Exploring underground tunnels is not for the faint of heart, but some people have no choice but to head in. John, who worked in Southern Nevada, thought that his job was routine and boring. That was until one shift, when he saw something that looked “neither human nor animal” in the tunnels.
He told Ashlee (@ashleeinc) about his odd encounter in an unnamed dam near Colorado. John is a civil engineer, technician, and inspector. His job largely revolved around flood control infrastructure around Las Vegas, which is also why he worked with stormwater tunnels and drainage pipes. Because of this, he’s also acutely aware of the stories about people living in the drains of Las Vegas. John has also seen some of these campsites during one of his routine inspections.
Despite knowing about the area’s eerie reputation, John didn’t believe conspiracies or occult gatherings happening in the abandoned service tunnels. He brushed them off as “urban legends” that every city with a massive underground infrastructure has. The Backrooms is a genre that encapsulates the fear very well, but one unsettling encounter made John rethink his beliefs.
A random pile of metal in the tunnels
Working at an unnamed dam, John said that the drainage galleries of the area stretched to long, narrow tunnels that have pipes running along the ceilings and walls. While some sections of the tunnels were well-lit, John claimed that others looked like they were frozen in time—like they were stuck in the 1960s. During a routine inspection, John is expected to walk miles and miles of tunnels to check if there is water seeping…