The manhole people are back.
Early Saturday morning, just after 4 a.m., a group was filmed exiting a manhole in Manhattan.
The footage, captured and shared by independent New York photographer Viral News NYC, shows the individuals climbing out of the street in the dead of night once again.
A clearer image of one of the men soon followed. Commenters immediately noted the resemblance: “Dude really looks like the Mexican Mario.”
This is the latest odd chapter in a pattern that first gripped the city in late spring.
Groups of men in waders, boots, headlamps, and carrying tools have been repeatedly documented prying open manhole covers, disappearing into New York’s vast sewer network for hours, then resurfacing to change clothes on the sidewalk before vanishing in waiting vehicles.
In June, there were a wave of sightings across Brooklyn and Queens.
Hellbound and Down 