A secret tunnel was recently discovered beneath a historic Jewish synagogue in New York City, causing chaos when authorities attempted to shut it down. The tunnel, which was stumbled upon by civilians who reported hearing strange noises under their homes, was allegedly being used by a select group from the synagogue to access a shuttered women’s bathing area and other areas in and around Brooklyn.
Footage of the incident shows a frenetic scene at the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights, the meeting location and place of worship for Orthodox Jews in the area. The synagogue’s leadership decided to seal up the tunnel with cement, leading to outrage from the individuals who had been using it. They started rioting within the holy institution, resulting in clashes with the police.
Videos circulating online show the Jewish individuals overturning furniture and seemingly trying to hunker down in the tunnel to avoid its closure. At one point, someone went down into the tunnel and recorded a walk-through, revealing that the individuals had made themselves at home in the hidden enclosure, draping their clothes all around.
Eventually, the authorities managed to close the lid on this secret hideout. While the discovery of a secret tunnel may sound exciting, it is undoubtedly for the best that this underground passage has been shut down. The idea of individuals lurking around underground is reminiscent of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and can be quite unnerving.
