NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A series of TikTok videos that began when a woman made a strange discovery in her New York apartment captivated millions.
Like a horror movie, its story started with a mysterious breeze, reported Steve Overmyer of CBS2 on Thursday.
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“So I go into my bathroom and … I feel cold air blowing through me,” said the woman, called Samantha, in a video. “You can see my hair blowing in the cold wind.”
The suspense grew when she found the source.
“And the air is coming out of the mirror … Let me show you what I found,” said Samantha.
More than 10 million people saw her journey and reminded her that a hole in a room behind a mirror is the plot of the 1992 film “Candyman”.
“There’s a room in the back … I have to go in … What if someone is living there?” Samantha said as the videos continued.
Samantha had seen enough horror films to know and not investigate the unprepared stranger. She wore a flashlight on her forehead, like a miner’s cap.
The plot thickened when she squeezed through the hole.
“Oh my God,” she said.
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The final video revealed that there was not just one room behind the mirror. There was an entire apartment.
Garbage bags and even a bottle of water inside suggested that she might not be alone.
“Okay, so there are signs of life,” said Samantha.
After leaving through the front door, Samantha was happy to survive the experience.
“He came out alive!” she said.
Then it sank. The apartment next door is connected by a hole in the wall.
Samantha plans to cement the mirror on the wall until the hole is fixed.
“My landlord is going to get a really fun phone call tomorrow,” she said.
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Let’s hope the owner’s name isn’t Candyman.