Animals, skeletons, and creepy home inspection stuff, part 3

Unlike most blog posts that you'll find here, this one has no educational value at all. Warning: Several of these photos are gross.

October 30, 2018 at 12:44PM

Unlike most blog posts that you'll find here, this one has no educational value at all. If you follow our Facebook page, you've probably already seen a lot of these photos, but not all of them. These are our favorites finds from 2018. Warning: Several of these photos are gross.

Enjoy!

This is a dead something-or-other inside of the electrical panel. This is what happens when knockout holes aren't filled.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Bees, hornets, or wasps inside of an electrical panel. I don't know how to tell the difference, sorry.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

This is a gigantic nest at the end of an attic.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Here's another one, with a yellow-eyed alien creature waving "hi". Or maybe it's just Bryan.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Maybe we ought to add 'clean the dead bugs out your light fixtures' to our fall maintenance checklist.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Here's a dead porcupine that I found inside a garage in South Saint Paul. I had no idea we had porcupines in the city until I found this carcass.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Here are the remains of something. I think this was at the same home in South Saint Paul.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Dead bird in the furnace.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

A murder of dead crows in a furnace vent.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Frogs love to make homes out of plumbing vents.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

This guy needed a hand.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Mouse remains (?) inside of a heat recovery ventilator.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The friendliest raccoon ever. It kept rubbing its face up against the basement window while we were inspecting.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Dead rat in the toilet.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

This skeleton was guarding the sump basket.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

This sewer had a major tree root problem. This reminded us from something out of Stranger Things.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Can you guess what this is? We couldn't. Scroll down to see.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

It's a very dirty drain tile system.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Big, hairy spider.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

We don't even know what this was, but we found it inside of the furnace blower fan.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Here's a creepy or hilarious photo that Milind accidentally took of himself.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

And finally, one more accidentally creepy photo of one of our inspectors. Here's Tessa saying "hi" to the chimney camera from the roof on a rainy day while Patrick was conducting a chimney inspection.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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