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Spelunking in Las Vegas

Posted by michael on from the speak-friend-and-enter dept.

LowellPorter writes "There's an article here about some reporters who check out the sewers in Vegas after a known criminal escapes a police dragnet through them. They expect to find lots of people living in there, but only end up interviewing a couple of bums."

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  1. Boring by stere0 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    They found large concrete pipes with 5-6 people living inside them. These stories are far more interesting!

    Here in Luxembourg, we have kilometers of casemates [pdf]. Only two sites are open to the public, but I've had the chance to explore a couple. Two years ago I saw some graffiti by people who fled underground during air strikes in WWII. I've never met any bums though.

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    Trollem mirabilem hanc subnotationis exigiutas non caperet
  2. For *real* tunnels, visit Moscow by david.given · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Check out Mysteries under Moscow. A group have been exploring the tunnels under Moscow since the 1970s and have found:
    • Up to 12 levels of tunnels
    • Nuclear bunkers
    • Lots of human skulls
    • Whole tribes of people living there
    • Mass burial sites
    • A hastily abandoned chemical laboratory
    • A 3000-seat bunker under a cathedral
    • Strange religious rites
    • All kinds of other weird stuff
    It would be scary if it wasn't so fascinating. The article linked to above is quite old; have any Russian slashdotters seen the TV programme mentioned?