AUBURN, WASHINGTON — You've heard of people living in airports, attics, even in cupboards under the stairs.
But living in a store ceiling — that might be a first.
Cops in Auburn, Washington released surveillance footage of a man they say has been living in the rafters of a grocery store for weeks and emerging only to pilfer goods.
King5 News reports that on Christmas Day, police were called to Haggen Northwest Fresh Market for what was initially thought to be a burglary.
They found evidence that someone had accessed a vent in the roof, including jackets, gloves, tools, debris, and even a length of rope.
The cops only realized someone was living inside the store after Haggen employees heard footsteps overhead and saw someone's legs dangling out of the storage closet ceiling.
When they pulled surveillance footage, they saw a perp wearing a face mask and an all-black ensemble, walking the aisles with thousands of dollars worth of cigarettes in a bag.
Police spent about four and a half hours up in the rafters trying to hunt the thief, but no dice.
Even heat-mapping infrared technology and K9 units were no use.
So basically, the perp managed to outsmart and out-hide the po-po and is still somewhere in there, living off the store.
Gotta give him props though.
What better place to squat in that inside a grocery store.