Some backyards in the Timber Oaks subdivision appear to be sinking into a retention pond.
Herbert Donaldson and his wife Letitia Jamison have lived here for more than 18 years, and they said they’ve never seen anything like this.
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“I let the dog out in the backyard, and I was like ‘Woah, where the dog went?’ and I look outside and I’m like, ‘woah,’” Donaldson said.
They thought it was a sinkhole, but a geologist told Action News Jax’s Annette Gutierrez, it’s a landslide.
Gutierrez measured it, and the first slope is more than two feet deep, but there are about two more slides below that. And it’s dangerously close to property – only a foot away from a nearby fence, and about 12 feet from their property.
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Jamison said she is worried the soil will continue to sink and pull their home down with it.
“My concern is for the safety of my family,” Jamison said. “What started to be as one or two feet is now approximately 6 feet deep and it’s coming closer to our home.”