Mga eksperto, lubos ang pagkagulat sa kanilang nadiskubreng kakaibang kweba na naglalaman ng maraming sikreto!

Having Google Maps in our palms at all times can make us feel like there’s nothing under the sun that hasn’t been discovered. But for two explorers in Montreal, Canada, there wasn’t anything further from the truth. Daniel Caron and Luc Le Blanc grew up near a mysterious cave in the Saint-Leonard borough of Montreal. Having detected a void beneath Caverne de Saint-Léonard in 2014 using dowsing equipment, the pair suspected that a chasm lay hidden underneath the famous cave.

By 2016, even with new restrictions and security mechanisms, Daniel was still determined to know more about the caves that had fascinated him as a kid. He knew there was forgotten history somewhere inside, and he was determined to find it. So, he asked for the help of Luc Le Blanc, a friend and fellow explorer.

“We decided to launch a campaign to dig there”, Luc tells Lonely Planet. “However, the limestone was very strong and hard to break. It was quite complicated, as we couldn’t swing a hammer there, so we kind of lost hope.

Many consider dowsing to be a pseudoscience. The practice involves using metal rods to locate groundwater or buried metals that aren’t visible to the eye, and it’s mostly used to locate old water pipes in Europe. This led them to a small gap in the rock wall.

In 2017, Daniel and Luc removed a section of the rock to explore the gap. They returned to the cave and decided to try breaking through closer to the ceiling – there’s a layer of crushed limestone there that’s pretty soft. They were quickly able to get through that layer, and in one single day had opened a ‘window’ that let them see what was beyond. They brought in a ladder, and in another half day emerged into a large chamber, about six metres by three metres. They squeezed through the opening to find a ginormous open chamber. “It was vast,” said Daniel, “We started yelling, ‘Yes! We did It! We did it!’”

Climbing in, the men realized the space was 20 feet tall by 10 feet wide, far larger than the cave’s main chamber. After exploring a bit more, they concluded that it might stretch as much as 700 feet. “It just keeps going. We haven’t reached the end yet,” said Luc. They couldn’t believe what they were seeing.

This is a major discovery we made, this doesn’t happen many times in a lifetime,” said Le Blanc.

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