Speaker 1: All right, strap yourselves in for this one, because today
we're diving headfirst into a mystery that's as deep and
as puzzling as well the very thing we're going to
be talking.
Speaker 2: About, Mel's Hole. Mel's Hole, a hole that's become so
legendary it's practically reached mythical status. And you know what's
really fascinating to me, even without any solid proof, this
story has just captivated people for decades. It really shows
you the power of a good yarn, especially one that
kind of tickles that part of our brains that craves
the unexplained exactly.
Speaker 1: We were talking about just some ordinary sinkhole here. Now
we're talking about a supposed bottomless abyss, a hole that
seems to completely defy the laws of physics and logic,
and all around it are these tales of bizarre phenomena,
government cover ups, and even you know, a little dash
of the paranormal.
Speaker 2: It all begins simply enough with a man named Mel
Waters and this unusual feature that he found on his
property out in the wilds of Washington State, right, Just.
Speaker 1: A hole that seemed totally unassuming at first glance, but
as with so many great mysteries, the more that Mel investigated,
the deeper the rabbit hole went. And yeah, pun very
much intended.
Speaker 2: His initial curiosity was piqued by the simple fact that
this hole, which he had been using as a dumping ground,
never seemed to fill up. He could throw anything in,
no matter how much, and it just kept taking it.
Can you imagine staring into that abyss knowing that what
you're seeing is defying basic common sense.
Speaker 1: It's like the ultimate garbage disposal. But jokes aside, that
really does defy logic, doesn't it. Every hole has to have.
Speaker 2: A bottom, right, That's what Mel thought too, So, like
any practical person would, he decided to figure out how
deep this thing really went. But you know, we aren't
talking fancy sonar equipment or like geological surveys or anything
like that. Mel he grabbed his trusty fishing line.
Speaker 1: Fishing line talk about a low tech solution to a
high mystery.
Speaker 2: Situation exactly, and that's where the story takes its first
leap into well the unbelievable. Mel claimed that he let
out over eighty thousand feet.
Speaker 1: Of line eighty thousand five that's over.
Speaker 2: Fifteen miles, and he said he still never hit bottom.
Speaker 1: Fifteen miles. That's deeper than the Mariana Trench, the deepest
known part of the ocean. Didn't it occur to him
that maybe his fishing line just snapped at some point, Well,
that's just it.
Speaker 2: Mel was completely adamant. He insisted that the line always
stayed taught, like something was preventing it from ever reaching
the bottom. This wasn't just a casual observation. He was
positive that this hole was different, that it was special.
Speaker 1: Okay, let's say, just for the sake of argument, that
this bottomless pit really does exist. Wouldn't a hole that
deep just collapse in on itself. What kind of geological
forces could even create something like that.
Speaker 2: Well, that's where the skeptics come in. Geologists would argue
that a hole that deep is simply impossible, because the
incredible pressure and heat at those depths would just cause
the surrounding rock to collapse inward. A true bottomless pit
would completely contradict everything we know about how the Earth's
crust works.
Speaker 1: So either Mel was exaggerating in a big way, or
there's something else going on here, something that breaks the
rules of science as.
Speaker 2: We know it, And that's what makes the story so
captivating right, It throws all logic out the window and
invites us to consider the possibility that something truly extraordinary
could exist.
Speaker 1: But the depth of the hole was just the beginning.
Mel's observation started to get a bit, shall we say, unusual,
Like how is dogs refuse to even go near the hole.
Speaker 2: It's almost like they could sense something unsettling, something beyond
what we humans can perceive, like the primal instinct that
animals display before a natural disaster, as if they're attuned
to something that we aren't.
Speaker 1: You know, it's funny that you should mention that, because
I was reading about how some animals are able to
actually sense earthquakes before they happen. There are even stories
of zoo animals acting super strangely right before major tremors.
Speaker 2: Exactly, there's a certain kind of wisdom in the animal kingdom,
wouldn't you say that we humans tend to just overlook
And in the case of Mel's hole, the fact that
the animals were so averse to it just adds a
whole other layer of mystery to the story. It really
makes you wonder what were they picking up on that
we just weren't.
Speaker 1: But then things get even stranger with the story of
the resurrected dog. That's what it starts to feel like
we've stepped into the twilight zone.
Speaker 2: This tale, if true, definitely starts to blur the lines
between the natural and the supernatural. So, according to Mel,
one of his neighbors had to put down his dog,
which is already just a heartbreaking experience, and he chose
to bury the dog. And you guessed it this seemingly
bottomless pit.
Speaker 1: Well, I guess in a way, it is kind of
a fitting final resting place, right, Yeah, swallowed up by eternity,
that was the idea.
Speaker 2: Yeah, But a few days later, this neighbor claims that
he saw his dog alive and well, well alive at
least he said it was acting very strongly.
Speaker 1: Hold on. So, not only do we have a potentially
bottomless hole, but it can also bring things back from
the dead. Okay, now, I really need to know where
this hole is so I can bring my goldfish back.
Speaker 2: Well, you and everyone else, but jokes aside. The story
of the resurrected dog came a cornerstone of the whole
Mel's whole legend. It really tapped into those universal fears
and hopes that we all have about death, the afterlife,
and the possibility of something beyond our comprehension.
Speaker 1: It definitely plays on those deep seated fears and hopes
that we all share. It's like a modern day myth
being passed down through internet forums in late.
Speaker 2: Night radio precisely, and this specific myth was about to
reach a much much larger audience because Mel, with all
of his bizarre tales, decided to go public. And what
better platform for a story like this than late night radio,
the home of all things strange and unexplained. Mel took
his story to Coast to Coast AM, a show that
was famous for its deep dives into the paranormal and
all those conspiracy theories.
Speaker 1: Uh Coast to Coast AM that brings back memories. It
was like a gateway to all things weird and wonderful.
You know. I used to stay up late listening to
Art Bell, the host. He had this way of making
the unbelievable sound almost believable.
Speaker 2: Oh our Bell. He was a master storyteller, that's for sure.
He knew just how to build suspense and to ask
just the right questions. He created this atmosphere where the
listeners felt like they were right there a part of
the conversation, and when Mel called in with his story
of a bottomless pit, it was like he'd struck gold.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I bet the phone lines were lighting up that night.
But what was it about Mel's story that really captivated
so many people.
Speaker 2: Well, I think there's that obvious human fascination with the unknown,
you know, the mystery of a whole that seems to
have no end. But I also think that it tapped
into something deeper, this yearning for something extraordinary in a
world that so often feels very mundane. Mel's Hohle offered
a glimpse into a realm that was beyond anything we
could ever understand, a place where the normal rules of
nature just didn't seem to apply.
Speaker 1: It's like that feeling you get when you look up
at the night sky and you realize just how vast
and mysterious the universe really is. You feel small, but also,
in a strange way, very connected to something much bigger
than yourself.
Speaker 2: That's it, exactly, and Mel's story, with its talk of
these bizarre phenomena and other worldly encounters, it really fed
that sense of wonder and awe. He claimed that this
hole would interfere with radio waves, causing them to pick
up these strange signals, everything from old music to baseball
games from like decades ago. It's as if this hole
was some kind of portal to another time or even
another dimension.
Speaker 1: Okay, now that is just creepy. Imagine listening to your
radio and suddenly you're hearing voices from the past. That's
straight out of a horror movie.
Speaker 2: I know, right, gives me shivers just thinking about it.
And then there was the dark beam. Mel described seeing
a beam of pure darkness shooting straight up from the hole,
a darkness so deep, so profound, that it seemed to
defy any.
Speaker 1: Description a beam of darkness? What could possibly explain that?
Speaker 2: Yeah?
Speaker 1: Was he suggesting some kind of alien technology?
Speaker 2: Well that's what makes this story so great. It's open
to whatever interpretation you choose to believe. Was it some
kind of natural phenomenon that we just don't understand yet,
Was it some kind of manifestation of something caar normal
Or was it just, you know, a figment of Mel's imagination,
just a little detail that he added to make the
mystery even bigger.
Speaker 1: I guess we'll never really know for sure, but it's
those unanswered questions that keep us so hooked, you know, yeah,
keep us coming back for more.
Speaker 2: You got it. And just when you thought this story
couldn't possibly get any stranger, Mel dropped another bombshell. He
revealed that the Washington Hole, well it wasn't the only one.
Speaker 1: Wait a minute, two bottomless pits. Okay, this is starting
to feel like a cosmic joke. Now was he just
trying to top himself at this point?
Speaker 2: Well? Mel claimed that this wasn't just some random, you know,
oh by the way discovery. He said that he was
led to this Nevada hole by a Native American tribe
and this group of Basque shepherds. Apparently they both knew
about the whole and all of its strange properties.
Speaker 1: So now we've got Native American lore and Basque shepherds
all mixed up in this. It just keeps getting more
and more intriguing. It's like Mel's hole is some kind
of magnet for everything strange and unexplained.
Speaker 2: It really is. In the second hole, he describes it
as even stranger than the first one. Mel claimed it
was warm to the touch and that it was lined
with this strange silent metal.
Speaker 1: Silent metal, what does that even mean.
Speaker 2: Well, he described it as a type of metal that
just didn't make any sound when you hit it. If
you dropped a tool on it, there'd be no clang,
no reverberation, just silence.
Speaker 1: That is bizarre. It's like something straight out of a
science fiction novel. I wonder if there are any actual
scientific theories about like materials that could absorb sounds so completely.
Speaker 2: There are definitely materials that can dampen sound, but as
far as I know, nothing that can completely eliminate it.
Like how Mel described it seems to like totally defy
all the laws of physics that we currently understand.
Speaker 1: Okay, but it gets even weirder because, according to Mel,
this Nevada hole is also home to an entity.
Speaker 2: Yeah, this is where the story really takes a hard
left turn into the world of the paranormal. Mel describes
this entity as looking like a fetal seal, but with
human eyes. He claimed it came up out of the
hole during a get this a sheep sacrifice performed by
the Basque shepherds.
Speaker 1: A fetal seal with human eyes. Okay, now I'm officially
creeped out. I'm starting to think that maybe Mel just
had a really, really active imagination.
Speaker 2: It's definitely a description that sticks with you, isn't it.
Whether or not this entity was actually real or some
kind of hallucination or just a product of Mel's very
creative mind, it adds this layer of unsettling mystique to
the whole story.
Speaker 1: It's not just the creature itself, though, Mel also claimed
that this entity cured him of cancer.
Speaker 2: He did. Mel had been diagnosed with a sophageal cancer
and they'd only given him a few months to live,
but he said that he attributed his recovery to you
guessed it an encounter with this bizarre creature. It's this
detail that adds this layer of hope and wonder to
what is otherwise a pretty dark and mysterious story.
Speaker 1: It's almost like one of those classic heroes journeys, isn't it. Yeah,
he's facing his own death, he ventures out into the unknown,
and then he emerges completely transformed exactly.
Speaker 2: It taps into those very archetypal narratives that just seem
to resonate so deeply with us as humans.
Speaker 1: We aren't done yet, are we? Because there's more to
this Nevada Hole than just some strange entity.
Speaker 2: Right, Oh yeah, there's a lot more. Mel also claimed
that the ice that he'd gotten out of this hole,
while it had these bizarre properties. Sometimes it would melt normally,
just like regular ice, but other times it would actually
catch fire and then burn for months.
Speaker 1: Burning ice. That sounds like something straight out of an
alchemist's lab. How's that even possible?
Speaker 2: Well, it's a claim that just doesn't make any sense scientifically. Ice,
by its very nature is just frozen water, right, It
melts when you add heat, it doesn't burn. But Mel
was insistent that this ice was somehow different, that it
had properties that were beyond what we can currently understand.
Speaker 1: Okay, I've got to admit, even for someone who loves
a good mystery, this is starting to push the limits
of what I can actually believe.
Speaker 2: Well, that's the thing with this whole Mel's whole story,
isn't it. Where do we as listeners draw the line
between a story that's captivating and something that's just complete fabrication.
Speaker 1: Well, before we go jumping to any conclusions, let's dig
a little deeper into these claims that made He didn't
just stop with these fantastical descriptions, did he? There were
other details, other events that added more fuel to the
fire of this whole mystery.
Speaker 2: You're absolutely right, and that's where the story takes another
totally unexpected turn, one that involves the government stepping in
and Mel's sudden, very mysterious disappearance.
Speaker 1: So we've got these supposed bottomless pits, these strange entities,
ice that burns, and now the government's involved. This is
starting to sound like, I don't know, an episode of
The X Files or something.
Speaker 2: Mel's story definitely has that I don't know, that blend
of science fiction and folklore and like conspiracy that made
The X Files so popular. So, according to Mel, right
after he made his first appearance on Coast to Coast
AM his property in Washington was suddenly like overrun with
military personnel. Really, yeah, They claimed that there had been
this plane crash and they totally cordoned off the entire area.
Speaker 1: A plane crash conveniently happening right after he goes public
with his story. That's some suspicious timing if you ask me,
I mean, it wouldn't be the first time that the
government's been accused of, you know, covering up something strange
and unusual.
Speaker 2: Right, it plays right into that, like that deep seated
mistrust of authority that fuels so many conspiracy theories. Mel
claimed that they actually threatened him, told him that he
had to keep quiet about the whole or else. It's
that classic element of a government cover up narrative, you know,
silence the witnesses to protect a secret that's quote for
the good of the publics.
Speaker 1: That hole they aren't telling us everything. That really gets
people riled up. And you know, sometimes those in power
do keep secrets, even if they aren't always exciting as
a bottomless pitch.
Speaker 2: Oh. Absolutely. And whether or not you actually buy into
all these government conspiracy theories, the idea that there are
things going on behind closed doors, things that you know,
we're not supposed to know about, Well, it's intriguing. It
plays on our natural human curiosity and our desire to
uncover the truth.
Speaker 1: So what happened then? Did Mel listen to those threats?
Did he stay quiet?
Speaker 2: Well, here's where the story takes another interesting turn. He
did go silent, but not in the way that you
know you might expect. He disappeared completely vanished, without a trace.
Speaker 1: Wait, he's supposedly being threatened by the government and then
he just vanishes. This is getting more and more like
a spy thriller every minute. What happened to him?
Speaker 2: That's the you know, the million dollar question. And there
are all sorts of theories out there. Some are totally
mundane and some are pretty outlandish. Some people say that
he went into hiding because he was afraid for his safety.
Others believe that he was taken away by the government
and you know, silenced permanently to keep their secrets safe.
Speaker 1: And then of course there are those who believe that
something much more extraordinary happened to him, something connected to
those mysterious holes. You know, maybe he stumbled across something
that he wasn't supposed to see, something that threatened to
expose a truth that was just too big for I
don't know, for the world to handle.
Speaker 2: Mel's story is one that you just want to have
a resolution to, but unfortunately, it seems like we're destined
to be left with more questions than answers. The fact
that he disappeared just adds another layer of intrigue to
this whole saga.
Speaker 1: When you say, it's like he stepped right into one
of those bottomless pits himself, you know, lost to the
annals of time and legend. So Mel's gone, But what
about the holes? Has anyone ever actually found them?
Speaker 2: Well, that's another part of the mystery that just endures.
People have spent years and years searching, using maps and
satellite imagery, even like venturing out into the wilderness themselves,
hoping to find some proof of Mel's whole but so
far they've remained completely elusive, like phantoms on the landscape.
Speaker 1: Some people say that the government has gone to great
lengths to you know, to conceal their locations, using technology
to blur out satellite images, and even going as far
as staging fake plane crashes to like throw people off
the trail.
Speaker 2: It's a classic conspiracy theory element, right, attributing almost superhuman
abilities and resources to the government in order to you know,
to maintain control and keep up the illusion.
Speaker 1: But let's be realistic here for second. Even if the
government wanted to hide something like this, how could they
possibly keep it a secret for so long? You know,
leaks happen, people talk, evidence surfaces.
Speaker 2: Well, that's exactly what leads a lot of skeptics to
dismiss this whole story. They say that Mel just made
the whole thing up, that it's just a tall tale
designed to get attention or you know, entertain people.
Speaker 1: I can definitely see their point. It is a pretty
far fetched story when you really think about it. But
here's the thing that I keep coming back to. Even
if Mill did make the whole thing up, why has
the story persisted for this long? Why are people still
out there searching for those holes, debating whether they're real,
and analyzing every little detail of Mel's account.
Speaker 2: I think that just goes to show you the power
of a really good story. It captures our imagination, makes
us curious, and just stays in our minds long after
we've heard it. Mel's whole with that mix of the strange,
the mysterious, and the well the conspiratorial, it's the kind
of story that seems made to keep us intrigued and guessing.
Speaker 1: It plays on our fascinating with those hidden worlds, with
the idea that there are secrets out there just waiting
to be uncovered. It speaks to that part of us
that wants to believe in something more, something that goes
beyond what we think we know.
Speaker 2: About the world exactly. It's a reminder that we really
don't have all the answers, that there are still mysteries
out there just waiting to be explored. And even if
those mysteries end up just being illusions, the journey of
trying to uncover them can be just as rewarding as
actually finding them.
Speaker 1: So as we come to the end of our deep
dive into Mel's Hole, we're still left with a puzzle
that may never be fully solved. Is it a real phenomenon,
proof that the universe is way stranger than we think,
or is it a really elaborate hoax, proof of the
power of the human imagination? Or is it something in between,
a mix of truth and fabrication that keeps us fascinated
and scratching our heads.
Speaker 2: That's the beauty of it, right. It's up to each
of us to decide what we believe. Do you want
to embrace the mystery, entertain the possibility that something impossible
could be real, or do you write it off as
a clever fabrication, the story that was made up for entertainment.
Speaker 1: Either way, I think Mel's Hole is a good reminder
that there's still magic and wonder out there in the world,
even in the most unexpected places. It reminds us to
stay open minded, to question our assumptions, and to never
ever stop exploring, you know, pushing the boundaries of what
we think we.
Speaker 2: Know, because sometimes the most interesting stories are the ones
that leave us with more questions than answers, the ones
that spark our imaginations and encourage us to keep searching
for the truth, no matter how hard it might be
to find.
Speaker 1: And on that note, we'll leave you to ponder the
mystery of mel'shle. Until next time, keep exploring,