If you’re not on Twitter you may have just missed an EPIC real-life creepy story – but don’t worry, we’ll get you all caught up. Not only was the story super creepy, it was so brilliantly told that it may just have inspired a new genre of Twitter stories….who knew you could be a brilliant story-teller with just 140 characters a pop?!
It all began with this innocuous tweet from Olivia Cole, aka @RantingOwl,
So I may have done the whitest thing imaginable today. I never thought I would be this white woman.
But here we are. Join me for this story
— Olivia A. Cole (@RantingOwl) May 11, 2017
What followed was a story so fantastic that J.K.Rowling tweeted this:
This is some good Twitter storytelling.
? https://t.co/5MG3HxQ3Uh— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 11, 2017
So Olivia and her husband just moved to Louisville and are looking for a new place because they hate their apartment. They had a viewing with a realtor yesterday – which quickly moved into the realms of the creepy. Telling the story, Olivia illustrates her reactions and those of her husband with an inspired choice of GIFS
We really want more space so have been checking out rental homes. Today we saw this cute older house. A bungalow. I was all pic.twitter.com/w8N5hBgH8N
— Olivia A. Cole (@RantingOwl) May 11, 2017
It rained last night so the outside is a little gloomy. Older house. Wet stone. My husband is like “Eh it’s a little creepy.” pic.twitter.com/iHHpG7NCYq
— Olivia A. Cole (@RantingOwl) May 11, 2017
Olivia starts to fall for the period features of the house like crown mouldings and buil-in china closets but hubby is noticing some weird signs….
“What are these scratches on the window?”
Agent: “Oh, I think it’s tough to open so probably a little wear and tear.”
Me: “Oh okay!”
Him: pic.twitter.com/DJOgLCTKgi
— Olivia A. Cole (@RantingOwl) May 11, 2017
We check out the upstairs. Perfect room for a nursery. Master bedroom is smallish, but nice big closet. Me right now: pic.twitter.com/Em1NQ2msmW
— Olivia A. Cole (@RantingOwl) May 11, 2017
So they find some odd stuff – like a little door at the back of a closet leading to a tiny dark room but it’s the basement that really creeps them out!
“It’s very clean and not super dark. Lots of shelving. Couple chairs.
And a door in the very back.
It has three padlocks & a sliding lock.”
Husband immediately: “What does that door go to?”
Agent quickly: “Oh, I don’t think it goes anywhere. We don’t have a key.”
Me: Ok!
Him: pic.twitter.com/4x4ISH3DXb
— Olivia A. Cole (@RantingOwl) May 11, 2017
While the agent’s desperately playing dumb, things get weirder outside. While Olivia’s gushing over the garden, her husband spots the creepiest thing of all.
We go to the backyard. It’s so cute. Rosebushes. Hostas and shit. Firepit.
Me, forgetting about the door locked to keep the Devil out: pic.twitter.com/bZrS4DmeAh
— Olivia A. Cole (@RantingOwl) May 11, 2017
Husband: You realize that door is on the opposite side of the basement. (points at blank wall) That’s where the locked door should be.
Me: pic.twitter.com/tn7X9Y6xqF
— Olivia A. Cole (@RantingOwl) May 11, 2017
Yep that creepy house has a door that’s locked with three padlocks and a sliding lock and no-one knows where the door leads! Olivia continues with some hilarious commentary on what happened once the couple left the property and ends with tweeting “I was almost signing a 12 month lease with The Conjuring bc my white ass got taken in by some original hardwood floors & a porcelain tub”.
Needless to say, people just couldn’t look away:
@Batty_Bwoy @RantingOwl @Nettaaaaaaaa ALL OF US: pic.twitter.com/ZBh4ndJMCe
— Valerie Hall (@Noobvember) May 11, 2017
@RantingOwl pic.twitter.com/FODWL0L4gA
— wolfpussy (@battymamzelle) May 11, 2017
From all the people saying yes they’d fall for beautiful features…
@RantingOwl You would have had me at built-ins. Built in china cabinets? The Devil and I would have been having tea parties for eternity, idgaf.
— Jingles♪ (@JinglesPigtails) May 11, 2017
to the frankly strange people saying they’d love a house that creepy,
@RantingOwl What about us white ladies who would like house because of Satan’s handiwork? pic.twitter.com/8bcCz12crg
— ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@BirdG81) May 11, 2017
Yep, there were all sorts of reactions but this was what many wanted to know
@RantingOwl I think on behalf of all true crime fans, I have to say GIVE US THE ADDRESS SO WE CAN GOOGLE IT pic.twitter.com/l2d4DjylOs
— Carole29 (@Carole29) May 11, 2017
Someone even asked (and apparently a LOT of people were thinking this but didn’t want to offend)…
@RantingOwl This is too funny, I have one question, & I’m not being sarcastic, but is your husband black? Because his suspicion game is on point.??? pic.twitter.com/l2wfAxBsJI
— CarolynH. (@CarrieCnh12) May 11, 2017
@CarrieCnh12 lol yes he is. The only thing that saved us
— Olivia A. Cole (@RantingOwl) May 11, 2017
In the end though, most people couldn’t get enough
@RantingOwl No. NO. You can’t just leave it at that. Go back, open the door in the closet, unlock the basement door and come back with answers??
— TinaAnitS (@TinaAnitS) May 11, 2017
This woman basically summed it up though
@CarrieCnh12 @RantingOwl ????? this entire thread made my day!! Thank you soooo much!!! I have actual tears in my eyes!! Bless u & that aware ass husband ??
— LJ King (@MadmPresident) May 12, 2017
