People baffled by ‘mysterious black box’ hidden away for decades in 1905 home

A homeowner has been left baffled after he came across a mysterious electrical box in a brickwork crawl space under his home.

Now, he has taken to Reddit to search for clues about a mysterious electrical box from the turn of the century hidden underneath his home

He explained how the strange object, described as a “black box with wires attached” which was about five inches long, was “found in my 1905 home’s crawl space”.

Taking to Reddit, he said: “It felt kinda heavy when I tapped the side. It was not nailed down rather just sitting on the brick ledge that separates the two halves of my crawl space.”

The mystery box, which has almost certainly sat undiscovered for decades, is very hard to get to. “It’s in the depths of my very dirty crawl space I have to army crawl to get to [it],” the owner explained.

The black box has a handle and six metal circles arranged in a semi-circle on the front, with the owner saying the numbers 0,4,6,8,10 were written under the circles. Reddit users had a wide range of theories about what the object might be but many shared concerns about the state of the electrical wiring in the picture.

“Yikes on the wiring,” said one user. “Get it replaced when you can. Until then don’t touch it. Particularly not liking the exposed cable on the left and the exposed connectors on the transformer. Not to mention the exposed taps on the front of the transformer.”