An abandoned cottage on the edge of the woods in Liverpool has a mysterious "curse" warning attached to its gates.
The Cottage, number 43 on Southwood Road, is the final building on the road and is located near St Michael's Train Station and Aigburth Cricket Club.
The property looks derelict, with overgrown grounds and locked gates and it is believed nobody lived there since its owners' son died two years ago.
The front door is boarded up and there is some evidence of potential fire damage to the property.
But the unique thing about it is a mysterious picture with some messages attached to the locked front gates of the cottage, the Liverpool Echo reports.
The framed black and white image is of a smiling woman and a closer look suggests it is part of a last will and testament.
The names David Oliver and Paula Marjatta McKay are mentioned, alongside a warning that states: "Whoever removes this from its position will receive 48 hours of regret."
The word "Kanmah" is also written several times on the document.
Around the side of the dilapidated cottage and along one of its extensive, overgrown walls is another picture frame, with the same black and white image of the same woman.
Different messages are written on this frame, with one saying "Remain loyal to you Paula" and the other adding "Extraordinary person who will live on."
At the bottom of the frame a message reads: "To Kanmah, your loyal servant."
Our colleagues at the Liverpool Echo tried to build a picture of the history of the property.
They found that Land Registry documents show that the registered owners of the cottage are Arthur Robert McKay and Paula Marjatta McKay - who is the woman named on the pictures.
The documents show that the couple bought the house on August 12, 1977.
The couple are believed to have lived at the property with their son Erik McKay, who sadly died in the cottage at the age of 57 on November 4, 2019.
During their investigations, journalists at the Echo spoke to John Parry, who was a close friend of Erik's for much of his life.
He said the two had lost touch and he only found out recently of his death from a discussion about the cottage on the nextdoor.co.uk community website.
John, 55, who still lives in the Aigburth area, said: "Erik was a good friend of mine, but he had a troubled life.
"We grew up in the area together, he lived in the cottage and I lived close by in Belgrave Road."
John said he believes Erik's father worked for the British Transport Police and that originally the family lived in a house attached to St Michael's Station that was provided by the force - before they purchased the cottage directly opposite.
He said that sadly Erik's father died at a relatively young age, leaving Erik and his mother Paula living in the cottage.
John said: "Erik and his mum were together for a long time, he was quite well known in south Liverpool - not everyone liked him but we always got on, he was my friend.
"We used to play in the big cottage garden, shooting targets with air rifles."
John said that Erik had worked as a nurse at one stage but went on to struggle with mental health issues and spent some time in hospital.
He added: "He was an incredibly intelligent man, he was so well read - he was a real character.
"Yes he had struggles but he was a good friend to me, if you got to know him well he was a really nice lad and he had a dog that he really loved.
"He had periods of his life where he was really good and well, but at other times life got the better of him."
It is understood that the cottage has remained derelict since Erik's death in 2019.
When police accessed the property following his death they found and collected a number of antique firearms dating from the early 1900s and some ammunition that Erik appeared to have collected.
The front access gates to the cottage are now firmly locked with chains and the front door has been boarded up.
The sprawling grounds that spread far to the rear of the building are now completely overgrown.
The circumstances around Paula McKay are not clear, but a number of people commenting on the community site have suggested she may now be living elsewhere in the city.
According to the Land Registry the property remains in Mrs McKay's name.
It is also not clear who placed the messages and the pictures on the gates.
