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$24 MILLION, DEAN'S BLUE HOLE GIVES NEW MEANING TO 'MONEY PIT'
Holes aren't usually presented as a positive attribute in listings, yet without
one, Blue Hole Bay, a 180-acre Bahamanian property listed for
$24 million, would be just like any other stunning
white-sand beach available for private ownership. In this "remotest part
of the Bahamas ,"
as Bob Simon of "60
Minutes" described it in a
segment Sunday night, "you'll have trouble finding it on any tourist map
today."
So
what's the draw, then, for this particular secluded slice of land? Eager
extreme divers flock to the 663-foot-deep Dean's Blue Hole, the deepest
saltwater hole in the world and therefore the world's "mecca of free
diving," to test out their ambitious, body-contorting breathing exercises:
a diver on last night's show descended to a record-breaking 410 feet using only
one fin. For lazier beach bums with some pocket change to spare, buying Blue
Hole Bay, described in the brokerbabble as "one of, if not the, definitive
trophy parcels of the Caribbean," might mean enjoying a "luxurious
swim in the clear shallow water of the adjacent turquoise bay perfectly framed
by a sparkling white sand beach" or dreaming up "a large resort or
development of ultra exclusive private homes."
Might be kind of hard to relax, though,
with all the near-death experiences taking place in the backyard.
Watch the "60 Minutes" footage here:
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