Posted on 05/31/2021 10:34:48 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Andres Canto began digging a hole in his back garden in anger when he was 14, and six years later it's become a shelter comprising of a living room and bedroom almost 10-feet under the surface
When Andres Canto was 14-year-old, he got into a minor argument with his parents when they told him he couldn't go into the local village wearing a tracksuit.
In retaliation, he stayed at home and grabbed his grandfather's pickaxe, using it to take out his frustration by angrily attacking the ground in the garden.
But Andres' act of petulance bizarrely became an obsession, and six years after the now 20-year-old first broke ground, he has created his very own underground man cave, with steps leading deep down to a structure comprising of a living and bedroom.
Andres, who is now an actor, says he has no idea what initially sparked the idea of using his frustration to dig a hole at his family home in the town of La Romana, Spain, but he began using it as a way to wind down in the evenings after school, working on his excavation by hand several days a week.
The project stepped up a few gears when his friend Andreu brought round a pneumatic drill, and the pair spent up to 14 hours a week digging almost 10-foot into the earth in his parent's garden.
The layout of his retreat was often determined by the obstacles that got in the way of the project. He said: "Sometimes I came across a big stone and it could be frustrating after hours of digging that I had done almost nothing."
The soil was originally removed by hand using buckets, but as Andres went deeper and deeper, he began to study excavation techniques and later developed a pulley system
(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...
Andres, who is now an actor has always been a drama queen.
How’s that sanitation system working out ?
I recall when I was small
How I spent my days alone
The busy world was not for me
So I went and found my own
I would climb the garden wall
With a candle in my hand
I’d hide inside a hall of rock and sand
One could ask a lot of questions about this one. Like what about code enforcement in this modern world.
He’s Still living in his parents root cellar i see
Just a matter of time. In our early years, we try to get far away from our parents. Once we finally grow up and mature, we realize our parents love and care about us more than anyone else does. So we then try to get as close to them as we can while we still have the chance.
The article says they came out and inspected it.
Yep, LOL
Yes. My parents are gone now, unfortunately, and I miss them every single day of the week.
Every single day.
But I take comfort that they were believers and that I will see them again.
BUT I still wish they were still here so I could visit with them and embrace them.
Stupid article, poorly written, stupid guy, and one day to be entombed in his man-caved-In.
Today is/was Memorial Day. Let’s read about someone who was worthy to be called a “man”.
I wonder how he plans on keeping it from collapsing on him?
Remember on Memorial Day, there are men who lived underground in miles of trenches or shelters so that they would not be killed by mortar, machine gun or gas.
And loaded 16 tons of number-nine coal.
Parents with no recognition they are the authority figures and this kid has learned to flaunt authority over them. I’m thinking this is not a good lesson this boy has learned.
We had a small barn loft to escape to as kids...
“then we feel so often the guilt”
Not fair. You have no idea how
this person felt about his
parents.
Could be you that feels the guilt,
and just naturally everyone else
should feel the same.
My parents were far from perfect.
I still loved and respected them,
and miss their advice and
conversations every single day.
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