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Videos showing groups of people entering NYC sewers at night baffle residents and investigators
AP ^ | 3 June 2026 | PHILIP MARCELO

Posted on 06/03/2026 1:51:54 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

Mole people? Crocodile catchers? Mario brothers? A series of bizarre sightings of people popping in and out of New York City’s vast subterranean sewer system has the city wondering what exactly is going on, with police now probing the underground mystery.

Some wore headlamps and carried what appeared to be shovels and other tools. One narrowly missed getting run over by a vehicle as they pulled themselves out of the ground.

“They look like they were looking for something important, like money, or for doing some type of hurting,” he said. “Ain’t no fun and games. I mean, seven grown adults going down there? Got to be something, man.”

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Chit/Chat; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: manhole; manholes; molepeople; newyork; newyorkcity; spelunking; zohranmamdani

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To: DUMBGRUNT

NYC coos as useless as London cops. I think they are setting up a terror attack of some sort or a gigantic heist. Is the Pink Panther in New York?


21 posted on 06/03/2026 2:27:12 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo )
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To: DUMBGRUNT

There was a famous 1954 HerbBlock cartoon (leftist Herbert Block the cartoonist) of Richard Nixon crawling out of a sewer. When the outraged Nixon saw it in the Washington Post he canceled the subscription so his young daughter Tricia wouldn’t see it or future ones.

Library of Congress site:
Published in The Washington Post, it targeted his “soft on communism” campaign tactics, featuring his signature five o’clock shadow and coining an era of scathing political illustration.

https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=a82350b6429375af&udm=2&fbs=ADc_l-aN0CWEZBOHjofHoaMMDiKpaEWjvZ2Py1XXV8d8KvlI3vWUtYx0DZdicpfE1faGYek-FGtKxD7AwCl01PyIDDohMNmriO5LWnVfyQv3zDDCEqelcHYb0c4VlKHnriuXl1FZvDX066bbAemLvVv8NifT6ToDGi33Nuxrioi-k_6aMI_2WNvIFZ71UcSwij_VUcbssTNiadPd8HejfN2OFrshp3qbiw&q=herb+block+cartoon+%22Here+He+comes+Now%22+of+richard+nixon+coming+out+of+a+sewer&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjM2f6tguyUAxXHnysGHaOTFRQQtKgLegQIFhAB&biw=1316&bih=621&dpr=1.21#sv=CAMSVhoyKhBlLUF6Q01iVWhLOVgwemFNMg5BekNNYlVoSzlYMHphTToOSHc4dW1DU0loMVdUU00gBCocCgZtb3NhaWMSEGUtQXpDTWJVaEs5WDB6YU0YADABGAcg_qqm1QtKCBABGAEgASgB


22 posted on 06/03/2026 2:36:17 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: DUMBGRUNT

kananadazia!


23 posted on 06/03/2026 2:39:51 PM PDT by stanne
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I’ve seen this episode on Hawaii 50. They are digging into a bank vault


24 posted on 06/03/2026 2:42:37 PM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: frank ballenger

Nixon was an amateur by today’s standard.


25 posted on 06/03/2026 2:43:15 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: Fledermaus

Absolutely.


26 posted on 06/03/2026 2:46:20 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: DUMBGRUNT

There was a big one near where I grew up in West Nashville that I could ride my bike through! (So long as you remembered to duck under that *1* pipe that crossed the path).


27 posted on 06/03/2026 2:59:56 PM PDT by FrankRizzo890
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To: DUMBGRUNT

NYC obviously needs an underground tunnel precinct with a way to tax and control any economic activity.


28 posted on 06/03/2026 3:03:18 PM PDT by Sawdring
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To: PGR88

One visit to the steam tunnels was enough for me to realize I was in over my head.


29 posted on 06/03/2026 3:18:20 PM PDT by Tymesup
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Cops say they’re probably “treasure hunters”.

Maybe they’re geocaching.

There must be laws against it. Imagine the liability factor for cities with weirdos skulking around in the sewers. The insurance companies must be freaking out.


30 posted on 06/03/2026 3:24:26 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Gio, this morning on WFAN, said these are Knicks fans coming out as they’ve been down there since the last Knicks championship - pretty funny.....


31 posted on 06/03/2026 3:59:04 PM PDT by capydick ("Within the covers of the bible are the answers for all the problems men face")
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Building luxury homes.


32 posted on 06/03/2026 4:08:38 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I think Ron is a mystery. It was a good evening TV soap


33 posted on 06/03/2026 4:11:48 PM PDT by madison10
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To: DUMBGRUNT

[[Videos showing groups of people entering NYC sewers at night baffle residents and investigators]]

Not so baffling... State legislators going home for the evening


34 posted on 06/03/2026 4:19:57 PM PDT by Bob434 (Time flies like an arrow, Fruit flies like a banana)
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To: Delta 21
Teenagers (I suspect) spray painted CHUD near a manhole cover on a remote road down by the river. I had to look it up to figure it out.

As a child of the 80’s that passed me by.

35 posted on 06/03/2026 4:23:37 PM PDT by Vision (“Our Democracy” means "Our Slush Fund." The Left is hate.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I wonder if they are trying to access any of Trump’s holdings???


36 posted on 06/03/2026 4:29:43 PM PDT by YouGoTexasGirl ( )
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To: frank ballenger; MayflowerMadam
We've made "Ghostbusters" and "Time Machine" jokes but another movie came to mind.

TheLadykillers2005

"An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a classical ensemble in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting but sharp old landlady." They rent her basement adjacent to their target and use the ruse of band practice to cover the sound of their tunneling.

37 posted on 06/03/2026 6:02:07 PM PDT by MikelTackNailer (doesn't cry over spilt milk, but will over craft beer and fine bourbon.)
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To: madison10

I’m going to look for it on You Tube. Ron makes the BEST Friendly Monsters. I think it’s the sadness in his eyes. *SIGH* Who doesn’t love a Bad Boy with sad eyes? ;)

I wouldn’t have known about ‘Hellboy’ were it not for my teen boys at the time. I guess they WERE useful for something after all!

And Hellboy LOVES cats! What is NOT to love? ;)

My current cats are Boyd and Eva named for the ‘Justified’ couple. My NEXT cat WILL be named Hellboy...if he’s a boy. But, Hellgirl works too, LOL! :)


38 posted on 06/03/2026 6:28:36 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: MikelTackNailer

The original British version of that movie was much better.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ladykillers_(1955_film)


39 posted on 06/03/2026 6:38:46 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4381784/posts

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4381866/posts


40 posted on 06/03/2026 7:04:35 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth. -- Democritus)
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