On Thursday, the sheriff of Harris County, Texas, revealed that three Florida hog hunters had been found dead in an underground tank filled with sewer gas after one of them had allegedly tried to rescue their dog after it fell into the hole. Two men, a woman, and a dog were discovered dead in a tank in a cornfield outside of Austin’s city limits.
According to Bastrop County Sheriff Maurice Cook, the hole was actually a cistern with a 4-foot-wide (1.2-meter) aperture that held 8 feet (2.4 meters) of water and hydrogen sulphide gas. One of the men apparently entered the cistern in the middle of the night on Wednesday to retrieve the dog, which he stated was a bloodhound. Cook said they recovered clothing and boots belonging to the other two hunters beside the hole, implying that the hunters took off their gear before plunging in.
Delvys Garcia, 37, Denise Martinez, 26, and Noel Vigil-Benitez, 45, were named as the victims. They’re all Floridians. After being overtaken by hydrogen sulphide gas, the hunters likely sank to the bottom of the pit, as he explained, and the police are investigating. We were completely exposed. In the middle of a cornfield, there was just this gaping hole,” Cook recounted. A “high level” of hydrogen sulphide was present in the cistern, according to Cook. He warned that dangerously high levels could develop in the cistern due to the combination of stagnant water and the decomposition of other animals that had died there.
A Texan fourth member of the hunting party was present but did not enter the hole. According to Cook, the hunter claimed to police that their dog had escaped from their truck and that they had located it through technology installed on the animal’s collar. He stated that efforts to rescue the dead were impeded by dive teams’ worries about the presence of gas and the stability of the building’s walls. “strong fumes, similar to those of a septic tank, coming from the cistern,” said a statement from the sheriff’s office about the tank.
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