A simple wooden chair, mysteriously perched on the edge of a ruined rooftop, has unexpectedly captured the curiosity of thousands.
Nestled along 47th Street in the Dennisville neighborhood of Dennis Township, New Jersey, a dilapidated house with a partially collapsed roof has become a local landmark—not because of its condition, but thanks to a chair seemingly stuck on top of it.
Commuters passing by on their daily routes have become fascinated by the sight. The chair remains motionless, yet appears dangerously close to tumbling down at any moment.
Curious minds have flooded the internet with questions: How did it get up there? Is it somehow nailed down? Is it just perfectly balanced? For others, the mystery extends to the house itself—what happened here, and how did it fall into such disrepair? But most are simply content to gaze at the chair day after day, wondering when gravity will finally win.
“One day, that chair will fall,” reads a viral Facebook post. “But until then, every day we drive by and see it still hanging on, we’re filled with questions. Why is it still there? How long can it last? Will it fall before the rest of the house collapses? Is it nailed to something? Keep watching the chair with us.”
The post is part of a fast-growing Facebook group dedicated to this oddity. Chair Watch, founded just 12 weeks ago, has already attracted over 10,000 members. Users regularly post photos, share theories about the chair’s origin and purpose, and even place friendly bets on when it might finally fall.
Some long-time locals claim they’ve been keeping an eye on the chair for years. And while many are tempted to get a closer look, the group’s moderators have made one rule clear: don’t touch the chair. “It would be a shame,” they wrote, “if the chair’s fate were changed by human hands instead of time and nature.”
