A Norwegian Couple Lifted Up Their Floorboards – And Found A Chilling Secret Lurking Underfoot
In the town of Bodø in northern Norway, a couple are hard at work renovating their family home. For more than a century, it has been handed down through the generations – all the while hiding a haunting secret. Now, the floorboards have been prised up to reveal a cache of mysterious relics buried in the dirt. So what is the story of this modern treasure trove?
Back in 1914, Mariann Kristiansen’s great-grandfather built the property in Bodø, a surprisingly bustling town located north of the Arctic Circle. But it seems as if he was totally oblivious to what was lurking beneath the foundations. Finally, in May 2020 renovations revealed what the house has been hiding all these years.
Hoping to improve the insulation in the century-old property, Kristiansen and her partner lifted the floorboards on the ground level. As they did so, they might have expected to find dust, garbage, even a mouse or two – the typical stuff that gathers under an old house. But what they actually uncovered was something that neither of them were expecting.
In this coastal town on the edge of the Norwegian Sea, the couple unearthed a fascinating secret – a relic buried long before the house was built. Plus it had been lurking in the ground for centuries before the dramatic discovery. But what was it? And how did it wind up beneath a fairly unremarkable family home?
Located more than 700 miles north of the Norwegian capital at Oslo, Bodø is part of the county known as Nordland. Along with Troms og Finnmark, the two regions make up northern Norway – around a third of the country’s total landmass. And even today, it remains one of the remotest parts of mainland Europe.
