Cavers discover what lurks in Yemen’s ‘Well of Hell’ for first time

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A team of Omani cavers have made the first descent to the bottom of Yemen’s fabled Well of Barhout – a natural wonder shunned by many locals, who believe it is a prison for genies.

The forbidding ‘Well of Hell’ is in the desert of Yemen’s eastern province of Al-Mahra.

Inside, the Oman Cave Exploration Team (OCET) found snakes, dead animals and cave pearls – but no signs of the supernatural.

Read the full story here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/09/22/cavers-discover-lurks-yemens-first-time/

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