MOSCOW (Reuters) - Two more
craters of unknown origin have been spotted in Russia's Siberia region,
weeks after a similar-looking hole was found in the isolated
northernmost area, a local paper reported.
The
Siberian Times, an English-language newspaper, published pictures of
two new giant holes discovered by reindeer herders, one located in the
Yamal and the other in the Taymyr peninsula, both above the Arctic
circle.
The paper said that
theories of their origin range from meteorites or stray missiles to
aliens or an underground gas explosion. The report could not be
confirmed independently.
Russian
state TV reported earlier this month that a giant hole had appeared in
the gas-rich Yamal peninsula where temperatures plummet below -50
degrees Celsius (-58 degrees Fahrenheit) and the sun barely rises in
winter.
A Russian scientific
expedition arrived at the site to inspect the first crater, nicknamed
the "Yamal black hole", earlier this month, according to a recent report
by state-run Vesti.ru website.
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