A woman has shared the struggle she went through to open a safe from 2007, and what she found inside wasn't what she was expecting.
TikTok user @keri_ellenberger shared a clip of her attempts at opening the safe. She eventually revealed what was, or rather what wasn't, inside after much difficulty.
In the clip, which has received 2.7 million views since it was first shared on November 15, Kerith reveals that the safe had been in their closet since she first moved into the house in 2007 and the time finally came for her to get it open.
The video shows the woman using a pliers to get at the hinges of the safe and a hammer and screwdriver to try pry it open. To her delight, the door of the safe eventually pops off, but there is not much inside.
In the text overlay of the video, Kerith revealed that a locksmith quoted her between $300 and $500 to open it, so she decided to do it herself.
"Well that sucks," the person in the video can be heard saying as they opened it to reveal that all that was in there were instructions for the safe. "Dang it."
Kerith joked in the caption of the video: "Add safe breaker to the life skills."
Home security experts Danyfy say that less than 15% of households in America have a large capacity home or gun safe, based on data from U.S. Census Bureau.
Safes are an option for people who wish to protect valuable items. According to Statista, New Mexico was the state with the most reported burglaries last year, with 517.9 per 100,000 people, followed by Washington in second place and Oklahoma in third.
People took to the comment's of Kerith's video with their reactions.
"Looks to me like, it was put in the safe without intention to lock it, and then someone else closed it without considering that the new owners might not be informed of the code," said Jo.
Dakota shared: "We have a safe we've never opened from like 10+ years ago. Didn't even know about it for a long time, it's behind cabinets in the bathroom. Still never opened."
"I was expecting the heart of the ocean," Optimistik Cranberry joked.
Bella Herreweyers wrote: "OMG [Oh My God] I thought it was the packet with the answers to the Clue board game" to which Kerith replied: "That would have been so fun!"
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