It took approximately 0.6 seconds for the wild and (sometimes) funny speculation to start on social media about who dug the mysterious tunnel recently discovered in Toronto.
Theories ranged from this...
To the cartoonish...
Person of interest sought in #TorontoTunnel pic.twitter.com/T6YGRjrkZF
— De Lemos (@dtoxify) February 24, 2015
To the far-out...
PLEASE let this #torontotunnel lead to the discovery of a thriving mole men population in #toronto pic.twitter.com/urSjgSvyMF
— Brie McC (@brie_mcc) February 24, 2015
And even former federal cabinet ministers got in on it.
Busted!! RT @iaincredible ICYMI @TorontoPolice conclude @Baird mastermind behind the #TorontoTunnel
— John Baird (@Baird) February 24, 2015
More wildly speculative theories follow below: