Security cameras and a mobile phone help man track down mysterious house guest

by Paul Miller, posted Jun 1st 2008 at 10:30AM

Look, we're just as down on crazy Japanese stereotypes as the next guy. We watched Lost in Translation. We're with it. We know it's not all cosplay and weird game shows (but seriously, that human Tetris one? Awesome) and people dressing up as vending machines (pictured). That said, this story isn't doing Japan any favors. A homeless woman was recently arrested in Tokyo after living undetected in a man's closet for a year and sneaking food out of his kitchen. It was the missing food that tipped him off, so he installed some security cameras in his home to transmit images to his phone. Some motion was detected, so he called the police, and soon enough they spotted her in the closet -- where she had planted a mattress. Moral of the story? Move to Japan. Better cellphones and bigger closets. You can't lose.

[Via ixplora]

Tags: Culture, homeless, japan, security camera, SecurityCamera

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C.J. Allebach @ Jun 1st 2008 12:21PM

WTH!? How do you not know someone is living in your freakin' closet!!!

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snowenloe @ Jun 1st 2008 12:22PM

I would love to have a spare chick for my closet.

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MTM @ Jun 1st 2008 1:20PM

What a way to get out of the closet...

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josh @ Jun 2nd 2008 11:41AM

i just came into 5 Nokia Observation Cameras that do that...

they work on US GSM and send pics through MMS to email or cell phone when motion is detected or if you send it messages...I can't even find these on ebay....

just thought it was weird that this story has something similar...

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