Mysterious tunnel found near Canada sports venue as country on edge after terror attack

Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | 12:50AM GMT 24 Feb 2015 | (AFP)

[Olog-hai]

A sophisticated tunnel has been discovered near a major sporting venue and a university in Toronto, reports said Monday, with Canada on edge over the threat of possible extremist attacks.

A municipal worker was walking through woods near York University and the Rexall Center last month when he spotted a piece of corrugated metal on the ground, lifted it up and found a passageway, the public broadcaster CBC said.

The tunnel was about 23 feet long and 22.5 meters tall and was lit by an electric generator. The walls and ceilings had been reinforced and tools had been left inside.

Toronto is hosting the Pan American Games in July and the Rexall Center is one of the venues. The facility also hosts major tennis events. …

[A CA Guy]

It is radical Islam coming to spread their love.

[Elsie]

Lotsa trees have grown up since they started putting in those tennis courts in 2002!

[Elsie]

That movie sure creeped me out as a kid!

[nuconvert]

Wow. That’s sophisticated

[Mouton]

Once of the best syfis of the 50’s IMO.

[mosesdapoet]

WOW ! That thing is in an urban location. That’s a very important bit of info huge and serious. Thanks
Hope the tools left have usable forensic material on them.

[hecticskeptic]

Canuckistan authorities have made safe assumptions about the who and why of this hideout. That’s why they filled it in instead of placing it under surveillance and being forced to reveal identities.

Absolutely baffling as to why they didn't stake this thing out to figure out who built it and why. The scope of it does not immediately bring to mind that this was just a bunch of 10 year old Indiana Jones wannabees...let's just hope that after the PanAm games are over they are not looking back at this and pondering the missed golden opportunity.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

...it’s a hideout and a place to cache stuff.

Like a big bomb!

[holden]

Do you perhaps mean, “MENE MENE TEKEL UPARSHIN” was handwritten on the wall?

HF

[Squawk 8888]

Obama to say it has nothing to do with islam in 3... 2... 1...

To all- please ping me to Canadian topics.

Canada Ping!

[Squawk 8888]

Probably- it was discovered a couple of months ago.

[TurboZamboni]

ANCIENT ALIENS!

[Elsie]

You diss MOTHRA!!

You have no chance to survive make your time.

[Elsie]

Beats the HELL outta getting a big moving van and...

[Elsie]

Nope; recent ones.

The Ancient ones would have used finely worked stone blocks.

[Olog-hai]

It’s 2.5 meters tall, or 8’ 2²⁷⁄64”. I do not know where the extra “2” came from; some kind of error when pasting.

[Olog-hai]

You wouldn’t call mine shafts tunnels?

[huldah1776]

my Newfoundland BIL just can’t figure oat why but did get a chuckle out of the phillies tunnel idea.

[PapaBear3625]

You wouldn’t call mine shafts tunnels?

A mine shaft goes somewhere, namely to the ore which is to be extracted. Where does this thing go? Or where is it supposed to go?

[Gritty]

Just some random folks out trying to find some shovel ready jobs...