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It’s Probably Nothing

December 15, 2021 | 5:20 PM
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An enormous vortex opened up above the Upper West Side on Wednesday, as seen in the photo above taken by Nilo Mitra on Wednesday morning from his apartment on Central Park West near 107th Street.

But it’s probably nothing.

The cloud-hole has opened above the Upper West Side, the setting of Rosemary’s Baby and Ghostbusters, a neighborhood where ghost tour guides take tourists around to feel the otherworldly energy emanating from the sidewalks.

Again, it’s probably nothing.

The ethereal sky-whirlpool was visible just blocks from where Dr. Clifford Bias, who claimed to be able to communicate with dead people, held services for mediums and psychics.

And it was seen not far from the Hotel des Artistes, where the spirit of stunningly handsome actor Rudolph Valentino is said to be visible as a blur in hallway mirrors — along with a whiff of his cologne.

But really, nothing to worry about here.

Yeesh, you guys really have wild imaginations!

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Richard R Gross
Richard R Gross
3 years ago

Well, I don’t know about you guys, but I’m issuing my final goodbyes to friends and relatives. This is the big one! This is it. Farewell fond and lovely world!

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carl g silverman
carl g silverman
3 years ago

WSR, ad for next Ghostbusers flick?

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Florence Janovic
Florence Janovic
3 years ago

I thought it looked like a spaceship

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Amy
Amy
3 years ago

I feel like everything is going wrong. Could this be mercury in retrograde in physical form? I’m sort of kidding but maybe not…

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Laura
Laura
3 years ago
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Doesn’t it seem like Mercury is always in retrograde?

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Erica
Erica
3 years ago

This is a wonderful example of a fallstreak! They sometimes happen when an airplane or other large disruptive force passes through a cloud. The disruption causes the air in the cloud to mix with surrounding air, reducing the relative humidity enough to produce an area of clearing. Isn’t science amazing? 🙂

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George CPW
George CPW
3 years ago
Reply to  Erica

Nah. It’s a hoax like Covid.

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90th Street dubious reader
90th Street dubious reader
3 years ago

I dunno. In a world dominated by Photoshop wizards, I need to have verification from a lot of people that they all really saw this.

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Charles
Charles
3 years ago

Looks more like something out of the movie Independence Day. But nothing to worry about!

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Peter
Peter
3 years ago

Just De Blasio preparing to go home to Andromeda. (He couldn’t possibly be from here.)

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Lady Di
Lady Di
3 years ago

the way things are going in our city and country lately, a vortex could be just the right escape hatch to…who knows?!

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the truth hurts
the truth hurts
3 years ago

Photoshop.

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Yaaj
Yaaj
3 years ago

I guess Tom Bearden is correct.

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Robert Sheridan
Robert Sheridan
3 years ago

I know!

I saw this in film “Independence Day”

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Joan
Joan
3 years ago

The Great Gotham God of the sky is hungry for a few tourist helicopters. Burp!

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Jo Baldwin
Jo Baldwin
3 years ago
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Or maybe He just burped, or . . .

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MaryAnne
MaryAnne
3 years ago

Looks like that’s what’s keeping the snowflakes away…❄️

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Amy
Amy
3 years ago

totally saw this today, and thought, huh. that looks like something out of a movie

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James
James
3 years ago

It’s more like the movie, The Day After Tomorrow, where giant hurricanes suck super cold air from the stratosphere into our cities and a Dick Cheney like President moves us all to Brazil. Some dingbat millennials take shelter in the NYPL and burn a Gutenberg bible to stay warm.

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Peter
Peter
3 years ago
Reply to  James

Why the fake news account of the movie?

The “Dick Cheney” president moves US survivors to Mexico, not Brazil, in exchange for forgiving all LatAm debt.

The millennials do indeed discuss what books to burn to stay alive, but ultimately show enough sense to save the Guttenberg Bible and focus on the Tax Code instead.

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RCP
RCP
3 years ago

If they’re taking volunteers, beam me aboard, Scotty.

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Ye Olde Englife Teechere
Ye Olde Englife Teechere
3 years ago

NO ONE above bothered to congratulate “West Sider” for her/his very clever writing.
So I will! Well-done. Definitely an “A+”
Now, just in case it’s not “nothing”, where DID I put my tin-foil hat and anti-space-alien cloak?

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jezbel
jezbel
3 years ago

It was just God taking a peek at her favorite part of town.

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