Mel's hole. Where did it go? What was it? 🤔🤔🤔🤨🙄

*Full Context The Shawn Ryan Show Episode: "#229 AJ Gentile - Creator & Host of The Why Files" Aug 21, 2025 · Clip Starts at 3:28:29 Full episode ↓

Mel's Hole is, according to an urban legend, an American "bottomless pit" near Ellensburg, Washington. Claims about it were first made on the radio show Coast to Coast AM in 1997 by a guest calling himself Mel Waters. Later investigation revealed no such person was listed as residing in that area, and no credible evidence has been given that the hole ever existed.

This is a tv show wtf outer range

Sounds like a story you would hear from any random homeless guy you might find sleeping in a San Fran alley.

Absolute BS. The guy claimed the hole was 17 miles deep. The Mariana Trench the deepest point on earth is only nearly 7 miles (10,984 km). The guy claimed this hole is 27 km and 89,760 feet.

The fakest gayest shit I’ve ever seen. Enough of the psyop. The world is too awesome to be distracted with all this goyslop.

This is an old urban legend.

Wow, really? You’re telling me a crazy person called Art Bell?

No fucking size fucking rope works here. It would break under its own fucking strength 16 fucking miles is over 84,000 feet standard half inch rope would weigh 118 fucking tons you fucking idiot. The deepest hole ever drilled is 40,000 fucking feet yeah, this is some dumb shit you would hear on fucking coast of coast.

Classic Art Bell. It was always entertaining!

Who the feck has 16 Miles of fishing line ?

So Outer range show in prime ?!? But in real life. 🤣😂

It's a fuggin hoax! So dumb! Sounds like a fuggin stephen king book. Going to the press would have instantly solved the problem. They wouldn't say noone would believe you. They know reporters would be there in minutes.

Can you really reel out 16 mi of fishing line? Sounds...fishy.. 🧐

I use to watch this guy, until, I found out he’s a full blown liberal. And he went crazy on his viewers durning a live show answering ppl’s comments. Seems fitting he went on Shawn’s show.

I listened to a lot of Mel’s Hole” coast to coast a.m. episodes while working nights. Awesome stuff to listen to at night, The late Art Bell was the last man to be dismissive, but a lot of the story sounds just like that, just a lgood ol’ story” RIP Art

I was on a long road trip late at night listening to Art Bell when Mel called in telling his story. Whether it was fabricated or not, it kept me awake through the night. He sounded pretty convincing at the time.

Who in the hell throws their dog down a hole. I hate ignorance like that.

@CRRJA5 WTH ?

@CRRJA5 I know right. 😳

Show on Amazon with Josh Brolin, Outer Range. Pretty good!

It was just a dude calling in in fan fiction. Many cases of that on art bells show

This the whyfiles guy?

@wickedcece315 What’s that

@wickedcece315 We can watch the why files AJ made and discuss it. Watch the video.

I just fucking hate when someone has to take this long to tell a story. Can anyone tell me the ending?

Part of me hopes the hole goes somewhere because the idea of a old washing machine just randomly falling out of the sky is hilarious.

@grok is this true?

It would only be 1000 degrees at 16 miles down lol this whole thing is Clearly bullshit

My ex’s hole was like this

Gtfoh😂😂these typa stories be pissing me off. No type of evidence or video to back it up just talking out of his ass

is this story real Grok?

Anyone who goes on Shawn douche bag show is fake AF.

I live in ellensburg this is nonsense

SRS is the 21st century Art Bell show. Why does Shawn destroy his credibility with idiots like this? “In competent “solid rock” (e.g., intact or massive granite with no major joints), a 9-foot-diameter unsupported vertical hole would begin to collapse from compressive wall spalling at depths on the order of 1–3 miles (≈5,000–15,000 ft), depending on exact rock strength and in-situ stress conditions. This is far short of the hypothetical 16-mile depth. Beyond that point the rock mass around the hole fails under its own overburden pressure.” Obtw, at > 30,000ft the temperature exceeds 500F. At 16 miles it is > 1200F

WTF would you throw your dog or any animal into a hole? Like, seriously! I hope that dude gets what he deserves. 🖕