Creepy Encounter with a Happy Resolution

I would call it creepy more than scary, but my mom's friend had a small house

and lived alone. She noticed weird things: a batch of soup depleting faster than usual,

missing eggs, damp towels in the hamper when she hadn't used any, extra dishes in

the dishwasher, etc... This went on for months, she thought she

was just being forgetful. One day she heard some thumping around in her attic and went to investigate.

She found some make shift living quarters. Small radio, hot plate, sleeping bag,

pillow, food wrappers, etc... She called the cops who came to keep

an eye on the place. They ended up catching a homeless man climbing a tree, trying to sneak