Police in Obihiro, Hokkaido, have arrested a 24-year-old man on suspicion of trespassing after a woman returned home from work and found him hiding under her bed.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 7 p.m. on Wednesday. Hokkaido Broadcasting Corp reported that the woman, who is in her 20s, told police she knows the man who lives nearby. The woman spotted the man under the bed and immediately called the property management company which notified police.
The man fled but was picked up by police near the apartment building just after midnight. Police said he has not told them what he was doing in the woman's apartment.
The woman told police she had left the front door unlocked when she went to work on Wednesday.
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wallace
Leaving a door unlocked does not give the right to another to enter.
Elvis is here
Actually. She left it "unlocked". Not quite the same. I've done it on the odd occasion in a rush by accident. Not so much these days because we have Secom and it needs to be armed
Don't blame her. Stalking is not nice.
wallace
Don't blame the victim.
DOEL HARRY
She left the door open when she went to work (NOT SMART) seems she wanted someone to enter and wait for her when she returned from work....
proxy
My daughter had a "stalker" who left weird escalating gifts in her mail slot. The escalation was concerning. She went to the Tokyo police who said they couldn't do anything even though the building was secure and there were lobby and stairs cameras. I bought her an eye hole camera and she silently moved out of that place in 2 weeks.
These stalker types always seem to escalate things.
TokyoLiving
Pathetic loser, send him to jail..
Seesaw7
I heard that in Inaka people don't lock their doors, bicycles etc
lostrune2
If ya don't lock your car in the countryside, bears or other animals can open it and ruin your car
Phillip
Eish, lock the door, that one is troublesome!
Stewart Gale
Gazman,
Even in the countryside, I’ll never understand why someone wouldn’t just take the normal precaution of locking their front door or car.
It’s not like it’s in any way troublesome, it takes about two seconds to do.
garypen
Strange that people boast about doing something as unwise as deliberately not locking their doors or car. It's not quite the flex they think it is.
Gazman
Strange so many people comment about not locking the door….we never lock our cars or house, pretty common in the countryside.
DanteKH
Why did she call the property management, instead the police!?!?
This case is weirder from all points of view.
purple_depressed_bacon
So many of this woman's actions baffles me:
A) she comes home to an intruder hiding under her bed like something from a childhood boogeyman story...and she calls the property management company to sort it out???
B) who in this day and age doesn't lock their doors? Locking your door behind you shouldn't even be conscious thought; one just does it when leaving the house.
ian
Should have pretended to be drunk and asleep on the bed
Paul
Next time, LOCK the door. Darlin!
Speed
I'd love to find a pretty woman hiding under my bed.
Redemption
Even as a man I would be quite startled if a strange dude was hiding under my bed.
SDCA
When your property management charges you something weird and unnecessary every month like ライフサポート24, might as well take advantage of it. lol
Aly Rustom
Just when you think you've read it all....
spinningplates
' immediately called the property management company'
What??? It's not like she came home, and her kitchen fan was broken. It's astounding this was her 'go to' in that situation.
Jonathan Prin
Like in an horror movie.
Imagine ih he would have revealed himself during the night ;)
Newgirlintown
Now that…
….is creepy.
kurisupisu
Where else are men meant to be but under beds…
Lindsay
I’ll bet she locks the door in the future.
TaiwanIsNotChina
It's raining men and they are collecting under my bed!!!
MarkX
Who in this day and age leaves their door unlocked when they go to work? I'm not blaming her for this guys actions, but that was a really foolish thing to do.
Mr Kipling
She called the property management company? I would love to hear that conversation.