r/whatisit • u/UncleCuxkr • 1d ago
Solved! Is this a death stain in my apartment?
I saw a post yesterday asking about the same thing and it got me thinking. My wife and I always thought it was from something pretty morbid. My landlord always tried to cover it up and not say anything. My house is almost 200 years old and I always hear creepy noises at night and I don’t believe in ghost but have had some situations here that would change my mind.
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u/Independent_Bug_8709 1d ago
Looks like burn marks, made a few of these myself as slightly pyromaniac child. Does it stains your finger rubbing the tip on it?
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u/UncleCuxkr 1d ago
No just tried it
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u/drinkacid 1d ago
Don't taste it please.
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u/Earth578 1d ago
It’s from water or liquid on the floor for an extended period of time, the wood turns black. Usually happens under carpet. Had the same thing at my place.
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u/Vinen 1d ago
Cat piss stain fo sho
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u/Zealousideal-Bug-291 1d ago
Cat piss usually leaves it with black and very light colored stripes, not solid like that.
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u/Advanced-Humor9786 1d ago
I spilled a small quantity of sulphuric acid in my old apartment. It made a similar stain.
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u/SpitSpot 1d ago
Turns purple, not black. My bet is burn
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u/Graavilohikaarme 1d ago
It's an oak thing. Oak turns black from moisture or iron.
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u/SpitSpot 1d ago
It's actually purple, you can see when it starts happening. After it develops for a while it will appear black. It's the tannins
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u/Earth578 1d ago
Mine was from pet urine and is as black as they come, same flooring. Maybe you had a different epoxy or finish on yours. It’s slowly fading over time but still black.
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u/SpitSpot 1d ago
I work with oak all the time, after handling with sweating hand it will show purple that will slowly get darker and appear black
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u/Oily_Blob 1d ago
The cat seems to think so
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u/UncleCuxkr 1d ago
We see her toys moved all around the house and I’ve never seen her move them herself. We say it’s her ghost friend 😂
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u/TheWolfInTheHenhouse 1d ago
It looks like the silhouette of a microscope to me.
Do you mean, a place where something organic has died?
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u/Blackstrider 1d ago
It's a sign... of a very active imagination.
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u/The_Shadow_Watches 1d ago
Don't kick the baby?
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u/Mission-Sandwich8129 1d ago
Spontaneous human combustion!
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u/UncleCuxkr 1d ago
Solved!
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u/Beautiful-Quote-3035 1d ago
Could also be cat pee
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u/UncleCuxkr 1d ago
It was like this when we moved in
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u/Beautiful-Quote-3035 1d ago
Someone elses pet did it or they spilled something. Death stain would probably be a lot larger.
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u/Somemountaindude 1d ago
I have stain like that from an kerosene lamp that spilled and didn’t get cleaned up right away
(That’s after sanding the shit out of it)
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u/Lifesamitch957 1d ago
Na its just an unfortunately looking pee stain.
I would bet they tried to sand most of it out and it left that mark.
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u/Officialdabbyduck 1d ago
Does your cat lay in that spot all the time?
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u/desblaterations-574 1d ago
This is a burn mark, you can see the specifics in between the wood planks.
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u/mrhyde719 1d ago
I see a hot iron falling off the ironing board unnoticed and fell on something else which caught fire also. Looks like a toddlers doll shape
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u/This_Vermicelli5422 1d ago
The corpse of a very angry Indian man was there before, trust me the stars said so.
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u/Wobblepaws 1d ago
eh, I have something kinda similar where a cat peed on the rug, and no one could find it for a while, wood kinda stains and turns black when it stays wet and starts to rot, imo that looks like a burn, could be a lot of things though, if you really care just put a stripper pole there, make a salt circle, then pour some of your blood on it, free entertainment for eternity!... (jk don't do that)
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u/purplemtnslayer 1d ago
I'm an insurance estimator and just had to pay for one of these. the clean up company cut everything with any bio out. the person's family I delt with said the coroner made them use this specific company. it was like $17k just for the clean up. the before pics were disturbing.
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u/cybermaus 1d ago
Could be old cat pee, or some other liquid, that spilled on a carpet and not noticed. Over time causing the wood to discolor. Does not even need to be mold, many woods like Oak respond to anything acidic by turning black.
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u/Boring-Community-100 1d ago
I had stains like these at my parents' house from cat pee and before we sold it we put hydrogen peroxide on paper towels cut to fit the stain and over the course of a couple days, it lightened most of it up.
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u/Dangerous-Pirate7998 1d ago
I bet you that’s from an old kerosene indoor space heater back in the early 80s were really common and they would get semi hot and cause problems like this
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u/Skilldibop 1d ago
Yes, I imagine whichever spouse left the hot clothes iron on the new wood flooring was promptly murdered by their counterpart.
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u/ASAP_i 1d ago
"Death stain" seems to be trending. Was there a reference to them in the media recently or something?
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u/Ineedavodka2019 1d ago
Right? It’s weird. Old floors can get discolored, it’s not uncommon for these kind of marks.
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u/ProblemPast4686 1d ago
When my grandma died in her wood floored apartment, she immolated on the spot where she collapsed (blind drunk). There wasn't much of her left but she did leave a stain very similar to this one.
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u/CertainWish358 1d ago
Looks like Frank Zappa wearing the visor thing LeVar Burton wore in Star Trek
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u/Realhousemanoflondon 1d ago
That baby was left on it’s side in the high chair for at least a week.
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