A lot of neighborhoods have a house or two that are rumored to be haunted. Germantown Tennessee was no exception, but one of those houses had its ghostly reputation repudiated when the cause of the weird sounds heard by the owners was discovered to be something else entirely.
Eerie Sounds From Within Home Terrify Woman She Is Horrified When She Discovers The Cause
Every so often, the inhabitants of this house heard noises that they could not identify or trace its origin. As time went by, these sounds increased in frequency until the noises were constant. They decided to get some professional help to determine the source of the sounds. This fateful decision would start them on a journey of discovery that would alter their future in a way they had never imagined.
Let’s take a look at what was hiding within the structure of this supposedly haunted house.
Normal Home
This Germantown house was one of many similar homes in this close-knit community. It was located in a sought-after neighborhood and the sense of small-town camaraderie was just what this family was looking for.
Normal Home
After settling into their new home, they had no inkling of the trouble to come and how they would have to fight for peace and quiet in their daily lives. It was not long after they had moved in that they became aware of weird noises emanating from the actual structure of the house.
An Established Property
As in any house that was built a while ago, creaks and settling noises were common. The new sound they heard was not the same and none of them could identify it. And the strangest thing of all was the fact that it seemed to be coming from the walls themselves.
An Established Property
Apart from this strange sound, they were very happy with their new home regardless of it being quite old. Many of the Germantown homes were older and the inhabitants often refurbished them, but they had character and history.
What could the new home-owners be hearing?
Hearing The Noise For The First Time
Initially, the weird noises were heard on and off and not very often but each person dismissed it as either their imagination or the house settling as no one else heard it at the same time.
Hearing The Noise For The First Time
But that all changed, when a while later, all the family members did begin to hear noises simultaneously and the occurrences began increasing. They knew this wasn’t just some random one-off experience, and that they had to get to the bottom of it.
Unidentified Racket
The inhabitants of the house tried to identify the source and cause of the strange sounds they had all been hearing but they could not. It was not the normal house sounds one hears all the time such as doors and floors creaking.
Unidentified Racket
What made it even more strange and difficult to identify, was the fact that it seemed as if the sound actually moved around the house, making it even more impossible to pin down the location of the sounds, even after hours of searching and listening carefully.
The situation was about to get more serious.
Never Ending Annoyance
From hearing the strange sound only occasionally in the beginning, the family started hearing it practically all the time, round-the-clock strange noises and spread out across the house. This was getting beyond strange now, it was worrying. They could not ignore it and they were determined to find out what it was.
Never Ending Annoyance
Their fear was that whatever was making this noise may be detrimental to the structure of the house. They came up with an interesting theory.
How will they locate the cause?
Possibly Vermin?
It is not unusual for an older home to have rats or mice nesting within the roof and walls. So although at first, this was the top of their list of suspicions, vermin usually make a unique ticking sound, so the family was quite sure it was not a rat or mouse nest, and they could cross that off their list.
Possibly Vermin
If it was, it would have to be a fairly large number of vermin to explain the volume and locations of the noises. They decided they couldn’t be sure unless they got the experts in, even secretly wishing that was it and the mystery would be solved.
How would they deal with this?
Calling The Exterminators
In case the sounds they heard were vermin, the family called in the experts. They helped guide the exterminators so that they could treat the correct areas in the house by listening to the noises.
Calling The Exterminators
The pest-control company treated all the areas where the sounds had been heard and were sure that if it was vermin, their treatment would drive them out. Still, no one really knew what was causing the noise.
Would the treatment work?
No Relief From Nagging Noises
Much to their disappointment, the noise did not cease even for a minute. The family members were becoming really irritated and wanted it to stop but had no idea how to do this. Then they had another brainwave.
No Relief From Nagging Noises
The exterminators had had no effect and the family now had no hope that they would be able to determine what was causing the sound let alone find a way to remove it.
Paranormal Sounds
The pesticide that the exterminators had used would have killed anything alive within their walls. The family members were out of other ideas and started to consider the possibility that their house was haunted.
Paranormal Sounds
Even though it seemed a bit extreme to consider the noise was caused by the paranormal, they had no other explanation as to what could be happening. If the house was haunted, what could they do to resolve it?
Were they in danger from the paranormal? Read on to see.
Concern Sets In
It did seem as if something conscious was making the sounds in the wall so how would the family get it out if it was supernatural? Whatever course of action the family would decide to take, it had to work this time.
Concern Sets In
They had even considered insects of some sort, but if the unknown perpetrator had been alive, then the pesticide should have gotten rid of it already when the exterminators came in. As this did not happen, what would? The entire situation was so strange.
Do you have an idea of what could be causing this?
Searching For A Solution
The family could not actually believe that their house was haunted so they decided to do further investigation themselves to try to find a more earthly solution. As a first step, they did what most of us would do; they googled the problem.
Searching For A Solution
As Google offered up many reasons for strange noises in houses, they realized that forums discussing the problems and solutions to annoying noises in houses would be most useful to them.
After hours of searching, they found that their particular situation was very rare.
Odd Issue
The forums they joined made it clear that their issue stumped all the participants. The family found it difficult to explain what they were hearing so no one was able to offer any solutions. They realized that they needed to be very specific when describing the noises to the forum.
Odd Issue
The family decided to sit in silence until they heard the sound again as a group. They would then be able to better describe it to the forum members.
When they heard it again, it was a wretched sound. What could be causing it?
Sounds Become Increasingly Louder
When they next heard it, the noise was even louder and now sounded as if it was being made by a large animal. It was so bizarre! As the family was hearing it all at the same time, they could figure it out together, and they all agreed now that it actually felt like a reverberation.
Sounds Become Increasingly Louder
Surely only something of this earth could be causing this noise. They needed to determine what it was, and quickly.
What or who was it? Read on to find out.
Droning In The Walls
They were not prepared for what they were about to find out. The family was all together listening and were surprised that they all agreed they could actually feel the house reverberate somewhat. Something very odd indeed was going on in their lovely new home.
Droning In The Walls
As they listened in horror, the noise started to sound like a reverberating murmur. They began to accept that they were in a very strange and scary situation and agreed to leave the house for a while and talk it over in the garden.
Ideas Spark
As the family entered their garden they began noticing the sound was coming from one particular wall at that moment, and they all automatically headed towards it. Apart from the sound seeming even louder outside, they saw a small insect crawling around the window frame.
Ideas Spark
They watched the small bug crawl through a tiny gap between the window frame and the room inside. It was a bee. Could this bee be part of a hive that was the cause of the noises they heard?
Surely one bee could not generate such a noise on its own?
David Glover: The Bee Expert
Based on their suspicion that there may be a beehive in their house structure, they googled bee experts to find a local bee-keeper who may be able to assist them. They found David Glover and contacted him immediately.
David Glover: The Bee Expert
The family would never have hurt any bees and only wanted the hive relocated if, in fact, this was what was causing the sounds they heard. David Glover seemed to be the man they needed.
David was a renowned and highly skilled bee-keeper.
Expert Work
Many home-owners call an exterminator when they find a hive in their house structure or garden. But actually what they should do is call an expert like David who will relocate the hive without hurting the bees.
Expert Work
This is crucial as bees are actually vital to the survival of humans on earth and should never be killed. People like David rescue hives and relocate them away from humans in a safe and responsible manner.
Will David resolve this family’s noise issue?
Removing The Issue
Moving a hive containing thousands of bees is a very dangerous job and not for the faint-hearted. Not many people could imagine doing David’s job.
Removing The Issue
David has a unique relationship with the bees he rescues. He moves the hive containing the bees to a safe location and the bees then provide him with honey which he can sell. He also provides bee venom therapy to his human counterparts.
Would David help them?
Noisy Bees
The family had only seen one bee crawl through their window so they could not be sure that thousands of bees in the hive were the cause of their strange house noises. They would need an expert to help them determine if this was the cause and reason for their problem.
Noisy Bees
David agreed with them and said he would need to come over to their house to check a few things first before they jumped to any conclusions.
Read on to see what David found.
Another Ordinary Day As A Bee-Keeper
The family told David that the noise they were hearing sounded like a loud droning. Like a hive would sound. As this meant they may be dealing with thousands of bees if they were correct, they were worried they may be in danger of being severely stung.
Another Ordinary Day As A Bee Keeper
The family was also worried that the presence of a large hive would damage their house. David had heard all of this before and knew how to handle the situation and what needed to be done next.
Making Sure
David could hear that the family members were panicking a bit and he needed to alleviate their fears as well as see the situation first hand and conduct some investigations on site. He immediately arranged to come over to the house.
Making Sure
He packed his bee suit and other equipment. His get-up can look quite disquieting to his clients but he needs all of it to safely and effectively remove a hive.
Equipment For The Job
Equipment For The Job
A bee expert needs a thermal imaging camera if he needs to see if there is a hive inside the structure of a house or building. The camera detects heat sources and will tell him if a hive is present or not.
Images From The Camera
The family members were fascinated to see the images on the camera. A heat source lights up in red and at first, the whole view house lit up. As the image-stabilized, David showed them that there was something in the wall that was generating heat but he could not see an entry point in the wall that would have allowed any access to anything that would be picked up by the camera like this.
Images From The Camera
As he searched carefully, he realized that the wall had a small ventilation hole that is standard for houses in the south, due to the humidity. He knew that this was the entry point used by the family’s visitors.
No Doubt The Issue Is Bees
From the clear imagery on the images from the camera, there was absolutely no doubt that the noise issues were caused by a bee infestation. However, when David noted the structural build of the home, he realized it would be a somewhat challenging job to handle.
No Doubt The Issue Is Bees
David was determined to help the homeowners finally be rid of the pesky sounds coming from within the walls. Even though he was uncertain as to how he would handle the problem, he invested his best efforts to conclude a plan of action.
But how would David get rid of the bees?
As David looked at the red image on his camera, indicating the large heat source, he realized the hive was within the wall of the house.
What else does the image show?
Removing The Noise Annoyance
When David the bee-whisperer saw how many bees there were, he leaped into action. The home-owners were unsettled by the bees and the bees themselves were not in a good place being inside the wall. They could hurt themselves.
Removing The Noise Annoyance
David decided he would relocate the bees if the family agreed to his conditions.
Would the family agree to David’s terms?
Deconstruction
To remove the bees, David knew that some damage was going to have to be done to the house. He would not go ahead if the family did not agree to this. His main concern was removing the bees safely.
Deconstruction
The family, on the other hand, were so tired of the noise that even the prospect of a large repair bill did not deter them. They just wanted the bees removed. Their goal was to restore their home to the tranquil space they had always imagined it would be.
The story gets even crazier. Read on!
A Huge Project
Although David was pleased that he could help both the bees and the homeowners, he knew that his job would be very difficult. The thermal imaging camera had confirmed that, based on the heat source, this was an enormous hive and that he had his work cut out for him.
A Huge Project
The size of the hive and the fact that the house was built from brick meant that this would probably be the most difficult relocation he had ever done.
Would he succeed? Read on to find out.
Things Get Even More difficult
From experience, David knew that brick fragmented when you try to break a wall down and the very act of removing the bricks can damage the hive and cause injury or death to the bees. The bees would also be greatly disturbed by breaking down the wall and would be angry as a result.
Things Get Even More Difficult
Working with brick when demolishing the wall could be problematic and David wondered if the outcome would be positive or not. Regardless, he was going to try.
Taking Down The Wall
After struggling to remove the first brick, David gasped when he saw how little space there was between the brick and the concrete. He worried that after he had managed to remove all the bricks, many of the bees would have died.
Taking Down The Wall
As he peered into the hole left by the removed brick he was amazed to note that he could see the whole hive and it looked intact and normal, if rather large. He was relieved and continued working with more confidence.
Things are about to get real. Read on.
Infestation Of Bees
David’s first glance into the space created by the removal of that first brick confirmed that the family did have a big bee problem and that the hive looked viable and unharmed.
Infestation Of Bees
The hole itself was full of bees. This hive must consist of many thousands of bees. The bees themselves seemed to know what was best for them.
What else could there be in that hole?
Inspecting
The bees disturbed by the removal of the brick were swarming around David and he knew there were many more in the hive.
Inspecting
As he worked carefully and slowly, he realized that it was going to take a long time to remove the other bricks to get to the hive. If the first brick was so difficult to remove, what would the others be like?
Too Many To Count
Despite his experience in the bee removal industry, David had never seen such a large hive and he still had no idea how far along the inside of the wall it ran. He had a feeling this job would be one for the books.
Too Many To Count
He could not tell the family just how much of their wall he would need to remove and they started getting concerned again as they would need to hire a builder to repair the wall at great cost to them. They were not even sure anymore that David should proceed.
Will this job be completed?
Bee Removal Begins
The time ticked on as David slowly removed one brick after another exposing more and more of the hive. He could not just hammer the bricks out as this might infuriate the bees and cause them to swarm endangering the entire neighborhood.
Bee Removal Begins
He was also cognizant of the fact that this wall would have to be replaced or repaired. If the bricks were removed whole, this may reduce the cost of repair and assist the family financially.
David has another announcement. Read on to find out what it is.
More Bricks Come Out
A few hours later, two lines of bricks had been removed but David saw that the hive was still full of bees and the number of bricks he had removed was not enough to get to all the bees.
More Bricks Come Out
The throbbing droning sound had increased as the bees realized what David was doing. They were not happy at the intrusion and David still had many more bricks to remove.
The situation gets tense. Read on to see what happens.
More Progress
The bee expert had now removed five lines of bricks and had discovered the seven thin honeycombs that the bees had made when they first started building the hive.
More Progress
Rather than endanger the hive, he carried on removing bricks. This job was the most intense he had ever done and it was going to take the longest time as well.
What else would he see? Read on.
Number Of Bees Keeps Increasing
This hive was really enormous as he continued to uncover more and more, David was now happy he was called upon to assist. These bees had been inside this wall for far too long and needed to be relocated.
Number Of Bees Keeps Increasing
One thing that did concern him was if he had enough equipment with him to move so many bees. He had never seen so many bees in one place before.
David was incredibly thrilled.
Unique Experience For The Expert
David could have never imagined taking on such an overwhelmingly exciting project. Even though he had years of knowledge in the field, this project was incredibly unique. Luckily the homeowners had called the right bee expert to handle the enormous task.
Unique Experience For The Expert
David has the know-how to keep calm and not to distress the bees. He also has something that helps him when he is moving bees. This item really helps him complete projects like this successfully.
What is this item? Read on to discover more.
Bee Experts Uniform
The bee whisperer is no longer afraid of being stung by bees and his bee suit does keep most of them away from his skin.
Bee Experts Uniform
Occasionally one or two manage to get into his suit but he has built-up some immunity to bee venom and if he is stung, it does not hurt as much anymore. The more stings you receive, the more tolerance your body builds up which is why he no longer has a more severe reaction when stung.
There is an amazing reason why the bees chose this location to build their hive.
How It All Started
David is so calm and non-threatening around bees that even while he was removing the bricks from the wall, a dozen or so bees set up home on his shoulder.
How It All Started
David loves the sound bees make and enjoys them buzzing around him while he works. He says it’s like listening to music and he loves their company. The time passes more quickly for David when he has his bee friends for companionship.
Buzzing Buddies
Bees are captivating says, David. He often posts interesting bee articles and facts on his social media accounts hoping to educate as many people as possible about bees.
Buzzing Buddies
If bees were not on earth, no pollination would take place and no plants would grow. If there were no bees at least a third of the world’s food would be gone. In fact, life on earth would not be possible without bees.
Enormous Hive!
Finally, after hours and hours of painstaking work, the hive was fully exposed and David stood back in disbelief at the sheer size of it. He decided there and then to name it the Holy Huge Honeycomb.
Enormous Hive!
Followers on social media were mesmerized and could not get enough of news on the honeycomb. All of them were as thrilled as David was and relieved that the bees would soon have a new home.
Read on to see the shocking events that followed.
Challenges To Overcome
In the midst of his excitement, David made a sad discovery as he removed a few more bricks. Some of the poison the exterminators had used got into the hive and killed some bees.
Challenges To Overcome
Beeswax had protected most of the hive but there were some casualties. David was just glad that the majority of the hive had escaped death and were alright.
Mourning The Loss Of The Queen
The queen keeps the hive organized and regulates reproduction. One of the casualties was, unfortunately, the queen and without her, the hive cannot survive.
Mourning The Loss Of The Queen
As sad as he was about this, David was determined not to give up on the hive and carried on with his plan to relocate the other bees.
Would the remaining bees manage to survive?
The Queen
When a hive loses its queen, the bees become very angry and destructive. This hive appeared to be the exception to the rule and all the bees were calm and non-aggressive towards David.
The Queen
The inhabitants of this hive seemed to be secure with David’s reason for his intrusion into their home.
What other surprises would this hive reveal?
Giant Honeycombs
Normally, a hive consists of many smaller honeycombs broken up throughout the hive but this hive was made up of two very large honeycombs.
Giant Honeycombs
As this was very unusual, David got even more excited by what these bees had achieved. As he continued to examine the hive he found even more unique features.
Read on to see what else he found.
One Of The Largest Hives
As a long-time beekeeper, this was the biggest hive and honeycomb that David had ever found. People following the story on social media were amazed and the homeowners were stunned by what they saw.
One Of The Largest Hives
In a hive this large, there will be thousands of bees and David needed to move them all safely. He wondered how he was going to do this.
Guess how many bees were in this hive?
Countless Bees
David actually tried to count all the bees and estimated that there were 35 000. The total could be as high as 40 000 but he was not sure as it was extremely difficult to count the bees as they buzzed around him. He was proud of himself for counting as many as he could. He hoped he could keep them all but was not sure he would be able to.
Countless Bees
Moving so many bees meant that he had to capture them all. As the bees in this hive were calm and stuck close to their hive, David was not sure if he could capture them all. With his special equipment, he had a good chance of succeeding.
Find out how David captures his bees.
Transferring The Bees
Usually, as the beekeeper removes a portion of the honeycomb, the bees will come with as they want to stay with their hive. This is how most of the bees can be captured safely.
Transferring The Bees
The balance of the bees is captured by David making use of a common household appliance. The clever use of this tool means that David can capture the remainder of the bees without hurting them.
What tool do you think he uses?
Vacuuming Them Out
David uses a vacuum cleaner to scoop up the stragglers. He uses an empty, clean vacuum cleaner and uses the gentle suction feature that will not hurt the bees.
Vacuuming Them Out
In fact, the bees are safer and cleaner in the machine than they would be outside.
See how the bees manage in the vacuum next.
Rehab For Bees
Bees cannot just be moved to a new hive. They need time to readjust to their new environment. This process, overseen by David, takes time and commitment.
Rehab For Bees
The story of David and the huge beehive went viral on social media and the TV news and David became a household name.
Read on to see if this publicity was a good thing.
Moving To A New Home
As the news of David’s find spread on social media, he was followed by other bee experts and this enabled him to discuss his plans for the bees with them. They shared their knowledge with him, especially regarding the rehabilitation of bees who have lost their queen. At this stage, the bees were living in a much smaller area and David thought of a solution to their space problem.
Moving To A New Home
He introduced them to vertical hives and decided to become their beekeeper. His payment for caring for them would be the honey they produced. He could sell this honey and make some money.
Read on to see what else David did to help his bees.
In Search Of A Queen
To make honey, bees must have a queen. David moved one of his queens from an established hive, in with his new bees. As bees may reject a new queen he and his followers waited nervously to see what would happen.
In Search Of A Queen
If they accepted the new royal, the hive would flourish. If they rejected her, the hive would die.
Next, read about the reaction of the bees to their new queen.
Meeting The Queen
David expected that putting a new queen in amongst his bees would be noticed immediately and he was right. The bees flew and buzzed around her having a good look.
Meeting The Queen
After a while, it seemed that the bees were not sure about welcoming the queen and David worried that he may lose a good queen due to the decision he had made.
Did the bees accept her?
Serving A New Queen Bee
David was so relieved when after a while, his bees started to bow down to their new queen and all of them seemed to like her. Now he needed them to start laying eggs.
Serving A New Queen Bee
To his relief, he soon saw eggs in the honeycomb. He and his colleagues and followers all celebrated his achievement and looked forward to watching the hive thrive.
Read on to find out how successful the hive was.
Reproducing
After the eggs hatch, the larvae eat a combination of pollen and honey and stay in the honeycomb until they are fully grown. A new generation of bees will be welcomed soon.
Reproducing
The worker bees tend to the larvae and do all the work involved in rearing the young growing bees. The queen rests as often as she can.
He was still nervous that something might go wrong and carefully watched the bees’ progress.
Tough Bees
At one stage shortly after the introduction of the queen, the hive seemed to stop thriving. David and all his followers held their breath. Luckily, it seemed to only be a transition period and the bees soon resumed their busy lives as normal.
Tough Bees
Everyone following this incredible story was fascinated by these bees who had not only survived for years in a wall but who had built a record size hive and were now managing to adapt to a new vertical hive with a new queen. The homeowners started noticing the noise created by the hive as it grew to its massive size.
The story takes another strange turn. Read on to see.
Lots Of Honey
This huge relocation project had been the biggest David had done and when the new hive started producing honey, he knew it was a success.
Lots Of Honey
David’s reward from the bees is the delicious honey they produce for him. He is proud to show his colleagues and honey buyers his stock.
See the most amazing photo’s next.
Pollen Is In The Air
Rather than just the brownish, yellow honey we know, pollen actually comes in many colors that can alter the color of the honey. When seen in the honeycomb, the colors look like rainbow jewels nestling in the hive.
Pollen Is In The Air
David has recorded and photographed this beautiful phenomenon and published the pictures and videos for all to enjoy.
Find out how the bees are doing now.
A Happy Ending
After almost six months, David was happy to update his social media accounts to confirm that the hive was doing so well. The worker bees love their new queen and keep her close. They are producing eggs and honey and go about their daily lives as normal bees in the wild do.
A Happy Ending
The homeowners who had the huge hive hidden within their walls are glad that the bees are safe and are doing well. Their house is now peaceful with no weird noises. They are proud to have played their part in this incredible bee rescue story.