Fact Check

Were Two Men Found Living Under the Calico Mine Ride at Knott's Berry Farm?

Living in a theme park may be some people's idea of a fantasy life, but the realities would be rather grim.

by Dan Evon, Published Dec. 13, 2018


Image courtesy of Knott's Farm


Claim:
Two men were found living underneath the Calico Mine Ride at Knott's Berry Farm.
Rating:
False

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On 3 December 2018, a Facebook user posted an outlandish story about a man who had supposedly been living under the Calico Mine Ride at the Knott's Berry Farm amusement park in Buena Park, California. A few days later, he posted a follow-up item claiming that a second man had been arrested for inhabiting the same caverns beneath the attraction:

Working on information from the 12/2/2018 arrest of a still unidentified man claiming to have lived inside the Mine Ride for 35 years, Orange County Sheriffs deputies and Buena Park Police officers searched an area known as the "Caverns" for several hours before locating a second unidentified man.

"Working on a tip from our in-custody suspect, we located a second man living in an area of the Caverns that are so deep, they have yet to be explored," reported Sheriffs Captain Tony Dominick in a press conference this morning.


By Dan Evon

Dan Evon is a former writer for Snopes.


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