Fargo resident gets an eerie feeling while touring new house — his mom’s photo under the floorboards proves him right
'I got goosebumps,' he said, feeling like his mom was giving her approval from heaven.
Casey and his wife, Patsy Chapman, moved from Bismarck to Fargo in search of an "old house" that they could call home. After a lot of house hunting, they finally found a beautiful place on Fargo's 8th Street, and the minute they entered, they realized it was everything they ever wanted. However, things began to get exciting when the Chapmans decided to renovate it, according to InForum. They called contractors from Vincent Restoration in Fargo, who immediately started the restoration work. While redoing the floors, they found something that looked very ordinary but carried what Casey described to be a special message from his late mother.
Patsy was always very fascinated by old houses; Casey, however, wasn't sure about living in one. "My wife loves old houses, and I told her, you know, I am old... old guys maybe shouldn't be moving into old houses," he said. But things did go as Patsy planned because they took a family vote, and the majority voted for the vintage house on 8th Street. It was beautiful on its own, but the house really needed some remodelling to fit the Chapmans' vision. It had two smaller bedrooms, and the couple wanted to turn it into one big space. That's when they called the contractors for work. During renovation, the builders found a newspaper stuck under the floorboards of a second-floor bedroom. The house was built in 1929, and back then, it was very common to put newspapers behind floorboards to level the floor. So Casey wasn't surprised when the contractor informed him. However, one careful glance revealed that it was no ordinary newspaper, but the front page of an old Fargo Forum ripped in half and stuck to the nails on the board. What more? It carried his mother's face.
"I saw it was from October of 1946, and I looked at the photo, and to the right of the tear is my mother; that's my mom right there," Casey stated, pointing to his mother, Mardy Anderson's picture. His mother had won the title of Homecoming Queen at North Dakota State University in 1946, and the front page had her picture. Casey was shocked; he said his mom was nowhere connected to the house, yet they found her picture under the floorboards. "I got goosebumps... someone said it was a 'Godwink,' and I looked it up, and it means divine inspiration, and I thought, 'I can buy that,'" he said. Surprisingly, it was the only piece of newspaper they found in the house. It was as if Casey's mom was giving her approval to their move into this old house. "That's what made it so exciting; I wanted to run to downtown Broadway and say, 'Look at this, look at this,'" he said. Now, as part of the renovation plans, Casey said he would frame the newspaper and put it on their walls to honor his mom's divine presence.
Finding valuable things from the past isn't new during renovations; in fact, builders and homeowners sometimes intentionally hide mementos as time capsules for future residents. From pictures and coins to heartfelt letters and some bizarre things, people have discovered unexpected things in their homes during renovation or deep-cleaning sessions. For instance, while renovating her century-old house, Helen Weisensel from Wisconsin found a child's skull in her basement. Obviously, she was terrified after discovering something so unusual. But, soon, Weisensel found out that her home was built on top of a cemetery. Even archaeologists and local historians were involved in the case, who then suggested it was one of the earliest burial grounds in the country, and more human remains were also uncovered later. Likewise, Zac and Shannon Carter from Pensacola found a stack of old letters in the cabinetry. They soon realized the letters belonged to the original homeowner, William Middleton, a World War II veteran who had addressed those to his school sweetheart.
Meanwhile, reacting to Casey Chapman's story, @darasoutherland commented, "Your mom summoned you to this house from the spirit. No better confirmation that you're right where you should be." Similarly, @allthingsnu4673 shared, "This is definitely a godwink! Just think of everything that had to fall into place for this to happen. He and his wife could have just moved in and not done any renovations, but not only did they choose to do renovations, but they also chose to do the exact renovations that required them to do the floors in that exact spot... that's amazing. I've had a couple of good godwinks happen in my life, too."
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