A Plumber Was Working At A School And Found A Stash Of Stolen Treasure

Discovery

As he began to crack open the air vent behind an old toilet, he noticed something sticking out from behind it. “How odd,” he thought, but still went ahead with his work. As he began to rip the old air vent away from the wall, the mysterious objects came tumbling out.

The faded squares of leather were tattered but seemed to be still intact. But when he got a closer look he could not believe what he was seeing.

Big Plans

The Centralia High School had fallen into disrepair over the years, and Seth Baltzell, a pastor for the City Hope Church, had big plans for the derelict school.

He purchased the building in early 2019 with the intention of making the building the new site of CHC’s outreach center and church — he wanted to give back to the community. But what he never expected was to find a stash of items hidden inside.

Renovations

But before he could put his humanitarian project into action, Seth had to do some renovations. He quickly realized that he may have bitten off more than he could chew when he inspected the old school’s bathrooms.

Knowing that he’d need professional help, he called on the services of a plumber – who wishes to remain anonymous after making the discovery of a lifetime.

Students

Since the 1940s, hundreds of high school children had learned about life and love in these crumbling hallways and classrooms. Naturally, an old building like this is steeped in history, so Seth had an idea that it had some secrets of its own.

Nevertheless, he was caught completely off guard when his plumber hit upon something sinister.

In The Girls’ Bathroom

“[The plumber] had demoed out part of the old girls’ bathroom here on the second floor in this old building,” Seth told KSDK News in July. “When [the plumber] cut into the vent, just a whole bunch fell out,” Seth recounted. But this was just the beginning of the strange mystery.