Plumber shocked as he finds over 20 pig bones underneath home’s bathroom floor during routine visit

A plumber made a startling discovery whereas attempting to repair a bathroom drawback. 

Jonathan Betts, 36, was working as a plumber in Devon, England, when he found over 20 bones throughout the floorboards of a home’s restroom.

Betts was engaged on a routine bathroom repair in early January 2024, he advised SWNS, when he realized he wanted to dig down additional into the soil beneath a 200-year-old dwelling.

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“After I removed the toilet and floor covering, I found that the subflooring below was massively rotten and discovered the joists had just been fitted onto soil,” he stated.

He continued, “I made the customers aware, who have been on [vacation], that I will need to dig out the soil to try and find some solid ground to concrete in an ore formed intel.”

Betts discovered a part of a jawbone, which sparked his curiosity in taking to the web to see if the bones had been from an animal.  (SWNS)

Betts stated that as he started to dig additional down, he began to note bones throughout the soil — and stated that discovering a jawbone with enamel harassed him out.

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“In the back of my mind, I knew it was an animal as the teeth didn’t look like ours, but I was still sketching out as I really did not want this job to be shut down,” he advised SWNS, the British information service. 

Betts (pictured right here) is a plumber in Devon, England. He was shocked to search out pig bones beneath the bathroom floor of a house.  (SWNS)

Betts finally discovered one other 20 bones, together with bottles and marble, earlier than discovering the second a part of the unique jawbone. 

The plumber stated that the bones had been from a pig in a TikTok video — which now has over 1.4 million views. 

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“Let’s just say it’s not every day you’re at work and find a pile of bones under a bathroom floor,” he advised SWNS. 

Betts stated he discovered over 20 bones whereas digging into the soil beneath a residential dwelling whereas engaged on a bathroom undertaking.   (SWNS)

Betts took images of the jawbone stays and looked for comparable photos on Google earlier than consulting with others to find out if the stays belonged to a pig. 

The bones, nonetheless, had been then positioned again within the soil the place they had been discovered, after the owners requested him to take action.

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“The bones have been placed back under the floor when we found out that back in the day, people buried them to ward off bad spirits,” he stated to SWNS. 

A plumber discovered pig bones whereas engaged on a routine bathroom situation.  (SWNS)

The owners additionally famous that the land throughout the road was once a pig farm — and that the barn connected to their dwelling property was once a slaughterhouse.

Fox News Digital reached out to Betts for additional remark. 

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