Woman is stunned to discover a lamp covered in BLOOD at a thrift store
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A woman was stunned to discover a lamp covered in what appeared to be blood at a thrift store, and is now determined to find out what happened to its previous owners.
Paige Nicole, 25, from Texas, was on the hunt for a vintage lamp while shopping at a Salvation Army in the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex last month.
When she came across one with a ‘cool’ brass base and a ‘pretty’ shade, she thought she had found the perfect one.
However, when she got home and plugged the light in, she was horrified when she noticed it was covered in enormous red stains that resembled blood, but were only visible when the lamp was turned on.
A woman was stunned to discover a lamp covered in what appeared to be blood at a thrift store, and is now determined to find out what happened to its previous owners
Paige Nicole, 25, from Texas, was on the hunt for a vintage lamp while shopping at a Salvation Army in the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex last month
However, when she got home and plugged her new light in, she was horrified when she noticed it was covered in enormous red stains that resembled blood
She shared her findings on TikTok, where the video quickly went viral – gaining more than six million views in a matter of days, and leaving many people on the web invested in the lamp and its backstory.
While chatting with DailyMail.com recently, Paige said she ‘immediately noticed’ the light at the vintage shop and thought it was a ‘really great find.’
She shared her findings on TikTok, where the video quickly went viral – leaving many people on the web invested in the lamp and its backstory
‘The base was brass and it was just cool,’ she explained. ‘It reminded me of something my grandparents had in their home, so I was excited to find something vintage and familiar.’
However, after uncovering the red stains, her excitement soon turned to horror.
‘I was horrified,’ she recalled of the moment she discovered the blood-colored marks. ‘I was shocked, surprised, and alarmed. It was surreal.’
‘My mind went to blood immediately, then food, then wine – but kept going back to blood.’
She then decided to perform a test on the lamp in an attempt to uncover whether or not the substance is actually blood.
Human blood has an enzyme called catalase in it, which causes hydrogen peroxide to bubble up and turn pink when the two are mixed together.
Paige dipped a Q-tip into peroxide and started rubbing it onto a portion of the lamp – which she documented in another TikTok video – and she soon started to notice that the stain was changing to a lighter color.
‘That’s not good, that’s not good,’ she said in the video, before adding in a follow-up, ‘I poured a little more peroxide on it last night and it did bubble and fizz.’
While chatting with DailyMail.com recently, Paige recalled feeling ‘horrified, shocked, surprised, and alarmed’ when she noticed the blood-colored stains
She then decided to perform a test on the lamp in an attempt to uncover whether or not the substance is actually blood by rubbing hydrogen peroxide on it
Human blood has an enzyme called catalase in it, which causes hydrogen peroxide to bubble up and turn pink when the two are mixed together, and Paige said it did start to ‘fizz’
Paige admitted to DailyMail.com that she ‘freaked out’ after performing the hydrogen peroxide test, so she decided to reach out to a family member who has been in law enforcement for over 20 years and ask them what to do.
‘Their advice was helpful. Based on the information I shared, along with the photos, I was told there was a possibility it was blood,’ she said.
Her family member theorized that the previous owner of the lamp might have committed suicide.
Paige added: ‘In their experience, family members tend to get rid of everything near the scene of such tragedies to avoid the memories attached with the items.’
The Texas student explained that she decided to call the police to let them know what she had found, but there wasn’t a lot they could do since there was no way to track down who it originally belonged to.
‘My family member said that there is a good chance it wouldn’t be tested, but I reached out to local law enforcement just to make sure. I was told it could be blood, but they declined to pursue it,’ she shared.
Paige reached out to a family member who has been in law enforcement for over 20 years, who confirmed it was likely blood
Her family member theorized that the previous owner of the lamp might have committed suicide since ‘family members tend to get rid of everything near the scene of such tragedies’
While Paige still ‘wants to find out more,’ she feels like she has hit a dead end. She said: ‘There’s not really a way to get more history on it, so I guess it’s just up to everyone’s imagination’
‘It has already been contaminated by all the people who have touched it, so the police or forensic team wouldn’t really be able to do anything except put the blood DNA into a database in case anything comes up in the future.
‘They would have to have the perpetrator’s DNA, which is only likely if the person is a felon. Otherwise, it won’t be in the database.
‘If this is blood, it could be 20, 30, or more years old, so there’s no way to find out where it came from or how many hands it’s been in.’
She added that she also contacted the thrift store to see if they had a ‘record’ of who had donated it, but was told that it was left ‘anonymously’ and that there was ‘no way to track’ where it had come from.
While Paige still ‘wants to find out more,’ she now feels like she has hit a dead end.
‘There’s not really a way to get more history on it, so I guess it’s just up to everyone’s imagination at that point,’ she concluded.