She didn’t have to go far to buy food.
A Michigan woman known as the “Rooftop Ninja” was living inside a popular grocery store sign last year.
On April 23, contractors hired to roof the Family Fare Supermarket in Midland, Michigan, were shocked to find an extension cord leading to a secret living space.
As they entered the space, workers were greeted by a fully decorated living area with a mini-desk, hardwood flooring, food pantry, and plants.
“They were like, ‘Oh my God, someone lives inside that sign,'” said Midland Police Public Information Officer Brenon Warren. He told the Midland Daily News.
Officers eventually arrived and took the 34-year-old woman away, telling her she needed to find another place to live.
It’s unclear how the woman got to the rooftop residence in the first place, or how she evaded arrest during the year she lived there.
Police officers offered the unconventional squatter some assistance, including housing assistance, but she refused any assistance.
“I’ve never seen anything like this in my career,” Warren added. “She went back to her home.”
The newspaper said she did not work at the supermarket, but had a job.
Police also believe she had access to the vehicle.
Her store was broken into, but the management agreed to remove the furniture from the roof and return it to the woman.
Family Fare operates approximately 100 stores in seven Midwestern states, with the majority in Michigan, but also in North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. I am.
No criminal charges have been filed.
Last month, one of Gordon Ramsay’s $16.1 million London restaurants was taken over by “professional squatters” as the celebrity chef finalized a deal with a new owner.
Members of the Camden Art Café, a self-described “independent cafe in the heart of Camden”, occupy a York and Albany gastropub in protest of being “victims of gentrification” and the country’s H2S high-speed train. did.
Ultimately, the court ordered the group to stand firm and leave the remaining squatters until locksmiths and bailiffs stormed the building on April 22nd. According to The Standard.
