It sounds like a homeowner's worst nightmare a giant sinkhole opens up in your backyard and threatens to take in your house.
That dream has become a reality for one Bowling Green family.

"I get nervous that a hole might just open up or she'll fall into a crack and get hurt, so no, I don't even let her play outside," says Amy Frcka, who has a little girl.

Amy Frcka is local mother facing a very dangerous problem.

One giant sinkhole along with several smaller ones have opened up in her backyard.

"I'm honestly scared my house will fall in hole, and we'll be left with nothing, but a house..in hole," says Frkca.

For safety reasons, Frcka doesn't her face shown, her husband is currently serving in Korea and will be there for the next year.

"This is one of the most serious ones I have seen, as far as being in a residential area," says Mac Yowell.

Warren County Public Works Director, Mac Yowell specializes in problems like sinkholes.

Yowell says he doesn't usually get involved with issues on private property but then, he got a phone call from Frcka.

"She called me last Friday or Thursday, like a week ago and said I don't know where else to turn. And a damsel in distress that cries on me, you know, I had to come out and look at it," says Yowell.

Yowell says sinkholes are a common occurrence in Warren County.

"You see sinkholes that have opened up? We have that in most parts of the county, it's something peculiar in certain parts of Kentucky. It's because of the limestone and the channels that open up and we have these holes develop," says Yowell.

But the proximity of these holes to Frcka's home are not common or safe.

"It's creeping towards a residence here, in fact its 2 or 3 feet now from the residence," says Yowell.

Perhaps the worst news is the $20,000 price tag on fixing the sinkholes.

Yowell agrees, even though the funds aren't around to pay for filling the holes, they have got to be fixed as soon as possible.

"What could happen is it could be the first time we see a house collapse in a sinkhole," says Yowell.

The homeowner has contacted the VFW and American Legion, hoping they will help one of their own. And they have responded, the organizations have been donating money into a fund for the sinkholes.

The VFW and American Legion has been working hard to help the military wife and a contractor has agreed to start work on the sinkholes on Monday.

"we appreciate the donations people have made, these will be utilized, there is a contractor who has agreed to start the work based on faith," says Yowell.

Veterans have opened a bank fund for those who'd like to help the family.

If you'd like to help, the bank fund is at Independence Bank listed under "Frcka Sinkhole Fund."