"Well to Hell" Hoax

[Epsilon]

There's an old story of some miners discovering a "well to Hell" in Siberia. Supposedly the temperatures deep within it are in excess of 1,000 °F.

 

It's been dismissed as a hoax, but I found it rather interesting considering there's a clip of the screams of tormented souls on Youtube (to the faint of heart: I wouldn't recommend looking it up).

 

Do you all think it's legitimate or ludicrous?

[Axeldeath]

Ludicrous.

[Kirkreng]

Yeah I'm gonna go for that too.

[Alyxx Thorne]

I think it's a hoax, but it's possible if you dig deep enough or in certain places you can access superheated water.

[Blue]

True.

Because the ambient pressure is too great to permit the water to turn into steam, so it remains liquid, despite the fact that its temperature is above boiling. If exposed to low pressure atmosphere, the water explodes violently into steam.

[Razor235]

That is how geysers work. For example, in Yellowstone Park, the mantle is extremely close to the surface of the crust. If an aquifer just happens to be near it, pressure builds from the heat (PV=nRT*) and eventually erupts through the surface in hot jets of water vapor (NOT steam: You are seeing a cloud. Picture a boiling teapot. That space between the spout and the cloud, THAT'S steam. You cannot see it.) creating a beautiful display. It really is cool to watch.

 

*Pressure times Volume = # of particles times universal gas constant times absolute temperature. In other words, when temperature goes up, pressure goes up, but volume goes down, and when volume increases, temperature and pressure fall. The higher the pressure, the higher the temperature, and vice versa.

[Alyxx Thorne]

But anyway, this story does sound like a hoax, especially with the "screaming souls" stuff.

[Epsilon]

I think the whole thing's a contradiction because I've heard several use the Bible as a basis, yet the book itself says something about Heaven and Hell being empty until the end (I don't quite remember what).

[Alyxx Thorne]

Besides, the bible is never quite clear about the locations of heaven and hell either, they're just described as sort of metaphysical realms where your soul goes after death. I think even that is vague.

[Lord Sinister]

The screams thing...highly unlikely. The high temperature thing...definitely possible.

[Doom Shepherd]

Seriously, how stupid do you think we are?

 

http://www.snopes.com/religion/wellhell.asp

 

If you belive this nonsense, it's already TOO LATE. Your useful time on this planet is OVER.

[Epsilon]

I don't believe it. I thought I had already made that at least somewhat clear.

 

It's rather ludicrous, but some tend to be rather... fervent in their beliefs and use this story as an excuse for saying "HUEHUEHUE HELL EXISTS." I'm definitely religious, but I try not to be this shortsighted.

 

It's just nice to know the opinions of such a refined community, as silly as this may sound.

[Alyxx Thorne]

There's a difference between being religious and being an outright idiot.

[Epsilon]

I tried to convey that with the ellipsis before "fervent." I'd be surprised if anyone here on AF believed it, but this hoax has been rather controversial.

[Blue]

Hell is not a physical location in respect to the idea regarded in religions. However it would not surprise me if there was some small community in Texas or something that was named Hell.

[Alyxx Thorne]

There's actually a real town in Norway called Hell, although the name itself doesn't refer to actual Hell since we don't use that word in Norwegian.

[Brad]

There's also a small town in Michigan called Hell.

[ProHypster]

There's so many places in the world that in Ukraine and Russia cities are now being named after their purpose like "Industry city", "Scientist City", "Car City", "Jewish Autonomous Region", "Miner"....

I'm pretty sure soon, if we are not already, we will call by numers too: "Car City 2"

[Doom Shepherd]

There's so many places in the world that in Ukraine and Russia cities are now being named after their purpose like "Industry city", "Scientist City", "Car City", "Jewish Autonomous Region", "Miner"....

I'm pretty sure soon, if we are not already, we will call by numers too: "Car City 2"

 

"City 17"

[Doom Shepherd]

I don't believe it. I thought I had already made that at least somewhat clear.

 

It's rather ludicrous, but some tend to be rather... fervent in their beliefs and use this story as an excuse for saying "HUEHUEHUE HELL EXISTS." I'm definitely religious, but I try not to be this shortsighted.

 

It's just nice to know the opinions of such a refined community, as silly as this may sound.

 

When you think something is a hoax, you shouldn't use phrases such as "there's a clip of the screams of tormented souls on Youtube" as though you were stating a fact. Because clearly, if that's NOT the gateway to Hell, then that's obviously NOT a clip of the screams of tormented souls heard via the gateway, either.

 

That's like saying "bigfoot doesn't exist, now look at these bigfoot tracks."