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		zeristor on April 20, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How can I get my boyfriend to stop digging his tun... 'Mole Man' of Hackney lived in tunnels he dug so deep under his house they made pavements collapse: https://www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/mole-man-of-hackney... Digging for Balrogs no doubt

zeristor on April 20, 2022 | [–]

He was a civili engineer, started digging for a wine cellar and carried on digging:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lyttle

There was also the sixties (racist) film Battle Beneath the Earth, tapping into the digging fascination.

zeristor on April 20, 2022 | [–]

A YouTube about the chap:

https://youtu.be/OwJVjJPtWaw

And what it is now:

https://youtu.be/Ks5QdYhvHWg

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