Ah, forgot all about the meeting Joe part. That seemed extremely coincidental. Probably the least believable part of the story.

As for the hole didn't it look like it was painted black or did the hole go down from there or something? A little bit confused as to the black part.

I think it kinda goes a little down from there, or maybe the picture is taken from a low angle. You can see the shadow on the left and the depth of the cave is visible.

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But they gots the pics I tell ya!! Its real!

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Okay, so its probably not real, but its still fun to think about. And I got dibs on the Mr.