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Yep, you didn't misread this. Yesterday a giant sinkhole opened up at the National Corvette Museum at Bowling Green and 8 Corvettes fell into it...
   
Here' the video. (WARNING: This may be disturbing to some viewers.!!!)
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/12/us/national-corvette-museum-cars-fall/---MIA----1962 black Corvette 1984 PPG pace car 1992 white 1 millionth Corvette 1993 ruby red 40th anniversary Corvette 1993 ZR-1 Spyder on loan from General Motors 2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 Corvette 2009 white 1.5 millionth Corvette 2009 ZR1 "Blue Devil" on loan from General Motors FLASH: The VCCA offers to help find any "missing parts".... 
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Actually, it is just happening now, started opening up early this morning. I thought it was a gag, but this is real! About 10 - 15 emails about this already!
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I'll bet that they increase the number of CORVETTE RAFFLES now. If you don't know about that, then you're missing out on some REALLY good odds.   CLICK HERE
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To me it looks like that hole is a lot deeper than what was reported. I helped a friend fill in some sink holes in his back yard this summer and its unbelievable how a small 2" hole at the surface can be 12 feet wide at the bottom. From the drone helicopter views it appears there are some spots where the bottom cannot be seen. Also some people in the pictures were in areas that I would not want to be in.
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If I knew that place was so easy to tunnel under, I'd have me a Vette or two by now!
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OK, so, no re-bar, but do you think it would have made any real difference?  
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It might have sagged but held up. Who knows?
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I really don't think it would have held up even with re-bar in it. I'm surprised that they are leaving those other cars
in there so close to the hole.
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They might have been told it's still to dangerous to get that close to move them...May open up some more...What a shame...
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There are people in view next to the cars and one is parked next to exit doors. Doesn't make sense.
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If you look at drone video two it looks like the car under the Gasoline Alley sign have been moved
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I think I read somewhere that the cars that didnt fall have all been moved away safely and they were waiting for authority to rescue the 8 that did fall.
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