Poll: Cat or Bear hole?

[UnionMillsNW]

Hey Folks,

Went off trail today following sold older elk signs and stumbled on this


The photo does it poor justice. The pit is 8' deep and the mouth of the hole is 2.5-3' wide. There is a second hole higher up about 15' to the left out of the picture.

Who lives here?

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[AMT]

With the foliage around the opening, and no clear path in/out, I'd guess nothing right now.

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[UnionMillsNW]

There's no foliage around the opening. It's a bad angle on the picture. After the foliage there is another 2' dip and it's cleared in front of the cave mouth.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Mining? Probably a bear in the winter.. if it's high up etc.

 

[The Heretic]

Could just be a sinkhole due to underground drainage. Has something like that in the farm orchard - it was due to water running down the hill.

My understanding is that animal holes are usually obviously dug in appearance. That one doesn't look like anything dug it.

 

[Ura-Ki]

Gonna need better photos! I suspect given the burnt wood this is in a burned area? This could possibly be a wind blown tree situation that left a hole after it got blown down or burned out!

 

[Andy54Hawken]

In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit....Err wait....
Andy

 

[AK0perator47]

In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit....Err wait....
Andy

That was good but I read yours and immediately started singing," there's a hole… there's a hole… there's a hole in the bottom of the sea!"

 

[clearconscience]

Old mine?

 

[Member 34319]

It's a mining hole, based off the way the area looks dug.

 

[RVTECH]

Did you take a flashlight and poke your head inside for a look see?

Man I would have ! But then I am am a long term spelunker and after looking inside the hole I would have crawled in.

 

[cigars]

If it were me I'd stick an arm down there and flail it around. But then again they call me stumpy....

 

[clearconscience]

I've seen that game before!