Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity,New York City's vast underground network has become the unlikely focus of fresh alarm. Surveillance footage shared widely online shows teams of men lifting manhole covers in the middle of the night, descending into the sewers with flashlights, tools, and protective gear, then resurfacing hours later.Police have investigated multiple such episodes, particularly in Brooklyn, yet their public message remains the same: no known threat to safety.That reassurance has failed to settle nerves in a city still scarred by past attacks and struggling under years of unchecked migration and progressive governance.Mole people? Treasure hunters? Something else?
Police are investigating a string of bizarre incidents involving mysterious groups of people entering and exiting New York City sewers through manholes in the dead of night.
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- Fox News (@FoxNews) June 3, 2026When groups operate with apparent coordination in critical infrastructure after dark, the quick dismissal only fuels suspicion.The pattern emerged in recent weeks. In Gravesend, Brooklyn, footage captured one group removing a manhole cover on McDonald Avenue. Several men in waders and boots emerged around 2 a.m. after hours below ground.A separate incident in Williamsburg saw another group enter a manhole near Bedford and Hayward around 1 a.m. and exit roughly two and a half hours later. An earlier sighting in Astoria, Queens, showed similar behavior.
