Art Bell’s - The COMPLETE Terrifying Story of MEL'S HOLE | Bottomless Portal? | Mel Waters

Art Bell Mel's Hole Complete Story Bottomless Pit Paranormal Mystery In September 1997, paranormal enthusiast Art Bell was at the height of his career as the Joe Rogan of the 1990s. His program boasted millions of listeners, and many callers shared their stories of the weird and unexplained. One listener was Mel Waters, who faxed in a story from his home in Ellensburg, Washington. Waters’ story led to an invitation onto the show for a live interview. Waters claimed he was a former soldier, fisherman, metalworker, and alternative medicine researcher. He claimed to own a piece of land just outside of Ellensburg on Manastash Ridge that featured a strange hole. Waters supposedly inherited this hole from a previous owner who explained that the hole had been there as long as he could remember. The hole was the community’s dumping ground. Locals would come to the hole to dispose of anything they wanted, from old tires and refrigerators to dead animals. However, the hole never filled up, and there was no noise or other indication that objects had hit the bottom. Everything just vanished into the void. Fascinated by the hole, Waters decided to investigate, hoping to determine its depth. Attaching a one pound lead weight to the end of a fishing line, he lowered it into the hole. His lead weight never touched the bottom. He used another spool of line and kept repeating this process until he eventually gave up. There was no bottom. He claimed he used 24,000m worth of line. This meant the hole was several times deeper than Mount Everest was above sea level. Other strange effects Waters’ dogs refused to go near the hole. His radio would turn to static when he approached it, except for once when he managed to capture 1960s baseball commentary and vintage music. A neighbor claimed he tossed his dead dog into the hole, only for it to come strolling home days later. Bell asked if local law enforcement or researchers had examined the hole, but Waters only said that his wife worked at the local university and was trying to persuade her colleagues to launch an investigation. A developing story Waters’ story did not end there. Between 1997 to 2002, he made several calls to Bell with updates on the hole. According to Waters, the hole was stormed by government officials, who sealed off the area, claiming a plane had crashed. He said they tried to bribe him, offering $3 million a year to lease the land. Waters dreamed of moving to Australia to research alternative medicine, and he claimed to have terminal cancer, so he accepted the money. However, he still wanted to find out the truth about his hole. He claims he returned to the U.S. to check out his property but woke up in San Francisco with no back teeth and needle marks in his arms, missing 12 days from his memory. His hefty government payout vanished from his bank account. The hole also seemed to disappear, at least from satellite images. From there, the story got even wilder: a Native American tribe reached out to Waters with news of another hole. He traveled to meet them, and they teamed up to conduct experiments. Their hole was metal-rimmed, electrically charged, and warm to the touch. #ArtBell, #MelsHole, #Mel'sHole, #BottomlessPit, #Paranormal, #CoastToCoastAM, #Mystery, #Supernatural, #ArtBellMystery, #MelWaters, #Portal, #Conspiracy, #Unexplained, #StrangePhenomena, #ArtBellClassic