As most people probably know by now, a huge and mysterious sinkhole has opened in Siberia, and scientists don’t know exactly what it is…yet. The internet begs to differ, though, and has offered up numerous conspiracy theories as to how the sinkhole came to be.
Because aliens: this theory is always popular for any situation where there is no immediate explanation. Whenever scientists do not have an answer, aliens always make their way into the mix. In the case of the Siberian sinkhole specifically, the theory is that an alien spaceship may have crash-landed on the ground and the heat of the resulting explosion created the hole. Researchers have since pointed out there is no evidence of this having happened, such as, perhaps, debris from the ship or creepy dead alien bodies all over the place.
The end times are a-comin‘! As with the alien theory, “the end times are a-comin'” is always a trusty standby explanation for mysterious, yet always-eventually-proven-to-be-natural events. This theory is popular with people who believe there are coded prophesies in the Bible. However, for them, the end of days is always right around the corner. What they find around that corner is always disappointment since the world keeps turning, and this time will be no exception.
“That crater was caused by a satellite electromagnetic weapon system. This appears to be a test.”- No further detail is given from this post on a forum discussing the sinkhole except that there is “no way” the hole will turn out to be natural. Unfortunately, this person is probably going to have to join the disappointed end-times crowd as soon as scientists reach a consensus on the happening that caused the abyss.
Cosmic death ray: According to numerous internet commenters, The Atlanteans developed a cosmic death ray long ago using “crystal technology” that could amplify the sun. In this theory, the predictions of Edgar Cayce made in the 50s have come true, and the government has finally found a way to harness this technology and weaponize it by reverse engineering it. Seems legit.
Satellites masquerading as communication devices: This theory involves vortexes, photosynthesis, clouds, fauna, flora and “onion rings” of cosmic energy; then something about it all being involved with the government somehow. Every other theory, according to this commenter, is merely “obfuscation and misdirection.”
Sorry to disappoint all the creative minds out there, but scientists are leaning toward global warming as the main cause of the sinkhole. The explanation being probed right now is that melting and shifting of natural elements may have caused some sort of event in which the Siberian sinkhole opened. Researchers also point out that there are many such sinkholes around the world. What the conspiracy theorists might want to focus on next is: how come one story about a sinkhole in one place, which is a natural occurrence yet to be discovered, gets precedence in the media over all of the other sinkholes out there? It could be because the place where the hole opened is referred to as “the end of the world,” but maybe, just maybe, there is another, more mysterious-and very sinister-reason.
Nah, just kidding. It is actually because of the size of the hole and the unusual name of the place where it happened. Soon, experts will most likely discover the real reason for the event and the conspiracy theorists will have to busy themselves with other “unexplainable” things.
