Sinkhole Swallows 8 Corvettes at Corvette Museum

A massive sinkhole that opened beneath the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, has swallowed eight pristine models of the iconic American sports car.

The hole, some 40 feet wide and up to 30 feet deep, formed beneath the museum’s Skydome area and was discovered early this morning.


According to the museum’s blog
, these were the specific models reclaimed by the Earth:

1993 ZR-1 Spyder (on loan from GM)
2009 ZR1 “Blue Devil” (on loan from GM)
1962 Black Corvette
1984 PPG Pace Car
1992 White 1 Millionth Corvette
1993 Ruby Red 40th Anniversary Corvette
2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 Corvette
2009 White 1.5 Millionth Corvette