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What is the strangest thing you've "inherited" when moving to a new house?
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We moved into a house and found a bird of prey in the freezer. The previous occupants were keen on taxidermy and the bird had flown into the patio doors and died. They were intending to have it stuffed.
They'd stored it in an old freezer in the garage, but never got round to taking it to the taxidermist. I rang them up to tell them what I'd found, and they called back to collect it.
They'd stored it in an old freezer in the garage, but never got round to taking it to the taxidermist. I rang them up to tell them what I'd found, and they called back to collect it.
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the place was a tip.. mouldy food in the kitchen, graffiti on the walls.. you'd think someone would have given it a once over!
my brother viewed a property with blue-bottle flies on the living room carpet... in the shape of a human body! apparently the "late" owner had lain undiscovered for a while!
my brother viewed a property with blue-bottle flies on the living room carpet... in the shape of a human body! apparently the "late" owner had lain undiscovered for a while!
Wow! What a coincidence Craft!
Mrs Chappie. Well, doors slamming hard, very heavy footsteps (hob nail boots?) running across the hall and crashing up the stairs and crossing the upstairs rooms, pictures leaping off shelves, items going missing only to reappear months later in the most accessible and obvious places, all the leaves of large houseplants 'dancing' vigorously, guests being 'sat upon' during the night (one has suffered with asthma ever since), names being called, my car seen parked outside when I, and it, were in fact miles away, clocks and watches regularly being set back an hour - and lots more. Our ghosts were a daily occurrence in darkness or daylight. The list is endless. We eventually moved. :o)
Mrs Chappie. Well, doors slamming hard, very heavy footsteps (hob nail boots?) running across the hall and crashing up the stairs and crossing the upstairs rooms, pictures leaping off shelves, items going missing only to reappear months later in the most accessible and obvious places, all the leaves of large houseplants 'dancing' vigorously, guests being 'sat upon' during the night (one has suffered with asthma ever since), names being called, my car seen parked outside when I, and it, were in fact miles away, clocks and watches regularly being set back an hour - and lots more. Our ghosts were a daily occurrence in darkness or daylight. The list is endless. We eventually moved. :o)
We had a new house in the early 70's and had a stone fireplace built the builder came and left the dressed stone in the lounge. I looked at the stone and they were all old gravestones. The longest stone went across the top of the fire the name on the other side was Annabella. If anything went wrong it was Annabellas' fault. we stayed in the house for 3 years not very happy for various reasons. The man who bought it from us was a copper, his mate was shot and killed he was injured on duty. The people after that had a daughter who became very ill needing a transplant. The house has changed hands a few times and I've lost track of the people who lived there now.
In the cellar of a fixer upper we found a mahogany cross about 2 feet high with a brass name plate. The name wasn't the name of the family who had lived there for about 40 years. It got moved about while we worked down there and when the work was finished we thought we'd best lob it onto the skip in case it worried the tenants!
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