A person has died after falling down a 130-foot gap he had dug below his kitchen flooring whereas looking for the gold he believed was buried there.
Joao Pimenta da Silva, a 71-year-old from Brazil, fell down the outlet after dropping his stability.
The 71-year-old’s neighbours mentioned he had turn out to be obsessed together with his perception that there was gold buried below his property within the Ipatinga space within the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais after dreaming he was sitting on a fortune.
Neighbour Arnaldo informed native media that Joao had been digging the outlet for greater than a yr, and had employed folks to hold out the excavating work.
He mentioned: “He started by paying 70 Brazilian Reais (£11.30) a day when the outlet was nonetheless shallow however the deeper he went the extra the prices went up.
“He ended up paying round £80 to anybody who entered the outlet and helped to take away earth.
“He had hit a big stone that appeared which was tough to take away and there have been rumours he had been speaking about making an attempt to pay money for dynamite.”
The neighbour mentioned Joao claimed to have been informed by a “spirit” in a dream there was gold below 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 person’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 save lots of his life.
Images of the outlet, which was round 35 inches in diameter and went down the equal of round 12 flooring, have been printed within the Brazilian press.
Native stories mentioned the sufferer is believed to have slipped and plunged to his demise from a wood platform close to the highest of the outlet as he tried to exit it following work to take away water and dust.
A good friend he was working with was unable to save lots of him.
His physique was eliminated by the emergency providers. He was discovered to have suffered head accidents and damaged legs in addition to different fractures.