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Dutch family 'waiting for end of time' discovered in basement [View all]
A family who spent nine years in a basement "waiting for the end of time" have been discovered by police in the Netherlands after one of them turned up at a local pub, reports say.
A man, 58, and six adults - aged 18 to 25 - were living at a farm in the northern province of Drenthe.
They were found after one of the six ordered beer at a bar in the nearby village of Ruinerwold.
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Officers visited the remote farmhouse and carried out a search. They discovered a hidden staircase behind a cupboard in the living room that led down to a basement room where the family were housed.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50054044
A man, 58, and six adults - aged 18 to 25 - were living at a farm in the northern province of Drenthe.
They were found after one of the six ordered beer at a bar in the nearby village of Ruinerwold.
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Officers visited the remote farmhouse and carried out a search. They discovered a hidden staircase behind a cupboard in the living room that led down to a basement room where the family were housed.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50054044
Not clear if they'd had 9 years' worth of supplies, or were working the farm.
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