Spooked: Unusual Writing in the Attic
??Haunted Home Inspections Week! Spooky things I’ve seen on inspections over the years.??
Just in time for Halloween, I had a very creepy inspection experience in an attic with a truss-framed roof system. This is a type of engineered framing system that fills the space with beams presenting in multiple angles. This kind of attic design is not suitable for storage, and makes it very difficult for people to walk around.
This made it especially perplexing for me to discover a series of large letters fashioned in between the trusses on the roof backing. In the picture you can easily see two of them: T,R.?
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The letters looked like they were made from HVAC duct flashing tape or some other building material tape. This material doesn’t belong in an attic, especially not in that location. However, it does create a nice, shiny mirror effect. As I inspected further, I saw that the letters were backwards and formed a single word:
T R U C E ?
According to my client, there’s a theory that spirits pass through mirrors and being “on the other side,” therefore read in mirrored letters. This intrigued my clients, who took it as a quite literal sign that the house was haunted.
Who do you think could be the intended recipient of this message?
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