NYPD to investigate another video of people emerging from manhole
What it is about
Who published it, and when
2 reports left out of the cascade - too little in common with the story to place
How it spread - 5 original reports, 2 reprints
Mon, 24 August 2026
1 report- The Guardian World18:16
Video posted on social media shows three people climbing out of sewer system at 4am, months after similar reports New York City ’s police department ( NYPD ) says it is investigating a recent video of three people emerging from a manhole in the latest such episode to cause mystery . Posted to TikTok on Friday, the video showed three people – one after the other – climbing out of a manhole at 4.19am on 18 August wearing headlamps and black overalls near Madison Square Garden. Continue reading...
Tue, 25 August 2026
2 reports- abc11.com09:17first to report
The NYPD is investigating after three people were caught on camera climbing out of a manhole near Penn Station wearing overalls and headlamps last week.
- foxrochester.com16:39
Three men were caught on camera emerging from a manhole near Penn Station last week, wearing overalls and headlamps.
2 reprints
- fox42kptm.com25 Aug, 16:39their copy
- siouxlandnews.com25 Aug, 16:39their copy
Wed, 26 August 2026
1 report- RMF24 (Poland)08:57
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Thu, 27 August 2026
1 report- dailystar.co.uk11:29
Crowds of amateur scavengers have been filmed surfacing from New York manholes this summer in a puzzling craze to find gold and jewellery, police claimed.