TORONTO — Tunnel-dwelling orthodox Jews from Brooklyn found themselves in unfamiliar territory after popping out of a hole in the ground next to a Mountie drinking maple syrup on a moose in front of a Tim Hortons.

The devout Jewish men had toiled underground for weeks to expand their network of secret subterranean tunnels before emerging into what seemed to them to be an alternate reality of hockey, ice fishing, and poutine.

"Ov-vey! Wha-what is this place?" asked Abraham Benowitz as he shielded his eyes from the bright sunlight. "We've dug too far. We are not in New York anymore, my brothers. Is that a man sitting on a moose?"

The men huddled together as they observed a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police sipping a cup of maple syrup while sitting astride an enormous moose. "Oh

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