The summer of sewer diving keeps on going.<\/p>\n
Five \u201cmole people\u201d dove down a manhole into the Long Island drainage system in an overnight run Thursday \u2014 just one week after a seemingly separate trio emerged in NYC.<\/p>\n
The unidentified urban spelunkers descended into the Wantagh storm drain at the intersection of Wantagh Avenue and Jerusalem Avenue at around 1 a.m., WABC reported.<\/p>\n
A group of men is spotted opening a Long Island manhole cover and entering a sewer in Wantagh on Aug. 27, 2026. WABC<\/p>\n
The group was captured on surveillance cameras working together to get the cover open before sliding into the opening into the underground in a matter of seconds, according to video obtained by the outlet.<\/a><\/p>\n The men, wearing black shirts and shorts, slipped inside before closing the cover as all five vanished into the depths below the street, where several shopping centers are located.<\/p>\n Two witnesses had watched the night crawlers and called the Nassau County Police, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n Investigators went down into the sewer but came up empty-handed in their search for the wannabe Ninja Turtles.<\/p>\n Residents of the Long Island neighborhood questioned the potential motives behind the midnight adventures.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s kind of dangerous; I don\u2019t know what they have in mind,\u201d one resident told the outlet.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a level of concern, but you can\u2019t stop people from doing what they want to do,\u201d a man said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s kind of crazy to be honest with you. I have seen it on the news recently,\u201d a third added.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Thursday\u2019s sewer break-in comes a week after a trio was seen climbing up from a manhole outside Penn Station and Madison Square Garden in Manhattan<\/a> around 4:20 a.m. on Aug. 18.<\/p>\n The viral TikTok video captured the headlamp-wearing men emerging from underground near the intersection of 32nd Street and Seventh Avenue \u2014 just feet from the main entrance to Penn Station.<\/p>\n The trio has not been captured, officials said.<\/p>\n The NYPD is probing a video of \u2018mole people\u2019 emerging from a New York City manhole near Penn Station and Madison Square Garden. ricardyfabre\/TikTok<\/p>\n New York City Police Emergency Service officers conduct an unknown operation examining a manhole on May 29, 2026, at Bedord Avenue and Lynch Street in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. David Burns\/@FD4D for NY Post<\/p>\n NYPD detectives were using surveillance footage and facial recognition technology to try to identify and track the men down.<\/p>\n