Couple finds 115 stuffed animals hidden in walls during B.C. renovation

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A Vancouver Island couple is connecting with people around the world following a delightful discovery in the walls of their home.

They bought a home last October and started renovations.

Owner Connor Nijsse was on the last spot in the corner of the garage when he removed the drywall and made a startling find.

“Just this one spot is where we found all the stuffed animals. About five studs worth of them,” he said.

Nijsse said the previous owners used the stuffies as insulation.

“I was working one evening or one afternoon, (my partner) was out with her horse and I was just removing some drywall and I had a pair of eyes staring back at me after I ripped off a piece,” he added.

“I quickly sent her a video and said, ‘You won’t believe me if I don’t put this on video’. And we waited until she got home before I revealed the rest of it and (to) get her full video footage of what was going on.”

Nijsse decided to post the find on his TikTok account and it has delighted millions.

He said they receive between 20 and 30 messages a day from people asking to buy one of the stuffies, which are all from the late ’80s and ’90s, and are nostalgic for many people as it reminds them of a childhood stuffed friend.

Nijsse and his partner Brianne Hinkkuri have now been trying to make peoples’ days by sharing the love.

“We’ve been posting some follow-up videos,” Nijsse said.

“I shipped off seven or eight. I think I’ve shipped off, so far, some to as far as the UK. And we had a bunch go down to the States yesterday and shipping off another one tomorrow.”

He said they mostly charge people for shipping and if there is a rare one they may charge a little more.

“Mostly we’ve been trying to fulfill some people’s stories,” Nijsse said.

He added that the