What she found in her crawl space is enough to make your skin crawl.
“Someone’s been living under my house,” an Oregon homeowner announced to a Reddit community of more than 67,000 stunned viewers.
The woman, known only to her online audience as “Springchikun,” was tidying up the yard earlier this week when she noticed that the hatch to a small underground compartment in her 113-year-old apartment had been opened suspiciously. Â
After investigating the curious violation, the girl discovered a makeshift bed, complete with a purple and pink blanket and several bags filled with a stranger’s personal belongings.
“I don’t think she’s slept in the super lately,” said a seemingly unannounced Springchikun “who, instead of alerting the authorities about her uninvited guest’s house break, left the house for a round of golf shortly after finding the bunk.
“The stuff sack definitely has a ‘head-shaped’ depression,” she continued, adding that the crawl space was surprisingly free of cobwebs. “So, if [itâs] storage or just an occasional sleeping spot, I’m sure someone is using the space.â€
And her house is far from the only house to house vile underground dwellers.
Ashly Guardino, a Southern Californian, spiraled on social media after she learned that an ex-convict had been living under her floorboards.
“There’s a whole ass man living here for months — living under the house,” Guardino moans in a trending TikTok story to more than 9.3 million viewers. “So you know how scary it is to see a king’s arm come out [a hole in your house]?.â€
Kate Dood, also from Australia, recently realized that a homeless person had secretly set up shop in her garage.Â
“We never saw the person there at this time,” Dood said in a loud video. “But you can see their slippers under this couch that was already there, plus a sleeping bag and a bucket.” She eventually shut down the intruder through police intervention.Â
But Springchikun was unwilling to call 911 about her assailant.Â
“It can be scary,” she admitted in a private YouTube clip. “Oh my god, there’s someone living under my house,” the brunette continued, before admitting that some homeless people can be “very dangerous people.”
“But they’re still a person.”
“We have an opportunity to be kind,” she insisted. “There’s a lot of ways to do it,” and they don’t involve all cops.
Instead of raising the alarm, Springchik let him off the hook by holding a handwritten note offering support.
“Hello Friend!” the message began. “I have collected your things and closed the lid.”
“If you need help, food, phone or help with resources, please knock on the door,” she wrote in part. “You are not in trouble …You matter.â€
After leaving the well-worded letter, Springchikun finally met her creeping space invader.Â
“Her name is Gaby and she’s in her late 40s,” Springchikun explained to Reddit readers in an update. “She admits to struggling with mental illness.”
Despite having family in the area and receiving a Social Security disability check, Gaby — according to the post — has been unable to afford proper food or shelter for the past three years.
She also boasts a criminal record for theft, which makes finding a job virtually impossible.
Because of her difficulties, Gaby has occasionally slept under the house, but she never lit an open flame during her intrusive stops.
“I gave him my phone number, put him in my car and drove him to my friend who will help him get food, shelter and a mental health evaluation,” Springchikun said.
“I am not without sensitivity,” she said. “I just can’t have people living under my house.”
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