New NYC mole people mystery as 3 spotted ducking into sewer manhole

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-11 · by Steven Vago, Kalohe Danbara, Jorge Fitz-Gibbon

Quick Summary

Police responded to a report early Sunday morning of three men entering a Manhattan sewer manhole near West 141st Street following a 911 call. At least one man was later seen leaving and getting into a silver car, though firefighters who arrived later deemed the incident unfounded. This sighting is part of a series of recent reports across New York City involving mysterious individuals accessing the city’s sewer system, with some officials speculating that these intruders are scavenging for lost valuables.
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Story summary

Three men were spotted climbing into a Manhattan sewer manhole around 1 a.m. on a recent Sunday morning, according to police reports. One eyewitness said at least one person was later seen exiting the manhole and getting into a silver vehicle before fleeing. This sighting is part of a series of mysterious incidents involving individuals trespassing in New York City’s underground sewers. Last month, Kevin Rodriguez and Samuel Reveron were arrested after they wandered through the sewer system near an Upper East Side hotel where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was staying during the UN General Assembly visit. Theories about why people enter the sewers include scavenging for lost valuables like coins or jewelry.

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Steven Vago
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🔮 City officials speculate that the underground trespassers could be scavenging for valuables like coins, wallets, scrap metal or jewelry that were lost and ended up in the sewers.
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Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
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🔮 City officials speculate that the underground trespassers could be scavenging for valuables like coins, wallets, scrap metal or jewelry that were lost and ended up in the sewers.
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🔮 City officials speculate that the underground trespassers could be scavenging for valuables like coins, wallets, scrap metal or jewelry that were lost and ended up in the sewers.
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Topics

Brooklyn Israeli Manhattan NYPD the UN General Assembly

Subjects

Manhattan GPE · 2× Benjamin Netanyahu PERSON · 1× Bensonhurst GPE · 1× Brooklyn GPE · 1× Israeli NORP · 1× Kevin Rodriguez PERSON · 1× NYPD ORG · 1× Samuel Reveron PERSON · 1× the UN General Assembly ORG · 1×

Narrative

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.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-11
🔮 City officials speculate that the underground trespassers could be scavenging for valuables like coins, wallets, scrap metal or jewelry that were lost and ended up in the sewers.
2026-10-11 · New York Post
New NYC mole people mystery as 3 spotted ducking into sewer manhole · assertive framing

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Cops responded to a report of three men climbing into a Manhattan manhole early Sunday morning in the latest sighting of mysterious intruders in the Big Apple underground, police said. asserted
police → respond → Apple
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. asserted
cops → dispatch → sewer
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. asserted
rep → say → investigation
Firefighters were called to the scene shortly after 1:30 a.m. and described the report as “unfounded.” asserted
Firefighters → call → report
However, the report comes after numerous accounts — and creepy surveillance video footage — showing unidentified trespassers climbing in and out of the city’s sewer system in recent months. asserted
trespassers → come → months
Last month, two men, Kevin Rodriguez and Samuel Reveron, were busted after roaming through the underground beneath an Upper East Side hotel where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stayed while in town for the UN General Assembly. asserted
Netanyahu → bust → Assembly
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. asserted
trio → wear → Manhattan
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. asserted
police → come → call
City officials speculate that the underground trespassers could be scavenging for valuables like coins, wallets, scrap metal or jewelry that were lost and ended up in the sewers. uncertain
that → speculate → sewers
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