...then suddenly the ground gave way — the path had become a sinkhole! Blood rushed up to my head, my stomach

...then suddenly the ground gave way — the path had become a sinkhole! Blood rushed up to my head, my stomach sank to my feet, and I had the most peculiar dizzying sensation — my body was pulled in two directions at once, as if divided across some strange wall that separated "here" from "there"... until I was truly "there" and no longer "here".