A man has told how he feels like he's living the plot of a "horror movie" after finding a hidden door in the basement of his new home.
He recently moved into the new house and was exploring the property when he came across the "hidden basement room".
Access to the area is blocked by a huge metal cabinet, and he claims even his dogs won't go near it.
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Telling the story on Reddit, he shared a picture of the mysterious door and was inundated with requests to venture inside and "solve the mystery".
However he shot down the idea, saying horror movies have taught him better than to open spooky doors, Mirror UK reports.
He wrote: "The previous owners of my new house blocked this hidden basement room off with a shelf - the door does not lead outside.
"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."
In response, 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 added: "Obviously go through the door! You've got to see what's back there!"
A third said: "Dude, you've got to open this door. Just make sure to live stream it. You know, just in case."
Someone else 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."
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