Trapped 3 days underground?

[Graigwen]

I am not sure I can take this report at face value
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/police-pull-man-out-london-12030345


...although I have experienced travelling some distance to a known exit and being unable to lift the manhole cover from the inside.
That he covered six miles sounds unbelievable.

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[langcliffe]

"The man told police that he had entered the sewers in Barking, six miles away, three days earlier, but did not offer a reason for why he had entered the sewer system.

But officials from Thames Water confirmed that following an investigation, they believe that the unknown man entered via an exit of the surface water system on a new housing estate, about a mile away."

 

[mudman]

"The man told police that he had entered the sewers in Barking, six miles away, three days earlier, but did not offer a reason for why he had entered the sewer system.

But officials from Thames Water confirmed that following an investigation, they believe that the unknown man entered via an exit of the surface water system on a new housing estate, about a mile away."

Can you enter via an exit? Just asking like?  :-\

 

[Cave_Troll]

was it not gated ?