Mole/Tunnel Children

Mole/Tunnel children refers to the children QAnon adherents believed were being trafficked in tunnels under Central Park during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because during the early months of the pandemic the U.S. government set up a makeshift hospital in New York City"s Central Park, and at the same time, the U.S. Navy volunteered the hospital ship USNS Mercy to the city to aid overflowing hospitals, QAnon believers claimed that the tents in Central Park were there to hide holes in the ground that would be used to rescue the many children who were allegedly being trafficked in tunnels under the park. These rescued children would be taken to USNS Mercy. This theory gained additional traction because the Q subway line runs under the park.

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