Chinese farmer feels the earth move … but not in a good way

A farmer in southern China got a big shock after a plot of farmland suddenly started rising up and gained three metres (almost 10ft) in height.

The incident happened around noon on Saturday when the farmer, surnamed Cai, was picking vegetables near Jieyang city in Guangdong province.

The farmer said he looked up to see the plot of the land rising up into the air, the Guangzhou Daily reported on Monday.

He told the newspaper that he was so frightened he got on his bike and rode away to escape.

“It felt so creepy and I could hardly eat that day,” he said.

The area of land, about 1,340 sq metres (14,400 sq ft) in size, has now become a small hill.