A pensioner has plummeted to his demise after falling down a 130-foot gap he had dug underneath his kitchen flooring in a mission to search out the gold he believed was buried there.
Joao Pimenta da Silva, a 71-year-old from Brazil fell down the colossal shaft after dropping his stability.
The 71-year-old’s neighbours mentioned he had turn into obsessed along with his perception there was gold buried underneath his property within the Ipatinga space within the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais after dreaming he was sitting on a fortune.
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Neighbour Arnaldo informed native media that Joao had been digging the opening for greater than a 12 months, and had employed folks to hold out the excavating work.
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He mentioned: “He began by paying 70 Brazilian Reais (£11.30) a day when the hole was still shallow but the deeper he went the more the costs went up.
“He ended up paying around £80 to anyone who entered the hole and helped to remove earth.
“He had hit a large stone that appeared which was difficult to remove and there were rumours he had been talking about trying to get hold of dynamite.”
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The neighbour mentioned Joao claimed to have been informed by a ‘spirit’ in a dream there was gold underneath the rock under his kitchen flooring and he tried to warn him of the risks of his mission however was ignored.
The tragedy that led to the gold-digger’s demise occurred on January 5. Firefighters confirmed they obtained a name round 1.30pm that day to a home in a neighbourhood known as Betania after the proprietor suffered a fall of roughly 130ft however had been unable to do something to avoid wasting his life.
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Extraordinary pictures of the opening, which was round 35 inches in diameter and went down the equal of round 12 flooring, have been printed within the Brazilian press.
Local studies mentioned the sufferer is believed to have slipped and plunged to his demise from a picket platform close to the highest of the opening as he tried to exit it following work to take away water and dust.
A buddy he was working with was unable to avoid wasting him.
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His physique was eliminated by the emergency companies. He was discovered to have suffered head accidents and damaged legs in addition to different fractures.
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