The internet is obsessed with a house for sale in Louisiana with one very important factor: it is not haunted.
That is, at least, if you take the for sale sign at face value.
New Orleans artist Anthony Badon, 30, works as a portrait painter, and regularly explores the historic Louisiana city.
The city is known for its unique art and culture, but on a recent day out with friends, he came across something that really stood out: a house for sale, and more specifically, what that for sale sign said.
“I found the house as I was frolicking around the French quarters on a day out with friends,” Badon told Newsweek.
And he shared his discovery to his TikTok account @artistbe3k on May 13: a house with a for sale sign, with the name of the company and agent along with their contact details.
And beneath that, a sign in red capital letters: “NOT HAUNTED.”
Zooming up on the sign, he laughed: “Do you know how insane it is to live in a city where you have to advertise that your [house] is not haunted for somebody to buy the house?”
“New Orleans is not a real place,” he wrote over the video, and added in a caption: “I love this city with all my heart lol.”
He told Newsweek: “Seeing the signage made me instantly burst into laughter [at] the idea of someone having to advertise that their property is an anomaly in a neighborhood filled with haunted buildings and courtyards.”
New Orleans is believed by some to be the most haunted city in America, and much of its tourism revolves around its grisly past, from the LaLaurie Mansion to the yellow fever epidemic of 1817-1905, where 41,000 people died, according to the New Orleans Public Library.
According to the listing of the $415,000 property on Zillow, the “not haunted” 938 square foot home, on Dumaine Street, is a one-bedroom, one-bathroom pied-á-terre with exposed brick wall, high ceilings and boasting historic character.
And for any prospective buyers wondering, the property description, listed by Lynda D. DePanicis, makes no mention of ghosts.
TikTok users were obsessed, viewing the clip more than 420,000 times and awarding it more than 74,000 likes, as one commenter admitted: “Seeing the ‘not haunted’ sign would automatically make me think they lying and it really is lol.”
“It’s haunted, I’m from New Orleans, all the houses that been there from the 1800s-2005 is haunted,” another declared, as another agreed: “I don’t believe the sign.”
“That place is 100 percent haunted,” another declared, while yet another insisted the “whole sign looks haunted.”
And as one person put it: “Not haunted = sometimes there is questionable vibes that make you think it might be haunted.”
Newsweek has reached out to realtor Lynda D. DePanicis via realtor.com and Zillow for comment on this story.
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