--- title: Toronto Man Cave Tunnel: Two Men Built This 30 Feet Hole description: Two men dug a 30-foot tunnel in Toronto as a "man cave," police said Monday. Police say the tunnel's architects had no criminal intent. canonical: https://time.com/3728658/man-cave-toronto/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-02T18:03:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:17:17.604Z og:title: Toronto Man Cave Tunnel: Two Men Built This 30 Feet Hole og:description: Two men dug a 30-foot tunnel in Toronto as a "man cave," police said Monday. 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Reuters  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Mar 2, 2015 6:03 PM UTC Two men dug a secret 30-foot tunnel in Toronto as a “man cave,” police said Monday. The tunnel discovered last week near a university campus led to an investigation by police that found the pair, both in their twenties, had built it with no criminal intent. “It is simply two guys who just wanted to dig a cave,” said Toronto police spokesman Victor Kwong, according to [_CBC News_](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-tunnel-dug-by-2-men-as-man-cave-police-say-1.2978109). “They just wanted to dig a cave to hang out.” No charges have been filed and the investigation is considered complete, police said. The police said the two unnamed men didn’t have formal engineering training, making the scale of the tunnel an impressive feat. 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