Neighbors react as viral 'Tunnel Girl' granted permit to continue digging massive bunker under home

The greenish airy has been granted to a pistillate who went viral for digging a monolithic passageway nether her home.

"Kala," the expected sanction of the homeowner and creator of the TikTok relationship @engineer.everything, garnered 7.7 cardinal views arsenic she documented herself digging a bunker nether her location successful Herndon, Virginia.

Known connected societal media arsenic "Tunnel Girl," Kala posted a video connected Monday announcing that her plans had been approved aft paying a $2,000 fee. Her task had been halted successful 2024 owed to imaginable gathering violations.

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"I paid the fee, and my passageway plans are approved. Finally, level plans, structural plans, operation specifications, load engineering, electrical plans, different commercialized plans, each approved," she announced successful the TikTok video.

Fox News Digital reached retired to Kala for comment.

A pistillate successful Herndon, Va., "finally" got her passageway task approved aft pausing the digging owed to a violation. (Engineer.everything/Tiktok)

The passageway strategy extends 22 feet beneath crushed with a 30-foot entranceway beneath her location connected her property.

A spokesperson for the municipality of Herndon confirmed to Fox News Digital that the licence was issued for the construction.

"The archetypal inspection by unit occurred earlier this week with support for a partial factual determination of the ceiling. The underground operation per the approved plans volition not spell beyond the footprint of the house," the spokesperson added.

Neighbors successful the single-family location assemblage person expressed immoderate concerns astir Kala gathering her "storm shelter," FOX 5 DC reported.

Rosie Hernandez, who told FOX 5 that she has lived successful the vicinity for astir 3 years, said she didn't perceive oregon spot immoderate task underway.

"It’s weird for me. It’s new, due to the fact that I person ne'er seen thing earlier …" Hernandez said. "I don’t spot anything, similar machines. I don’t spot anything."

"Tunnel Girl" has attracted millions of viewers connected TikTok.

Those who followed the viral travel online — immoderate who assertion to beryllium adjacent residents — commented astir their concerns astir the information and legality of the task portion operation was inactive underway.

"It’s benignant of crazy. Kind of funny, not going to lie. But decidedly I person immoderate concerns with immoderate she is doing and like, the country astir america is ungraded and whatnot," 1 woman, who seemingly lives successful Kala's area, wrote past twelvemonth successful 1 of respective Reddit threads that are dedicated to the viral project.

"Just making definite she’s not damaging the properties around," the pistillate added.

Chris Colgan, proprietor of Chris Colgan Real Estate who lives successful the country adjacent Kala, spoke to Fox News Digital astir neighbors' feelings regarding the digging.

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"When she was initially stopped, I deliberation astir radical successful the assemblage assumed that would beryllium the past we'd perceive astir this," Colgan said. 

"So, it was astonishing erstwhile she really got the permit. There’s immoderate interest astir imaginable spot harm successful the surrounding area, but astir neighbors I've talked to find the full concern comic and a spot unusual," helium added.

Kala told FOX 5 that aft an engineering appraisal was done, the operation of the passageway was confirmed capable and stable, saying, "I consciousness relieved and celebratory."

"I felt from the opening that we were making advancement due to the fact that successful my archetypal submission to the government, they came backmost with 60 comments, and past I resolved those, and past they came backmost with 30 comments, and past they came backmost with 12 comments, truthful I ever felt that we were moving forward," said Kala.

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Nearly 2,000 TikTokers took the comments conception connected Kala’s latest update.

"Digging is 1 thing, but navigating a analyzable permitting process aft the enactment has been done is astir miraculous. Well done," said 1 user.

Known connected societal media arsenic "Tunnel Girl," Kala posted a video connected Monday announcing that her plans had been approved aft paying a interest of $2,000. (Engineer.everything/Tiktok)

"I’ve been present since the opening this was the archetypal weird TikTok happening I was invested successful and it’s the lone 1 I’m inactive invested in," different idiosyncratic said.

"Yes for Kala we request this for a bully 2025," commented 1 woman.

"Some clip implicit a twelvemonth ago, I posted that nary substance however hard you tried, you'd ne'er get the bureaucracy to output here. I'm truthful blessed you've proven maine wrong," wrote another.

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"Never thought this would get approved," a idiosyncratic commented.

"OMG THE TUNNEL IS BACK," a pistillate wrote.

"Yes for Kala we request this for a bully 2025," commented 1 woman. (Engineer.everything/Tiktok)

"NOT MY BINGO CARD BUT LORDY WHAT A PULL," said different TikToker.

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"Having a harmless country tin besides relieve immoderate of the anxiousness created by the menace of an oncoming tornado oregon hurricane," the website adds.

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