The kitchen door

Arizona · United States · Road

The outside kitchen door has been jammed shut for years. The handle rattles. Say come in, and it opens.

The people living in this house report noises, moving shadows and cold at all hours of the day and night.

The account everybody remembers concerns the outside door to the kitchen. It has been jammed shut for many years and does not open.

The handle rattles.

If you say come in, the door opens.

That is one of the strangest exchanges recorded anywhere in this archive, and what makes it remarkable is the politeness of it. Something is asking, and the household has learned to answer.

A door swollen shut in a dry climate is a normal thing, and a handle rattling in wind is normal too. A door that opens on a spoken invitation, repeatedly, is not something a draught accounts for.

The residents apparently live with it.

This is a private house.

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Where is The kitchen door located?

The kitchen door is in Arizona, United States.

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Accounts are drawn from local folklore and visitor reports.