A man’s life has been turned into the plot of a horror story’ after discovering a mysterious door in his basement.
He explained how he recently moved into a new house and when exploring the property, he came across a ‘hidden basement room’.
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, 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: “Dude, you’ve got to open this door. Just make sure to live stream it. You know, just in case.”
His dogs are scared to go near it (Image: u/BlurghUsername)
One more user added: “Have you tried contacting the previous owners to ask then why they blocked the door? They surely must know something!”
Although the door remains untouched for now, he did share his intention to one day open it and reveal what’s 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.”
