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- gbarberi, on 11/27/2007, -1/+337Technically, he wasn't homeless until the police evicted him.
- whatthefu, on 11/27/2007, -0/+125"Tracy said it is no big deal and he is already looking for a new location for his next underground home." That guy is ***** awesome.
- curtistheory, on 11/27/2007, -1/+113When you wack the hole he's in he just pops out of another one...
- Animental, on 11/27/2007, -3/+61THE UNDERMINER!!
- sockpuppets, on 11/27/2007, -2/+53He needs to get together with that guy that made the island out of water bottles.
- GuacamoleSan, on 11/27/2007, -0/+49I hope he wears dusty overalls, has a big twirly moustache, and has one of those miner helmets with a light attached
- bonkeykong, on 11/27/2007, -3/+51"Homeless Man Found Living In [...] Home"
- unicornography, on 11/27/2007, -2/+47That's too bad. Underground is probably the nicest part of Fresno.
- positron, on 11/27/2007, -7/+42Amazing to see such ingenuity from a "homeless" man. Makes one wonder why he is homeless to begin with. I'm interested in how he chooses the property on which he digs. Is it public or private land? If public or abandoned, did he follow squatting protocol? If private, did he have the land owner's consent? I'm assuming he didn't, in which case I can't say I'm very sympathetic towards his eviction. Searched around but details are scarce.
- arunforce, on 11/27/2007, -4/+35I tried this when I was a kid. I failed miserably =
- cracker42, on 11/27/2007, -3/+33Disappointed with the pictures :-/
- Niddik, on 11/27/2007, -2/+27He's just the person we need to prepare for the upcoming zombie invasion!
- natdowner, on 11/27/2007, -4/+27Yeah, if it was on private property I guess I can see why they would evict him, but really, who is he hurting? They stated in the article that they were evicting him because it was a danger to the people living nearby... how so? I can only assume that it is because he dugg out all the earth from under something?? (which really hasn't been suggested and judging by the pic, it doesn't look like he was near any buildings..) because otherwise, it's kind of just mean to evict the poor mole guy lol. I know I'd be pissed if I spent all that time diggin a little underground pad and someone booted me out lol
- drizzlelicious, on 11/27/2007, -1/+18Homer: I thought you were dead
Mother Simpson: I thought you were dead
Gravedigger: Dang Blasted! Isn't anybody in this dad-gummed cemetery dead?
Hans Moleman: (popping out of coffin) I didn't want to make a fuss, but now that you mention it... - paulinsf, on 11/27/2007, -0/+16There was a similar situation up in Olympia, WA a few months ago. Police following a man they thought was a rape suspect (turned out he wasn't) found his underground home. Was pretty fancy, including couch, stove, lamps, bed and cupboards. Even had a real glass window (usually kept covered with brush) looking out on hillside. Even though the guy wasn't the rapist the cops were looking for, they still took a bulldozer and filled in his house. Thou shalt not turn thy back on the system.
- smarba, on 11/27/2007, -0/+14he's a true Digger!
- ostracize, on 11/27/2007, -1/+15I imagine he would look like this:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e7/Hans ... - chewbacca77, on 11/27/2007, -0/+14He can't afford a really cool burrowing machine, so he just uses a shovel instead.
- scabbers, on 11/27/2007, -1/+13It could be dangerous to anyone who walked over it. If it collapsed under them, they would probably be buried alive.
- ZenFountain, on 11/27/2007, -1/+13Why not just leave the man alone? Christ, it's not like there is going to be a rush on homeless people building underground lairs if they just let him be.
- gilgamesh23, on 11/27/2007, -0/+12Thou shalt not live "off the grid".
- robfarrell, on 11/27/2008, -2/+12Hans?
- Soofi, on 11/27/2007, -0/+9From the article we can only say that he was evicted due to safety reasons to nearby people, thus the intention to demolish it.
- jaygray, on 11/27/2007, -0/+8I now know exactly what I plan to do if I ever become homeless.
- superrandomguy, on 11/27/2007, -1/+9i clicked "digg tools" at the bottom of the page... it didnt bring me to a list of the items he used to build the house. Sigh :-(
/lameness - ghank, on 11/27/2007, -1/+7ok here's the obvious answer: with a shovel.
- frozenwookie, on 11/27/2007, -0/+6no property tax here, genius!
- inactive, on 11/27/2007, -0/+6What he said.
- schuder, on 11/28/2007, -0/+6I was saying Boo-erns.
- demonsnake69, on 11/27/2007, -1/+6So they're going to kick some guy the ***** out of his home and make him homeless again -- good going California!
- blesbok, on 11/27/2007, -0/+5"kinda of" seems kinda of redundant too. :o
- brettville, on 11/27/2007, -0/+5That's my hometown! And if we're talking underground dwellings in Fresno then I say Forestiere FTW. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forestiere_Undergroun ...
- Rsam, on 11/27/2007, -1/+6Apparently they took him out with a football in the groin.
- SpamDog, on 11/27/2007, -0/+5It is commonly known that the best places to hide out in an zombie invasion is up HIGH not buried in a hole in the ground.
In fact, sure go in the hole when those zombies come, it will give me more time to tear out the stairs of my 2 story house! - h4k0r, on 11/27/2007, -0/+5On behalf of CA i would like to say thanks. We have always taken pride in our innovative homeless and in doing this we only push them to become more creative.
- inactive, on 11/27/2007, -1/+5What a smart hobo! I'd imagine it gets pretty cold in Fresno around this time, an underground home stays relatively the same temperature all year round. The police need to give the guy a break, especially if he wasn't digging under a house or something. If he was, then sure I can see why they would need to kick him out. At least he plans to build again.
- chicoer2001, on 11/27/2007, -0/+4The station reporting the news is in Orlando. The story is about Fresno, CA, though you'd never know that. Not once is California mentioned.
- Kenzan, on 11/27/2007, -0/+4How dare he try to build his own house!
Why, He *deserves* to get evicted!
We can't have people doing what they want!
It's un-American! - zizzy, on 11/28/2007, -0/+3Thank you for explaining it. I'm sure no one would have got it otherwise.
- centran, on 11/27/2007, -0/+3man, you make one little mistake like not making your island hurricane proof and people get all over the guys ass.
I guess that is why he is building a bigger, stronger islands that can be moved out of the way of a hurricane. - OKeric, on 05/12/2008, -1/+4It'll give him something to do for the next few days.
- inactive, on 11/28/2007, -0/+31.water bottle island
2.underground mansion
3.????????
4.antigravity! - jhnewt, on 11/27/2007, -1/+4He could dig an underground burrow on an island of water bottles!
- kjd84, on 11/27/2007, -0/+3Why bother him I bet you like in Australia the Government doesn't stop mining companies from causing millions in damage from longwall mining under bridges, houses and towns. *Mining companies are *****!
*For the Environment and for the people affected by their work but they are good for the Economy unfortunately. - MunkeeBoy, on 11/27/2007, -1/+4Do you believe everything you read? There wasn't enough detail in the article to make a judgment call.
- psyjoniz, on 11/27/2007, -0/+3This guy is my freakin' hero. Didn't even faze him. Rock on, dood.
- dylio, on 11/28/2007, -0/+3"Hell we have an entire bum city just south of downtown (they took over a closed freeway offramp, and then somehow successfully sued the city when the cops tried to roust them). Freaking unbelievable."
South Park ftw? - MunkeeBoy, on 11/27/2007, -0/+3Who said anything about staying in the hole... it would be the perfect trap! Now all we need is some bait...
- carpespasm, on 11/28/2007, -0/+3havn't you heard? you're homeless unless you pay taxes to be housed.
- ptFoe, on 11/28/2007, -2/+5most homeless people are more resourceful than people like you, 9 to 5 follow the straight and narrow path.
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