Maybe he didn’t have a Red… or maybe hope wasn’t the best of things this time

In Brazil, a prisoner reportedly spent nearly five years secretly digging a tunnel in an attempt to escape from a heavily guarded prison. Day after day, he slowly carved through the prison’s foundations, determined to crawl his way to freedom.

After years of digging and planning, the tunnel was finally finished. But when he reached the end and crawled out, instead of freedom… he emerged directly inside a guard room, where officers were waiting.

The bizarre escape attempt quickly went viral, also drawing attention to the harsh and overcrowded conditions inside Brazil’s prison system, where inmates sometimes go to extreme lengths just to get out.

Just imagine that moment… after five years of digging, crawling out expecting freedom, and suddenly seeing a guard standing there. How brutal must that realization have been?