve Chairman, Financial, financial crisis, Financial System, foreign banks, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, global financial crisis, government, Great Depression, hedge funds, History, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, housing finance, housing market, insurers, interest rate, investment banks, Jamaica, Main Street, Managing Editor, manufacturer, markets, Michael Grunwald, monetary policy, Money, money supply, mortgage bonds, mutual funds, Princeton, private companies, Richard Stengel, Steve Jobs, T, taxpayer, The Fed, The Federal Reserve, time, TIME Person of the Year, Time's cover curse, United States housing markets, United States monetary policy, Usain Bolt, wall street, world economy

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Debate: Fox News Suggests Lowering Minimum Wage

Posted on 15 December 2009. Tags: Business, Economy, federal government, Financial, Fox News, minimum wage, Money, recession

What are your thoughts on this one? Fox News aired a segment suggesting the federal government lower the minimum wage to help workers and the economy. I’m not too sure this is something that would be called for during the economic times we are currently in.

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