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Post #367551 by VampiressRN on Mon, Mar 17, 2008 7:17 PM

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Too funny cheeky...that was my first thought too!!!

I was searching for interior pictures and found this:

Associated Press - March 17, 2008 1:15 PM ET

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A Cincinnati woman's $135,000 bid bought the flying saucer-shaped house on a mountainside in Chattanooga, Tenn.

An auctioneer who conducted the sale Saturday said the buyer, Pearl Johnson, did not want to talk about the transaction. Auctioneer Terry Posey says he thought she bought it as a second home.

Posey said Monday the auction of the 38-year-old structure on a curving road to Signal Mountain attracted worldwide attention. He was surprised the bidding did not go higher.

1 of the house's unique features is a retractable staircase, which once led to an interesting domestic dispute.

A neighbor says the former owners in the 1970s got in an argument and the wife pulled up the stairway, drove her husband's truck underneath it so he couldn't get the stairs down and left him stuck inside.

I would still like to see the inside though.