«Breaking News» Cormorant swallowed by the infamous 200ft Lake Berryessa Glory Hole lives to fly another day

The cormorant that was swallowed by the infamous 'Glory Hole' in California has reportedly survived the ordeal.

A video of the bird being sucked down the 200ft deep Glory Hole at Lake Berryessa in Napa Valley went viral earlier this week.

The video, which was posted to Facebook, shows a lone cormorant being swept into the hole, apparently unaware of what awaited it.

It was initially believed that the bird didn't survive, but Rick Fowler, the Lake Berryessa water resources manager, is saying otherwise.  

The cormorant is seen being sucked into the Glory Hole at Lake Berryessa in California's Napa Valley on Tuesday

It was initially believed that the bird didn't survive, but Rick Fowler, the Lake Berryessa water resources manager, is saying otherwise 

Fowler, who recorded the video, told ABC 10 that he actually saw the make it out on the other side. 

'It shot out of there like a bullet,' Fowler said. 

'It flew through the turbulence and came out of the water shaking water like it didn't [know] what had happened,' he added.

However, experts believe otherwise.  

Brionna Ruff, the spokesperson for the Bureau of Reclamation, which owns the spillway, said it is unlikely the cormorant could have survived that precipitous a fall.

‘From what I understand that water is going down really fast and when things come out the other side... I don't want to get really graphic,’ Ruff told SFGate.com. 

Fowler, who recorded the video, said he actually saw the cormorant make it out on the other side. 'It shot out of there like a bullet,' Fowler said

The Glory Hole leads to a creek down below. This was only the second time in 12 years that the Glory Hole was overflowing

Not only was the cormorant at the mercy of gravity, but it also would have had to survive the intense water pressure. 

In the clip, the Glory Hole is seen in the overflowing lake, which channels excess water from the reservoir to a creek down below. 

The overflow was the result of heavy rains which drenched Northern California in recent weeks, according to SFGate.

This was only the second time in 12 years that the Glory Hole was overflowing. 

In 1997, a woman fell into the Glory Hole and did not survive the 200ft drop, at the bottom of which is an 8ft-wide pipe that routes water down a creek. 

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Main photo article The cormorant that was swallowed by the infamous ‘Glory Hole’ in California has reportedly survived the ordeal.
A video of the bird being sucked down the 200ft deep Glory Hole at Lake Berryessa in Napa Valley went viral earlier this week.
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