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02-24-2015, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Geezle
Creepy thought, but definitely not out of the realm of possibility.
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Thank you! There were apparently not enough creepy thoughts expressed in my absence.
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02-24-2015, 04:53 PM
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Originally Posted by EZM
I could be wrong. For sure. But keep in mind many homeless people are actually insane. Some of them get pretty smart, educated, etc... and some are more than capable of building an elaborate structure because they believe the apocalypse is coming or something.
I worked with a guy, many moons ago, who had the most basic entry crappy job where I worked. Never complained or talked to anyone much. Come to find out he was a PhD and used to be a professor at the U of A and was quite well off. 9-11 happened and he disappeared. Later, we found out he had purchased some land and buried some containers underground (along with all sorts of gadgets) to ward off the apocalypse. 9-11 was the trigger to set him off to his plans of "laying low" and "riding out" the apocalypse.
The RCMP investigated him because his "cave" was pretty elaborate and they couldn't figure out what he was up to. I guess one of the neighbors saw some suspect activity out on the acreage community. Upon speaking to his family, and learning that although he just seemed to be "normal" he had deep and hidden mental paranoia and some issues.
That's what made me think it just might be someone with similar mental health issues.
His family convinced him things were safe, he re-integrated back into society, only to find he had purchased yet another piece of property and was building a safe house all over again ..... sneaking off to work on it complete with generators, air and drainage and this time plumbing and a sump.
Just never know sometimes.
My point is - all to often, in today's paranoid society we are very quick to yell "terrorism" every time we don't have all the info. The media might have done it this time IMO. But again, just my thoughts.
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An amusing anecdote, but I don't think anybody's building their apocalypse bunker right in Toronto proper.
Maybe not terrorism, but I'd definitely say up to no good. Stash house maybe for drugs, money, or human trafficking.
And given the games occurring nearby, and the security climate in Canada, I don't think it's a stretch (much-less fear mongering) to mention the idea of terrorism.
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02-24-2015, 05:04 PM
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One expert in Toronto said tunnel digging in a big hobby in Europe could have digging for fun.
Talk about nothing else to do!
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/tunne...ng-as-a-hobby/
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02-24-2015, 05:34 PM
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The sump pump they keep showing on the news looks eerily like an air compressor.
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02-24-2015, 05:46 PM
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I think it was some ordinary joe who had enough of this cold winter and decided to dig in and hibernate. I can relate. Tired of shovelling snow, except when I'm ice fishing.
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02-24-2015, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by HalfBreed
The sump pump they keep showing on the news looks eerily like an air compressor.
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They're calling this a sump pump?
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02-24-2015, 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by wasteland.soldier
They're calling this a sump pump?
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Typical 
Edit: I haven't gone through all the stories on this topic, but there is one picture that has a water hose coming out of the tunnel, so I guess there does have to be a pump somewhere?
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02-24-2015, 06:30 PM
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Well, it is a pump.
An evil looking black one.
p.s. welcome back Oko.
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02-24-2015, 06:32 PM
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Maybe....just MAYBE...some guy decided to circumvent the high cost of Toronto real estate above ground and build below ground so as to avoid all the costs of real estate and property taxes.Of course it could have been an elaborately made undergound grow op that never got to the production stage and I am thinking this is the most likely option.
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03-02-2015, 10:56 AM
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In the weekend Journal there was a editorial cartoon showing a pile of bird seed above ground and the road runner eating from it, below in the bunker was Wylie coyote with a bunch of boom materials. Classic Road Runner, Wylie coyote battle.
2 guys went to a lot of work for a man cave. Sounds too easy of a answer but who knows.
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03-02-2015, 12:13 PM
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No bar, no tv, no reloading bench...I'm sceptical of that theory.
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03-02-2015, 12:54 PM
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Well the skinny is in. 
The crack T.I.T.S. team [Toronto Investigative Tunnel Service] has discovered a pile of ashes in the tunnel. The forensic team has identified it. Apparently at one time it was a hunka, hunka burning love. Coupled with the discarded cheeseburger wrappers, it seems Elvis has moved back from Peru and is living in T.O.
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03-02-2015, 01:35 PM
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Apparently at one time it was a hunka, [I]hunka[\I] burning love.
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Wouldn't that more accurately be "hunka bunka'"?
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03-02-2015, 01:57 PM
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No Charges???? I'm pretty sure they didn't own the land they constructed their "man cave" on.
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03-02-2015, 02:29 PM
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Too bad they couldn't have finished it. Looks like they were doing a pretty good job. Dangerous work, digging a tunnel. Leeper
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03-02-2015, 03:53 PM
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No Charges???? I'm pretty sure they didn't own the land they constructed their "man cave" on.
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No laws broken other than some minor Toronto By-law infractions. But they can't find where the dirt is - so no littering charges.
For the protection of our national security, this country really needs another Conservative Omnibus Anti Terror Crime Bill outlawing the construction of potential "terrorist man caves" on public property.
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03-02-2015, 04:00 PM
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Knock on the door this am....had to register my nail guns.
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