the Star: Security officials eye York U tunnel with caution

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Toronto Deputy Police Chief Mark Saunders explains evidence photos as he speaks to the media about a tunnel found situated near one of the venues for this year’s Pan Am Games. [more…]

new york magazine: Mystery Surrounds a Tunnel in Toronto

It was a baffling discovery: a hand-dug tunnel just over 33 feet long, tall enough for an adult to stand inside, fed with electricity, drained by a water pump and expertly reinforced with lumber and plywood. It started in dense woods near a tennis stadium — and it did not lead anywhere. [more…]

wired.com: More Mammoth (and Mysterious) Structures Found in China’s Desert

The internet lost its collective mind earlier this week, when a Reddit user stumbled across “what appears to be a monumental military/science experiment going on in a Chinese desert, visible on Google Earth.” But the strange and massive box of jagged lines wasn’t the only odd structure carved into the ground — and this week’s swarm of Google-spotters weren’t the first ones to take an interest in the region. [more…]