{"id":370460,"date":"2026-10-11T17:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T17:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/370460\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T17:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T17:22:08","slug":"new-nyc-mole-people-mystery-as-3-spotted-ducking-into-sewer-manhole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/370460\/","title":{"rendered":"New NYC mole people mystery as 3 spotted ducking into sewer manhole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The mole men are back.<\/p>\n<p>Cops responded to a report of three men climbing into a Manhattan manhole early Sunday morning in the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/01\/us-news\/bizarre-nyc-sewer-spelunker-incidents-may-have-simple-explanation-sources\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">latest sighting of mysterious intruders<\/a> in the Big Apple underground, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Police were dispatched to West 141st Street between Hamilton Place and Amsterdam Avenue shortly before 1 a.m. following a 911 call reporting that the trio was spotted climbing into the sewer, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>Officers, firefighters and EMS crews respond to a report of a person going into a manhole on 141st Street in Manhattan on Oct. 11, 2026.  Dakota Santiago\/FreedomNewsTV<\/p>\n<p>The manhole at 141st Street between Amsterdam and Hamilton avenues.  Dakota Santiago\/FreedomNewsTV<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses said at least one of the men was later seen climbing out and hopping into a silver-colored vehicle and taking off to parts unknown, with the incident under investigation, an NYPD rep said.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters were called to the scene shortly after 1:30 a.m. and described the report as \u201cunfounded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the report comes after numerous accounts \u2014 and creepy surveillance video footage \u2014 showing unidentified trespassers climbing in and out of the city\u2019s sewer system in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>The manhole at 141st Street between Amsterdam and Hamilton avenues.  Dakota Santiago\/FreedomNewsTV<\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s incident is the latest in a spate of people being spotted in the city\u2019s sewer system. Dakota Santiago\/FreedomNewsTV<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, five of the mole men <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/09\/us-news\/5-mysterious-sewer-divers-emerge-out-of-nyc-manhole-continuing-bizarre-underground-spree-cops\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">emerged from an Upper East Side manhole<\/a> on 82nd Street and took off in a truck, according to police and sources.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, two men, Kevin Rodriguez and Samuel Reveron, were busted after roaming through the underground beneath an Upper East Side hotel <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/23\/us-news\/trio-seen-emerging-from-manhole-steps-from-netnayahus-nyc-hotel-where-netanyahu-set-to-stay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stayed<\/a> while in town for the UN General Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>This summer, another trio of mole men wearing overalls and headlamps crawled out of the ground a block away from Madison Square Garden at 32nd Street and Seventh Avenue in Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>Another sighting came in September last year, when three people were spotted climbing out of a Brooklyn manhole at Bay Ridge Parkway and 17th Avenue in Bensonhurst around 4:30 a.m., with all of them taking off before police were able to respond to a 911 call.<\/p>\n<p>City officials speculate that the underground trespassers <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/25\/us-news\/gold-digging-mole-people-busted-for-diving-into-manhole-near-nyc-hotel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">could be scavenging for valuables<\/a> like coins, wallets, scrap metal or jewelry that were lost and ended up in the sewers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The mole men are back. 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