alt.hn

6/2/2026 at 7:48:00 PM

Rk New York police investigate mysterious cases of people coming out of manholes

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/02/new-york-police-investigate-people-emerging-manholes

by worik

6/3/2026 at 6:37:57 AM

I once rented a workshop that had previously been the home of a small jewelry making shop. Before moving my gear in, I vacuumed and mopped every surface and ran everything through a makeshift sluice box.

Recovered nearly 2oz of (powder) gold and several dozen gemstones.

Of course I immediately cleaned out the air ducts, all the way to the plenum, and dug up the ground near the entry - recovering another oz or so that I suspect was simply tracked out by the previous tenant on his shoes over the years.

I wonder if these guys have found a similar angle. Gold tends to accumulate in the lowest cracks.

by JoeMattie

6/3/2026 at 10:44:41 AM

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by 486sx33

6/2/2026 at 9:08:15 PM

For the unfamiliar, there is a subculture of urban exploration surrounding "draining", the act of exploring storm drains and (sometimes) sewers. It can be a fun adventure at times as many drains have large "features" such as massive underground rooms, historic brickwork, cave formations (e.g. stalactites), water storage tanks or waterfalls. Most of the time, they don't even smell that bad and you can get some cool photos. You also often will find oddly-shaped mushrooms growing out of the walls of the tunnels. This is most likely just some group of explorers who were not so careful to observe rule #2: don't be seen entering/exiting the drains. Rule #1 is "when it rains, no drains."

by 7scan

6/2/2026 at 11:25:12 PM

Two of the guys in the video exit the hole with a ~ 32"x16" metal sieve. They appear to be panning for gold in shit, not exploring.

by Stevvo

6/3/2026 at 12:12:19 AM

I’ve seen some videos of people who vacuum out sidewalk cracks in places like NYC. They find gold and jewels and such. Quite interesting what people can find. I’d bet the storm drain area has some nice spots for heavier material to accumulate.

https://youtu.be/TfrqUNFtM6A?si=vQr0Ofn0Ji3wFdZV

by tstrimple

6/3/2026 at 3:32:04 AM

You failed to even mention the Turtles??

by thejazzman

6/3/2026 at 3:37:51 AM

This reminds me of the curious case of the guy on Twitter claiming that a bunch of young men from the nearby synagogue were tunneling around his apartment building and the whole thing seemed outrageously anti-Semitic until it was discovered that they were! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_synagogue_tunnel...

by arjie

6/3/2026 at 6:43:29 AM

While definitely not in the video from TFA, some cities in this world host a domestic underground for homeless people and others who are outcast from society. The kind of humor you get from Futurama is a dark reality that not many would consider feasible in today's world..

by x______________

6/2/2026 at 9:06:27 PM

It's just the CHUDs. They mean you no harm if you leave them be.

by pogue

6/2/2026 at 11:38:32 PM

Ugh! I was so going to say CHUDs!

by yepyoukno

6/2/2026 at 8:30:02 PM

In books, movies and videogames people spend a considerable amount of time in the sewers. In fact, I’m pretty sure they spend more time in the sewers that in standup meetings. Reality mirrors fiction. Speaking of which, some getting acquainted with sewers may be in order for the upcoming AI apocalypse.

by dsign

6/3/2026 at 4:42:23 AM

In Paris that would be underground techno concerts. In my town I did organize underground film screenings. In New York police readily asserts that "they are up to no good".

by rurban

6/2/2026 at 8:24:02 PM

What is “Rk”?

by nerdsniper

6/2/2026 at 9:01:31 PM

it's a special code for the sewer people, don't worry they understand it.

by analogpixel

6/2/2026 at 8:52:23 PM

Sadly, no turtles were involved.

by xg15

6/2/2026 at 9:28:19 PM

I’m not sure if you are referencing the article but a witness made the same link:

> Speaking to NBC New York, witness Aki Jakupovic said: “Three random guys walking around in a strange suit, open the sewer, go in like Ninja Turtles.”

by thebruce87m

6/3/2026 at 5:21:36 AM

Well, as long as they don't discover a river of pink slime...

by steve1977

6/3/2026 at 3:12:51 AM

Possibly AI generated video?

by iJohnDoe