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Woman dug 80 feet under her house — the city tried to stop her

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Apr 21, 2026
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Sometimes a video like this one will make me look around my home and feel like I’m not using my free will to the fullest. Kala, who goes by Engineer Kala on Instagram and TikTok, decided to build an 80-foot-long, 30-foot-deep passage beneath her home in Virginia. This video shows how she did it.

What lies beneath her house now …

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