1,000 Bicycles, Hidden Bunker Found in Homeless Camp

By Michael Harthorne

November 19, 2017

Orange County Sheriff's deputies and OC Public Works have made some interesting finds while they work to transition...
Posted by Orange County Sheriff's Department, CA on Thursday, November 16, 2017

“It’s nothing I’ve ever seen before," Lt. Jeff Puckett of the Orange County Sheriff's Department tells the Orange County Register. Having removed between 150 and 200 homeless people from an encampment along the Santa Ana River in Southern California earlier this month, officials were clearing the camp when they discovered a trap door in the ground this week.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the plywood door covered in dirt revealed a set of wooden steps that led to a 10-foot-by-10-foot room 6 feet underground. The room, which was empty, was supported by wood beams and tall enough to stand in. It's unclear who built it or what it was used for. "That someone had a whole downstairs living arrangement … it’s weird that they built it without us knowing,” says a woman living in a nearby condominium.

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