A man in Spain walked in on a gruesome sight when he paid his first visit to a house he purchased in a foreclosure auction.

Jordi Giro walked in to find a dead woman, in her mid 50's, mummified on the couch in the coastal town of Roses. Police say the sea air helped mummified the body, which they believe has been there undisturbed since 2001.

The woman, who police declined to name, was estranged from her family and no one filed a missing person report, so authorities say there was no way of knowing she had passed away.

Authorities are, however, suspicious that the bank which foreclosed on the property didn't inspect it before reselling it. Yet, even that isn't a crime necessarily.