Squatter warmed up in crawlspace of Wash home

January 8, 2013 @ 9:40 am

YELM, Wash. (AP) - A heating repairman had good news and bad news for Washington state homeowner Velma Kellen.

The good news was he had fixed her heating ducts after she reported her furnace was failing to heat the house.

The bad news: Someone was living in a crawlspace under the home and had diverted the heat to keep warm.

The repairman said he found beer cans and a liquor bottle beneath the house.

Kellen told KOMO-TV on Monday ( http://bit.ly/WtTR9Q) that she had no idea how long the unwanted visitor had been climbing into her crawlspace, which has an opening to her backyard.

Kellen thinks the person also might have smoked marijuana, because she often smelled smoke. The squatter somehow fooled her three dogs that never barked.

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Information from: KOMO-TV, http://www.komotv.com/


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  • shark75 wrote...
    Well thank God he had money for weed!
    January 8, 2013 3:39 pm
    It will be a civil right here before long. How dare anyone not have access to medical marijuana becuase they cannot afford it! What are a compasionate society. I wonder if the home owner will need to go through the eviction process to get rid of this loser...
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