When we bought this old country house, we knew it would hold surprises. Floors to redo, electrical installations to modernize, dust accumulated for years… But we never imagined we would stumble upon a mystery forgotten by time.

An unexpected discovery in the attic
It all started during a day of intense cleaning. We had decided to empty the attic, a space that seemed not to have been touched for decades. The air was thick, loaded with old smells, and the furniture was covered with sheets yellowed by time.

It was there, in a dark and dusty corner, that we found an old rusty bucket full of strange metal objects.

At first glance, they seemed to be simple pieces of scrap metal. But upon closer inspection, we realized that they were hiding something much more intriguing.

Ordinary objects or clues to a well-kept secret?
In this mysterious bucket, we found:

Old keys, the kind that open forgotten doors.
Worn medals, some with inscriptions that were hard to decipher.
An old pocket watch, stopped at a specific time.
Rusty balls, suggesting a darker history than expected.
But the most intriguing object was a small metal box, sealed with a period lock.

A link to the past?
Curious to know more, we began to investigate the history of the house. After digging through local archives and interviewing village elders, we discovered something astonishing: the house once belonged to a mysterious man who disappeared without a trace in the 1940s.

According to some rumours, he was involved in secret affairs during the war and had hidden something before his disappearance. Could it be that the bucket contained clues to his past?

The most shocking revelation
After several attempts, we managed to open the small metal box. Inside, an old piece of paper with a cryptic sentence and an unknown name.

We are now faced with a new mystery: What does this message mean? Who was this man?

One thing is certain: this attic has kept a secret for decades that was just waiting to be discovered…