I heard strange noises in my attic for three days – I thought it was an animal but it was something far, far worse
A MAN went to investigate when he heard strange noises coming from his attic – he thought it was animals but the reality was far stranger.
Davis Wahlman was stunned when he started hearing rustling coming from the roof of his home in Green Lake, Washington, and went to find out what was causing it.
He climbed up to the door leading to his attic but was surprised to find it locked.
Wahlman knocked a few times before he heard a woman call out: “Jimmy? Is that you Jimmy?”
A dark-haired woman then opened the door and Wahlman came face-to-face with a complete stranger, according to KOMO.
Then the situation became even more peculiar.
Wahlman, who works for KOMO, asked the woman: “Who the heck are you? Why are you in my house?”
According to Wahlman, the woman replied, insisting it was actually her house.
“This is my house. I live here. I’ve been here for three days. Jimmy said I could live here, Jimmy said I could stay here,” Wahlman claimed the woman told him.
Wahlman said of the unusual encounter: “It’s just weird.”
He had dialled 911 as soon as he heard someone and tried to keep the woman engaged until the police could show up but he says they took nearly 20 minutes to arrive and by that time the woman had fled.
He told the outlet: “I absolutely support the cops, I love the police officers and I’m really happy they did show up, but as I’m telling someone on dispatch that there’s someone in my house, ‘Hey, please bring help’ and it took 18 minutes – that’s a little disappointing.”
Cops though have disputed his account of events.
A spokesperson for the Seattle police said Wahlman had called 911 at 9.01pm and a cop had been dispatched at 9.07pm.
According to the spokesperson, they said at 9.03pm Wahlman said the suspect had disappeared.
The unnerved homeowner said he had no idea how the woman had got into his home, though there was a window screen in his bath and his fire escape ladder was hanging from the deck – something the suspect is likely to have found after entering the house.
Wahlman said nothing had been stolen and very little was out of place.
It is unclear if he was at home for the entire three days the woman says she was “living” there.
He said: “To come into a house like this, in this neighbourhood, that’s clearly being lived in that’s bold.”
Since the appearance of the woman he has had all his locks changed.
The suspect was described as having dark, shoulder-length hair and was wearing gym pants with a black track-style jacket and a white hood and also had a white-knit cap and carried a backpack.
Police are continuing their investigation.