The Enormous Bubble In A Man’s Yard That Sprouted Into Something Terrifying

Published on 11/02/2021
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Unleashed

The Carlingtons would soon learn that plastic sheeting was used to conveniently hide the cellar. Fresh, rich soil was then layered on top of the sheeting, and grass was planted. This was all done to avoid a costly legal fiasco, as well as the destruction of the wine cellar.

Unleashed

Unleashed

After talking to the right people about their incredible case, James and Sarah learned that the weird growth in their garden was called a “lawn blister”.

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Disturbed Earth

A lawn blister appears on the surface of lawns that have been layered with plastic sheeting below. Incredibly, this sheeting is inserted to help grass grow in lawns with barren soil.

Disturbed Earth

Disturbed Earth

To put it simply, barren or dead soil is covered with a plastic sheet, which itself is then lined with fertile soil, in which grass is planted. That’s all good and well, but what led to the lawn blister’s formation in James and Sarah’s backyard?

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