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Our homes are meant to be our safe spaces, where we unwind after a long day, eat, sleep, and take shelter from the chaos of the outside world. We make them our own and naturally assume we know every corner.
But for these people, that sense of comfort was shaken. One day, they stumbled upon something deeply disturbing hidden within their homes—so unsettling, they felt compelled to share it online.
Scroll down to see what they found. And maybe keep the lights on, just in case.
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#1
I Was Looking For Something In The Attic When I Found This
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Dinosaur Bone Found In The Basement Of My Friend’s 15th Century House In North-Eastern France
#3
Realtor Was Just As Shocked As Me
Think I’m gonna name it Calcifer, there’s even a complimentary coal room!
#4
Found This Inside The Wall In My Hallway. I've Lived In This House For All Of My 46 Years
#5
Went Into My Attic Looking For A Water Leak Coming Into My Living Room And It Appears That I'm Also In Quarantine With This Whatever Monstrosity Left This Behind. Its Soft To The Touch
#6
The Jar Room
When we bought our house, the basement had (and still has) the remains of a project belonging to local artist Tim Gallagher. The room contains 320 jars lining the walls, containing odd items collected from around the property/town.
#7
Found A Hidden Room In Our Attic From WW2!
#8
What’s The Weirdest Thing You’ve Found In A Crawl Space? I’ll Go First:
#9
Found This In My Friends Old House. Actual Tattoo Removed From Man's Arm In In 1926, Placed On A Sheet Of Cotton And Cataloged In An Envelope
#10
70 Lbs Of Beehive Hidden In The Ceiling Of An Urban Home
#11
Found A Darkroom In A Sealed Off Section Of My 1890s Home
#12
I Had To Go Into The Basement Yesterday And The Dirt Looked Like It Had Large Footprints In It. There's Only One Entrance And It's Inside The House
#13
Psa: Check Your Walls With A UV Light
#14
Toilet Seat In Basement Of Recently Purchased House
#15
While Renovating My Grandmas House, I Found The Prosthetic Leg Of My Great Grandfather In The Attic
#16
Found This Old Voodoo Statue In My Crawlspace
#17
Just Moved In To A New Apartment. Found This In The Basement
#18
Footprint Found On Wall
My house is a poor man’s Victorian, it was built in 1893 and once or twice a year for the last 6 years I’ve lived here I magic erase the door frames, switches, windowsills during a seasonal deep clean.
Last October I was deep cleaning my home and noticed a footprint about 8’ up the wall under the attic. I remembered my partner had been doing some attic work in spring and figured it must’ve been left over from that. When he came home I asked him to wipe it up, since it was pretty inconsiderate to leave for 6+ months without offering as he’s usually pretty meticulous.
“Hey can you wipe that footprint off the wall above your office?”
He looked at me confused, “What footprint?”
I walked him up the stairs and pointed it out and he looked at it and back at me and flatly said “Why would I have been in the attic without shoes?” Which is a very him response, as he’s very stoic and exceptionally more prepared for anything that I am.
He goes “Are you pranking me?”
I wasn’t. We have no clue where the footprint came from or why it would be bare 7’ up.
#19
The Brother-In-Law Of A Friend Of Mine Is Remodeling A House To Sell
My husband and I went to look at it a few weeks back. There's an old dilapidated barn on the property. My friend found this in a corner, under some boards and dust.
#20
Hair Cuttings
We found this in an old desk left in the basement of a rental we own. They seem to all be from the same person but why…?!
Magenta Blu 7 months ago
People used to stash their own hair to burn it because it was believed that if you threw away hair randomly, your spirit was doomed to find every strand of lost hair before it can rest in peace and go to heavens
#21
My House Has Portraits In The Crawl Space From The Original Owners In 1960 That Have Never Been Moved
#22
Renovating A 100 Year Old House, Found What Looks Like A Samurai Sword Under A Section Of The House That Had A Dirt Floor. The Sheath Is Metal On The Outside And Wood Inside
Spidercat 7 months ago
That's a WWII Japanese Army sword... I'm guessing you are in America...these were brought back by American GI's as trophies. By that point these were being factory produced and aren't the same quality as a handmade, hand folded sword. Still very cool and will definitely have some value to someone. Try militaria collectors rather than martial artists of you want to sell it. They will value it more highly.
#23
Was Gonna Fix A Cable To An Accesspoint On The Top Floor In My Old House And Found This Behind The Wall???
#24
Just Rented A House. It Comes With Our Very Own Knife Room
#25
Found In A House I Was Cleaning Out
#26
These Scratches On The Inside Of The Door To My Basement. It’s An Old House Too
#27
Tally Marks In An Old Attic Of An 1800’s New England Home
#28
After An Earthquake, Saw This In An Old Attic
#29
The Outside Of The Bathroom Door To The Apartment I Just Moved Into. Looks Like Left Handed Knife Strikes And They Do Go Through. They Did Give Me A Deal On The Place
#30
Painting Found In The Bathroom Of A House We Rented
#31
So My Parents Just Moved Into A New House And Found This On The Ceiling In One Of The Bedrooms. I Know Which Room I Won't Be Staying In
#32
We Hired A Chimney Specialist Today And They Found This. They Said “Well, This Is A First”
#33
This Was Found Under The Kitchen Sink At My Brother's House
Huddo's sister 7 months ago
It could be one of those toys that you put in water and it 'grows'. I've never seen one with that design though.
#34
Found In The Creek Behind My House
#35
Strange Spoon Found In My GF’s Abandoned House
#36
What The Heck Is This?
Family moved into an old house and found this hairball??? thing in the attic. it appears to be multiple hair colors and might be wrapped around something more solid on the inside but we are afraid of messing with it anymore than we already have. is this witchcraft or something?
#37
My Bestie Recently Bought A House, And When She Checked Out The Attic This Was The Only Thing In There
Sea Squirrel 7 months ago
That thing hasn't been there for long. Or there's also a ghost that's obsessed with dusting.
#38
Found This In The Attic Of Our New House. Not Sure Why It's There
Janos Schumacher 7 months ago
It's a witch ward likely. Like a jar full of iron nails and chicken bones. You'll find them in attics out east. It keeps the witches out.
#39
Found This Creepy Doll In My Grandmothers Attic
PeepPeep the duck 7 months ago
Omg I had one too, it’s the rabbit from Alice in wonderland, mine had the clothes still and was in better condition. I called him Girly, cos that’s what my dad called it as a child in the 50s 😂 sadly it got eaten by rats in 2007
#40
Found This In The Closet Of Our New House
#41
Found Some Nice Rocks Holding Up Our 1840s Farmhouse While Investigating Water Leaks In The Crawl Spaces
Brian Droste 7 months ago
My house was built in 1920. It is the same way. You have to understand they didn't have the same standard or rules they have today to build houses back then. They build them however they wanted.
#42
Child’s Drawing On The Wall At The Rent House I’m At
#43
This 15 Year Old Stash Of Canned Food I Found In My Crawl Space From The House’s Previous Owner
#44
Crawlspace Under My Bed
#45
The Wall Paintings From A House My Firm Is Working On. Sorry If This Isn’t Weird Enough, Just Been Giving Me The Creeps All Day
#46
This Creepy Doll I Found In The Dumpster On My First Day In My New Apartment
#47
This Symbol Appeared On All My Windows After Shower Fogged Up Apartment
#48
Found Under My Friends House. Any Idea What Kind Of Bone It Is?
Thorsten Massow 7 months ago
Looks like about 15 cm long (6 in). The scale can be the bricks of the wall. The bone looks rather sturdy for the length. Since the shape looks like a femur, I would assume it is an animal like a pig.
#49
Found A Creepy Message In Basement
We moved to this 100 year old house last year and I just noticed this message written on one of the floor joists in the corner of the unfinished part of the basement. Not sure what to make of it.
#50
Recently Moved Into A New House And I Found This Drawing On The Walls In The Garage. Anyone Know What It Means?
#51
I Found 150 Pieces Of Corn In My Floor. My House Is From The 1700s
#52
We Found A Radiation Mask In The Basement Of My Boyfriend's New House
Beautifullybroken 7 months ago
My husband's aunt was in the hospital and had been under going radiation for a tumor in her jaw ( metastasized breast cancer) went to her house to get her some clothes to come home in forgot to turn the bedroom light on and almost had a heart attack because she had her mask hanging on her wall
#53
Went Into My Attic For The First Time, Wasn’t Expecting To Find This…
#54
Whatever This Is. Found Painted On A Wall In A Home We Recently Bought. Any Help Would Be Appreciated
Uncle Panda 7 months ago (edited)
It needs an enigmatic name to be great art. How about "God made Satan too."
#55
Wooden Panel Moved Again
Moved into this place 9 months ago. Maybe 3 months ago I noticed this wooden panel in my closet ajar. We checked, nothing up there unusual. Well we didn't actually enter but I took a quick video with the flash on. Well it was open again this morning. I do toss my clothes up into my closet but the panel is slide to the left not pushed back in the direction I throw my clothes.
ShortAttnSpanTheatre 7 months ago
On the opposite side of the world, someone has a switch that doesn't seem to operate anything...
#56
Just Noticed This Buried Window On My House
#57
Bought My First Home A Couple Weeks Ago. Never Checked Out The Attic Until The Other Night. This Was The Only Thing In It
#58
This Was Hanging In My Basement When We Moved In
#59
Notes In My Crawl Space
Outside of our little crawl space door, someone wrote "hi, Rudy!" on the wall. My husband and I regularly joke about living with Rudy. Like when my husband leaves the cabinet doors open or forgets his glass of milk inside the pantry for me to find in the morning and so on, we blame Rudy.
Today a plumber came by and had to go in the crawl space (which I am too much of a baby to enter myself) and he took pics to show me the pipes, totally ignoring these weird notes that were pinned to the walls!!
Huddo's sister 7 months ago
They look like rules for a children's secret club. I'm surprised it doesn't say boy/girls only.
#60
On A Bar In My New House
#61
Found This From My Grandmas Attic
#62
My Parents' House Was Destroyed In A Tornado A Year And A Half Ago. When They Moved Back In Last Week And Started Unpacking, They Found This In A Box
They have never seen it before and have no idea where it came from, but now it sits on a shelf in their living room.
Ty Stratton-Quirk 7 months ago
I'm guessing they don't actually put it on the shelf; it just shows up there whenever they try to get rid of it.
#63
Just Moved Into A New House And Found This Hanging Over The Right Side Of The Front Door. Attached To A Horseshoe Type Thing, Looks To Be Some Creepy Voodoo Type Thing
Lyone Fein 7 months ago
These little weird looking doll figures folks find are often stashed in walls near doors. They are supposed to serve as some sort of guardian or protective entity.
#64
Bought A House, Moved Over The Weekend. Took My First Shower In The New Place Yesterday And This Steamed Up In The Mirror. It Says 91286
WindySwede 7 months ago
Someone on reddit, a part number for this: https://www.rona.ca/en/product/tub-shower-stem-mueller-91286-4-1-8-brass-6784437
#65
As If Our Basement Wasn’t Creepy Enough
#66
Just Bought This White Elephant Property, Complete With Scary Basement
Huddo's sister 7 months ago
What's a white elephant property? I've only heard white elephant meaning knick knacks sold at a market/fete.
#67
Creepy Picture Found In An Attic
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Anna Drever 7 months ago
My biggest regret is when we remodelled our kitchen a few years ago and there was a waste space in the corner that is inaccessible that I didn’t leave something creepy in there for the next folks to find when they redo the kitchen. Wasted opportunity. Darn it.
Anna Drever 7 months ago
My biggest regret is when we remodelled our kitchen a few years ago and there was a waste space in the corner that is inaccessible that I didn’t leave something creepy in there for the next folks to find when they redo the kitchen. Wasted opportunity. Darn it.
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