Missing: Large lake in southern Chile


	Missing: Large lake in southern Chile

invictus

6-20-2007 9:28 PM

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6-21-2007 7:13 AM

debbyski

WOW!

6-21-2007 7:24 AM

kmcolo

Melting permafrost?

6-21-2007 7:39 AM

Socratoad

I found it under my bed ...... oops, sorry its a puddle of cat pee.

6-21-2007 11:32 AM

mdimmick82

No i know this one... ducks were in the pond... it froze... the ducks flew away.

6-21-2007 6:37 PM

skwirlinator

Reminds me of Godzilla Vs. Megladon

6-22-2007 12:54 AM

Oortcloud

Maybe its just me, but I thought the obvious place to look would be the great big gapping fissure?

6-23-2007 7:53 AM

kmcolo

That's just you.

6-23-2007 9:56 AM

Kore7

We should be asking ourselves: "Who would have the most incentive to make an entire lake disappear?" Limnophobes, I'm looking in your direction....

6-23-2007 6:31 PM

kmcolo

Sign of the end times.

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SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A lake in southern Chile has
mysteriously disappeared, prompting speculation the ground has
simply opened up and swallowed it whole.
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