I found a hidden room in my 1910 house – you can only access it from outside and it could have historical significance
A COUPLE have revealed the strange discovery they made in their old house.
The homeowners showed their followers the hidden room under their home.
In her video, TikTok user Staci Reafsnyder (@xoxostaciroberge) explained that the secret feature may date back further than the house itself.
She told viewers: “Our house was built in 1910 but the property dates back to the Underground Railroad.”
The Underground Railroad refers to a network of secret routes used as a resistance to enslavement by many in the South during the Civil War.
Staci’s husband could be seen crouching at the side of the couple’s home.
He leaned through what looked to be a basement window to reveal the open space.
The small concrete area featured a small tunnel entrance blocked by bricks.
“We found a hidden room in our basement that you can only access through the outside,” Staci wrote in the clip’s caption.
She clarified: “You can only get to this hidden room from this ‘window.'”
The homeowner explained that the window was boarded up when they first purchased the property.
Staci also revealed that there was no area in the home to suggest the room was a disused coal shoot.
She explained that the area resembled a cistern for holding rainwater but that this old feature could already be found elsewhere in the basement.
One viewer suggested that the odd feature was a tunnel from the Underground Railroad.
Staci said: “Our carriage house has a basement, it’s said it was used in the underground RR. We’ve yet to receive the rest of the property paperwork from the county.”
TikTok users took to the comments section to share their thoughts on the hidden room.
“We have a room like that in our house but it’s only accessible by climbing over a stone wall. I was always told it’s a cistern,” wrote one follower.
Another person joked: “[It’s a] murder room, most commonly used to murder people.”