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What dug this hole and what do I do about it? (with pics)

lilangel181
9 years ago

Yesterday we found this hole in our backyard. It's in the middle of an open, flat section of ground about 50 feet from our house. My foot in the picture is for reference (about 9.5 inches heel to toe). Since I moved here just last fall from an apartment in suburbia I have no idea what makes a tall tunnel that slopes down and away from a 'bib' of dirt. DH mows the grass and he says in the 7 years he lived here he's never seen anything quite like it either.

A little information- We live on just over an acre of land including a natural pond in mid-Michigan. Something is leaving tunnels in the ground out by the pond, (at least 1/3 to 1/2 acre away ish, from the hole, down a gradual slope) where our feet are always sinking down, and we see little 'air holes' (or maybe something else's entrance/ exit?) here and there, but those are the size of a US Quarter or smaller. I think it's part of a network, but maybe something different is burrowing that way? Not sure!

Please and thank you everyone!
~ Laura

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