A New Home, A Hidden Staircase, A Secret Houseguest

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I moved into a house about a year ago. The previous owners built the house in the early 2000’s, and moved to India two years ago. Then the other day, we found this. My little brother and me were messing around, and I pushed him into the shelf. When he fell, he pulled out the bookshelf with him. We always assumed it was just built into the wall.

Here’s a shot of what it looked like from the top. At the bottom, the stairs led into a wall. Seemingly pointless, right? This crawlspace was about halfway down. It looked empty, but if you crawled in…

Someone was living in our walls. That is my Halloween candy. That someone came into my room, took from my bag, and then brought back in here.

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I left to go to a friends house, while the police investigated my house. They found nobody there. They have told us that the person was only living there temporarily. They determined this because of the lack of supplies.

There were no other entrances to the secret passage, therefore the person would have been using my parents’ bedroom to access it.

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Also found: A ceramic elephant. A strange key with an omega symbol on it. And the coup de grace – two dolls.

True story or hoax?

Either way, someone should option it.

Via imgur.

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I design video games for a living, write fiction, political theory and poetry for personal amusement, and train regularly in Western European 16th century swordwork. On frequent occasion I have been known to hunt for and explore abandoned graveyards, train tunnels and other interesting places wherever I may find them, but there is absolutely no truth to the rumor that I am preparing to set off a zombie apocalypse. Nothing that will stand up in court, at least. I use paranthesis with distressing frequency, have a deep passion for history, anthropology and sociological theory, and really, really, really hate mayonnaise. But I wash my hands after the writing. Promise.

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