Don Powell was pulling the envelopes from the mailbox outside his home when he noticed something unusual — a tiny doll couple were inside the mailbox. A small sticky1 was also inside. "We've decided to live here," the message read. It was2 from Mary and Shelley.

Powell, 72, says he3 thought that somebody must have left the wooden dolls inside his mailbox by mistake. "I asked the4 whether anybody had left dolls in their mailboxes, and everyone told me no," he says. "So I thought, this must just be a5 , and whoever left them here will come back to6 them. I moved them to the back of the mailbox to see what would happen."

A few days passed and nobody7 the dolls, Powell says, noting that he and his wife soon discovered that the small couple had8 a table and a pillow. "I also have a sense of9 , so I left a note of my own, saying that what the10 really needed was a refrigerator stocked with food," he says. The fridge never11 . But over the next several months, additional items were strangely12 .

Every month or two, particularly around holidays, the Powells find something13 placed inside the box for Mary and Shelley. "People in the neighborhood are enjoying it and stop by sometimes to ask questions," he said. "Some people ask if I've thought about14 an outdoor camera, but personally, I like it being a15 ."