00:00He followed the strange hissing noise around his house. He had never heard anything like
00:04it before. It led him to his backyard. James froze. He ran to the shed and grabbed a garden
00:09tool with a long, sharp edge. He poked the mysterious patch of grass and watched in terror
00:15as it moved. When he discovered what was hiding inside, he stood in shock.
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00:28James Carlington and his wife, Sarah, were coming back from church on Sunday morning
00:32when James noticed something strange in his yard. As a businessman with a loving wife to
00:37keep him company and his hobby for gardening to keep him busy, James loved nothing more
00:41than to kick back in his garden on the weekends. Even if that garden was hiding something horrific,
00:47it was another beautiful morning in Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania. The air was fresh,
00:51the sun was shining, and the wind was calm and gentle after a long night of stormy weather.
00:56James was exhausted. He hardly got any sleep under the constant pelting of rain and howling wind.
01:02Regardless, he got himself up and ready for another relaxed Sunday. Little did he know,
01:07his day would be anything but relaxed. James and his wife ate breakfast and left to catch
01:12their weekly 10 a.m. church service before coming back to the house to garden and do miscellaneous
01:18chores around the house. On the drive back from church, James began to make a list in his head
01:22about what needed to be done in the garden. With two kids all grown up and gone, he now devoted
01:28all
01:28his care and attention to his modest yard. The couple arrived back home and walked from the car
01:32to their front door. But just before James turned the handle, he heard something.
01:37Do you hear that? James asked Sarah, bewildered. Yeah, what is that? she replied. It was a hissing
01:43noise and unlike anything they've heard before. James steps away from the door and follows the eerie sound.
01:49It led him around his house to his backyard. As he turned the corner, the noise got louder and
01:55louder. Suddenly, James froze. What the? he muttered. In front of him was a big patch of grass
02:01that seemed to be rising. He dug his heels into the ground in complete confusion before inching
02:07closer to the bizarre scene. James tapped the strange thing with his foot and watched horrified
02:12as the patch of risen earth moved beneath his foot. He jumped back in panic. His wife followed suit
02:19and they both stared curiously at it. Once it stopped moving, James tentatively kicked it again.
02:25It wobbled once more before coming to a standstill. Then he did something he probably shouldn't have.
02:30What the hell? he said. It's like a bubble or waterbed. Feeling emboldened, he took off his
02:37sandals and walked on it. The weird mass moved under his feet like a giant slab of jelly. James got
02:43so
02:43carried away with the fun sensation that he started to jump on it. But on his third jump, he heard
02:49an
02:49awful, unhinged sound. He froze. A loud pop filled the air and the mass beneath his feet got bigger.
02:57James quickly got down, realizing that he had no idea what he was standing on. He hoped that sound
03:03wasn't anything serious. But it was. James asked his wife to get out her phone and start filming.
03:09He was going to burst this thing. But he never expected what they'd capture. Sarah got out her
03:14camera while James got an umbrella from the side of the house. He started to prod the mysterious lump.
03:20But nothing happened. He needed something stronger. He sourced a garden tool and resumed poking it.
03:25What if snakes come out? his wife joked. What hid inside, however, was much more frightening than snakes.
03:31He stood on top of the mysterious mass again and started to pierce the grass harder. The hissing sound
03:37began to fade and fade until suddenly there was another loud pop. James steadied himself as the
03:44grass churned and he felt a big whoosh beneath his feet. His eyes opened wide as he watched what
03:50happened next. James finally managed to pierce through the grass and burst the giant bubble.
03:55James and Sarah watched in amazement as murky water came gushing out. It continued to run from the
04:01ground like an endless water fountain. But the entrancing earth fountain wasn't all this bubble would
04:06reveal to them. After 15 minutes of watching his yard expel water from its underbelly, James began
04:12to notice something strange. On the opening hole, a black piece of plastic stuck out from beneath the
04:18grass. James approached the hole and grabbed the piece of plastic. He tried to pull it out,
04:23but it wouldn't budge. It looked like the edge of a black trash bag.
04:27What is that? he wondered. He waited until all of the water drained from the strange bubble to find out.
04:32He looked around at his garden, which was now flooded. A small river flowed from his yard to
04:38the street. But the mess was the least of his problems. James went into his garage and brought
04:42out a shovel. If this plastic bag was the cause of this strange phenomenon, he needed to remove it.
04:48He dug into his beloved grass one shovel at a time until he reached the culprit. He reached his hand
04:53in
04:53and tried to pull it out again. But even though the plastic bag looked like it had been there for
04:58years,
04:58it was still as tough as nails. Confused, James realized that the plastic bag was much bigger
05:04than he thought. He continued to dig, hoping to find its end. He followed the plastic bag with
05:10his shovel until he stood at the end of his grass. James had no idea what was going on. He
05:15walked over
05:15to the other far end of his yard and started to dig. It was as he expected. The black plastic
05:21lay under
05:21his entire grass like a giant sheet. But why? James walked back to the other side where he had
05:28dug a line from the center of his garden to the edge. He took out his pocket knife and pierced
05:32a
05:32line in the plastic sheet. What he found was staggering. Desperate to understand what was
05:37hiding beneath his very own garden, he pulled the plastic sheet back. A strange smell began to waft
05:44through the air. His eyebrows knitted at the sight of the old and dirty wooden planks that came into view.
05:48James didn't remember seeing anything like this outlined in the blueprint of his house when he
05:53bought it 50 years ago. Things were about to get stranger and stranger. James called for his wife,
05:58who had given up filming some time ago, preferring instead to begin some house chores. She walked to
06:03James' side, astonished at what he did to their garden. There was mud and holes everywhere, but just
06:09as she was about to give out to him, she saw what he was staring at. She grew silent, scrunching
06:14her nose
06:15at the smell. What is all this, James? She asked. I have no idea, he replied. It looks like some
06:21sort
06:21of structure. We weren't told about any of this when we bought the house, right? He asked.
06:26Honey, Sarah interrupted. That looks like a door handle. Alarmed, James turned. Oh my word, it does,
06:32he agreed. His heart started to pound. It was becoming obvious that his garden was anything but
06:38ordinary. James grabbed his shovel and started around the area. Then he grabbed his knife and ripped back
06:44more of the strange plastic covering. His wife stood close by as he tried to prise open the bizarre
06:48door. His mind raced with theories as he used all of his strength to open it. Was it a bunker?
06:54Some kind
06:55of ancient ruin? He started to sweat with anticipation. When the door finally gave way, James couldn't believe
07:01his eyes. It opened up to wooden stairs that had fallen apart. James' heart thumped as chills ran down his
07:08body. He grabbed his flashlight and asked his wife to hold his ankles. He lay down and dropped the
07:14front half of his body down. It looked like it was an old small wine cellar. There were still some
07:18empty bottles lying around. The place looked completely abandoned and it smelled like sour
07:24milk or fermented fruit. It was obvious that no one had entered this place in a very, very long time.
07:30It was definitely the source of the strange smell. When James managed to grab a bottle, the date left
07:35him speechless. It was dated in the early 20th century. After a painful search for his house's history,
07:41he discovered that the wine cellar had to be closed up because it was built without planning
07:46permission. But what about the giant bubble and plastic? As James and Sarah later found out,
07:51the plastic sheet was the easiest way to recover the yard's appearance and reintroduce fertile soil
07:56without having to write a pricey check to demolish the structure and buy soil from scratch.
08:02They learned that the mysterious grass bubble was a phenomenon known as a lawn blister. A lawn blister
08:08happens most commonly in lawns that have a plastic sheet underneath the grass surface. This plastic
08:14sheet is used in lawns that have bad soil in order to encourage healthy grass to grow. The plastic
08:19is placed over the bad soil and new fresh soil is placed on top where grass will then grow and
08:25flourish. But here's how the strange occurrence happens. Although rare, water can sometimes find
08:29its way under the plastic layer and get trapped. The water will continue to build with nowhere to go
08:35causing the grass to grow and rise with the mounting pressure. In James' case, the night of thunderous
08:40rainfall did the trick. Luckily, there was no burst pipe. But did James put himself in danger bursting
08:46it? Although they may look threatening, they aren't dangerous, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't be
08:50careful. Depending on the size of these lawn blisters, they can end up flooding your lawn.
08:55So make sure to pave a path for the water to drain to avoid ruining your yard with excessive water.
09:00And even though James dealt with the situation well, not everybody agreed.
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