He lived under the floorboards. She dated a fake Squid Game star.

Today: one man finds real estate in very low places, another finds love in an inbox, and we all find out just how weird the world can be. Saddle up. - Doug Marlowe

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Oregon Man Secretly Sets Up Shop in Crawl Space, Surprises No One

Police in Oregon discovered a man had turned the crawl space of a housing complex into his own subterranean studio apartment, complete with TV, lights, and a power tap into someone else’s bill. Authorities say he was “obviously living inside,” which frankly raises more questions than it answers. No word yet on whether the HOA was charging him dues. It’s the latest reminder that if your floorboards creak at night, it might not be the pipes.

A woman in her fifties was led to believe she was dating the star of Squid Game, and wired the man behind the screen a tidy $350,000. Sadly, the actor was not involved, and the romance existed only in the imagination (and the scammer’s PayPal account). The fraudster reportedly promised marriage and even offered to elope, which is romantic, if you ignore the fraud part. A tale as old as time: boy meets girl, girl meets fake celebrity, bank account meets zero.

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