Woman Told To Burn House Down After Discovering Cause Of Broken Toilet

 

On The Hunt

She sticks her ear to the walls as she tries to identify where the noisy pipes are. Little did she know, the plumber had no intention of tearing down her wall.

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She watched as his eyebrows knit together. He peered into the toilet bowl and gently lifted the seat ring. Sofi asks him what he’s doing. “I’m looking for it”, he whispers. Looking for what?

Toilet Issues

It’s not everyday you experience something particularly terrifying with your toilet. So when North Queensland woman Sofie Pearson, began to have issues with her toilet flush, she didn’t think much of it. 

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It was just another day in the life of a homeowner. Things breaking down and needing repair was just a new kind of normal. But there was nothing normal about this.    

Animal Lover!

Others would have left the house, never to return but for Sofie, it was too late. 

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As a busy working woman, Sofie enjoys her down time. Her favourite thing to do is to hang out with her horses and dogs. When she’s not hanging out with them she’s hanging out with her friends and going out to restaurants. 

A Good Host

Sofie and her friend from out of town came back to the house after a night out enjoying a meal at a mexican restaurant. They were stuffed and ready for bed. 

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Sofi lived in a small house, so there was only one bathroom. Being a great host, Sofie offered the bathroom to her friend first. She’d wait until after he was done.  

Houston, We Have A Problem!

Sofie entered the bathroom and brushed her teeth, washed her face and carried out her usual bathroom routine before flushing the toilet, turning off the light and going to bed. 

Sonas Bathroom

But there was a problem. "I went to the toilet and then I went to flush it and I really had to push down on the button to get it to work, so I was a bit confused," Pearson said.

Alone And Confused

The next morning the same thing happened. She asked her friend if he had the same problem. He admitted he did, but there was something else. 

HomeServe

He mentioned casually that he thought he heard a strange noise but he wasn’t sure. "It was probably just the heavy wind last night", he mused. She walked him to the door as he left, leaving Sofie to take another look at the toilet, by herself. 

Proven Right

She scratched her head as she tried to press the flusher again. It was working fine before this. Before her friend came over. She put some oil around the siff flusher button and tried again. Still stiff. 

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Just as she googled ‘how to fix stiff toilet flushers’ on her phone, she froze. Her friend wasn't kidding. There definitely was a noise. 

Destruction Awaits

Thinking it’s the pipes acting up, she immediately calls a plumber. While she waits for him to arrive, she imagines the worst. The expensive repair job of burst pipes in walls. Will the plumber have to tear down her wall? 

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She sticks her ear to the walls as she tries to identify where the pipes are. Little did she know, she wasn’t listening out for a pipe.

No Ordinary Pipe Problem

Finally, the plumber arrives. Sofie explains to him what she thinks the problem is. But he’s not convinced. He bends down and gets to work. First, he applies a sensor to the toilet bowl. 

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If something’s here that shouldn’t be here, it’ll beep. And surely enough, it beeped. He now knew he wasn’t dealing with any kind of pipe problem. No, this was something much worse.

Mysterious Search

Sofie watches as his eyebrows knit together. He peers into the toilet bowl and tentatively lifts the seat ring. Sofi asks him what he’s doing. “I’m looking for it”, he replies. 

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Confused, her eyes follow his around the crevices of the toilet bowl. “I don’t understand”, Sofi says, “What are you looking for?”. Instead of answering, he stands and takes a deep breath.

The Big Reveal

He bites his lip as his eye’s focus intently on the toilet lid. Another noise! “That’s the noise!”, Sofi exclaims, “I think it’s coming from the pipe in the walls”. “That’s no pipe”, he says. 

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He reaches out his hands and lifts the heavy lid. He places it down beside him. Sofi’s eyes pop. Horrified, she jumps back and screams.

Four Snakes!

There, resting in her toilet lid were not one, not two but four big snakes. Sofi lives in an old house with a few floor cracks so she believed they got in through there and found their way to the bathroom. 

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Luckily, they were tree snakes, which are non-venomous and apparently, pretty common in eastern Australia where Sofi lived. But this was not a common discovery!

Burn Your House!

Sofi posted her horrified broken toilet experience on her facebook and people were equally as horrified. One user advised her to burn down her house while another commented: 

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“I squeal when ants come pouring out after building a nest in our downstairs toilet...I might actually pass out if I saw this!”. However, not everyone held the same view. 

New Pet?

A friend of Sofi commented, “Omggg das so cuteee, if I were there I would want to make it my pet but best to leave them be and let them in the wild. I have 12 snakes myself tho”.

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Sofi wasn’t in favor of keeping them though. She wanted them gone. The plumber wrangled them out for her as she kept her distance.   

House Still Standing!

The snakes were later released back into the wild and live in a cane field nearby, unharmed. Thankfully, this wasn’t a dangerous situation and everybody got away unscathed. 

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Sofi continues to use her toilet happily and loves her home as much as before. Looks like she won’t be burning down her house any time soon!