MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — A Yellville man was sentenced on Tuesday to 30 years in prison without parole for convincing a minor to live with him in a cave, according to a news release from the United States Attorney’s Office Western District of Arkansas. Isaac Melder, 42 Isaac Melder, 42, was found guilty of […]
Secluded and surrounded by nature, a four-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom residence has landed on the real estate market in Deerwood, Minnesota, for $1.5 million. While the home offers an abundance of privacy, that doesn’t mean it’s dull. Drone shot In fact, based on the interior, it’s anything but boring. Entryway “It’s the ultimate escape,” listing agent Michael […]
As researchers continue to learn more about sharks that lurked in Kentucky seas hundreds of millions of years ago, two new species have now been identified. The two new species of ctenacanth shark fossils — Troglocladodus trimblei and Glikmanius careforum — were identified during the yearslong Paleontological Resources Inventory at Mammoth Cave National Park, according […]
In a darkened cave in Brazil, a clawed creature climbed across rocks. A beam of light swept across the cavern and landed on the spiny animal. Spelunking scientists looked at the illuminated animal — and discovered a new species. Researchers ventured into the depths of a cave in Tocantins on a wildlife survey in 2013, […]
A woman died after falling roughly 100 feet inside a cave in Virginia on Friday, officials said. The Giles County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call that a woman had fallen “approximately 100 feet within a cave,” according to a county emergency services news release. The cave is located in Staffordsville, about 60 miles west […]
A woman fell 100 feet to her death while inside a cave in northwest Virginia, searchers say. It happened Friday, Jan. 12, “in the Staffordsville Community outside of Pearisburg,” according to the Giles County Sheriff’s Office. Searchers identified the woman as 38-year-old Autumn Nicole Draper of Fairlawn, Virginia, station WDBJ reported. Fairlawn is about 22 […]
[Source] A tourist spot in northern China’s Hebei province is looking for a Monkey King impersonator. About the legend: Sun Wukong, also known as the Monkey King, holds a central role in Chinese mythology and Wu Cheng’en’s classic adventure novel “Journey to the West.” Blessed with unmatched superhuman strength and the extraordinary ability to transform […]
Rescuers in Slovenia on Monday successfully extracted five people who had been trapped in a cave for more than two days because of high water levels. “It is a day of happiness, it’s a day of life,” said Sandi Curk, with the Slovenian civil protection service, after water levels receded inside the Krizna Jama cave […]
Rescuers have successfully extracted five people who were trapped in a Slovenian cave for more than two days because of high water levels, local media reported. The rescue operation was possible on Monday after water levels inside the cave receded, Walter Zakrajsek, the head of the Cave Rescue Service, told the STA news agency. The […]
Five people are trapped in a cave in south-western Slovenia, unable to leave because of high water levels caused by heavy rainfall, authorities said. The group – a Slovenian family group of three adults and two guides – have been stuck in the Krizna Jama cave since Saturday when water levels rose inside, blocking the […]
Researchers carrying out work at a Mayan burial site in Mexico said this week they found a sealed-off cave that contained human skeletons, along with the remains of over 20 types of animals. The research work is being conducted in Tulum by Mexico’s federal Ministry of Culture, through the country’s National Institute of Anthropology and […]