Homeless Lady Lived in a Guy's Closet for 1 Year

A man who obviously doesn't clean out his stuff that often found a 58-year old homeless woman residing in his closet. She had been there for an entire year, and he didn't know until he noticed that food was missing from his fridge.

Japanese closets usually have two layers—a top shelf and a bottom shelf. They're deliberately made to be deep and dark so you can store blankets and mattresses inside. (Traditionally, Japanese sleep on mattresses on the floor; they put them away during the day to make space.) When he finally became suspicious, the guy put security cameras in his house and had timed images sent to his cell phone. He saw movement in the middle of the day, so he called the cops. But they didn't find any evidence of a break-in. MSNBC quotes investigators as saying:

“We searched the house ... checking everywhere someone could possibly hide. When we slid open the shelf closet, there she was, nervously curled up on her side."

I wonder where the poor lady will go next. Maybe she can hide in his bathtub.

(Thanks, Brian & Jason!)

Comments

[Dragonfang18]

Could be worse, like a dead body in the closet.

[Javatrader]

I have been secretly living on the internet for over 5 years now.

Mostly in the porn areas.

[Ronnb]

It is too bad that the situation never evolved to that of a symbiosis.