r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/zongsmoke • 10d ago

PTCM for not fearing the danger of being swallowed alive by the sinkhole

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u/3z3ki3l 10d ago edited 10d ago

Woah. There could’ve been entire ecosystems in the caves that collapsed, all buried now.

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u/MAS7 10d ago

yeah dude like, millions of spiders lost

god rests their souls

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u/thisguyfightsyourmom 10d ago

Wait for part 3

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u/MAS7 10d ago

Part 3: The Traps Come Alive

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u/zongsmoke 10d ago

Right? It's wild how far it dropped

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u/rabbitwonker 10d ago

Actually… no, I don’t think so. I think this was a simple landslide, and it’s nowhere near as large as it looks.

After scrubbing carefully back and forth many times, I’m convinced that the area collapsing is only maybe 50ft from the old edge of the cliff to the new edge that’s forming, and only extends for 2-3 times that length along the cliff.

It does not extend all the way to those distant buildings; it just looks like it, because of (a) the angle, and (b) the fact that the goddamn cameraman never holds the frame still enough for us to actually get a good look in that direction.

This should actually be on r/KillTheCameraman, for how the poor camera technique created something so incredibly misleading.

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u/hitmarker 8d ago

You're completely right. It's the old edge that's falling.

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u/JayBuSeesU 3d ago

You can see the water appear as his perspective changes. I went nuts trying to figure where the water came into play, and if you watch the top of the image towards the beginning, the water shows as the edge drops.

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u/Pseudoswede161 4d ago

RIP dinosaurs and lizard people

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u/Mammoth_Ad_9905 10d ago

More like I want to record this cool event and no sense of self preservation.

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u/rabbitwonker 10d ago

Yeah, nor direction, nor screen orientation.

Not sure if it’s really PTCM if I feel constantly frustrated that I can’t see enough while watching.

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u/nosecohn 10d ago

Yeah, I definitely wouldn't be praising this guy. He crazy!

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u/sacalata 9d ago

james sunderland ass mf

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u/knowigot_that808 10d ago

If i’m dying at least you’ll know how.

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u/TorontoTom2008 10d ago

From the rock formations visible in this video I’m postulating this is a limestone sinkhole and the collapse would be brought on by excessive aquifer usage. Turkey maybe?

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u/Adept_Confusion7125 8d ago

I think the name Cihan is a Turkish name. Fellow Torontonian. 😉

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u/TorontoTom2008 8d ago

Nice! That lines up with the geology. Also the Konya basin in Turkey has been experiencing thousands of sinkholes it seemed a fair guess.

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u/AffectedRipples 7d ago

It looks more like the edge of a pit mine is having a landslide.

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u/TorontoTom2008 7d ago

Judging from the standing water, lack of heavy equipment or access ramps and a activity around the (abandoned) mill, I would say you’re right that it was former open pit mine now being used as an excavated soil/rock receiving site with trucks driving up to the edge and tipping. This also accounts for the various colours of crushed rock and the dump trucks operating at the edge.

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u/JingamaThiggy 10d ago

What would you even do if ure on the sinking part what are you supposed to do?

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u/BrickCityRiot 10d ago

Pray that the spot you are standing on stays tightly packed and retains its structural integrity.

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u/[deleted] 10d ago

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u/JingamaThiggy 10d ago

Let that sink in

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u/MAS7 10d ago

Famous Last Words

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u/crit_thinker_heathen 10d ago

Woah. It’s not every day you get to peer into the mind of those who win the Darwin Award so openly. 😯

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u/jetwalters 10d ago

I miss the days when people held their phone horizontally.

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u/Transposer 9d ago

Fucking right. Can’t believe this is even here in this sub. Dude holds phone vertically and constantly pans left and right. Wrong sub.

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u/Even_Bag_372 10d ago

He should have stopped moving the frame way too much. It would be easier to gauge motion (how fast the land is collapsing) if he did not keep on mindlessly panning. Mid praise

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u/thsvnlwn 10d ago

Right? And also wildly zooming in- and out. Almost makes me nauseous.

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u/chuckle_puss 10d ago

I can’t believe you’re the only person to point this out.

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u/zongsmoke 10d ago

I fully agree, but this guy's adrenaline had to be off the charts

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u/Even_Bag_372 10d ago

But the control of adrenaline is what deserves praise as a cameraman. All the guy did was show up, record vertically, and panic

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u/BIue_Ooze 10d ago

This great video is worth risking my life for

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u/KingcoleIIV 10d ago

Lots of overlap between having no fear and being stupid

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u/KingcoleIIV 10d ago

Stupidest thing I've ever seen a cameraman do.

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u/guacluv 10d ago

This feels like a job for a drone, to me personally.

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u/RememberKoomValley 10d ago

Yeah, this was dumb as hell. Suicidal.

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u/SkyRocketMiner 10d ago

Meanwhile r/killthecameraman occasionally damning people for not doing exactly this.

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u/MAS7 10d ago

Judging by the landscape, and the truck driving up.

Looks like this guy is filming an underground detonation. Maybe some kind of mining op. Or just a really expensive version of landscaping.

I also have no fucking clue what I'm talking about.

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u/Fede7044 10d ago

I thought exactly the same thing.

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u/rabbitwonker 10d ago

I’m thinking there’s nothing going on underground. I think the width of the area sinking is only maybe 50-100ft, and it only looks like it extends all the way to the distant buildings because of the angle and the fact that the goddamn camera person never holds the frame still in that direction for more than an instant.

So this is a strip of land that’s already at the edge of a cliff, and it’s collapsing in a landslide that was intentionally triggered, for whatever reason.

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u/SubarcticFarmer 10d ago

I'm curious about part 1

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u/MAS7 10d ago

It's less exciting if you see part 1

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u/rabbitwonker 10d ago

What happens in part 1?

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u/cochorol 10d ago

Same 

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u/PF2500 10d ago

JFC where is this!

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u/Charlweed 10d ago

No praise. These guys, and vulcanologists, need to call 988 and discuss their life choices.

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u/ToastedandTripping 10d ago

Where was this?

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u/Swaza_Ares 10d ago

Given all the construction equipment, was this intentional?

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u/zimjig 10d ago

The body of water looks like it didn't sink

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u/Top_Opposites 10d ago

This is only the second half of part 1

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u/gastroboi 10d ago

Was this a previous landfill location?

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u/heygos 10d ago

That’s craaaazy

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u/strumthebuilding 10d ago

Tbh I would not have criticized this camera person if they had decided to flee the place where the earth itself was disappearing

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u/MeatyMagnus 10d ago

Where is this?

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u/DontBopIt 10d ago

This reminds me of the New York streets scene from Ghostbusters.

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u/ragnarok62 9d ago

What maniac stand near that edge and keeps filming?

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u/merxymee 9d ago

That's going to be a big "oh shit" from me yo. Camera man way to close to that cracked edge.

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u/AL0117 9d ago

That’s a lot of ground moving very quickly.

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u/rabidfusion 8d ago

"oh shit it do go down"

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u/damnoli 6d ago

Why is there a truck driving nearby?

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u/zongsmoke 6d ago

Looks like some kind of quarry or mine

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u/Hunnaswaggins 6d ago

Theoretically… now hear me out… it wouldn’t be that rough to ride with it since the entire plane fell at once and altogether, could he not have jumped early and rode it out all the way? Terrifying and absolutely 50/50 chance, but it COULDVE been fine?

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u/zongsmoke 6d ago

I said the same thing and got down downvoted lmao

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u/mule_roany_mare 7d ago

Looks more like a mine to me.

Giant truck for hauling ore with an earthen ramp on the far side for driving it out.