位於歐洲南部巴爾幹半島西部的多山國家－－波士尼亞與赫塞哥維納（Bosnia and Herzegovina，簡稱波赫）－－北部一個偏遠村落澤尼卡（Sanica）兩個星期前歷經了難忘的大面積「地陷」（天坑）驚魂。
上圖：波士尼亞位置
上圖：消失的池塘
目擊者描述，向來平靜的池塘，突然從眼前「瞬間」消失，一條條魚紛紛跳出水面，取而代之的是一個大坑洞，且還在不斷擴大中。
據報章報導，地陷當天該處地面突然「張開大口」，把池水、魚和池邊的樹全都吞噬，村民哈珊（Cemal Hasan）就說：「事發時一片混亂，魚躍出水面，還有一棵碩大的梅子樹宛如被人『勾』住向下猛拉入坑。」澤尼卡村的這處池塘原本直徑長20公尺 、深8公尺 ，現在變成一個寬50公尺 、深30公尺 的大坑，且仍在持續「長大」中。
其他報導：
Tales
from the 'abyss': Bosnians panic as sinkhole swallows village pond filled with
fish
November 26, 2013
Just outside the rustic village, children
fished in a tranquil pond bobbing with green algae and lined with willow trees,
as cattle grazed nearby.
Now, Rezak Motanic gazes in disbelief down
a gigantic moonlike crater where the pond used to be. It's like something from
a science fiction movie: a sinkhole swallowed the water, the fish and even
nearby trees.
"I sat here only a day before it
happened, sipping plum brandy," Cemal Hasan said. "And then, there
was panic. Fish were jumping out, and a big plum tree was pulled down like
someone yanked it with a hook."
The villagers of this remote northwestern
Bosnian village have been in shock since the pond vanished two weeks ago.
Their pond was some 20 meters (yards) in
diameter and about eight meters deep. Now, the "abyss," as the
villagers have dubbed the crater, is some 50 meters wide and 30 meters deep —
and growing.
Scientists say it is not uncommon that
ponds and small lakes suddenly disappear. They say it could be caused by drying
underground water currents, or changes in soil drainage due to irrigation.
The Sanica villagers, however, are having
none of the scientific explanations.
"It could have been a giant cave that
opened its doors," offered Milanko Skrbic. "Or a volcano."
Another popular theory — one that experts
dismiss along with the others proposed by townsfolk — is that fish could have
triggered the explosion of one of several World War II German bombs believed to
have been thrown into the pond by an old woman after the war.
"She herself died when one of the
bombs exploded in her arms," Cemal Hasan said as he stood on the edge of
the "abyss."
Another spooky explanation: The owner of
the pond took it with him when he died about a month ago.
"Only days before Hasan passed away he
said: 'I'll take everything with me when I die.' And that's what he did,"
Motanic said. "His daughter saw him walk on the lake the night he
died."
Husein Nanic said it could be a sign that
the end is nigh: "All sort of miracles happen before the doomsday,"
he said.
Pond
swallowed by sinkhole fuels legends in Bosnian village
26 November 2013
Nov 26, 2013
Sinkhole
swallows Bosnian pond overnight
歐洲南部波士尼亞小池塘一夜消失變50公尺天坑
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