Woman discovers strange stains in her garden: "Am I a millionaire now?"
Texas (USA) - What on earth was that? When Lauren Ray walked into her garden recently, she could hardly believe her eyes.
The young woman immediately pulled out her phone to record a video for her TikTok account - and hoped to get some answers.
"I'm afraid me and my husband are going to be millionaires," she joked in the clip, zooming in on a few dark spots in her lawn. "I think I found oil in our garden."
And indeed: there were two large, wet patches spread across the lawn, reflecting rainbows. It certainly looked as if it could be crude oil.
Had the American discovered a real goldmine in her backyard?
"Can someone confirm this for me before I call the police?" she continued with a grin. "Who do I contact now?" she asked her more than 63,000 followers helplessly.
Within a very short time, the video had already been viewed more than 24.9 million times and viewers immediately rushed to Lauren's aid, more or less encouragingly.
The video quickly went viral on TikTok
TikTok viewers amuse themselves in the comments
"Move out and sell the land to me, I'll take care of it," laughed one, while another was a little more serious: "Make sure you get a lawyer who can take care of it!"
The majority of online users also agreed: "Delete the video, why are you sharing something like this with the public!"
Incidentally, Lauren has not yet revealed what exactly she found in her backyard.
Only one thing is certain: it wasn't oil.
According to her, she can still consider herself lucky. In another video in which she and her husband are having a romp, she wrote: "I may not have struck oil, but I'm definitely still rich."