Finding a hidden room in your new home can be equally exciting and terrifying, wondering what lies behind the door.
However for one man who discovered just this, it was a nightmare scenario which soon turned into the plot of a 'horror story'.
After discovering a mysterious door in his basement, the new property owner explained how he recently moved and when exploring the new pad, he came across a 'hidden basement room'.
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However, access to the room is blocked by a metal cabinet separating him from the door. Taking to Reddit, he said: "The previous owners of my new house blocked this hidden basement room off with a shelf - the door does not lead outside."
After sharing a picture of the door on social media, as reported by the Mirror, the man was inundated with requests to venture inside to "solve the mystery". But he quickly shot this idea down, saying horror movies have taught him better than to open spooky doors.
He added: "My dogs won’t go near the door so I’m doubly not opening it.
"Horror movies have taught me that the questions posed are always scarier and more interesting than any answer I could get out of it, so that motherf***** is staying closed."
Commenting on his discovery, one user said: "This is absolute torture. How do you sleep at night knowing there's a door in your house that leads to the unknown? Round up a posse, live stream and open that s***!"
Another user added: "Obviously go through the door! You've got to see what's back there!"
A third user said: "Have you tried contacting the previous owners to ask then why they blocked the door? They surely must know something!"
To this day the door remains shut. However for those curious, the owner has said he intends to one day see what's really inside.
He added: "It's truly against my nature to not open it but if my dogs don’t wanna go near it, I don’t wanna go near it.
"It’s probably nothing and I want it to be something so I want to keep that mystery alive!
"I’ll open it eventually I just don’t want it to be nothing. The mystery’s always cooler than the answer anyway."
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