She shared her findings on social media after finding their belongings under the house

A woman couldn’t believe what she found beneath her house while cleaning up the outside of her house.

Owning a home comes with its own challenges, such as the mortgage, maintenance and taxes just a few of the headaches on offer, but you wouldn’t expect a random person staying under your home to be a particularly common issue among home-owners.

But for one American woman, it came as a shock when she discovered that the small hatch leading to the crawlspace under her house was unlocked and open.

Naturally, she investigated and posted her findings on both Reddit and YouTube.

The woman is known as u/springchikun on the former social media site, and explained how she found the stranger beneath her 113-year house in a thread.

“I don’t think it’s been slept in super recently. It would be a serious risk for them and it’s been very warm. I do think they access it to access their belongings at least weekly. The opening had no cobwebs inside as well,” she began.

“Having said that, to the left […] there were more items and a backpack. Maybe the things belong to different people who had the same idea?”

Adding that the bag had a head-shaped dent in it, she theorised if it could be a place to sleep or just storage, either way, she’s was not the biggest fan of the discovery.

The Oregon-based woman continued: “In my defence, I didn’t know because I struggle to hear, the house is large, and I don’t spend time in that part of the house,

“I’m gone a lot. I have a day job and I restore old cemeteries as a hobby – and I’ll be gone up to 12 hours a day sometimes. When I get home I’m usually exhausted and sleep hard,” she revealed.