Bring with you a DVD or game that just came out recently, crawl over to the box and gingerly sit it as close to the circle of evil as you can while it still being in the shot.
Oldest trick in the book: Get any major daily newspaper that came out the day you make them shots. Didn''t you see ""Proof of life""?
Dino, he said he doesn''t get newspapers!
Eh? Right...
Aaaaaaaaalrighty... Back to practicing my ""speed reading skill""...
Bah. It''s a can pantry, or linen shelves, or just shelves with a door, or some such thing.
The finish looks to be a veneer, either walnut or cherry (hard to tell in the pic), so it was meant to be displayed in the open, and the inset in the ""lid"" seems to indicate it was meant to stand upright. Betcha that divot-looking thing on the far side of the lid in the attic_holycrapsmall.jpg pic is where the handle used to go.
*If* the dimensions of the thing are really too big to fit the current door, if you look around the floor of the attic I bet you''ll find a section of newer or missing lathe and plaster where the original attic entrance was.
If you poke it and it refuses to budge, I say it''s full of magazines and possibly old clothing. More likely, if you give it a push with the end of a 2x4, it''ll move fairly easily.
Really, the worst you''re possibly looking at is a lungful of dust (tie a kerchief around your face, or the face of whoever actually goes up there).
In other news, judging by the stains on the near side of the box, are you sure you don''t have any leaks in your roof? They look like drips from two points overhead. Might be something you want to consider -- water damage really sucks.
No, wait. Let me guess, you guys: ""those drips could be unholy ichor leaking from the unspeakable lurking horror concealed within!""
Bollocks.
Unholy ichor *evaporates*, it doesn''t stain -- everybody knows that.
Ya big girl''s blouse, ya.
Stop clouding the issue with facts!
BWAHAHAH!
No, wait. Let me guess, you guys: ""those drips could be unholy ichor leaking from the unspeakable lurking horror concealed within!""
Finally, someone with some common sense has posted on the topic. Sway, make sure to coat yourself with holy water should the unholy ichor turn into the Golgatha.
Could it be filled with plushie Cthulhus?
If you poke it and it refuses to budge, I say it''s full of magazines
That''s it! It''s the previous owner''s Playboy collection!
Many many years from now, after the holocaust, archaeologists discover the remains of an old house. The attic, which is now the first floor, has an old wooden box in the center of it.
They break open the box, and to their amazement, it''s filled will a long printout of a web forum post about a box in someone''s attic.
Each post that we make gets added to the box, once it''s full, the world will end.
So keep typing!!!
You have entered, Swaydora''s Zone.
A place of time and space ........
The history is in the making... and besides where are the new pics...!
...but what if it is empty?
Then... That means IT has escaped.
That''s my ladder! So....there is going to be a video of the opening right?
\\oo/ O_O \\oo/
Sway almost rocks. Do you not own but one lightbulb? I''ve heard of entire pyramids being erected in less time than it has taken for you to open a single [size=7]filled-with-unspeakable-evil[/size] box.
This is starting to have an Oak Island treasure pit feel to it.
argh....
Lath & plaster ceilings? Wow, haven''t seen those in a while. Now we know the box is an ancient evil.
ObTopic: Whatever is in the box is used to the dark by now. You should have been a good host (in the hospitality or parasite sense) and opened it in the dark.
D-oh...
I want to see a Blair-witch style documentary of the experience, damnit. 6 months from now, when we haven''t heard from Sway, we will collect the video equipment from the attic and cut a movie deal.
lol, that was the best post I''ve read...evar.
Your attic is easily the scariest place I''ve ever seen.
Get a new lightbulb and get back up there!
Ha... that was hilarious! However I don''t see the reason for you to run down when you broke the lights Sway. Your Power Book could be a good substitute for Light source...
This is great, more drama to add to the whole saga
Just when I thought Sway would get to the bottom of this, events take a turn for the worse.
The AGONY.
Next time, tequila, not beer, and two lights!
We could be at this for ages... or we already have.
Still this was a great post and the legacy of this box will go on.
Go Sway!
sigh...
Ok, you have one more week, then we start sabotaging your cartoons
He opens it. It''s empty and the thread dies. Now it lives on! Woohoo, go Sway!
Excellent ""Eww I''m touching the icky box pic"".
I bet it''s going to be like 24 in that Sway will leave us hanging until the beginning of April.
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