Man Thinks He Found “Hornets’” Nest In Attic – Turns Pale When He Realizes What’s Inside (2 of 3)

Heart pounding, Dave steadied himself and climbed back up. The buzzing was louder now—not from insects, but from his own ears. He peeled back the fabric slowly, half expecting something to lunge at him.

What he found was far worse.

“There was a pair of shoes. Baby shoes,” he said quietly. “Wrapped in the sheets. Along with a plastic doll, and a photo. Black and white. A little girl. I don’t know who she was.”

Inside the bundle were also several pages of handwritten notes—half-crumpled, dated 1962. One of them simply read: “I had to keep her safe.”

Authorities were called immediately.

The police arrived and cordoned off the area. The home was built in the late ‘50s, and Dave had only owned it for three years—purchased after the previous owner, an elderly widow, passed away in a care facility. Records showed her husband had vanished in 1971 under mysterious circumstances.

The attic had never been fully inspected.

“We’re not ruling anything out,” a local officer told reporters. “What’s most disturbing is that this wasn’t just forgotten. It was hidden. Tucked behind paneling, wrapped meticulously. This wasn’t someone storing keepsakes. This was a secret.”

Forensic teams are now examining the materials. The doll appears handmade. The photo has no markings. The shoes are size 2, worn nearly to the sole. The notes—written in spidery cursive—are cryptic at best, referencing “hiding from him,” “the attic watching,” and one chilling final line:

“If anyone finds this, I’m sorry.”

Neighbors say the former homeowner never spoke of children, though some recall seeing her mutter to herself when no one was around. “She’d stare at the house across the street for hours,” one man said. “Just standing in her yard like she was waiting for someone to come back.”