A man says he thought 'hell had opened up' right underneath him after his car hit a four-foot deep pothole, which might sound a bit dramatic, but, I mean, look at the photos.
Grant Parker, 46, was happily tootling along Granville Terrace in York when part of the road collapsed underneath the weight of his car. Scary stuff.
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The entire front portion of his Volvo C30 disappeared into the whopping hole and when Grant hopped out of his car and saw how deep it was, he couldn't believe what he was seeing.
Despite his car being damaged, our man Grant couldn't resist the chance to take a photo of himself inside the massive hole... and aren't we glad he did?
"I was driving down the street and all of a sudden the car just sank down and went into a hole," Grant said.
"It did some damage to the car, and I'm still waiting for the insurance to deal with it.
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"There was just a little mark in the road, and as I went over it, the whole car dropped at one side.
"I got out and thought it was unbelievable.
"You could see a tunnel under the road. I thought hell had opened up or something."
Fortunately for Grant, he was able to carefully reverse his car out of the hole and take his motor to a garage. So far, he's spent £200 on repairs but doesn't yet know if his insurance will pay out for it.
He added: "I actually got in the hole, it went right down, and you could see right under the road.
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"The hole has been filled in but only recently.
"It was cordoned off for a while because they couldn't move any cars because the road was unsafe."
So, what was under there? James Bond villain-style lair? Fast track to hell and the devil himself? World War II bunker? Nah, nothing quite that exciting, sadly. It was just a 'sewer collapse', according to a spokesperson from City of York Council.
Explaining the hole, they said: "This is caused by water escaping from somewhere and washing out the structure of the road, over time, until a void is created.
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"The road surface will hold up for so long and then the void becomes too large and the tarmac fails."
The spokesperson also confirmed the hole had now been fixed and that 'liability will not be with City of York Council', adding that an insurance claim had been redirected to Yorkshire Water.
A spokesperson from Yorkshire Water said: "We carried out sewer repair work on Granville Terrace on April 5 and completed it on April 12.
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"We are sorry to hear Mr Parker damaged his vehicle whilst the road surface was damaged and we repaired the road as quickly as possible once we were notified of the issue on April 3.
"In circumstances like this it is the insurance companies who resolve any claims."
Featured Image Credit: SWNS