The story of two boys roughhousing in their parents's bedroom and finding what the web describes as "terrifying" is going viral on social networking sites Facebook and Twitter.

The original post was from Izismile.com by one of the boys who reportedly discovered something startling about their home - a stranger may be living within their home's walls.

The person who posted the Izismile.com article accompanied the post with 10 photos. The post says the family moved to the house "about a year ago," noting that the "previous owners built the house in the early 2000's." The first picture, according to the writer, is his parents's bedroom. He noted that he and his brother "were messing around" pushing his brother "into the shelf."

He recounts that when his brother fell, he unhinged the shelf as he stood up and the two saw an entry point at the back of the shelf. The door led to a spiral staircase leading to a wall. The brothers reportedly went down the stairs.

Showing a few more photos, the writer of the post found a space where one can crawl in. The boys found that someone was living in their walls and that person even took the children's Halloween candy.

The photos show small dolls supposedly owned by the person living in their home's walls. The person also reportedly has a small elephant toy, and what is seemingly a vintage key.

Real or Fake?

The post has gone viral but there is no way of knowing whether the story is real or fake. Reddit users who got wind of the post find it hard to believe that the story is true.

A forum post on Lunatic Outpost said that there is a possibility that the parents know about the crawl space and that it is "mommy and daddy's play area."

Famous Hoaxes

Through the years, a number of hoaxes made it in the news. One example is the Cottingley Fairies that involved five photographs taken by two British children Elsie and Frances. When Elsie's father developed the photos, he immediately said that the fairies were fakes but Elsie's mother believed that her daughter was telling the truth.

Another such hoax is the Fiji Mermaid in 1842. The mummified body of the "mermaid" was shown as half-fish and half-mammal. It was a fake and was made by an Indonesian craftsman, sources say.