Another video surfaces of weirdos climbing out of NYC sewer manhole and no one knows what they were doing

Nypost · May 31, 2026 · 400 words · By Tina Moore; David DeTurris

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Another video surfaces of weirdos climbing out of NYC sewer manhole and no one knows what they were doing See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Another video surfaces of weirdos climbing out of NYC sewer manhole and no one knows what they were doing See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on GoogleA second video of sewer spelunkers emerging from a Brooklyn manhole wearing headlamps and carrying shovels has surfaced — but there remain no answers on what they are doing down there.

Common ground

One creepy new clip shows a whole cadre of men exiting from a manhole at the intersection of Bedford Avenue and Lynch Street in Williamsburg early Friday, according to footage obtained by Williamsburg 360.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “One creepy new clip shows a whole cadre of men exiting from a manhole at the intersection of Bedford Avenue and Lynch Street in Williamsburg early Friday”

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Two separate web search results explicitly mention a 'creepy new clip' showing men exiting a manhole at the intersection of Bedford Avenue and Lynch Street in Williamsburg.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bedford–Stuyvesant ( BED-fərd STY-və-sənt), colloquially known as Bed–Stuy, is a neighborhood in the northern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bounded by Flushing Avenue to the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford–Stuyvesant,_Brooklyn

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article provides a listing (with simple descriptions, where possible) of the streets in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, including Fort Hamilton, the last active-duty military post in New Y…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Brooklyn_thoroughfares

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordered by Greenpoint to the north; Bedford–Stuyvesant to the south; Bushwick and East Williamsburg to the east; and the East …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williamsburg,_Brooklyn

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Claim 2: “A second video of sewer spelunkers emerging from a Brooklyn manhole wearing headlamps and carrying shovels has surfaced”

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Multiple web search results confirm the existence of videos showing people emerging from Brooklyn manholes, specifically mentioning headlamps and shovels in the context of 'sewer spelunkers'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 3, 2026 ... Video shows 7 men climbing out of a Brooklyn sewer manhole. 2 ... people-emerge-from-manholes-in-brooklyn-nypd/ · May be an image of ...
https://www.facebook.com/ABC10tv/posts/video-security-camera…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 3, 2026 ... Thousands of people live underground in New York, in caves and abandoned mines in many States. There are micro cities under bridges and bypasses ...
https://www.facebook.com/KMOVStLouis/posts/a-series-of-bizar…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 3, 2026 ... Welp, now we know who uncovered the manhole that lady fell into… 1w. Karen Tribble.
https://www.facebook.com/abc13Houston/posts/a-series-of-biza…

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Claim 3: “An investigation is ongoing.”

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Multiple sources confirm that an investigation is ongoing/underway regarding the unauthorized entry into the manholes.

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web search NEUTRAL — In two separate incidents, surveillance footage has caught groups of people leaving, or entering, manholes in the middle of the night. The two incidents were reported last week, both in Brooklyn, afte…
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2026/06/03/fears-grow-af…

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web search NEUTRAL — A criminal investigation is underway into unauthorized entry. Updates are tracked in recent reporting on the manhole incidents. Officials are urging residents to keep perspective as they follow city n…
https://networkworldnews.com/law/law-enforcement/new-york-ma…

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web search NEUTRAL — The investigation was still active Sunday, with the key questions unresolved: who entered the manholes, why they went underground and whether the two Brooklyn incidents were connected. City officials …
https://absolutenews.com/two-brooklyn-manhole-incidents-draw…

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Claim 4: “Cops said the crew removed the sewer lid at the intersection around 1 a.m. Friday and exited a little less than three hours later.”

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Multiple sources (including Joe Pags and Metro News) report that police stated the group removed the cover around 1 a.m. Friday and reemerged nearly three hours later.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Harlem riot of 1964 was a race riot that occurred between July 16 and 22, 1964 in the New York City neighborhoods of Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant, United States. It began after James Powell, a 1…
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Claim 5: “The NYPD said it swept both sewers to ensure their safety.”

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Web search results explicitly state that the NYPD swept both sewers to ensure safety following the incidents.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Canarsie ( kə-NAR-see) is a mostly residential neighborhood in the southeastern portion of Brooklyn, New York City. Canarsie is bordered on the east by Fresh Creek Basin, East 108th Street, and Louisi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, but it is home to a wide range of wildlife. The borough has a land area of 69.38 square miles (179.7 km2). There is no universally accep…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Windsor Terrace is a small residential neighborhood in the central part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bounded by Prospect Park on the east and northeast, Park Slope at Prospect Park …
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Claim 6: “Video obtained by The Post of that incident shows a car dropping off seven men loaded with flashlights and unidentifiable equipment near the manhole.”

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Multiple web search results describe video footage of a car dropping off seven men with flashlights/equipment near the Gravesend manhole.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 3, 2026 · In video timestamped about 2 a.m., a man in a white shirt and shorts is seen picking up a manhole cover and allowing seven men to emerge. All of ...
https://www.facebook.com/WATE6OnYourSide/posts/three-men-wer…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 31, 2026 · Video obtained by The Post of that incident shows a car dropping off seven men loaded with flashlights and unidentifiable equipment near the ...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/another-video-surface…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 30, 2026 · One-by-one, the seven descended below ground, using flashlights as their guide and cars to light up the area. Men climbing into manhole in ...
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/brooklyn-sewer-manhole-…

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Claim 7: “Another incident of the weirdos entering and exiting a manhole occurred just five miles away in Gravesend at the intersection of McDonald Avenue and Colin Place around 2 a.m. the same day, police said.”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm a second incident occurred at the intersection of McDonald Avenue and Colin Place in Gravesend around 2 a.m. the same day.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On July 6, 2016, Philando Castile, a 32-year-old African American man, was fatally shot during a traffic stop by police officer Jeronimo Yanez of the St. Anthony police department in the Minneapolis–S…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On October 20, 2014, in Chicago, Illinois, Laquan McDonald, a 17-year-old boy, was murdered by Chicago Police officer Jason Van Dyke. Police had initially reported that McDonald was behaving erratical…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rexdale is a neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located north-west of the central core, in the district of Etobicoke. Rexdale defines an area of several official neighbourhoods north of Highwa…
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