Half a million eyes are on TikTok's "tunnel girl"

In 2022, a TikTok creator who identifies herself as "Kala" began digging. What followed was a viral series of TikToks chronicling the efforts of Kala, who the internet dubbed as "tunnel girl". Her almost half-million followers weighed in with support, suggestions and at times, concern. That is until a stop-work order halted the project in its tracks late last year.