An amazing find inside the walls of a house (Photo: Facebook)
An American family invited exterminator Nir Castro to their home to help them get rid of what they thought was hiding in the walls of the house.
Neither they nor Nick could believe their eyes when they found out what exactly was going on there.
In fact, Nick has been in the pest control business for 20 years, he's seen a lot of strange things in his career - but he's never come across anything like this.
Nick found out who caused the damage to the wall covering and stored acorns in the holes he made - a woodpecker.
When he made a cut in the wall to get the acorns out, he encountered a steady stream of them spilling out.
"They just kept coming and coming, non-stop," Nick told The Dodo.
He added: "I estimated that the acorns were only about a quarter of the way up the wall. It turned out that they were piled high up to the attic of the house."
That's how it started... (Photo: screenshot, Facebook)
And look where we've come (photo: screenshot, Facebook)
Castro drilled more holes throughout the house - and the acorns continued to pour out of each hole.
The amount reached around 320 kilograms, which filled eight large trash bags bursting with acorns.
According to the exterminator, the bird stored acorns all over the house and made obvious woodpecker holes wherever possible: "This bird stored food everywhere," said Nick, "it completely destroyed the outside of the house with the holes it made there. Acorns were stored in every siding and trim. She's crazy."
The bird must be upset (photo: screenshot, Facebook)
320 kilograms of acorns were hidden in the walls of the house (photo: screenshot, Facebook)
Nick said that he also noticed the bird responsible for the damage: "We actually saw it there, putting more acorns into the holes it made."
The bird inserted acorns through the chimney after making hundreds of holes in the wood paneling surrounding it - then it went through the attic ventilation holes.
"Acorns were piled up from the bottom floor up to a height of about 6 meters up to the attic," Nick added.
Nick's pest control company promises to "treat the animals humanely" and he let the woodpecker continue to roam free.
The homeowners repaired the exterior holes and hoped that adding new vinyl siding would encourage the bird to find a new place to store food, which would ultimately be the best for the bird whose work had been pretty much wasted so far.
"I've never seen anything like this before," Nick concluded, "I'm still in shock."
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