I’d love a free house, though it does sound too good to be true, right? Well, the owners of the home came forward with their story and their reasoning behind why this house, located in Lafayette, Louisiana, needs to go as there are a couple catches…
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The story starts with a Facebook post where owner Sylvia McClain decides to share photos of the home in an attempt to persuade potential buyers to claim and move the home off of the property so that they may still utilize the land it currently sits on. The 160-acre plantation was originally built in the 1930s and contains four bedrooms and three bathrooms.
However, many took to the comments, not to take advantage of the offer, but to share their terrifying paranormal experiences about the home. So much so, that it has been compared to the Amityville Horror house! I know a lot of people would be very intrigued to live in a haunted home, though honestly, I don’t know if I could live in a home that compares to one of the most haunted and frightening homes in the country!
One responder (Dawn) intrigued others as she told of how her great grandmother, actually died in the home and ‘stirs the pot’ both figuratively and literally as she takes to the kitchen quite often. Dawn’s grandparents built and owned the family’s part of the plantation, as she lived there for most of her life until she passed away in the front room of the home in 1967. Dawn, herself, lived in the home for a little while in the 80s and she firmly believes that her great grandmother still resides, though she says “she’s not menacing at all” and simply lingers in the kitchen, messing around with the pots and kitchenware.
Another commenter by the name of Gary said that he had three experiences in the home, while his friend who was living there at the time had even more to speak of. Another said that even though it’s in pretty good shape for being built so long ago, a lot of ‘weird noises in the ceilings and walls’ was a common occurence in the house.
While the hauntings and the paranormal occurrences do tend to deter people from taking a chance on the plantation, another reasoning would be the cost. The home itself is free, though as I mentioned, it would need to be removed from the property which Sylvia estimated that it would be about $40,000 to do so. She does offer a way to have it moved to the potential buyer if the desitination was within a 2 mile radius.
This was an interesting story to explore and I hope that you enjoyed reading it! Stay tuned for more history and haunts!
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