This morning, Milan awoke to find something a little strange. Just off of Via dei Mercanti, near the heart of the old city, a submarine has apparently pushed its way through the paving stones and damaged a nearby car.
A photograph of the bizarre scene made the front page of Reddit's WTF subreddit, as confused Milanese began surveying the scene:
Per scoprire tutto sul sottomarino in centro a Milano, vai su http://t.co/CNzmdAegqf #L1F3 @EA_Italia @Genertel pic.twitter.com/zxcxVWWqiV
- Jolanda Restano (@JolandaRestano) October 1, 2013
Un sottomarino a pochi passi da piazza Duomo a #Milano, ma è solo una trovata pubblicitaria http://t.co/XpdenbrlY3 pic.twitter.com/KMaHOzULhZ
- Tgcom24 (@MediasetTgcom24) October 1, 2013
This sounds ridiculous, of course, and if you can read Italian, you've already sussed that something isn't quite right about this.A #milano emerge un sottomarino @turismomilano @ComuneMI #milanosorprende pic.twitter.com/E1zhrlI53E
- Giacomo Biraghi (@secolourbano) October 1, 2013
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