I remember finding a hidden attic area that was behind my closet as a child. I thought I found Narnia back then 🤣
@BennyLlama394 жыл бұрын
There's a lot *worse* things to imagine when finding a hidden attic in your house. 🙂
@ChaosAngel13314 жыл бұрын
@@BennyLlama39 Looking back on it now that's definitely true. My grandad designed my house and had it built just before I was born so I don't think I was too worried about the history of the place but if he hadn't I'd be scared for sure
@Tempirance14 жыл бұрын
I currently live in a house that was built in 1866 in Illinois. During renovations we found all sorts of things in the attic space. Several pairs of Shoes, an old wooden tool box, old tin cups and old tin lunch pail. We also removed layers of wall material to find rough hewn hardwood planks covered in sheets newspaper written in German and English. The rock walled basement is just too creepy to explore lol.
@jayceadams65074 жыл бұрын
I remember once finding old native american artifacts in my old house which I should have expected since the house had been in my family for generations it was still a great experience though
@Minnie_Bear4 жыл бұрын
"If you live in a house thats a little older -" *Me looking at my 128 year old walls with suspicion.*
@Lin-qw1qx4 жыл бұрын
MinnieBear well I’m more than suspicious in my ~300 year old house... quite terrified to be honest.
@petalpotionsart4 жыл бұрын
There's only one way to find out if you have something weird in your old house... You gotta dig it all up my dude
@EnigamiNetshinobi4 жыл бұрын
my old house was over a hundred years old and it has a well in the basement.
@EnigamiNetshinobi4 жыл бұрын
@@Lin-qw1qx i dont think ghosts stay mad for that long.
@rexy101theking34 жыл бұрын
Meh
@NATEDOG4 жыл бұрын
I remember reading about a guy who was renovating an old house he just bought when he found over $1 million in cash in the walls. The previous owner put the money there during the great depression due to fear of the banks losing the money.
@WSV1254 жыл бұрын
@@osakarose5612 Same
@babilojzka32844 жыл бұрын
I left a creepy note in my previous house so i could creep out the next people who would live in it
@dabunnyrabbit26204 жыл бұрын
😁😁😁😁 what did it say?
@jaybouchard47694 жыл бұрын
Lol me....
@andrealowe3654 жыл бұрын
My husband left a Halloween skeleton in the attic crawl space in the last house we sold.
@theinquisitivecritter4 жыл бұрын
i'm now going to do that whenever we have to move again lmao
@autumbreeze11294 жыл бұрын
@@theinquisitivecritter same 😆
@Cpn.Jay544 жыл бұрын
Damn, He had king Henry the fourths head in his attic. Huh, and people say I am weird to keep a Lance Armstrong left testicle in cryogenic stasis.
@randommemerguy50704 жыл бұрын
Hol up
@mandymarie9804 жыл бұрын
*what*
@ItsHusna5284 жыл бұрын
😳 hold up say what now?😮
@ouchylosttheirballs293 жыл бұрын
I-
@lukeslayer4 жыл бұрын
*10 WEIRDEST things found in old houses* Number 9: *SHOES*
@e.barl0w4 жыл бұрын
I thought the people would be in the list tbh
@dreggle25954 жыл бұрын
When it was being written out on screen the first s was shown last so for a second it said hoes
@grumpy_roo4 жыл бұрын
@@dreggle2595 thought I was the only one lmao
@toptextbottomtext27763 жыл бұрын
Number 1: *_Adolf Hitler's record collection._*
@iblazefielding49834 жыл бұрын
I found a free ps1 in the basement in my cousins mini mansion. All it needed was the video cord. It was like new
@basquehound19994 жыл бұрын
iblaze man good for you
@battywitch40964 жыл бұрын
“Don’t worry baby, he harmless his name is Casper” the way he said that made me SCREAM 😂😂
@lauraholmes24024 жыл бұрын
Reminded me of Eddie Murphy
@spyinthesky.71974 жыл бұрын
I've never heard Matt say "Baby" before like tha! It's quite sexy! 😉
@sidohgami26924 жыл бұрын
yep he said that in the video
@Some_dude84723 жыл бұрын
Would anyone else eat the fingernails?
@Tavialatrice3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@McPlot284 жыл бұрын
That janitors apartment has Freddy Krueger written all over it.
@Strugglebaddy6164 жыл бұрын
I had a dream of Matt where he would just NOT STOP SMILING AND COMPLIMENTING ME. HE'S JUST TOO POSITIVE LMFAO
@anonymousbosch90354 жыл бұрын
Baby... Ruth?! I seen your sneaker collection, Matt! You crazy! Just checked out The Goonies a little while ago. I forgot that Sean Astin was the lead, and Josh Brolin was his older brother! Joey Pants was in there, too. So weird... Love your face! Everyone who reads this, have a great day/ week/ month/ year!
@synnerlig4 жыл бұрын
Imagine someone in the future finding Nailogical’s peelie bag 😂
@sinandcyanide75054 жыл бұрын
5,000 years of good manicures to the holder of the peelie bag!
@chloemae56184 жыл бұрын
Oh my god that would be so funny!! They'd probably think they found a serial killers trophys of actual fingernails 🤣
@lux_iao4 жыл бұрын
Meadow lmaoooo
@aaliyahstanford45184 жыл бұрын
Your probably the funniest storytelling dude out there it's the little things you do👻
@rebeccaforbes14024 жыл бұрын
He's also a handsome dude too
@marianaprado28564 жыл бұрын
Castles in mexico are wild in the area I lived there were tequila factories. Since they were basically "nobility" they had lots of enemies so they had tunnels to escape just in case.
@diamondstones38054 жыл бұрын
3:22 I just noticed Majoras mask right behind you. Careful bro.
@mackdog32704 жыл бұрын
We did a renovation of an old lodge and found some cool stuff in the walls. Newspapers (used as insulation) from the twenties and thirties, packs of cigarettes with the cellophane intact and toiletries. All very old, we found this stuff in huge rat nests.
@J-Rod914 жыл бұрын
LOVE the “Majora's Mask” on your wall Matt!!!!
@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache4 жыл бұрын
Tigers were found in old houses? Now that must be CATastrophic
@silviathesylveon98664 жыл бұрын
Your pun wasn't CATchy
@elizabethsmith16614 жыл бұрын
It could have been a CATtastrophe
@elizabethdillow73224 жыл бұрын
It was CAT-tastic
@mariamerrill58754 жыл бұрын
Matt will Nick this pun lol
@thebestcentaur4 жыл бұрын
No. Get out.
@RaeezTheDeadPoet4 жыл бұрын
I've always wanted to leave something creepy in my house for the next occupants to find
@thisnigga59864 жыл бұрын
A spiked dildo
@raven_of_zoso4554 жыл бұрын
Basement: Leave a gallow/noose hanging from the sealing with a wobbly chair under. Hide inside a wall (or some other place they might find it much later) a really disturbing suicide note, confessing to summoning Satan (or other demonic forces) in relation to the biggest catastrophic incident that is closest to the house (or would make sense in other ways), sign the note with a random name, and date it ahead of time (hopefully, they won't find this stuff until after this date) Also, paint or carve a huge sigil into the floor, then cover it up with a carpet. If you carve it, paint it nicely with pigs blood, available at your local butcher, or sneak into a pigs farm at night and harvest it yourself, but be careful, pigs are real screamers! You can also in addition to all this, leave in a "hidden spot of the house" a dagger (with NOT a stainless steel blade), a few black candles, a tray of salt, and a cat's skull (or human bones, widely available at the graveyard, but prepare for some digging, preferably on a night with really bad weather to make sure you won't get disturbed by nosy commonfolks. And also make sure that the person you hare digging up has been left for 3-5 years, but also, a half rotten skull can make for some strange amusement among the new owners, if they were to find it, say, underneath the floorboards of the attic). Be creative!
@scarywolf23914 жыл бұрын
@@raven_of_zoso455 umm... I'll be sure to try that. Thanks?
@onlyplayaseattacoswiththei94334 жыл бұрын
@@raven_of_zoso455 that's a bit weird.....& well thought out 👀....as a kid my parents bought a row home in Philly & under a floor was a BUNCH of satanic/voodoo symbols
@jacob_n_r_z87554 жыл бұрын
When i moved to my grandmas house 4 years agp i found alot of things like board games, and old 1950s TV my grandma's record player and record collection. It's nice to see the past of my family and how they treasure their stuff.
@heleninglis99614 жыл бұрын
The smugglers house at 1:18 is in my hometown of Eyemouth which is a small fishing town in Scotland. Its called Gunsgreen house, there are loads of smugglers tunnels & caves all around the cliffs, really cool. Never thought it would show up here!
@KingGargantuas4 жыл бұрын
You wanna find weird things in old houses? Simple, just look through your grandparents garage, but just so you all know, what you may find may change your life forever.
@joelheath27464 жыл бұрын
That's not always a good thing. I'm just saying!
@joelheath27464 жыл бұрын
@Daniel Appleton I meant the "May chance your life forever."
@voidtarget4 жыл бұрын
You have no idea
@voidtarget4 жыл бұрын
@King Of The West until you rearrange the penzoil cans
@rlee12314 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I found a sex whip and well..... let's just say I learned some things about my grandmother. 😒🤯
@ravenspeaks59574 жыл бұрын
Admittedly only at 0:23 into the video but had to say, while I do like the creepy videos and the way you present them. I love seeing you so happy and upbeat and bubbly when you're doing videos like this or your amazing facts videos. Can't wait to see the actual rest of the video but thought I would put that out there :)
@KhloJay10244 жыл бұрын
This is hilarious! I have a 1900 Victorian, and while gutting the kitchen we found a pair of super old shoes and thought it was so strange that they were there. Now it makes more sense!
@christolappen38464 жыл бұрын
I should fart in a jar and leave it in the attic before moving somewhere else, so the next owner would find it later and open it.
@sophiefrankis94764 жыл бұрын
My dad built my house, so no risk there. Also, I love that the comedic tone is back baby, keep it up Matt.
@sabriel16024 жыл бұрын
I grew up in a very old house that needed extensive renovations. In the walls we found old clothes used to fill holes and old spoons, but the most interesting discovery was a love letter found in my bedroom. It was wedged between the boards of a shelf built into the closet and painted over many years ago. My mom deciphered it and she was able to track down the two people and their descendants. They had never married and we discovered it was a forbidden love. We framed the love letter, along with a typed copy so others could read it, and left it with the house.
@sabriel16024 жыл бұрын
@John Barber Who is the author? And is it available online?
@sabriel16024 жыл бұрын
@John Barber I found and read the poem. Thank you for the recommendation. The author is Ruth Comfort Mitchell for anyone interested. A sad but beautiful poem.
@Jjudes96654 жыл бұрын
Many years ago I was employed as a domestic help/au-pair for a family. At the back of their house when excavating for an indoor swimming pool they found the remnants of what they at first thought was an 18th century ice house. It actually turned out to be part of a partially collapsed series of tunnels that ran between their home, (previously a rectory) the village pub and a mansion type of house that would have belonged to a wealthy land owner. It was decides that the entrances were originally priest holes, but were then excavated to be used for smugglers (the infamous Hawkhurst Gang, 1735-1749 led by Thomas Kingsmill) as they were well known for that part of Kent, England. Just goes to prove that you never know what you’ll find when you either knock down a wall or dig a hole in the garden. We ourselves in 1993 found a partially complete 1952 Morris Minor car buried in our garden when we excavated for a garden fish pond!! Our cottage had been built on land that was once a flint quarry but had later been used for landfill, hence why among many other weird things we found a car!! Some neighbours of ours had found a WW2 unexplored bomb when digging to put in a septic tank!!😳🤷♀️
@zamnelna4 жыл бұрын
You totally made my day with your Goonies impression!
@Shao.Lin693 жыл бұрын
I grew up in an old 1890 farm house in Brockton Massachusetts, my brother and I watched the goonies and found a loose rock in our field stone foundation so we pulled it out looking for treasures along with some surrounding rocks making a huge hole in the foundation of our house, when my dad got home he wasn't happy, I cam actually still feel that beating when I think about it
@abigailgibson31364 жыл бұрын
That intro part you did when you read out the title of the list was amazing ! Btw I'm a long time watcher.
@amandakohler88104 жыл бұрын
When we remodeled my grandma's house, we found a pair of shoes and a bunch of newspapers from the 1880's in the wall.
@sarcasmbunny94494 жыл бұрын
I just bought a house built in the 1920s. So far during renovations we have found two things. One is a safe imbedded into the wall of the downstairs office, it looks like a bank deposit box. The other is a trap door that was nailed shut in my office upstairs revealing a weird crawl space that could fit one person.
@angiea7634 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the videos there great. When my grandfather died we found a jar with his large toenails inside. They were too thick to cut so he just pulled them off. Nobody was expecting that. 😧
@c.joyceb.89914 жыл бұрын
House built in the early 1900s..a speak easy was located.
@TA-xj5we4 жыл бұрын
I lived in a house built in the 1600's & the weirdest thing i ever saw was, MATTHEW-SANTORO!!!-OOOOOOOOoooooooo....
@abusername12704 жыл бұрын
Very glad to see you still making videos Matthew
@joelheath27464 жыл бұрын
"Classified CIA documents", Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand AD!
@jessicalinares1014 жыл бұрын
Is it weird that I noticed Majora's Mask before I noticed the KZbin award on the wall? 🤣
@DEADINMIAMI4 жыл бұрын
I’m happy to see mat is doing good and I hope everything goes well for him keep doing you mat
@halegirl06864 жыл бұрын
The animations just get better and better, honestly 🤩
@sheenakinman85064 жыл бұрын
Just cause the house is new doesn't mean the land ain't haunted.
@donovanfox77524 жыл бұрын
>:D
@Strugglebaddy6164 жыл бұрын
I don't think hauntings are real.
@joanbowden76344 жыл бұрын
@@Strugglebaddy616 once u live in a haunted house, trust me, you WILL believe!
@WhiskeyBrewer4 жыл бұрын
Civil War Trash Talk lmao that's brilliant. Yo Mama is the reason the South Shall Rise Again! ;)
@shibangibhattacharya19084 жыл бұрын
LMFAO!!
@ELEcomments4 жыл бұрын
I am currently in the process of cleaning up my 1931 home that we spent 20 years living in lol. So this video reallllllly hits home. Lol. God only knows what we're gonna find when we start tearing the additions off
@doll93404 жыл бұрын
"Hey you guys!" Anyone remember that show? My sis watches it all the time
@bettyjames41554 жыл бұрын
I always chuckle at the Truffle Shuffle!
@luhhmikke96124 жыл бұрын
What is that green check mark ?✅
@MatthewSantoro4 жыл бұрын
That is a perk of being a channel member!
@DudeThisIsTaken4 жыл бұрын
I want to go in my attic now. Never been in it, always been obsessed with them and I’ve lived in this house my whole life. xD
@Eph6-104 жыл бұрын
If there's anything the Nickoloden show ahhh real monsters taught me is that finger nails & toe clippings are monster currency!
@purplemister59743 жыл бұрын
My childhood home wasn't that old, but when we renovated the bathroom we found two old coins under the doorstep. They looked to be put there when the bathroom was renovated the last time, so we left our own coin there from the same year we renovated. From what I know, they're still there!
@jacklynne111974able4 жыл бұрын
If I found nail clippings I'd wonder what kind of ppl lived there before.
@estherpeterson89434 жыл бұрын
My home was built in 1900 and yes it has sometimes weird things that happen but I've lived here for over 30 years
@kareystanziale8574 жыл бұрын
We found a jar of teeth in our summer house in Vermont. House goes all the way back to the 1600's.
@zaneywmn14 жыл бұрын
Our house was built in 1926. Our detached garage has a rectangular pit that is at least 6 ft deep. Our attic has a box that we cannot get to because of where the floorboards stop.
@mikedavirgo4 жыл бұрын
Hey u guys! Remember being in the theater watching the Goonies. Boy does time flies..
@fluffybancake78514 жыл бұрын
Thanks matthew for making my night much better with this video💜
@themurph77804 жыл бұрын
Seven was an amazing movie!!!
@GlassesnMouthplates4 жыл бұрын
I feel like wanting to leave a replica copy of the Necronomicon Ex Mortis when I move out from my current rent house just for fun.
@Karin-ud6ph4 жыл бұрын
Man weirdest things found in my parents house was empty beer bottles, canned hard candy, and broken wine bottles from the 1800's. 🤗 not nearly as fun as these guys lols.
@isabellecarbonneau47444 жыл бұрын
After so many years, you still make me laugh so much ! Keep up the good work Matthew
@jaspr19994 жыл бұрын
The most exciting thing I ever found was an old Tonka dump truck. It was uncovered when the foundation of my house was being readied for pouring the slab. Surprisingly, it was in pretty good condition and the kids loved playing with it. As does the kids of kids, today.
@cherryblossoms854 жыл бұрын
I love happy Matthew!
@theinquisitivecritter4 жыл бұрын
when i was a kid i left a toy dinosaur in a closed off air vent before we had to move
@PupRiku4 жыл бұрын
In my last house I wrote GET OUT in red paint on my bedroom wall before putting up wallpaper...
@mandymarie9804 жыл бұрын
Riku Is A Gaymer ME
@duanehastrich14604 жыл бұрын
Always good times. Thank you 🙂.
@wtf-is-up4 жыл бұрын
My ex husband's family had a linen closet on the second floor. The entrance to the attic was also in said linen closet. Oddly there was a picture of the Crucifixion against the wall. I asked my ex husband why that was there and all he said was the last time he was in the attic he heard and felt strange things coming at him. He assumed his parents did it to keep the bad stuff in the attic.
@jonlaird50824 жыл бұрын
When me and my wife renovated our house a few years ago we found what we thought was an old fireplace covered up in the basement. So we tore away the rest of the walls and found 4 more fireplaces in the basement. I thought this was odd so I did more research on the house and it turned out our 'old house' was actually an old funeral home back in the early 1900's and they use to cremate bodies in the basement. My wife wasn't having any of it so I covered all but 1 'fireplace' and we sold it mid renovation 😂
@gaygranola4 жыл бұрын
When I was younger, I had a vintage typewriter. I remember scrunching up a bit of paper with a creepy note on it and shoving it into the mechanism so, when I sold it, the purchasers would realise the R key was stuck and find the note under the key when trying to fix it
@jessnunya48254 жыл бұрын
LMFAO " * maniacal laugh* Dont worry baby he harmless his name casper" listened to that a couple times xD made my day.
@scotthurr59254 жыл бұрын
I love that classic episodes of Doctor Who from the mid 1960's (which were thought to have been completely destroyed) were found in the 90's. Someone's Aunt had passed away and while the family was packing her things they found several reels tucked away in a chest in her attic. Apparently, she'd recorded them from TV when they originally aired... I have no idea how she did it. I honestly can't remember the details at all. Other TV shows from that era that were thought to be "lost" (Deleted) have been found in similar circumstances.
@loganmalough23794 жыл бұрын
My family house was built in the 70s and when it’s been renovated we’ve found an old set of floor tiles dating back o the 70s!
@mollymaddox30304 жыл бұрын
i love his jokes and energy :)
@its_Eleanora754 жыл бұрын
Me: *living in a house that is allegedly 500 years old with the family burried under the house* Well then..
@ekuaserwaah4 жыл бұрын
then what happened?
@chloemae56184 жыл бұрын
Ah... don't start looking through the old stuff or try building an extension 😱
@tgurl14884 жыл бұрын
Wtf you still live there!?!? I'd be gone and homeless if my only option.
@its_Eleanora754 жыл бұрын
Well, when I was younger there was a tunnel under ground, my mom tokd me that the small neighbourhood i live in is called the ancient city for a reason, basically all the basements here have a tunnel that goes under ground, rumours has in that these tunnels connect to each other and take you to another city and there's gold on the way, the government issued an order to close all these tunnels when I was younger, the neighbourhood is really old and a lot of people were captured and put in jail for selling ancient stuff they found, there was also a bakery before I was vorn that is now closed down because they found roman coins. I have to say that I'm from Tunisia (North Africa) or as it was known Carthage, so its expected to find these stuff here
@mariamerrill58754 жыл бұрын
Love the content Matt
@jefferydion4 жыл бұрын
The smuggling tunnel was so coool 🙌🏽
@thefoxboy81404 жыл бұрын
Matthew your videos make me laugh and always have a good time I really wish we could do a callob together
@christigmc4 жыл бұрын
The previous owners of my first house both died in the house. They left behind a lot of knick knacks. Statues, table settings, books, etc. Most of the stuff I either donated or sold at a garage sale. Though I think they also left me their cat. There was this cat with a collar constantly wandering my yards. When I got a dog she constantly attacked it. I called a rescue to please take her.
@caet264 жыл бұрын
Wow I miss "this" kind of videos from Matthew Santoro!!!
@tomgan57834 жыл бұрын
You are a very highly amusing individual 😂😂🙇
@authordjl74744 жыл бұрын
The background music sounds like the Intro music for Haunting in CT
@kmyoung1804 жыл бұрын
My house was built in 1900. I can only imagine what secrets my home holds!!
@MikeTHEmoneyshowmohs4 жыл бұрын
Hey Matt you look tired everything ok ?
@kaitlynlusk8174 жыл бұрын
I live in an older house that was divided into apartments. Apparently, according to our landlords, our part of the house (the upper floor) was a brothel back in the day! And the lower part was a pub/store of some sort. Also, they are currently renovating our storage room, and turning it into a bedroom, and when they removed the walls, we found a drawing of a silvery faceless humanoid figure holding what looked like knives or something? A cartoon/graffiti style demon face, and then a little “always any xoxo” message lol weird
@2atalkandpolitics4224 жыл бұрын
Glad to see the smile on your face hopefully it's not just for the camera I know you've had some rough days as you said on your other channel hope you're doing better
@jumpmanmario86154 жыл бұрын
I guess the one with the treasure in the attic must have been near King midas and the golden touch castle 😄
@badmanlen49484 жыл бұрын
Another great video 😁
@ELEcomments4 жыл бұрын
My house was built in 1931 and had many poorly added additions onto it. I'm positive there is something in that house...
@athena87944 жыл бұрын
H.H. Holmes had a trial run, you say? :p
@AliceBluegothBunny4 жыл бұрын
I used to live in an old apartment and behind the stove was an old disney toy of jasmine from aladdin lol
@onlyplayaseattacoswiththei94334 жыл бұрын
My 1st apt came w a used fridge. One day I found a bunch of condoms (wrapped) under the crisper. It was a chick who lived there b4 me. Safe to say she was cheating on somebody 😂
@AliceBluegothBunny4 жыл бұрын
@@onlyplayaseattacoswiththei9433 oh my god that is so frickan funny XD
@onlyplayaseattacoswiththei94334 жыл бұрын
@@AliceBluegothBunny it was very true. Lol. If I meet a woman FIRST thing I do is check the fridge. ...."ah ha! Magnums huh? Either you're making some new type of chicken or you used to date Shaq.....bitch please tell me its chicken 😂😂😂
@AliceBluegothBunny4 жыл бұрын
@@onlyplayaseattacoswiththei9433 now youre prepared for anything with those😂
@NovellynEstelle12174 жыл бұрын
"I'm a bit of a Sneakerhead...it's a bit of a problem. Send help!" I love it when you make me laugh out loud! 🤣🤣🤣
@nora_nayeli4 жыл бұрын
My aunt found a close up picture of Enrique Iglesias when she bought her home in 2000. She believes the previous owner knew him cause you can’t find that picture online.
@austinbarten74754 жыл бұрын
Great job with these
@aprils61542 жыл бұрын
I love Matthew's sense of humor l
@drakehamilton57074 жыл бұрын
I love his integration of the whole sub and like button popup, not begging for likes or anything. Just a little side popup as he introduces the video. Hope that continues with the change to the channel C:
@she_evel4 жыл бұрын
You don't need help for your puns! They make the world go round!! Love your sense of humor.❣️
@PandoraFoxxBurlesque4 жыл бұрын
My last flat had a secret room hidden behind the fridge, and you could only get in through a kitchen cupboard... the last tenants even left us a lovely plastic scythe in there to try and freak us out. It was pretty cool though, the room was hot as hell so we made cider in there 🥴
@bentoenjes65534 жыл бұрын
Thank god fun Matt is back!!!!
@leilaniboyd84884 жыл бұрын
I grew up in a house built by the Hatfields in West Virginia that old log cabin was creepy there had been Indian wars fought on the land, the civil war was fought on that land and we even had secret passage ways to hide in
@nonopeeplesstudios46954 жыл бұрын
I watch all your videos and love these lists.
@puspitamondal89123 жыл бұрын
I am being addicted to your videos.
@gr3ygh0ul4 жыл бұрын
how dope would it be to have a whole tunnel system under your house??? sounds like a fun hide and seek game waiting to happen...