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Who dug that hole? I doubt that small girl could have, even if she was tenaciously determined! So did her parents dig that hole? Were they not paying attention? Where were they?
We need to automatically enroll the new generation in parenting classes as soon as they become pregnant.
Who dug that hole? I doubt that small girl could have, even if she was tenaciously determined! So did her parents dig that hole? Were they not paying attention? Where were they?
We need to automatically enroll the new generation in parenting classes as soon as they become pregnant.
The very first post in the thread, states the 7-year-old and her 9-year-old brother dug the hole. Apparently, it was several feet deep and when it collapsed in on itself, the little girl was beneath her brother. It took about 20 minutes for the children to be dug out and it was too late for little Sloan by then.
The very first post in the thread, states the 7-year-old and her 9-year-old brother dug the hole. Apparently, it was several feet deep and when it collapsed in on itself, the little girl was beneath her brother. It took about 20 minutes for the children to be dug out and it was too late for little Sloan by then.
I'm suspicious that they were able to dig a hole that deep and wide.
I'm suspicious that they were able to dig a hole that deep and wide.
Honestly, I'm not. I grew up in a beach community and we would dig incessantly. My mom has pictures of me my sister and 2 cousins standing in a hole where you can only see us from mid-chest up. Probably well over 3 feet deep on a pair of 6-year-olds.
Honestly, I'm not. I grew up in a beach community and we would dig incessantly. My mom has pictures of me my sister and 2 cousins standing in a hole where you can only see us from mid-chest up. Probably well over 3 feet deep on a pair of 6-year-olds.
The hole was 6 feet deep. How could they get the sand out from that deep ?
I doubt it ever occurred to them it would be dangerous to let the kids dig. They're from Indiana, not a beach area where people might know that. I wouldn't have known it was dangerous.
Honestly they are probably PISSED off and I would be too. Who the f*ck goes on vacation and has their kid die from being buried in the sand...pretty much no one. What an awful thing to go through.
What evidence or proof do we have that the two little kids dug a 6' deep hole without adult help -- the parents' word? Witnesses? That seems very implausible, and it was also reported that unnamed adults actually created it.
What evidence or proof do we have that the two little kids dug a 6' deep hole without adult help -- the parents' word? Witnesses? That seems very implausible, and it was also reported that unnamed adults actually created it.
Two feet deep, maybe. Six feet deep? No way. Not only would the kids not be able to throw the sand that high up out of the hole, but in order to make a hole that deep in the first place, the sand would have to be very damp and packed firmly under the surface layer. It would take big spades and a lot of strength to continue excavating it, more strength than little kids have.
As far as the depth of the hole? Any pics? Why? Because something just entered my brainless head. After an onshore wind, the beach could have erosion in which there will be a ridge along the hightide line. That "ridge" can be a several foot high, unstable "cliff" that could easily collapse if somebody was even just digging a small hole at the base of it. When I drive out on the beach and go to park, I know not to park near the edge of such cuts as the weight of my truck will collapse it and it'll probably be claimed by the tide if I don't get it unstuck in several hours. Just standing on the edge may be enough to make the sand collapse.
On NC's outer banks, way back in 86 if I remember correctly, I saw trucks parked at the top of the dune crossing. My curiosity bettered me and I had to find out why nobody was actually continuing onto the beach. This was after a 2-week northeaster. Not only was the beach cut out so deep from the tides that it was unpassable beyond the access point, but the remaining bones of an old shipwreck was uncovered. Quite cool. Upon a little research that ship would occasionally be uncovered after a storm. It was a sailing vessel that ran aground in a storm in the 30's. For the curious, I can't remember if it was the ramp just north of Avon or just south of Rodanthe! That happens a bit now and then on our beaches. Saw a few ship ribs unburried by a storm on Assateque near me 2 years ago.
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