A man has taken to social media to share the shocking discovery he made in his new duplex shortly after moving in – admitting it made him physically jump backwards in fright
A man got the fright of his life after discovering a hidden room in his house locked shut with 20 giant screws. He explained how he was moving his belongings into his new duplex when he discovered a crawl space running the length of the house.
Interested, he decided to investigate it hoping to unearth some extra storage room for his seasonal items. However, he became suspicious of the room when he noticed its door was locked shut with “20 giant screws”, making him wonder whether there was something sinister on the other side.
He said on Reddit: “[It] kinda made a chill run up my spine. So I’m sitting there in this little closet with tension building the whole time. It took a couple of minutes to take them all out. The door was painted onto the trim, and I had to give it a little boot to break it free.”
With that, the door fell to the ground all at once and revealed a “little green guy about 4ft tall with stitches across his face” standing on the other side. He added: “I threw the impact drill, fell over, and about s*** myself all in one uncoordinated motion.”
After taking a few minutes to calm down, he came to realise it was nothing more than a Halloween decoration – and he’d fallen for a prank set up by one of the property’s previous homeowners. While most users couldn’t help but laugh at the situation, others shared their own stories about discovering hidden rooms in their houses.
One user said: “That is absolutely hilarious, patient long-game comedy. It could have gone decades before being discovered. Oh my God, that is actually hysterical The foresight to do it, I can’t cope. The person must have been laughing their a*** off closing it all up? The creepy little smile.” Another person added: “Oh my god, I would have died.”
While a third chimed in: “I moved into a new house and ended up with a bedroom that had access to the roof space. Thought I’d check it out. Right at the top of the ladder was a single chair with a child’s doll sitting in it. I almost fell down the ladder. I sent all my housemates up one by one for the same experience.”
