people are being weird about the tunnel lady

[@spacellamamk1]

About the neighbours "not noticing": if they had noticed, they'd have no reason to assume that she was illegally digging a hole under her house with zero experience.

[@rosesweetcharlotte]

This would be one of the last things I would think of someone doing if I saw them working on their property

[@Laura-gd4ku]

Appeareantly the neighbours are immigrants who were afraid to cause trouble at the police fearing that it would hurt their immigration status.

[@beepbeeep2265]

Yeah, exactly what I thought. If I saw my neighbors with tools and large dumpsters I’d just assume it was a normal renovation, not a mining tunnel.

[@sofiasofia-em]

@@beepbeeep2265 Even if I knew it was a mining tunnel, I'd have no reason to assume she had no permit.

[@bingonight1504]

While, as a spectator of this whole situation, I'm glad we have the knowledge of the power dynamic between tunnel lady and her neighbors, was it a good idea for the journalist to publicize that her neighbors didn't want to speak out due to immigration concerns? I don't know anything about immigration laws or ethical journalism so I can't say, but it's just something on my mind. I'm hoping the neighbors would be legally protected in this weird of a case, but I'm not sure

[@OpeningTheBox]

I can't get over the people who respond to every critism of Kala with the fact that she's an engineer, completely glossing over the fact that she's a /software/ engineer.

[@gamblorrr]

Even if she was a qualified engineer: Its still a stupidly reckless thing to do, not to mention the lack of permits.

[@enelezed454]

My father is a software engineer. I once had to stop him from taking down a load bearing wall in his home. He's a smart dude when it comes to computers.... not so much so construction or civil engineering.

[@ubermaster1]

Don't you know? As long as you're an engineer of any kind, it means you can engineer anything. It's the same as me being a runner, yea I only run in my local park, but it absolutely means I can compete in the Olympics.

[@clarkmichaels822]

Hey now, a fire fighter is the same as a UFC fighter because it has the same word in it.

[@honeyschannel6494]

she’s actually not even a software engineer

[@nat6098]

People don't seem to realize that, much like work safety laws, building code has been written in blood. Not to mention the potential silica inhalation! Obviously it's dangerous for her but it's another thing that could affect her neighbours.

[@shellsilvers]

She's on the bullet train to silicosis

[@mpazinambao2938]

Can she not be arrested or stopped or charged?

[@jubb1984]

Just something like an electrical fire down there and shes toast, then someone has to try rescue her risking their life. This has been done before,, by private people, didnt end well.

[@scarletbitch866]

ALL of our safety laws are written in blood. Any warning on any product, traffic laws, restaurant cleanliness, playground standards, car seat standard, airplanes, plastic bags, crib bumpers, "back to sleep", everything everything everything, is only there because people got hurt and/or fucking died. Need a stop sign on your street corner? Not until people die. Too expensive otherwise.

[@colourfulsouls]

Ancient cities also had building codes, and they’re always changing (which is why contractors and inspectors need to take more classes before renewal of their licenses, and why it requires a license to start..) I work for a historic construction company, and you need to get beam calcs from an engineer to work on framing, any kind of load bearing or structural work, submit stamped plans for permitting etc

[@user-jk5jo3xc5v]

even if she was qualified, you can’t just dig under your home like that. i can’t believe people need this explained to them lmao

[@slsthewriter1299]

To be fair, a lot of these people are children who play Minecraft all day.

[@wolfielee11]

100%. My dad is a civil engineer licensed in 30 states with 40+ years experience, he can't even put a shed or pool in his yard without permits and the like lol.

[@maxwashere.]

what’s even worse is that *she also built the basement.* so even the origin point of the tunnel is structurally unsafe. and to know that there are four stories of a house that she *again* constructed sitting above all that? absolutely horrifying. the groundwater issue *alone* has me anxious for her neighbors.

[@EqqusHearts]

I’m from the same town as Kala and people really have no idea how dangerous it is to dig in Virginia. Because of the local geology a lot of places are ALREADY prone to sinkholes.

[@Thisgirlyisanon]

Don't forget about natural levels of radon and pockets of asbestos.

[@mpazinambao2938]

Are there no laws that can stop her? Especially if she's endangering her neighbours.

[@chukuemekaoje1015]

​@@mpazinambao2938there are... the town has already ordered her to stop. Additionally, it seems like she's having to go through the permit process, which will come with restrictions.

[@d3vilsquidy]

⁠@@mpazinambao2938THERE ARE!

[@Thisgirlyisanon]

@mpazinambao2938 obligatory not a lawyer but I think the stop work orders are doing just that. I'm sure you can look up what Virginia's laws on those are if she chooses not to comply.

[@mfuentes4961]

Saying this as someone who has an engineering degree, this lady’s actions are extremely dangerous not only to herself but to her innocent neighbors as well. She could have purchased her own private land where she could have built her own house and do her unregulated tunnel project without putting anyone but herself at risk. But instead she’s doing this this in an area where her construction can have a massive effect on multiple houses and people within her community. It’s extremely selfish, ignorant, reckless and it’s lowkey giving ‘Barbarian’ movie vibes.

[@janefins261]

If Kala made a gas pipe leak and someone in the neighborhood was lighting up the barbeque, everyone would simply get turned into crisps.

[@stringcheese6833]

Even if she were out on her own private land in the middle of nowhere, an unregulated tunnel built by a hobbyist can be an ecological disaster. Even private land owners are beholden to EPA.

[@dismurrart6648]

As someone who is a chemist, the groundwater issue gave me so much anxiety. I love doing diy, but I refuse to touch the wiring or the foundation or the roof. Like I have enough overconfidence to think I could redo my driveway myself but enough sense to know that I'd end up doubling the cost by messing it up. Still I hope they let me move a trowel across it so I can satisfy the dream of redoing it myself.

[@lettersnstuff]

people don’t know how heavy dirt is. people don’t know how heavy houses are. sidewall collapse, takes out half of her next-door-neighbors, that’s my bet.

[@kit922]

@ville__ ​@NotVille_ holy shit they're in the same place

[@kittygoesWOOF]

It's not "for over a year" it's been 3+ years now. Kala has deliberately taken advantage of her neighbors not being comfortable with police, for very obvious reasons. They're also mainly Spanish-speaking. One of her neighbors friends found her on their fyp and recognized her, promptly showed it to them. That neighbor then made a formal complaint to the city because they were concerned and at this point, it had been going on for 3 years. non-stop construction in one form or another, including literal dump trucks rented on the regular. I don't think they cared about her building the expansion, though I'm guessing it wasn't done safely or in a way that minimizes risk/noise to the neighbors. Regular housing construction sucks but happens, except usually with a team of professionals who don't spend over a year on it without break or serious mitigating factors. Think about the beeping. The constant shaking, the dust, the sound of a literal thousand pounds of rock being dumped into a loud, rented dump truck. Even the motor on that commercial vehicle is enough to disturb you, and that's just idling. People have found out that she's been involved, allegedly, in some sketchy things in her past. Things like helping to get a shelter taken down, something about another community property to help people who need it, a ton of very unsavory things. I didn't see anything to verify it and this human is already not worth the time as it's pretty clear already that they don't give a single iota of a care about anyone but herself, minus the aspect of self-preservation except in the form of lying. Guaranteed half the people cheering her on would not have that same energy if she was their neighbor.

[@dismurrart6648]

My god, 3 years?!

[@VultureSkins]

I hope Swell and other people see your comment, bc the difference between an implied “one-two years” and “three years” is significant. One-ish year is one thing, but ignoring all opposition (the law, critics, morals) for THREE years is just, beyond me. That’s insane.

[@B7o7u7n7c7y]

@@Tsukiru I think people are trolling by copy pasting other people's comments, just ignore em tbh

[@BryanLu0]

​@@Tsukiruville/notVille does this to a lot of female KZbinrs, Coleydoesthings, izzyzz, StrangeÆons, etc. I really don't know why KZbin allows serial spammers, especially when they routinely post the exact same comment, or they routinely copy other people's comments. ville/notVille, I dare you to "expose my address" for "telling lies"

[@gaerekxenos]

​@@BryanLu0I've seen that one too. They started targeting people that expose them with those comments. It's one thing if they are going around being an internet troll, it is another when they start threatening to doxx people -- doxxing isn't legal, not to mention that it is a pretty serious threat that is a pretty bad violation of community guidelines. I've told them off and reported them, but whether or not they keep it up or finally get banned is another thing =/ KZbin is seriously slacking on their regulatory procedures... =_=;;

[@Allie.Winters]

There is no chance this woman talked with her home insurance, but I desperately want to be on the phone when she does because she has absolutely made this house impossible to insure.

[@rosesweetcharlotte]

And the houses around her impossible to insure.

[@m1l2000]

@@rosesweetcharlotte i wouldn't be surprised if legal action gets taken against her in general, but in this particular regard when it comes to the houses around hers being uninsurable.

[@canningtuna]

i havent finished the video yet so i'm not sure if you mention this, but: SHE IS A LANDLORD. SHE HAS TENANTS WHO LIVE IN THE HOUSE. WHO LIVE IN HER NOISY POISON-AIR SINKHOLE. it is insane that she keeps talking about how her project isn't impacting neighbours when there are other people IN THE HOUSE who she is endangering and has direct power over

[@ionia2376]

Sh*t I hope she gets arrested asap!

[@MadameCorgi]

Yikes

[@siamesefightingfish2861]

I'm telling you, she was going to put women down there.

[@Overlord99762]

BRUH

[@Cashhhhew]

That’s scary as hell. I’d be scared enough to be a neighbor but would fear every day that there will be an explosion or sinkhole if I lived in the house. Or that my weird landlord was kidnapping people and taking them to the tunnels lol

[@Emh19]

I just don't get it at all, like to be able to purchase all the things you need to do the tunnel she is clearly not short on cash. Why not just try to sell your house and buy land either with a house already on it and dig a tunnel or build your own house, you are also less likely to be cause doing sketchy shit if you live out in the middle of nowhere, with no neighbours for miles.

[@Pooki2024]

Because that wouldn’t garnish views, these types of people aren’t morons

[@awhitney3063]

Probably because she started it purely to look cool on TikTok and doesn't really care about the tunneling so much as she wants to do something that is unexpected and will get her views; she seems like a professional 'quirky girl' to me.

[@mayowhishes]

She'll have to move now if she really wants to tunnel , i wonder how dedicated she'll prove to be

[@Allyenna]

To do that you should be a decent person that cares about the people around you, that is not a selfish AH, though 🤷‍♀

[@LizStaples]

I read from an investigative reporter that the neighbors hadn’t said anything cause they were concerned about ICE so she likely thought she could take advantage of that.

[@awhitney3063]

I'm honestly shocked I haven't seen anyone be concerned about her potential for disturbing that natural spring and anyone's well water source; I grew up on well water and I'm pretty sure that if someone next door to me had decided to dig out the ground and pump out the water, it would have been pretty bad for our house!

[@LunaWitcherArt]

EXACTLY! I saw that and was like "wait, that's very likely an environmental violation. Did no one flag her for that??"

[@VultureSkins]

Right!! I almost can’t believe she hit ground water and instead of, you know, looking into what kind of damage she could be doing, just… pumped it out?? GIRL

[@sanctuary_polaris]

And everyone who mentions this gets flooded by her insane supporters who tells shes doing nothing wrong and shes tested the ground water blah blah Shes pumping too much of it cause someone else was saying Miners have very strict rules about how much ground water they are allowed to pump and shes 100% breaking that

[@foxiepaws]

@queenbey6678 even in shockingly suburban areas, you can still find well water.

[@kcastle]

I'm *not* a civil engineer, but I do understand that removing the water is going to dry out and compact soil "around" her house, so there would be subsidence, cracking/tilting foundations, &c.. in neighbouring properties up to hundreds of metres away as well. Removing ground water is what sank Venice and contributes to the lean of the campanile in Pisa.

[@TheSkyHazCloudz]

I felt like I was being gaslit by the Tiktok comment sections about her. Everyone was just so irrationally determined to defend her for some reason, cowering behind "she's an engineer." The thing is, even if she were a relevant type of engineer (she is not), that would STILL not make her qualified to do what she is doing! Which is a fact nonw of her defenders will confront.

[@shiara29]

Same, I’m pretty sure she blocked me too after I commented that I though what she was doing was a terrible idea. I wonder how much time she spends on deleting comments of people calling her out 🙄

[@rosesweetcharlotte]

I still think this is racism. These people see a pretty, white-passing lady and they give her the benefit of the doubt while laughing at her mostly non-white neighbors.

[@thephantomarcana]

It’s probably due to the mostly children on that app

[@TheSkyHazCloudz]

@@thephantomarcana Not actually; I've seen a very high percentage of them are adult men.

[@shibibi1]

​@@TheSkyHazCloudz my vote is a high percentage of libertarians.

[@hiitsaria]

Oof, hearing about the power imbalance between her and her neighbors made me really mad. The noise from her project alone would make me go insane. If she had no regard for her or their safety, I doubt she paid attention to not working until late at night etc. I feel like this is more than just individualism, also selfishness and a big lack of empathy

[@LunaWitcherArt]

This feels like a very intricate way to self-destruct, honestly. No one of sound mind would do this, or at least I hope they wouldn't. Lady looks like she's got a de4th wish

[@FortheLoveofBees]

I can’t remember if I heard this when DWKT was covering the mine lady but allegedly she’s a Trumper, which adds a bigger ‘ick’ factor to the power imbalance at play

[@nephatrine]

If the neighbor's never went and complained to her, it's likely she didn't even know she was causing noise they could hear from their homes. It's silly to assume she knew and ignored it because she lacks empathy or something.

[@nomemeshere4807]

@ville__ fr why all the spam comments and then also genuine ones?

[@Moocow2003]

​@@nephatrinebecause construction is notoriously quiet

[@Thisgirlyisanon]

She lives down the street from me. I'm not the one who reported her, but having a storm shelter here is silly and we're not living in spaces that are widely separated.

[@kittygoesWOOF]

I love that you made a whole account for this. Genuinely. How has the city not intervened until recently?

[@Thisgirlyisanon]

@kittygoesWOOF tbh I think a lot of folks (me included) had no idea it was going on. I'm not a direct neighbor, so it wasn't until it blew up that I realized she was doing this down the street. I think that Amanda summarized the why pretty well. This area has a high Latinx population. Some folks are concerned and trying not to get into contact with any law officials.

[@neverhave]

I heard about her, but I didn't see any footage until now and it is shocking. A lot of neighborhoods in Herndon have really small lots, it might be under the slab of your home but within 15ft of your neighbor. How could you do that to them? Fuck her and her project, I hope the county gets it filled in quickly and her neighbors can live peacefully, not having to worry about the fallout of her selfishness.

[@VultureSkins]

@@ThisgirlyisanonI hope this whole situation turns out all right for you guys. Nobody should have to worry about their neighbor doing risky construction without permits, experience, or care for anyone but themselves.

[@rosesweetcharlotte]

​@@ThisgirlyisanonThis is what makes me mad. This woman is taking advantage of her neighbors and then laughing at them.

[@floreamus]

"her neighbours didnt notice!!" is such dumb thing for people to say bc they probably assumed she was renovating a bathroom not BUILDING A TUNNEL UNDER HER HOUSE

[@JayJohnHeitmann]

Structural EIT here. The problem is not just the safety of everyone in and under her house. Weight distribution in the ground is not entirely vertical. If you've ever been to the beach and stepped in sand, you've probably observed the sand spreading outward and, in the surrounding area of your foot, even rising upward. Entire apartment buildings have collapsed into rubble because someone dug a hole for a parking lot without shoring up the walls.

[@Kimberly_Sparkles]

I am wondering if they'll condem the entire structure, She built it up with multiple stories and then built a tunnel UNDER the slab. It can't be safe to live there.

[@JayJohnHeitmann]

@@Kimberly_Sparkles I don't see any other alternative, unless she wants to pay a consulting firm to fill it back in safely.

[@alexn5743]

​@@JayJohnHeitmannonly the most desperate of firms would be willing to take that risk on.

[@Cashhhhew]

It’s so scary. I can’t believe she is doing this even with tenants living in her house…. She’s gonna get sued and imprisoned at some point. Or die and go missing down there 🤦‍♀️

[@DieAlteistwiederda]

This is why i like the eel pit guy on TikTok. He used a structure made to hold water already on/under his property to create his eel pit and nobody is endangered by it. No need for permits either because that pit was already there when he got the house and was built in a safe way. Just wholesome occasional eel pit content.

[@NIRDIAN1]

Cowturtle is a genuine treasure to the internet.

[@S3lkie-Gutz]

Eel pit guy is awesome my day is made every time he makes it onto my KZbin shorts feed

[@beingmegucaissuffering.5326]

Doesn't eel pit guy also know what he's doing? Like iirc I heard his work has something to do with taking care of fish.

[@Megenheidi]

Yes, he is pretty much a freshwater animal expert. My husband worked with him for a year at a fish store. He spent all his free time out in nature exploring and studying the wildlife. He is a great guy.

[@josephjr7375]

Does she does not understand that one of the reasons every professional and legal authority is telling her to stop is that she could easily die from a cave in???? In the city hall I work in, if this lady showed up for a meeting with nothing more then a sketch she made, everyone in the room would agree that what she is doing is INSANE

[@trala8911]

One word: narcissism. I bet she’ll be surprised when her wings melt, too.

[@MakerInMotion]

It's not the role of government to protect people from themselves. You can drink until your liver rots. You can eat junk until your arteries are clogged. But the government needs to make sure you don't get crushed by rocks?

[@miss104]

not only that, but seriously affecting the structural integrity of her neighbours' homes. the ground has lateral pressure, if there's a cave-in, its' sweeping in material from the sides, which reduces support under her neighbours' homes, and can then cause her neighbour's houses to also collapse. and foundations are built to be in compression, not tension.

[@mickaylao.9744]

She probably doesn't even consider that it's possible for her to die, lights out. She's the main character and we're all just worldbuilding for her enjoyment, after all.

[@MikeStavola]

I used to do inspection and insurance stuff for residential and commercial buildings. Finding weird crap like this isn't nearly as bizarre or whatever as you'd think. In my area alone, there were two guys that did this in the last 5 years. One got caught by trying to resell the house with a large, hidden room in the basement without any permits pulled. The other guy was using his underground bunker to make drugs, and was caught due to the stench coming up in a neighboring house. Also, uh, these kinds of jobs USUALLY get filled in after being found, at the cost of the homeowner. It depends on the municipality. They can be very, very dangeorus. I'm thinking of the bunker digging attempt that lead to a fire and a casualty of the worker digging said tunnel.

[@rubydown3329]

Daniel Beckwitt?? That case is WILD

[@mrbork7218]

@@rubydown3329 could it perhaps be referred to as a weird story?

[@SmokeyChipOatley]

Yes, this is the exact awful tragedy I immediately thought of when I heard of tunnel lady. Seeing her casually mention welding in her self-constructed underground "tinderbox" made me cringe so hard. Not the schadenfreude kind of cringe but the "omg this lady is going to seriously maim or injure herself or her neighbors" kind. I have no sympathy for her. She is going to stop tunneling because either her city/municipality will compell her to stop or because she ends up killing herself. And for what? For making "fun" TikTok content? Oh boy 😐

[@stellviahohenheim]

Don't normalise stuff just because you alone find it often

[@mcfnord]

​@@rubydown3329dont compare her to beckwitt.

[@thelonewolf115]

It's all fun and games until you hit a water line, or worse yet a sewage line, and convert your house into the newest fountain on the block

[@mariapaz6379]

i mean, then she and her house would match, as she is so full shit already.

[@sanctuary_polaris]

Shes already hit ground water about 25ft down

[@thelonewolf115]

@@sanctuary_polaris oh yeah, that's bad. One heavy rain event and that's an underwater cave. my concern was with her neighbors getting water/sewage lines cut off accidentally.

[@AmmyWolfable]

Im so happy you ate talking about this. I didn't understand why everyone was praising her. Everything was extremely irresponsible. People say shes an engineer but engineer is not a singlualr title. Shes not engineer in what she is doing. From a viseo that might be gone now, she stated she is a computer engineer...

[@banquetoftheleviathan1404]

Lmao

[@sanctuary_polaris]

Supposedly shes a software engineer. But there are people on the reddit saying that was also a lie. So there is a chance she isnt an engineer at all Someone found an interview where she admitted to it I just havent had time to search for it

[@AmmyWolfable]

@@sanctuary_polaris that is crazy if she lied about it

[@Acehigh-Jenkins]

Her saying it’s fine coz she an “engineer”. Is like someone asking me if I’ve ever been the Caribbean and me saying “no but I’ve had a can of lilt’”

[@ihaveaname699]

My neighbours did construction all summer, never worked out what the hell they were doing. Loud as death. And I live in the suburbs. I fully believe her neighbours would not ask what was going on, or that she would literally lie.

[@Alex-ze1tp]

Yea, I mean, you see construction stuff going on a neighbor's house and you think: Oh, they are remodeling something. Nobody in their right mind would ever consider the possibility that someone is DIY a freaking tunnel under their home. It's just way too insane a thing to do.

[@sweetcaroline9596]

Agree, maybe I give too much credit to my neighbors but if they're doing work in their house where I can't actually see it, I just assume they're doing some sort of permitted internal remodel and mind my business. Bc who in their right mind would want to rip up the foundation of their home and pour a bunch of concrete haphazardly into their basement and start welding while still living there??? My mind would simply never make the leap toward "she's building a tunnel"

[@PeachysMom]

In addition it sounds like her neighbors are largely non English speakers and some are possibly undocumented immigrants, so there are even more reasons they’d never complain

[@jessd3012]

To the people saying, "How could her neighbors not know?" I have a neighbor who's not immediately next to me, but is on the next block over. I drive by their house almost every time I leave mine. I had noticed the house was in disrepair vs how it looked with the last owners, but that was it. Not big deal, it's an older house, they're money pits. I was shocked recently when I was looking at my neighborhood on Google maps to see THEIR ENTIRE BACKYARD IS FULL OF STUFF like it's a dump or a junkyard. There is what looks to be five cars and at least one RV back there, along with a bunch of random stuff. I have no idea how they got it in there, especially considering it's a very small lot. But they could have easily filled their backyard with rock and I never would have noticed. I live less than 500ft from this house. No judgement to my neighbors, they can do what they want as long as it's not dangerous to those around them. It was just shocking to learn they had all of this in the backyard of a suburban home. The surprise is that it's there and I never noticed when I drive by it so frequently. I have another neighbor who's prone to violent outbursts, so I actively try and ignore anything he's doing. I'd rather not know because I don't want to be involved with that guy. And I think most people in my neighborhood feel the same way about him. So her neighbors are very relatable to me. Especially if they don't want to cause any trouble to protect their immigration statuses, they don't want to be dragged into this. So, yeah. You get busy in your life and don't notice stuff. I think the only neighbors I would notice are those immediately next to me, and only because of noise, traffic, and when I need to get on the roof.

[@Springcocomuffin]

The neighbors are either mainly Spanish Speaking or immigrants according to a video I watched. So they noticed the noises and nonsense but didn't realize what was going on until a journalist(?) told them via phone and then someone went and told the town.

[@Laura-gd4ku]

@@Springcocomuffin and they were afraid to cause trouble at the police fearing that it would hurt their immigration status. So they knew but were unable to do anything against it because of their situation.

[@MystiqMiu]

Someone should introduce her to Minecraft, I think she'd love it... Or a regulated construction job

[@sanctuary_polaris]

Minecraft with mods would be her dream come true

[@dittoisdone]

maybe mc wasn't scratching the itch anymore lol

[@simplesimply3753]

Coal mining is still a job option.

[@TheReZisTLust]

Grown up children yearn for the mines ​@@simplesimply3753

[@Yogsoggeth]

She runs a minecraft server according to her youtube channel, where she posted it up.

[@TacoBritt]

I want to be a fly on the wall when this woman has to sell this house. Assuming it and the surrounding homes aren't condemned as hazardous.

[@Jenninka]

Good luck getting an appraiser to put a dollar value on a home with a DIY mine too. We had a hard time getting someone to take on a property where the homeowner built a fallout shelter in the yard during the Cold War and it was more or less a short tunnel straight down into a hole, nowhere near as involved as what this lady is doing

[@abbygardner90]

@ville__ummm did she edit her comment to say the same thing as yours or did you just repeat what she said LOLLL

[@LittleFrogman]

​@@abbygardner90 ville is a bot

[@caitlynr7295]

@@abbygardner90don’t reply to the bots, just report them

[@Song-dn1xb]

@@abbygardner90 Good luck getting an appraiser to put a dollar value on a home with a DIY mine too. We had a hard time getting someone to take on a property where the homeowner built a fallout shelter in the yard during the Cold War and it was more or less a short tunnel straight down into a hole, nowhere near as involved as what this lady is doing

[@wallywoahjack]

Everything about Kala reminds me of Daniel Bekwitt and Askia Khafra. Bekwitt was some tech idiot who got rich and thought he could do whatever he wanted on his property. He told Khafra that in exchange for his work on the tunnel he would invest thousands into his startup. The tunnels were extremely dangerous and one day a fire started inside due to an electrical issue. Khafra told Bekwitt something was wrong and there was smoke but was ignored. Khafra was unable to escape due to Bekwitt's hoard blocking the only exit the tunnels had, and passed away. While Kala is the only person (we've seen) working on these tunnels, she clearly shows a great disregard for the safety of those around her and herself. This situation could very easily turn out similar if she doesn't stop. (There's a really good video called the deadly basement of a 4chan doomer by oki's weird stories that goes over everything that happened to khafra and includes interviews with his family and friends)

[@wallywoahjack]

also for those who want SAFE tunnel content there's colin furze

[@killingtimeitself]

i dont think beckwitts an idiot, he's pretty educated in a lot of fields. Chemistry in particular IIRC. Though he was definitely mentally ill in some fashion. More than likely the mental illness present caused all of the problems.

[@wallywoahjack]

@@killingtimeitselfI called him an idiot because I think he’s a bad person not because I think he’s dumb

[@killingtimeitself]

then you should call him a bad person, because thats not what idiot means@@wallywoahjack

[@desertels5119]

​@@killingtimeitself I think he's an idiot, a smart person would have thought about the risks and made plans to mitigate it. Or hired professionals and have them sign and NDA who would do the work of safety for him. A smart person wouldn't manipulate a teenager, promising him the money to start his business and expect quality work for their bunker.

[@workinprogress3329]

It almost feels like the lady started digging for content and then just never stopped. I still have yet to see EXACTLY what she is building towards or what a concrete end result is.

[@Gravel_is_cruhchy]

In a couple of her older TikTok's she stated she was mining for stone to build a castle around her house iirc. Idk what happened to those plans but it's probably for the better if she's not building a castle either lmao.

[@danjo2080]

Holy fuck! If that's true I guess she took Minecraft way too seriously?

[@siamesefightingfish2861]

I think it was a Buffalo Bill dungeon that got found out and I am being 100% serious.

[@Cashhhhew]

@@Gravel_is_cruhchyI bet she also lives in an HOA community that wouldn’t allow that 😂

[@FreyaWarr]

It would be one thing if she lived in the country and owned a few acres of land but the fact that she’s in the suburbs is kind of mind boggling.

[@ash_carrotcake]

Civil engineer here - great video! And to confirm - she is jeopardizing the structural safety of those around her. There is so much that goes into making sure a structure is built safely - site survey, geotechnical testing, and utility coordination all takes place before the design even gets beyond a conceptual phase. It’s insulting to other engineers how she’s using her “title”

[@OverAnalyst]

How dare people object to being poisoned, burned, or crushed in their homes, just for someone's "content" 😤 (Also thank you for the phrase "hostilely obtuse" - will def borrow that!)

[@LunaWitcherArt]

I've seen people go from physically intensive jobs to software work, but seeing someone try to DIY an entire tunnel system under their own house just for the thrill of it is new AND concerning

[@goingferalluvs]

I watched a progression of her changing certain things after accidents like that fire happened and I kinda just realized. "Oh my god she's winging this like it's a normal science experiment."

[@mothmansuperfan7513]

This reminds me too much of the case of Daniel Beckwitt. He hired someone to dig a tunnel under his land and it eventually killed his worker with his gross negligence after a fire broke out in the tunnel. This can either end up like Colin Furze or more likely, Daniel Beckwitt.

[@FigmentForever]

THANK YOU! I’ve been racking my brain trying to remember the names. Such a sad story,

[@_marimopeace]

it's more unfortunate since beckwitt-the-conspiracy-dumbwit's incident took place on the other side of the potomac AKA extremely close to where kala is based :// it's why this has got so many locals stirred up since none of us can believe it's happening _AGAIN?!_ actual nightmare fuel 😞 it's really heartbreaking that BIPOC who are just minding their own business gotta suffer from the hands of wealthy yt doomsday preppers. (the worker in question that you mentioned was a young Black entrepreneur who was manipulated into his own death under the pretense of career advancement 💔 that family went through a lot which is again why it's so wild to see the same dangerous behavior right across the river.)

[@MissMeganBeckett]

Did something happen to Colin furze? I saw his digging content but I hadn’t heard that anything happened? I put a comment at the time pointing out that undermining the foundation without adding reinforcements fast enough to prevent the structure shifting is a bad idea, but I was hoping that they had either fixed it before it effected the structural integrity of the house and the neighbouring houses and/or gotten help with the thing from professionals and gotten the project inspected by the building inspector and structural engineer or geological survey or whatever is supposed to actually happen with the city before he just started digging, at least I know he had the locations for the gas line and water and sewer pipes and he didn’t break the water or gas lines as far as I could tell.

[@mothmansuperfan7513]

@@MissMeganBeckett I didn't see anything happen to Colin Furze. My comment was more along the lines of "it can be a success story like Colins or a failure"

[@MissMeganBeckett]

@@mothmansuperfan7513 thank you for replying, I’m glad that nothing bad happened to Colin’s house tunnel project that I hadn’t known about.

[@Terriblenogoodverybadartist]

this is like a really strange gentrification of mining

[@kingxricky_uncharted8519]

As a certified well constructor I can say that this is not gonna end well.

[@banquetoftheleviathan1404]

Nice!

[@rosesweetcharlotte]

​@@banquetoftheleviathan1404If it would effect her, sure, but her neighbors could well be the ones who suffer the consequences.

[@nancyok]

After having seen her home location and how close the other homes are- it would be shocking to me if what she's done has not already affected the neighbors' homes. They are VERY close together.

[@LordoftheThings327]

We've been discovering 'surprises' in our original owner built house from the 60s, and it's made me deeply, deeply aware that Someone Will Live In Your House After You. And I feel like so many people don't understand that it's not about you, other people are doing to have to deal with whatever bullshit you leave behind either after you move out or you're dead. Even using the 'well its under her property' excuse- imagine being the poor next of kin who might have to pay out the nose to get the entire property back to not even sellable but just LIVABLE condition if she bites it. Not to mention, if a wall of this mine collapses, it can fuck up the structural stability of the adjacent properties, damage gas, sewer, water, and electrical lines. It can cause a sinkhole that could spread beyond her property lines as water goes into her tunnel and leaves voids in the bedrock. All in all, its fucking Elon Musk disease- tech people assuming that because they're smart enough to understand tech then clearly they're smart enough to understand these fields they have no training in because they see it as lesser. You wouldn't ask a humanities doctor to perform surgery just cause they have a doctorate, they're not the right kind of doctor. A software engineer isn't the right kind of engineer for a residential excavation

[@EileenGallia]

It gives me a sense of anxiety because it reminds me of the death of Askia Khafra. He died in an illegal tunnel he was being paid to help excavate

[@phoenixfritzinger9185]

What’s even crazier is that that happened in Maryland just across the Potomac from where she is digging Not even 50 miles away

[@amberwolf5371]

If she lived in a remote location surrounded by her own land, I would say whatever, do want to your property with your weird little project. But living in a suburban neighborhood where you have people close by who can be inconvenienced, put in danger, and/or harmed by your actions it makes it totally different. You HAVE to be considerate of the people you coexist with.

[@caratcakepie]

I am so fascinated in her as a character - wacky diy woman digs beneath her home so she can build a castle- but she isn't a character, she's a real woman putting herself and neighbors in danger agshshhshshshsshsh like watching her i had to remind myself that what she's doing is insane and i really think thats a good example of how tiktok/social media really disconnects us from reality in favor of "good content"

[@a.a659]

I hope tunnel girl is the peak of hyper individualistic "i can do whatever i want" culture and it doesn't get any worse than this

[@kelseyf1239]

I’m a civil engineer and in the state I live in, you cannot dig on your own property without calling in a JULIE in to get all utilities laid out. And that’s for just 4 inches deep

[@sanctuary_polaris]

Shes approx 22ft below her sub basement, what are the rules for digging that deep in your state if you know? I'm genuinely curious

[@BigDickMark]

What is Julie? Where I live you call 811.

[@kelseyf1239]

@@BigDickMark joint utility locating information for excavators 811 here too

[@d.d.d.a.a.a.n.n.n]

Yep, we have to call before we dig where I live, and I've had to remind friends and familiy that that includes digging for a garden, even if it doesn't seem 'deep'. Some utilities aren't buried deep

[@annafirnen4815]

I love how such organization is just called Julie 😂

[@CJGsquared]

I'm a chemical engineer who deals with structural projects occasionally and I have to defer to the professionals on structural planning. I basically become just the project coordinator. I have 0 authority to make structural decisions. I cannot imagine doing something like this

[@nancyok]

She actually argued she didn't need permits cause she'd already had all the lines and utilities marked so 'there was no reason to have more inspection done'

[@Cashhhhew]

Lol that’s crazyyyy. My city wouldn’t even give us permits to turn our garage into an in-law suite. She is delulu.

[@cancerianblues]

I’m near her, I Can Not express enough just how close together her and her neighbor’s houses are. I’m like 100% sure she’s dug into their property

[@theejackai]

Colin Furze is probably her inspiration, he is an English KZbinr who has been documenting his process of making tunnels on his property, one from his house to his garage and another from his garage to his front yard where he has. He's building a lift for his car to park underground. Now the main difference between these two is the fact that Colin furze actually is competent in engineering and takes many precautions to make sure that it is done safe

[@broodjebamibal]

In addition to that Furze's house is a set (He doesn't live there any more iirc, at least fulltime) in a neighbourhood, so his plans are probably looked over carefully by the local council before he even started.

[@michaelfourie]

And also except for one part, none of his tunnels run under his house, only next to it.

[@TheWheelBry]

And his neighbours are aware and ok with it, (and have even been in it)

[@gosiadawida]

Colin has permits and has made a video explaining the process This woman has hope and prayers that everything will be fine😭

[@QueenKGBean]

I work at a structural engineering company and this is a TERRIBLE idea, I can't even come up with words to describe how horrific this was to hear about, and I hope she listens to her stop work order and stops IMMEDIATELY and gets a licensed inspector and Geotechnical Engineer to provide some sort of remediation...

[@LukeAlexander]

Creating secret safety bunker under your house but then telling millions of strangers online that you have a secret bunker under your house….make it make sense Kala

[@lyssam100]

How the phrase "suburban mining operation" doesn't immediately cause people to convulse with horror I will never understand. I live in a town built over a PROFESSIONAL mining operation, and people still joke about how easy it is to hide bodies in all the sinkholes.

[@banquetoftheleviathan1404]

I work for a civil engineering company. And we basically live off of people doing shit without permits, Getting busted, and having to call us anyway

[@rosesweetcharlotte]

This is the best case scenario at this point: she gets forced to call someone who does know what they're doing and this is made safe. Let's pray that's what happens.

[@Starvida]

This entire situation just proves that there is always a kid inside us that yearns for the mines

[@Cryinginthecloudssss]

This entire thing reminds me of that one king of hill episode where dale digs a tunnel from his house to hanks and then under the roads and almost gets crushed by a dump truck

[@bunnydreamcast9223]

Omg yes came here to say this lolololol

[@sarahholland3549]

So I live in the suburb next to hers (and it is INTENSE suburbia here....like emphasis on the urban part, we're tight-packed around here) and there was not too long ago ANOTHER guy who basically kidnapped a teenager to dig out a tunnel under his house. the kid died ina fire caused by the dig-out. The guy is in jail. So it's truly wild that this woman LIVES HERE and is like "nah that won't happen to me".

[@kittygoesWOOF]

Wow, that's grim. The timeline is way too close for comfort. How could you not think about that case when you start digging your own tunnel? It grosses me out.

[@FigmentForever]

Daniel Beckwitt - that whole story is so sad & I feel sorry for the young man & his family 😢

[@arnikakiani8014]

I come from a family of architects, structural engineers, carpenters, civil engineers, etc. My uncle built three additional storeys below his basemet including a large room with a gigantic, incredibly thick window looking into - not over - into his garden pond. It looked like the lair of a James Bond villain. Horrified awe. The house was sold after he died and the people who bought it were really into the basements and specifically the underwater room. I sometimes wonder whether there is a James Bond Villain HQ in my uncle´s house now.

[@bootsdooown]

iconic

[@deathsheadcashew]

People on social media defend clearly horrible people and actions like their soul depends on it. It's absolutely baffling.

[@ashleyduckworthyt3224]

With all the money she spent digging her death pit she could’ve had plans fully engineered plans done and made an entire safe room WITHIN her basement…. What she’s doing is major weirdo behavior 😅

[@KazumiShiunsai]

If something like this was done in my country she would have been denounced and all the weight of the law would fall on her. Because the walls of the basement probably were designed by an engineer to support the house and contain the terrain, and she's putting her neighbors at risk, the foundations of her neighbors houses can colapse, etc. This is so stupid and absurd

[@Zulf85]

20:30 Swell: "Reminder: I have merch." Captions: "Reminder, I have merged."

[@kjimbo5569]

As a tunnel engineer (large diameter tunnels using TBMs), this is absolutely wild. Definitely not the correct method for hand tunneling, but I appreciate Tik Tok for allowing me to watch the chaos.

[@GhostOfNevermore]

I had so much trust in this lady. It was like she was fulfilling my childhood desires to dig tunnels. But putting it into perspective, this isn't just a fun story, we shouldn't be detached from the reality. These are real people with actual consequences. And it took me a while to learn that. Thanks for the video, Amanda.

[@rosesweetcharlotte]

The thing is, if she just brought a private piece of land away from other people, OK, she could do this to her heart's content. But she didn't

[@batterybroken]

“She wouldn’t do it if it wasn’t safe!” Ah yes, and that’s why nobody drives drunk or under the influence. I’m so glad we live in a world where people are considerate of others and safety. 😊

[@sad_michael]

I was watching her videos and enjoying them when I thought she was an actual engineer. But when her concrete forms collapsed I knew something was very, very wrong.

[@goingferalluvs]

One thing I see no one mention is someone saying she actually got the rock she found wrong, then when she got new rocks they were soft ones. So she couldn't even properly identify what she's digging up and using but these are meant to support her tunnel and castle

[@basicallyno1722]

She’s saying it’s “entirely under the slab of her house,” yes she’s building over 20 feet outward from her wall….is that entirely under the home?

[@IronWangCreates]

I am a slut for health and safety. I work in education and a large part of my job is H&S and risk assessment, and one of the things I constantly am stressing to the kids I work with is “you don’t know what you don’t know”. You may think something is safe, but unless you have been trained by people who know it better than you, you will never be completely safe. She says she’s following health and safety guidelines but if she isn’t for instance, alerting the firebrigade, that there is welding happening on the premises as a properly run project would do, then she is not being safe. Having a spotter nearby with a fire existing extinguisher was something she did AFTER she was welding alone and the tunnel caught fire. She survived that and so now she thinks she’s covered all her bases. What if you have another fire, and can’t get out, and the firebrigade turns up to look for you not knowing there is an unknown tunnel in the property and so don’t have the right equipment or know to look there? What if there’s a fire and you DO get out, but the fire spreads? And now the firebrigade is pumping your house full of gallons of water to put out the fire, and your renegade tunnel project collapses because it’s not built to code? What if they pump the house with water, and then they go in to do a damage assessment not knowing that there’s a tunnel which has now been compromised by the weight of all that water, and the tunnel collapses with the firemen inside? She’s learning health and safety requirements as she messes up, and her survivor bias is only making her more confident that she knows what she’s doing, when actually, the less you know the more confident you are that you are an expert. She’s selfish and and endangering people and it’s making me so mad.

[@LoveK1]

I was immediately thinking about her house or backyard sinking in under the weight of water or something. I was literally was just imaging a fireman fatally falling after putting out a fire in her house. Can you image having to explain that to his family and your neighbors that your illegal project got a first responder killed? Pure madness.

[@MarieLehleitner]

Just from the little clips I have seen in creator videos, I do not think she is being REMOTELY safe. There's radon down there, so God only knows what other gases and minerals are being built up down there. She's hit groundwater and is pumping it out, which is both bad environmentally and would make the situation you're describing even worse. Plus there are all kinds of clips of things she's doing falling apart, unsecured extension cords, the lack of permits or experience or even seemingly consulting with a professional. Also I saw a clip where she had like a live electric wire in water or touched a live wire?!? Not to mention it would be super easy for her to just injure herself moving all those rocks and equipment (doing work by yourself underground without any help or telling people in your life is also just not safe) even without the risks of a cave-in or sinkhole. Someone will get hurt if she keeps it up.

[@sanctuary_polaris]

This! All her fans talk about how shes doing her due diligence but ONLY after shes almost died several times did she start listening to her comment section and who is to say those people are always right before that she was blocking people who expressed how unsafe she was doing everything

[@goingferalluvs]

Thank you! The way she's learning as she goes like she's a child experiencing natural consequences is so concerning when she's playing with her life and everyone else around her. Her neighbors and her supposed "roommates" and friends that help her

[@Kimberly_Sparkles]

not in the US. If you live in a truly rural area, you only have access to state provided services. If you are outside of a city or township, you only have access to fire and emergency if you pay a fee for access. Otherwise, they show up, and put water on the surrounding area to prevent wildfires and let your house burn to the ground. Generally, most states have a state police force and many counties have sheriffs, so you will have law enforcement.@user-xr7ci8tf3e

[@protectedlands2869]

As a normal person, if I found out I was living next to a mine not a house I would absolutely raise hell. As a lover of the circus this has been quite a wild thing to watch. The hubris is actually INSANE.

[@CJT3X]

What’s a “normal person”?

[@maddiecollop4636]

Also if my neighbor had a dumpster and I heard construction noises, I wouldn't assume an underground tunnel, I would assume some DIY remodeling.

[@jess9722]

someone mentioned that she found radon in the tunnel. im really worried for her neighbors. someone also mentioned silica exposure.

[@banquetoftheleviathan1404]

Silica? What you mean those little candy packets that come with beef jerkys

[@WOLFNBEAST]

​@@banquetoftheleviathan1404no, microscopic shards of glass that rip your lungs to pieces

[@summeretry251]

​@@banquetoftheleviathan1404yeah, it's really bad if you breathe in the dust of that, but it's safe in pebble form.

[@aduckofsomesort]

OMG I literally have a radon pipe in my home and something going wrong with the pipe is always in the back of my mind lol

[@rte5075]

I live in an area built over old mines. Subsidence affects a lot of houses and if it rains a lot sinkholes form, big enough to swallow several cars. She's really putting her neighbours at risk.

[@SC-zg6iv]

She stresses me out so much. Im from mine country in Pennsylvania. Its very dangerous and shouldn't be allowed.

[@jimmypad5501]

I thought this video was going to be about the tunnel dug under the Chabad House in Brooklyn lol…crazy there are multiple tunnel stories this week!

[@discoj7112]

Ah, the classic pairing, software engineers and the Dunning Krueger effect.

[@candyskie508]

I knew about the tunnel lady, but I had no idea that tunneltok was a thing.

[@lucaslukealves]

Something kinda similar happened in brazil this month where a 70yo man caved a 40 meters deep hole in his kitchen because he dreamed there was gold there and he sadly died falling in it

[@pinkdarkman]

The internet has been in an age of innocence. Growing up we were taught to trust nothing on the internet, but now we blindly trust in everyone and everything. Everyone is who they say they are, all the information you absorb is true. Now with the rise of people like Kayla and AI I'm hoping we'll enter another era of skepticism.

[@aquatiger8]

in Tennessee where I live, there is a whole phone number you have to call before you start any sort of excavation process. literally, it's the Call Before You Dig number. idk where Kala is from or if they have an equivalence, but I'm just gonna assume she did no prior due diligence or surveying to avoid absolutely wrecking the utility systems in that neighborhood. if she hit any lines (gas, water, etc) that the city has to repair, she is getting a hefty fine and probably paying for that service.

[@bbureau12]

My father got into a freaking crusade with the electrical inspector regarding the placement of a light in a closet. This was in a standard above-ground house he built. You don't just 'learn as you go' when it comes to excavation... especially when it might impact groundwater and surrounding properties.

[@beardiemom]

I'm a surveying engineer and during my university studies, we had quite a few lessons on tunneling, since surveyors are very much needed to do that safely and precicely and I doubt that Kala could really ensure her little tunelling operation stayed exclusively under the slab of her home without having a surveyor coming into her home on regular intervals to ensure that she didn't get turned around and isn't well under her neighbours' house at this point. On one hand, I am fascinated by the amount of dedication it takes to teach yourself all of the things that she has learned since then, but on the other, I am fully convinced she is endangering herself and everyone in her neighborhood and needs to be shut down permanently.

[@clarehbear]

Hi I live in the town, she’s on 0.25 acres in relatively dense suburbia and is on a pipestem which is an extremely dense culdesac surrounded on all sides by neighbors. It’s hard to explain what they are but if you’ve ever seen just a driveway in between houses that’s private drive and has multiple houses down that driveway, likely in culdesac form (hers is) but that means their houses back up to the houses on the street behind them so she likely has 4-5 direct neighbors being impacted.

[@DolfoLicks]

Amanda, you might wanna check out what is going on at Maceió, Alagoas, Brasil. A mining company made an oopsie and now 50 thousand people had to abandon their homes because parts of the city is literally sinking and is at the brink of colapse. Media coverage called it the brazilian chernobyl (minus the radiation).

[@knitronics]

As an engineer (electrical) I love DIY builds and I'm all for teaching yourself new skills, but you have to know where to draw the line when it comes to safety like this and admit that you can't figure everything out on your own. It's scary how many dangerous issues she did have and publicly documented like they were just little "oopies". The gas leak, flooding, welding in that confined space after she had already had a fire... What would it have taken for her to stop and seek out the professional help she should have gotten in the beginning? It's so clear if the city hadn't stepped in that nothing but great bodily harm to herself would have made her address the gross safety issues with her build. I'm not convinced she isn't still carrying on with the build and just stockpiling the content to post later on after the city isn't watching her anymore because she just seems that flippant about it all.

[@AugustSequoia]

I hate that at first she was calling it "a storm shelter off the side of my basement" bc a basement *is* a storm shelter!

[@SpatialHeather]

I'm surprised you didn't bring up the youtuber Collin Furze! He's doing kinda the same thing, but somewhere in the UK... and mostly not directly under his house. He did one part stealth and got it permitted after, and now is doing a huge addition (presumably with permits?) to connect the existing tunnels to a vehicle lift in his front yard.

[@motheraiya]

There are long term issues that stretch long after Kala is gone too. This isn't ugly paint colors, or tearing down the cabinets. She will not live forever and then that house gets sold to someone else. Imagine if no one had ever found out and they moved in and there was a horrible accident? There's a reason you need permits, and safety protocols. Her common sense is clearly not there. And as one ND to another, I am telling you there is something off about her. She's not all right, and she needs an evaluation. She potentially needs supervision for her own safety, because this is certainly not going to be the last dangerous thing she does. Her judgment is just not there.

[@lexp6099]

This is like the Titan "sub." Wealthy people doing dumb things with no concern for the risk to others.

[@laurapatrice1986]

Considering most places require a permit to put a fence up around your yard (granted, I live in a city so this is the norm here), it's bizarre to me that someone thinks they can just tunnel into the earth under their home with no prior approvals or inspections and permits.

[@nintendonut100]

Supposedly she had to have people tell her to get a gas tester, and yet people still think she wouldn't be doing this if it wasn't safe

[@ariannalerdo6544]

Hi Amanda I just wanna say i love the background and lighting and everything !! I'm so proud of your growth as a creator and I just know you're feeling way better about the video quality moving forward. Congrats!!

[@Bekyboooo]

i lived in a city for 3 years and by the end of living there the constant noise of engines and construction genuinely drove me insane, i couldn't sleep and was so tense and anxious all the time and that's only from the noise! i really feel for her neighbours having to not only deal with that but also the worry about the structural integrity of their own homes!

[@sangeeta]

I know exactly where this lady lives because it’s unfortunately in my area and she’s NOT the first person in the larger area to try to build a tunnel and some of those other tunnels have led to people dying. I’m so frustrated with her and everyone who supports her

[@DweezilZA]

there was a certain underwater situation just a moment ago where someone thought they could do what they wanted...

[@reese_0912]

Those poor neighbours! I feel like she was exploiting the fact that her neighbours were too scared to speak up because of their immigration status. Like they were put in such a hard place once they were fully aware of what’s going on and either choice was a lose lose.

[@LizStaples]

Oh definitely she bought in that area for that specific reason.

[@reese_0912]

@queenbey6678I don’t think she bought in the area specifically for that reason, but in a suburban area (at least from my experience) everyone has at least some idea of who the neighbours are. I more so meant that she felt confident she could get away with the project knowing her neighbours probably wouldn’t report her because of their situation.

[@macieparmenter4544]

I feel like I get water straight to the face every time I hear the words "suburban mining operation"

[@melanino]

Me : oh at least she's and engineer, even though I feel an engineer would know not to- Swell: she's a software engineer Me: Fucking what now?!

[@AKA253]

Like someone else said, at least eel pit guy has knowledge on the animals he’s working with, and already works with them. At least he has an existing understanding of what he’s doing and isn’t housing animals in his basement for the fun of it. The tunnel never had any planning, she said MULTIPLE TIMES that she is winging it and figuring things out as the details come up. Her overconfidence is going to get her or others hurt, whether with the tunnel or some other unplanned DIY idea.

[@PheOfTheFae]

As a city dweller who is quite used to all sorts of "What is going on there, idk, shrug" because you might wonder but there isn't any real way to get answers, I would definitely see the dumpster and think she was doing a remodel or cleaning up a hoarder home and not that she was tunneling all over because it's so random to just tunnel. Not on the list of expected activities.

[@gongalicious]

There's a reason you hire experts to do projects like this! There's a reason there are laws and regulations surrounding construction. I've seen too many engineering disaster documentaries where things made by PROFESSIONALS end up collapsing and killing people. ENGINEERING REGULATIONS ARE WRITTEN. IN. BLOOD.

[@tcull1216]

I saw a video by a realtor on TikTok, wish I could remember who but they had the layout of her and her neighbors property. Her property is small and SURROUNDED by neighboring houses. She seems nice, I dont understand how she didnt think about the impact on her neighbors and their homes.

[@TheMunchkinita2509]

I just read a story about a 71yr old man from Brazil who died by falling 130ft down a hole he started digging in what looks like his kitchen. He woke up one day after having a dream that he'd find gold under his house, so he just started digging. From what I gathered, he lost his balance and that's why he fell.

[@agentredfbi9626]

It's giving that one bit from parks and rec where Ron produces a permit that just says "I can do what I want"

[@hieithefox]

When I found out she wasn’t on her own plot in the woods and had neighbors and wasn’t an actual engineer in construction and didn’t have permits I immediately was like wait WTF

[@eerielakeerie]

i cant fathom having even an ounce of the self-confidence or audacity that it would take to do something like this.

[@cloudberryhusky]

This video could not be timed better; there’s a guy in Laval (Quebec) that was arrested a day or two ago for digging a bunker under his apartment. Lucky enough, everyone else in the building was evacuated safely but the landlord estimates the damages to be around 30 000CAD (around 22 393.95 USD). All of the other tenants could hear him, apparently he was mostly digging at night? That’s basically all I know tbh. I wonder if maybe he got inspired by her?