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Man shocked after finding hidden TUNNEL behind bookcase leading to secret rooms filled with mysterious writing
A MAN has been left shocked after discovering a secret TUNNEL in his home hidden behind a bookcase.
Freddy Gooddall, 23, had been looking through photos of his 500-year-old family home when he realised the property could be hiding a secret - realising a picture of the library showed a door that was no longer there.
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After doing a bookcase clear out in a bid to find the doorway, Freddy managed to uncover an entire hidden tunnel leading to secret rooms.
In a TikTok video, which now has over 4.5 million views, Freddy is seen clearing the books off the shelves when he first realises noticed the back panel of the bookcase was hollow.
The property developer proceeds to remove the screws on the front-facing wooden panel, to then find the back of the bookcase lead to a dark, empty room.
Once entering the dark room, Freddy spots another panel on the floor which presents him access to a secret passageway leading to various underground corridors and rooms.
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Freddy said: "I was excited to find something new in a house I have lived in for so long!
"It was pitch black so very creepy at first!"
During his investigation, Freddy spotted a ladder leading to another room above where he finds a larger room filled with cobwebs, dust and a huge wasp nest.
Documenting his findings in a series of follow up videos, Freddy found several other passageways, which he believes were used by servants to get around the property unnoticed by the landlord.
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"I believe they were servant passages that run under the house and used this to get back and forth from their quarters without being noticed," he said.
"I left the rooms as they were, I like that they have been the same for hundreds of years, there is so much history to be found in each room."
While exploring, Freddy discovered a brick wall with mysterious names and dates written in chalk, as well as an old safe.
He broke the safe open and found books dating back to 1848 filled with information about the house and some letters.
Freddy also found old school books and desks used in the 1900s when the property was an educational institution.
The videos received widespread attention across TikTok with one user commenting: “I immediately would have called the cops on my own house”.
One user said: “Mans found the chamber of secrets”. [sic]
“Where serial killer hides his bodies,” another user said.
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