The woman, known only to her online audience as “Springchikun,” was tidying up the yard earlier this week when she noticed that the hatch to a small, underground compartment of her 113-year-old abode had been suspiciously unlocked.
The Reddit user shared snapshots of the shocking scene she’d stumbled upon after spotting her unlocked door. Reddit/u/springchikun
Upon investigating the curious breach, the gal discovered a makeshift bed, complete with a purple and pink blanket and several bags filled with a stranger’s personal effects.
“I don’t think it’s been slept in super recently,” said a seemingly unalarmed Springchikun — who, rather than alerting the authorities of her uninvited guest’s housebreak, left the home for a golf tournament shortly after finding the bunk.
“The bag of stuff definitely has a ‘head-shaped’ depression in it,” she continued, adding that the crawlspace was surprisingly free of cobwebs. “So, whether [it’s] storage or just an occasional sleep spot, I’m sure someone is using the space.”
And hers is far from the only home to house sneaky subterranean squatters.
Ashly Guardino, a Southern Californian, sent social media spiraling after revealing she’d learned that an ex-convict had been living beneath her floorboards .
“There is a whole ass man living here for months … living underneath the house,” Guardino groaned in a trending TikTok tell-all to more than 9.3 million viewers. “Do you know how creepy it is to see a f–king arm come out of [a hole in your house] ?.”
“We never saw the person in there at this time,” said Dood in a buzzy video. “But you can see their slippers under this couch that was already there, plus a sleeping bag and a bucket.” She ultimately had the intruder locked out through police intervention.
But Springchikun was unwilling to call 911 on her trespasser.
“It can be scary,” she admitted in a private YouTube clip. “‘Oh my gosh, somebody’s living under my house,’” continued the brunette, before conceding that some unhoused folks can be, “very dangerous humans.”
“But they’re still a human.”
Springchikun shared images of the makeshift sleeping bag her home invader set up in the crawlspace. Reddit/u/springchikun
“We have an option to be kind,” she insisted. “There are multiple ways to do this — and they don’t all involve the cops.”
Rather than ringing the alarm, Springchikun left her non-paying tenant a handwritten note, offering support.
“Hello Friend!” began the missive. “I’ve bagged your things and locked up the hatch.”
After leaving the kindly worded letter, Springchikun finally met her crawlspace invader.
“Her name is Gaby, and she’s in her late 40s,” Springchikun explained to Reddit readers in an update. “She admits to struggling with mental illness.”
Despite her having family in the area and receiving a Social Security disability check, Gaby — according to the post — has been unable to afford food or proper housing for the past three years.
She also boasts a criminal record for stealing, which makes finding a job virtually impossible.
Owing to her struggles, Gaby has slept below the house occasionally, but she never lit an open flame during her intrusive stopovers.
“I gave her my phone number, put her in my car and drove her to my friend who is going to help her get food, shelter and a mental health evaluation,” said Springchikun.
“I’m not without empathy,” she said. “I just can’t have humans living under my home.”
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