On September 14, another event occurred in New York, after which the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles no longer look like science fiction, but like a documentary.
Around 4 a.m. in the Middle Village neighborhood of Queens, an eyewitness spotted a man who calmly climbed out of a manhole right in the middle of the street.
He was wearing a red and black bandana. Once out, the man joined four other people — and the whole group quickly disappeared.
The best part: before leaving, they neatly put the manhole cover back in place.
In other words, the mysterious underground dwellers of New York may be breaking the law, but they still observe the rules of etiquette.
The police do not yet know for sure whether the other four were underground with him. The incident is being investigated by the NYPD and the city's Department of Environmental Protection.
And this is far from the first such incident.
In the spring, cameras captured groups of people several times late at night opening manholes, descending into the sewer, and then appearing back on the surface. In May, about eight people climbed out of one manhole in Brooklyn, and seven more from another. And on August 18 near Penn Station, eyewitnesses filmed three men in overalls wearing headlamps who appeared from underground one after another.
A more down-to-earth explanation for what is happening has even emerged: the police suggest that some of these people might be 'treasure hunters', who are looking for lost money, jewelry, and other valuables in the sewer.
But the internet, of course, prefers another version.
In New York, it is simply forming a secret underground population.
And judging by the frequency of the appearances, the city authorities will soon have to add another line to the subway map:
Manhattan — Brooklyn — Queens — the sewer. 😄
