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• The Los Angeles Times reports that police were called to a property along the Los Angeles River where Google Earth images had captured multiple HELP signs scratched into the dirt.

The land is owned by the Union Pacific Railroad, and it turns out the satellite images were captured in 2023.

But a KTLA-TV news helicopter flew over the property recently and saw that the words were still there.

Jill Micek, a spokesperson for Union Pacific, said the railroad is aware of a man who has trespassed on the company's property repeatedly and who is responsible for the alarming messages.

While she stressed that no one is in danger, the conspiracy theory community lit up with tales of underground tunnels: "The truth is in the tunnels," one wrote on X.

But LAPD is also familiar with the individual who frequents the area, and they said he "has refused housing or a mental health evaluation. He has been at the location for a few years."

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