 It is quoted by different characters at different times to have been located in each of the cardinal directions.This first happens when Zampanò writes that the hallway is in the western wall ("House of Leaves", page 57), directly contradicting an earlier page where the hallway is mentioned to be in the northern wall ("House of Leaves", page 4); Johnny's footnotes point out the contradiction.Navidson, along with his brother Tom and some colleagues, feel compelled to explore, photograph, and videotape the house's seemingly endless series of passages, eventually driving various characters to insanity, murder, and death.