A homeless woman lives in my closet!

[Carlos_E]

A homeless woman has been arrested after living undetected for almost a year in a tiny cupboard in a man's house in Japan.

The woman, identified as 58-year-old Tatsuko Horikawa, was found by police searching the home of the man, who believed he lived alone in Fukuoka.

The resident of the house, who has not been named, became suspicious that he was the victim of repeat burglaries after he noticed food was going missing from his refrigerator.

The man decided to install security cameras linked to his mobile phone and on Wednesday caught images of a woman walking around the house while he was out.

Believing he had detected the burglar, the man contacted police and, after an exhaustive search of the property, officers found the woman hiding in the top of a built-in cupboard designed to store bedding and mattresses.

Behind the sliding door, she had laid out a thin futon and had several plastic drinks bottles, police said. There was just enough room for her to lay down, they added.

"We searched the house, checking everywhere that someone could possibly hide," said Hiroki Itakura, a police spokesman. "When we slid open the closet door, there she was, curled up nervously on her side."

Horikawa told police that she had nowhere to live and had first taken up residence in the cupboard, in a room that the man rarely used, about one year previously when the owner of the house had gone out and not locked the door.

Police believe she may have moved between different addresses in the neighbourhood during her stowaway year.

The woman did not apparently steal any money or other items from the house, but did make use of the shower and toilet.

The police described Horikawa as looking neat and clean. She was charged with trespassing.

[Carlos_E]

The woman did not apparently steal any money or other items from the house, but did make use of the shower and toilet.

She was eating his food!!!!

[G4R]

How do you not notice someone living in your cabinet? To be honest though, after reading this, I will have to check all my cabinets for homeless women, I have been noticing that my shredded cheese has been disappearing at alarming rates......

[Carlos_E]

I'd rather have rats than have my apartment invested with 58 year old Japanese women. Can you imagine going to bed in an empty apartment and waking up to find wrappers every where and food missing!!!!

[Flagg]

Wow, that's pretty funny!!

[G4R]

I'm still trying to figure out how she got in in the first place. It's not like he opened his door and she sneaked in, or maybe she crawled in through the air vents, just like in Mission Impossible. I guess is she was able to get around for so long unnoticed, she almost deserves to live there.

[Pinnacle]

F*ck me. I just found a Korean woman sleeping in my sock drawer.

True story!

[Pinnacle]

False alarm...it was my maid taking a break

[G4R]

F*ck me. I just found a Korean woman sleeping in my sock drawer.

True story!

Hahaha, yeah, I found a Vietnamese woman in my medicine cabinet, I hear there bad this time of year. I will have to have them sprayed for to keep them out.

[Red Ketchup]

Damm, why can't I find a cute Japanese woman in my junk closet?

Red

[pay tribute]

LMAO, great article

[Misery13]

no way I'm not buying that...

[Panzerfaust]

I wouldn't mind if she were hot.

[pumpd4lif]

I'm still trying to figure out how she got in in the first place. It's not like he opened his door and she sneaked in, or maybe she crawled in through the air vents, just like in Mission Impossible. I guess is she was able to get around for so long unnoticed, she almost deserves to live there.

DUH! she was a ninja!

[BigLittleTim]

We live in a world where wealthy 'Stepford Wives' have enormous restaurant-quality kitchens they never use, multiple guest rooms that are never filled, luxury gyms that are not touched... lives of leisure, yet their children are raised by au-pairs and housekeepers.

The trophy-homes the super rich build for themselves, many over 20,000 square feet (the average four-bedroom american home has 2000 s.f.), and often used for only two months during the summer, are a sad symbol of the gross imbalance that is growing between the 'haves' and 'have-nots'. How many clean, decent folks would love to live in one of these house's walk-in-closets or laundry rooms, in the ten months they sit vacant?

-BigLittleTim

[Carlos_E]

I'm still trying to figure out how she got in in the first place. It's not like he opened his door and she sneaked in, or maybe she crawled in through the air vents, just like in Mission Impossible. I guess is she was able to get around for so long unnoticed, she almost deserves to live there.

She got in using Ninja magic. Puff of smoke and she appeared.

[Carlos_E]

no way I'm not buying that...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...of-closet.html

[Carlos_E]

DUH! she was a ninja!

You beat me to it.

[Diary of a Mad-man]

Since she already lived with you for a year, Id ask her if she liked to suck dick, and just move her into the guest bedroom if so.

[Flagg]

I wouldn't mind if she were hot.

I havent seen many hot homeless people about.

[DSM4Life]

I'd sue her for past due rent.

[CSAR]

Dude, this is Japan. It doesn't surprise me at all. I'm more surprised that he finally noticed something amiss and even more surprised that the police actually found her. Incompetence does not begin to describe the J-Cops.

[inky-e]

I just discovered a homeless midget in my pocket.

[Panzerfaust]

I havent seen many hot homeless people about.

Go to Hollywood. Tons of aspiring actresses in need. haha

[Pinnacle]

Hahaha, yeah, I found a Vietnamese woman in my medicine cabinet, I hear there bad this time of year. I will have to have them sprayed for to keep them out.

What kind of genocide...err...pesticide are you planning on using?

[G4R]

What kind of genocide...err...pesticide are you planning on using?

It's called scent of mortgage payment, because if my job keeps screwing me on my pay, I am going to be looking for a cabinet of my own somewhere....