Last Friday afternoon in Federal Way, utility workers came across a manhole that refused to stay closed. Meter readers with Lakehaven Utility District first noticed the sewer cover left ajar. They pushed it shut. Later in the day — twice — workers found the manhole open again. The third time, the meter readers had had enough, summoning the Lakehaven sewer crew, who decided to investigate how a 80-pound metal slab could behave like a screen door with a busted latch. What the crew found was even stranger.
Indications Suggest Kids Lived In Sewers
Ben Guarino, The Washington Post, The Columbian
Tue, 08/30/2016 - 9:02pm
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