Construction crews discovered a massive safe buried under the parking lot of a synagogue on Chicago’s North Side, presenting a challenge to locksmiths and a mystery as to what’s inside.
The safe was found under the parking lot of Anshe Emet Synagogue, located in the 3700 block of North Broadway Street in the city’s Lake View East neighborhood.
Construction workers at the scene said the safe weighed approximately 3,000 pounds and was found by plumbers who were digging in the area.
The synagogue posted a video of a locksmith unsuccessfully attempting to open the safe on June 26, saying it was “the largest the locksmith has ever seen.”
Locksmiths said the safe could date back as far as 100 years, which could make it difficult to open.
The synagogue said it didn’t yet know where it would keep the safe, which sat covered by a tarp in a construction site Wednesday afternoon.
(Source: NBC New Chicago)
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Well, it’s obvious. Jimmy Hofffa is buried in there.
It must contain Hillary’s missing 30K+ emails.
Looks like a large Ely-Norris cannonball with Yale 101 1/2 lock. I’ve opened several.
boisesafecracker
So what are you waiting for!?
Tell the fellers how to do this. And then we want to hear what was in there…
you’re all fools
its mexicans to trying to get in illegally.
maybe it has the luchot