Divers have finally made it to the bottom of Belize’s iconic Great Blue Hole, but a dirty secret was lurking at the bottom of the pristine natural wonder.
An expedition to explore the Great Blue Hole, funded by billionaire Richard Branson, was completed in 2018 — but it went viral this week as “proof that humans are terrible.”Getty Images “We found conchs and conch shells and hermit crabs that had fallen into the hole and suffocated,” she said in an interview at the time.
“We found the resting place of a couple folks, and we very respectfully let the Belize government know where we found them. Everyone decided that we would just not attempt any recovery. It’s very dark and peaceful down there, just kind of let them stay,” Bergman said. Researchers also predict it won’t be around forever. Waterfalls of sand tumble into the hole every day, slowly filling it up.“Anyone want to explore the Blue Hole with me? Oh wait, humans have already ruined it,” one person wrote.“Even a place where humans had never visited wasn’t safe from our trash. People are terrible,” added another.