Rain moved through Everton, Missouri earlier this month, and one homeowner noticed something off. The kind of “off” that makes you walk slower, lean forward a little, and wonder if anyone else sees it too. It started with a slight dip on the driveway. Then a crack formed. A week later, the ground opened up. The hole was suddenly large enough to swallow cars whole.
Property owner Darel Oberbeck Jr. spotted the sinkhole on November 10
He reported the sinkhole was roughly six feet wide, taking up nearly half the roadway and stretching several feet into a neighboring field.
Over the next few days, it expanded. By November 15, the pace picked up. Oberbeck explained that he left that morning and heard a sound coming from the hole he could only compare to “roaring wind.”
He later discovered another three feet of earth had fallen away.
The sinkhole location adds urgency
Directly across the street sits Dyes Park, a spot local children often visit. Nearby Sinking Creek (yeah, that name didn’t pass me by, either) draws fishermen…