Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 21:25:40 -0700 From: Mark Steingart  Subject: Re: Mystery sink Mark Steingart wrote: > > Tom Mount wrote: > > > > If you are referring to the one in orlando, It has been closed > > Tom > > Wawscuba@aol.com wrote: > > > > > > I keep reading about mystery sink in a few books.Has it been renamed or > > > closed whats its history and whats it like some of you vets ought to know > > Tom, > The guy asked for some history on the place as well. Why don't you tell > him when it was closed and why? Hal Watts did some early deep dives > there, (late 1960's early 1970's?) and in the space of a week or two, 2 > divers died. Apparently, one died on a dive where Hal was trying to > recover some lost equipment and another died during the rescue effort > that followed. Neither diver's body was ever recovered and any news of > divers attempting to gain access would be met with resistance from their > families. The owner of the property was elderly at the time and today she > is in her nineties. If you ever get to talk to her she will tell you > there were hundreds of people on her property, helos in the air, a real > circus atmosphere. They even caused her septic system to back up. > The sink is overgrown and choked with weeds and there is absolutely no > way she will allow anybody in there. According to Exley (UWS Jan. '86) > the sink was sounded by the USCG to over 390 FFW. It is unknown whether > there is any linear penetration. > > Mark Steingart