EIN GEDI, Israel - Eli Raz was peering into a narrow hole in the Dead Sea shore when the earth opened up and swallowed him. Fearing he would never be found alive in the 30-foot- deep pit, he scribbled his will on an old postcard.
Entire story here....
I ddid not have a good experience there either. Creepy.
Yikes! Being swallowed by the earth is SO not the way I would want to go out!
I left out a letter in the word, "peering", and I thought - how horrible!!!
I got chatting to an old Latvian lady at work the other day. She filled me in on how Latvia fared during WWII. Now *that* totally killed any complaints I may have had about my life. Falling into a sinkhole? Scary stuff, but not as downright terrifying as being treated so inhumanely by other people.
Not so dead now, is it?
"I left out a letter in the word, "peering", and I thought - how horrible!!!
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
Holy crap!
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
Yep, the area around the Dead Sea is fun. Just don't hike onto a sinkhole or into Egypt and don't swim or boat into Jordan (or vice versa) and you'll be fine. :)
Really, though, the last time I was there I got regaled with the story of a guy who managed to save his girlfriend from a sinkhole but got so badly injured in the process he fell into a coma. This is always happening.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/12/05
The only thing I remember about the dead sea was that I was screaming in pain. Cuts and open blisters don't go well with 33% salt water (salt water for other oceans is usually about 3%).
So now when I'm at the beach I'll be afraid of sharks AND sinkholes. Great.
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