The discovery
George’s fingers explored the inside of the hole and found a lot of debris. Dirt, insulating material, bits of plasterboard: the expected result of digging into such a hole in the wall. But suddenly George heard the sound again, not muffled by the paneling this time. George’s hand just didn’t reach far enough, so he started clearing some of the debris from the hole.
George made the hole a bit bigger. Once the way cleared up, George put his arm in even deeper into the hole and let his hand explore the space again. He had to find out what was hiding in this hole. It had captured Crosby’s attention for five days, so it had to be something very special.
He could never have predicted what he would find in this hole in the wall…