What a Family Found Behind a Hidden Door in Their New Home

A Virginia family was stunned to find a secret room behind a hidden door in the home they recently moved into. Levi and Kelsey Gilles and their 15-year-old daughter Ada just moved into their new home when they made the shocking discovery. Ada was unpacking her things in the room she picked, when she noticed a latch on the floor. The latch led to a hidden door that opened to a room no one in the family knew existed. On the floor in the room was a hidden drawer, and inside was a box of rare coins.

[abatmanda]

Can we talk about how the family looks like college roommates not parents and a child!?

[FireCracker]

Imagine if the previous homeowners never knew about that hidden room, and those were not their coins.

[eyesee]

Kudos to this family for returning this discovered treasure! Really a stand up thing to do!

[erwin]

It’s a bit disturbing how the lock prevents someone from the side of the hidden room from coming out instead of the lock being inside the hidden room. Makes you wonder what the purpose of that room was……

[missycitty]

That was super decent of them to return the coins. A lot of people wouldn't bother.
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Cool little space!!

[SadeWithTheReceipts]

Let’s see if we see a movie about this in the near future, then we find out who stayed and was locked in that room. I mean we saw house of horrors and many more 🤷🏽‍♀️

[BAMAUDITS]

"the secret room was fully insulated." Well, thanks to inside edition it apparently is not a secret anymore

[onetwo]

Good on them for returning the coins. Still honest people in this world.

[c.erine]

I always dreamed of living in a house with hidden rooms and books, didn't happen. I hope they enjoy their new home, thanks for returning the coins to the owners.

[CM-unrm]

Wow top tier reporting on a big brain discovery. I was so utterly and totally shocked when the bookshelf that had a lock on the outside of it opened!! Good thing they explained how to unlock it too I’ve never seen one of those latches before

[dieseldabz]

If you call that a "secret room" y'all would think my grandparents old farmhouse I grew up in as well was some type of magical place as there were many different hidden rooms much like that upstairs and was essentially attic space or for storage back then so as to not waste the space by just blocking it off or sealing them. I thought they were very neat as a kid but also a little scary at times.

[ocoss]

I’m more impressed at how young the parents looked!

[ZENMASTERME]

That’s the character of this family, the fact that they found someone else’s treasure and returned it without a second thought!

I Tip My Hat To You Gilles Family 🎩

[candya]

Seriously a hidden room? Lol . It’s unused storage space that is common in older homes.

[faithm]

So glad to hear they returned the coins to the previous owners! Stellar folks! 💌

[gabriellesierra]

I grew up in Virginia. I had multiple friends with older houses that had hidden rooms and spaces like this in the walls (made for great games of hide and seek as kids!!) so this home likely used to be a safe house that was used/constructed during the days of the Underground Railroad. People trying to help free ensalved African Americans had small rooms like this in their houses (and usually more than one) to protect these people in case police or anyone unsavory came knocking/snooping around

[MasterfHyrule]

I'm still trying to find the secret room in the house I bought... Sadly I haven't found one.

[trttv]

I would have used that and embraced that area as a safe instead of exposing it to the world …

[stevenbrooks]

If I had found found those coins, the reporter would've said, "The homeowner was able to return the coins to the pawn shop." 😂

[KennyMcCormick]

Returned to the previous homeowners?? They were probably like, "Thaaaanks. Hey Honey, you know of any secret door & valuable coins?? No, but keep smiling & shaking their hand." 😁