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Airbnb guests check into their rental to find startling discovery on wall

A viral TikTok video shows a family checking into a San Diego Airbnb, only to spot what appears to be an old photo of themselves at the beach hanging on the wall.


Airbnb guests check into their rental to find startling discovery on wall

TikTok user Aubrey Birrell posted a video about her startled reaction to her Airbnb in San Diego, California, on July 2.

In the video, Birrell zooms in on the large beach canvas hanging in the Airbnb hallway - pointing to tiny figures in the water as she identifies her father, sister and brother.

"We're looking at this picture, and my dad is like, 'This looks like me,'" says Birrell.

"I'm like, 'Dad, what?' ... No, this is my dad. That's my sister, Libby, from 10 years ago, and that's Brady, my brother, 10 years ago."

"There you go," she says. "They're literally in the Airbnb."

Her sister, Libby, who appears in the video, was equal parts disturbed and amused.

"It's unsettling - random Airbnb," said Libby.

Some commenters said they found the discovery very odd.

"Literally sounds like the start of a horror movie," one person wrote.

"Proof we live in a simulation," another commenter said.

A third person asked, "What are the odds of you looking that closely at the picture?"

"Similar crazy story: My uncle got a postcard from Mackinac Island, and my grandfather was randomly in the photo eating an ice cream cone," one TikToker said. "He had passed away years earlier."

Fox News Digital reached out to both Birrell and Airbnb for comment.

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