On the morning of March 13, 1953, dozens of residents of
Lynchburg's "West End" were jolted out of their beds and arose to
discover the earth literally collapsing under them. An underground
explosion of unknown origin had triggered a "sinkhole," and over
the course of only a few minutes, the sinkhole swallowed over
fifteen homes in this once-fashionable suburb of the town.
Remarkably, only two people lost their lives in this bizarre
tragedy.
Or so the story goes, anyway. As near as we can tell, no one was
hurt in any sinkhole tragedy. But there is definitely an area that
the Police feel you shouldn't be playing around in. Lucky for you,
the Cache isn't located there.