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A massive 80-ton boulder at Polar Caves Park in Rumney, New Hampshire, has fallen after visitors walked beneath it for more than 100 years, according to AccuWeather. Known as the Historic Hanging Boulder, it collapsed on October 18, the park’s final day of the 2026 season. No injuries were reported. A nearby sign indicated that 75% of the boulder’s weight hung directly above visitors. Open since 1922, the park features granite formations shaped by glaciers around 50,000 years ago. Officials plan to assess the site during the offseason, and it remains unclear whether weather contributed to the collapse.

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00:00an 80-ton boulder that hung over visitors for more than a century has fallen in new hampshire
00:05generations of visitors walked directly beneath it at polar caves park in rumney the historic
00:11hanging boulder collapsed on october eighteenth the final day of the park season no one was hurt
00:17when it came down the boulder weighed about as much as forty cars a sign at the site noted that
00:22seventy-five percent of its weight hung directly over guests heads the attraction had been part
00:27of the park since it opened in 1922 polar caves formed about 50 000 years ago as a continental
00:34glacier moved south and melted park officials will assess the site during the off-season before
00:39deciding next steps it is still unclear whether weather played a role in the collapse hawaii's
00:4590-foot holy sea arch also collapsed into the pacific in late september after 104 years new
00:51hampshire's hanging boulder has come down disclosure this video contains stock footage and content
00:56created or enhanced using ai-assisted tools

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