This reminds me of a story I saw a while back about people apparently becoming obsessed with tunnel-digging for its own sake. I can't seem to be able to dig up the story itself, but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burro_Schmidt_Tunnel was one of the cases mentioned in it.
This sounds fascinating. If you or anybody else can find the article please post it!
The lost tunnels of Liverpool
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