Wrong info on the benton park cave access

[lpfan]

that manhole cover was nothing but a drain but i belive that i have found the manhole entrance to the cave it seems to be tack welded shut pm me for more info i wanna go

[redox]

The entrance to the cave under Benton park has been lost for a hundred years. Good luck on finding it

[lzrturbo91]

i wannt go .. where is benton park?

[squabbit]

My understanding was that the entrance to the cave in Benton Park was through a sinkhole that was located underneath where the current ponds. Apparently the weight of the water that accumulated in the ponds over the hole would occasionally cause the debris clogging the entrance (and thus creating the ponds) to give way and the whole thing would go crashing into the cave system. As a result, they poured a concrete basin for the ponds, and sealed the cave entrance. You know, Benton Park, before becoming a neighborhood park, was a cemetery for, primarily, victims of the 1849 cholera epidemic. these people were supposedly moved, but as a professional archaeologist I know that headstones were much easier to move than bodies. Given that the people who were buried there were cholera victims, and also knowing that some of them were paupers, I wouldn't be surprised at all if some of them weren't just dumped into that sinkhole.

[Chris]

Supposedly, they were moved to Arsenal Island. I've always assumed that to be true, but who knows.

There's been many anecdotal storis about cave entrances in sheds, back rooms, and basements in the surrounding neighborhood, but I've yet to see anyone go door-to-door asking people if they have a cave in their basement.

I've read that there was supposedly an entrance under the bridge in Benton park, but this has proven false. At least now, maybe there was long ago.

[lpfan]

where is arsenal island and shit i would be half tempted to go door to door if gettin shot by a crackhead wasnt a possibility lol

[Chris]

Arsenal Island is on the Illinois side of the Mississippi. It's not really an island though, I don't know why they call it that.

[lpfan]

assuming what i have found the entrance we all go down there and come down with chlorea sounds fun another outbreak lol is there anything interesting on the "island"

[Chris]

Farm feilds is about it. You know the Cahokia power plant with the six smokestacks? It's just south of there.

[lpfan]

everyone go to benton park the ground is collapsing check it out

[memory_machine]

Redox and I checked it out. We are 99.99 percent sure that the water drained into the cave, but the sinkholes didn't go anywhere that a human could fit. Besides, the whole situation seemed pretty dangerous.

[lpfan]

i almost fell into that big ass hole being careless there is a few more spot that seems to be collapsing i wonder what the hell is goin on

[squabbit]

Maybe we should all go over there and jump up and down. Maybe we could get the hole a little bigger

[BROUSER]

want some pictures.

[squabbit]

Is that a question? Yeah, post some pictures. I'll probably go by there this weekend and check it out. Man, you just can't keep a good sinkhole down.