“Discovering the Dark Secret Beneath: Man Uncovers Mysterious Trap Door in New Apartment!”
They weren’t the only ones to find something AWESOME in their basement though, check out what these different home owners found in their basement. Their house is 25 miles south of the Canadian border, and was a hotspot for Underground Railroad safe houses.
One day his father decided to remodel the basement to make it more energy efficient.
There used to be a brick wall behind the water softener.
They had always heard tales that there was an Underground Railroad hiding spot below the fireplace.
Instead of tearing up the living room floor, they tried to find it from the basement.
They found it!
The room was behind 32″ of foundation, and not easy to get to.
Here’s the room.
Slaves would hide in this tiny room, until a path to Canada was deemed safe by abolitionists.
A broken step below the trap door.
That could be dangerous.
There were a couple of pipes leading into the room, used for air and water at the time.
Sadly they didn’t find anything exciting inside the room…
…except for this awesome bayonet inside of a brick wall.
Looking down the bayonet .
The room is a total of 130″ x 32″ X 80″
Historians from a local Underground Railroad museum are coming eventually to take a look at the room.
Until then it will be left as found, spider webs and all.
That’s so cool. I wonder if I should go digging up the basement of my house and see what hidden rooms I can find.
