Closet Gnomes Eat All The Cereal
NEWTON, Kan. -- Do you know who's living in your attic? One Kansas man discovered his attic was home for an intruder. Newton police said that a man would come and go from the homeowner's residence.He did that for about six weeks before being discovered. The uninvited guest apparently spied on the homeowner, tapped into the electricity and phone service, and even ate the homeowner's food."He noticed the cereal was running low and he couldn't understand. But now he knows why," neighbor Max Roberts said. "There's probably a good chance that 75 percent of the community is checking their attics right now," Detective Todd Hanchett said.Police said that the homeowner woke up Saturday night and discovered the intruder. He chased the man from the home. Police have not caught up with the intruder yet.Oh but the tales of Closet Gnomes dont stop there...Here are a few more!A stunned British man looked in his attic — and found a colony of Kosovoans living in the roof.The 12 illegal immigrants were sitting on mattresses eating sandwiches.
Walls had been knocked down between Lee Bradley’s home and two adjoining properties to create a living space for several families, with an electric light dangling from the roof.
Bradley, 33, closed the hatch and dialed 911. Police raced to his rented house and scrambled the force helicopter — but by the time they arrived the loft dwellers had gone.
Bradley, wife Caroline, and their four kids had just moved into the $970-a-month terraced home in West Bromwich, West Midlands.
“I decided to have a look in the loft space and popped my head through the hatch,” Bradley said. “There was a light dangling from the roof and about a dozen people — men, women, and a baby who started to cry when she saw me. I was scared and shut the hatch straight away.”
Police believe the fiddlers in the roof got access through an adjoining house that had been sublet.
And most recently…
Man Living in Attic, Stanley Carter, Shocks Pennsylvania Family
December 29, 2008 at 02:57 pm
A 21-year old man in Pennsylvania has been living in the attic of a young family in a town near Wilkes-Barre.
The man, Stanley Carter, 21, moved into the attic after friends next door kicked him out of their home. He was wearing the family clothes, eating their food, and had even stolen their iPod.
Police said a man was arrested after he was found living in a family’s attic, wearing their clothes.Stanley Carter, 21, was discovered Friday in the duplex near Wilkes-Barre.
The family said they noticed items missing from their house, then fount footprints in a closet leading to the attic door.
Police said Carter was staying with the neighbors next door and moved into the home’s shared attic when he was asked to leave. Carter had apparently been stealing food from the kitchen and kept warn by wrapping himself in insulation.
Police said he had several of the family’s missing items, such as a laptop computer an iPod.
Perhaps you should check YOUR attic?
