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Underground Railroad: Hobo Edition?

Posted by 3Reann on April 9, 2013 at 8:29pm in Mr Bruns 360 Message Board

Police were doing an inspection for stolen copper wire around a homeless camp and found something that surprised them. It was like nothing they'd ever seen before; a series of tunnels about 4 ft below the ground and stretching up to 25 ft long! They were concerned when they found a pile of dirty diapers near a tunnel, they are not a safe place for small children, especially. After using a police robot to make sure nobody was inside the tunnels, they used a tractor to fill them.

This is so crazy, but actually kind of smart! I mean they have a "roof" over their head. The hobos worked to build their "houses" too. They must have felt pretty proud of that. I hope they find the small child and give it better living conditions.

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2 AlexP April 14, 2013 at 3:43pm

I feel like that is kinda sad because the homeless people built those tunnels and who knows how long it took them. That was their home and the police kinda just took it from them.
2 BradleyJ April 14, 2013 at 3:31pm

It's cool what people will do for one another. Safety should have been thought of in making this.
2Olivia April 14, 2013 at 2:05pm

I was talking about this at work the other day. i think that these people are pretty innovative and it doesn't seem quite right to fill in the tunnels that probably took them forever to build.
4th ANDREWM April 13, 2013 at 9:59pm

Those tunnels are well built. I bet it took quite a while to make them. I wonder how the came up with that idea.
3Austin April 13, 2013 at 2:28pm

Those were some pretty smart hobos. I hope they were structurally safe.
2Cody April 13, 2013 at 10:10am

at least they were smart. the only thing is it must get pretty cold down there.
3jacobf April 13, 2013 at 8:07am

The police filled it in? They filled in a homeless person's only shelter. That's pretty ridiculous and doesn't seem very ethical.
7Jessica April 11, 2013 at 11:00am

thats crazy that people lived down there that wouldnt be comfortable tho!
3Brooke April 10, 2013 at 11:16am

This is crazy! I cant believe people lived there! I think it would be cool to stay there like one night, but i would not want to live there my whole life.
2Kjersten :) April 10, 2013 at 11:12am

This is crazy! That homeless people built this.. Thats sad that the police are tearing it down though... They did all that work for nothing! It probably wasnt that safe of place though.