While walls are typically destinations for insulation, support beams, and the occasional good hunk of asbestos, sometimes other objects find themselves lurking within our homes. A collection of razors. Strange murals. Heck, even secret messages emblazoned on decades-old beer bottles. There's a whole lot hiding in our homes, a lesson several Redditors learned for themselves.
From 50,000 bees to a century-old marriage certificate, here are 21 bizarre things people discovered after breaking into their walls.
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“Found a safe behind a wall in a house that was being demolished.”
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“Found a hot tub and steam room behind a basement wall.”
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“Took a radiator off the wall to decorate and found this ancient, alien invasion wallpaper.”
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“found old newspapers used as insulation in the wall of a 130 yo house.”
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“Found a key inside my wall”
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“Friend tore down his wall for renovations and found this mural on another wall behind it.”
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“1977 mcdonald's christmas trash found in the wall of our house.”
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“Found a used razor stash in the wall.”
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“Found a message on a beer bottle behind a wall of a home being demolished.”
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“1866 Penny found in wall of my old house during renovation.”
11
A little girl had complained of monsters hiding in her closet. 50,000 bees were later discovered living in her walls.
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“Jewellery found inside a wall in a Victorian house.”
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“I opened a ventilation cavity in a wall and found old love letters bound in string.”
14
“Tore down a wall in our house and found a drawing from 1910.”
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“Found this bayonet hidden in a wall of house my dad and I were renovating.”
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“I found a pice of chipped paint in my wall that was actually a piece of the Bible.”
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“While replacing a wall in my basement, I found a 100-year-old marriage certificate.”
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“Found the original front to my house behind my bedroom wall paneling.”
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“This McDonald’s cup found in a wall during a kitchen renovation.”
20
“Found a bullet proof vest in a box hidden inside my wall”
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“I found a Christian Bible hidden in the walls of a church printed in 1862.”