New Yorker Finds Bone In Wall Of House She Bought Sight Unseen At Auction

A homeowner who bought a house at auction without ever seeing it made a gruesome discovery in her basement.

New Yorker Julissa Quero and her boyfriend Thomas Maida were cleaning out the basement when they found what looked like a leg bone in the wall.

“We had recently moved in and [my boyfriend] was cleaning out the cobwebs in the basement,” she told Newsweek. “It was full of them. He had one of those head flashlights from a brand called Olight (they are very strong) and he spotted it sticking out of the wall. My boyfriend and his family of nurses think it is part of a leg bone.”

A video shared by Quero to TikTok, which has amassed over 493,000 views, shows her going into the basement and moving toward a wall.

In the video she tells viewers that she and her boyfriend found something when they were cleaning out the basement.

In a POV shot, she walks down the steep stairs before the camera lands on what looks like a bone wedged in a gap between bricks in the wall.

The couple called law enforcement. A forensics team took a sample of the bone and the couple are waiting to hear back, Quero told Newsweek.

“I was very reluctant to think it was really anything,” she said. “My dad raised me watching horror films and I honestly didn’t think much of it. I don’t believe in ghosts or anything like that.”

The couple bought the cottage-style home in New York State, which was built in 1930, “sight unseen” at auction.

The average house price in the state area is $480,516, according to property website Zillow, compared to an average of $757,540 in New York City, where Quero is originally from.

Plenty of TikTok users took to the comments to share their thoughts on her viral video.

“That basement looks like it comes pre haunted,” said Chuck Connors.

“Whole new meaning to “if the bones are good” when referring to houses,” said one person with the username @user9531567651438.

Meanwhile, greysaddict2020 joked: “Does Zillow have a new filter for murder houses or something?”

“So was the haunting thrown in for free or was that extra?” said KMom.

“If that was my house I could’ve lived there my whole life and never gone down to the basement,” Jessica shared.

And @Meowers82 commented: “Washer and dryer would be hooked up upstairs. No way I would go down that to do laundry.”

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