10 Urban Legends That Turned Out To Be True
2. The Secret Housemate
The Legend: A single man notices things mysteriously going missing from his home and often hears strange sounds coming from the upstairs rooms. To check whether he's completely losing it, the man sets up cameras around the house, and to his horror, they catch footage of a shadowy figure going back and forth from the attic.
The 'uninvited housemate' myth has been told for generations, and has inspired movies including the slasher classic Black Christmas and its 2006 remake.
The truth: As far fetched as it might sound, this happened to a man in Tokyo in 2008. The unnamed householder became suspicious when food kept vanishing from his abode. Believing he was the victim of repeat burglaries, the unnamed householder installed a network of security cameras, which revealed the culprit was a woman.
After turning the footage over to the police, officers conducted an investigation which included a search of his property and they found the thief hiding in a cupboard. Inside the cupboard, she had made a sort of den for herself and is believed to have been living there, right under his nose, for as long as a year.