This Woman Found A Secret Room Beneath Her Feet, You Won’t Believe It

this woman found a secret room beneath her feet he won't believe it imagine living in a home for four decades only to realize that it was hiding a huge secret that would change history forever for Alexandra Poulos she had no idea her colonial-style home in Lansdowne Pennsylvania wasn't an average home according to Poulos her parents purchased the house in 1974 when she was only a year old working as an operational manager for clinical research Poulos always felt there was something unique and different about her child at home after the death of her mother and brother Poulos his father signed the home over to her according to Poulos she always had a deep connection to her siblings and her mother therefore the house meant a lot to her she couldn't imagine living anywhere else according to Poulos his best friend argy many people tried to convince her to sell the house speaking with the Epoch Times Argy said people always wanted Alex to sell the house but she never wanted to her heart bled for this house for Poulos losing the house would have been like selling her soul Boulos decided to rent out the home due to her living nearby and she'd make sure to check on it every so often it was then she noticed that the floor of the basement was falling apart and she called in workers from baldwin masonry to estimate repairs while they were examining the area Poulos felt something in her gut that they should dig a little deeper before repairing the floor for years she'd felt something could have been under the house she just didn't know what the day the workers finally tore through the basement floor was one to remember Poulos received an excited and frantic phone call from one of the workers screaming Alex we found it my guys are freaking out so what did they find you might ask deep underground the workers found an underground railroad one of the tunnels set up by Harriet Tubman have you paid attention in history class you'll know these tunnels help runaway slaves escape to freedom during the mid 19th century the Underground Railroad was developed as a network of secret routes and safe houses that would allow african-american slaves to escape to free States as well as Canada some routes even led to Mexico while a select few led to overseas locations one of the more popular destinations to escape to by the slaves was British North America now referred to as Canada many former slaves settled in Ontario and over 30,000 people were determined to have escaped when slavery was at its peak at its most active state it's believed that 1,000 slaves per year escaped slave holding States during that time history books show that over 5,000 court cases were recorded for slaves that had escaped according to historians in order to reduce the risk of exposure and sabotage the entire network most people involved in the Underground Railroad only knew their specific part to play whether they were a conductor who helped the slaves through the tunnels or a safe house where the slaves could rest from their journey for poulos her home was one of many safe houses along the route meaning that slaves would come and go swiftly resting up and replenishing their supplies talk about living in a page from history according to Poulos the worker said the space was 15 feet down about nine feet wide and nine to ten feet long one of the workers almost fell into it due to her excitement Poulos left work and rushed back to the house to see for herself according to her father they had always heard rumors that the house could have been a stop on the Underground Railroad but they never really looked into it however after all this time the house truly was one of the stops on the infamous Road lullo's tenant Jerry said he knew the moment he entered the house it was special and he couldn't leave when he tried to use a fishing rod to touch the bottom of the floor it wasn't long enough proving the chasm was quite deep according to Poulos she had no intention of covering up the hole but will be putting in a basement door so where does Poulos go from here well according to her she plans to reach out to the Historical Society to learn more about the Underground Railroad in the area as well as to try and learn more about the house another option Poulos is looking into is having the site deemed a historical landmark if the process is quite tricky when asked if she plan to explore the railroad below she doesn't quite know yet due to the stability of the area being called into question as someone who's quite spiritual Poulos remembers having a dream as a young girl where she looked into a hole in the basement as the pages of a book were turning it seemed that her dreams were foreshadowing the events to come decades later it's amazing when you think about it the home was part of a powerful revolution you have to wonder how many lives were saved in that home all those years ago it also proves there's always something more than meets the eye now Poulos can own a part of history and hopefully make an impact on the future