AUBURN, WASHINGTON — You've heard of people living in airports, attics, even in cupboards under the stairs. But living in a store ceiling — that might be a first.<br /><br />Cops in Auburn, Washington released surveillance footage of a man they say has been living in the rafters of a grocery store for weeks and emerging only to pilfer goods.<br /><br />King5 News reports that on Christmas Day, police were called to Haggen Northwest Fresh Market for what was initially thought to be a burglary. They found evidence that someone had accessed a vent in the roof, including jackets, gloves, tools, debris, and even a length of rope.<br /><br />The cops only realized someone was living inside the store after Haggen employees heard footsteps overhead and saw someone's legs dangling out of the storage closet ceiling.<br /><br />When they pulled surveillance footage, they saw a perp wearing a face mask and an all-black ensemble, walking the aisles with thousands of dollars worth of cigarettes in a bag.<br /><br />Police spent about four and a half hours up in the rafters trying to hunt the thief, but no dice. Even heat-mapping infrared technology and K9 units were no use.<br /><br />So basically, the perp managed to outsmart and out-hide the po-po and is still somewhere in there, living off the store. <br /><br />Gotta give him props though. What better place to squat in that inside a grocery store.
