Doug discovered it when he was patching those vents, and initially he thought it was ours. Which it's not.
Oh, say hello to Contractor Douglas.
I'm hoping that there's some crazy cool back story to it. Like the previous owners from decades ago weren't really the boring attorneys and rug shop owners we were told about, but pirates or bank robbers or undercover spies. And we're going to find a bag of loot or a chest of booty. Or something.
Just as long as they weren't hunters. Or serial killers.
Pirates and bank robbers are fine.
Click here and here to read about other interesting and strange things that I've found left behind in properties.
UDPATE: Andrew called the police as a precaution, and a very nice officer just came by to pick up the gun. He said that he had a call not too long ago where the owners found an old, bloody infant's shirt while doing work on their new home. He said that the FBI is using it in the investigation of a missing child from decades ago. Then he asked if I'd found any bodies. Which was a bad joke. I hope.
SECOND UPDATE: Clearly, there is not enough crime in our neighborhood. Officers are collecting in our driveway and coming through the house chatting and looking at the work we're doing. It's like a block party with a lot of blue. Don't threaten me with a good time.
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Careful girl! Yes, it is amazing what people leave behind, I wouldn't be too thrilled to find a gun...Janell
Whoa! That's a serious find. Creepy.
The oddest things we've found while doing work on our house: a 2nd shower (disguised as a linen closet), and a large cement patio (buried under several inches of mulch). We have a good time trying to envision the different people that lived in our house over the past 40 years (it used to be a rental property). The neighbors tell us that at one point there was a shooting in our front yard. They are really really happy that we live here now, haha.
Are you serious with that second update?!
I absolutely am, Suz! Insanity over here.
our tax dollars at work! haha
Too funny...the updates that is.
Not so much with the gun. Kind of weird.
Since I didn't manage to shoot my eye out, I'd say it's been a pretty good day.
Better to be safe than sorry. Your husband was smart to call the cops.
He was. I know. So smart. And he has a great backside, too. Plus, he's modest.
Where is he, anyway?
I wouldn't be surprised if that gun was either 1) a teenage boy's that he was hiding from the 'rents or 2) a gun that the parents were keeping away from the kids and forgot about.
The story about the infant's shirt is sad and scary.
Are you serious?! Crazy times over there! Hearing the words "officers are collecting in our driveway" it makes me a bit nervous. And no, I do not have a rap sheet.
One of these days I will have a regular, banal, sleepy kind of day to report.
Until then you'll have to settle for guns and walls collapsing.
I wonder how old the gun is. Looks like a bebe-type gun, though I don't know from Mary what a real gun looks like.
At least it's good blogging material!
Holy fun! That's awesome! I've always wanted to find something odd in a place I move into. The best thing we ever found was a check registry in a drawer with odd tings like "surprise party" and "found money" in the entries. So strange.
But, Justin, that's SO MUCH COOLER bc then you get to make up a really bizarre story yourself. Like, the surprise party was for the wife's great-grandmother who was married to her gay assistant who was 30 years her junior... Wait, no no, I'm getting that mixed up with a true story...
That's really scary (don't see too many guns in London town!)
Kitty x
Ah, yes, that's right, Kitty! I always forget. Guns are illegal in England, right?
First, OMG I would have cried if a gun magically appeared in my house.
Second, you used my favoritest phrase ever. EVER. :)
Wow. That is FREAKY.
Cops have a different kind of humor, I think. It's hard to read them (not that I would know, I'm just assuming).
They were actually really great, Amanda. But, yeah, that body comment was FUH-REAK-EEE.
Holy crap - what is going on over there?!? Keep us posted!!
The missing infant thing is freaking me out!
THIRD UPDATE: Still no pirate booty to report. But, alas, I have not given up...
Ohhhh....pirates PUHlease! And the missing infant thing? Not okay. I feel like I'm watching cold case...which, incidentally, is a show that scares me. DO tell me what happens.
This is the craziest reno blog post I've ever read on any reno blog anywhere! Wow.
Basically I love this post because you sneakily included the word "booty"
-Cara @ Live the Home Life
btw... not all attorneys are boring. At least some of us try not to be...well, sometimes. Sometimes we just like to say crazy stuff like non-mutual collateral estoppel just to sound like the most awesomest (yes, I realize the grammar error there-- sic me!) thing ever, and then we realize we're.actually.just.boring.
SIGH. Fail.
Cara, that was my grand plan.
Jessika, I love it! I'm emailing that to a friend of mine who's an attorney. Coincidentally, he is also boring. Don't worry, though, you don't qualify. I read your blog and I'm certain you're safe from Boring Attorney Syndrome. But I hear it's contagious so be careful.
Whoa! I just now saw this, wow! Every day is an adventure for you guys! BTW - having a giveaway, hope you two will enter!
You know, the only things I've found in our house is a bottle of Olive oil next to a can of WD-40 in our upstairs linen closet, next to the bathroom. I guess they loved being oiled up. Why can't I find dangerous weapons or have cops come over to check out my amazing renovations? It's not fair!
So, are you going to post a close-up pic of your hub's amazing backside, or are we just supposed to imagine it?
ps - thank you so much for your lovely comment about my before and during posts, I got teary-eyed when I read it!
They're great, Sara! They crack me up!
Oh, and I'm not going to post pictures of his backside. I lied. It's not that great.
It's like when people say, "I would have never pictured you two together," and I say, "Well it's totally NOT because he's good in bed. He's terrible at that SO BACK OFF."
Teehee.
It's just a pellet gone. Settle down every one.
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