Almost exactly a year ago, a gaping maw opened in the Kentucky soil. And much like Debbie Harry’s man from Mars, it ate some cars. Ignoring Cadillacs, Lincolns, Mercurys and Subarus, the hellmouth was clearly craving fiberglass. Now, the Corvette-eating hole in the earth in Bowling Green has been stuffed with what National Corvette Museum staffers surely hope is the most everlasting of gobstoppers.
The chasm that swallowed eight historically significant ’Vettes has been filled with stone. Micropiles — basically small versions of the hunks of material driven into the ground support bridges — have been inserted to support large steel beams intended to keep the floor from collapsing in case the Gaian Glassbeast once again finds itself peckish. The video below explains more.
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The museum intends to have the Skydome area where the ground collapsed ready for display in July, finally bringing the oddly gripping geological saga to a close.
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