Need Help With Two Cases On Mysterious Holes

There are two paranormal cases that really bug me, as in get under my skin and truly unnerve me.

1. This case was featured on Arthur C. Clarkes Mysterious World back in the 1980s. It took place in the U.K. It featured a couple who were caretakers of a Church if my memory is correct. One day, the man came outside and notice a very large hole had opened up near the sidewalk. He went up to it and looked down and was astonished that it was pitch black. So he bent over and looked more closely. He could not see the bottom of the hole. Instead, all he saw was blackness so dark that there was nothing else. He went in and got his wife and made her come out and see the hole. She was shocked as well. The man told the wife he was going to town to get some plywood to put over the hole so nobody would accidentally fall in. He left. He was gone about an hour. When he returned to his amazement the hole was gone. He got his wife to come out again and she could not believe her eyes. The hole was just gone. There was only solid earth, complete with grass where the hole was just an hour before. If you have any further information on this case please reply and let me know!

2. I'm not sure where this case happened. I read about it in a book on the paranormal years ago. It might have taken place in the U.S. An elderly couple was staying in a hotel. They called the police one early morning. When the police arrived they found the couple in bed and they were crying and cowering in fear. The room was a mess. There was broken furniture and papers and trash strewn about. When the police finally calmed the couple down, the couple told the police that the wife was awakened in the middle of the night by the sound of wind and of things moving around in the room. The wife woke up the husband who got out of bed to find out what was going on. To his horror he says there was a dark hole on the floor that appeared to be sucking air into it like a giant vacuum. Papers, trash and other objects were flying about. The man got too close to the hole and it started to suck him in as well but he reached for his wife who was able to drag him back to the bed. The couple could do nothing but cower in bed while objects flew around before disappearing into the hole. Eventually everything stopped. The wind died and there was no more debris in the air. They couple peered over the bed and the hole in the floor was gone. The floor looked absolutely normal with no sign of damage. The police believed the couple was genuinely frightened but did not know what to make of their story. If you have any additional information on this case I would love to hear it as well. Thanks!