A sinkhole in Windermere that threatened to swallow a home has been filled in.

In early May, a large sinkhole opened up in the backyard of a home in the Summerport subdivision off County Road 535.

Neighbors said the sinkhole was filled in earlier this month.

At its max, it was about 100 feet wide and 50 feet deep.

It swallowed several trees and a hammock.

“Sinkholes tend to happen after droughts when there's a large difference between the surface water table and the underlying aquifer,” said Daniel Stanfil from Geotechnical Consultants

The family renting the home when the sinkhole opened up moved out.

Bryan Denis, who lives in the home next door, said his family -- including two boys, ages 7 and 10 -- also moved out.

"Our has hasn't been deemed unlivable, but it's way too close to the house," said Denis. "It's actually part of the yard now. I don't want my kids anywhere near it."

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1981 Winter Park sinkhole

The Windermere sinkhole is nothing compared to the 1981 Winter Park sinkhole.

“Never wanna see nothing like that again,” said Frank Haines.

Hanes has lived in the Winter Park neighborhood near Fairbanks Avenue and Denning Drive since 1948.

He said Lake Rose looks like your normal fishing pond, but it was once a 350-foot wide and 75-foot deep abyss.

“Where it started at, I used to live in a house right there,” Haines said. “It started in the front yard just like something cooking on the stove, bubbling.”

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Top 10 sinkholes in the world

Two of the world's top sinkholes, according to China's Xinhua News Agency, opened up in Central Florida:

  1. Guatemala City (2010)
  2. Guatemala City (2007)
  3. Winter Park (1981)
  4. Mulberry (1994)
  5. Great Blue Hole, Belize
  6. Pincher, Oklahoma (2008)
  7. Iceland Sinkhole
  8. Ik-Kil Cenote, Mexico
  9. Lisbon, Portugal (2003)
  10. Neversink Pit, Alabama